Watch Video: Ebola patient escapes quarantine centre in search of food

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1tnX90s" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://ift.tt/1tnX90s" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A man has escaped from an Ebola quarantine centre, sending local people fleeing in fear as he walked through a local market in search of food.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The patient escaped from Monrovia's Elwa hospital in Liberia, which last month was said to be so crowded it had to turn away Ebola victims.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a>Healthcare workers eventually forced the man into a waiting ambulance and took him back to the facility.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' height='390' src='//www.youtube.com/embed/AbOmgHUI0aQ' width='640'> </iframe><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><i>Video Credits: ODN</i><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Watch Video: Ebola patient escapes quarantine centre in search of food

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Fire destroys 50 shops in Lagos

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1CKNCHm" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://ift.tt/1CKNCHm" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />At least 50 shops containing planks and other building materials were on Monday morning destroyed by fire in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He said that two vehicles and cutting machines were also burnt but gave the assurance that no life was lost.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Fadipe said that the incident happened at Sawmill, U-Turn Bus Stop, Abule-Egba.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He said that firemen put out the fire after fighting with it for hours.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Fadipe told NAN that the cause of the fire had yet to be known.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />NAN<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Fire destroys 50 shops in Lagos

At least 50 shops containing planks and other building materials were on Monday morning destroyed by fire in Abule-Egba area of Lagos Stat...

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Nigerian soldiers recapture Bama, kill 50 Boko Haram militants

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ol1eQ8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="http://ift.tt/1ol1eQ8" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b><br/> </b> <b>Nigerian troops have recaptured Bama in Borno State from the Boko Haram insurgents and blocked the Islamist militants’ advance towards the state capital, Maiduguri.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The soldiers equally killed no fewer than 50 of the insurgents, according to a senior military official, who spoke on Monday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />According to him, government forces are also fighting a southwards push into neighbouring Adamawa State by the terrorist group, which has recently departed from its usual hit-and-run tactics and started to seize towns and territory.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />On Monday, the Defence Headquarters said more than 50 Boko Haram fighters were killed with the Nigerian troops recording three casualties.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Over 50 terrorists died yesterday (Sunday) afternoon as troops raided their hideout in Kawuri before setting out on a planned attack on Konduga,” it said in a statement released on its website.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It added, “One fabricated artillery gun, two anti-aircraft gun, an armoured vehicle and assorted types of ammunition were captured in the process. Some hardware, weapons, food items and personal belongings were also destroyed in the raid.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“One officer and two soldiers were seriously wounded.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The government source said insurgents had been driven from Bama, which is southeast of Maiduguri.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Government warplanes have bombed and strafed the militants after they stormed Bama last week.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“Bama has been recaptured by the soldiers and I can confirm to you Maiduguri is safe,” the official in Abuja told <i>Reuters</i>.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A market trader from Bama, Babagana Modu, also confirmed that soldiers were in control of the town, as government planes struck at Boko Haram positions in the surrounding area.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Nigerian soldiers recapture Bama, kill 50 Boko Haram militants

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20 Boko Haram’s militants killed in army general’s house

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1pIWJhv" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://ift.tt/1pIWJhv" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b><br/> </b> <b>Over 20 suspected members of the deadly Boko Haram sect were on Sunday killed in Buratai town during a siege to the residence of the former Commander, Niger-Delta Special Task Force, Major General Tukur Buratai, an indigene of the town.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It was learnt that the insurgents also attacked a primary school in the town, Buratai Central Primary School.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Buratai is a lonely town in Biu Local Government area of Borno State, which is a distance of over 200 kilometres from the state capital, Maiduguri.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Mallam Idi Buratai, a resident of Buratai, told journalists on Monday in a telephone interview that over 50 gunmen invaded the town on motorcycles and Hilux Vans and attacked the residence of the army general and the primary school, which they succeeded in razing down.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But they however met their waterloo as they many of them were killed while a few others fled in various directions.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Idi said, “The soldiers, guarding the residence of the former task force commander, in collaboration with their colleagues from Biu Military Barrack and some members of the vigilance group, repelled the attackers, killing over 20 members of the sect.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Idi added that the terrorists set on fire all the telecommunications masts in the town.<br/><br /><br/><br />He explained that the terrorists, who stormed the town at about 9.30am on Sunday, came through Buni-Yadi, a Yobe town, which is under the sect’s control.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A resident of the town, who fled to Biu, Bukar Buba, also told journalists on the telephone that the soldiers, guarding the general’s residence, successfully repelled the attackers.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

