Philippines to quarantine 112 peacekeepers returning from Liberia

No fewer than 100 soldiers returning to the Philippines from a peacekeeping mission in Liberia will be quarantined on a secluded island, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.

Lt.-Col Harold Cabunoc disclosed to newsmen in Manila.

Seplat Seeks to Acquire Nigerian Gas Assets as Prices Climb 67%

Seplat Petroleum Development Co. (SEPL), a Nigerian oil producer that raised about $500 million in a share sale this year, is looking to buy natural-gas assets to take advantage of higher prices in Africa’s biggest economy.

“Two things are driving the gas-commercialization business: the gas price and increasing demand,” Chairman Bryant Orjiako said in an interview yesterday in Cape Town. “Another thing that we’re doing is to find any available source of gas.”

Nasir El- rufai joins Kaduna gov race

The long expected declaration of the former Minister of  FCT Mallam EL-Rufai took place Monday in Kaduna with many APC stalwarts in attendance including General Muhammadu Buhari.

Mallam El-Rufai who said he had consulted widely with people; with traditional rulers, respected elders and public officials that can speak out as well as ordinary people who have no voice but rely on someone to speak for them, reassured the people that he would move the state from where people live in mutual suspicion, where few people feel safe or secure and where nothing gets done.

Crisis: Mahama leads delegation to Burkina Faso

Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government and President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, will, on Wednesday November 5, 2014, lead two other Heads of State in the region to Burkina Faso in the efforts at engaging all the stakeholders to restore legitimate transitional government.

Already, a joint mission of the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and ECOWAS had visited Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, between October 31 and November 1, 2014, towards finding a lasting peace in the country.

Mahama, in a statement on Monday in Abuja by the President of ECOWAS Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, reiterated ECOWAS’ preparedness to cooperate with the people of Burkina Faso to proffer sustainable solution to the current political impasse and pave way for conduct of free and credible elections.

Aregbesola seeks approval to access N2bn CBN loan

The Oshun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has sought for the approval of the State House of Assembly to access N2bn from the Central Bank of Nigeria Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund.

The  governor in a letter dated Oct. 23 and read by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr  Najeem Salaam, at the plenary on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the loan was meant to create employment, wealth and facilitate economic development of the state.

NAPTIP arrests 274 human traffickers

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters says it has arrested 274 traffickers between January and June across the nation.

Mr Orakwue Arinze, the Spokesperson of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

Giving a breakdown of the arrest, male accounted for 146 and female 128.

Arinze said the offences ranged from human trafficking to child exploitative labour.

He, however, said the agency was creating public awareness through the media across states of the federation, on efforts to curb the menace.

English Clubs Interested In Nigerian Youngster

Birmingham City, Leyton Orient and Charlton Athletic Among Clubs Interested In Tobi Coker

SL10.ng understands that a number of English clubs not limited to Birmingham City, Leyton Orient and Charlton Athletic are mulling over a move for Anglo-Nigerian Tobi Coker.

LET AGE NOT BE DIVISIVE ISSUE IN KENYAN LITERATURE DISCOURSE

Nigerian literary legend and Nobel Laurette for Literature Prof Wole Soyinka presents his speech at the Storymoja  Hay Festival at the Nairobi Museums yesterday. Looking on is Dr Auma Obama the festival Patron. Wole Soyinka calls for fundamentalism to defend human rights and liberties PHOTO GEORGE ORIDO

How to negotiate the weighty subject of literary theory in relation to age appears problematic to a few young people in Kenya. It seems to have boiled over following a meeting reportedly held at the University of Nairobi’s Literature Department, and further at the Sarit Centre during the Book Week Exhibition on September 27, a meeting which I attended.

Nigeria: Hold Jonathan, Others Responsible for Rot in Power Sector, Obasanjo Tells Nigerians

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed the rot in the country's power sector on on the administrations that succeeded him, including the present under the leadership of President Goodluck Jonthan.

Mr. Obasanjo, who spoke at the 'First Green Legacy Moment with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Leadership and Human Security in Africa' in Abeokuta., Ogun State, said the foundation for the little supply of electricity the country was currently enjoying was laid by his administration.

Boko Haram has taken over eight Borno LGs -Shettima

The Borno State Governor, Mr. Kashim Shettima of on Tuesday expressed worry on how Boko Haram had taken over eight out of the 27 local government areas of the state.

Shettima disclosed this while receiving members of the Federal Government Sub-committee of the Victims Supports Fund in Maiduguri.

