ANIEMA EFFIONG UDO (PROFILE)

ANIEMA EFFIONG UDO (PROFILE)

Aniema Effiong Udo (born 23 November, 1984 in Eniong Offot, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State), to the family of Mr. & Mrs. Effiong Udo Okon in Eniong Offot, Uyo Local Government Area. She is the third child in the family of seven children, third daughter among three girls.

Educational Career

Aniema started her primary school in Holy Child Convent School, Anua Offot, Uyo in 1997 where she obtained her First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC). She also attended Holy Trinity College Ibiaekong in Uruan Local Government Area for Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) in the year 2004. She undergoes for computer training programme in 2006.

Christian Life:

Aniema Udo is a devoted Christian in all way of life; she is always early to church, the Christ True Gospel Mission. She is involved in activities such as Choir rehearsal, prayer band and Sunday service. She is brought up under the tutelage of her parent.

Social Life

Aniema is cheerful and a loveable girl of God. Aniema stand for peace and unity at all times, she is kindness, caring and peaceful disposition towards all the people.

Domestic Work

She is very industrious in all domestic work to assist her parent, being the third daughter of his parent, while other younger sisters got married.

Hobbies

She likes Music, Singing, Traveling, Reading, Listen to the news, church programme, Drama, Reading Bible, Listening to People, Making good friends, Being interested in others and inspiring/motivating others unto goodness.

Organization Group

She is a member of Good Friend Organization organized by the spectacular people in the church, with God fearing members to uplifting the glory of God; they contributed for the needy in the community.

Individual Awards

She won quiz competition, debate, bible recitation.

Future Ambition

B.Sc in Communication Arts

M.Sc in Communication Arts

PhD in Communication Arts

JAY – JAY OKOCHA'S PROFILE

JAY – JAY OKOCHA

Augustine Azuka “Jay-Jay” Okocha, born 14 August 1973 in Enugu, is a Nigeria professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Augustine Okocha is due to play in the newly formed Indian Soccer League in March 2012 and is up for auction for €351,000. He is known for his stopovers, skill, technique and being ‘so good that they named him twice’ (a line immortalized in a terrace chant while Okocha played for Bolton Wanderers). While playing at Super Lig team Fenerbahce, he became a Turkish citizen as” Muhammet Yavuz”

CAREER

Okocha’s “Jay-Jay” name was actually passed down from his older brother James, who started playing football first. His immediate older brother Emmanuel was also called Emma Jay-Jay, but the name struck with Augustine. Okocha first began playing football on the street just like many other football stars usually with a makeshift ball. Jay Jay Okocha was born in Enugu, Nigeria to Mr. & Mrs Okocha of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Nigeria. In an interview with BBC Sport he said “as far as I can remember, we used to play with anything, with any round thing we could find, and whenever we managed to get hold of a ball, that was a bonus! In 1990 he joined Enugu Ranger. In his time at the club he produced many spectacular displays including one where he rounded off and scored a goal against experienced Nigeria goalkeeper William Okpara in match against BCC Lions.

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT IN (1992- 1996)

Okocha joined Eintracht Frankfurt in 1992, where he linked up with many well-known players including Ghanaian international striker Tony Yeboah and later Thomas Doll. He continued to shine for the German side, one highlight being a goal he scored against Karlsruhe, dribbling in the penalty box and slotting the ball past Oliver Kahn even going past some player twice.

FENERBAHCE SK (1996-1998)

Okocha joined Turkish club Fenerbahce following Eintracht Frankfut’s relegation to Bundesliga2. In his two seasons with the team he amassed thirty goals in sixty appearances, many of them coming from direct free kicks which had become something of a trademark for him at the club. He was also part of the side that historically defeated Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in the 1996-1997 UEFA Champions League group stage. While at Fenerbahce he became a Turkish citizen as “Muhammet Yavuz”.

PARIS ST-GERMAIN (1998 -2006)

In 1998 French side PSG splashed around 24 million on Okocha, making him the most expensive Africa player at the time. During his 4-year stint with PSG, he played 84 matches and scored 12 goals.

BOLTON WANDERERS (2002 -2006)

Augustine Okocha joined Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer after leaving PSG in the summer of 2002 after the FIFA World Cup. He debut season, despite being hampered by injury, made him a favourite with the Bolton fans, with the team printing shirts with the inscription “Jay-Jay – so good they named him twice”. He steered the team away from relegation with seven goals, including the team Goal of the Season in the vital League win against West Ham.  This was voted Bolton’s best Premier League goal in a fans vote in 2008.

