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Beating Breast Cancer; Nigerian Women Share Experiences

Beating Breast Cancer; Nigerian Women Share Experiences

October 13, 2019 4:08 am

As today marks the No Bra Day in commemoration of breast cancer awareness, three amazing Nigerian women have shared with us their fight with breast cancer.

Mrs. Kehinde Gbelee, Mrs. Ebunola Anozie and Ms. Della Ogunleye are the three most unlikely women to sit in the same room. Mrs. Kehinde is a bespectacled academic, cool, collected and cerebral she self corrects like an iPhone as she speaks, her length sentences peppered with “rather than”s and “perhaps.”

Mrs. Anozie is classically beautiful and eerily quiet, her eyes sweeping along the room like an analyst saving everything and saying nothing, her hard-won …

Why I left Nigeria For Two Months – Aisha Buhari

Why I left Nigeria For Two Months – First Lady Aisha

October 13, 2019 3:50 am

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President has denied there was any rancour between her and President Muhammadu Buhari, which forced her to stay away from the country for an unusually extended period.

Mrs. Aisha told the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority shortly after she returned to Abuja around 5 am on Sunday morning that she was in the United Kingdom to be with her children.

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She said she also saw her doctors while she was there, adding that she has always travelled out for vacation for six weeks every year. …

Jude Idada: Winner Of 2019 Nigeria Prize For Literature

Jude Idada: Winner Of 2019 Nigeria Prize For Literature

October 13, 2019 3:10 am

For Jude Idada, luck finally shone on him on Friday as he was named the 2019 winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, for the cycle on Children’s Literature.

Idada’s Boom Boom edged out Mysteries at Ebenezer’s Lodge by Dunni Olatunde and The Great Walls of Benin by O.T. Begho to clinch the prize. The book had competed against 173 books submitted for the competition in March 2019.

The announcement was made at NLNG’s 20-30 Anniversary Ball and Award Night in Abuja by Professor Emeritus Ayo Banjo, Chairman of the Advisory Board. The event …

Border Closure Exposes Nigeria’s Flaw In Rice Production

Border Closure Exposes Nigeria’s Flaw In Rice Production

October 12, 2019 6:23 pm

A Pan-Africa non-governmental organisation (NGO), Feed Africa Advocacy Network (FAAN) has declared that the recent border closure by the federal government which has triggered an astronomical increase in the prices of some food like rice has exposed the reality that Nigeria is far from meeting domestic needs.

The closure has led to a sharp increase in the prices of some major foods, including rice, questioning official claim that the country is self-sufficient in rice production.
A 50-kilogram bag of local UMZA rice goes for about ₦19,500 against ₦14,000-₦15,000 before the border closure while another local brand, Big Bull sells for …

Japan Hit By Typhoon Hagibis,The Biggest Storm In Decades

Japan Hit By Typhoon Hagibis,The Biggest Storm In Decades

October 12, 2019 3:45 pm

Torrential rain and tornado-like winds are lashing large parts of Japan, as the country endures what could be its worst storm for 60 years.

The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall shortly before 19:00 local time (10:00 GMT), in Izu Peninsula, south-west of Tokyo.

It is now moving up the eastern coast of Japan’s main island, with wind speeds of 225km/h (140mph).

More than 270,000 homes have lost power, Japanese outlet NHK reports.

Two people are said to have died, one a man whose vehicle flipped over in high winds in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. The second was washed …

Health And Medicinal Benefits Of Consuming Palm Wine

Health And Medicinal Benefits Of Consuming Palm Wine

October 12, 2019 1:45 pm

Palm wine is a local alcoholic drink which is very common in Africa. Most people take alcohol for its intoxicating effect, however, this drink is highly medicinal. Below are some health importance of palm wine:

Eye vision

Palm wine is a good source of Vitamins C and B which are very good for the eye. While vitamin C helps in building the connective tissues of the body and the blood vessels of the eye preventing related eye problems like cataracts, macular degeneration, etc.  Vitamin B1 and B12 help in solving vascular-related issues that concern the retina which could result in …

