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The experimental drug developed by a Nigerian in diaspora for the treatment of Ebola is expected to arrive the country , the Minister for Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said.   The drug, called “Nanosilver”, has been approved for use by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an experimental treatment ethical in the case of the Ebola epidemic. The Federal Govt  approved the use of experimental drugs in the treatment of the deadly virus.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Dangote Foundation, Mrs Adhiambo Odaga announced this at a media briefing at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Monday. She said the money will be available for the establishment of an Ebola emergency operation centre in Lagos. “After bilateral discussion with the honourable minister and his team, Dangote foundation has funded the establishment of the Ebola emergency operation in Lagos, that is being done through grant from the foundation of just a little over N150 million,” she said. Continue...

World soccer governing body, FIFA has again ordered the return of the impeached president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari. FIFA in a letter ad- dressed to NFF scribe (which Daily Sunsports is in possession of) stated that the sacked NFF boss must preside over the August 26 congress. While regretting the confused state of Nigerian football, FIFA stressed that all the actions taken by the exco of late including the sacking of Barrister  Chris Green and Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, as well as the sacking of the electoral committee should be set aside. The FIFA letter stated in part: “It is regrettable that the situation has turned so confused while elections are planned for August 26….the recent decisions of the executive committee are highly question- able…furthermore, we advise that President Maigari must preside over the NFF congress on 26 August.

However, BlackBerry sales are still way off what they were a year ago BlackBerry CEO John Chen’s strategy might be showing a  little bit of traction. After three consecutive quarters of sequential decline, shipments BlackBerrys  rebounded slightly in Q2 of this year from the previous quarter, market research firm IDC reported Thursday in a report on smartphone shipments. It shipped 1.5 million units in the quarter ending June 30. On the other hand, for the same period a year ago it shipped 6.7 million smart phones. In this year’s Q2 it accounted for one half of one per cent of all smart phone sales. By comparison 7.4 million Windows Phones shipped — although that was a drop from 8.2 million in the same period a year ago. Apple shipped 35.2 million iPhones in Q2 this year — a drop of 12,7 per cent over the same period a year ago. BlackBerry saw improvement within one of its key markets, Asia/Pacific, as well as some gains among enterprise users wit...

US company sends all available supplies of experimental drug ZMapp to Africa as other potential drugs move rapidly towards clinical trials. Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has authorised the use of   experimental   drugs to fight Ebola as the death   toll   topped 1,000 and a Spanish   priest   became the first European to   succumb   to the   outbreak .   The  declaration  by the WHO, the UN's health  agency , came Tuesday after a US company that makes an experimental   serum  called ZMapp said it had sent all its  available  supplies to hard-hit west Africa.  UN  chief  Ban Ki-moon announced plans to  step up  the  global   response  to the  outbreak , while urging governments to "avoid  panic  and fear" over an easily-preventable  disease .  The  epidemic , the worst since Ebola was first  discovered ...

Nigeria has recorded another death from the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. This time it is a staff of the Lagos Liason office of the Economic Community of West African State - ECOWAS headquarters, Mr Jatto Abdulqudir. Confirming his death in a statement, ECOWAS management said the 36 year old man was among those who assisted the late Liberian Patrick Sawyerr when he came to Lagos for a regional meeting and was quarantined after Sawyerr died of the deadly disease. This brings to three the number of deaths from the deadly virus in Nigeria. The first two being Sawyerr and a Nigerian nurse. Find the full text of the ECOWAS statement after the cut...

According to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Daniel Adeyileka (pictured above) is the youngest pilot in Nigeria. He was born in 1995 in Newcastle, England and had his primary and secondary education in Scotland then came back to Nigeria to do his A-levels. At 17, he proceeded to Delta Flight school in Texas, USA, where he obtained his Private Pilot License (PPL) and his International General Certificate of Secondary Education. He is currently a First Officer. #Beinspired . You're never too young to pursue your dreams. Read more about Daniel after the cut..

