Gay Son Kicked Out by Religious Parents Receives More Than $40,000 to Start his New Life.

It may take two people to produce a child, but to raise one? It takes a community.
Incredible, generous people have rallied around a 20-year-old who thought he lost everything after being kicked out of his home by his religious parents.
This week Daniel Ashley-Pierce, from Kennesaw, Georgia captured a candid video of his parents disowning him.
'Since you have chosen that path, we will not support you any longer,' his mother is heard saying.
'You will need to move out and find wherever you can to live and do you want to. I will not let people believe I condone what you do.'
With it then escalating into an argument, Ashley-Pierce can be heard being called a 'piece of shit' and 'damned queer' before he is hit several times.

Girl Stripped and Photographed By Three Students

In a disturbing incident, a girl student of the prestigious Visva-Bharti University in West Bengal's Shantiniketan has alleged ragging by her seniors.

The girl, a first year Arts student from Sikkim, has accused three students of stripping her. One of the accused is a second year student, while the other two are third year students. They also took her photographs and threatened to circulate it if the incident was disclosed, she said.

No official police complaint has yet been made.

PDP Will Win Lagos Governorship Election- Mimiko

Olusegun Mimiko, the Governor of Ondo state has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will win Lagos Gubernatorial elections in 2015. Nigerian Tribune has this story.

ONDO State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Thursday, that come 2015, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will form the next government in Lagos State, even as he said that the state would deliver the highest number of votes for President Goodluck Jonathan.

Mimiko said this at the investiture of the former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George, of the Mandela Icon Award by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), which took place at the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

Boko Haram Takes Over Catholic Church in Adamawa

The Catholic church has issued an outcry that Boko Haram terrorists have taken over one of their buildings in Adamawa and other Christian houses following their attack on Madagali last week.
The church, in an electronic press statement by the Director, Catholic Social Communications in-charge of the Maiduguri Diocese, Rev. Fr. Gideon Obasogie, said though the members of the outlawed sect have not been known to draw a line of demarcation of whom to visit or not to visit with mayhem, adding that, "in recent times, it seems that Christians and Christian institutions have been at the receiving end of the attacks by the terrorists."

Kano Assembly Backs Kwankwaso For President

The Kano state house of Assembly on Thursday endorsed the state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, for presidency come 2015.

DAILY TRUST reported 34 out of the 40 members of the State House of Assembly threw their weight behind the ambition of the governor. Speaking to newsmen after the endorsement, Deputy Majority Leader, Yusuf Babangida Suleiman who spoke on behalf of the 34 said they endorsed the governor in view of the numerous challenges facing the country.

"The whole country is sinking because of poor leadership. The situation requires a capable hand like Kwankwaso. It is in view of this that we are declaring our total support for him".

It is tough to work with Van Gaal - Miroslav Klose

Louis Van Gaal	Miroslav Klose

Former Bayern Munich player Miroslav Klose has claimed that Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal is someone very difficult to please.

Both men worked together at Bayern but it ended in the all-time World Cup leading scorer departing the Die Roten.

Klose reflecting back on some of his playing time,picked out working under Van Gaal as the most difficult.

“It was a tough time, particularly working with Van Gaal,” Klose told Germany’s Die Zeit newspaper.

Stephen Davis: Politicians funding Boko Haram

A Perth-based international adviser, Stephen Davis, who has worked with two Nigerian presidents as an adviser, says one of the
major sources of funding for Boko Harm Islamist rebels - aside from raiding banks - was Nigerian politicians, reports Radio Australia.
Davis, 63, says he had survived months of extreme danger trying to rescue more than 270 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
When news broke in April about the Chibok girls’ kidnapping from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Davis, who had recently moved to Perth from London, decided he could not sit on his hands.

Ebola 'is going to get worse', US warns

 The head of the US's top public health body warned that the epidemic in Liberia is set to get worse and that many cases of the deadly disease had not been included in the official tally.

"The cases are increasing. I wish I did not have to say this, but it is going to get worse before it gets better," Tom Frieden, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a news conference in Monrovia.

Suspected Lekki Drug Peddlers Arrested in Lekki Lagos

  Thirteen (13) men who are suspected to be drug peddlers in Lekki area of Lagos have been arrested by men of Lagos State Taskforce on Environment al and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. They were arrested after residents of the area had written several complaints to the government on activities of the suspects in the area.

After investigating, the task force officers stormed their hideout on Wole Olateru Street, Lekki Phase 1 on Tuesday and arrested 13 of them even though some escaped.

