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Michael Brown's parents (far left and
right) have called for calm and no return
to the violence that marked the days
after their son's death

Hundreds of people have attended
the funeral for the black teenager
killed by police in Ferguson,
Missouri. Mourners at the Friendly Temple Baptist Church in St Louis sang, prayed
and remembered the life of Michael
Brown.
Mr Brown, 18, who was unarmed, was
killed on 9 August after being stopped
by a white police officer for walking in
the middle of the street.
His death sparked days of protests and
violent clashes, but tensions appear to
have eased in recent days.
Two poster-sized photos of Mr Brown
were placed inside the church near the
casket, along with another photo of him
as a small child.
Those in the church sang, clapped and
danced to gospel music before the
service started.

"Senseless killing"
Mr Brown's family addressed mourners,
describing Michael as a gentle soul.
His cousin, Eric Davis, said his
generation had stood up to what had
happened in Ferguson.

Michael Brown's family said his
generation were standing up to the
violence they faced.

Mourners say they want to support the
family of shot teenager Michael Brown
"We have had enough. We have had
enough of having our brothers and
sisters killed in the streets," he said.
"Hear our voice. We have had enough of
this senseless killing."
Addressing the mourners, civil rights
leader Rev Al Sharpton said people had
a right to protest without police
intimidation.
"America is going to have to come to
terms when there's something wrong,
that we have money to give military
equipment to police forces, when we
don't have money for training and
money for public education," he said.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon did not
attend, while President Barack Obama
sent three White House aides to
represent him.

"There will be an uprising"

The mood outside the church was
peaceful and sombre, said BBC
correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan, in
St Louis.
"We don't know the Brown family but
our hearts empathise with them for
their loss and the senseless violence,"
one mourner told the BBC.
But there is still anger in Ferguson,
which has a majority black population,
after the shooting by police officer
Darren Wilson - who is currently
suspended on full pay.
"If Darren Wilson is not charged, there
will be an uprising," another mourner
said.
A grand jury panel of residents has
begun hearing evidence in the case,
though the country prosecutor has said
the process could take until October.
Many residents have demanded that
Officer Wilson should be arrested and
prosecuted.
Witnesses have said Mr Brown was shot
as he held his hands up in a position of
surrender, while the police and
supporters of Mr Wilson have said he
fired during a fight with Mr Brown.
The response by the authorities, who
flooded the town with hundreds of
officers in riot gear and brought in the
national guard, has been criticised as
heavy-handed.
The authorities were also criticised for
not being transparent enough in the
immediate aftermath of the shooting,
when they refused to name the police
officer involved.
However, police also say the protests
were inflamed by agitators who
travelled to Ferguson from elsewhere,
and that they responded to threats made
against them and the firing of weapons
from the crowd.
Ahead of the funeral, Michael Brown's
father made a plea his plea for calm. He
said on Sunday: "Tomorrow all I want is
peace."

By Daud Olatunji
ABEOKUTA— SECURITY Operatives
have taken over strategic locations in
Abeokuta and Olabisi Onabanjo
University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye including
all its campuses across the state to
prevent possible breakdown of law and
order by the students following
Saturday’s closure of the institution by
the state government.
Anti-riot policemen were seen in and
around the institution at Ago-Iwoye in
Ijebu-North local government area of
the state while they were also sighted in
all various campuses across the state.
The Police had issued a warning to the
students against any protest over the
reduction of fees announced by the state
government.
The state government had on Saturday
announced the immediate closure of the
institution, to forestall breach of peace
and order as the students had continued
to issue threats while rejecting all
entreaties and concessions by the
government on their on the recently
announced reduction of school fees in
the state.
Vanguard gathered that, there was
heavy presence of Policemen in strategic
areas in and around the institution and
Abeokuta.
Efforts to speak with the state Police
Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa
Adejobi was unsuccessful as he could
not be reached.
But, the Committee for the Defence of
Human Rights, CDHR in Ogun State,
condemned the closure of the
institution, describing it as unholy.
The CDHR in a statement by state
Chairman, Folarin Olayinka and the
Public Relations Officer, Femi
Agunbiade, said “The decision to shut
the institution following the students’
rights agitation on further reduction of
school fees is a big disappointment,
demonstration of weakness, failure on
educational promises and lack of how to
approach salient matters affecting
students.”

cocoduck: It is just a matter of time, our enemies know that very well. They are just making a jest of us. Vanchester clearly said we should wait three months so we should wait so that the player will adapt. right now they are injured so by the time they come back things will change and new signings will happen even after Di Maria

Yes! And I will still like him to make a statement by signing a world class and solid CM or/$ DM. Glory Glory United.

