2014-09-01 Nigeria Health

  Sydney Morning Herald   

Health workers death toll mounts in W.Africa as Ebola spreads  New Vision
LAGOS - Nigeria's health minister will hold an emergency meeting of state health commissioners on Monday as West Africa struggles to halt the deadly Ebola virus, amid growing concern at the toll among healthcare workers. Nigeria on Sunday confirmed a ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Science

  Daily Mail   

Sheen speaks out after Aussie arrested  9news.com.au
Hollywood star Charlie Sheen has criticised Danish authorities over the arrests of 14 anti-whaling activists, including an Australian, in the North Atlantic. Sheen donated one of three inflatable boats used by Krystal Keynes and other Sea Shepherd members to ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Sports

GEJ Football Club debuts in Abuja  The Guardian Nigeria
SUPPORTERS of President Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend disclosed that a new football club, known as Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) FC, which they said has been registered as one of the teams to compete in the 2014/2015 season of the Nigeria ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Entertainment

  Osun Defender   

Confusion over Pastor Oyakhilome's wife's divorce suit  Osun Defender
Confusion seems to trail the reported divorce suit of Reverend Mrs. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome against her husband, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, founder, Christ Embassy. While some members of the church told Saturday Independent that the report is false, ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Technology

  games.on.net   

PAX Prime 2014: hands-on with Mortal Kombat X  Shacknews
Ever since its announcement earlier this year at E3 2014, Mortal Kombat X has certainly been making waves. The latest addition to the franchise has looked quite promising thus far, with the mixture of familiar characters from the series with new recruits that ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Business

  StarAfrica.com   

Nigeria seals $960m power plant deal with Brazilian firm  StarAfrica.com
The Nigerian government and Benco Energy Limited of Brazil have signed a N144 billion (about $960m) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct a 700 megawatts power plant in Nigeria.Speaking at the signing ceremony on Friday in Abuja, ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria World

  Haaretz   

Missing those who have lived through hell for seven weeks  Haaretz
With the Gaza war over, my heart goes out to the children an hour's drive away whom Israel does not let me watch grow up. By Amira Hass | Sep. 1, 2014 | 6:09 AM. Tweet. Palestinian children in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. Three Palestinian children ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Africa

  Times LIVE   

Lesotho coup: Mugabe's chance to flex muscles  NewsDay
THE weekend military coup in Lesotho has provided new Sadc chairperson President Robert Mugabe with an opportunity to flex his muscles and display his aversion to military coups, political analysts said yesterday. STAFF REPORTER. The analysts said ...

2014-09-01 Nigeria Nigeria

  Daily Sun   

Has the National Conference failed? (1)  Daily Sun
I find it befuddling and exasperating that some Nigerians concluded, even before the National Conference ended its assignment recently, that it is a failure. Some of those that maintain this position hinge their conclusion on the way the issue of derivation in ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Health

  The Punch   

Nigerian doctors get N5,000 insurance monthly — Resident doctors' president  The Punch
In this interview with TOBI AWORINDE, the President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Jibril Abdullahi, blames bureaucracy and bad leadership and not medical doctors for the crisis in the health sector. In what areas are you making progress in ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Science

  ABC News   

Sinkhole that proved popular at Corvette Museum will be filled  Reuters
Aug 30 (Reuters) - A sinkhole that swallowed eight cars inside the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky will be filled even though it has become a tourist attraction that sharply increased attendance and revenue, the museum's board decided on Saturday.
Corvette museum decides to fill giant sinkhole   Delhi Daily News
The Corvette Museum Will Fill Up The Entire Sinkhole After All   Jalopnik
Corvette museum Board Votes to fill giant sinkhole   Capital OTC
UPI.com   
WBIR-TV   
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  NorthJersey.com   

Century-old extinction of the passenger pigeon still a cautionary tale  NorthJersey.com
Passenger pigeons once ruled America's skies, sweeping across the landscape in such breathtakingly large flocks that they obscured the sun for hours, even days. When they roosted in trees, there were so many birds that the branches of oaks splintered and ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Sports

  Leadership Newspapers   

NFF Faction Urges NASS To Call Sports Minister To Order  Leadership Newspapers
Lagos State FA chairman and member of Aminu Maigari-led NFF faction, Seyi Akinwumi has appealed to the National Assembly to call the Minister of Sports and chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Dr Tammy Danagogo to order before he mortgage ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Entertainment

