Bill Gates gives Nigeria, other countries N8billion to fight Ebola

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will be donating $50million (N8billion) to support the efforts of Nigeria and other West African countries hit by the Ebola Virus outbreak in containing the spread of the deadly virus.

Announcing this in a statement issued today September 10th, the foundation said the money will be immediately released to the United Nations agencies and international organizations that are involved in the Ebola fight to enable them and national governments purchase needed supplies and scale up emergency operations. Continue...

Gra*phic Photo: Gay-man Burned to ashes by angry mob during daylight in Uganda, few days after Anti-Gay Bill was Adopted

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Uganda has signed a bill that further bans homosexuality. Based on source, a man was even burned to death to be gay shortly. The bill's original 2009 version, named "Kill The Gays," went in terms of calling for the death penalty for many homosexual acts; that provision was shelved after international furore.

Under its latest iteration, anybody who conducts marriage ceremonies for same-se-x couples faces seven years behind bars. Failure to report homosexual activity to police can also be criminalized. Doctors who treat gays, landlords who rent them property and those suspected to be LBGTQ are at the mercy of five-year prison terms under the bill.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole signs death sentence for kidnappers bill in to Edo state law

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Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole today October 18th signed into the Edo State law, a bill that prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers. The death penalty is not just for kidnappers who kill their victims, its for many acts of kidnapping whether it involves murder or not. The newest bill also states that houses used by kidnappers will be demolished. Is this a delightful development or...? Please share your thoughts.

Funke Akindele joins Bill gates,Jackie Chan & Psy as polio ambassador!!!

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“I feel so honored to be part of a charitable cause like this. I accepted this appointment because polio kills or paralyzes children and Rotary is committed to ending this terrible disease worldwide.” the Jenifa star said in statement. “I also learned that the world has never been so close to eradication of polio since the mid 80’s thanks to the vigorous efforts of Rotary International and its partners.” she finished.
Can someone say Congrats to Funke!!!

Full Update: US Senate bill authorizes sanctions on Russia or any other country offering Snowden asylum

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US sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden are unanimously approved in Congress by voice vote as an amendment to next year’s $50.6 billion diplomacy and international aid bill.

The measure introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham demands the State Department coordinate with lawmakers on setting penalties against nations that seek to help Snowden avoid extradition to the United States, where authorities want him prosecuted for revealing details of the government’s massive surveillance system, according to the Washington Post.

"I don’t know if he’s getting a change of clothes. I don’t know if he’s going to stay in Russia forever. I don’t know where he’s going to go," Graham said. "But I know this: That the right thing to do is to send him back home so he can face charges for the crimes he’s allegedly committed."

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U.S. Senate passes immigration bill, 11 million foreigners on a path to American citizenship.

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The U.S. Senate, after a decade of trying and failing, on Thursday passed a wide-ranging immigration bill that would put 11 million foreigners now living illegally in the United States on a path to American citizenship.

The U.S. Senate's vote passing a broad immigration reform bill fell two votes short of what some of its main backers had said was necessary to pressure the House of Representatives to act.

The Senate voted 68-32 for the bill, giving more than two-thirds support in the 100-member chamber. Earlier, backers said they were pushing to get 70 votes to help sway the more conservative House to consider it.

Anambra to use Bill Gates money to build 10 hospitals

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AWKA- Anambra State government said yesterday that it would use the money it won from being the best state in the coverage of immunization programme in the South-East to build 10 maternities in the rural parts of the state.

Governor Peter Obi, who made the disclosure during the flag-off of the National Obstetric Fistula Repair Programme at the Anambra State University Teaching Hospital, Awka, said the state had matched the $US1 million monetary award with N120 million for the project.

The governor also flagged-off the fumigation exercise against mosquitoes in the state, explaining that the exercise was part of the state government’s programme towards elimination of malaria.

He called on the people of the state to corporate with those carrying out the fumigation exercise since it was for their own good.