He said that the continued attacks on communities in the state had created hardships on the people.

Shettima said, “The insurgents have taken over nearly eight LGAs in the state.

“They have taken over Gamboru-Ngala, Kala-Balge, Marte, Dikwa, Gwoza, Bama, Askira-Uba and part of Konduga local government areas.

“The insurgents have also carried out recent attacks in Abadam, Kukawa.”

Shettima, however, expressed optimism that the insurgency would end in a short while, saying “I strongly believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

“We are going to bounce back very soon by the grace of God.”

Speaking earlier, retired Air Marshal Jonah Wuyep, the sub-committee chairman on data collection, had commended the governor for his supports to insurgency victims.

“We commend the responsible leadership of Shettima for what he has been doing in helping victims of insurgency in the state,” Wuyep said.

He said that the state alone could not be able to effectively provide help to victims of insurgency, especially with the renewed attacks on villages.

“Borno alone cannot be able to handle the problems of Internally Displaced Persons because lots of things needed to be done.

Wuyep said, “The Federal Government will step in to provide supports to the IDPs.

“The sub-committee was set up to gather data on the number of IDPs and infrastructure that were destroyed for  government to intervene.

“The president is worried about the plight of the IDPs that is why the victim support fund was inaugurated.

“Our sub-committee was set up to get the details on the ground so that government can intervene.”

He said that the sub-committee decided to visit Borno first because of the enormity of damage done by the insurgents in the state.

Source: Punchng

PDP sets up committee over Reps automatic ticket demand

The national leadership of the PDP has constituted a committee to look at issues of automatic ticket sought by members of the House of Representatives and other pending matters.

This was part of decisions reached at a meeting between the PDP leadership and members of the house in Abuja.

Undergraduates, aged, others to be getting salaries soon – Olejeme

THE Chairman, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, has stated that social security for all Nigerians should be a must.

Olejeme stated this in Ward 5, Oshimili South Local Government Area while playing host to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), maintaining that President Goodluck Jonathan has approved a workable social security scheme for all Nigerians that will soon be implemented by her office.

ECOWAS sets 2020 for use of single currency.

The Economic Community of West African States has set 2020 as deadline for the use of single currency in the region.

The Head of ECOWAS National Unit, Ghana, Mr. Bonaventure Adjavor, said this on Monday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, during a meeting of the commission on strategic planning framework for 2016-2020.

He said in spite of language difference, French, English and Portuguese, the commission would ensure a single currency note in 2020.

Ihedioha refutes allegations of malpractices in Imo PDP congress

The Governorship Campaign Organisatio of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has reacted to the allegation and media reports particularly on Hot 99.5 FM station, owned by Senator Chris Anyanwu, accusing the Deputy Speaker of disrupting the conduct of the ad hoc delegate election of the Peoples Democratic Party held on Saturday at Central School, Enyiogugu for Enyiogugu Ward, Aboh Mbaise LGA. Imo State.

Lagos governorship: PDP has no plan for consensus candidate-Ogunlewe

The former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has explained that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has no plan to adopt a consensus candidate for the governorship election in the state.

Ogunlewe, who spoke to Daily Independent on Monday in Lagos, said it is too late to think of a consensus arrangement for the governorship candidate because several of the aspirants have spent a lot of MONEY.

New deliveries for DSC Dredge

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DSC Dredge, a leading provider of customised dredging solutions, has expanded its international presence with recent orders and deliveries into Nigeria, Republic of Congo and Alberta, Canada. 

N27.5m forms: Buhari unravels

ON Thursday, October 16, 2014), the  All Progressives Congress, APC, startled decent Nigerians when its national chairman, Mr. John Odigie-Oyegun, announced that the party put the cost of its expression of interest and nomination forms at the cost of N27.5 million in order “to separate the men from the boys.” Another way of saying this is ‘to separate the wheat from the chaff!’

This statement which almost immediately reverberated across the nation through various blogs and television screens was widely reported in the papers the next day, Friday, October 17. As I write now (about 48 hours after it echoed in Abuja ), neither the APC nor its national chairman has even attempted to “clarify” the very unwholesome assertion or withdraw it in its entirety. This can only mean, therefore, that the party solidly stands by such an outrageous and unsettling statement by its topmost officer. What a sad, tragic development.

Dortmund out to stop rot with Galatasaray 

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Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp says the Bundesliga strugglers desperately need a Champions League win over Galatasaray on Tuesday to help get their season back on track.

