Catholic bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split

CATHOLIC bishops have scrapped their landmark welcome to gays, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families.
The bishops approved a final report covering a host of issues related to Catholic family life, acknowledging there were “positive elements” in civil heterosexual unions outside the church and even in cases when men and women were living together outside marriage.
They also said the church must respect Catholics in their moral evaluation of “methods used to regulate births,” a seemingly significant deviation from church teaching barring any form of artificial contraception.

World Health Organisation Expects Ebola Infections in West Africa This Week

WHO Expects Ebola Infections in West Africa This Week

The World Health Organization accepts that the quantity of individuals affected by the Ebola episode in West Africa will surpass 9,000 this week, and that more than 4,500 of those will have passed on from the malady.

Dr. Isabelle Nuttall, executive of the WHO's worldwide limits, alarm and reaction, said that in excess of 2,700 of those tainted are wellbeing laborers, 236 of whom have kicked the bucket. At regular intervals, the WHO says, the quantity of Ebola cases in West Africa is multiplying.

The association likewise recognized top need nations - those with area outskirts or high volumes of go with influenced countries, including Cote d'ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and others.

The extent that managing the Ebola episode, Nuttall said that the standards the West African countries must hold fast to are the same as ever - "be prepared, distinguish, illuminate, survey, react."

Ebola Virus in West Africa.

An pandemic of Ebola infection illness (EVD) is continuous in certain West African nations. It started in Guinea in December 2013 then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. A couple of much littler subsidiary episodes have happened somewhere else, with a couple of cases in Nigeria and a case in Senegal, both of which seem to have been effectively contained, and instances of auxiliary diseases of medicinal laborers in the United States and Spain, not one or the other of which has yet spread to the overall public. Starting 15 October 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), OCHA and neighborhood governments reported an aggregate of 8,998 suspected cases and 4,493 passings (4,995 cases and 2,729 passings having been research facility affirmed), however the WHO accepts that this generously downplays the size of the episode with potentially 2.5 times the same number of cases as have been accounted for. On 14 October, amid a news meeting in Geneva, the collaborator chief general of the WHO expressed that there could be upwards of 10,000 new Ebola cases for every week by December 2014.

The current pestilence of EVD, created by Ebola infection, is the most serious episode of Ebola since the finding of ebolaviruses in 1976, and by September 2014 instances of EVD from this single flare-up surpassed the whole of all formerly recognized cases. The scourge has brought on huge mortality, with a case casualty rate (CFR) reported as 71%.  Read more >>

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Mercy Johnson -Nigerian Nollywood Actress- Gives Birth To Second Baby

 Mercy Johnson, Nigerian Nollywood Actress, gave birth to her second child at the early hours of the 15th day of October.

The actress had  delivered at  the St Joseph's  Hospital, University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Source said that is in good state and her baby too the new baby.

Mercy Johnson Okojie, popularly known as Mercy Johnson, was born in Lagos on August 28, 1984, is a Nigerian actress who made her acting debut in the movie, "The Maid" in which she played the role of a possessed house help. Her performance in the movie shot her into the limelight and she has acted in other movies ever since. 

Previously Adamawa Deputy Governor, Mr Bala Ngilari, confirmed as the state governor

The Previous Adamawa Deputy Governor, Mr Bala Ngilari, was confirmed as the substantive state governor on Wednesday 8th of October 2014 in Yola.

Ngilari was confirmed at Government House by the acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Audu Lagre, after a request by a Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, ought to leave the workplace.

The court held that Ngilari did not leave from office as Deputy Governor in accordance with segment 306 (1)) (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution as ammended.

In his address to the people of taking promise of office, Ngilari said he would run an open, transparent and broad government.

In this respect, I welcome different arms of government, specifically the council and legal, not overlooking the common administration, to hold hands with me to accomplish these honorable objectives.  As a gathering man and a cooperative person, I vow my unalloyed backing and dedication to our incredible gathering and Mr president, Ngilari said.

He depicted his rise as a demonstration of "God who offers power to who ever He picks".

"We recognize the celestial force of God in all that happened. The heavenly books of both religions subscribe to the way that power fits in with God and He provides for it in trust to whosoever he wills," Bala Ngilari.

Google pays tribute to adventurer famous for 1947 Kon Tiki expedition; Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl: Google pays tribute to adventurer famous for 1947 Kon Tiki expedition

NEW DELHI: Google on Monday created an interactive doodle to commemorate the birthday of the late legendary Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl.

The internet giant has created one of its iconic illustrations to pay tribute to the man who recreated a Peruvian raft.

Known for leading the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, Thor Heyerdahl was born on 6 October 1914. The Kon Tiki expedition was inspired by old reports and drawings made by the Spanish Conquistadors of Inca rafts and by native legends and archaeological evidence suggesting contact between South America and Polynesia.

President Barack Obama: The US is planning measures to screen incoming air passengers for Ebola.

Obama: US planning air passenger Ebola screening.

Barack Obama criticised foreign governments for not stepping up their response to the West Africa outbreak. 

The likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is "extremely low", Mr Obama said, but "we don't have a lot of margin of error".

More than 3,400 people have died in West Africa in the world's deadliest outbreak of the viral disease.
Mr Obama's comments came six days after a Liberian man became the first case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil. 

Amber Levonchuck, professionally known as Amber Rose, is an American model, actress, and recording artist.

Amber Levonchuck, professionally known as Amber Rose, is an American model, actress, and recording artist.

Amber Rose began stripping under the pseudonym "Paris" at age 15 after her father, who served in the military for 20 years, divorced her mother. She was spotted by rapper Kanye West in the music video "What Them Girls Like." They then began a romantic relationship that lasted from 2008 to 2010.

Big Brother Africa Hotshots: Video Highlights of all 26 Housemates Launch Performances

Big Brother Africa Hotshots: Video Highlights of all 26 Housemates Launch Performances #BigBroAfrica #BBHotshots

It’s no longer news that the 63days of Big Brother Africa Hotshots officially kicked off yesterday and 25 out of 26 of the housemates are already up for possible eviction based on the live show’s audience poll of the talents the 26 housemates showcased in a Hotshots talent show at the launch.

Shekau Appears in Video to Disprove Rumor of Dead

Shekau Appears in Video to Disprove Rumor of Dead

A video has been released showing the purported leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram dismissing the military's allegations that he is dead.

In the video, Abubakar Shekau says his fighters shot down an air force jet that went missing three weeks ago.
Last week, the military claimed a man posing as the Boko Haram leader in videos had been killed and in August 2013 said that Shekau may be dead.

Sanusi Lamido, The Kano Emir shuffles Emirate Council members

Kano Emir, elevates late Bayero's son, shuffles Emirate Council members

The Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II has proclaimed the rearranging of the Emirate Council parts with the height of the late Bayero's child, Aminu Ado Bayero to the position of "Wambai" and Ahmad Ado Bayero to 'Sarkin Dawakin Tsakar Gida'.

Additionally, child of  the late Tijjani Hashim, Galadiman Kano was named 'Dan Isan Kano'.

Sanusi, who proclaimed the activity in his royal residence through the weekend, clarified that it was as an aftereffect of the demise of Tijjani Hashim, Galadiman Kano, which gave space for substitution.

oshadipe twins death revealed by manager

Manager Reveals The True Story Behind Taiwo of the Oshadipe Twins  Death

 In a selective meeting with The Nations Newspaper, the twins' administrator, Olu Akinsanya uncovered points of interest on the sickness which prompted her demise. You can read the complete meeting through the The Nations Newspaper Website.

Olu says Taiwo was conceded at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, around a month prior and was given medical solutions.