20 Boko Haram’s militants killed in army general’s house

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Boko Haram attacks Obasanjo’s son, kills soldiers in Mubi

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'>Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was being transported to the hospital at the time of this report.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer, was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd Division in Jos, Plateau State.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He and his platoon were engaged with Boko Haram militants at Baza, which is the village of the General Officer Commanding of the 3rd division when the incident took place. The Lieutenant Agwu of the 234 battalion, GOC of the 3rd Division, Major Gen JS Zaruwa and Colonel Victor Ebhaleme who serves as the Brigade Commander of the 23rd Army brigade in Yola were all together advancing towards Michika when Boko Haram fighters unleashed the deadly attack on the soldiers.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Twenty four soldiers in the platoon were reportedly killed by the militants.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Apart from the dead soldiers, the army also lost an armored tank to the militants. As a result of the attack, the army has moved sensitive weapons from Mubi to the Brigade headquarters in Yola leaving Mubi vulnerable to attack. The town of Mubi has practically been deserted following the closure of schools and massive retreat of soldiers from the city.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The former president is currently traveling in Singapore according to family sources.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Boko Haram attacks Obasanjo’s son, kills soldiers in Mubi

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Sad: Six Gombe University Students Die In Fatal Motor Accident

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><a href="http://ift.tt/1s4IzwL"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full" data-recalc-dims="1" src="http://ift.tt/1s4IzwN" title="Road-accident.jpg"/> </a> </p><br /><p>Six students of the Gombe State University lost their lives in a fatal motor accident which occurred at Sharfuri village in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on the Bauchi-Gombe Road, last Saturday.</p><br /><p>According to a statement made available to journalists in Bauchi on Sunday by the Bauchi State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Haruna Muhammed, the deceased students were among others travelling in a red Volswagen Vento motor vehicle with registration no DAL 195-Gj, according to report from Nigerian Tribune</p><br /><p>Muhammed stated that policemen from the Kirfi Division visited the scene of accident immediately they got the report of the accident, adding that they rushed the victims to the Alkaleri General Hospital in Alkaleri, where the deceased on arrival, were confirmed dead by a medical doctor.</p><br /><p>According to him, the deceased were identified as, Adamu Mohammed A., male of the Department of Education; Musa Sadi Abubakar, male, Department of English and Garba Mariam Anne, female of the Department of English.</p><br /><p>Others were Suzy Stephen, female of the Department of English, Kamila Yunusa,female of the Department of English and a yet-to-be identified person.</p><br /><p>While informing that efforts were being made to trace the families of the deceased, Haruna, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated that their remains had been deposited at the mortuary of the Alkaleri General Hospital.</p><br /></div>

Sad: Six Gombe University Students Die In Fatal Motor Accident

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BREAKING: Boko Haram Shoots Obasanjo’s Son In Mubi

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><a href="http://ift.tt/WHbmvl"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full" data-recalc-dims="1" src="http://ift.tt/1s4txHz" title="Obj-Son.jpg"/> </a> </p><br /><p>Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was being transported to the hospital at the time of this report.</p><br /><p>Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer, was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd Division in Jos, Plateau State.</p><br /><p>He and his platoon were engaged with Boko Haram militants at Baza, which is the village of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd division when the incident took place. The Lieutenant Agwu of the 234 battalion, GOC of the 3rd Division, Major Gen JS Zaruwa and Colonel Victor Ebhaleme who serves as the Brigade Commander of the 23rd Army brigade in Yola were all together advancing towards Michika when Boko Haram fighters unleashed the deadly attack on the soldiers. 24 soldiers in the platoon were reportedly killed by the militants.</p><br /><p>Apart from the dead soldiers, the army also lost an armored tank to the militants. As a result of the attack, the army has moved sensitive weapons from mubi to the Brigade headquarters in Yola leaving mubi vulnerable to attack. The town of Mubi has practically been deserted following the closure of schools and massive retreat of soldiers from the city.</p><br /><p>The former president is currently traveling in Singapore according to family sources.</p><br /></div>

