Tropical Storm Causes Floods in Philippines

A tropical storm caused severe flooding in the Philippines on Friday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people in areas near swollen rivers and waterways as well as shutting down schools and offices in the capital and nearby provinces.  
The country's Department of Social Welfare and Development estimates that about half a million people have been affected by the floods, while two died in Quezon City because of rising water levels.

WHO Trained Over 100 People to Monitor House to House Ebola Campaign

WHO trained over 100 people who will monitor the house to house Ebola campaign to be held this weekend in SeiraLeone

Blessing Okagbare Gets Car gift

Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Board Member, Ibrahim Gusau, yesterday in Abuja fulfilled his pledge of a brand new Hyundai car to reigning Commonwealth Games fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare.

Gusau, a one-time AFN vice president who is also a member of the House of Representatives had promised to give Okagbare a car gift if she makes history as the second Nigerian woman to win the 100m gold at the Commonwealth Games.

PDP Endorses Jonathan As Sole Presidential Candidate

PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN DR ADAMU MU,AZU, PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN, VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO, DEPUTY SPEAKER HOUSE OF PEPRESENTATIVE RT HON EMEKA IHEDIOHA, AND PRESIDENT OF SENATE DAIVD MARK,AT THE 66TH PDP NATIONAL COMMITTEE NEC MEETING  IN ABUJA ON THURDAY

Members of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party have adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the 2015 election.

This decision was taken at the on-going meeting of the body, which is being held at the party’s national headquarters, Abuja.

5 Ways to Break Ebola Epidemic

The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola has revealed how woefully inadequate health systems are in West Africa, especially in those countries recovering from civil war, the BBC reports.

President Barack Obama said the outbreak was "a threat to global security" which required a "global response".

Health officials have identified five things that would bring the epidemic under control:

Flip side of that thing that makes us Nigerians

Steve Ayorinde

A litmus test it must be for the Goodluck Jonathan administration in how it explains itself coherently each time it gets enmeshed in conducts that are less than ideal. In almost every direction it moves there is a wrong step taken. Nearly all does look like unforced errors because where puerile justification is not muttered, the response to the nation is always mute indifference.

Mbu Is A Disgrace To The Police Force - Amaechi

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, has dismissed the comments by the state former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, who described himself as a lion that tamed the governor in Port Harcourt.