The Nation August 13, 2014

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Amosun cuts school fees by 61%

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•All students to pay same rate

News Aregbesola advises security agents P8 Sports Keshi returns to Eagles on Fri. P24 Business U.S. cash for power sector coming P53

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Ebola: Panic in Turkey as Nigerian passenger falls ill Jonathan seeks joint action

North rejects draft constitution

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HE Ebola scare got wider yesterday, with Turkey putting a Nigerian under watch and President Goodluck Jonathan calling for concerted efforts against the deadly disease . The Nigerian, who arrived in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday, created panic when she fell ill aboard a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Lagos to Istanbul. The authorities immediately took measures against a possible case of the Ebola virus. The 32-year-old woman reportedly had fever and vomited during the flight before the pilot demanded paramedics’ attention. Paramedics working under the General Directorate of Health for Borders and Coasts delivered the first treatment to the woman on the plane. She and her three-year-old son were later taken to the hospital for further examination. The Turkish health ministry, in a statement, said officials were keeping a close watch on the woman as a precautionary measure. “It is not possible to say the patient in question has the Ebola virus, but we are carefully evaluating even the smallest symptoms because she came from Nigeria,” the ministry said. The spokesman of Turkish Airlines, Ali Genç, also confirmed the incident via his Twitter account. “The plane has been disinfected as a precautionary measure,” Genç stated. The virus is spread by direct contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person. Ebola cannot be spread like the flu through

•18 new states proposed From Onyedi Ojiabor and Dele Anofi, Abuja

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ELEGATES of the North rejected yesterday the draft constitution included in the documents presented to them by the leadership of the National Conference. They said after a meeting in Abuja that the draft constitution was meant to legitimise what they described as President Goodluck Jonathan’s third term agenda. While calling on political stakeholders to join in reContinued on page 4

2015: Jonathan spurns ultimatum From Yusuf Alli, Gbade Ogunwale and Augustine Ehikioya Abuja

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•Spanish priest dies of Ebola virus •Rwanda wants CAF’s WHERE ARE advice on Nigeria THE CHIBOK •Liberia uses ZMapp GIRLS KIDNAPPED to treat doctors

•The passenger being transferred to a nearby hospital via ambulance after her arrival at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport, PHOTO: AFP Turkey...yesterday.

HE Presidency joined issues yesterday with the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), which gave President Goodluck Jonathan an October deadline to rescue the over 200 Chibok school girls or forfeit his 2015 re-election bid. The NEF demanded also an end to Boko Haram’s insurgency. The over 200 Chibok school girls were abducted Continued on page 4

•SPORTS P23 •MONEY P26 •INVESTORS P28 •POLITICS P45 •LIFE P49 •FOREIGN P58


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