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                    The head of Guinea's Ebola mission has said the government has started paying compensation to the families of health workers who have died of the virus. Eight families have already been paid the $10,000 (£6,200) lump sum, Dr Saccoba Keita told the BBC. The families of 42 victims, including doctors, nurses, drivers and porters, had been identified to receive compensation, he said. The outbreak began in Guinea and so far has killed more than 900 people there. According to the latest report from the World Health Organization (WHO) , transmission of the virus in Guinea "remains intense". In total more than 4,800 people have died of Ebola, mainly in Guinea and the neighbouring countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In a separate incident, at least five people were killed in a bomb blast at a bus station in a town in the northern state of Bauchi. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Hostage swaps News of the new abductions came as MPs approved a $1bn (£623m) loan - requested by the president in July - to upgrade military equipment and train more units fighting the north-eastern insurgency. But they asked the finance minister to give the chamber more details about how the external borrowing would be sourced. Security already costs the country close to $6bn, roughly a quarter of the federal budget. Continue...

                         A manhunt is underway for a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from a Baltimore detention center and even the suspect's mother wants him back in prison. Rodriquez Purnell, 30, remains on the loose after he was accidentally allowed to walk free from Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center on Friday.  abcnews  reports. Continue...

                           The much anticipated AY’s All-Star Cast and BON Award winning Comedy Movie of the Year "30 Days in Atlanta" is finally set premiere at Silverbird Cinemas with a release to other Cinemas across the nation on Friday October 31, 2014. "30 Days in Atlanta" is an adventurous love story – spiced. The much anticipated AY’s All-Star Cast and BON Award winning Comedy Movie of the Year “30 Days in Atlanta” is finally set premiere at Silverbird Cinemas with a release to other Cinemas across the nation on Friday October 31, 2014. Continue...

    Ghanaian artist Fuse ODG last night emerged as the winner of the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards in the ‘Best African Act’ category, beating other African artistes Afrikan Boy, Davido, DJ Clock, Dr Sid, Mafikozolo, Mista Silva, Tiwa Savage, Wiz Kid and Yemi Alade. Continue...

                    This morning the MAVIN big Boss posted a picture of himself and his instrumentalists while preparing to open a show few years back for Muma Gee, whom they were working for. So many artistes wouldn’t have ever done this, instead they pretend and act like they have never met or worked for that person before. Don Jazzy is always known to say the truth and always like to share his past experience with everyone on social media....... This pics really advice's the youth out their to never give up on yourself !!.

                    Mr. Segun Adepegba, the father of the three children abandoned in a boarding school for eight years in Abule-Iroko in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Mr Segun Adepegba, on Wednesday, reached out to  Punch Metro Reports. Continue...

                       First a soldier guarding a hallowed war memorial was gunned down in Canada's capital. Then shots erupted in the halls of the country's Parliament minutes later. Continue...