North May Keep Presidency For 100 Years - Prof Abdullahi

North May Keep Presidency For 100 Years – Prof Abdullahi

October 12, 2019 1:32 pm

The Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi has warned that the North will only support candidates from the region in the race for 2023 presidency. He condemned outspoken Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo for blaming Hausa/Fulani as being responsible for Nigeria’s problems saying it is an illusion to create a new Nigeria without the Hausa/Fulani. He emphasized that zoning or power shift, which many southern leaders are agitating for is unconstitutional and would not be supported by the North. He spoke further on these and more in this interview by ABDULLAHI HASSAN in Zaria.

Northern elders have …

Nnamdi Kanu Lambastes Buhari For Congratulating Ahmed

Nnamdi Kanu Lambastes Buhari For Congratulating Ahmed

October 12, 2019 8:39 am

The supreme leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has taken to his social media handles to lambaste the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari over the congratulatory message he sent to the Ethiopian prime minister, Ahmed Abiy.

President Buhari, who sent his regards to the Prime Minister via twitter, expressed his felicitations to the Ethiopian Prime Minister for winning the 2019 Nobel Peace prize.

According to him, “The award is an honour well deserved, especially in commemoration of your remarkable efforts towards ending the 20 years conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia”.

Mazi Kanu, however, faulted Buhari …

All African Nations Suffer Corruption - Yemi Osinbajo

All African Nations Suffer Corruption – Yemi Osinbajo

October 12, 2019 8:01 am

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that only a few countries in the world can claim to have a low level of corruption, but that none is in Africa.

Osinbajo spoke yesterday in Abuja at the launch of the FLAG’IT App by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation.

Represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Rule of Law, Office of the Vice President, Fatima Waziri-Azi, the vice president explained, “The 2019 Global Corruption Barometer on African citizens’ views and experiences of corruption highlights that while most of the people surveyed in 35 countries felt that corruption had increased in their …

Suspension: APC Stuck Over Amosun, Okorocha, Others

Suspension: APC Stuck Over Amosun, Okorocha, Others

October 12, 2019 4:04 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) seems to be in a fix over the membership status of the immediate past governors of Ogun and Imo states, Ibikunle Amosun and Owelle Rochas Okorocha respectively and two others, seven months after their suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC).

The national leadership of the party, had on March 1, few days after President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner of the 2019 presidential election, clamped an indefinite suspension on the elected and appointed officers of the party, leveling allegations of anti-party activities against them.

The NWC had while announcing the suspension order, disclosed further …

US Deploys Troops To Saudi Arabia Over Threat By Iran

US Deploys Troops To Saudi Arabia Over Threat By Iran

October 11, 2019 4:37 pm

The Pentagon announced Friday it was bolstering US forces in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh asked for reinforcements following the September 14 drone-and-missile attack on Saudi oil plants which Washington blames on Iran.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that two fighter squadrons and additional missile defense batteries were being sent to Saudi Arabia, for a total of about 3,000 new troops from September this year.

The move comes as tensions jumped Friday after Tehran said that suspected missiles had struck an Iranian tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Tehran did not blame arch-rival Riyadh for …

Official Cargo Plane With Eight Aboard Missing In DR Congo

Official Cargo Plane With Eight Aboard Missing In DR Congo

October 11, 2019 2:53 pm

A cargo plane providing logistical assistance for a trip to Presiden Felix Tshisekedi went missing on Friday according to reports by DR Congo Civil Aviation Authority. The report said air traffic controllers lost contact with the Antonov 72 on Thursday, 59 minutes after it took off from the eastern city of Goma.

It said air traffic controllers lost contact with the Antonov 72 on Thursday, 59 minutes after it took off from the eastern city of Goma. The plane, carrying four crew and four civilian and military passengers, was “providing logistics” for the president, the authority’s director-general, Jean Mpunga, …

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