Congratulations Man City, though I don't wish them good but I will always appreciate make my day by beating overrated liserpoolfc!

Oh Man U fans, giggs said at our last game last season that better days we have been spoilt by success but better days are coming again, let's believe and trust LvG. A number of us are still feeling the nightmare of last season. However, LvG is in charge, a man with a clear football philosophy, and he has assured that he should be give 3 months. So, I will stand by that word and start to judge him by d end of October -early November. Interestingly, over d past six or seven years, we all know start d season slowly and it's always turn of d year b4 we usually show ourself, I hope d same happen dis season. GGMU

By Uchechukwu Nnaike
Following several appeals by parents
and other stakeholders, the Nigerian
office of the West African Examinations
Council (WAEC), has eliminated
registration deadline for its November/
December West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for
private candidates across the country.
With this, the board has created an
opportunity for candidates that were
unable to register during the normal
registration period to still register and
sit for the examination as ‘walk-in-
candidates’.
It said the registration of walk-in-
candidates would commence August 26,
and continue throughout the duration of
the examination.
Briefing journalists in Lagos yesterday,
the Head of National Office, Mr. Charles
Eguridu, said with the innovation,
candidates who for one reason or
another were unable to register for the
examination before the close of entry,
would still have the opportunity to
register even on the day of the
examination.
He said it would also afford candidates
the opportunity to regularise their result
to qualify for admission into tertiary
institutions of their choice instead of
waiting for a whole year to sit for the
examination.
Eguridu, who announced that the
registration fee per walk-in-candidate is
N25,000, maintained that such
candidates would only be able to sit for
the examination in cities and towns
where the council’s offices are located.
On the guidelines for registration, he
said, “Interested candidates are
expected to walk into any of the
council’s zonal or branch office with two
passport photographs, in addition to the
registration fee of N25,000 only, in bank
draft drawn in favour of ‘The West
African Examinations Council’ not later
than the day of the paper they intend to
sit.”
He stressed that candidates must
complete the registration formalities at
any WAEC zonal or branch office,
adding that candidates could register
without prejudice to the minimum
number of subjects.

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By Abiodun Alade,@biodunpen
Former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory and chieftain of the All
Progressive Congress, Mallam Nasir El-
Rufai, has said that he will consider the
option of defection to the People
Democratic Party, PDP when satan
repents and converts to Islam.
He made the assertion in reply to a
question by one of his followers on
twitter, stressing that he will hardly
take the option. This is coming in the
wake of the defection of his friend and
former Presidential candidate of the
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
El-Rufai is a former stalwart of the PDP
and served the government during the
Olusegun Obasanjo tenure.

