Uche Ogbodo speaks on crashed marriage, says she's willing to try again

Actress Uche Ogbodo, whose marriage to Atto Ubby crashed after just one month, says she's open to giving marriage another try but this time, with her eyes wide open.

Uche, who gave birth to a baby girl a few months back, said there is no possibility of reconciling with her ex husband. Speaking with Encomium magazine, Uche said;

President Jonathan reshuffles cabinet

Following the resignation of seven ministers last week, President Jonathan has reshuffled his cabinet, appointing temporary ministers to take up the positions of those that resigned.

Announcing this today October 22nd after the Federal Executive Council, the  Minister of State II for Foreign Affairs, Nurudeen Mohammed who now supervises the  Ministry of Information, said the Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Aliyu Gusau will now double as the Minister of State for Defence while the Minister of Special Duties, Taminu Turaki (SAN) will act as the Supervising Minister of Labour and Productivity. Continue...

Lagos 'Ebola hospital' battles to recover

Lagos - Nigeria may have been declared officially Ebola-free but at the First Consultants hospital in Lagos, doctors believe it'll take the facility that treated the first victim years to recover.

The 40-bed private clinic in the bustling Obalende area of the city paid a high price in the outbreak, after the first patient with the Ebola virus was admitted on 20 July.

Not only has it taken a financial hit from having to replace every piece of potentially contaminated equipment but it also suffered the human loss of much-respected staff with decades of expertise.

Nigeria keen to host AFCON

Cape Town - Seyi Akinwunmi, vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation, says the West African nation is interested in hosting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco are the current host country, but they recently requested a delay in the staging of the competition due to ongoing concerns over the spread of the Ebola virus.

And with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) rejecting Morocco's request, several other nations have expressed an interest in stepping into the breach.

Jonathan & PDP Governors in closed door meeting over Buhari

The fear of Muhammadu Buhari is very real, especially with 14 governors now in APC. Consequently, the President, Goodluck Jonathan, has warned Peoples Democratic Party governors against backing any unpopular candidates as their successors in their respective states.

This is one of the issues discussed at the meeting the President had with the governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Sunday night. The meeting ended in the early hours of Monday.

The meeting was said to have discussed the presidential declaration of General Buhari on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.