Borussia can secure their place in the knockout phase by beating Galatasaray in Dortmund having beaten them 4-0 in Istanbul a fortnight ago.

The 2013 Champions League finalists are top of Group D having won their first three matches in style while Galatasaray are bottom of the table after two defeats and a draw.

But Klopp says Dortmund particularly need a confidence-boosting win having lost their last five German league matches, including a 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich on Saturday.

S. Africa prosecutors appeal Pistorius verdict

South African prosecutors on Tuesday filed an appeal against the sentence and conviction of star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who last month was sentenced to five years for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend.

“Today, we announce that the NPA filed the application for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence,” The National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement. “The appeal on conviction is based on the question of law.”

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Arsene Wenger says Arsenal will finish first in group or face punishment

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is optimistic about his side's form in the UEFA Champions League despite injuries and setbacks this season.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned his players that they are likely to be punished if they fail to finish in top position in their Champions League group.

Jihadists free 93 Syrian Kurdish hostages

The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has released at least 93 Syrian Kurds from the flashpoint town of Kobane who were kidnapped in February, a monitor said Tuesday.

They were among more than 160 Kurds abducted as they travelled east through Syria en route for Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The hostages were held in the jihadist stronghold of Raqa, accused of being members of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main Kurdish political party in Syria.

FG to provide HIV drugs to private hospitals – FACA

The FCT Agency for the Control of AIDS has said that  the Federal Government will provide private hospitals with HIV drugs under the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programme.

The Programme Manager, Dr Uche Okoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday that the hospital staff would also be trained on how to capture the data for comprehensive HIV and AIDS services.

“This year, we are looking at 25 per cent HIV scale up in private centres; the government will provide  HIV testing kits, drugs, registers and then train their staff on how to capture the data.”

Diamond Bank promo kicks off

One of the leading retail banks in Nigeria, Diamond Bank has launched the Season 7 of the DiamondXtra Reward Scheme where 25 winners have already emerged at the event which took place in Lagos on Friday .

DiamondXtra Account is a special savings account designed for individuals who want to build up their savings gradually. It is an interest-yielding savings account which allows the deposit of both cash and third party cheques. In addition, the account holders receive a cheque book and a debit card with which they can withdraw from their account at any Diamond Bank branch. It is a simple and straightforward savings account that comes with a low minimum opening amount of N5,000 with the opportunity to win fantastic prizes.

Glo recruits over 2000 agents for mobile money

Major telecoms service provider, Globacom, has rounded off  Town Hall trainings for prospective Glo Xchange agents with sessions in Sokoto, Katsina, Ekiti and Ebonyi States, bringing the total number of agents recruited nationwide to over two thousand.

The last batch of training sessions held over the weekend were attended by enthusiastic prospective agents who thronged the various sessions for capacity building lectures on how to function as Glo Xchange mobile MONEY agents as well as mode of operation and how the agents can start the business in their locality.

A cross section of participants commended the Glo Xchange network designed to bring mobile MONEY services to the end users, especially unbanked Nigerians, describing it as a veritable platform to tackle unemployment.

Akuruli joins race for Delta Assembly seat

PROMINENT politician, Lucky Akuruli, has collected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination form for Delta State House of Assembly contest for the Warri South Constituency II in 2015.

Prince Goodwill Obelikpeyah, Personal Assistant to Akuruli, who made the disclosure to newsmen at the campaign office of his principal in Warri on Monday, also disclosed that the contestant would submit the completed nomination forms soonest..

NSE market capitalisation drops by N68b

•BUA backs  cement  price  cut  to N1,000 

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened on Monday on a bearish trend with the market capitalisation dropping by N68 billion following losses by blue chip companies.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation lost N68 billion or 0.55 per cent to close at N12.368 trillion against N12.436 trillion achieved on Friday.

Also, the All-Share Index lost 206.39 basis points or 0.55 per cent to close lower at 37,343.85 compared with 37,550.24 recorded on Friday.

Respect dynamics of Lagos, APC tells visiting public officials

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as needless and an unnecessary imposition of hardship on Lagosians by the practice of closing vital roads and critical arteries of the state, just because a public official is visiting the state.

The party issued this in view of the traumatic experiences Lagosians experienced last Friday when the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, visited the state for the purpose of delivering a lecture at the Island Club.

APC govs, Buhari, Tambuwal boycott council of state meeting

All state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday boycotted a meeting of the Council of State convened by President Goodluck Jonathan.

None of them was also represented.

As of the time the meeting started at 11.30am inside the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, only Peoples Democratic Party governors were in attendance.

