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by Kolapo Olapoju Widespread reports suggest that the organisers of Big Brother Africa have planned to drop contestants from Ebola-affected countries from participating in the season 9 of its annual reality show. The reports insinuated that the four Ghanaians who made it through the selection stage were denied from participating, with fresh audition taking place... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Indian sex workers in Sonagachi have been instructed to refrain from rendering sex-services to all Africans, following the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the sub-region of West Africa. At a forum of 130,000 sex workers in West Bengal, Indian NGO, ‘Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee’ warned them of the danger... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The World Health Organisation, says the Ebola situation in Nigeria looks reassuring and the spread of the virus can be stopped. The vote of confidence stems from the fact that all the 12 people confirmed in the city are all part of a single chain of transmission, started by Liberian/America, Patrick Sawyer.... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe Ali Ndume, the Senator representing southern Borno state, says his constituents in Gwoza are under siege. His statement is coming two weeks after the Boko Haram insurgents took over the town of Gwoza and mounted their flags there. Ndume was speaking during a visit to shelter camps of people displaced by the... Read More
by Olorunwa Lawal The Nigeria Football Federation has denied a statement by the Chairman of NFF Electoral Committee, Mr. Amoni Biambo, to the effect that elections into the NFF Executive Committee will hold at the General Assembly next Tuesday. “The statement must have been made in error. As far as the NFF is concerned, there... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe British warplanes will be sent to Nigeria to help in the search of the abducted Chibok girls. On Wednesday, 20 August, it was reported by British newspaper, the Daily Mail, that three Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4s outfitted with surveillance equipment were in the process of being deployed to fly reconnaissance... Read More
by Damilola Jagun The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a Cherubim & Seraphim pastor for raping a 32-year-old woman within the church compound at Odogbolu in Ogun State. The victim claimed that the she was in a prayer session with the 37-year-old pastor when he asked her to hold on to a candle stick and... Read More
by Jewel Stephens   A man killed himself on the morning of Tuesday, 19 August, by walking in front of a train driven by his ex-girlfriend. 36-year-old Gary Wells was reportedly devastated after Diane MacDonald, 29, ended their relationship, which prompted him to step on the track till the train hit and killed him. The... Read More
by Simon Ateba Thursday, August 21st, is a bright day here in Osogbo, the capital of Nigeria’s south-western state of Osun. The masked men have gone. The checkpoints have disappeared. The sea of policemen and soldiers holding Ak-47 rifles or operatives of the State Security Services brandishing machine guns and driving at breakneck speed have... Read More
by Damilola Jagun   According to AFP, some Air France flight officials are refusing and hesistant to board planes flying to Ebola affected countries like Nigeria Guinea, and Sierra-Leone. The report stated that cabin crew scheduled to work on some flights “have not wanted to carry out their assignment”. Sophie Gorins, the Secretary-general of the... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju According to predictions by British political observers, a 35-year-old Nigerian/British, Chuka Ummuna, could become the first black Prime Minister in the United Kingdom. His late father, Bennett Ummuna, was a Nigerian politician who ran for the governorship of Anambra State during the Babangida Administration. Chuka is an English and French Law graduate... Read More
by Dr. Bayo Okelana The cure for Ebola has been published multiple times in medical literature.[1,2,3,7] Animal and human models have consistently shown that antiserum from convalescent and survivor patients dramatically reduces mortality in severely ill Ebola patients, from about 85% to about 10%.[2,3] This was demonstrated in the 1990s by local doctors in the Congo during... Read More
by S’ola Filani Two Nigerian students of Doregos Private Academy, Ipaja, Lagos – Eveshorhema Sophia Samuel-Alli and Ibukunoluwa Ruth Oladeinde have discovered that African walnut can cure bad breath. Their project – Walnut: Sustainable Solution to Halitosis, was presented at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair which held in Los Angeles, USA in... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju   After Don Jazzy became the first Nigerian celebrity to carry out the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, several of our popular African and Nigerian entertainers have also joined in the challenge for charity. Some of them are Genevieve Nnaji, Davido, Iyanya, Peter Okoye, Ice Prince, Korede Bello, Emmanuel Adebayor, Didier Drogba and... Read More
by S’ola Filani   The Federal Government has denied ordering the sack of striking members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), saying they have only been placed on suspension, contrary to reports. Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, stated this while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja, on Wednesday, noting that the change in vocabulary... Read More
by S’ola Filani About a week after he slumped while defending himself before the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him  by the State Assembly, the embattled Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyebuchi Wednesday resumed his defence, and explained why he slumped. “I had been sick and was taking medication before appearing... Read More
by David Cyril The National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put the current total number of registered voters in Nigeria at 70,383,427, of which Lagos with 5,426,391 has the highest number of registered voters in the country. Kano is said to have about 4,751,818, which makes it the second highest of registered voters in Nigeria, 2010... Read More
by Damilola Jagun The new Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba was presented with a high tech bomb disposal robot by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, during a visit of latter to the force headquarters on Wednesday, 20 August. The robot was presented alongside other equipments which will assist in the counter terrorism war,... Read More
by Jewel Stephen For the first time in the history of Nigeria, a female state chief judge hands over to a sibling. The daughters of Justice James Williams, recorded the feat on Wednesday, 20 August, when Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, swore in Justice Funmilayo Atilade as the new chief judge of the state, taking... Read More
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