21 August 2014 , Source: Vanguard
President Goodluck Jonathan has said
that Nigeria will become an automobile
exporting nation very soon, noting that
his administration is committed to the
National Automobile Policy. He made
the statement on his facebook page on
Tuesday.
The President stated that, "when this
administration launched the new
National Automobile policy, I promised
Nigerians that our nation will ultimately
become a hub for the automobile
industry. Today (Tuesday), this promise
has been fulfilled several times over as
Hyundai Motors joins Kia, Nisan and
Innoson Motors as automobile
manufacturers who produce cars in
Nigeria. This is only the beginning. This
policy will be seen to its logical
conclusion of making Nigeria an
automobile exporting nation after our
domestic demands are met in the same
manner as we did with our cement sub
sector," he said.
The trust of the National Automotive
Policy is to ensure the survival, growth
and development of the Nigerian
automotive industry using local human
and material resources. This is with a
view to enhancing the industry's
contribution to the national economy in
the areas employment generation,
technology acquisition, effective
utilisation of local raw materials and
resources and in the transportation of
people and goods.
21 August 2014 , Source: Vanguard
President Goodluck Jonathan has said
that Nigeria will become an automobile
exporting nation very soon, noting that
his administration is committed to the
National Automobile Policy. He made
the statement on his facebook page on
Tuesday.
The President stated that, "when this
administration launched the new
National Automobile policy, I promised
Nigerians that our nation will ultimately
become a hub for the automobile
industry. Today (Tuesday), this promise
has been fulfilled several times over as
Hyundai Motors joins Kia, Nisan and
Innoson Motors as automobile
manufacturers who produce cars in
Nigeria. This is only the beginning. This
policy will be seen to its logical
conclusion of making Nigeria an
automobile exporting nation after our
domestic demands are met in the same
manner as we did with our cement sub
sector," he said.
The trust of the National Automotive
Policy is to ensure the survival, growth
and development of the Nigerian
automotive industry using local human
and material resources. This is with a
view to enhancing the industry's
contribution to the national economy in
the areas employment generation,
technology acquisition, effective
utilisation of local raw materials and
resources and in the transportation of
people and goods.
21 August 2014 , Source: Vanguard
President Goodluck Jonathan has said
that Nigeria will become an automobile
exporting nation very soon, noting that
his administration is committed to the
National Automobile Policy. He made
the statement on his facebook page on
Tuesday.
The President stated that, "when this
administration launched the new
National Automobile policy, I promised
Nigerians that our nation will ultimately
become a hub for the automobile
industry. Today (Tuesday), this promise
has been fulfilled several times over as
Hyundai Motors joins Kia, Nisan and
Innoson Motors as automobile
manufacturers who produce cars in
Nigeria. This is only the beginning. This
policy will be seen to its logical
conclusion of making Nigeria an
automobile exporting nation after our
domestic demands are met in the same
manner as we did with our cement sub
sector," he said.
The trust of the National Automotive
Policy is to ensure the survival, growth
and development of the Nigerian
automotive industry using local human
and material resources. This is with a
view to enhancing the industry's
contribution to the national economy in
the areas employment generation,
technology acquisition, effective
utilisation of local raw materials and
resources and in the transportation of
people and goods.

dhardline: On that day some polling units will be invisible to the public but votes will emerge from them.

Did you notice this increment is significant in the north base on the statistics?

20 August 2014 , Source: Cameroun-
Info.Net

Nigerian recording artist, performer,
and record producer David Adedeji
Adeleke, better known by his stage
name Davido cancelled his concert in
Cameroon a day after the Cameroon
government announced closure of their
borders and suspension of flights from
Ebola-infected nations like Nigeria.
Davido was set to perform in the
political capital, Yaounde last Saturday
August 16, at the Chantal Biya
Foundation in promoting of education
and health among young Cameroonians.
But instead of making the cancellation
announcement in a language understood
by all, he chose to do it in French when
he took to twitter Sunday, Aug 17.
He tweeted in French: “I am sorry I
can’t make it to Yaounde this evening
for the concert with my fans. My
absence is linked to the travel
restrictions due to Ebola virus spread.
The concert will be reprogrammed soon.
I love you all. O.B.O (his nick name).”
@iam_Davido: ‘je suisde n pas pouvoir
etre present ce soir a younde pour le
show avec mes fans. Mon absence est
due aux restrictions causees par le virus
Ebola. Une date sera programmes tres
vite. Je vous aimes. O.B.O.
Government spokesman Issa Tchiroma
Bakary said the decision to close the
borders with Nigeria has become
inevitable, because of the fears of the
Ebola that spreads like wild fire in the
West African sub-region.
“This decision on border closure and
suspension of all flights to and from
Nigeria was to protect the lives of
Cameroonian citizens living within and
outside from contracting Ebola, as
Nigeria, our main trading partner in
Africa had been facing since July 20,
2014 when Patrick Sawyer sneaked into
the country aboard a flight with the
deadly virus,” Tchiroma said.
He however, noted that the border
closure and temporary suspension of
flights to and from Nigeria will be for a
minimum of one month. He also advised
Cameroonian citizens to take the closure
of borders and flight suspension
seriously in protecting their lives and
property.
“The border closures with our main
trading partner will be lifted, as soon as
Nigeria contains the spread of the
deadly viral disease. We also urge all
border security agencies of the two
countries to be vigilant by complying
with this border closures,” he added.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/2015-inec-creates-30027-polling-units/