Desmond Tutu calls on Dutch Fund to Divest from Israel

Desmond Tutu on Wednesday urged Dutch pension fund, the world's third largest, to "strike a powerful, non-violent blow for peace in the Middle East" by divesting from three Israeli banks.
An ABP spokesperson said the management board would discuss Tutu's appeal at its monthly meeting on Thursday, alongside a letter from 'Christians for Israel', a Dutch lobby group which wants the fund to remain invested in the Israeli banks.

GSK Set to Test its Ebola Vaccine on Humans

GlaxoSmithKline's experimental Ebola vaccine could be tested on patients in clinical safety trials in the US as soon as next week, as the death toll from the deadly virus continues to rise in west Africa.

Britain's largest drug-maker is developing the vaccine with the Vaccine Research Centre of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US. Phase-I trials have received the green light from the US health watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration, Bloomberg reported. This is the first test in humans to assess safety and efficacy – whether the drug works in a similar way to how it does in animals.

Ebola Risk: Outbreak Set to Get Worse, Official Warns

The Ebola outbreak currently gripping West Africa will get worse before it gets better, a public health official in the US has said.

Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said that in order to bring the epidemic under control, an “unprecedented” response would be needed.

According to the BBC, he said that it was the worst Ebola outbreak the world had ever seen. "The cases are increasing. I wish I did not have to say this, but it is going to get worse before it gets better," he said.

"The world has never seen an outbreak of Ebola like this. Consequently, not only are the numbers large, but we know there are many more cases than has been diagnosed and reported.”

Another Ragging Case in Scindia School in Gwalior, Parent Says Son Was Forced to Watch Porn

There has been another allegation of ragging from the Scindia School in Gwalior. The parent of a Class 8 student from Bareilly has alleged that he withdrew his son from the school due to ragging.

The parent in an email has alleged that his son was mentally tortured in the school and even forcibly made to watch porn.

Amaechi Claims His Enemies are Those He Gave Billions of Naira in Contracts

 Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed that 80% of those fighting him are people he once gave billions of Naira in contract. VANGUARD has this story.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, explained why he was the target of attacks from some politicians within and outside the state.

According to him, “most of the people opposed to me are in the rank of those I assisted one way or another, some by contract awards but they failed to deliver.”

Speaking at a meet-the-people tour of communities in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Amaechi said: “If you check Obio/Akpor council, you will see how many persons that have grown through me. Almost 80 per cent of those fighting me today are people who I have given billions of naira in contracts and they have put the money in their pockets, they did not deliver and they claim they are Ikwerre people.
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Nigeria successfully contains Ebola Virus - Health Minister

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health, who made this known in a statement by Dan Nwomeh, special assistant on media and communication to the minister, said that Nigeria had thirteen cases of EVD including the index case, Patrick Saywer, the late Liberian-American who imported the dreaded contagious disease while on a trip to attend an official assignment in Nigeria on July 20, 2014.

With yesterday been the 38th day since the deadly virus came into the country, Chukwu revealed that the country has only one confirmed case of EVD, a secondary contact of Patrick Sawyer’s and spouse of one of the physicians who participated in the management of the index case.

Ebola in the time of insurgency

Tayo Fagbule

The outbreak of terrorism in northeast Nigeria is a tempting metaphor for the outbreak of the Ebola virus. David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert, uses this analogy between medicine and insurgency in a 2009 paper Terrain, Tribes and Terrorists: Pakistan, 2006-2008.

The stages of an infectious disease include incubation, pre-eruptive, infectious and recovery. Developing an optimal control strategy depends on relative infectiousness in the pre-eruptive and infectious stage. Kilcullen lists four phases: infection, contagion, intervention and rejection. 

 When an agent (a pathogen e.g. a virus or bacterium) invades the body the disease is considered infectious; if easily transmitted from person to person it is contagious – 25 percent of the deaths in the world are caused by infectious diseases.

Osun: Omisore Heads to Tribunal to Challenge Aregbesola's Victory

Senator Iyiola Omisore, flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the August 9 Governorship election in Osun state is finally heading to the election tribunal to challenge Governor Rauf Aregbesola's victory.

