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

Reuters/U.S. Department of Justice/Handout

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.”

READ FULL INTERVIEW AS CONTAINED IN THE PUNCH

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.

Federer Ends Djokovic's Streak; Halts 28-Match Unbeaten Run To Reach Shanghai Final

Roger Federer, pictured, beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets (AP)

Roger Federer halted Novak Djokovic's 28-match unbeaten run in China as the Swiss defeated the world number one to book his place in the final of the Shanghai Masters, AP/Reuters report.

ELECTRICITY BILL PALAVER: N8m Debt - Power Cut In NASS Raises Security Concerns

NASS (credit: thetrentonline.com)

As federal lawmakers resume from their two weeks recess on Tuesday, concerns over security of lawmakers have arisen, following power cut to the National Assembly Complex by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), The Nation reports.

Manitoba Hydro International Performance Under Review; Over 2,000MW Undelivered Daily, Says NERC

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday revealed that 10, 000 Mega Watts (MW) of electricity is stranded in Nigeria, noting that on daily basis the country records 2,000MW that is not delivered to the national grid.

NBA Demands Ekiti Court’s Reopening

Nigerian Bar Association

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday said it was alarmed by the continued closure of the Ekiti State High Court and other courts in Ado-Ekiti, The Nation reports.