HULL CITY AFC (2007 - 2008)

After just one season in Qatar, Football League Championship side Hull City signed Okocha on a free transfer in 2007, after the player had been linked to Real Salt Lake and Sydney FC. It was a move he made saying that “God had told him to do so”. He however was not able to contribute greatly to Hull’s promotion campaign due to fitness and constant injury problems, playing only 18 games and scoring no goals. Hull still succeeded in grabbling promotion to the Premier League, for the first time in their 104-year history. At the end of the season, after changing his mind on proposed retirement due to Hull’s promotion, he was released by the club, which sent him into retirement.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER     

Okocha made his official debut for Nigeria in their 2-1 1994 FIFA World Cup Qualifier away loss against lvory Coast in May 1993. It was not until his second cap and home debut that he became a favourite with the Nigerian supporters. With Nigeria trailing 1-0 against Algeria, in a match they needed to win he scored from a direct freekick to equalize, before helping the team to a 4-1 win, eventually securing qualification to their first World Cup. In 1994 he was a member of both the victorious 1994 Africa Cup of Nations squad and the World Cup squad who made it to the second round before they lost in a dramatic match against eventful runner-up Italy.

INFORMATION ON LASSA FEVER

INFORMATION ON LASSA FEVER

Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria, in the Yedseram river valley at the south end of Lake Chad Clinical cases of the disease had been known for over a decade but had not been connected with a viral pathogen. The infection is endemic in West Africa countries, and causes 300,000 – 500,000 cases annually, with approximately 5,000 deaths. Outbreaks of the disease have been observed in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Central African Republic, but it is believed infections also exist in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, and Senegal. The primary animal host of the Lassa virus in the Natal Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys natalensis), an animal indigenous to most of Sub-Saharan Africa. 

GENOME

Lassa fever is caused by the Lassa virus, a member of the Arenaviridae family; it is an enveloped, single-stranded, bisegmented RNA virus. Republication for Lassa virus is very rapid, while also demonstrating temporal control in replication. There are two genome segments. The first replication step is transcription of mRNA copies of the negative-or minus-sense genome. This ensures an adequate supply of viral proteins for subsequent steps of replication, as proteins known as N and L are translated from the mRNA. The positive – or plus-sense genome then makes viral complementary RNA (vcRNA) copies of itself, which are + sense. The VCRNA is a template for producing – sense progeny but mRNA is also synthesized from it. The mRNA synthesized from vcRNA are translated to make the G (spike) proteins and Z proteins. Thus, with this temporal control, the spike proteins, which are on the outside of the virus particles, are produced last, making the infection more difficult for the host immune system to detect.

RECEPTORS

The Lassa virus gains entry into the host cell by means of the cell-surface receptor the alpha-dystroglycan (alpha-DG), a versatile receptor for proteins of the extracellular matrix. It shares this receptor with the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Receptor recognition depends on a specific sugar modification of alpha-dystroglycan by a group of glycosyltransferases known as the LARGE proteins. Specific variants of the genes encoding these proteins appear to be under positive selection in West Africa where Lassa is endemic. Alpha-dystroglycan is also used as a receptor by viruses of the New World clade C arenaviruses (Oilveros and Latino viruses). In contrast, the New World areanviruses of clades A and B, which include the important viruses Machupo, Guanarito, Junin, and Sabia.

VECTORS

Lassa virus is zoonotic (transmitted from animals), in that it spreads to man from rodents, specifically multi-mammate rats (mastomys natalensis). This is probably the most common rodent in equatorial Africa, ubiquitous in human households and eaten as a delicacy in some area. In these rata infection is in a persistent asymptomatic state.

PREVENTION

Control of the Mastomys rodent population is impractical, so measures are limited to keeping rodents out of homes and food supplies, as well as maintaining effective personal hygiene. Gloves, masks, laboratory coats, and goggles are advised while in contact with an infected person.

SYMPTOMS

After an incubation period of six to twenty-one days, and acute illness with multiorgan involvement develops. Non-specific symptoms include fever, facial swelling, and muscle fatigue, as well as conjunctivitis and mucosal bleeding.

TREATMENT

In the treatment of Lassa fever using Ribavirin was pioneered by Joe McCormick in 1979.