Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Stallion Automobile Made In Nigeria Vehicles Go On Sale
Eating seven nuts a day could improve a man's sperm count and quality.
They are testing the theory in a trial of 100 men being treated for infertility at a hospital in Turin.
Mass Prison Break in Haiti: 329 Prisoners Escape, Including Notorious Kidnapper
During a press conference on Monday, Haiti National Police Chief Godson Orleus said that the government has already requested aid from Interpol as well as from the neighboring countries of Dominican Republic and Jamaica because some of the escaped convicts may have fled abroad. At least two guards sustained gunshot wounds during the attack.
Jealous Hubby eliminates Wife after child found condoms in mum's bag
A jealous husband killed his wife after his young son found a few condoms in her purse.
The couple had two boys, ages 4 and 5.
According to authorities, one of the kids allegedly found condoms while playing with his mother’s purse.
The couple had two boys, ages 4 and 5.
According to authorities, one of the kids allegedly found condoms while playing with his mother’s purse.
Ebola: At last US agrees to provide Liberia experimental drup, ZMapp
A record published on Mrs Sirleaf's website on Monday said the US had approved a request from Liberia to ship the medicine following a direct appeal US President Barack Obama on Friday.
Monday, August 11, 2014
We Give You October Deadline To End Boko Haram -- Northern Elders To Jonathan
The body also advised President Goodluck Jonathan to bring an end the insurgency in all its manifestations and produce the Chibok girls before the end of October, 2014, saying In the event that he failed to do so, Nigerians would be left with the only conclusion that he had forfieted his right to ask for their mandate beyond 2015.
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Actor Robin Williams dies at 63; suspected of committing suicide
On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 a.m, Marin County Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at 12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at 12:02 pm has been identified as Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63-year-old resident of unincorporated Tiburon, CA."Continue..
Ebola: Sawyer’s Trip To Nigeria Infuriates Me, He's A ‘Crazy Man’ ---- Pres.Jonathan
Jonathan made the statement at the annual Interfaith Conference in Abuja.
The President, who expressed his disappointment with the way and manner Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria, however, assured citizens that government was ready to stop the spread of Ebola.
“As a government, we promise that we will do everything humanly possible to contain the Ebola virus”, Jonathan added.
Cambodian Police arrest nine over organ trafficking
Chuon Sovan, Cambodian Police Chief, said on Monday in Phnom Penh, that nine hospital workers were arrested on suspicion of running an organ-trafficking ring.
He said both the director and deputy director of the military Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh were arrested, along with a Chinese doctor and several people described as Chinese-Vietnamese nationals.
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Ebola outbreak may have started with 2 year old boy in Guinea
Before he died, he infected his mother, his 3 year old sister, his grandmother and a mid wife who was caring for him when he was ill. His mum and sister died before the end of December 2013 after suffering bleeding symptoms. His grandmother died January 1st. The mid-wife died by February 11th but before dying, she had passed the virus to her family members who died the following month in March 2014.
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Just in: APC, PDP supporters clash in Ile-Ife, Ilesha - Osun election
There was violence today in Ile-Ife between supporters of All Progressive Congress and Peoples Democratic Party. It was gathered that the violence started around mid-day of Monday. Our correspondent gathered that the crisis occurred at Itaogun, which links Aderemi Road, Along Telecoms, down Omisore Street, Ile-Ife. However, there are two sides to the cause of the violence. Details later…
14 killed, 230 cows stolen in fresh Plateau attacks
It was gathered that the gunmen attacked Yelwa village in the early hours of Monday, shooting sporadically into the air and killing 12 people. The rampaging gunmen succeeded in rustling over 200 cattle.
A source in Shendam, who does not want his name in print said the gunmen who came in their numbers were heavily armed.
Saudi authorities Behead Man for Killing his wife
Mahdi al-Ghabari battered his wife Shaqraa al-Bahri several times on her neck with an axe, killing her “in the presence of their little daughter who witnessed” the crime, said the statement published by the official SPA news agency.
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Serial Killer Who Kills Women & Have S3x With Their Corpse Arrested in Ebonyi
He was caught when the police set him up with a young girl on a farm pathway. It was the spot where he normally ambushed women who either were going to or coming back from the farm.Continue..
