This is contained in “Fact Sheet’’ issued by the White House in Washington DC, which highlighted U.S support for democratic institutions, good governance and human rights in Africa.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
U.S to support 2015 elections with $51m
NOSCEF faults religious demographics on Nigeria
The Chairman of Christian Elders Forum of Northern States (NOSCEF), Mr. Olaiya Phillips, has cautioned against the use of inadequate statistics to create more tensions between Muslims and Christians.
Phillips, who was reacting to an article titled
“U.S.: Nigeria ineffective in quelling violence” in some online publications last week, faulted the attribution of 50% of the nation’s population to Muslims and 40% to Christians.
He described the statistics purportedly generated from the latest United States’ Department of State Report on Religious Freedom as “false and insulting to the Nigerian Christian community.”
EBola Update: Lagos has Eight suspected Ebola cases, 1 confirmed - Lagos Health Commissioner
The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, today August 5th said there are eight suspected cases of Ebola in Lagos. These eight are those that came touching Liberian Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola soon after arriving Lagos last month. But from the 8, only 1 case has been confirmed while six others have now been quarantined although they've not shown any outward indications of the illness to date, Dr Idris said.
I will replicate my Lagos, Borno’s feat in Adamawa -Marwa
He said the recently sacked governor of the state, Murtala Nyako, left the state in a comatose and it needed a man of his status to resuscitate it.
Marwa spoke with State House correspondents shortly after a closed-door meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Nigerian Military probes AI’s alleged human rights abuses
The Defence Headquarters has refuted the recent claim by the international human rights campaigners, the Amnesty International, that troops involved in the on-going anti-terrorism operation in the North East committed grisly acts of rights abuse and war crimes. The AI had released a video in which men in military uniform purported to be men of the Nigerian Army were engaged in extra judicial killings.
But the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade, said in a press briefing on Tuesday that the Nigeria military which had always placed emphasis on the respect for human life and human rights could not have perpetrated the heinous acts recorded in the video.
Enugu CJ constitutes deputy gov’s impeachment panel
The panel will conduct its proceedings in one of the conference rooms in the office of the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice A. I. Umezulike, at the headquarters of the state High Court.
Justice Umezulike constituted the seven-man panel on Tuesday, following the commencement of impeachment proceedings against the deputy governor by members of the state House of Assembly.
Robbery suspects reveal how his brother recruited him into robbery
20-year-old Morgan Udama, a member in a 4-man robbery crew arrested yesterday August 4th by police officers mounted on Okota Isolo Police Station in Lagos, while confessing, said he was recruited into criminal life by their own older brother, Oche, who's the kingpin of the robbery gang.
Morgan, a native of Oju in Benue State said he arrived to Lagos the other day Monday July 28th to live along with his brother who'd promised him a much better job which unknown to him was armed robbery
Earthquake hits central South Africa
Ebola Scare: South Korean University Cancels Invitation For 3 Nigerians
According to Reuters, the Duksung Women's University in Seoul said in a statement the school "politely withdrew" its invitation for three Nigerian students to attend an international conference that it is co-hosting with the United Nations starting from Monday.
Ebola: Two Liberians Dropped Dead on Street after No one Agreed to Touch Them
Reuters reports that Nema Red, a resident of Clara Town, said the two men who lay dead in the street for days had shown symptoms of Ebola such as bleeding and vomiting.
"They started seeking help from the community to take them to the hospital, but community members ran for their lives ... they both gave up and dropped dead on the
ground in the streets of Clara Town," she said, saying they lay there four days.
Ebola: The Rise And Fall Of Africa
Today I write in fear,
like every other residents of the only black continent in the world. Our world
is ravaged by a dreadful holocaust and our existence under extreme threat.
Africa, as the world knows it may soon become a park of flirt and death. The
over one billion men and women, boys and girls, young and old may soon become
extinct.
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Inhuman: Unknown Ritualists Plucks the Eyes of a 9 year Old Boy in Bauchi
According to the Haruna,
Sierra Leone capital now in grip of Ebola
“She couldn’t eat … couldn’t sleep,” said Sulaiman Foday, a neighbour who was present at the time. Foday watched as police and a medical team arrived at the scene to recover the patient, who was by now lying on the floor of the healer’s house.Continue..
CAR: French troops kill several Former Seleka fighters
French peacekeepers killed several militiamen after they came under attack while on patrol in the Central African Republic, an officer with the African peacekeeping force said Tuesday. Backed by war planes, the French troops opened fire using heavy weapons on gunmen from the former rebel movement Seleka who attacked them when they entered the northern town of Batangafo on Monday, the officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Several ex-Seleka fighters were killed, he added without saying whether there were any French casualties.
“The clash lasted for hours and loud explosions frightened many residents who fled to the bush,” the officer said.
Israel Withdraws troops out of Gaza
The move came moments before the latest truce – brokered by Egyptian mediators late on Monday – came into force at 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT). Israel claims the main aim of the conflict – to destroy militants’ tunnels – has been achieved. Gaza officials say the four-week conflict has killed 1,800 Palestinians. Some 67 Israelis have also died.
“The Israel Defence Forces will be redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions,” Israeli military spokesman Lt-Col Peter Lerner said.
Earning more money from your business
As a venture advances in age, there will be a need to increase the revenue accruing from it. IFE ADEDAPO writes on how this can be achieved
Professionals say most people start their business with the hope and dream of working for themselves and aiming for a financial independent life after working for other people.
However, experts say their dreams may turn into nightmare if care is not taken, because most small businesses find it difficult to cope with marketing, customer service, personnel, and product or service fulfilment all at once.
To sit back and relax after years of investing requires hard work and dedication at the beginning.
Russia Says NATO Revives 'Cold War' Rhetoric to Justify Military Spending
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that NATO has revived its 'Cold War'-type propaganda against Moscow to justify the alliance’s military buildup and defense spending.
In a Sunday interview with French newspaper Midi Libre, Rasmussen said the alliance would draw up new defense plans in the face of alleged "Russia's aggression" against Ukraine, and again encouraged NATO countries to increase their defense spending. "It's all done to justify the alleged need to 'rally its ranks' in the face of an imaginary external threat to NATO, to increase military expenditure and to boost the demand for the alliance in the 21st century," the ministry said.
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Ebola: No scientific proof of bitter cola potency – Minister
The Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said there is no scientific evidence of bitter cola potency in the cure and prevention of Ebola virus disease.
The research work that people are laying claims, to according to the minister is inconclusive.
It would be recalled that in 1999, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, alongside some American researchers conducted a research that showed that extract from bitter cola tend to neutralize the effects of virus. But the outcome of that research work has not been scientifically confirmed to be true or not.
Oyinlola Finally defects to APC
The estranged National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party and a former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has said that he will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress in Osogbo today.
When contacted on the telephone by our correspondent, on Monday, Oyinlola, who confirmed that he would join the APC, said: “So it is. I am joining the APC.”
Ijaws mad Pres. Jonathan Didn't Appoint Their Brother As Police IG
From what omo oodua gathered, Mr. Zuokumor enjoyed accelerated promotion because of Jonathan and he was promoted about three times within a space of just five years.
But Ijaw leaders considered the appointment of Suleiman Abba as a move to appease northern interests ahead of the 2015 elections. Ijaw leaders were said to have made futile efforts to get Mr. Zuokumor to succeed the immediate past IGP, Mohammed Abubakar...
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