Also conspicuously absent at the meeting were a former Head of State and presidential aspirant of the APC, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); and the embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal.

Boko Haram eyed in prison break

KANO, Nigeria: A suicide bombing at a Shiite ceremony killed at least 15 people in northeastern Nigeria on late Monday (Tuesday in Manila) while 132 inmates were at large after a daring prison break.

The attack in Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe state, targeted Shia Muslims marking Ashura, the anniversary of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

The prison break saw gunmen use dynamite to blast into the facility in central Kogi state late on Sunday, more than two years after Boko Haram launched an attack at the same site.

Behind the Mask of Altruism: Monsanto and The Gates Foundation in Africa

Since 2006, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to the tune of almost $420 million. Activists from Zimbabwe,Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Ethiopia recently attended the US-Africa Food Sovereignty Strategy Summit in Seattle to argue that the Foundation’s strategy for agriculture in Africa is a flawed attempt to impose industrial agriculture at the expense of more ecologically sound approaches.

Why l want to become Delta Gov, by Emetulu

AFTER months of speculation, the immediate past Commissioner for Energy, Delta State, Charles Emetulu, has indicated interest to run for the 2015 governorship race in the state under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Emetulu submitted his governorship nomination forms at the PDP national secretariat, Wadata House, Abuja, last weekend thus increasing the number of gubernatorial hopeful in the Delta State.

NASS members hold parallel PDP ward congress in Bayelsa

Facts emerged on Monday that protests and disagreements marred last Saturday’s ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in some local government areas of President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa.

It was gathered that serving members of the Senate and the House of Representatives from the state disagreed vehemently with the state government over its insistence that they would not return to the green and red chambers in the 2015 elections.

Impeccable party sources revealed that they held parallel congresses in their wards to counter the state government’s move to deny them return tickets to their seats.

Consumer complaints: Consumers demand action from relevant agencies

Amidst the recent upcoming legal battle between Coca Cola and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), arising from non -compliance to rules and regulations guiding its operations, a cross section of Nigerians  are demanding that some other major regulatory bodies, which  responsibilities require attending to consumer’s complaints,  wake up to their responsibilities, In this report, Olamide Bakare aggregates the views of many consumers  on the diverse areas of concern.

Nigeria: Boko Haram Cuts Hands Off Civilians for not Following Sharia Law

Witnesses have said Boko Haram members cut off the hands of at least 10 people who did not follow sharia law implemented in the recently occupied town of Mubi

Members of Nigerian terror group Boko Haram have cut off the hands of at least 10 people in the town of Mubi, Adamawa state, for not following it's interpretation of Islam's rules, according to the country's most widely read newspaper, The Punch.

Court Grants Nnamani Permission to Travel Abroad for Checkup

 former Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted leave to the former Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, to travel overseas for medical check up.
Nnamani is standing trial alongside seven others, on 105-count charge bordering on MONEYlaundering.

The other accused are: Sunday Anyaogu, Rainbownet (Nig) Ltd, Hillgate (Nig) Ltd, Cosmos Fm, Capital City Automobile (Nig) Ltd, Renaissance University Teaching Hospital and Mea Mater Elizabeth High School.

Borno to Reopen Public Schools on Nov 17

Gov. Shettima Kashim of Borno State

The Borno State Government said on Monday that it would reopen all public schools on November 17.

The schools were closed down early in the year due to security concern.
The schools according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) were shut on March 14, after deadly attacks by the Boko Haram on schools in neighbouring Yobe State.
The chairman of the 19-man committee on the resuscitation of primary school education in the state, Dr. Mohammed Dongel, told NAN in Maiduguri that measures to safeguard the schools had been adopted.

Obasanjo Receives National ID Card

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

•    Says it's more advanced than card available in 1979, 2003

Sheriff Balogun in Abeokuta

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday received the new National Identity Card from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), acknowledging that the it was more advanced than what they had in 1979 and 2003.

Obasanjo, who spoke while receiving the identity card in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said the ID card was the third one ever received in his life, praying that it would be the last.

My focus is on Congo, S’Africa – Keshi

Recalled Super Eagles Head coach, Stephen Keshi, focus is on the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Congo away and South Africa in Uyo, even as he commences preparation for the international friendly against Ghana in Uyo on Saturday.

Super Eagles, which  places third in group A with four points, needs to win its remaining two matches to be guaranteed a spot at the finals of the Africa Ci[p of Nations holding in Morocco next January.

