Monday, August 25, 2014
Late Dr Adadevoh's younger sister reportedly tests positive to Ebola
Ebola: Liberian doctor passes on despite taking Zmapp
The National Deputy Chief Medical Doctor in Liberia, Abraham Borbor, has died from the Ebola virus disease despite taking the experimental drug, ZMapp. Late Dr. Borbor contracted the deadly virus while attending to Ebola patients at the John F. Kennedy Medical Centre in Monrovia.
Liberia's Minister of Information Lewis Brown announced his death to reporters in Monrovia today and said the late doctor was improving as at yesterday August 24th but suddenly took ill and died.
'President GEJ is not sick' - Presidency
Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati has denied media reports that the president, who left for Germany on Friday August 22nd, is sick and is in Germany for medical checkup. Abati said Jonathan traveled to Germany for an exclusive visit and not because he's sick. He explained the false report has been peddled by a newspaper outfit owned by a chieftain of an opposition party.
12 million farmers benefit from e-wallet farm inputs -FG
President Goodluck Jonathan, represented by his deputy, Namadi Sambo, inaugurates silo in Kwali, Federal Capital Territory, says 14million registered farmers benefitting from E-wallet distribution of farm inputs.
More details later.
Photos: Policeman allegedly shot dead an Okada man in Ajah
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Ex-Beauty Queen Omowunmi Akinnifesi's dad passes on.
CHIEF DR EMMANUEL OLULANA AKINNIFESI:
Bsc, MA (Econs) Yale. PhD (Econs) Lagos, FIMC, F.Inst. Fm, FNSA
Chief Dr Olulana Akinnifesi was a PhD Degree and Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.A masters degree holder in Economics. He was a former Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria and was Head Statistics and Econometrics. He received many awards, which included fifteen years of meritorious service certificate awarded by CBN in December 1992. While he was at Central Bank he became a Diplomat and was appointed Chief Executive/ Executive secretary, West African Clearing House, Freetown Sierra Leone, an International Organisation. There he represented Nigeria and the interest of 15 other West African Countries and 10 Central Banks from 1991-1993.
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Egypt President: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denies role in Libya air strikes
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi denied on Sunday that the Egyptian armed forces are involved in any military operation in Libya, official news agency MENA reported.
“We didn’t take part in any military act outside our borders so far,” Sisi said during his meeting with the state newspapers editors-in-chief.
The Islamists in Libya have claimed that Egypt along with the United Arab Emirates were behind the recent air strikes on their bases around Tripoli airport on Friday night that killed 11 fighters.
The significance of the Russian decision to move the humanitarian convoy into Novorussia
It appears that the Russians got tired of waiting. I suggest that you all carefully parse the Statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs I posted earlier today. This is an interesting document because besides an explanation of the Russian decision to move it, it is also, potentially, a legal defense or an unprecedented Russian decision: to overtly violate the Ukrainian sovereignty. Let me explain.
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At Least 87 Injured in Northern California Earthquake – Media
More than 80 people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern California on Sunday, according to media reports. At least 87 people are being treated at hospital for injuries with two adults and a child being in critical condition, the Los Angeles Times reported citing local fire department officials. The quake left structures and roadways damaged and some 15,000 homes without power, according to ABC. The temblor jolted the Bay Area early Sunday morning. It was centered about 6 miles southwest of Napa and hit at a depth of about 7 miles, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake was felt as far south as Santa Cruz and into Sonoma County. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the region in nearly 25 years, according to USGS.
Poland, Baltics Urge NATO to Target Russia with Europe’s Ballistic Missile ‘Shield’
According to the German daily, the push comes from Poland and the Baltic trio of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia who claim they “feel threatened by Russia’s intervention into Ukraine.”
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Donetsk Region Requests Humanitarian Aid as Fighting Continues in Ukraine
Republic’s Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said he was not going to ask the embattled city of Luhansk to share the aid that Russia’s convoy had brought earlier this week.
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Ukraine Army Mobile Mortar Teams Shelling Donetsk – Independence Supporters
Ukraine’s army is using mobile mortar teams to shell downtown Donetsk, Volodymyr Konovalov, the defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said Sunday. “Kiev is using the cowardly tactics of mortar teams. They fire 10-20 shells and retreat. The city is big, they are moving, there are enough places where they can hide,” Konovalov said. On Saturday, a mortar attack hit the center of Donetsk, killing a nine-year-old girl, the official reminded. Since mid-April, Kiev authorities have been conducting a special military operation in the east of Ukraine to crack down on independence supporters that refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the new government. Over 2,000 people have been killed and more than 5,000 injured since the start of Kiev’s offensive, according to the United Nations.
Over 500 Killed as IS Gains Control Over Syrian Air Base in Raqqah
Islamic State (IS) militants have seized an air base in the Syrian northern province Raqqa, with over 500 people being killed in the fighting, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday citing a monitoring group.
"One hundred and seventy Syrian soldiers were killed on Sunday in the offensive which led to the IS jihadists seizing Tabqa airport," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP.
Also, 346 IS jihadists has also been killed in the fighting at the air base since Tuesday, according to the Observatory.
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Boko Haram steals riffles in Borno police academy.
The Boko Haram insurgents, who attacked the Police Academy, Gwoza, Borno State, on Wednesday, seized not less than 200 assault rifles from the riot policemen on training.
Investigations revealed that about 159 of the guns were seized from men of the three mobile police units from Mopol 50, Abuja; Mopol 38 and Mopol 58 based in Akwanga and Lafia respectively in Nasarawa State.
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DR Congo confirms two deaths from Ebola
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Adamawa imposes 24-hour curfew on Madagali
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Gwoza: Boko Haram’s Claim is Empty - DHQ
The statement said:
“The claim is empty. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nigerian state is still intact. Any group of terrorists laying claim to any portion of the country will not be allowed to get away with that expression of delusion and crime. Appropriate military operations to secure that area from the activities of the bandits are still ongoing”.
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