NANS commends Fashola for reversing LASU fee
The leadership of the South-West Zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students has commended the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, for reverting the tuition of the Lagos State University to its original rate.
Fashola had increased the tuition from N25,000 to between N193,000 to N350,000, leading the students to go on mass protests.
It was reduced to between 34 to 60 per cent, but the students were dissatisfied before it was finally reduced to the original amount.
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2nd Lagos nurse tests positive for Ebola -FG
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Boko Haram: Spouses of Nigerian Troops Block Husbands’ Deployment to Gwosa.
Scores of soldiers have been killed by Boko Haram in Borno State in the last few months, and many blame the inferior weapons Nigerian troops are equipped with to fight brutal insurgents. Reports say nearly 60 soldiers were killed last Wednesday in Gwosa, taken over by Boko Haram after hundreds of heavily-armed militants swooped on the border town.
After locking the gates Saturday, the women and children placed themselves as wedges before the trucks that were to drive out of Giwa Barracks of the 21 armoured brigade Maiduguri, witnesses said.
“We don’t want to be turned another set of widows, give our husbands modern and better arms, weapons and vehicles or they go nowhere!” one woman was quoted by a source as saying.Continue..
PDP seeks South-West foothold ahead of 2015
OLUSOLA FABIYI writes on the fresh moves by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to maintain power at the centre as battle to unseat the party by the opposition rages
The race for the Presidency in 2015 is gathering momentum. The heat is on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Its leaders are not pretending. Even President Goodluck Jonathan also knows that the stake is high. Therefore, he and other leaders of the party, including governors elected on the platform of the party have put on their thinking caps.
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Osun: Who won the election?
I do not want to believe that I would be the only one who is looking at the just concluded governorship election in Osun State differently. I am certain that dispassionate observers of the trend and dimensions of the election would be agitated by the same question, ‘Who won at Osun?’ In 2011, during the general elections, Rauf Aregbesola was barely a year on the saddle as the governor of Osun State. The Osun electorate had yet to test the man by having a taste of his style and method of leadership.
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$1.5bn Lekki deep seaport project suffers setback
Disagreements over the equity contributions of partners in the Lekki deep seaport are currently threatening the takeoff of the project, COMFORT OSEGHALE writes
Disagreements over the value of land donated by the Lagos State Government for the establishment of the Lekki Deep Seaport have been identified as the cause of the delay in the takeoff of the project.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Jonathan, Osun PDP disagree on election result.
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday differed with the Osun State chapter of the party on the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election won by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress of Nigeria.
While Jonathan and the national leadership of the PDP conceded defeat to Aregbesola , the PDP in Osun rejected the election result.
The APC candidate who is the incumbent governor of the state polled 394,684 to defeat his PDP counterpart, Iyiola Omisore, who scored 292,750 in the final results announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on Sunday morning.
The APC candidate who is the incumbent governor of the state polled 394,684 to defeat his PDP counterpart, Iyiola Omisore, who scored 292,750 in the final results announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on Sunday morning.
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I didn’t ask Aregbesola to dethrone Ooni –Tinubu
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied directing Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State to dethrone the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade.
Tinubu said the rumour over the alleged involvement of the monarch in the build-up to the just concluded Osun State governorship election won by Aregbesola was the handiwork of “political desperadoes.”
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NASCAR Champion Tony Stewart Hits, Kills Race Car Driver (Graphic Video)
A 20-year-old American race car driver has died after being struck by the car of three-time Nascar champion Tony Stewart during a local sprint race in New York. According to eyewitnesses, Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr, 20, had collided on a previous lap of the dirt track race on Saturday. Ward then climbed out of his car to show his displeasure and was on track confronting Stewart when he was suddenly struck and thrown into the air by Stewart's car.
A video of the incident has been posted on YouTube. Watch it after the break
1st Victim of the Ebola Outbreak Identified in Guinea
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VIEWER'S DISCRETION ADVISED: Ghastly Motor Accident involving RCCG Members
Shocking: Photo of a 7 year old Boy Posing with Decapitated Head of Syrian Solider -
Just in: Spanish priest with Ebola treated with experimental serum, Zmapp
The Spanish government claimed yesterday that the drug was imported from Geneva and doctors have begun to administer it on Fr. Miguel Pajares at Madrid’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital where he is in isolation. The first person to be treated with the serum, Dr. Kent Brantly, saw his condition improve after being given Zmapp.