By Soni Daniel
The Independent National Electoral
Commission has created additional
30,027 polling units across the country
in readiness for next year’s elections.
The commission said Tuesday that the
action was aimed at decongest in
existing polling centres.
With the addition, the total number of
polling units across the nation stands at
150,000, up from 119,973.
The commission made this known in a
statement by the Director in charge of
the commission’s secretariat in Abuja,
Ishiaku Gali.
As a result of the increase, Lagos State
whose polling units has now been
increased to 11,023, leads others in the
federation in terms of the proportional
distribution of the total 150,000 units.
Kano State now with 10,127 is the
second on the table.
The decision to create the new units,
according to Gali, was taken at the
Commission’s meeting on August 12,
2014.
The commission further put the total
number of registered voters at
70,383427.
With its registered voters put at
5,426,391, Lagos State got an additional
2,870 polling units making it a total of
11,565 polling units.
Kano State with 4,751,818 polling units
got additional polling units of 2,053
bringing the total number of polling
units to 9,809 polling units.
Kano State was followed by Kaduna
State. With its registered voters of
3743815, Kaduna State has additional
polling units of 2,878 bringing the total
polling units to 7,485.
Katsina State with 2,928,046 registered
voters, it got an additional 1,339 polling
units bringing the total number of
polling stations in the state 3,818.

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Mtchewwww. Who cares?
What's makes this newsworthy?
Is he better than Phd holders applying for a 20K Environmental Marshall job in Ogin state or millions of Nigeria youths?
Some1 must be joking by thinking this is newsworthy.

dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/ghost-corps-member-nysc-huriwa/

The Human Rights Writers’
Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on
Tuesday declared that its
investigation has not been able to
establish the allegations of the
existence of “Ghost Corpers” in the
National Youths Service Corps
(NYSC).
In a statement in Abuja and signed by
its National Coordinator, Emmanuel
Onwubiko, and the National Media
Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, the
group said, “we can for the time
being state without equivocations
that we are unable to trace the
existence of any ghost participants in
the annual national youth service
scheme run by the management of
the National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC).
“We have also been shown evidence
of refund of unspent funds by the
current management”.
HURIWA stated that it has suspended
its decision for the time being of
dragging the management of the
NYSC to the Coordinating Minister of
the Economy and Minister of Finance
Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and
relevant anti-graft bodies following
allegations of fraudulent practices
brought to its attention by some
concerned petitioners working in the
NYSC.
HURIWA had two weeks ago based
on a petition at its disposal from
anonymous insiders from the NYSC
disclosed its plan to proceed to the
Office of the co-ordinating minister of
the economy and the anti-graft
agencies if they were not satisfied
with the veracity of the allegations of
over N90 billion fraudulent diversion
of unspent funds by the management
of the NYSC.

READ MR. RIBADU'S FULL
STATEMENT BELOW:
My good friends,
I know how difficult it may be for you to
come to terms with my defection to
another party. But I must assure you
that it's a carefully considered decision
for which I do not wish to hurt anyone's
feeling. I'll not embark on a needless
animosity with my good friends,
irrespective of political, religious,
regional and ethnic affiliations.
Let me quickly make it known that I did
not issue a statement disparaging APC
and its members, including Governors
Amaechi, Kwankwaso... These were
clearly fabricated, expected backlash, by
mischievous characters interested in
misleading the public and drawing a
picture of non-existent feuds between
me and my good friends.
My defection shouldn't be seen as an
initiation of political antagonism with my
good friends in another party. I still hold
them in high esteem, and even where
there are marked differences, I believe
there are decorous and honorable ways
of resolving them. So, kindly disregard
any statement said to be by me
attacking the personality of any
politician since my defection. I'll never
allow myself to be drawn into such
disrespectful exchange.
As for my next step in this political
struggle, this would be made known in
due time. For now, I wish to assure you
that my defection is in pursuit of a good
cause, and never out of any selfish
interests as portrayed by a section.
Thanks for bearing with me on this
decision, and for those who have been in
solidarity with my struggles and still
giving me the benefits of the doubt, I'm
most grateful. I'll never let you down on
this new path.
Thank you!
Nuhu Ribadu

