GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national
and international highlights from late-breaking news, up-coming events and the
stories that will be talked about Saturday:
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1.
2015: FACTORS THAT WILL GUIDE MY DECISION — JONATHAN
President
Goodluck Jonathan yesterday assured that his decision to run for second term
will be guided by national harmony, cohesion, unity, security, political
stability, progress, equity, justice and fairness.
In
an Eid-El-Kabir message to Nigerians he personally signed yesterday, the
President said he would place national interest above any personal ambition or
sectional agenda.
He
challenged other politicians to do the same as they prepare for the 2015
general elections.
Felicitating
with men and women of the Islamic faith as they celebrate this year’s
Eid-El-Kabir, he also urged them to pray for peaceful and successful conduct of
the 2015 general elections.
He
said: “With this week’s issuance of a formal notice of the impending general
elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), another
national campaign season is now truly upon us and I urge all political leaders
in the country to place the overriding interest of the well-being and progress
of our fatherland above all other considerations in the coming campaigns and
elections.
“I
thank the many individuals, stakeholders, groups, associations,
non-governmental organizations, unions and political leaders from across the
country who have, in recognition and appreciation of our efforts and commitment
to repositioning our dear nation for more rapid growth and development, urged
me to seek a second term in office.
“In
deciding on an appropriate response to such calls, I will place the greater
inter ests of national harmony, cohesion, unity, security, political stability,
progress, equity, justice and fairness above any personal ambition or sectional
agenda.
“I
urge all other political leaders in the country to do the same. Let us all rise
above unedifying, unpatriotic and selfish personal interests and divisive
sectional agenda in the coming national elections.
“Let
us also commit ourselves more to the sustenance of democracy and political
stability which are essential prerequisites for the advancement of good
governance, inclusive economic growth and rapid development.”
On
the 2014 Eid-El-Kabir celebration, he said: “I greet and felicitate with all
our countrymen and women of the Islamic faith as we celebrate this year’s
Eid-El-Kabir. I also congratulate all believers who have successfully
undertaken the Hajj this year as enjoined by Prophet Mohammed (may peace be
upon Him). As they conclude the rites of the Hajj and prepare to return home,
let us all join them in offering special prayers for greater security, peace,
unity and progress in our dear country”
2.
BOKO HARAM BEHEADS PILOT OF MISSING PLANE
A
new footage released by the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram and obtained by AP,
showed the beheading of a man believed to be one of the pilots of the Nigerian
Air Force jet which went missing and later crashed earlier on September 11
after it left Yola, capital of Adamawa State, for a bombing campaign against
the militants.
The
video shows a man decked in a camouflage vest kneeling while an axe-wielding
fighter stands menacingly next to him before eventually chopping off his head.
Moments before the gruesome execution, the victim who spoke in English and
identified himself as a wing commander in the Nigerian Air Force, revealed that
they were undertaking a mission in the Kauri area of Borno State on September
11 when the plane suddenly crashed to the ground.
“We
were shot down and our aircraft crashed. To this day I don’t know the
whereabouts of my second pilot,” he said.
Abubakar
Shekau, leader of the group who military forces claimed to have killed first in
2009, later 2013 and recently a few days ago, was also seen in the latest
video, according to the AP, said the sect had downed about 10 military aircraft
so far – a position the Nigerian soldiers openly disagreed with.
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Hazardous
material cleaners prepare to hang black plastic outside the apartment in Dallas,
Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient stayed.
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3.
HOME WHERE EBOLA PATIENT STAYED DECONTAMINATED, FAMILY MOVED; NUMBER BEING
MONITORED FALLS
After
days of scrutiny about their treatment, a family that was living in the Texas
apartment where an Ebola patient was staying when he got sick was moved to a
private residence in a gated community.
Meanwhile,
a hazardous-materials crew on Friday decontaminated the apartment, and
public-health officials cut by half the number of people being monitored for
any symptoms of the deadly disease.
Hours
later, the family was moved to the private residence that was offered by a
volunteer.
The
decontamination team was to collect bed sheets, towels and a mattress used by
the infected man before he was hospitalized, as well as a suitcase and other
personal items belonging to Thomas Eric Duncan, officials said.
The
materials were sealed in industrial barrels that were to be stored in trucks
until they can be hauled away for permanent disposal.
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Thomas
Eric Duncan, identified by a former employer and seen in this undated Facebook
photo, is the first Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the United States. Credit:
Thomas Eric Duncan/Facebook
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