Frank Lampard  has swapped the bright lights of London for the Big Apple in a summer transfer.The England international has joined New York City FC after 13 years of success at Chelsea, the Major League Soccer club confirmed via  Twitter . He will now take his place in the burgeoning MLS in the United States.The 36-year-old will be joined at the Manchester City-owned franchise by former Atletico Madrid and Barcelona forward David Villa.Lampard will find some familiar faces waiting for him in North America. By  Ian Rodgers ,

Real Madrid have so far sold approximately £20million worth of 'James' replica shirts since the Colmbian forward Real Madrid   are well on their way to recouping the reported £71million paid to Monaco for the signature of Colombia phenomenon James Rodriguez. Spanish paper  Sport  have reported that, according to the company Euromericas Sport Marketing, Real Madrid have so far sold approximately 345,000 'James' replica shirts in the 48 hours since the forward was unveiled at the Bernebeu in front of 44,000 fans. That’s roughly 7,188 shirts sold per hour worldwide and at £60 each equates to about £20.7 million in sales. Gerardo Molina, Professor Emeritus in Sports Marketing said today in Sport : "The expection is that the player (James) will sell product at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo who has sold over one million shirts since arriving at Real Madrid".  was unveiled at the Bernabeu

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari has been impeached. Maigari was impeached by eight votes to five of the 13-man Executive Committee as members reconvened to review Nigeria’s participation at the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. Last night (Wednesday), the embattled NFF President made spirited effort to shift the Executive meeting that he scheduled, citing ministerial directive. But, the Special Adviser to the Minister, Justice Joffa, had dismissed Miagari’s words when contacted by  Prompt News . A communiqué issued by the Chairman of the Communiqué Drafting Committee, Muazu Suleyman reads in full, “ The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation met at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja on Thursday, 24th July, 2014 to review situation after the vacation of Court Injunction as well as the resultant lifting of suspension by FIFA, and resolved as follows: 1)      The Committee expressed deep and very sincere appr...

    Not making enough sales? Do you ever wonder how you can increase your cash flow to your business? There are 3 basic sales strategies to increase YOUR sales through strategic planning and customer service. Whether you are selling homes or hamburgers there are opportunities to increase sales and gain a loyal customer base by using these strategies in your business plan.   1) Increase Your Cash Flow By Increasing Your Number of Individual Sales The first way to increase your cash flow is to increase the number of individual sales. Companies that sell products or services that are only needed every few years or once in a lifetime, like a new home, car, or wedding ring have to concentrate all their business activities on increasing the number of sales, because once a person has purchased one of these items, he or she is not going to be a customer in that market again for a long time. If doubling your profitability requires that you double the numb...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Point of Sales (POS) transactions value had increased from N38 million per month in 2012 to N24 billion monthly in June, 2014This is contained in a report on e-payment transactions released by the apex bank in Abuja on Monday.According to the report, mobile money transaction values up to N819 million monthly.“The POS transaction increased in volume from less than 2000 in January 2012 to 1.6 million per month as at June 2014.“Over 150,000 POS terminal is presently across the country and 22 mobile money operators has been licensed,’’ it added.It added that licensed Payment Terminal Service providers increased from five to 10 to increase POS terminal penetration across the country.It noted that Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) instant Transfer had increased in volume from 87,000 transactions a month in January 2012 to 3.1 million transactions a month as at June 2014.

    One of the myths of entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs are risk takers. However, this is not true at all. Successful entrepreneurs actually avoid risk. Successful entrepreneurs are focused on earning a profit from their activities and avoid risks that may cause them to lose money. If you want to have a successful start-up you must learn to avoid risk. Successful entrepreneurs do everything possible to minimize the risks involved in earning that profit to the degree to which they create successful start-ups and succeed in their ventures. As an entrepreneur, profit seeking must be your central focus as well. How to Avoid Risk in Your Business Venture 1) Decide. Decide you want to enjoy the rewards of entrepreneurial success and that you really want to start a successful start-up. 2) Explore every detail . Once you have decided that you want to enjoy the rewards of entrepreneurial success in particular, the next step is for you to explore ...