19 August 2014 , Source: Premium
Times
Four days after his defection from the
All Progressives Congress [APC] to the
Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] became
public, a former chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission [EFCC], Nuhu Ribadu, has
personally given an insight into why he
crossed to the ruling party.
In a statement posted on his Facebook
page Mr. Ribadu said his "carefully
considered decision" to defect to
another party was in "in pursuit of a
good cause, and never out of any selfish
interests".
He did not expatiate on what this good
cause is but he said his next step in his
political struggle would be made known
in due time.
"I know how difficult it may be for you to
come to terms with my defection to
another party," Mr. Ribadu said. "But I
must assure you that it's a carefully
considered decision for which I do not
wish to hurt anyone's feeling. I'll not
embark on a needless animosity with my
good friends, irrespective of political,
religious, regional and ethnic
affiliations.
"For now, I wish to assure you that my
defection is in pursuit of a good cause,
and never out of any selfish interests as
portrayed by a section. Thanks for
bearing with me on this decision, and
for those who have been in solidarity
with my struggles and still giving me the
benefits of the doubt, I'm most grateful.
I'll never let you down on this new
path."
The former EFCC chairman, who was
reacting to a report quoting him as
disparaging his former colleagues in the
APC, said although he had left the
opposition party, he would continue to
hold its leaders in high esteem.
He said, "Let me quickly make it known
that I did not issue a statement
disparaging APC and its members,
including Governors Amaechi,
Kwankwaso... These were clearly
fabricated, expected backlash, by
mischievous characters interested in
misleading the public and drawing a
picture of non-existent feuds between
me and my good friends.
"My defection shouldn't be seen as an
initiation of political antagonism with my
good friends in another party. I still hold
them in high esteem, and even where
there are marked differences, I believe
there are decorous and honorable ways
of resolving them. So, kindly disregard
any statement said to be by me
attacking the personality of any
politician since my defection. I'll never
allow myself to be drawn into such
disrespectful exchange."
Mr. Ribadu formally joined the PDP in
Bako ward of Yola South Local
Government on Saturday, to the chagrin
of the APC, whose National Chairman,
John Oyegun, described the
development as "very terrible".
The Chairman of Youth for Good
Governance in Adamawa State, a PDP
Pressure group supporting Ribadu's
candidature, Isa Toungo, told
PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Ribadu was
given a membership card with
registration number 1933795.
On Monday the former EFCC chairman
obtained the expression of Interest and
nomination forms to run for Adamawa
Governor in the October 11 election
under the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
One of his associates, Hamidu Mahmud,
who led the team that went to the
national headquarters of the PDP in
Abuja to obtain the forms, said contrary
to reports, the former APC presidential
candidate did not join the PDP just to
pick automatic governorship ticket.
He also said Mr. Ribadu had already
applied for waiver in line with the
party's constitutional provision to enable
him qualifies and participates in the
election.
Mr. Mahmud also dismissed the notion
that Mr. Ribadu was in the contest at
the behest of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
"The framers of the PDP Constitution
did not insert the waiver clause in
anticipation of Nuhu Ribadu; it is a
principle of general application. So,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, having joined the
party, is expected to enjoy this waiver
clause that is in the PDP Constitution,"
Mr. Mahmud said.
"We have applied for the waiver and we
are awaiting the decision of the party on
that. We are not aware that the
President wants Ribadu, it was some
PDP Chieftains in the state that called
on Ribadu to come and contest for the
governorship of the state. So, the
question of the President wanting
Ribadu does not arise in this case."

Mr Luis Bite Suarez! Your refusal to bite again will be a big blow to your fans besides some us has place a huge bet on you to bite within you first 2 seasons in Spain.
We are specially appealing to you not to make mistake because you are not yet a complete footballer without biting and cheating generally.

Is one plus one equals eleven like most Nigerians use to say?

polymathic: This s crazy... The rate of unemployment in this country s so grievous... Imagine Phd n 600 masters degree holders, abi he just dey exaggerate ni?

It's real brother. I was bewildered to see plenty of people at the secretariat in Oke-mosan.

Damilola Oyedele
A Protocol Assistant, Mr. Jatto Asihu
Abdulqudir, with the ECOWAS
Commission Liaison Office has died of
the ebola virus disease.
Abdulqudir, was one of those that
rushed to the aid of Nigeria's index case,
Liberian national, Patrick Sawyer when
he collapsed on arrival at the Lagos
airport from Monrovia.
The Commission in a statement issued
Tuesday night said Abdulqudir has been
in quarantine since it was revealed
Sawyer died of the Ebola disease.
"The Commission wishes to use this
opportunity to express its gratitude to
Nigerian government authorities and
others who contributed to managing the
late official while under quarantine," the
statement read.
Last week, the Commission had
announced the temporary closure of its
Lagos office to allow for fumigation of
the premises, as the vehicle in which
Sawyer was conveyed to the hospital
was parked within the premises for
several days.
The ECOWAS staff, including the driver,
who had also assisted him had returned
to the office and interacted with others.
They were subsequently placed under
quarantine for observation.
ECOWAS expressed condolences to the
late Abdulqudir's family and colleagues
and disclosed that it has already
intensified awareness among its staff
while seeking solidarity and mutual
assistance.
Details to follow

www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ebola-ecowas-staff-who-assisted-sawyer-dies/186143/

