Burkina Faso’s Isaac Zida dismisses African Union intervention

Burkina Faso’s interim leader has dismissed the African Union’s imposition of a two-week deadline to hand power to civilians.
“We are not afraid of sanctions, we care much more about stability,” said Lt Col Isaac Zida after talks with opposition parties and civil society.

Kiev shifts blame for school shelling

(KIEV, Ukraine)
The shelling of a high school in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk has chilled even the battle-hardened in the weary nation.

Nigerians killed in Bauchi state cash machine blast

At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb blast as they queued to withdraw money from a cash machine in northern Nigeria, residents have told the BBC.

Aliko Dangote Now Ranks 37th In The World

Less than 24 hours after Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote, rose to the 23rd position on Forbes Magazine’s ranking of World Richest Person, the President of Dangote Group has dropped 14 places to become the 37th in the world.
Dangote was said to be worth $25 billion on Thursday, 6 November, 2014, but in the latest ranking published on Friday, 7 November, 2014, the first black person to be so ranked has seen his wealth dropped to about $21 billion.
According to the ranking, Bill Gates still remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $82 billion. He is closely followed by Carlos Slim Helu & family with a net worth of  $82 billion.
Still in third position is Warren Buffet with a net worth of $70 billion, while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is ranked 14th with a net worth of $33 billion.
You can see the full list of 50 richest people in the world on Forbes.
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PDP governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Dagogo-Jack, submits nomination form in Abuja

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Dr Beks Dagogo-Jack, submitting his nomination form to the national secretary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha in Abuja on Thursday

FG Offers Sierra Leone N42billion Worth Of Ebola Drugs

Nigerian government has offered drugs and supplies worth more than $249,000 (about N42billion) to Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
According to the health ministry’s spokeswoman, Ayo Adesugba, this offering was made apart from a $3.5m donation promised by President Goodluck Jonathan toward the fight against Ebola scourge in the West Africa sub-region.
“Nigeria made the donation at the request of the government of Sierra Leone,” the statement said.
Adesugba also noted that Nigeria had already mobilised and trained over 600 health workers as volunteers to support the containment effort in affected countries within the region under the leadership of the Economic Community Of West African States.

Nigerian Jailed In Britain For Drug Smuggling

United Kingdom has imprisoned a Nigerian-German man after being caught trying to traffic more than N53 m worth of cocaine in 83 packages in his body.

The man reportedly swallowed these capsules of cocaine.
Police at Dover’s Eastern Docks Charles stopped Ukachukwu Imoh after telling officers he was visiting family in London having boarded a coach from Frankfurt.
The 57-year old man with a Nigerian passport was X-rayed at hospital where 83 packages were found in his body.