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It is for our own good, it is for our own health, it is for our own life, he says. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Last Thursday threw more light on the idea behind his administration’s innovative initiative, “A Day Without Horn In Lagos” slated for today October 15, 2014, describing it as a step towards sensitizing residents …

A UN medical worker infected with Ebola has died at a hospital in Germany. Doctors at the hospital in Leipzig said the man, 56, originally from Sudan, died despite receiving experimental drugs to treat the virus. More than 4,400 people have died from the outbreak, mainly in West Africa. The rate of new cases at some of the “epicentre” areas …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital last Saturday again woke up to the second phase of violence as another set of armed youths went on a rampage inside the legislators’ quarters, unleashing mayhem of an unimaginable proportion. Edo State Legislators’ quarters, located on Ihama Road in the Government Reservation Area of …

The Presidential bid of the All Progressives Congress chieftain, Major-General Mahammadu Buhari gathered momentum in Lagos Sunday as he paid a visit to the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, to deliver a special invitation to the formal declaration of his intention to contest the nation’s 2015 Presidential Election. Gen. Buhari, who arrived the Lagos House, Marina, in company with …

Liberian health officials are appealing to nurses and medical assistants not to go ahead with a national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues. The National Health Workers Association wants an increase in the monthly risk fee paid to those treating Ebola cases. In the US, President Barack Obama has directed more steps to be taken to ensure high safety procedures …

The Rivers State Government said on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan had released the sum of N200m promised by the Federal Government as part of its contribution to the fight against the Ebola virus disease in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, who disclosed this to journalists, on Friday, in Port Harcourt, expressed the state government’s appreciation …

Lagos—The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, yesterday in Lagos, attributed last Friday’s riot at the Kirikiri Medium Prison, Lagos, which left two persons dead and several others injured, to congestion and unlimited freedom accorded inmates. As at yesterday, it was gathered that a total of 2,536 inmates were at the Medium Prison . Out of this number, 98 are convicts …

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius returns to court for sentencing after being convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was found guilty of the culpable homicide of Ms Steenkamp last month but he was cleared of murder. Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to hear legal arguments and testimony for several days before passing sentence. Pistorius faces up to 15 …

Scuffles have broken out in Hong Kong as opponents of the pro-democracy movement moved in on the main protest site in the financial district. Hundreds of men, some wearing surgical masks, rushed the barricades set up by protesters in recent weeks. Police were reportedly trying to keep the two groups apart. The unrest came hours after police had dismantled some …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday turned the key for the commencement of construction work on the $1 billion Azura-Edo Independent Power Project in Ihovbe/Orior Osemwende communities of Benin Logos Road Bypass in Edo State. President Jonathan who assured that the Federal Government will work with the Private Sector to grow the economy hailed …