Late Doctor Knew Diplomat Had Ebola- River State Govt.

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, says the late Dr. Samuel Enemou, who treated Olu Koye, a Nigerian diplomat with the Economic Community of West African States, was aware that the diplomat was a carrier of the deadly Ebola virus.

The commissioner stated this during a press conference in Port Harcourt on Friday evening.

Parker said, “He had received the late Dr. Patrick Sawyer in Lagos. Upon developing the symptom, confided in a female colleague, called Lilian, who contacted the late Enemuo. It was after contact was

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Boko Haram: Gwoza Now Islamic Caliphate.

Boko Haram

 The LEADER of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has declared Gwoza town in Borno State that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate.

Abubakar Shekau announced the declaration that Gwoza had become an Islamic caliphate in a video obtained by the Agence France-Press on Sunday.

The terrorist also vowed that his group would not leave the town.

“Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in the town of Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate. By the grace of Allah, we will not leave the town. We have come to stay,” Shekau said in the 52-minute video.

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Roadmap on Osun Election 2014

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, during a stakeholders’ meeting in Osogbo, gives a roadmap on how the commission will conduct Saturday’s governorship election.

All is set for the August 9 governorship election in Osun State. In INEC, we have prepared adequately and meticulously to ensure that this election is successful, free, peaceful and credible. We have the hope that these will be achieved. We have kept improving on the electoral process since we had the opportunity to conduct the general election in 2011, paying a lot of attention to the training of our staff and the ad-hoc staff we normally use for the purposes of the elections. We normally use NYSC members for ad-hoc duties. They have done our country proud and (some) even lost their lives to post-election violence while serving their

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LASU Tuition Reversed.

The Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) announced the reversal of LASU school fees back to N25,000, on Thursday after series of pressures from  academic union and students of Lagos State University, Ojo.

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The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders summit

500 exceptional young leaders from Africa on July 28, 2014, gathered in Washington DC  in front of, President Obama announced the renaming of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in honor of Nelson Mandela. He also announced that the United States intends to double the number of annual participants in the Mandela Washington Fellowship to 1000 by the summer of 2016.

President Obama addressing the YAL fellows.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship program of the President’s Young African Leaders

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Jonathan and David Mark at Chibok.

 

The President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and Senate President finally meet the Chibok girls Parents Ninety-nine days after their children and wards were abducted in a midnight raid on their school, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday met with parents of the girls abducted from Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14.

Journalists were barred from covering the meeting which was held inside the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

That was contrary to a statement released last week by the Presidency, saying the parley would be “open to the media for coverage by Nigerian and international press.”

Those who attended the meeting included 51 girls who escaped from their abductors including their principal,

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Murtala Nyako Declared Wanted by EFCC.

 The Impeached Governor of Adamawa State Murtala Nyako has been declared wanted by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Investigations revealed that the leadership of the commission decided to declare Nyako wanted after he failed to honour the commission’s invitations after his removal from office.

It was further gathered that Nyako has evaded arrest as operatives detailed to arrest him after his removal from office by the House of Assembly has not sighted him since then.

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, told one of our correspondents in a telephone interview in Abuja, on Tuesday that the commission took the decision to declare Nyako wanted because he had been elusive.

“Since Nyako, was removed, he has been elusive. So the commission has devised a strategy to declare him wanted.

“The commission is planning to declare him wanted,” Uwujaren said.

In response, Nyako said he was not surprised neither was he disturbed about the decision to hound him because he would not be the first person to be so hounded by men in power.

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Developing Story: Malaysia Airline Flight 17 Crash in Ukraine

 Kiev, Ukraine. A senior U.S. diplomat pointed the finger Friday at pro-Russian rebels in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine, an act that killed 298 people.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security

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CountDown To Ekiti State Election 2014

Who becomes the next governor in Ekiti State? This is the question on the lips of majority Nigeria especially, the people of Ekiti State. The election slated to hold tomorrow 21st of June, 2014 is faced with lots of controversial statements from different political groups.

Yesterday the governor of Rivers State Rt Rotimi Amaechi was arrested and the Aircraft to fly the governor

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Ekiti 2014 Election- Question Time

 

 

L2R: John Kayode Fayemi Vs Ayo Fayose Vs Opeyemi Bamidele 2014 Governorship Election.

Tensions intensify in Ekiti State as Election Day approach and several questions that need ANSWERS;

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