BREAKING: Boko Haram Shoots Obasanjo’s Son In Mubi

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Mother and Triplets Detained In Hospital In Delta Over Medical Bill

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div style='clear: both; text-align: center;' class='separator'><a href="http://ift.tt/WyAFPL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="http://ift.tt/WyAFPL" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><p>A new mother and her newborn triplets were detained in a private hospital in Asaba, Delta State for 7 weeks after failing to pay about N725k medical bill.</p><br /><p>The mother, Mrs Echenim, said she was barred from leaving her room from when she gave birth in July till early September because of her family’s inability to pay the bills. The triplets’ father, Godswill Echenim, said he took his wife to the clinic because of the prolonged strike by doctors in public hospital. <a id="more" name="more"> </a> </p><br /><blockquote class='tr_bq'><br /><p>“The kids were delivered through caesarean section and were taken to the incubator where they spent over one month before their discharge. Now, the bill has come up to N723,100.00 and still running because we are still here.”</p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>Echenim, a fashion designer from Owa-Alero in Ika North East LGA of the state, said the triplets were his first set of children since he got married over five years ago. He also said that his wife had remained jobless after graduating from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in Edo State.</p><br /></div>

Mother and Triplets Detained In Hospital In Delta Over Medical Bill

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Pastor Tunde Bakare Defends Self After Being Criticized For Holding #BringBackOurGirls Campaign Banner With A Smile

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1pHsCqT" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://ift.tt/1pHsCqT" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, and Convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG) Pastor Tunde Bakare has explained that he smiled over the prolonged hostage-status of more than 200 schools girls abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State - because he trusts that God is greater than the dreaded Boko Haram sect and Nigeria's Federal Government.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Pastor Bakare was responding to online criticisms on why he had to smile over worrisome issue of terrorism in a photograph that was shared on the social media today.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the photograph, Pastor Bakare displayed a banner in support of the campaign calling on the Nigerian government to rescue the abducted school girls.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The banner has the inscription "Rescue Our Girls Now!", a campaign by the Women Arise movement, led by prominent Nigerian female activist, Joe Okei-Odumakin.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"I smiled because God is bigger than Boko Haram and the Federal Government of Nigeria. He is in heaven and us on earth," said the radical preacher.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"To the question why do the heathen rage and why do they imagine vain things, the Kings of the earth plot together against the Lord and against His anointed. God's answer in Psalm 2 will shock you. It says he that the siteth in Heaven shall laugh, and that was my posture in the photo," he further stated.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Then he added; 'Where God cannot rule, He will over rule."<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Over 200 school girls were abducted from their dormitory in Chibok, Borno State, more than four months ago. Citizens and Civil Society organisations had since been mounting pressures and calling on Federal Government to rescue the victims. Although the Federal Government had earlier denied any girls were abducted in Chibok as widely reported, President Jonathan later acknowledged it after the dreaded sect itself broadcast a video claiming responsibility with threats to sell off the girls.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Almost five months on, apart from some of the victims who returned home on their own ingenuity and luck, all of the abducted girls are still being held captive by Boko Haram terrorists. Even so, more boys and women had been abducted after the Chibok girls incident.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Out of the various protests by citizens and social media campaigns regarding plight of the abducted girls, several social media hashtags emerged. Some of the hashtags are #BringBackOurGirls #RescueOurGirlsNow #SpeakAgainstTerror #NigeriansAgainstTerror<br/><br /><br/><br />#EndTerror and many more.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Pastor Tunde Bakare Defends Self After Being Criticized For Holding #BringBackOurGirls Campaign Banner With A Smile

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IG deploys new command police commissioners in 21 states

