Lagdo Dam disaster camps record five births, 57 pregnant IDPs
Five women have so far delivered babies successfully while 57 pregnant women have so been registered in Internally Displaced People camps in Adamawa State. The camps were set up for persons displaced...
View ArticleACN criticises $40m security fee for ex-militants
The Action Congress of Nigeria on Thursday described as “illegal, unconstitutional and indefensible” the $40 million annual fee paid to ex- militants to guard pipelines in the Niger Delta. In a...
View ArticleFalconets beat Mexico to advance to semi-finals
Nigeria’s U-20 women team the Falconets on Thursday beat Mexico 1-0 on Desire Oparanozie’s extra time goal to advance to the semi-finals of the women’s Under-20 World Cup holding in Japan. Nigeria...
View ArticleChinese man escapes death after mailing self to girlfriend
A Chinese man’s grand romantic gesture almost turned deadly when he mailed himself to his girlfriend in a sealed box – and got lost in the post. According to Orange News, Hu Seng, from Chongqing city,...
View ArticleHundreds of Nigerian students face deportation from UK
Hundreds of Nigerian students in London face deportation as London Metropolitan University has had their right to admit foreign students revoked. Many of the international students speak of their...
View ArticleJonathan pleads with Nigerians for patience
Amid a barrage of criticisms for perceived mis-steps and inaction by his administration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged Nigerians to give him more time to deliver on his promises....
View ArticleAll set for London 2012 Paralympic Games
All is set for the London 2012 Paralympic Games as the relay torch ran its final course to the Olympic Park on Wednesday. The Games will run from August 29 to September 9, 2012. The torch began running...
View ArticleSambo travels to Iran for Non-Aligned Movement summit
Vice President Namadi Sambo arrived in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday night for the 16 th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Malam Umar...
View ArticleParalympics: Nigeria wins powerlifting gold medal, sets new world record
Nigeria got off to a bright start at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London on Thursday by winning a gold medal and setting a new world record. World record holder Yakubu Adesokan won the gold medal in...
View ArticleLUTH’s tuberculosis observation unit razed
A mystery fire on Thursday night razed the Direct Observation Therapy Centre for Tuberculosis of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Idi Araba, Lagos.The fire was said to have been caused by an...
View ArticleHealth firm, others retrain doctors
Authorities of the Diamond Helix Medical Assistance Ltd., a health consultancy firm, in collaboration with the India-based Apollo Hospitals Group, have inaugurated a Continuing Medical Education...
View ArticleNACA trains action groups
The authorities of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS have stressed the need for the monitoring of personnel, describing it as an essential process through which they can make informed...
View ArticleThe challenge of taking risks
There are no certainties about the future, but it doesn’t stop us trying to find them. We can end up becoming so worried about what might happen that we miss opportunities for embracing new, richer,...
View ArticleNigerians should consider General Buhari’s warning
All right thinking Nigerians should prevail on the President kitchen cabinet at Aso Rock, the National Assembly and the greedy politicians to be circumspect of the warning by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari that...
View ArticleFrench minister defends police over shooting girl’s ordeal
France’s interior minister on Friday defended gendarmes who failed to spot a four-year-old girl who hid for hours in the car in which her parents and grandmother were shot dead. Zeena al-Hilli spent...
View ArticlePolice probe family money feud in French Alps killing
Police on Friday were investigating if a family feud over money could be the motive for an execution-style killing of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps. Prosecutor Eric Maillaud said British...
View ArticleVerdict for Rwandan opponent postponed to October 19
A Rwandan court on Friday postponed until October 19 the verdict for opposition figure Victoire Ingabire, accused of bankrolling terrorism and denying the 1994 genocide. The court said it would wait...
View ArticleRetired French teacher gets 10 years for child sex
A retired French school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in prison in French Polynesia for raping four boys in a judgment hailed by prosecutors as a warning to other abusers. “This is a just sentence...
View ArticleObama’s speech, accepting his nomination as Democrat’s candidate
Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud…but don’t get any ideas, you’re still going to class tomorrow. And Joe...
View ArticleBill Clinton’s speech at Democratic Convention endorsing Obama’s candidature
We’re here to nominate a President, and I’ve got one in mind. I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the...
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