**GET INFORMED & DRIVE AWAY IGNORANCE** NEWS UPDATE - 070814 • Boko Haram attacks Borno as butcher recounts killings. • Boko Haram insurgents kill 100, seize another major Northeast town. • I slaughtered only 5 people, says Zakari Mohammed Ardo, Boko Haram butcher. • Many killed as terrorists raze police station, churches, others in Maiduguri. • Jonathan calls for international action against Boko Haram. • Chibok girls deserve continued attention. - USA. • Conference panel endorses scrapping of Senate. • Jonathan will contest for President in 2015. - Anenih. • APC plans Arab Spring in Nigeria. - PDP: Party says APC threat of parallel govt is treasonable. • Adamawa: We’ll ensure open, fair primaries in APC. - Atiku. • Adamawa: Nyako’s deputy, Ngilari, asks court to sack Acting governor and declare him d governor. • Nasarawa lawmakers rejects Jonathan’s peace moves: No going back on Al-Makura’s impeachment, says Nasarawa Assembly. • Oyinlola blames Jonathan for his exit from PDP. • Oyinlola is a serial betrayer. - Omisore. • Rights Group to Youth: Shun ‘stomach infrastructure’ politicians. • No budgetary provision for lecturers’ salary arrears, says ministry. • Product faking adds to Nigeria’s bloated labour market. - SON. • Poor power supply: Fashola accuses FG of deceit. • Patronise made-in-Nigeria goods to boost economy. - Fashola. • Lagos community tackles tank farms over bad road. • FRSC: Relocation of tank farms only solution to Apapa gridlock. • Bauchi to benefit from $65million World Bank loan for water supply. • The Nation man wins global environmental award. • Half of a Yellow Sun sets new box office record in Nigeria. • Nigeria, US seal pact to work together to urgently curtail d outbreak of Ebola virus. • FG requests for US experimental drug for Ebola victims. • Too early to send experimental Ebola drug to Africa. - Obama. • 2 out of 5 victims of Ebola disease currently been treated in Lagos, in critical condition. • Nigerians slam American billionaire, Donald Trump, over Ebola. • Ebola Scare: National Assembly members stop handshakes. • Experts say people can only contact d virus from Ebola patients when d virus have reached advanced stage in them. • Personal hygiene is d only way to avoid d dreaded Ebola virus: Keep off very sick patients and contaminated areas, experts advice. • Sawyer, d Liberia-American who died of Ebola disease in Nigeria disregarded directives not to travel out of Liberia. - Health Minister. • I killed my lover because she made me jealous, says 31-year-old man who strangled his 39-year-old business woman lover to death. • Gunmen kidnap Council boss’ wife in Ebony. **Foreign News**  • Spain to accept Europe’s first confirmed Ebola case. • Ebola Scare: Saudi Arabia suspends hajj visas for West Africa. • Africa’s natural wealth should not be stolen and repatriated, says Joe Biden, United States Vice-President. • China has evacuated almost 900 of its workers caught up in fighting in Libya. • Iraq: 47 killed in a Baghdad twin car bomb blast. • South Africa: Pistorius murder trial closing arguments to resume. • An Egyptian court upholds death sentences against 12 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing a police officer last year. • US drone strike kills 7 Pakistan fighters. **Sports** • Eguavoen: Keshi needs to improve technically. • Caretaker coach may lead Eagles to Rwanda as negotiations continue between NFF and Keshi. • Almeria may block Ramon Azeez EPL switch. • Enyeama, Ajagun taste Champions League action. • Gyan, Essien make Ghana’s 26-man squad. • Popular FIFA badge referee, Webb retires from refereeing.
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