Boko Haram Funded Through CBN- Australian Hostage Negotiator Says

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It appears Australian hostage negotiator Dennis Stephen isn't done making outrageous and some would say 'eye-opening' claims. Just a day after he claimed that former Borno state Gov, Alimodu Sheriff and an unnamed retired army chief are sponsors of Boko Haram, he's now claiming that the insurgent group if funded through the CBN. In an interview with TheCable, Stephen claimed a senior official of the CBN handles the financial transactions of the sect group. Read what he said ...

39 Sierra Leonans And Congolese Immigrants Arrested In a Lagos Hotel

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Lagos-At least 39 foreign nationals were ,yesterday, arrested by Police and Immigration officers in two hotels on Lagos Island. It was gathered that they were arrested following a tip-off by some residents of the area over fears of the spread of Ebola virus disease.

Upon receiving the report, the Area Commander, Imohimi Edgal, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Area A Command, Lion Building, contacted Immigration and Health officials who stormed Benin Hotel and an unnamed guest house, situated on Atere street and effected the arrest of the foreigners, 35 of whom are citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the rest are Sierra Leoneian nationals.
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Ebola: Private School Owners, FG on Collision Course

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Private school owners in Lagos State and the Federal Government may clash over the latter’s order directing all primary and secondary schools in the country to resume on October 13, 2014, instead of the anticipated September 15.

At a sensitization programme on Ebola which held on Thursday, Punch reports that the school owners, under the umbrella of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, believe that the directive is unnecessary.
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Oyo community gets light after 30 months of power outage

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The people of Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State on Friday had a lot to smile about after two and a half years of power outage.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the formal commencement of electricity supply to the area by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company gave the residents much joy.

The power outage was the aftermath of the burning down of the defunct PHCN sub-station at Olorunsogo area by hoodlums during the January 2012 nationwide fuel subsidy protest.
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Commissioner’s killers die in gun battle

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Governor Theodore Orji of Abia said those who killed the State’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Kenneth Nwosu, had also been killed by security operatives in a gun battle near Ikwuano.

Orji made this known at the funeral service for the late Nwosu held at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Amizi-Olokoro, on Friday.

“Nwosu was shot by kidnappers. He was shot twice for resisting an attempt to kidnap him.
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Vagabonds in power

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Vagabonds in Power was one of late Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s most iconic and elemental songs about the ills afflicting our society. I wonder what the legendary singer/social rights activist would have made of Nigeria today, in general and the total shambles of our football in particular.
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Failure to punish impunity responsible for terrorism –Fayemi

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Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has identified the Federal Government’s failure to punish impunity as the major factor responsible for the rise in violent crimes and terrorism in the country.

He cited the failure of the Federal Government to punish the members of the violent Ombatse cult who killed over 70 security personnel in Nasarawa State, noting that it was such impunity that encouraged people to commit grave crimes.
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Ebola: 160 placed under observation in Rivers

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Following the death of an Ebola victim in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during the week, at least 160 persons that made contact with the victim have been identified and put under observation.

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, stated at a news conference at the state’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Friday that the people had shown no signs of the Ebola disease.

He, however, said that the people were strictly under watch.

The commissioner added that the baby of the widow of the late health worker, who has since been quarantined, was in good health.
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Nine injured as APC lawmakers clash in Ibadan

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Supporters of two members of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Temitope Olatoye, representing Lagelu Constituency and Abiodun Adigun-Hammed representing Akinyele II Constituency clashed in Ojoo area of Ibadan on Wednesday, leaving no fewer than nine people injured.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that both lawmakers, who are eyeing the party’s ticket to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2015 general elections, clashed during a programme organised by Adigun-Hammed to foster relationship between spare parts traders and the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.
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2015: PDP considers automatic ticket for Jonathan

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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is contemplating fielding President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole candidate for the 2015 presidential primaries, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.

The thinking within the top echelon of the party is that the party would emulate the United States democracy where the right of first refusal is usually given to the President.

Already, some members of the National Working Committee of the party were said to have favoured the arrangement, which would see Jonathan emerge as the sole candidate of the party.
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Abducted Ex-Governor Sylva’s Uncle Murdered, Police Exhume Body -

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The Nigerian police today disclosed that Benson Ayerite Eseni, an 87-year old uncle to former Governor Timpre Sylva of Bayelsa State, has been killed and buried in a shallow grave.