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1CJrGwp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="203" src="http://ift.tt/1CJrGwp" width="400"/> </b> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has deployed the newly promoted Commissioners of Police to head Police Commands in 21 States.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />This followed the recommendation of the CPs to the Police Service Commission and its subsequent approval.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The CPs are Usman Yakubu who would now head Nasarawa State Police Command; Isaac Achong, CP, Akwa-Ibom; Paul Okafor, Kogi; Hyacinth Dagala, Benue; Farouk Umar, Jigawa; Salihu Garba, Kwara and A. Shodipo, Oyo State.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Others are Abubakar Marafa, Osun; Clement Adoda, Borno; Kayode Aderanti, Lagos; Usman Baba, Delta; Dan Bature, Rivers; Karma Hassan, Anambra; Titilayo Busari, Cross River; Valentine Ntomchukwu; Bayelsa; Frederick Lakanu, Ekiti; and Ademola Omole, Taraba.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Also affected by the deployment were Olusola Amore, Niger, Adejoh Adaji, Adamawa, Ishaku Barau, Kebbi and Acting CP, Wilson Inalegwu, FCT.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Meanwhile, the IG has ordered a thorough investigation into the death of the Vice Chairman, Sun Newspapers, Dimgba Igwe, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Lagos on Saturday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />While recalling the many worthy contributions of the late journalist to nation-building, the IG expressed deep regrets over the incident and condoled with his family.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He noted that Igwe died at a time when his “highly cerebral ideas and ingenuity are very much needed in the country.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Monday in Abuja, said Abba, assured that the Police would leave no stone unturned in their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the late journalist’s death.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

IG deploys new command police commissioners in 21 states

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US expands air strikes against IS

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><b><br/> </b><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1CJrDAG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://ift.tt/1CJrDAG" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>The US has launched five air attacks on Islamic State fighters threatening the Haditha dam, as Washington widened its air campaign against the group.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The attacks on Sunday destroyed Islamic State vehicles, two of which were carrying anti-aircraft artillery, a fighting position and a command post, the US central command said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“At the request of the Iraqi government and in keeping with our mission to protect US personnel and facilities, US military planes have begun striking ISIL terrorists near the Haditha dam,” said a US official.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said the bombardment targeted IS fighters between Haditha and al-Qaim, close to the Syrian border.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“That area is key to defeating or at least containing IS who use the route to transport weapons,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Iraqi helicopters were also taking part in the offensive, the Iraqi defence ministry said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Iraqi state television said government troops had taken control of the northern entrance of the town of Berwana, about 15km south of Haditha and that 15 IS fighters were killed.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Last month, IS fighters tried to capture the Haditha dam, which has six power generators alongside the country’s second-largest reservoir. Iraqi forces backed up by local Sunni tribes were able to hold them off.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The IS group was able to take control of the Mosul dam in northern Iraq last month, but US air strikes helped Kurdish and Iraqi forces retake it.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />An interior ministry spokesman told Al Jazeera that US support was crucial to beating the Islamic State group.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“If we want a remedy for this cancer… help from the American side will tackle it in a shorter time – especially when we are talking about air power,” he said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a separate development, Kurdish peshmerga fighters supported by the Iraqi air force have retaken Gazzer mountain, close to Kalak on the road to Mosul, sources told Al Jazeera.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Peshmerga forces are advancing from the east and west on Mosul, the stronghold of the Islamic State group in Iraq.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The attacks came as the Arab League promised to take all necessary measures to combat the Islamic State group.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“What is needed is a clear decision for a comprehensive confrontation, militarily and politically,” Arab League chief Nabil el-Araby said on Sunday.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Arab League also endorsed a UN Security Council resolution passed last month calling on member states to “act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The US president, Barack Obama, last week announced a Nato-led “core coalition” to confront the group in Iraq and Syria, and called on Arab states to consider military action.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />(Al Jazeera)<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

US expands air strikes against IS

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Nigerian soldiers battle Boko Hram militants to regain captured towns

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ruFdzd" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="http://ift.tt/1ruFdzd" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>Nigerian soldiers are turning back fleeing residents of Mubi in Adamawa State as they engage Boko Haram insurgents in an attempt to regain the town.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The soldiers are also said to be engaging in a fierce battle with members of the sect all through Sunday night and Monday morning to regain full control of Michika.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Fighter jets are bombing the hideouts of the insurgents while foot soldiers battle their locations around Michika local government area secretariat.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Executive Director of Stefanos, Mr. Mark Lipdo, quoting military sources in the battle field, said that the military are turning back Nigerians running out of Mubi in reaction to the news of insurgents approaching Mubi town.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A curfew is now in place to enable the military restore order as reports say that the military are gaining ground over the insurgents.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Nigerian soldiers battle Boko Hram militants to regain captured towns

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FIFA president Blatter to stand for re-election