THIS DAY reported that a press statement issued yesterday by Omisore's spokesman, Mr. Victor Oriola, Omisore said, "We have decided to challenge this brazen attempt to subvert the wishes of the electorate who came out to support our Rescue Mission Campaign and gubernatorial candidate of the Osun State PDP at the tribunal as provided for by the constitution and electoral law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria"

Ebola: FG directs all schools to resume October 13

In a determined effort aimed at containing to its barest minimum the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus disease (EVD), the Federal Government arising from a meeting with all the state commissioners of education and the FCT education secretariat has directed all schools both private and public to re-open on Monday, October 13, 2014 for the next academic session.

Scenarios for 2015

Opeyemi Agbaje

With the conclusion of the Osun State governorship election and re-election of Rauf Aregbesola, the march to the main prizes in 2015 is now a sprint! The only major event before the 2015 general elections will be the Adamawa governorship fixed for October 11, 2014 as a result of the impeachment of Admiral Murtala Nyako and his deputy, James Bala Ngilari. 

Ukrainian President Dissolves Parliament

Petro Poroshenko

Ukraine's president on Monday dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions.

In a statement on his website, President Petro Poroshenko said snap elections would be held Oct. 26.
Poroshenko said the dissolution, which was prefigured by the breakup of the majority coalition last month, was in line with "the expectations of the vast majority of the citizens of Ukraine" and called it a move toward "cleansing" the parliament.

Mobile Phone Sends 15-year-old to Untimely Grave

 

In the Okesa area of Ado-Ekiti, a family is crying over the untimely loss of their 15-year old boy who died in a freak accident involving his mobile phone, his earpiece and a power outlet.

The SUN has the story:

On that day, Junior suddenly shouted for help, jolting his elder brother, Chibuzor, into action. Junior had an electric shock while listening to music on his mobile phone through the earpiece, as the handset was plugged into the wall socket, charging. After raising the alarm, Junior’s elder brother was said to have looked for a long stick with which he could remove the earpiece from Junior’s ears. It was gathered that when he could not have the earpiece removed, Chibuzor also raised the alarm and that alerted other people, who promptly swung into action to rescue Junior.The mobile phone was eventually removed from the power socket and Junior was rushed to a nearby hospital in the area, in a frantic effort to save his life. Unfortunately, the boy passed on just before the rescue team stepped into the hospital.

Wars Without End

Onwuchekwa Jemie

The phone rang.

“Hello!”

“Good morning, Mr. O. J.”

“I should know that voice . . .”

“Do you ever forget a voice?”

“Faces and names but not voices, usually . . .

This must be the lady captain of industry . . .”

“That’s me!”

“Nigeria’s exemplary Robber Baron.”

Enugu Deputy Governor Impeached

Sunday Onyebuchi

The embattled Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyebuchi has been impeached by the State House of Assembly today. His impeachment, which was carried out precisely at 10:39 am came after the House adopted the 7-man panel report that investigated allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him by 22 of the 24 members of the House.
The motion for the adoption of the report was moved by the House Leader, Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye.

Love in the time of Ebola

I have found the geopolitics and epidemiology of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) particularly intriguing. It was first discovered in 1976 in the erstwhile Zaire, the quintessential failed state in Africa. After the brutal assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961, Mobutu Sese Seko was installed as a puppet king. A murderous and corrupt tyrant, Mobutu ruled his people with a merciless iron hand for the better part of three decades. Apart from the marble palace he built in his ancestral home village of Gbadolite, Mobutu did not construct a single school or clinic from what the Belgians left during their precipitate exit from King Leopold’s benighted estate.

Martyred Army Soldier Family Criticises Modi Government Over Death

The grieving family members of an Indian Army soldier who lost his life fighting terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of not taking enough steps to protect the soldiers.

The body of 22-year-old jawan Rahul Kumar, a soldier of the 23 Grenadier Regiment, reached his native village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Tuesday morning.

Three Die in Ludhiana Factory Fire

Three people on Monday died in a major fire that broke out in a wool factory in Ludhiana.
Suraj, Raju and Chander were burnt alive inside a factory unit as the owner had locked it from outside, Station House Officer Maninder Bedi said.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he said, adding, the bodies have been sent for post mortem. Factory owner Surinder Singh has been arrested under Section 304 of IPC (unintentional murder), Bedi said.
Ludhiana is a municipal corporation in the district of the same name and a major city in the Indian state of Punjab, is famous for its agriculture and manufacturing industries. It ranks as the biggest city in Punjab. The city is regarded as an important industrial hub in Northern India.

