IMEKO TO BECOME NEW JERUSALEM

On September 10, 2014, Imeko in Imeko-Afon Lo­cal Government Area, a border town about 12 kilometers from the Nigeria-Benin border and about 60 km to the West of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, was agog. Eminent personalities from all walks of life had converged to celebrate the coronation of the new Onimeko of Imeko, Oba (Pastor) Benjamin Oyediran Olanite Akanku IV.

Enugu guber: Ugwuanyi’s endorsement based on merit –Edeoga

Hon Chijioke Edeoga, presi­dential aide on National Assembly was the spokes­person of the House of Representatives. In this inter­view, he hailed the endorsement of Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 governor­ship election.
What do you make of the polari­sation of the Enugu State chapter of the PDP with the endorsement of Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi?

Albanian prime minister's brother 'disgusted' by drone allegations

It's a plot twist that even a thriller writer might have struggled to come up with during Serbia's European qualifying clash with Albania in Belgrade.

A drone flying a flag depicting the "Greater Albania" over a major international soccer game Tuesday was the subject of a 'whodunnit' mystery after the brother of the Albanian prime minister hit back at allegations by a Serbian government official that he had been piloting the quadcopter.

Seven Ministers To Disengage From Jonathan’s Cabinet

The Federal Executive Council in Nigeria has held a valedictory session in honour of seven ministers who may disengage from their ministerial positions to pursue their political ambitions.
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, Minister of Health, Dr Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Labour, Mr Emeka Wogu, Minister of State for Education, Yesom Wike, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Dr Sam Otom, Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and the Minister of State for Niger Delta, Darius Isiaku.

Oil slump and Ebola worries fan African bond sell-off

African dollar bonds were sucked into a global rout of riskier markets on Wednesday, falling to multi-month lows as slumping oil prices and worries about the spread of Ebola fanned broader fears about world growth.

Texas college rejects Nigerian applicants, cites Ebola

At least two students from Nigeria who applied to a Texas college were told they wouldn’t be admitted because of Ebola.

Kamorudeen Abidogun, a Texas man originally from Nigeria, said he received two letters from Navarro College, a two-year community college with a campus about 58 miles from Dallas. Abidogun has five relatives in Nigeria who were applying to the school and who were using his home in Richmond, Texas, as a U.S. mailing address, he told CNBC.

The college rejected the applications, citing confirmed Ebola cases 

Ebola winning the race, says UN official Anthony Banbury

The UN’s Ebola mission chief says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus, with thousands of new cases predicted by December.
“It is running faster than us, and it is winning the race,” Anthony Banbury told the UN Security Council.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 4,447 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa.
Meanwhile, a second health worker in the US state of Texas has become infected with the virus.
Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have been hardest hit by the epidemic, which began in December 2013 but was confirmed only in March.
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