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1tEMQJz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://ift.tt/1tEMQJz" width="320"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will stand for election for another term as FIFA president.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In a video interview played at the Soccerex conference in Manchester, the 78-year-old announced his intention to go for a fifth term in charge of world football’s governing body.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He will make an official announcement at FIFA’s executive committee meeting between September 25 – 26.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />UEFA president Michel Platini has said he would not be opposing Blatter.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“You see a mission is never finished. And my mission is not finished,” said Blatter.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I got through the last congress in Sao Paulo not only the impression but the support of the majority, a huge majority of national associations asking ‘Please go on, be our president also in future.'”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The deadline to register as a candidate is in January 2015 and the election will take place at the FIFA Congress next June.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Platini stated earlier this year that he would not support Blatter, but the 59-year-old former France player will not be rivalling Blatter.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“I was not surprised because in private conversations I have had with Michel Platini before, during and after the World Cup he has confirmed he would not be a candidate,” said Blatter, who has been FIFA president since 1998.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“But [he told me] there will be someone who will be your contender who will be contesting you.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

FIFA president Blatter to stand for re-election

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Iran’s Ayatollah Khameini undergoes prostate surgery

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><b><br/> </b><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1tEMQJp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://ift.tt/1tEMQJp" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b>Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is recovering from prostate surgery, reports from Iran say.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The operation, which took place on Monday at a government hospital in the capital Tehran, was said to be “routine”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />However, no details were given about what had prompted it or about the underlying medical condition.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The 75-year-old cleric has led Iran since 1989 and is the country’s top religious and political authority.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Earlier on Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei was seen on Iranian state television asking people to pray for him, but said there was “no room for concern”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Ayatollah Khamenei’s health has always been a secret topic in Iran, like other aspects of his personal life, says BBC Persian editor Bozorgmehr Sharafedin.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In January 2007 a rumour of the Ayatollah’s death spread in Iran and the world, simply because he did not announce he had a bad case of flu and could not attend public ceremonies, our editor says.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Ayatollah’s appearance on TV before the surgery and announcement of the news by himself is a clear change of approach. Either he knows that the critical situation in Iran and the region cannot bear another rumour of his death, or he has decided to be more open about his personal life, our editor adds.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In 1989, Ayatollah Khamenei succeeded the first Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, following Khomeini’s death.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />As the country’s highest authority, Ayatollah Khamenei’s power outranks all politicians, including the country’s President Hassan Rouhani.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />BBC<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Iran’s Ayatollah Khameini undergoes prostate surgery

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Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki to win her sixth US Open

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1s2K0f8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://ift.tt/1s2K0f8" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Serena Williams has clinched a record-equalling sixth US Open title and an 18th major championship after beating Caroline Wozniacki in the women's singles final.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Williams won 6-3, 6-3 in an hour and 15 minutes to go fourth on the all-time grand slam singles titles list for women, level with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 majors.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Williams is also level with Evert for most US Open titles with six triumphs, having now won three in a row at Flushing Meadows.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She had failed to progress beyond the last 16 of 2014's first three majors, but capped off her US Open triumph without dropping a set throughout the tournament.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"It is a pleasure for me to win my first grand slam [tournament of 2014] here and number 18," an emotional Williams said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"I couldn't ask to do it at a better place.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"Congratulations to Caroline, she knows the struggles I have had. She's a real nice person, a great friend. We text each other all the time. You will win a grand slam title soon."<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />World number one Williams' win netted her the biggest cheque in tennis history - $US4 million ($A4.33 million), which include, including a $US1 million bonus for also winning the US Open summer series.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"I have been trying to reach [the final] for so long, since last year. I didn't really think I would get there. I just felt so good," Williams said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"I definitely did not think I was going to win a slam this year.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"To win the US Open, that was my dream. Every time I win here it's just a really incredible, special moment for me.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"I'm just a simple individual who just wants to win titles and wants to play tennis.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"The reason I play is to sit at the end of the day and hold the trophy or stand and hold the trophy. For me, that's my joy."<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Williams broke Wozniacki four times in a messy first set which saw both players struggle to dominate with the serve, taking out the first 6-3 in 40 minutes.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />After hitting 15 winners to Wozniacki's one in the first set, the match looked to be racing to a rapid conclusion.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Williams was moving more freely in the second set, but benefitted from a lucky net-cord bounce to cap off a 20-shot rally, giving her break point in the second game, which she converted for a 2-0 lead.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Excellent court coverage and approach play saw Williams hold serve for 3-1, before both players exchanged service games for the American to lead 4-3.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Wozniacki threatened to break Williams' serve in the eighth, but she responded with an authoritative forehand winner to go 5-3 up in the second.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Chasing tennis immortality, Williams used her surging momentum to break Wozniacki to clinch a deserved win.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />She finished with 29 winners to Wozniacki's four, watching as the Dane hit a backhand long before dropping to the floor and covering her face with her hands in elation.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Wozniacki's wait for a major title continues, with the former world number one again finishing runner up in New York, matching her 2009 US Open effort.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"Serena, you deserve it. You played better than me today and you deserve to be the champion," Wozniacki said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"You are an inspiration on the court and off it. You're an unbelievable champion and a great friend. The drinks are on you tonight.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"When she's on her game it's not fun to play her. She's so strong. She has a good serve and she puts pressure on you straight away.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"When she needs to she can pull out that big serve. She has the power. She can push us back on the court and take the initiative.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"She definitely has the experience now, as well. I think that makes it even harder, because maybe back in the day she might have made not the right choices.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"Now she knows what she needs to do out there, and it makes it even harder to beat her."<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki to win her sixth US Open

