Don’t break my heart, British PM begs Scots

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British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday begged Scots not to rip apart the United Kingdom’s “family of nations”, flying to Scotland to man the barricades against a surge in support for independence eight days before a referendum, Reuters reports.

Cameron appealed to Scots to use their heads and their hearts when they voted on Sept. 18. He reminded them of their shared history and bonds with England, Wales and Northern Ireland – twice evoking World War Two and the fight against Hitler.

He also warned that an independent Scotland could not keep the pound currency, jobs would head south, and the country’s security be weakened.
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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...

Oby Ezekwesili shares her opinion on GEJ's order to pull down offensive bring back Jonathan signs.

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 We first saw the offensive hashtags on the twitter timeline of the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the President, Doyin Okupe, prior to the signs were spread throughout Abuja.  The convener of the #bringbackourgirls campaign, Dr Oby Ezekwesili just shared her opinion on the matter on Twitter. See more tweets after the break.

Good-News: Nigeria has no single current case of Ebola - Health Minister

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 Dan Nwomeh is the spokesman for the Minister of Health. And above is the person who brought Ebola to Nigeria. We've contained it...hopefully it stays this way! See more tweets following the break...

British Man who got contaminated with Ebola Virus in Sierra Leone plans to return there

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William Pooley, the 29 year old British nurse who recently got treated of the Ebola virus which he contracted while working as a voluntaeer nurse in Sierra Leone, says he plans to get back to the nation to carry on working there and help other victims. Addressing UK Guardian, Pooley said;

"While I'm happy to be recovered and alive, there's a lot of stuff on my mind with what's going on back there. It would be relatively safe for me to go back and work there, and it's really the least I could do having received all this amazing care and have people look after me and potentially save my life. It's the least I could do to go back and return the favour to some other people, even just for a little while. The more help they get, the less chance there is they get sick.” he said. Continue...

I’m eager to return to battlefield, says OBJ’s son

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The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt. Col. Adeboye, who was shot on Monday by Boko Haram insurgents   near Michika in Adamawa State   has   expressed eagerness to return to the battle front.  Adeboye, who is recuperating at a government medical facility in Yola, spoke with a former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar and the Director General of the National Orientation Agency,   Mike Omeri.
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American man kills his 5 young children and dumped them in bin bags at side of road

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A 32 year old father of five, Timothy Ray Jones (pictured abovehas admitted to killing all five of his children and dumping their bodies in rubbish bags at the side of a road. He led police to the scene (pictured right) where they found bodies of all five of the children stuffed into bin bags near a logging road, 50 miles away in Alabama, Reuters reports.
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Federal Government set to ban 'Ponmo'?

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Looks like it. According to a Vanguard report, the Federal Government is looking at banning the sale and consumption of Ponmo. Find the report below...

This indication emerged Tuesday when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina called for competent regulations that would check the consumption and sale of the product. If this is achieved, he noted that livestock farmers would stand good chances of making high dollar return if the hides and skins (Ponmo) are tanned into leather.

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Lagos Govt to prosecute cases of stigmatization against treated Ebola patients

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Lagos State Government has said it will prosecute any person, group or organization that stigmatizes a patient who has been treated of Ebola and certified free from the virus

Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a press conference yesterday, that the state Ministry of Justice has been notified to pick up any case of stigmatization, adding that stigmatization can make some persons believed to have contracted the disease not to come forward for treatment.

House of Reps want Sept 22 schools' resumption date changed

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The House of Representatives want the September 22nd school resumption date for private and public primary/secondary changed.

According to Punch, the Reps explained yesterday that it had directed its Committee on Education to take “another look” at the date in view of the fact that the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country had yet to be fully contained.

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Pres. GEJ orders removal of provoking #bringback Jonathan signs

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Find the State House press release below... 

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has directed that the #Bring Back Jonathan 2015 signs and banners around Abuja which he and many Nigerians find offensive and repugnant  be brought down immediately.

President Jonathan wholly shares the widely expressed view that the signs which were put up without his knowledge or approval are a highly insensitive parody of the #Bring Back Our Girls hash tag.

6 Reasons ​You Shouldn’t Attend a Private University -

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 Article written by Ehi-Sulaiman Miriam and Tina Ohanu - 

Many Nigerian students these days often move quickly to queue for private universities when making a choice of institution. I agree that private universities have advantages like the absence of strike, easy access to lecturers… Well, that’s about all.  