Outrage in Missouri as 18yr old unarmed boy is shot dead by police
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Kurdish Forces Take Back Two Towns Occupied by Militants in Iraq – Reports
"The Peshmerga (Kurdish fighters) have liberated Makhmur and Gwer," Peshmerga spokesman Halgord Hekmat told AFP.Hekmat said "US aerial support helped” to liberate the towns. Representatives of the regional authorities also confirmed that the Kurdish troops had recaptured the towns following fierce battles.
Late on Thursday, US President Barack Obama gave the green light to US airstrikes targeting positions of Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Iraq against Kurdish forces defending the city of Erbil. The President also authorized humanitarian aid to Yezidi Kurds who, as Obama stated, face “genocide.” Several airstrikes have been conducted over the past few days.
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Full Details: Ukraine South Eastern War (The MUCH awaited) SITREP translated by Gleb Bazov
The Boiling Point of the Southern Cauldron
Original: Voice of Sevastopol, August 8, 2014
Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
Edited by S. Naylor
The Collapse of the Southern Cauldron
The Southern Cauldron has reached its boiling point; it is living out its final hours. Everything that did not manage to flee to Russia or to break out of encirclement is in the process of being cooked. Yesterday, following a de-blockading strike from without, the remnants of the surrounded brigades, having gathered an armoured group and abandoned everything that could not move, rushed to break through in the direction of Miusinsk. This led to battles, in the course which the city continually passed from one faction to the other. In order to prevent the unification of two enemy groups – one attempting to break out and the other – a relief group advancing through Orlovka to the north of Enakievo – the Militia attempted to push the breakout troops to the north-east of Miusinsk.
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Israel also Agrees to Another Ceasefire in Gaza – Government Source
Israel has agreed to another ceasefire in the Gaza strip and is planning to send its delegation to Egypt on Monday to continue negotiations on a final settlement of the conflict with Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas, a source in the Israeli government told RIA Novosti on Sunday.
“Israel has accepted an Egyptian initiative. If true ceasefire enters into force, the Israeli delegation will arrive in Egypt tomorrow,” the source said.
"Hong Kong Patient Not Infected with Ebola - Reports"
The 32-year-old patient was put in isolation on Sunday due to diarrhea and vomiting, which can be symptoms of Ebola, after he returned from the West African country. He is now in a stable condition, the agency said, citing the health department.
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Estonia's President Criticizes Switzerland for Lack of Sanctions Against Russia
"Switzerland must live with the criticism that it has only dispensed with its own sanctions to gain an advantage for its banking sector," Ilves told the paper.
The president did not specify whether Estonia, as part of the European Union would put pressure on Switzerland. He noted, however, that other countries that claimed to be neutral, such as Sweden and Ireland, ended up supporting the sanctions.
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Wedding day tragedy: Bridegroom dies on way to church (photo)
There was supposed to be a wedding at one of the churches in Ekwuluobia Anambra this weekend. Instead, a funeral was arranged.
The 38-year-old groom, Mr. Nze- kwe Chukwuemeka Barthlomew, died just hours before his wedding vows to his bride groom on Saturday.
The 38-year-old groom, Mr. Nze- kwe Chukwuemeka Barthlomew, died just hours before his wedding vows to his bride groom on Saturday.
The late Bartholomew, a vulcanizer, died in an accident on his way to Church for his wedding ceremony in Ekwuluobia Anambra, yesterday.
Palestinians Agree on New Ceasefire With Israel - Reports
The Palestinian delegation said it accepts a Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour ceasefire with Israel, AP reported Sunday.
"We are here to look for an agreement. We cannot have an agreement without talks, so we accepted an Egyptian proposal to have a ceasefire for 72 hours in order to resume the talks," a member of the Palestinian delegation was quoted as saying.
Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to return his delegation to Cairo to hold talks on resolving the conflict in the Gaza Strip until Palestinian militants stop rocket attacks.
"Israel will not negotiate under fire," Netanyahu said.
Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters
"On August 7, 2014, the patrol forces of the Northern Fleet detected a foreign submarine, supposedly a US Navy Virginia-class one, in the Barents Sea. A seaborne anti-submarine group, as well as an anti-submarine airplane Il-38, was sent to the region to search and track it down," the source said.