In an interview with Punch , the question is thrown at Seyi Shay, asking if there is any rivalry between her and Tiwa Savage . She says; “I think people can see the difference between us now. The reason I don’t see Tiwa as a rival is because I know who I am. I know that I’m very much a fun-loving person. I’m still the woman of the world that many people know. I really don’t care about the things that are not going to affect me in a positive way. If it’s not going to affect me in a positive way, I don’t focus on it or think about it. The difference is that I am deeper into the ragga stuff than she is. She portrays herself as somebody that is a cautious RnB artist, which she is. But I see myself as a commercial and carefree spirit. I don’t know her to that extent, so I can’t really speak about her. But I feel that Murda is my vibe and her vibe is her vibe.” On her trending track Murda featuring Patoranking and Shaydee: “Initially I didn’t like the song because it was...

I n 2013, BN brought you the news of an 8-year-old South African school boy who married a 61 year old South African woman to “make ancestors happy”. He later spoke about his new life with the woman. The boy – now 9 years old – Saneie Masilela is the world’s youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he married last year. Although other villagers and onlookers describe the nuptials as “sickening”, the young groom dressed in a silver tuxedo says he did it again to make the marriage “official”. No minding the 53-year-age gap, they repeated their vows a year later in front of 100 guests. His bride Helen Shabangu is a mother of 5, with children aged between 28 and 38 years old. The ceremony took place in front of Helen’s long-term husband Alfred Shabangu . He said “My kids and I are happy because we don’t have a problem with her marrying the boy – and I don’t care what other people say.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters/NAN) ― Tom Rolf, who won an Oscar award for his work editing the 1983 space epic, The Right Stuff, has died aged 83. In a career spanning four decades, the respected editor worked on over 40 films. His credits included Michael Mann’s Heat, Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer, and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, for which he won a Bafta nomination. He won a career achievement award from the American Cinema Editors in 2003. Born in 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden, Rolf was a Ski patrolman and a seaman for the Norwegian Merchant Marine before emigrating to the U.S. and entering the entertainment industry. He was given career guidance by his step-father, Jack Donohue — a choreographer and director at MGM — who advised him to go into the cutting room. “People hire me because they know that I’m going to put in a full day. “You will learn everything about directing by being a film editor first,” he recalled being told. But he stayed in the editor’s c...

Barry and Izzy Sim (pictured above) were planning to travel to Kuala Lumpur with their young baby on Flight MH17 but wer e told by staff at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport that the plane was too full. The family was then given seats on a later KLM flight, just hours before the plane was shot down. "You get this sick feeling in the pit of your stomach... We started getting butterflies. Your heartbeat starts going.' Barry Sim said of his reaction after he heard the plane he desperately wanted to board was shot down. His wife said; 'There must have been someone watching over us and saying "you must not get on that flight".' The couple later cancelled their flight with KLM after the women refused to fly.  Meanwhile U.S intelligence has confirmed that the plane was shot down by pro-Russian separatists who mistook the jetliner for a Ukraine military plane. And it is a Russian-made weapon. Continue to read a transcript of conversations between Russian military i...

298 people died yesterday July 17th when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was blasted out of the sky at 32,000 by a surface-to-air missile, allegedly by pro-Russian rebels. Among the dead were 80 children, including t hree Australian children, (pictured left), Mo Maslin, 12, (left), his brother Otis, eight, (centre) and sister Evie Maslin, 10, (right) who were traveling with their grandfather Nick Morris. According to  Australian newspapers, the family had been on holiday and the children’s parents had remained in Amsterdam for a few extra days while Mr Norris took his grandchildren on MH17 to get them back to Australia in time for school. The plane was going from Kuala Lumpur to Australia.  More than 100 AIDS researchers who were heading to an international conference in Australia were also on board the plane.  There were 173 passengers from the Netherlands, 27 from Australia, 44 from Malaysia, 12 from Indonesia, 9 from the UK, 4 from Belgium, 4 from Germany, 3 ...