Public universities, federal and state, have a lot of advantages, from cheaper school fees, to the freedom to be an adult. Public universities expose you to the real world, introduces you to the hustle of life unlike private universities that consist of a lot of brats who are literally spoon-fed. They are so pampered, ​making difficult to face the real world when they become graduates.  

Ebola death toll: 2,296 - By WHO

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The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak ever has risen up to at  least 2,296 out of 4,293 cases in five West African countries, the World Health Organization said today Tuesday September 9th.

The death toll, based on WHO, jumped by almost 200 in one day and the figure was by September 6th. WHO also said it did not have new figures for Liberia, the worst-affected country to date, suggesting the actual number is more than 2,296

"We know that the numbers are under-estimated. We are currently working to estimate the under-estimation. It’s a war against this virus. It’s a very difficult war. What we try now is to win some battles at least in some places.” director of WHO’s department of pandemic and epidemic diseases, Sylvie Briand, said today in Geneva

Pilot tells terrified passengers to brace for a crash landing at sea after plane suffers engine failure

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Terrified passengers on a flight across Europe feared they were moments away from death after one of the plane's engine's failed in mid-air. After an emergency was declared by the flight crew, the plane's 'weeping' pilot warned holidaymakers that they had six minutes before they would crash, a passenger says.

Travellers were ordered to put on their life jackets and brace for a water landing during the charter flight from Split, Croatia to Nantes, France.
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Pray for me: Mike Awoyinfa's tribute to Dimgba Igwe

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 The Mike Awoyinfa tribute on Dimgba Igwe that everyone has been waiting for is here. Mike, (right) and late Dimgbe Igwe (left), who died on Saturday Sept. 6th, were best friends and both pioneered the now rested Weekend Concord newspaper and Sun Newspaper. Find his touching tribute below..

This is it!  The most unimaginable nightmare!  This is it!  The most painful column I have ever written or will ever write.  The column I wished I never wrote.  The agonizing column.  The column written amidst sorrow, tears and blood.  Please, pray for me."
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GEJ lambasted for travelling with Alimodu Sheriff to an anti-terrorism meeting

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About per week after he was accused to be a Boko Haram sponsor by Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davis, former Borno state governor Alimodu Sheriff accompanied the president of Nigeria to an anti-terrorism meeting in Chad. President Jonathan pictured above with Alimodu Sheriff (pictured left) and Chadian president, Idriss Deby where they discussed just how to combat terrorism.

Following the pic premiered, Nigerians scolded the president for likely to chad with Sheriff. 

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'I like a girl to dress classier' Sofia Vergara's ex Nick Loeb slams her

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 They dated from 2010 until May 2014, but according to Nick Loeb, actress Sofia Vergara was never his type. And you wonder why he stayed with her that long and even proposed to her. In a new interview with New York Post, the 39 year old businessman (pictured left) slammed his ex-fiancee's choice of dresses, saying he preferred women who dressed classier.

"I'm sort of conservative, so I like a girl to dress a little classier." Loeb said.

Sofia, 42, is known to regularly wear clothes that show off her cleavage, so when NYP asked Loeb if he liked Vergara-style cleavage, he said;

“No. I’ve always sort of liked the more classic, elegant look on a woman.” Ouch!

#BringBackGoodLuck2015 Drama: Washington Post berates GEJ for using the #bringback hashtag.

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Below is what Washington Post wrote about president Jonathan's supporters using the #bringback hashtag for his campaign.   

It was the social media campaign of the year. #BringBackOurGirls awoke the world to the ravages of Boko Haram, an al-Qaeda-linked terror group in Nigeria, and the plight of the millions of people who live in the midst of their insurgency. At the heart of the message were hundreds of missing schoolgirls, abducted in April from the remote village of Chibok by Boko Haram fighters, who vowed to make them into slaves. Continue...

Why America needs a major war in Europe?

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Please make sure to press the 'cc' button at the bottom right of the video window to see the English subtitles) Thanks to all the great folks at the Russian and Oceania Teams who translated, subtitled and produced this version of the video!! Transcription: Olya Translation & Editing: Katya Production:Marina,Katya & Augmented Ether

FG reopens 1st Consultant Hospital where Ebola Transporter, Patrick Sawyer died

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The Federal Government has reopened First Consultant Hospital in Obalende, Lagos where Liberian Patrick Sawyer, the very first case of Ebola in Nigeria, died from complications of the disease.  

In a letter provided for the Lagos state Ministry of Health, the Federal Government said after having undergone three rounds of state-certified decontamination processes based on world standard, a healthcare facility is free to carry on its business of administering healthcare to patients.