  Osun Defender   

Wahala de ee!!! As Oyakhilomes divorce scaters Christ Embassy members  Osun Defender
Members of the Christ Embassy are divided over a divorce suit filed against the Senior Pastor of the church, Chris Oyakhilome, by wife, Anita, in a London court. Chris and Anita Oyakhilome - When the going was good. Chris and Anita Oyakhilome – When the ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Technology

NCC to Auction Another Spectrum Licence  AllAfrica.com
The 2.3GHz spectrum band. "The auction could be done before the end of the year to complement NCC's plan to license Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) on regional bases," Igho said. According to him, "You are all aware that the commission has ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Business

  The Guardian Nigeria   

'BOA Disbursed N18b To 471000 Farmers In 4yrs'  The Guardian Nigeria
BOA Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank Of Agriculture (BOA), Dr. Mohammed Santuraki spoke on the Federal Government Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), the Bank's efforts to empower Nigerian farmers, its planned privatization ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria World

  Reuters   

White House sends congratulations to EU`s Tusk, Mogherini  Zee News
The White House on Saturday sent congratulations to Polish Premier Donald Tusk and Italy`s Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini on their election to top posts within the European Union. "The president congratulates Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

PM flees country following coup  Herald Scotland
Lesotho's prime minister Thomas Thabane accused his country's army of staging a coup and fled to South Africa, which condemned the military's action. Lesotho's prime minister Thomas Thabane accused his country's army of staging a coup and fled to South ...

2014-08-31 Nigeria Nigeria

  Daily Sun   

TAN rally: Port Harcourt shut down  Daily Sun
Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State was literarily shutdown yesterday during the South-South zonal rally, organized by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), held at the Liberation Stadium. The pro-Jonathan rally saw Peoples Democratic ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Health

  Leadership Newspapers   

FG Recalls Resident Doctors, Lifts Suspension On Residency Training  Leadership Newspapers
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on residency training in all federal hospitals with effect from Thursday, Aug 28. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Dan Nwomeh, Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister of ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Science

  NBCNews.com   

All Clear: Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Eruption Over, Air Travel OK'd  NBCNews.com
Iceland said a small volcanic eruption in the Bardarbunga volcano system that started in the early hours of Friday had stopped and that it had lifted all airspace restrictions. Earlier in the day, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reduced its ash warning level for ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Sports

  The Guardian Nigeria   

Giwa's NFF ready to convince Fifa  SuperSport
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) faction of Chris Giwa is confident that it will convince Fifa of its position in the crisis of governance rocking the country's football. Giwa stated that Nigerians should not panic following Fifa's letter on Friday in which the ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Entertainment

  360Nobs.com   

Adultery: Pastor Oyakhilome's Wife Files For Divorce  Leadership Newspapers
The dissolution of the marriage between Christ Embassy Church founder Pastor Christian Oyakhilome and his wife, Rev. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome, has entered the final phase, according to reports by online newspaper TheCable yesterday. The wife is ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Technology

  THISDAY Live   

Assessing Telecoms' Achievements, Challenges in the Last Four Years  THISDAY Live
From 2010 to 2014, so much could be said to have been achieved in the telecoms sector, even though the industry was fraught with challenges of poor service quality within the period. During this period, the industry under the leadership of the current ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Business

  The Punch   

FG, Brazil sign MoU on 700MW power plant  The Punch
The Federal Government on Friday signed a N144bn Memorandum of Understanding with Benco Energy Limited of Brazil to construct a 700 megawatts power plant in Nigeria. The plant, which will be built in Bayelsa State, will have a construction period of ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria World

  Reuters UK   

Australia's terror alert remains medium  The Australian
AUSTRALIA'S terror alert will remain at medium despite the United Kingdom increasing its assessment of risk from substantial to severe, the second-highest level. THE alert level is regularly reviewed by authorities and would be increased to high "if it were ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

Kenyan President presides over drug ship destruction  NTV Uganda
The Kenya Navy Friday destroyed the ship that was carrying heroine worth over 1 billion Kenya shillings. The vessel was sunk in deep seas following a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The President has said the move will serve as a lesson to drug ...

