Obama Urges Americans No To Give In To Ebola Hysteria As GSK Says Ebola Vaccine Development Progressing At "Unprecedented Rate"

Britain's biggest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Saturday work to develop a vaccine to combat Ebola, which has killed thousands in West Africa, was moving at a rapid pace, Reuters reports.

EBOLA OUTBREAK – More Troops Needed Warns Oxfam

British Armed Forces personnel arrive in Sierra Leone (Pnoto:PA)

More troops, funding and medical staff are urgently needed to prevent the Ebola outbreak becoming the "definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation", Oxfam has warned.

Cultural Export? Voodoo Chicken Killing Shocks Geneva, Prompts Calls For CCTV Surveillance

A voodoo believer writes on a piece of paper covered with chicken feathers during a mass ritual at the Plain Du Nord Festival (Reuters / Eduardo Munoz)

A dead chicken killed voodoo-style has been found in a park in Geneva, Switzerland, RT reports.

Girls In The Army: Norway Passes Bill On Mandatory Military Service For Women

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The Norwegian parliament has voted in a strong majority on a bill aimed at extending mandatory military service to females. If the legislation is approved, all women in the country will be subject to the same conscription conditions as men, RT reports.

UN-LEARNED FELLOWS! - Mass Failure At Nigerian Law School As Over 4,000 Students Fail Bar Exam

The Nigerian Law School recently released the 2013/2014 August result, and about 4,000 students were said to have failed the examination which is a prerequisite for them to be called to Bar.

Of Course, It’s A Dig At US & Many Think It's Not Funny - Russia’s Tennis Federation Chief Apologizes After ‘Williams Brothers’ Scandal

Venus (L) and Serena Williams (Reuters / Ray Stubblebine ) and Shamil Tarpischev (RIA Novosti / Vladislav Astapkovich)

Shamil Tarpischev, head of Russia’s Tennis Federation, has been forced to apologize to Venus and Serena Williams for unintentionally calling them brothers on one of Russia’s TV shows. His words have already cost him a fine and disqualification, RT reports.

BAD PRESS Grisham Backtracks About Child Porn And Drunk 60-Year Olds; He Regrets His Comments

John Grisham has apologized after saying in an interview that watching child porn doesn't make one a paedophile. The author says he 'regrets' his comments, and that anyone caught watching child porn should 'be punished to the fullest extent of the law'. The comments were made while the author was promoting his latest book, Gray Mountain.

John Grisham has apologized for saying that many men imprisoned for child pornography offenses in the U.S. probably just had too much to drink and 'pushed the wrong buttons.'

Guardiola Harbours United Ambition

Josep 'Pep' Guardiola reportedly expressed a desire to manage Manchester United a few years ago (Photo/PA)

Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola would relish the chance to take charge of Manchester United, according to a newly-released book chronicling his debut season with the German giants.

AFCON 2015: Morocco Withdraws From Hosting

The Confederation of African football (CAF) will have to shop for a new host for the 2015 African Nations Cup as hitherto hosts, Morocco, announced on Thursday that they are no longer willing to host the bi-annual football tournament.

West Must Admit Its Mistakes To Improve Security In Europe – Envoy

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Western countries must acknowledge their policy faults and stop their mechanical repetition to improve relations with Russia and the security situation in general, Russia’s representative to NATO has said.

FALLOUT OF GRISHAM GAFFE - Mr Grisham, I Can State With All Certainty That I Will Never Purchase Another Book Of Yours Ever Again

Online reaction: Many have commented that Grisham's claims don't take into account the victims of sexual abuse involved with child pornography

Celebrated crime-fiction writer John Grisham has attacked America's judicial system for wrongly locking up men he believes 'accidentally' watched child pornography.

FIRST SHALL BE LAST! ‘Bizarre’ Bible Ban: Is Christianity Declining In Britain?

Screengrab from RT.com report Christianity Decline in Britain

Christianity is supposed to be Britain’s national religion. However, as RT’s Polly Boiko finds, recent census data and polls suggest the faith is in decline.

PLEASE THIS MUST NOT BE A SCAM O!!! Linda Ikeji Blog Shutdown: Scam To Resurrect A Dying Blog By Kunle Olomofe

If you were online, especially on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, in the last few weeks, you would have likely witnessed the whole Linda Ikeji blog shutdown brouhaha.