AUGUST 12, 2014 BY SAMUEL
AWOYINFA ABEOKUTA

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle
Amosun on Tuesday said Ph.d and
master’s degree holders were among
49,000 applicants who had applied for
the slated 3,000 jobs of environmental
marshals in the state.He said this at
Obas complex, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta
during the award ceremony for teachers
and pupils who distinguished themselves
in the 2013 President’s Teacher and
Schools Excellence Award, held in
Abuja.
He said, “No fewer than 49,000
applications have so far been received
by the state government. Of the
applicants, there were some Ph.D
holders and over 600 Master’s degree
holders.”In June this year, Amosun had
announced plan by his administration to
recruit 3,000 environmental marshals to
ensure healthy environment.According
to him, due to overwhelming response to
the job offer, it becomes a Herculean
task to prune down the number.Amosun
who lamented the high rate of
unemployment in the country, said he
had ordered the suspension of the
recruitment exercise.He called on the
necessary authorities to develop a
workable plan towards tackling the
acute problem of unemployment.He
said, “If we have about 600 of those with
Master’s qualification and above
running around for a job that they
would be paid N20,000, then you know
that there is a problem.”Amosun also
said no fewer than 14,000 applicants
have recently applied for employment in
the state’s civil service.He said, “The
other time when I met with civil
servants, I did mention that if any of
them has children that are looking for
work and have put in more than 10
years, that they should please apply. I
can conveniently tell you that today
more than 14,000 have applied.“When I
was making that statement, in my mind
I thought I will probably employ about
500 people or so. But lo and behold, we
have over 14,000 that have applied.
What does that tell us? The problem has
been there since.”

www.punchng.com/news/49000-jostle-for-3000-jobs-in-ogun/

August 12, 2014
The Independent National Electoral
Commission has put the level of turnout
of voters during Saturday’s
governorship election at 54.17 per cent.
This was contained in the “declaration of
results” sheet obtained from the website
of the electoral body on Tuesday.
Twenty political parties fielded
candidates in the election which was
won by the incumbent Governor Rauf
Argebesola of the All Progressives
Congress.
Aregbesola received 394,684 votes
while his closest rival, Iyiola Omisore,
polled 292,747 votes.
The sheet indicates that there were
1,411,373 registered voters in the state.
Of this number 764,582 voters were
accredited for the election.
The total number of valid votes was
717,321; total number of votes cast was
750,021. The summary also indicates
that 32,700 votes were rejected.
The electoral body apparently arrived at
the 54.17 per cent voters turnout based
on the number of registered voters and
the number of voters accredited for the
election on Saturday.

dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/voters-turnout-osun-election-54-17-inec/

12 August 2014 , By James Emejo,
Source: This Day
Nigeria's total merchandise trade
increased by 6.8 per cent to about
N5.51 trillion in the first quarter of the
year (Q1 2014) compared to about
N5.16 trillion recorded in the fourth
quarter of 2013, according to the
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
When compared to the corresponding
quarter of 2013 (Q1 2013), the value of
the total merchandise trade also
increased by N406 billion or 8.2 per
cent, it added.
The NBS, in its Foreign Trade Statistics,
Q1 2014, which was released yesterday
said there had been rising exports and
declining imports which resulted in
greater trade surplus for the country.
It said trade surplus increased by 34.3
per cent or N618.6 billion in Q1 2014
following a decline in imports by 6.2 per
cent while exports increased by 15 per
cent when compared to the Q1 2013
figures.
The report stated that the total trade
was dominated by crude oil exports
which accounted for about N3.23
trillion, representing 81.5 per cent of
total exports while the non-crude oil
accounted for N735.9 billion or 18.5 per
cent of total exports.
Conversely, total imports in Q1 2014
was valued at about N1.54 trillion,
representing a 8.3 per cent decline
compared to about N1.68 trillion
recorded in the preceding quarter.
When compared to the corresponding
quarter of 2013, the value of imports
dipped by N101.3 billion or 6.2 per cent,
according to the NBS.
It stated further that the structure of
Nigeria's import trade was dominated
by the imports of boilers, machinery and
appliances, which accounted for 23.7
per cent of the total value of import
trade in Q1, 2014.
The value of export trade amounted to
about N3.96 trillion in Q1 2014,
representing an increase of N492.6
billion or 14.2 per cent over the value
recorded in the preceding quarter.
Crude oil component of export trade
grew by 8.4 per cent from the preceding
quarter, contributing 51.1 per cent of
the total growth in exports while the
non-crude oil component of trade grew
by 48.6 per cent and accounted for 48.9
per cent of the total export growth from
the previous quarter.
Further analysis of the trade statistics
showed India as the country's major
trade partner with exports to that
country valued at N544 billion followed
by the Netherlands, Brazil, Spain and
France, whose values stood at N461.5
billion, N376.8 billion, N346 billion and
N310.9 billion of total exports
respectively.
On the other hand, import trade by
country showed that Nigeria imported
goods mostly from China, United States,
India, Belgium and Netherlands, which
accounted for N368.1 billion, N164.7
billion, N93.2billion, N91.7 billion and
N76.4 billion respectively.