The 1986 World Cup winner felt Fifa made the wrong decision to hand the award to the Barcelona star and rued Argentina's defeat to Germany. Argentina  icon Diego Maradona feels  Lionel Messi  did not deserve to win the Golden Ball following his performances at the World Cup. The Barcelona star beat the likes of Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and James Rodriguez to the prestigious individual award after scoring four goals in seven performances at this summer's tournament and guiding his team to the final, yet Maradona feels the 27-year-old only won it for commercial reasons. "Messi? I would give him heaven if possible," Maradona said during his show on  Telesur . "But it's not right when someone wins something that he shouldn't have won just because of some marketing plan." 

Pakistani rights activist, Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by Taliban a few years ago for campaigning for girl child education, arrived Abuja, Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday July 13, to raise her voice in the demand to release the kidnapped Chibok girls. Malala, who will celebrate her 17th year birthday on Monday, met with relatives of the more than 200 kidnapped girls who were kidnapped by militant group, Boko Haram, from a school at Chibok in April. Some of the parents broke down into tears as Malala spoke at a hotel in the capital Abuja on Sunday. “I can see those girls as my sisters … and I’m going to speak up for them until they are released,” said Malala. “I’m going to participate actively in the ‘bring back our girls’ campaign to make sure that they return safely and they continue their education.

Stephen Keshi , who earlier announced that his contract as the head coach of the Super Eagles  had expired, has presented the  Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)  with his requests to return as the coach. African Football   on Tuesday, reported that Keshi told   President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan   that he will sign a new deal if the NFF agrees to pay him N10million a month. In his initial contract, he received N5million He reportedly made the demand when he met President Jonathan at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, when he arrived from the world tournament in Brazil. Keshi is said to have demanded for upfront payment to avoid delays he had with his former deal, and to recall his former assistant   Sylvanus Okpalla . “He also wanted what he called a free hand as regards his team selection and preparations, saying he no longer wishes to deal with the technical committee.He also wanted Okpalla back to his backroom staff. The President has assured him that h...

Tolani Ajayi, the 21year old Redeemer University student who hacked his father to death on Tuesday July 3rd (read here ), has finally spoken to reporters about what led him to kill his own dad. Speaking to journalists today at the Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Tolani said he attacked his father after he (the father) beat him with a stick, which he said made him very angry. "There is no way Nigerians can help me. I am going to face my judgement. I am meant to pay for what I have done. It is not as if I am ready, it is something that is inevitable - something that is going to happen; I am just waiting for it. The incident happened around 1 a.m. when the church would have been sleeping by then. It was anger that led me to this. There was an argument between us and I stood up to him. He beat me with a stick and bit me with his teeth repeatedly. Just the two of us were at home; my mother was in Abuja,” he said. Continue...

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The Nigerian military released a statement on their website today saying that they have cleared and taken over terrorists bases in Borno state and also captured mercenaries. Read the statement below... T roops have cleared and taken over Balmo forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend.  Prior to the operation, Balmo forest stretching from Bauchi through Jigawa States with links to the fringes of Sambisa forest was used by terrorists as bases and hideouts for launching attacks. Terrorists and armed gangs operating in the forests were completely rooted out while some were captured during the operation.  Among those captured were two foreigners who are suspected to be mercenaries. Also captured are several weapons and equipment including power generating sets, communication equipment, vehicles, motorcycles, foodstuff and kitchen utensils.

An upcoming artist from the center of lagos island has just released a new song  called BUGATTI.It's been enjoying airwaves and also many downloads.Many DJ's are showing love by putting it on their mixtapes. You can listen to the song  by clicking HERE

Two members of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc committee, which probed the scam in the fuel subsidy regime in 2012, Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo, have been re-arraigned for collecting $620,000 bribe in their course of duty. The Independent and Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) re-arraigned the two men on a seven-count charge before Justice Banjoko of a Federal Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja. The two legislators again pleaded not guilty to all the counts on Wednesday, as they earlier did on February 1, 2013, when they were first arraigned.

