I didn’t sign report on unremitted $49.8bn oil revenue – Saraki

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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said it is untrue that he signed the report of the Senate Committee on Finance on the investigation of the alleged un-remitted $49.8bn oil revenue by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

In a statement on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Media and Advocacy, Mr.  Bamikole Omishore, the senator said though he is a member of the committee and also participated actively in the investigation, he did not sign the report as reported by a national daily (not The Punch).

END OF THE ROAD. Boko Haram Commander, Mallam Hussani Killed In Gun Battle.

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Nigerian Army Artillery units pound retreating insurgents after their failed attack on an Army Outpost.
This is the end of the Road For Mallam Hussaini (Insurgent Commander). 
More pictures coming shortly.
[Picture courtesy: Sirus Black - 7 Div Nigerian Army.


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Spanish Priest Contaminated With Ebola Dies In A Madrid Clinic

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The Spanish priest, Miguel Pajares who was infected with the Ebola Virus in Liberia and was later flown back to his country has died this morning. The priest who'd started taking the experimental drugs died today at a Madrid hospital.  Spain's Ministry of Heath also have confirmed his death. 

US Must Abandon Goal of Unified Iraq - Kurdish Advocate

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US President Barack Obama’s airstrikes in northern Iraq are helpful – but will not stop the country’s inevitable breakup, Kani Xulam, head of a pro-Kurdish group, told our source on Tuesday.
“It was good that Obama came forward and protected the Kurds, but his desire to put Iraq together comes too late. Iraq is artificial – it’s neither a legitimate nor a linguistically-similar state. Unless Iraq has a very weak central government, it has no prospect of holding together,” Xulam, director of the American Kurdish Information Network, said.

US Seeks to Bolster Waning Influence in Iraq by Backing Kurdish Regime - expert

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The US interference in Iraq's politics aims at salvaging the Kurdish regime – and with it whatever influence Washington might still have in the region, US political analyst James Petras believes.
"The purpose of [US President Barack] Obama's interfering in Iraqi politics has to do, first and foremost, with saving the Kurdish regime, which is essentially under US influence," Petras, a professor of sociology at Binghamton University, told our source on Monday.
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Stallion Automobile Made In Nigeria Vehicles Go On Sale

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Made-in-Nigeria Hyundai vehicles are finally here. The Group Managing Director of Stallion Automobile Division, Aprvir Singh announced this yesterday at a gathering, where he said the vehicles are now ready to go on sale.  Also speaking at the occasion was the Chairman of the company who also said, the vehicles that were assembled at the Hyundai Motor Plant in Lagos are very much ready for sale and are not on the high side, to enable Nigerians have a break from the strangle-hold of wholesale vehicle importers. i10, Grand, Accent, Elantra and iX35 are being sold at prices between N1.594 million and N1.990

Eating seven nuts a day could improve a man's sperm count and quality.

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Eating seven nuts a day could improve a man's sperm count and quality, say  Italian doctors.
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

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Following the attack on a Croix-des-Bouquets prison located on the outskirts of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, 329 inmates managed to escape, prompting a nationwide search operation by local law enforcement, according to AFP. Local eyewitnesses described how first they heard gunfire coming from the prison, and shortly after saw hundreds of people fleeing from the correctional facility in every direction.


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

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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.

Ebola: At last US agrees to provide Liberia experimental drup, ZMapp

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The Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, announced yesterday that their country will get sample doses of experimental drug, ZMapp to take care of doctors contaminated with Ebola

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.

We Give You October Deadline To End Boko Haram -- Northern Elders To Jonathan

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The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Monday identified “lack of a strong will at the level of the presidency, deep-seated corruption, incompetence in governments and in the management of security challenges” as major factors fuelling the Boko Haram insurgency.

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

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Legendary Hollywood actor and comedian Robin Williams has died at age 63. He was found dead today Monday August 11th in his home in Tiburon California. Police suspect he committed suicide byasphyxiation. His publicist said he have been battling severe depression for a while. See the statement from Police in Marin County, Calif below...

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."

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Ebola: Sawyer’s Trip To Nigeria Infuriates Me, He's A ‘Crazy Man’ ---- Pres.Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan has described late Patrick Sawyer’s actions of coming into Nigeria especially, despite carrying the Ebola virus, as ‘crazy’.

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

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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

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The largest outbreak of Ebola in history was likely started by a 2 year old boy in a remote village in Guinea according to researchers. The boy, called Patient Zero in this outbreak, died on December 6th 2013 after suffering from fever, black stool & vomiting. That illness has now been found to be Ebola 

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

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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

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There is no let up in the attacks in Plateau State as no fewer than 14 persons have been killed and 230 cows stolen by gunmen in Yelwa town in Shendam and Jos East local government areas of the state

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

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Saudi authorities beheaded a national on Monday after he was convicted of killing his wife with an axe in front of their daughter, the interior ministry announced.
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

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Chukwuma as he is simply known, is just twenty years old and he is a serial killer. He allegedly specialises in murdering women and subsequently, having s3x with their dead bodies. The killer who resides in Ebonyi State, is a painter and has been arrested by the police.
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

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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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