NEWS UPDATE - 080814 • No plan to send troops to Nigeria. - Obama. • Boko Haram allegedly takes over some military camps in Yobe: Fate of Gwazos Emir said to be unknown. • Army recapture Damboa, 4 other Borno villages from Boko Haram. - DHQ. • Special Forces to battle Boko Haram. • Peace Talks: Muslim, Christian leaders meet in Abuja. • Cleric advocates compulsory education to curb insurgency. • Adamawa: Fintiri bought jeeps to secure LG chairs support, impeached Gov Nyako alleges. • Impeachment plot against Al-Makura, recipe for crisis - Colonel Abubakar Umar (Rtd). • APC demands Jonathans apology over Al-Makuras failed impeachment. • Nasarawa Impeachment: Labaran Maku absolves FG from plot, but says PDP will not be intimidated by d antics of d governor to evade justice by instigating violence in d state. • Enugu deputy gov dares Assembly over planned impeachment. • Falana, Shittu, others call for review of impeachment clause. • Osun Guber Poll: PDP plans to rig election, says APC chiefs. • Consequences of rigging election’ll be grave. - Oyegun. • Rigging allegation by APC an infantile blackmail, says PDP. • NLC advises against militarisation of Osun gov poll. • Osun Poll: My chances of victory are high, Labour Party candidate Fatai Akinbade, insists. • Osun: Omisore prayer squad prays for peace. • Publicize ID numbers of unclaimed voter cards, APC urges INEC. • Help us enlighten voters, Jega urges Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN). • I no longer have respect for Atiku, other serial defectors, says professor of Law and social commentator, Itse Sagay. • APC members urge Senator Bukola Saraki to contest 2015 presidential poll. • I was not sacked for incompetence. - Gulak. • Insecurity, oil theft dampening Nigerias economic outlook. - AfDB. • Jonathan seeks US support to diversify Nigerias economy. • Power Supply: FG to utilize renewable energy resources. - Namadi Sambo. • FG raises transaction advisers on remodeling railway stations. • Bayelsa community reopens Agip shut oil wells. • FG withdraws 600 mining licenses of firms who failed to comply with its rules and regulations. • South Africa to invest in Nigerias non-oil sector. • Outrage in Delta over plan to ban motorcyclists. • Group wants govt to take over d reconstruction of Enugu-Onitsha highway. • SURE-P gets N15billion monthly, says SURE-P chair Agwai. • Fashola reverses LASU fee to N25,000. • Nigerian medical student scores 99% in exam. • Society advocates 6-month maternity leave for working mothers. • Seme Customs host border security meeting. • NIS denies hike in passport fees. • LEDAP sues NMA over strike. • Nigeria to screen passengers leaving d country for Ebola virus. • Ebola: Protect Liberians in Nigeria from attack. - Envoy: Liberia appeals for Nigeria’s understanding. • Ebola victim’s delegation visited Calabar, says envoy. • Benin hospital treating Nigerian Ebola suspect. • UCH can manage Ebola disease, says CMD. • Doctors suspend 5-week strike over Ebola which has killed 2 and infected 5 others in Lagos. • Southwest governors move to curb Ebola spread. • Health Minister awaits response on anti-Ebola experimental drug. • Abia monarchs on war path over 2015 governorship. • Niger seeks peace between herdsmen, farmers. • Police arrest facebook friends for stealing clothes in Asaba. • 25-year-old Chadian remanded by a Lagos court for defiling minors. • Ogun: Police arrest suspects, impound truck loaded with Nestle PLC products worth N11.5million at Ijoga Orile. **Foreign News**  • ECOWAS suspends meetings of member states over Ebola. • Ebola: Death toll hits 932, says WHO. • Ebola: Sierra Leone FA donates $50,000 to UNICEF. • Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread, WHO declares. • Israel, Hamas trade fire after truce ends. • British aid agency launches Gaza emergency appeal. • Iraq rocked by attacks across d country. • Obama authorizes air strikes on Iraq. • 13 dead in Iraq car bombings. • Christians flee Iraqi town as militants take over. • US braces for twin hurricanes in Hawaii. • Yemeni troops kill 7 suspected al-Qaeda militants. • Egypt’s top religious authority, Mufti, rejects Brotherhood leader’s death sentence. • Ukraine: Russia retaliates, bans food imports from West. • Russia extends Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowdens stay by 3-years. • Air Algerie AH5017 black box tape damaged and unintelligible, says French investigators. • 2 French women held in Georgia for paracetamol possession. • South Africa: Pistorius prosecutors twisted facts, says defense counsel. • Pistorius branded deceitful, as trial nears end. • UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia has sentenced 2 former Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison for crimes against humanity related to their role in d countrys 1970s terror. **Sports** • FIFA seeks explanation for Maigari’s impeachment. • Super Eagles Job: Keshi resumes next week. NFF suspends Chris Green. • Jimoh scores 4 as F/Eagles maul Amakson 7 - 1. • AYC: Iheanacho, others to miss Lesotho clash. • Super Eagles friendly in pipeline. • Clubs chase Iheanacho. - Man City Official.
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