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.