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The Federal government has declared the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria a matter of national Emergency, adding that everyone is now at risk of being infected.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, advised Nigerians to avoid handshake as much as possible, stating that the virus is both contagious and infectious. He also said the virus could also be contracted through the sharing of bedspreads, pillow cases and towels among other personal effects with infected person. He said the disease is not airborne but at close range of a 1meter from an infected person, the disease droplets can be transmitted.

According to MedicalWorldNigeria....The outbreak of Ebola, which emerged in March, spread to Nigeria in late July when Patrick Sawyer, a 40-year-old American of Liberian descent, flew from Liberia's capital to the megacity of Lagos. Authorities in Lagos now claim eight people who came in contact with the deceased U.S. citizen Patrick Sawyer are showing signs of the deadly disease.

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris says Ebola situation in Lagos is 'extremely dire.'
At a press briefing held in Lagos this week, the Commissioner said the Nigerian nurse who died of the Ebola virus died at exactly 2.06pm Monday in Lagos. He said Health officials have begun 'secondary contact tracing", that is, tracking down people who came in contact with people who had direct contact with the late Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, the first case of Ebola virus in Lagos.

Over 22 Nigerians who came in contact with the dead Liberian are suspected to be infected by the virus already and are kept under strict observation. All these people have families and friends whom they must have come in contact with too!
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Thanks so much for this information.
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Kassidy90: Wat can I say? Maybe some of my EHO friends will finally be able to get job....

If it's made public!

