Struggling Liberia creates 'plague villages' in Ebola epicenter

A crowd gathers near a checkpoint, which controls the movement of people in and out of Ebola-hit regions, at the entrance to Bomi county in northwestern Liberia August 15, 2014.

To try to control the Ebola epidemic spreading through West Africa, Liberia has quarantined remote villages at the epicenter of the virus, evoking the "plague villages" of medieval Europe that were shut off from the outside world.

With few food and medical supplies getting in, many abandoned villagers face a stark choice: stay where they are and risk death or skip quarantine, spreading the infection further in a country ill-equipped to cope.

In Boya, in northern Liberia's Lofa County, Joseph Gbembo, who caught Ebola and survived, says he is struggling to raise 10 children under five years old and support five widows after nine members of his family were killed by the virus.

Ferguson curfew helping to maintain peace: Missouri governor

                                                                                        Governor Jay Nixon

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon said a curfew in Ferguson imposed after days of protest following the killing of an unarmed African-American teenager by a white policeman had helped maintain peace.

Asked on CNN's program "State of the Union" on Sunday how long the curfew in the St Louis suburb would continue, Nixon said the duration would be "judged by the community." The governor imposed the five-hour night curfew on Saturday

Ribadu's defection to PDP won't affect our fortunes- APC

                                                                     Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

The All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Sunday in Yola that the defection of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not affect the fortunes of the party in Adamawa.

APC Secretary in Adamawa, Alhaji Abdullahi Bakari, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the defection would not affect the party's chances in the Oct.11 governorship bye-election.

Ribadu, former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was also the presidential candidate of defunct Action Congress of Nigeria for the 2011 Presidential Election.

Ebola Patient, Dr Adadevor, not discharged says FG

                                                                                  Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh

The federal government Sunday in Abuja denied media reports miscontruing a female doctor discharged and declared free from the Ebola virus to another medical doctor, Dr Adadevor.

According to a statement by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dan Nwomeh,  the government said the misconception and error mistook the female doctor for Adadevor.

Alex Otti Declares His Interest

                                                                                                     Alex Otti

The Managing Director of Daimond Bank Plc, Dr. Alex Otti, has denied media reports that he had declared interest in the Abia State governorship race.

The Diamond Bank boss, who did not rule out the possibility of such a run in future, but said that any such decision would be communicated to stakeholders.

In a statement, the bank said, “There have been several reports in the print and electronic media that the Group Managing Director/CEO Diamond Bank Plc, Dr. Alex Otti has formally declared his intent to contest Abia State gubernatorial election under the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Since then we have received several phone calls from people wanting to know if the media reports are correct.