Russian President Vladimir named the world's most powerful person by Forbes for the 2nd Year running !

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The Russian leader was also been named Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2007, and was named The Times International Person of the Year in 2013. © RIA Novosti. Michael Klimentyev

Russian President Vladimir Putin was named the world's most powerful person by Forbes for the 2nd year running, while US President Barack Obama took second place.

"For the next year running, our votes went with the Russian president since the world's most powerful person, followed closely by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping," the content accompanying the list published Wednesday said.

Ebola Scare: Nigerian man banned from work in the UK after visiting Nigeria

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 John Ogunnoiki, who works as a protection guard at Strong Safety Ltd headquartered in Cornwall, UK, has been informed perhaps not to go to work over doubts he might have Ebola after visiting Nigeria.

The 46 year old English citizen, faces a three-week quarantine from his employers who informed him he wants to have the all-clear from the English physician before he is able to return to work. Bellow is the letter(in full) his supervisor delivered to him

Tambuwal: God Bless The Police

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The news on the defection of the outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) has become a matter of national discuss in the past few days, with analysts and commentators jumping in to share a piece of their thoughts. The polity went upscale when the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) withdrew the security details attached to Hon. Tambuwal.

First, it is important that every patriotic Nigerian give kudos to Hon. Tambuwal for repositioning the House of Representatives as a stakeholder in the Nigeria project. He deserves resounding applause for his dogged and relentless efforts in taking the legislative arm away from the stranglehold of the executive and repositioning it as a symbol of authority as against the coalition of yes-men.

Fidelity Private Banking Wins Financial Times “Best Private Bank Award 2014”

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Fidelity Private Banking, a Division of Fidelity Bank Plc. has been recognized as the “Best Private Bank in Nigeria 2014” in the Global Private Banking Awards organized by Professional Wealth Management (PWM) and The Banker magazines, publications of the Financial Times Group, one of the world's leading business news and information organizations. This was announced at the 6th Annual Global Private Banking Awards which took place in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, October 29th over a gala dinner.
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Sanctions Against Russia for Recognizing Elections in Donbas Foolish: Venetian Politician

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New sanctions against Russia for recognizing the elections in the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in Donbas would be unprecedented and foolish, founder of the Indipendenza Veneta (Independent Veneto) movement Alessio Morosin said.  "It would be foolish of the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia for the mere reason that it officially recognizes the elections of November 2. There has been no analogous precedent in international practice," Morosin told RIA Novosti.