PDP Governorship candidate Jimi Agbaje Attacked in Mushin

                                                                                               Jimi Agbaje

Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic party’s Governorship aspirant was attacked yesterday during a shoot out in Mushin area of Lagos.

The Sun reports that the unfortunate incident happened during the politicians visit to some  local councils in theOlomowewe area of  Mushin in Lagos, while trying to campaign for votes in the 2015 coming election .

The happenstance which luckily saw the politician unhurt, saw one of his supporters hospitalized due to gun shot attack. The hospitalized supporter was said to have lost so much blood before he was taken to the hospital for proper health care.

Enugu Confirms New Deputy Governor

                                                                                                Ralph Nwoye

A clergy cum politician, Ralph Nwoye has been confirmed by the Enugu State House of Assembly as the new deputy governor of the state.

According to Premium Times Report, Mr Nwoye’s name was forwarded to the Assembly on Wednesday, August 27, after the former deputy governor, Sunday Onyebuchi was impeached by the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday for allegedly raising chickens behind his official quarters and misconduct.

Though very little is known about Nwoye’s political history, he is said to be a former caretaker local government chairman in the state.

It was also learnt that he is a pastor at the Christ Ascension Church in Enugu.

Cameroon stops Boko Haram militants at border

Yaounde - Cameroon's army has killed 27 members of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram near a northern town, state radio said on Wednesday, in a sign of the growing cross-border threat the militants pose.

The Boko Haram fighters crossed the border into Cameroon earlier this week, after attacking a military base and police station in Nigeria and apparently sending some 480 Nigerian troops retreating across the frontier.

"Cameroon soldiers have killed 27 Boko Haram elements during an attack in a locality near Fotokol in the far north," state radio CRTV said, adding that the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday. There was no word on any Cameroonian casualties.

Libya ministers resign over militia fighting

Cairo - The official Libyan news agency says six ministers have resigned after accusing the government of taking sides in escalating battles among rival militias.

LANA, quoting TV network al-Nabaa, on Wednesday said the ministers of industry, labour, planning, education and water resources, and the state minister for the affairs of the wounded, have submitted their resignation.

3rd doctor dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone

Freetown - A senior adviser to Sierra Leone's president says a third doctor has died from Ebola, marking a setback in the country's fight against the virulent disease.

Presidential adviser Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said on Wednesday that Dr Sahr Rogers had been working in a clinic in the eastern town of Kenema when he contracted the virus.