First WHO Worker Stricken With Ebola

For the first time, a worker with the World Health Organization has fallen ill from Ebola, the WHO told CNN on Sunday.
The health worker, a man from Senegal, is in Sierra Leone and receiving care, the WHO said. No further details were given immediately.
When asked how the worker contracted the virus, a WHO spokesperson said officials don’t yet know all the details.
Separately, a British citizen infected with the virus in Sierra Leone is being flown home, the British Department of Health announced Sunday.

Sterling Bank Appoints New Chairman

Sterling Bank Plc has appointed Asue Ighodalo as the new chairman of its board of directors. Ighodalo succeeds S.A Adegunwa who retired from the bank after twelve years of exceptional service.

In a statement by the bank’s chief executive, Yemi Adeola, he commended the outgoing chairman for contributing immensely to the sustained growth of the bank.

During his tenure, Dr. Adegunwa provided purposeful leadership and demonstrated his undivided commitment to ensuring that Sterling Bank occupies its rightful place in the banking industry, whilst bringing his diverse experience in international business to bear on the fortunes of the Bank”, the statement read in part.

No Plan to Review Traffic Law on Okada Operation in Lagos

The Lagos State Government Sunday debunked insinuations, especially in the social media, of a plan to review the State’s Road Traffic Law 2012 as it concerns operations of commercial motorcycles (Okada) saying it has no intention of reversing itself on the matter as the Law was made in response to popular public demand.
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Raji, the Government emphasized that it has no plans, either now on in the near future, to reverse itself on the matter of Okada operation in the State pointing out that by that decision considerable gains have been made in the area of protection of life and property in the State.

MDCAN Hails FG Over Fight Against Ebola

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has commended the Federal Government’s proactive and prompt response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the country.
MDCAN made the commendation in a statement, signed by its President, Dr. Steven Oluwole, at the end of its Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, at the weekend.
The group therefore called on the government to provide better protection for the health personnel in the forefront of the fight against the disease.
MDCAN, however, said that considering the measures being taken by the government in an effort to contain the disease, there was no need for the closure of the country’s border and grounding of flights.

Immigration Needs 25,000 New Recruits - Paradang

Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (CGI), David Paradang, has said the NIS urgently needs to engage minimum of 5,000 new officers yearly for the next fives years to be able to meet manpower deficit facing the paramilitary service.
Recruitment of about 4,000 personnel into the service last April ran into major hitch, resulting in stampede and death of about 16 persons across the country.
Paradang reiterated that NIS staff strength of 22,321 was grossly inadequate to meet statutory obligation of the service, contain irregular migrants and meaningfully contribute its quota in the battle against insurgents and organized crimes across the nation’s 1,475 uncharted borders.

British Baby Shocks Medical Profession by Learning to Feed Herself at Just THREE DAYS old

Glugging milk from a bottle, Amara Chiedozie looks like any other contented three-week-old. Except, that is, for the fact she is already capable of holding the container on her own. Even more incredibly, her mother claims she has been doing it since she was three days old. The strength of her grip at such a tender age has amazed her family and medics. Her mother Onyi Chiedozie, 20, said:

Ebola Strikes: Ameyo, Daughter of Kwaku Adadevoh, Great Grand Daughter of Herbert Macaulay, Dies

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) struck at the heart of Nigeria, when Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, a consultant physician, and member of the illustrious Kwaku Adadevoh/Herbert Macaulay/Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowder lineage succumbed to the scourge of the disease.

Adadevoh contracted the virus from the Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who imported the disease into Nigeria.

Sources close to Adadevoh, 58, said she succumbed to the disease yesterday evening, having been in a coma for some days.

Pope Francis Speaks On Death & Retirement

Pope Francis has publicly broached the prospect of his own death for the first time, light-heartedly giving himself "two or three years" but not ruling out retirement before then. The 77-year old pontiff while addressing reporters on a flight back to the Vatican from South Korea, said

"I try to think of my sins, my mistakes, not to become proud. Because I know it will last only a short time. Two or three years and then I'll be off to the Father's house," he said.

Falconets Crush New Zealand to Qualify for Semi-final

The Falconets have qualified for the semi-final of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada, after an emphatic 4-1 win over New Zealad.

Asisat Oshoala opened scoring for the Nigerians as early as the 31st second, converting Ugo Njoku’s fine cross. Oshoala doubled their lead in the 11th minute, squeezing her shot past Lily Alfeld’s legs.

Poor finishing denied the Falconets more goals, until the second-half introduction of Sunday Uchechi. 

The substitute made it 3-0 with just six minutes left, before the Kiwis grabbed a consolation goal through Rolston. It was Uchechi who had the final word, with the last goal of the game.

