Day: July 29, 2020

Gov. Sanwo-Olu Asks Lagosian To ‘Calm Down’ As They Approach Eid-Al-Adha; In The Words Of A Young Boy In Viral Video

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The Executive Governor of Lagos State, H.E Babajide Sanwo-Olu while admonishing muslims in Lagos to keep safe as they prepare for the upcoming muslim festival borrowed the words of a erring young boy in a viral video who pleaded with his mum to calm down while he was about to be punished. This was released in a statement on the Governor’s social media platforms on Wednesday. See full details below; “I saw a video of a charming young boy online asking his mom to ‘calm down’ as she was set…

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Yemen Conflict: Southern Separatists Give Up On Self-Rule

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-Doyinsola Johnson A BRUTAL civil war is going on in Yemen hass claimed more than 16,000 lives while 13 million people are left on the brink of starvation. The conflict has been dubbed a proxy war among competing powers in the Middle East as a Saudi-led coalition battles rebels backed by Iran. After months of tension that often resulted in armed conflict, Yemen’s southern separatists have announced they will abandon their aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal with the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Saudi Arabia’s state news…

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The House Of Reps Discovered A Loan Agreement Concedes Nigeria’s Sovereignty To China

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The members of Nigerian House of Representatives have discovered that clauses in a loan agreement by the Nigerian Government from China concedes the country’s sovereignty to China. Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocol and Agreements, Ossai Nicholas Ossai, raised the alarm while probing loans received by the government. The committee noted that the clauses in Article 8(1) of the commercial loan agreement signed between Nigeria and Export-Import Bank of China allegedly concedes sovereignty of Nigeria to China in the $400m loan for the Nigeria National Information and Communication…

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More Than 20 Million Nigerians Suffer From Hepatitis B & C

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The Minister for Health, Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said, about 20 million Nigerian are chronically infected with hepatitis B and C. Mr Ehanire stated this while speaking at the World Health Organisation (WHO) virtual high-level commemoration of World Hepatitis Day. He emphasized that viral hepatitis B and C is endemic in the country. “In 2018, Nigeria conducted a National AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey which showed a prevalence of 8.1 per cent for Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and 1.1 per cent for Hepatitis C (HCV). “We can estimate that about…

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Nigerian Doctors Fault US Dr. Stella Immanuel’s Unsubstantiated COVID-19 Cure

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The guild of medical directors, a group of private hospital owners in Nigeria, said the claim by a Cameroon-born, Nigeria / U.S. trained doctor, Stella Immanuel, that COVID-19 has a cure is unproven. Ms Immanuel, is a pediatrician in Texas, United States. She had made claims in a video which later became viral that the combination of hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and the antibiotic Zithromax was a “cure” for the COVID-19 and that “you don’t need to wear a mask.” Flanked in front of the U.S. Supreme Court by seven other doctors,…

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World Bank Grants $500 million Credit For Nigerian girls’ Education

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The World Bank Board of Directors has granted $500 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE). The goal of the project is to improve secondary education opportunities among girls in targeted areas. In a statement released on Tuesday, the bank said adolescent girls face many constraints in accessing and completing secondary education. “In northern Nigeria, the lack of secondary schools is significantly greater with up to ten primary schools for every secondary school. The poor condition of infrastructure and…

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