The National Conference secretariat
distributed a draft new national
constitution to delegates yesterday, in
what came as a surprise to many of
them who said the idea of producing
such document was never approved.
On their resumption from recess,
delegates also yesterday received copies of the conference report, a bill on constitution amendments being
proposed, as well as records of
proceedings.
The draft constitution contains changes
approved by the plenary during debates
on committee reports in June and July.
These include listing of 18 additional
states, delisting of the 774 local
government areas, creation of state
police, independent candidates for
elective offices, and limiting the number of ministers to 18.
Apart from scrapping the 774 LGAs, the new constitution gave powers to state authorities to create and run their local government areas.
The 18 new states included in the draft
constitution are Aba, Adada, Amana,
Anioma, Apa, Edu, Etiti, Ghari, Gurara,
Ijebu, Kainji, Katagum, New Oyo,
Njaba-Anim, Ogoja, Oil Rivers, Ose and
Savannah.
Delegates have now been given until
Wednesday to study the distributed
documents and reconvene to approve
them.
On July 14 the confab adjourned and
asked the secretariat to compile the
approved recommendations of the 20
standing committees and draft a report.
Daily Trust exclusively reported
yesterday that the secretariat had gone
beyond its brief by suggesting in the
report that the National Conference
should produce a new constitution for
the country.
Yesterday's plenary was chaired by
conference secretary Valerie-Janette
Azinge, as both chairman Justice Idris
Kutigi and his deputy Prof. Bolaji
Akinyemi did not attend the session.
Mrs Azinge announced to delegates that they would be given documents which they had until Wednesday to study, before she adjourned the session.
"You will receive copies of the main
report which is in two volumes-1 and 2,
and a bounded draft constitution," she
said.
"In that bounded draft constitution is
what we call a matrix; it has in it the
first column which has the constitution
as it exists today, the second column has all the amendments as suggested by you, and the third column is a fusion of both the constitution plus all the
amendments that you suggested.
"For easy reading, we have also
extracted the third column, that is, the
fusion of the existing constitution & the
amendments proposed as a draft
constitution.
"There is also a draft bill which will
introduce the amendments and
alterations which will make it the fourth amendment to the constitution."
The idea of drafting a new constitution
by the National Conference was first
exclusively reported by Daily Trust on
June 30, when it reported that deputy
chairman Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi was at
the time trying to convince Northern
delegates to accept the plan.
But after a heated debate at plenary
session over the issue, it was agreed
that no new constitution was to be
drafted by the National Conference.
Delegates had argued that the confab
had no such powers and this was not
part of their brief.
On Sunday, Prof Awwalu Yadudu wrote
an open letter to fellow delegates,
saying he found out the secretariat had
resurrected the idea of writing a new
constitution as well as conducting a
referendum on it, contrary to
conference decisions.
The fact that this draft has now been
produced by the secretariat is likely to
create rift in the conference. Delegates,
especially those from the North, are
likely to reject the document while many among their southern counterparts may
support it.
'Unacceptable'
Dr Haruna Yerima, a delegate from
Borno State, said the new constitution
was not acceptable.
"We are not here to draft a new
constitution. The conference secretariat has no mandate to draft a new constitution. We are going to reject it," he told Daily Trust.
"That is not why we are here. The
secretariat has overstepped its bounds.
That is unacceptable."
Yerima also raised objection to
Akinyemi's presiding of the plenary.
"When we resume on Wednesday, the
chairman Justice Kutigi must preside all the proceedings. We don't want
Akinyemi to preside again. Kutigi must
brace up to his responsibility," he said.
Spokesman for the Northern Delegates
Forum (NDF), Mr Anthony Sani, said "it
is morally preposterous for the confab of unelected delegates to give the nation a new constitution. This is democratically wrong and morally prosperous. It is unacceptable."
But Ms Annkio Briggs, a delegate from
the Niger Delta, said the new
constitution is good for Nigeria.
"Nigeria needs a new lease of life. We
must accept the challenges. The current constitution which is in operation since 1999 has failed us. We need to move on," she told Daily Trust.
"The new constitution is what Nigeria
needs now to address its challenges. We have been clamouring for Sovereign
National Conference. This confab is an
opportunity to solve Nigeria's problems. The new constitution will address just those challenges."
Some delegates also said the time given
to study the documents was too short.
Malam Sani Zorro said most delegates
were not aware a new constitution was
being drafted by the secretariat.
He also wondered why the chairman and his deputy were absent. "In this era of Ebola, it is important that we know that that the chairman and his deputy are in good health. I say this because you (Azinge) did not mention the reason for their absence," Zorro said during the brief plenary session yesterday. Mr Dan Nwanyanwu from the Labour Party also said delegates needed at least a week to study the documents.
But Azinge insisted that delegates
should reconvene on Wednesday.
In his open letter to delegates on
Sunday, Prof Yadudu had said "(the)
Confab, whether at plenary or
committee stages of its work, never
tasked any members to propose a 'draft
constitution' which may be considered
for adoption by 'referendum' or in total
disregard of the existing constitutional
or legal order."
Daily Trust learnt that a technical
committee of selected Northern
delegates met last night to review the
new constitution. The committee will
brief Northern delegates at an expanded meeting today, where a decision will be taken on the draft ahead of tomorrow's
plenary session.




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immortalvoices: something is fishy somewhere is it just me, or does anybody else noticed that boko haram has lay low for the past one week. and Ebola seems to dominate nigerian priority...

Me think that boko haram for who they are are gullible to understand the inherent danger of Ebola disease thus I believe boko haram is a creation of some element of the states (nigeria) and now the evil leaders has more pressing issue at hand thus relegation boko haram over Ebola to the background! (My observation)

U are right about your observation! I even will take from the obvious that there is loopholes and bad eggs in GEJ Govt.
It's just unfortunate that when the issues of BH started, not christian trusted muslim they aren't the perpetrator.

Burger01: Where is the advert

The minister actually said this yesterday, we watch out for space if they will place and advert.

The FG should kindly make the employed process public?. We don't just want to wake up one morning and find out people has been employed.

Ifyjemila: Allah knows the best for us.

Allahu Allam