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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
South Africa on Thursday issued a ban on all non-citizens travelling from three West African countries worst-affected by Ebola. A health ministry statement declared “a total travel ban for all non-citizens travelling from these high risk countries,” referring to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. You might also like – See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/s-africa-bans-travellers-ebola-hit-nations/#sthash.5383v0Cl.dpufwp_posts
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
CAPE TOWN (AFP) – South Africa’s parliament collapsed into unprecedented chaos Thursday as a group of radical lawmakers hijacked presidential question time, standing and yelling repeatedly at President Jacob Zuma: “Pay back the money”. Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters, led by firebrand Julius Malema, were not satisfied with Zuma’s response to questions over the $24 million of […]
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Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Dr. Stella Adadevoh, a female consultant physician, in Lagos Following the death of the Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, her family members have said that they have been left devastated. Adadevoh was the lead doctor who attended to the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, that brought the Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria. She died on […]
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Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
AUGUST 21, 2014 BY ABIMBOLA ADELAKUN By tomorrow, Friday, August 22, the kidnapped girls of Chibok would have been unwitting ”guests” ofBoko Haram for 130 days. Between their kidnap and frightful escapes, the recurring line from the relevantsecurity agencies has been, “We know where they are”! Ironically, every Nigerian knows where they are too: With Boko Haram! The […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Steve Oru The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Steve Oru, has threatened to revoke the contracts for two of the nine skill acquisition centres in the Niger Delta over poor and delayed contract execution. The two contracts are the Skill Acquisition Centre in Otuke, in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Abducted Chibok girls BRITAIN’s Royal Air Force plans to send three fighter jets to help in locating the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 this year. The RAF Tornado GR4s equipped with surveillance facilities, according to Daily Mail on Wednesday, will undertake “reconnaissance missions” over the Sambissa Forest where […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
The US State Department has ordered the departure of all family members of its embassy staff in Liberia, one of the four West African nations hit hard by the Ebola virus. “The State Department ordered the departure from Monrovia of all eligible family members not employed by post in the coming days,” department spokesperson Marie […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
As Nigerians continued to mourn Dr. Stella Adadevoh on Wednesday, another sad news broke on Wednesday that five fresh suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease had been reported in Lagos State. The state Commsioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who announced this shortly after the Federal Government gave an indication that it might immortalise Adadevoh, […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress has appointed at least 74 persons, including a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as members of its Board of Trustees. The list has not been officially released by the party but our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the list comprised others […]
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Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
The win sends Peter Dedevbo’s side into the final in Montreal on Sunday, while Korea DPR will also make the trip west to compete in the play-off for third place. The North Koreans managed to keep the match within reach throughout the first half, despite Dike’s early strike, before the Nigerians ran away with the […]