Good news for all the football fans out there. Star Liverpool striker,  Luis Suarez,  will soon be fit enough to join the Uruguay national team for the World Cup. Suarez had to undergo keyhole surgery on his knee last month, inciting fears that he could miss a huge part of the tournament. However, the determined player has been putting in “triple shifts” in training to prove his fitness for the games,  The Guardian  reports. He was spotted on Tuesday, training energetically with the rest of his team mates.   Óscar Tabárez , coach of the Uruguay team, stated that although Suarez may be unable to participate in the team’s match against Costa Rica on Saturday, he is hopeful that he will participate in subsequent future matches. We have no set deadlines. I don’t know if we’ll have him for the first match, for the second, for the third. If it were up to me, Suárez would play tomorrow,” said Tabárez. 

Vanguard reports that Tsur Dvir, a Marketing Officer for Aeronautics Defense Systems, a firm based south of Tel Aviv, that supplied Nigeria with Aerostar unmanned aerial vehicles, said yesterday that to the best of their knowledge, the drones are not operational. "To the best of our knowledge, these systems are not operational. They (drones) are probably parked in a yard somewhere". He said lack of maintenance have reduced their operational effectiveness and made them obsolete.  Tsur said they received a letter of inquiry for maintenance on the drones from the Nigerian govt but it was never followed through "We did receive an inquiry from them about spare parts, but it never turned into a deal. I wish it had.” he said. Aerospace industry experts say each drone cost between $15 million and $17 million.     The multi-billion naira drones purchased by the Nigerian Government in 2006 for the surveillance of petroleum pipelines...

Kassim Shettima Borno State governor said the state government would spend 150 million naira for the rehabilitation of the 53 girls that escaped from boko haram abduction.The Governor made this announcement when he received the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the missing girls in his office yesterday. Gov Shettima decried the notion by some people that the missing Chibok girls was a scam or that it was a staged attempt by the state government to stop emergency rule extension in the state.  The Governor also revealed that since the beginning of this year, N1billion has been spent on the rehabilitation of people and places that have experienced attacks from Boko Haram.  "In this year alone, we had spent close to one billion naira on victims. In Gwoza, we spent two hundred million naira for reconstruction of destroyed houses, markets, places of worship and to provide cash to victims so they could have something to rely on in the immediate term to fee...

Over 118 people died in the commercial hub city in jos yesterday.The President has released a press statement condemning the bomb blast that occurred yesterday afternoon at Terminus market in Jos.Here is the press statement signed by his spokesman reuben abati President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan strongly condemns the bomb blasts in Jos, Plateau state, today, describing the perpetrators of this tragic assault on human freedom as cruel and evil.  He has also directed all relevant agencies to mobilise support and relief efforts in aid of the victims. The President extends his heartfelt sympathies to the affected families and persons. President Jonathan assures all Nigerians that government remains fully committed to winning the war against terror, and this administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilization. Continue...

Real Madrid duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will be fit to face Atletico Madrid in Saturday's Champions League final in Lisbon. Despite former Tottenham winger Bale sitting out a morning training session, coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed the duo's availability at a morning press briefing. But the Italian is uncertain over the fitness of striker Karim Benzema after he picked up an abductor injury against Espanyol last weekend. Midfielder Sami Khedira is likely to take part in the Stadium of Light showpiece. Ronaldo was limited to working on an individual training regime with a physio after he pulled out during the warm-up of last Saturday's game as a precaution due to recent thigh problems. "Bale has helped us a lot this season. He is in an excellent physical shape. Khedira is fit and ready to play," said Ancelotti. And Bale confirmed he was 100% fit and the fact he sat out the morning session 'was no cause for concern'. Speaking to  S...

Louis van Gaal believes he has joined the "biggest club in the world" after his appointment as Manchester United boss was confirmed. Van Gaal is currently with Holland as he oversees their World Cup preparations but he has spoken to Dutch TV about his new role, which he will take up once his duties in Brazil are over. Van Gaal has previously won titles at Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar and Bayern Munich, and is not holding back in his ambitions for United. "The aim is to bring them back to the number-one position as soon as possible, because that's where they were under Sir Alex Ferguson," he told Dutch TV station RTL. "It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. "To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. "I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has bi...