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News looks at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories at national
and international levels that will be talked about today:
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| National Conference Chair, Justice Idris Kutigi |
1. CONFAB BACKS DOWN ON DRAFT CONSTITUTION; DELEGATES AGREE RESOLUTIONS
Contrary to the apprehension that there
would be a graver disagreement as delegates to the national conference met
yesterday, they expressed complete satisfaction with the resolutions of the
summit. Indeed, they unanimously approved the prepared reports and entire
contents of the three volumes made available to members by the leadership. The
suspicion between North and South delegates over a draft constitution was
resolved yesterday as the curtain was drawn on the controversial National
Conference. Conference chair Justice Idris Kutigi fixed August 21 for the
submission of the final report to President Goodluck Jonathan.
2. NIGERIA TO GET TEST DRUGS TODAY
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi
Chukwu said yesterday that the Federal Government was set to receive Nano Silver
trial drug for the treatment of Ebola Virus. The drug which is used
experimentally for many things, was introduced by a Nigerian scientist. It will
get to Lagos this morning, he added. Chukwu also announced
that Nigeria is in touch with the World Health Organization (WHO) to have a
buy-in on the donated drugs by a Canadian firm.
3. MISSOURI MOVES TO DEFUSE TENSION OVER
KILLING OF UNARMED BLACK TEEN
County police in riot gear and armored
tanks give way to state troopers walking side-by-side in solidarity with
thousands of protesters in a St. Louis suburb and a peaceful night passes.
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| Many people drove down the street honking their horns, raising their arms, and holding signs on W. Florissant in Ferguson on Thursday evening, Aug. 14, 2014, as some demonstrators stood in the middle of the street. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes) |
4. UKRAINE: INSPECTORS CHECKING RUSSIAN
AID CONVOY
The development seems to be a sign that
the two countries are taking steps to ease mounting tensions over the shipment.
5. WHAT PONTIFF IS URGING YOUTH TO DO
Pope Francis implores young Catholics to
renounce the materialism that afflicts much of Asian society and reject
"inhuman" economic systems that disenfranchise the poor.
6. AL-MALIKI STEPPING DOWN AS IRAQ'S PRIME
MINISTER
His decision ends a political deadlock
that plunged the country into uncertainty as it fights Islamic State militants.
7. ROBIN WILLIAMS HAD PARKINSON'S DISEASE,
WIFE SAYS
The diagnosis was yet another challenge
for the Oscar winner, along with depression, anxiety and his decades-long struggle
to stay sober.
8. UNLIKELY SOURCE MAY HELP IN EBOLA FIGHT
Scientists are pursuing an experimental
way to extract drugs from tobacco plants in the fight against the virus that
has killed more than 1,000 in West Africa.
9. AMISH GIRLS SAFE AFTER APPARENT
ABDUCTION
The girls turned up 13 miles from where
they disappeared from their family's northern New York roadside farm stand,
authorities say.
10..BITTERSWEET BIRTHDAY FOR PANAMA CANAL
The famous waterway turns 100 and is
marred by doubts about the country's ability to harness the full benefits of a
multibillion-dollar expansion.
11. FIFA REINSTATES MAIGARI AS NFF BOSS
The world football governing body, FIFA,
has told the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that Aminu Maigari “must preside
over the NFF Congress on August 26.” The development means that FIFA wants the
troubled football federation president reinstated in office before the elective
congress takes place this month.
12. APC, PDP TRADE BLAME OVER PORT
HARCOURT SHOOTING
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) in Rivers State are accusing each other of being responsible for Wednesday’s
shooting incident at Rumueprikom, home of the Minister of State for Education,
Chief Nyesom Wike, that left at least eight people injured. Addressing
journalists yesterday, the APC said the PDP was provoking violence in Rivers
State. The state APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ikanya, blamed the supporters of the
PDP for orchestrating the crisis stressing that the PDP was over stretching the
patience of the APC in the state. According to Ikanya, the event of Wednesday
was only one out of many of such attacks the PDP had carried out against the
APC in recent times.
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| Pope Francis is greeted by the faithful upon his arrival for the Mass of Assumption of Mary at a stadium in Daejeon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. North Korea has Catholics. It even has a Catholic church. But while Pope Francis is being welcomed by millions of South Korean Catholics, Christianity has been largely quashed north of the border and as a string of recent arrests suggest would-be missionaries there face severe risks amid a North-South religious divide that is perhaps wider than ever. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool) |
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