2014-10-31 Nigeria Health

Health departments monitoring two Utahns for Ebola symptoms  Salt Lake Tribune
FILE - This undated file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows the Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control, File). FILE - This undated file image made available by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows the ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Science

  ABC News   

Antares Rocket's Launch Pad Escaped Major Damage, Orbital Says  NBCNews.com
The site of this week's spectacular Antares rocket explosion in Virginia appears to have escaped significant damage, and some of the payloads from the commercial Cygnus capsule may be recoverable, Orbital Sciences Corp. said Thursday. Orbital built the ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Sports

  BusinessDay   

Nigeria's deadline day to escape FIFA hammer  BusinessDay
Nigeria has been dangling with a possible hammer from FIFA and if issues regarding football federation are not resolved by latest midnight today, it will be dire than anticipated. Last week, a Federal High Court ruling in Jos, nullified the elections that brought ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Entertainment

  Daily Sun   

Chinedu Ubachukwu emerges Gulder Ultimate Search winner  Daily Sun
After more than three weeks in the jungle, a winner has finally emerged in the Gulder Ultimate Search competition. He is Chinedu Ubachukwu, a 24-years-old indigene of Anambra State. By his victory on Thursday night, he became the 11th champion of the ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Technology

  Daily News & Analysis   

Apple CEO Tim Cook's coming out signals new frontline of gay rights battle in US  Daily News & Analysis
In his essay coming out as gay, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook criticized an Arizona proposal that would have given private business owners the ability to deny services to gay people on religious grounds. Cook on Thursday became the most prominent ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Business

  Business Recorder   

Pakistan among economies implementing regulatory reforms for doing business  Business Recorder
image ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the four out of eight economies in South Asia which implemented at least one regulatory reform, making it easier for local entrepreneurs to do business in 2013-14, according to a new World Bank Group report.
Nigeria up by five steps in World Bank's doing business ranking   The Guardian Nigeria
UPA's parting gift: Ease of Business rank slips to 142, but even this was a freak ...   Firstpost
World Bank report: Confederation of Indian Industry says India's performance ...   Daily News & Analysis
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  Nigerian Tribune   

IBEDC to fast-track embedded generation project  BusinessDay
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said it would fast-track its embedded power generation project so as to boost electricity supply. Fortunatus Leynes, managing director/CEO, who disclosed this at the distribution company's customer's ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria World

  CNN   

Burkina Faso President Defies Violent 'Coup'  Sky News
The president is refusing to loosen his 27-year grip on power after protesters storm government buildings, setting them ablaze. 03:05, UK, Friday 31 October 2014. People load goods looted from a building, which according to locals, belongs to Francois.
Burkina Faso president refuses to step down   Aljazeera.com
Burkina President Compaore says not resigning, open to talks   Zee News
Crowds storm parliament in Burkina Faso uprising   Irish Independent
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  Zambia Reports   

Emmanuel Mwamba: The Veep, The Scot And The Law  Zambia Reports
The Author of this article is late second Republic president Frederick Chiluba's administrative assistant and later appointed information minister by the late fifth President Michael Sata. Just in a period of six years, Zambia has lost a second president in office.
UN, AU chiefs mourn Zambia's late president   Firstpost
Remains of Deceased Zambia Leader to Arrive Saturday   Voice of America
Chikwanda in London to collect remains of Sata   Zambian Watchdog
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  The Nation   

US urges restraint after Israel vows to reopen Al-Aqsa mosque  Business Standard
The United States has urged all sides in Jerusalem to exercise restraint amid spiralling tensions in the holy city, and said it was working with Israelis, Palestinian and Jordanians to try to restore calm. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday also condemned ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Africa

  CNN   

Burkina Faso President Defies Violent 'Coup'  Sky News
The president is refusing to loosen his 27-year grip on power after protesters storm government buildings, setting them ablaze. 03:05, UK, Friday 31 October 2014. People load goods looted from a building, which according to locals, belongs to Francois.
Burkina Faso president refuses to step down   Aljazeera.com
Burkina President Compaore says not resigning, open to talks   Zee News
Crowds storm parliament in Burkina Faso uprising   Irish Independent
Independent Online   
New York Times   
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  Independent Online   

Zuma congratulates Khama on poll win  Independent Online
iol pic afr ian khama-botswana AFP Botswana's President Ian Khama takes the oath of office during a ceremony as he was sworn in for his second term in Gaborone. Picture: MONIRUL BHUIYAN. Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Ian ...

2014-10-31 Nigeria Nigeria

  DailyPost Nigeria   

Isiekwene: 2015: For the good of all Deltans  The Guardian Nigeria
WITH the run-up to the 2015 elections, the post-Uduaghan era is, perhaps, the most discussed issue among Deltans of all persuasions. For Deltans at home, elsewhere in Nigeria and in the Diaspora, the question of who succeeds Governor Emmanuel ...