2014-08-30 Nigeria Nigeria

  The Punch   

Politicians in season of defection for 2015  The Punch
The Nigerian political landscape has been dotted with defections and counter-defections by politicians. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress have been more affected. Dumping one political party ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Health

  Leadership Newspapers   

FG Insists Resident Doctors Remain Sacked, Programe Suspended In All ...  Daily Times Nigeria
The federal government has insisted that resident doctors remain sacked and residency programme suspended in all teaching hospitals, despite mounting condemnations and affected resident doctors resuming at their duty posts. Addressing a media briefing ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Science

  AsiaOne   

MAS stocks suspended ahead of revamp plan reveal  AsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - Trading in Malaysia Airlines shares was suspended from 9am on Friday ahead of an announcement by major shareholder Khazanah Nasional. Khazanah, which owns nearly 70 per cent of the ailing national carrier, is expected to unveil ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Sports

  Ahram Online   

Giwa's NFF dismisses league suspension claims  SuperSport
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), under the faction of Chris Giwa, has described as "totally untrue" that league matches in the country has been put on hold following a statement from the referees association. Giwa was particular about the Glo Premier ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Entertainment

  Times of India   

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie finally tie the knot  Times of India
Star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who have been dating since featuring in 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' in 2005, have finally walked down the aisle, reports tmz.com. According to a spokesman for the couple, they exchanged vows last weekend in France.
Top five reader comments of the day   Stuff.co.nz
A family affair as Brad and Angie wed   Independent Online
Inside Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Budget Wedding—It Was Practically Free!   E! Online
Gulf Daily News   
The Nation   
Irish Independent   
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  Nigerian Tribune   

MUSIC BUSINESS 101: Master your art – Develop, mature and evolve (2)  Nigerian Tribune
“You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do” – Jerry Garcia of Grateful Deads. If you want to build a successful career for yourself as an artiste/musician in the music business, you ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Technology

Surfline Brings 1st 4G LTE Service to Ghana  AllAfrica.com
In line with its commitment to bring latest cutting edge technologies to Ghana, Surfline has raised the bar with the introduction of 1st 4G LTE service to Ghanian ICT market. With nearly 300 cell sites, both existing and new operators in the country are expected ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Business

  THISDAY Live   

Nigerian Shippers Council to Acquire new Powers  THISDAY Live
Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) may soon acquire new powers in a bid to enable the council perform as an efficient economic regulator in the nation's seaports. This was part of the consensus agreement reached by the stakeholders, sequel to deliberations ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria World

  The Guardian   

UN calls for 43 peacekeepers held hostage in Golan Heights to be freed  The Guardian
Golan Heights The Golan Heights: 43 UN peacekeepers from Fiji are being detained there. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters. The United Nations says it is working to secure the release of 43 peacekeepers from Fiji who have been detained by militants in ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Africa

  BDlive   

Arms deal critics lose faith in inquiry, decline to testify  BDlive
Arms Procurement Commission chairman Judge Willie Seriti, right, and co-commissioner Free State Judge President Hendrick Musi, during proceedings in Pretoria in August. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO ...

2014-08-29 Nigeria Nigeria

  Daily Sun   

Boko Haram, a threat to Nigeria's unity – Archbishop Martins  Daily Sun
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins, has urged the Federal Government to take urgent and drastic measures to combat the activities of Boko Haram, as it constitutes a major threat to the nation's unity and continuous ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Health

  DailyPost Nigeria   

NHIS set to take community-based health insurance to every state  The Guardian Nigeria
THE Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas, has stated that the Scheme is set to launch Community Based Health Insurance Programme (CBHIP) in at least three Local Government Areas (LGA) of each state of ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Science

  Nigerian Tribune   

The Gambia: Of culture and crocodiles  Nigerian Tribune
ANYBODY coming into The Gambia for the first time will hardly believe that there is more to this ode of natural beauty than the rowdiness of the Banjul International Airport, crawling with Europeans and their Gambian escorts smoking at every corner of the ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Sports

  Belfast Telegraph   

Arsenal vs Besiktas: Alexis Sanchez scores only goal as Gunners overcome ...  Belfast Telegraph
Arsenal like to do things the hard way. It would just be a lot simpler if they could finish in the Premier League's top three and not have to go through this occasional ritual of anxiety and brinkmanship before taking their place in the Champions League group ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Entertainment

  AceShowbiz   

BET Suspends Producer After Making Bad Joke About Beyonce and Jay-Z's ...  AceShowbiz
A producer has reportedly been suspended after making on-air joke about Blue Ivy's hair which was recited by Karrueche Tran on '106 and Park' earlier this week. Tweet. BET Suspends Producer After Making Bad Joke About Beyonce and Jay-Z's Daughter.
BET Producer Suspended for Joke About Beyoncé and Jay Z's Daughter   Yahoo Music (blog)
BET Apologizes To Beyonce And Jay Z After Karrueche Tran Read A Joke About ...   Beauty World News
Blue Ivy's hair makes a lousy punch line, Karrueche Tran and BET learn   Los Angeles Times
Daily Mail   
Idolator: All About The Music   
First Coast News   
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Juliet Ibrahim's ex-hubby finally speaks on divorce saga  GhanaWeb
Ever since their June 2014 divorce, Juliet Ibrahim's ex-husband has had nothing to say to the media about his ex-wife and their decision to split until now. “There are always fairytales with relationships, and when it ends, reality kicks in,” said young business ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Technology