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Italian nuns killed in Burundi convent attack

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1ruvd9h" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://ift.tt/1ruvd9h" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Three elderly Italian nuns have been killed at their convent in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The motive for the killings is not yet known. Police in the city say they have detained two suspects, according to Reuters news agency.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The nuns were named as Lucia Pulici, aged 75, Olga Raschietti, aged 82, and Bernadetta Boggian, aged 79.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Their bodies were discovered at separate times, with earlier reports stating that two nuns had died.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />On its website, the Catholic diocese of Parma, Italy, said the deaths of Lucia Pulici and Olga Raschietti appeared to have been “the tragic outcome of an armed robbery by a mentally unbalanced person”.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Both nuns were said to be members of the Xaverian Catholic order.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In 2011, a Croatian nun and an Italian aid worker were killed in a botched robbery in northern Burundi.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Burundi is one of the world’s poorest nations, with an economy that depends heavily on tea and coffee exports.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />It has been struggling to overcome the legacy of a 12-year civil war between rival ethnic groups.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />BBC<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Italian nuns killed in Burundi convent attack

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Adamawa Election: Jibrilla wins APC primary

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1CJhDHL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="http://ift.tt/1CJhDHL" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A serving Senator, Mohammed Jibrilla, who represents Adamawa State north senatorial district, has won the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary ahead of the state’s October 11 gubernatorial election.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Mr. Jibrilla emerged the winner at a primary conducted Sunday in Yola, the state capital.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />He polled 2,718 votes to beat his closest challenger, Ibrahim Mijinyawa, who got 2,268 votes, the chairman of the election team, Talba Abari, who announced the results at the party’s secretariat, said.<br/><br /><br/><br />Boss Mustapha, who came third, polled 515 votes, while Ahmed Barata, also a serving Senator representing Adamawa South, got 452 votes.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Yakubu Tsalla and Emmanuel Bello got 147 and 50 votes respectively, Mr. Abari.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The APC adopted a modified open ballot system in which party delegates across the 21 Local Government Areas voted for the candidate of their choice, after which the results were collated.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Adamawa Election: Jibrilla wins APC primary

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Nigerian hospitalised in Israel not sick with Ebola

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1CJhAM8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://ift.tt/1CJhAM8" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A Nigerian visitor who has been undergoing tests in an Israeli hospital after being admitted with a fever is not sick with Ebola, a hospital spokeswoman said on Saturday, a report on Reuters News Agency says.<br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Nigerian, a health worker in her native country, was hospitalised and put in isolation after arriving in Israel several days ago.<br/><br /><br/><br />Nigeria is one of five West African countries affected by the virus which has killed more than 2,100 people since March.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />A spokeswoman for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, said after receiving her test results, the patient was being treated for a different illness.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“In coordination with the Health Ministry, the quarantine was lifted. There is no danger,” she said.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><i>Channels TV</i><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Nigerian hospitalised in Israel not sick with Ebola