Nigeria will now face Korea DPR in the last four. 

The match will be played on August 20 at the Moncton Stadium.

Why Some Don't Contract Ebola - Experts

Experts who spoke to Vanguard said: “Doctors don’t know for certain who will survive Ebola, and there is no specific treatment or cure for the disease. But studies suggest there are some biological markers linked with a higher chance of surviving Ebola.”
One  Bio-informatics researcher at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, Derek Gatherer who majored in viral genetics and evolution said: “When a person becomes infected with Ebola, the virus depletes the body’s immune cells, which defend against infection.

PHOTO: Political Aspirant On His Knees Begging for Votes

House of Reps member, Hon. Samson Osagie pictured above pleading with APC members to vote for him - in Edo state

National Conference Ends

The National Conference, which began on March 17, 2014 has come to an end. The conference ended this morning with a minor amendment to the third volume of the confab report by replacing the draft constitution to read “Resolutions of the conference as draft amendments to 1999 constitution.” Although the conference has ended, it will however be declared officially closed on Thursday, August 21, 2014  by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Patrick Sawyer Deceived Us, ECOWAS To Travel To Nigeria -Liberian Minister

Patrick Sawyer, the late Liberian-American, who brought the deadly Ebola virus to Nigeria, deceived and manipulated the Liberian government and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to enable him travel to Nigeria, an official, who admitted approving Mr. Sawyer’s travel, has said.

Ebola: ECOWAS Announces Death Of Nigerian-Official In Lagos

The ECOWAS Commission has announced the passing away of a staff member of its Lagos Liaison Office, Mr. Jatto Asihu Abdulqudir, aged 36. Mr. Abdulqudir, a Protocol Assistant, was among those who assisted the Liberian delegate to a regional meeting Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who died from the Ebola Virus Disease at a Lagos hospital on 25th July 2014.

Following the death of Mr Sawyer, Mr. Abdulqudir was also isolated. They also sympathize with Mr. Abdulqudir’s family and prayed for the repose of his soul.

Man Kills Mother Because He Believes She’s A Witch

A 29-year-old man, Ekene Ucheagwu, who believes his mother is a witch, who used her witchcraft to block the progress of her surviving four children has killed the 65-year old woman in Anambra State. He also accused her for not letting any of them get married including his 45-year old brother and his elder sisters.

Ekene told policemen that even though he regrets his action now, they will all know he did the right thing when the kingdom of God comes. Here’s how the cobbler narrated how he managed to kill her;

“I decided to kill her because she did not allow the spirit of God to come into our family. Once she cursed anybody, that person will never progress and she was doing it to my brothers and sisters very often. I am the only one among her six children (two later died) that knew her secrets.

Ebola Scare: Drama As Nurses, Doctors Flee Patient With Ebola Symptom At Orile -Agege General Hospital

There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Orile-Agege General Hospital, Agege area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when a patient presented with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, was brought to the hospital.

It was gathered that the patient, who was brought into the hospital in the morning, was bleeding all over his body and health workers such as nurses, doctors and other patients in the hospital fled from him.

It was gathered that the patient had come to the hospital last week complaining of fever, but that he later re-appeared on Tuesday with blood coming out from his body.

Ebola Scare! Patience Jonathan Joins New Vogue Of Greeting

The first lady today met with officials of Nigerian Oceanographic Institute for Marine and Research purposes in Poland where she had gone to commission a training ship and immediately adopted the new vogue of Ebola greeting, where you don’t shake hands but rub your own palms together as a form of greeting.

Brazilian Presidential Candidate Eduardo Campos Dies in Plane Crash

Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian Socialist Party candidate for president in October's elections, was killed Wednesday after the private jet in which he was traveling plowed into a residential district of the coastal city of Santos.

Officials said the plane's landing in Santos was aborted during poor weather and the pilot had been attempting to change course.

All seven people aboard the Cessna 560 XL died.

Obama: Too Early to Send Experimental Ebola Drug to Africa

Us President Barack Obama said it was too soon to send experimental drugs for the treatment of Ebola to West Africa, which has been hardest hit by the deadly outbreak.
Obama on Wednesday said affected countries should instead focus on building a "strong public infrastructure," adding: "I think we have to let the science guide us. And I don't think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful."
The decision to use an experimental drug to treat two Americans infected with Ebola, while nearly 1,000 Africans have already died from the deadly epidemic, has sparked controversy.