Nigerians Pressurize US Government to Release Ebola Experimental Drugs Used for US Doctors Down with the Virus.

Some Nigerians have asked the US government to give one of the nurses, Obi Justina Ejelonu that treated Late Liberian who died of Ebola in Lagos and her colleagues who have tested positive to Ebola the same experimental drugs they have been using for US doctors who are also down with the virus.

Unknown to Justina she went online after Mr Sawyer died and thanked God she wasn’t infected and also thanked God for the lives of her colleagues and the hospital management not knowing she has also been infected with the virus. Continue below...

Aregbesola Takes The Lead In Osun Gubernatorial Election

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State might just be re-elected again. According to the scores from today’s polling booths it shows that the Governor won in most of the local government areas. Check out the results after the cut.

ISIS to Christians in Iraq: convert to Islam or be killed. Obama authorizes US airstrike to save non-muslims trapped on mountains

In a televised late-night statement from the White House yesterday August 7th, US president Barack Obama said he has authorized US airstrikes in Northern Iraq to defend hundreds of thousands of non-Muslims being hunted down and slaughtered by ISIS, the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State. This is coming weeks after American military planes carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid to thousands of Iraqi Yazidis surrounded by ISIS militants and desperately in need of food and water.

ISIS has been ruthlessly hunting and slaughtering members of the ancient Yazidi religion, a faith derived from Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, who ISIS have denounced as devil-worshipers on account of their ancient set of beliefs. Pictured left is an ISIS fighter posing next to the body of Yazidi. Pictured right Yazidi on Mount Sinjar carry the bodies of children killed by ISIS.

Ebola Outbreak: Lagos Orders Churches To Stop Crusades

Following the death of two victims of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, western Nigeria, the state government has ordered churches and Muslim prayer groups in the state to suspend all crusades and other programmes that will attract large gatherings to avoid spread of the disease.

At a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Lagos Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris said the government had already written to churches and mosques to stop holding crusades and other big programmes that would attract large crowds.

Fear Of Soldiers! Osun People Behaves Well

Soldiers and security agents have been deployed to Osun ahead of the governorship elections which will take place next tomorrow Saturday, 9^th of August 2014, and people are saying everyone has been respecting themselves by behaving well. Someone who got into Osun State today to monitor the elections said he was shocked when he saw able bodied adults bowing to greet soldiers, saying Eka San to soldiers staying gently on their own.

Man Inserted Acid On His Face To Look Like Michael Jackson

A Michael Jackson impersonator has poured acid on his skin to make him look lighter. Antonio Gleidson Rodrigues, 32 has spent around £2,000 on a series of cosmetic procedures and has even had rhinoplasty to imitate his late idol’s botched nose job.

Each day he spends around four hours rehearsing his dance moves and one and a half hours applying make up to make sure fellow fans in his hometown of Fortalenza continue to scream for a selfie or an autograph.

Two Military Men Die In Lagos Over Girlfriend

There was confusion on Sunday morning after two military officers, identified as Hilary and Sheu Abdullahi, died after a brutal clash.

The incident happened at a popular night club on Pen Crescent, Apapa area of Lagos.

The Punch learnt from a reliable source that Hilary, a corporal in the Nigerian Army, had gone to the club with his girlfriend who was donned in a military outfit.