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Chad withdraws Chinese exploration permits
Chad has decided to withdraw five exploration permits issued to a Chinese company and press charges in a row over a $1.2bn fine for environmental violations, the oil ministry has said.
Djerassem Le Bemadjiel, Chad’s oil minister, told a news conference on Saturday that the move was “to avoid further environmental degradation, not to make place for other companies”.
The China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) was forced to suspend operations in Chad in May after refusing to pay a fine of $1.2bn for “unacceptable practices” that had led to “noxious spills” around drilling sites.
Jonathan congratulates Aregbesola on his victory
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday congratulated Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on his victory in the Saturday election. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said the peaceful conduct of the elections reaffirmed his administration’s determination to positively reform Nigeria’s electoral processes.
He added that the outcome of the election vindicated him from what he called unfair and uncharitable allegations that measures put in place by the Federal Government for the Ekiti and Osun State elections were designed to achieve a favourable outcome for his party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
Iran: Plane crash outside Tehran in kills 48 passengers and crew
48 people, including 40 passengers and 8 crew were killed this morning August 10th when a small passenger plane crashed shortly after take off from Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, the capital of Iran, Iranian state TV reports.
The plane, an Antonov An-140, designed for short domestic flights, was traveling from Tehran to the northeastern city of Tabas when it went down in a residential area. At least five children were on board the plane. Five people on the ground were burnt to death. Iran's aviation authority cited engine failure as the cause of the crash. This is the first major crash in Iran since 2011.
Angry students Shutdown FUPRE Gates after a 400l student is shot dead
Jimoh, who was due to graduate in the next four months, was said to be leaving his Boys' hostel in Ugbomro around 8pm on Thursday when he was shot dead by gunmen suspected to armed robbers.
"It is another case of robbery. We were together discussing sports when he excused us to fetch some items outside. Barely 30 minutes later, he was lying in a pool of his blood, his neck shattered by one of the two gunshots" Akpomedaye Philip, Governor of the isolated off-campus FUPRE Boys Hostel told Vanguard.Continue...
Man allegedly kills his wife just a day after she gave birth to their twins
The Nation reports
Sources revealed that the incident took place at the couple’s apartment at No 23, Temidire Street, Ajowa area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Findings further revealed that the deceased’s husband, one Mr. Kola, popularly known in asMelomelo (how many, how many), had escaped with the twins even as he was reported to have slept in the same room with his late wife, their new twins and other four children the night before the incident.
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Bitter Kola & Ebola: What Nigerians Need to know - Health Minister
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu
"One of the things we decided to focus on by setting up that committee is to streamline claims of possible scientific cure, not a situation where pastors and imams claim they can cure Ebola. We might even go to the extent of making laws to arrest people with such bogus claims. We would take every suggestion seriously. About Professor Iwu, we know that quite a number of Nigerians accessed his article through the internet.Continue..
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9TH/10TH August Nigeria SITREP (Boko Haram) **Fighting In Damboa.
On 5th August 2014, elements of the 7th Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, backed by light attack jets of the Nigerian Airforce, commenced an assault to dislodge combined Boko Haram forces in control of Damboa Town and surrounding areas in Damboa Local Government Area (LGA), of Borno State, that the insurgents captured earlier in July.
At the same time, the insurgents captured their second local government seat and urban settlement in WarZone South, when they seized Gwoza Town (population 72,000) the headquarters of the LGA of the same name and some 30-40km from the Cameroonian border.
Incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola re-elected governor of Osun State
The returning officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Bamitale Omole declared Aregbesola winner having polled 394, 684 votes while Omisore polled 292, 747 votes.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Delta Governor’s aide, Sunny Ofili, traditional ruler die in auto crash
Mr Ofili, Mr Ezeagwunam, who was driving and his son were traveling in an SUV when they crashed into a stationery lorry laden with gravel at Otulu Junction on the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway. The car somersaulted several times and burst into flames. All three passengers were burnt to death
Meet the man who posed as Nigerian prince the UK, bags 7 years
Posing as a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he mingled with diplomats, captains of industry and senior police officers.
Dr Yilkyes Bala was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley and hosted sumptuous dinners at the Dorchester to mix with society’s elite. But the supposedly flourishing businessman was in fact a criminal mastermind responsible for an ambitious immigration racket.
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