Obi also flagged-off the construction of a hostel block at the teaching hospital to house medical students.

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Ex-Lawyer: Governor Fashola signs cremation bill into law

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Governor Babatunde Fashola today Monday June 10th signed the cremation bill into law. The bill gives power to state authority to burn unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries after a period of time.  The cremation bill also states that if the owners of the corpse fail to show up to collect the ashes after a 14-day notice, it will be disposed by the state government subject to the consent and approval of the Commissioner for Health.

JJ! Man Stabs Co-Tenant To Death Over Electricity Bill In Enugu

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A tenant discovered as Uzodinma Eneh has been caught by the Enugu State Authorities Order for allegedly stabbing his co-tenant, Prince Uzor, to demise at their Aguabor residence in Trans Ekulu area of Enugu. Uzor was allegedly stabbed with a knife by the suspect subsequent a warm discussion that ensued between them around discussing of energy bill sustained by the tenants. Sympathizers promptly rushed the victim to the Parklane Consultant Hospital, but he died shortly after returning the hospital. Confirming the incident, state Authorities Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, claimed the suspect had been supporting the police inside their investigation.

27 year old man claims he is former US president Bill Clinton's Son

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A 27-year-old man, Danney Lee Williams Jr from Arkansas is claiming he is Bill Clinton's secret son. From Globe Magazine Bill Clinton has a secret son he fathered with a hooker – and the now 27-year-old young man is desperate to meet his biological dad. In a bombshell exclusive interview, Danney Lee Williams Jr., the love child the then-governor of Arkansas conceived with ‘working girl’ Bobbie Ann Williams, tells GLOBE he fears Clinton, 66, who’s battling heart disease and also suffers from Parkinson’s, will pass away before they can meet. “I read he doesn’t have long to live and I want to meet him face to face before he dies,” says Danney, who lives in Little Rock Ark. “I just want to shake his hand and say, “Hi Dad,’ before he dies.

 I’d like to have a relationship with Chelsea, too. She’s my half-sister." Danney also wants Clinton to acknowledge and meet his five children, who he says are the former President’s only grandchildren and range in age from 10 years to just 4 months old.

Senate Passes State Of The Nation Bill

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The Senate on Thursday passed the State Of the Nation Bill into law which compels the incumbent President to present a state of the nation address before the joint session of the National Assembly.

The bill seeks to make the President accountable to Nigerians as represented by the National Assembly and to render an account of the President’s stewardship to the nation.

The bill, which was a product of concurrence between the House of Representatives and the Senate, was first passed into law by the 6th National Assembly but the President; Olusgeun Obasanjo,  withheld his assent from it.

House of Representatives Rejects Bill to Give Unemployed Graduates Allowance ( Pls Share Your Point Of View)

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday threw out a bill seeking to provide monetary incentives to all unemployed graduates in Nigeria.
The bill, which was sponsored by Arua Arunsi (PDP, Abia), sought to amend the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Act 2004 to cater for unemployed graduates of tertiary institutions who could not secured employment.
Mr Arunsi had argued that the bill was to design and implement programmes to combat mass unemployment for graduates that are between the ages of 18 to 35 years and also between third to fifth year of post-graduation experience.

Most of the lawmakers present at the chamber stoutly opposed the second reading of the bill on the ground that it failed to meet critical criterion of filling gaps inherent in the existing laws it was seeking to amend.

House Of Representatives Kills Bill Which Seeks To Make Exclusive Breastfeeding Compulsory

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The House of Representatives has suppressed a Bill that sought to make exclusive breastfeeding compulsory to employees in the public and private sectors. If passed, the law would have ensured that all newborn babies are fed on no other thing but chest milk, till a stipulated time.

The exclusive chest feeding bill, entitled “a bill for an Act to make exclusive chest feeding compulsory to employees in the Public and Private sectors for the improvement of the health of new born babies in Nigeria and for related matters (HB 313)”, was sponsored by Honourable Jumoke Okoya-Thomas.