Introducing “The Best Innovation in the Smartphone Market” – LG's New G3 ...  Bella Naija
LG Electronics (LG), a global leader in Mobile Communications has introduced into the Nigerian market its eagerly anticipated G3 Smartphone, the successor to the company's well-received LG G2. The device received Red Dot “Best of the Best” Awards for ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Business

  Daily Sun   

FG approves N4.2bn for power transmission  Daily Sun
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of contracts for the power sector worth over N4.2 billion, in a bid to boost the transmission of power in parts of the country. In the same vein, the government has announced that friends of Nigeria ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria World

  New York Daily News   

Guns still plague America like an incurable social disease – and Congress does ...  New York Daily News
Guns don't kill people. Nine-year-old girls with ponytails and pink shorts on summer vacation do. Just ask the National Rifle Association. They will tell you that the 9-mm. Uzi submachine gun used by the Israeli military as a weapon of war and by sociopathic ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Africa

  The Standard Digital News   

German firm opens Sh1.2b chemical factory in Nairobi  The Standard Digital News
NAIROBI, KENYA: German multinational firm BASF has opened a Sh1.17 billion (10 million euros) chemical plant in Kenya. The global chemical company is seeking to tap into the booming construction industry, specifically real estate and road projects in ...

2014-08-28 Nigeria Nigeria

  Leadership Newspapers   

Why They Are After Me – Amaechi  Leadership Newspapers
Rivers State governor and chairman of Nigerian Governors' Forum, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has shed more light on why he is the target of opposition from some politicians within and outside the state. Speaking at a meet-the-people tour of communities ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Health

  BBC News   

Ebola in the time of insurgency  BusinessDay
The outbreak of terrorism in northeast Nigeria is a tempting metaphor for the outbreak of the Ebola virus. David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert, uses this analogy between medicine and insurgency in a 2009 paper Terrain, Tribes ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Science

Ogunfowoke: 21st Century Nigerian Radio: A source or a loss?  The Guardian Nigeria
THERE is a radio in almost every home in Nigeria. In fact, nine in 10 Nigerians (92.6%) have radio in their homes, according to the 2012 BBG/Gallup survey on Nigeria Media Use. The portability of this medium has made it a very much sought-after source of ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Sports

  CHANNELS   

President Goodluck Jonathan to host Falconets in Abuja  Nigerian Bulletin
Jonnnnnaaaaaa President Goodluck Jonathan will host Nigeria's Falconets for making it to the finals of the FIFA under-20 Women's World Cup tournament that was hosted in Canada. The Nigerian girls were defeated 1-0 by Germany after extra time,but they ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Entertainment

  Just Jared   

Uzo Aduba Wins 'Outstanding Guest Actress' at Emmy Awards  THISDAY Live
Nigerian-American actress, Uzo Nwanneka Aduba, has won this year's Emmy for “Outstanding Guest Actress” for the Netflix comedy-drama series, “Orange is the New Black”. Aduba, who was born to Nigerian parents in Massachusetts, US, in 1980/1981 ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Technology

  Ubergizmo   

Opera Browsers See 100 Million Active Android Users  Ubergizmo
opera 100m When you talk about a web browser on the Android platform, most of the time we would be looking at the stock browser that arrives with any version of Android, while many others have already decided to jump aboard the Chrome Browser ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Business

  Daily Sun   

Elumelu appointed UBA chairman  Daily Sun
The Board of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has appointed Mr Tony O. Elumelu, as the new Chairman of the bank. Elumelu, who succeeds Amb. Joe Keshi, is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria World

  NDTV   

Petro Poroshenko to Seek Ceasefire After 'Very Tough' Talks with Vladimir Putin  NDTV
Minsk: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia's Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent ceasefire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic. The first talks between the two leaders ...

2014-08-27 Nigeria Africa

  THISDAY Live   

Soldiers Resurface in Mubi as Fighting Rages in Gamborou  THISDAY Live
Nigerian soldiers, who allegedly escaped by a whisker to take refuge in neighbouring Cameroun following a fierce battle with members of the Boko Haram sect in Gamborou Ngala, Borno State on Monday, have resurfaced in Mubi, a border town in Adamawa ...