Chief Benson Ayerite Adigio-Eseni was seized by men armed with AK-47 rifles from his Okpoama residence in Brass LGA of Bayelsa state on July 28, 2014. An aide to Sylva said the gunmen came in a speed boat around 1am shooting into the air before whisking the man who retired from the army with the rank of a major away..
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Moscow Vows 'Appropriate Response' to Poland’s Flyover Denial for Russian Minister’s Plane

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Poland’s refusal to let the Russian Defense Minister’s plane fly in its airspace violates international norms and will not be left unanswered, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.
"Such actions can only be described as a blatant violation of international norms and the diplomatic code of ethics," the ministry said. "It is absolutely evident that such actions by Warsaw will entail an appropriate response from Russia."

Russian Scientists Develop Method for Earlier Detection of Cancer

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Scientists from a subsidiary of the SIGMA.Novosibirsk nanotechnology center, a project run by the state-owned RUSNANO Corporation, have developed a technology that detects cancer in very early stages and can be employed at outpatient clinics, said a Friday statement on the center’s website.

“The method of super-early cancer detection is based on DNA molecule analysis. A cancer tumor does not develop if the particular genes, the onco-suppressor genes, are active, as what they produce suppresses the creation of a tumor. Thus, if these genes are ‘turned off,’ an oncogenic process can be diagnosed,” 

the statement said.

Marketing Death: How US Is Using Foley and McCain to Sell War

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Another American citizen has been killed in Syria in the past week, albeit under completely different circumstances. Douglas McAuthur McCain was killed by ‘Free Syrian Army’ militants during a gunfight while fighting for Islamic State (IS), becoming the first American Islamist to die in Syria. This comes as the world is still reeling from the beheading of reporter James Foley, which was first broadcast last week. The deaths of Foley and McCain back-to-back provide the US with different justifications for the same objective – the bombing of Syria.

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South African Woman drags Hospital to court after She Gave Birth to Down's Syndrome Baby

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A South African woman is going to the country's constitutional court to claim thousands of pounds in damages after a medical centre failed to diagnose her son with Down's syndrome. 

The woman, identified only as Ms H. to protect the identity of her child, is arguing her son represents a "wrongful life," as she would have aborted the foetus if she had been told by the clinic it was at a high risk of having Down's syndrome. She is seeking £368,742 (N93million) in damages on behalf of her child, who has severe Down's syndrome and needs constant care, according to court documents. 

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Ebola Drug Zmapp Confirmed 100% Effective in Treating Infected Monkeys

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Hopes of a breakthrough in the fight against Ebola have been raised by the 100 per cent successful treatment of monkeys with the deadly disease. According to a new research published in a special report on Nature journal's website, the experimental drug ZMapp cured the animals even when administered five days after infection, while they were displaying severe symptoms. All 18 rhesus macaques made a complete recovery, in contrast to three other untreated monkeys that quickly fell seriously ill and died.

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El-Rufai Is Boko Haram's Executive Commander - Former Chief Of Army Staff, General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika.

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Former Chief of Army Staff, General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika yesterday opened a can of worms and throw a bomb by declaring that the former Minister of the FCT and APC Chieftain, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is one of the frontline Commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Speaking with Vanguard over allegation by the former Minister that he (Ihejirika) and former Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State were manipulated as terrorists sponsors, General Ihejirika said he is not surprised that this unimaginable allegation is coming from 'one of the Boko Haram Commanders'.
"The (Commanders) including El-Rufai know where the problem is. He should stop deceiving Nigerians by trying to divert attention".
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At least 10 die as boat capsizes in Port Harcourt

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At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying 35 people capsized in the early hours of today August 29th in a river in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Onimode Bandele said rescue efforts are still ongoing in the search of more people.

“We can confirm that 10 persons died early today when a Port Harcourt-bound passenger boat sank. Rescue efforts are ongoing and the agency is already working with other bodies and security agencies in the rescue efforts.” he said 

1st case of Ebola recorded in Senegal

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Senegal has recorded its first case of the deadly Ebola virus disease. The Senegalese Health Minister, Awa Marie Coll Seck told newsmen today August 29th that the first case was a Guinean national who arrived Senegal recently. The deadly virus first broke out in Guinea in March this year.

Hours after executing 300 Syrian soldiers, ISIS parade captured Kurds, then beheads one

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 ISIS militants yesterday released a movie showing them executing about 300 Syrian soldiers they captured close to the Tabqa air base since the soldiers attempted to flee the fallen air base in Raqqa, Syria. They stripped the soldiers down for their briefs, took them to the desert, lined them up and executed them. Then hours later, they posted another video showing captured Kurd fighters wearing orange prison uniforms. This time around they executed only one.
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