Linda ikeji on NdaniTV Ndani TV (Credits: NdaniTV; Source: Sahara Reporters)

By Kunle Olomofe

Being such a famous blog, when a site like Linda’s goes down, people go into panic mode, gossip mode, accusation mode, and all manner of thoughts and words will fill the blogosphere just to make sense of it all.

US Programme Redistributes Seized Assets - Cops Caught Using Millions In Seized Assets On Surveillance Gear, Weapons And Clowns

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An investigation concerning the use of federal civil forfeiture law by local law enforcement agencies across the United States has exposed problems with a routine but rarely discussed police tactic.

Ahead of 2015 Elections: Federal Ministers Obanikoro, Maku, Wike Resign To Run For State Governor Positions

Obanikoro, Maku, Wike (Credit: The Nation)

Seven ministers are leaving the cabinet to run for the position of State Governors.

LIVE EVENT Spiritual Cleansing Govt House Ekiti - Prophets From 16 LGAs Lead Fayose To Govt House

Ayo Fayose, governor-elect, for inauguration today (credit: ekitistate.gov.ng)

As the governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, is inaugurated today, it is expected that prophets, pastors and Muslim clerics from the state’s 16 local governments are expected to engage in spiritual cleansing of the newly constructed Oke Ayoba Government House where he would be living.

JUST IN - UK Mps Pass Motion To Recognize Palestine As A State

A pro-Palestine supporter wears a Palestinian and Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London October 13, 2014. (Reuters/Luke MacGregor)

The British parliament voted in favour of a symbolic move to recognize Palestine as an official state, answering impassioned pleas by pro-Palestinian ministers and activists.

Drug Money Causing Political Instability, Says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (credit: www.globalagendaint.org)

A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday has lamented the role people in power play in drug trafficking in Nigeria and other West African countries.

12 EXTRA National & International Highlights To Know For Saturday, October 11 & Sunday, October 12, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news, up-coming events and the stories that will be talked about throughout Saturday and Sunday:

Reuters / Thomas Peter

1. SCIENTISTS IN RUSSIA DEVELOPING THREE EBOLA VACCINES – HEALTH MINISTRY

Russian scientists are working on three potential Ebola vaccines which they expect to introduce as soon as in the next six months. One of the vaccines is “already ready for clinical trials,” Russia’s health minister Veronika Skvortsova has announced.

12 National & International Highlights To Know For Sunday, October 12, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news, up-coming events and the stories that will be talked about throughout the rest of the weekend:

Ibrahim Lawan claims he rented much of this crowd but TAN leaders refused to pay.

1. PRO-JONATHAN GROUP, TAN, HIT BY FRAUD ALLEGATIONS OVER RENTED CROWD PAY

The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, a group passionately campaigning for a second term for Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, has been hit by allegation of fraud, with some members of the group accusing it of staging a crowd in support of the president and refusing to pay them as agreed.

2015 AFCON Qualifiers: Keshi Is Stubborn, There Is No Miracle – Owolabi

Hitman for the opponents? Did the Super Eagles Coach sabotage his own team by leaving out players who can score goals? Some are already calling for a full investigation.

A former Green Eagles player, Felix Owolabi, on Sunday described Coach Stephen Keshi’s attitude towards the selection of quality players as stubborn.

Health Worker 2nd In US To Test Positive For Ebola

A sign points to the entrance to the emergency room at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was being treated, in this Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear when they provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday.

KUKAH INTERVIEW - Northern Elite Use Religion To Deceive People — Kukah

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah

On Chibok Girls, Kukah said “I want to believe the government and our military are doing their best, given the seeming cynical, hypocritical posturing of some of our international friends who love our oil and care about milking us more than they love us. Whatever it takes, whenever they are free, we want to see them alive and hopefully healthy. Their healing is another project, but I do not believe that their predicament is the result of the lack of will on the part of the government or the military agencies.”

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TENNIS - Federer Downs Injured Simon To Win Shanghai Masters

Roger Federer kisses the trophy after winning the Shanghai Masters for the first time on Sunday

Roger Federer claimed one of the few titles to have previously eluded him after he overcame a sluggish start to beat injured Frenchman Gilles Simon in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

Ex-NBA President And Renowned Lawyer Okey Wali Kidnapped

Ex-NBA President, Okey Wali

The immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Okey Wali, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the lawyers body has said.