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Seplat commissions Oben cottage hospital, holds Safe Motherhood Programme
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, operators of the NPDC/Seplat JV, has commissioned the renovated Oben cottage hospital in Oben, Edo State. The company also held the 2018 edition of its annual Safe Motherhood Programme, which is in alignment with the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3) of the UN that…
Read More »Flood takes over five communities, rice mill in Benue
A rice mill and five communities in Agatu and other parts of Markurdi, Benue State were on Wednesday taken over by the rampaging flood. The Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency(BSEMA), Emmanuel Shior made the announcement Wednesday while briefing news men in Markurdi, the Benue State capital. Shior disclosed…
Read More »Shocking! Four-year-old raped by three secondary school students
Three secondary school boys are currently in a Thailand juvenile detention centre for allegedly raping a four-year-old minor in a school toilet. There are suggestions that the boys may have been armed with a knife. The school was named as Ban Thung Krat School in Bang Lamung. Speaking during a…
Read More »Bovidae fossils found after 7.5 million years
Scientists have discovered bovidae fossils estimated to be around 7.5 million years old in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Kayseri. Bovidae are the biological family of hoofed animals such as buffalos, sheep and goats. The archaeological excavations started near Cevril neighborhood after a shepherd found a fossil. Kayseri Mayor Mustafa…
Read More »Christian, sports community thrown into mourning as Rev. Moses Iloh dies at 88
General Overseer of Soul Winning Ministries, Yaba, Lagos and a former president of the Cycling Federation of Nigeria, Reverend Dr. Moses Iloh is reportedly dead. He died at the age of 88. According to family sources, the late Iloh, who until his death was known to abhor corruption and was…
Read More »Catholic priest accused of child sex abuse expelled
A Chilean priest under investigation under investigation in a case involving the sexual abuse of children, has been expelled by Pope Francis on Saturday. Local media reported that the action was a result of the growing global concern about abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman Catholic Church. The Archdiocese…
Read More »Nigeria has the highest number of children without birth registration- UNICEF
Who should take the blame when a child grows up to find out that there is no legal record to his or her birth? At this point the child would have lost the right of identity, limiting access to legal and documentary evidence to certify existence, eligibility to healthcare, employment…
Read More »24 hours after: Man who climbed mast descends
LIiyasu (second right) being escorted. A man who climbed a telecommunications mast in Abuja on Wednesday in protest of the economic hardship in the country among other reasons, descended 24 hours later. As reported by Espi News on Thursday, Nura Iliyasu, 28, climbed a telecommunications mast with the approval number…
Read More »Man climbs telecommunication mast to protest poor economy
An angry Nigerian climbed a telecommunication mast in Abuja to register his displeasure on the poor state of the economy. Nurudeen Lliyasu, 28, said he is hoping to draw attention of the government to the economic state of the nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the man…
Read More »Nigerian Police officer seen with bottle of beer arrested
Lagos state police command has arrested an Inspector who was seen with a bottle of beer on the street while on police uniform. Mr. Imohimi Edgal, State CP who called for the arrest also ordered that the incident be investigated to ascertain its veracity. The picture of the Inspector holding…
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