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APC rebuffs Ohanaeze’s threat, insists on Ihejirika’s prosecution

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/1pH90Di" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://ift.tt/1pH90Di" width="400"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><b><br/> </b> <b><br/> </b> <b>The All Progressives Congress on Monday rebuffed threats by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing to label it as an ‘anti-Igbo political party’ if it fails to apologise to former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Ohanaeze youths had on Sunday given the APC 48 hours to make the apology, or be tagged with the anti-Igbo label – for calling on the International Criminal Court of Justice to prosecute Ihejirika for allegedly sponsoring the Boko Haram sect, as claimed by Australian negotiator, Mr. Stephen Davies.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The Ohanaeze youths pointed to Ihejirika’s exoneration by the Department of State Services to justify its demand for the apology.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />But, barely 24 hours after the South-East youth umbrella body issued the threat, the APC has responded, saying it would not apologise to the retired army general.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The APC replied the Ohanaeze youths in a statement signed, and made available to our correspondent, by its South East spokesman, Mr. Osita Okechukwu.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />In the statement captioned ‘APC is Pan-Nigeria Not Anti-Igbo’, the opposition party said, “For the avoidance of doubt, what our National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun called is for President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, to invite the International Criminal Court of Justice to investigate and prosecute Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), consequent upon the allegation levelled by the Federal Government negotiator, Rev. Dr Stephen Davis.<br/><br /><br/><br />“Nigeria is signatory to ICC and it seems Boko Haram has overwhelmed Mr. President.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“APC in league with other Nigerian patriots is of the candid view that unravelling the masterminds, sponsors, allies and sympathizers of the monster called Boko Haram is a sure bet to stamping out the insurgency.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“This is what our great party is patriotically demanding, and we sincerely reassure Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing that we mean well.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“We have no apology to tender to anybody.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />“APC in the best tradition of democracy is requesting President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, C-in-C, to use his good office to invite ICC to first investigate and secondly to prosecute Senator Sheriff, Gen. Ihejirika or any person found culpable, simple and short.”<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

APC rebuffs Ohanaeze’s threat, insists on Ihejirika’s prosecution

The All Progressives Congress on Monday rebuffed threats by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing to label it as an ‘anti-Igbo political part...

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Keshi backtracks, recalls IK Uche and Kalu Uche for South Africa clash

<script type="text/javascript"> <script size='468x60' src='http://srvpub.com/adServe/banners?tid=22528_31474_5' type='text/javascript'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6630608044863529"; google_ad_slot = "4870332095"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; </script> <script src='//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js' type='text/javascript'> </script> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div xmlns='http://ift.tt/lH0Osb'><br/><br /><br/><br /><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'><a href="http://ift.tt/WFBIhh" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://ift.tt/WFBIhh" width="640"/> </a> </div><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><b>Coach Stephen Keshi has recalled Villarreal forward Ikechukwu Uche and Al Rayyan SC of Qatar star Kalu Uche for Super Eagles all important Africa Cup of Nations game against South Africa on Wednesday.</b><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Nigeria lost 3-2 at home on Saturday to Claude Le Roy’s Congo in Calabar, and will be hoping to bounce back towards qualifying for Morocco 2015.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><a id="more" name="more"> </a><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />The duo were brought in to replace Uche Nwofor and El Kanemi Warriors goalkeeper David Obiazor who were part of the Eagles that played against the Red Devils.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Keshi last Wednesday revealed the pint-sized player was not invited to be part of the team to play Congo and South Africa in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers because he wanted to be begged.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />"He was supposed to be part of the team that is presently in camp but he said we must beg him first to play for Nigeria because he was left out of some competitions but I can’t beg anyone to play for Nigeria, impossible. That’s why he is not here,” said Keshi in a press release by Super Eagles media officer Ben Alaiya.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />Uche fell out with the ‘Big Boss’ during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and has been snubbed since, missing the Confederations Cup and 2014 Fifa World Cup despite being Nigeria's highest scoring striker in Europe in that period.<br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br /><br/><br />via nigerianeye</div><br /></div>

Keshi backtracks, recalls IK Uche and Kalu Uche for South Africa clash

Coach Stephen Keshi has recalled Villarreal forward Ikechukwu Uche and Al Rayyan SC of Qatar star Kalu Uche for Super Eagles all important...

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