Minister: Why FG Encourages Private Participation in Education

Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau

Sheriff Balogun in Abeokuta

The Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday said the federal government would  continue to encourage private sector participation in the delivery of education at all levels because the idea is aimed at encouraging access to quality education.

Speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital yesterday during the 60th National Council on Education Meeting (NCE), the minister said the desire of any nation was to provide universal access to quality education that would enable individuals to attain full personal potential and productive capacity in the society.

Lamido Inaugurates JSU Governing Council

Governor Sule Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has inaugurated the 10-man Governing Council of the Jigawa State University (JSU), Kafin Hausa in Dutse.

It has Professor Abubakar Rasheed as Chairman and Dr M.D. Nasir as Secretary while other members include the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Lawan Sani Taura, Professor Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, Dr. Abdulhamid Isa Dutse, Alhaji Aliyu Sambo, Professor Rukayyatu Ahmed Rufai,  Dr. Ummu Abdulwahid,  Permanent Secretary, Education, Mallam Abdullahi Hudu  and  that of Finance, Hajiya Habiba Isa Duste as ex-officio respectively

In his remarks, Lamido charged the pioneer governing council to work hard and justify the conference reposed on them.

The governor, who reflected on the importance of education to the overall development of humanity, said his administration embarked on the project of setting off own university based on the need of the state on critical sectors of its economy.

Aderiye's Murder: Court Remands RTEAN Boss, Three Others in Prison

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Olakiitan Victor  in Ado Ekiti

Following the alleged complicity in the murder of the late Chairman of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ekiti State chapter,  Mr. Omolafe Aderiye, the  Chairman, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Adebayo Aderiye,  was on Monday remanded in prison custody alongside three other members of the association .

The presiding Magistrate, Adesoji Adegboye, ordered that the four be remanded in custody till the legal advice of the ministry is given to the prosecutors.

Suicide Bomber Kills 32 in Northeast Nigeria

A suicide bomber killed himself and 32 civilians when he detonated explosives on the edge of a religious procession by the moderate Muslim Brotherhood in northeast Nigeria, a hospital official and witnesses have said.

The official said 119 people were wounded in the explosion yesterday. He quoted hospital records in Potiskum, capital of Yobe state, and spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to give information to reporters.

In a separate development, gunmen attacked a prison in central Kogi state and freed 145 inmates, prison chief Omale Adams said.

He said one inmate died in Sunday night's attack and 12 escapees were recaptured by late yesterday.

The prison break took place in a central part of the country that sporadically has been attacked by the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group, though authorities would not say that the insurgents were the prime suspects.

Adesina: How FG Ended 40 Years, N800bn Fertilizer Scam in 90 Days

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina

•   Agric sector yields $5.6bn growth in three years

Crusoe Osagie

The federal government on Monday explained how it managed to end the widespread fertiliser scam which had plagued the nation's agriculture sector for four decades in just three months, redirecting farming subsidies back to the actual farmers after 40 years of corruption that became institutionalised in the sector.

It also announced that in the past three years, not less that $5.6 billion of added investment had flowed into the nation's agriculture  sector, with food output rising by 21 million metric tonnes, food import cost dropping from N1.1 trillion to N635 billion and three million farming jobs created.

FG Puts Nigeria's Coal Deposit at 2.8 Billion Metric Tonnes

Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo

Chineme Okafor in Abuja

The federal government on Monday said Nigeria had about 2.8 billion metric tonnes of coal deposits left untapped for years now.

The government also stated that the use of these coal deposits, amongst other renewable energy sources to generate electricity for Nigeria could alleviate instances of vandalism of petroleum pipelines.

The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said in a statement from the ministry in Abuja that the country's abundant coal, biomass, solar, wind and small hydro could provide possible insurance to deal with vandalism of pipelines.

Nebo said while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Atlas Petroleum Corporation for a coal-to-power plant that Nigeria needs to harness all its potentials in developing her power sector.

Ebola Cannot Stunt Tourism Growth in Africa'

Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Sally Mbanefo

•   WTM portfolio worth £4bn

Omolola Itayemi in London

Despite the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in some parts of Africa, experts  at the World Travel Market (WTM) 2011 have  expressed hope in the future of tourism and travel business on the continent, saying Ebola will not affect the growth of travel and tourism.

The Head, Travel and Tourism Research, Euromonitor International, Caroline Bremner, who spoke on Monday at this year's  WTM  holding in Excel Centre, London, said despite the numerous challenges, the continent had recorded a three per cent increase in the influx of tourists into Africa.