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By Tony Eluemunor
One terrible aspect of the Asaba massacre is not only that it actually occurred, but that 53 years after that grim and despicable flaunting of the worst of the human spirit anywhere, Nigeria does not recognise it as a national tragedy.
Thus, every 7th of October, only the people of Asaba commemorate t... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/asaba-massacre-terrible-blot-on-nigerias-history/ | 1,905 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999903 |
THE 1967-70 Nigeria Civil War, for the Igbo was a battle of historic survival against the forces of national darkness that roamed in the form of periodic unrestrained anti-Igbo riots and massacres, and subsequently the chilling pogrom of 1969.
It was not only a battle for survival but for the upholding of the Igbo man’... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/igbo-and-the-fallacy-of-mbakas-gods-vindication/#sthash.zJeDQ5l1.dpufJust | 1,571 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999458 |
Quietness can be an amazing asset, frequently more significant than words. Knowing when to stay quiet can save connections, forestall clashes, and lead to better independent direction. The following are a few circumstances where keeping quiet can be gainful, joined by the justifications for why quiet is the most ideal ... | https://vocal.media/lifehack/when-in-life-in-any-situation-it-is-better-to-be-silent | 867 | Phones | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
Yes, Jesus rose from the dead in the same body in which He died. In John 2:19-21, Jesus said, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”1 The Jews, therefore, said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?’ But He was speaking of the temple of his body.” Je... | http://ow.ly/21Gt50N92n5 | 744 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
As many as 25 percent of people with the coronavirus may never show symptoms, says Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield.
In a Monday interview with NPR, Redfield said that COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, spreads “far easier” than the flu, in part because it appe... | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490391-cdc-head-up-to-25-percent-of-those-with-coronavirus-never-show | 420 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999949 |
Between a general and a president
Dwight Eisenhower was the four-star general of the United States army who went on to become the 34th president of the country after a blazing military career that saw him take charge of the Allied Forces during World War 2. His time as the supreme commander of the expeditionary forces ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/between-a-general-and-a-president/ | 1,370 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
Biafra: The war rages on by other means
“Sincerely speaking, the South-East has not had a fair-share/ since the civil war. Their marginalization is quite obvious/ But if the policy of reconciliation of Gen. Gowon and late/ Gen. Murtala's administration had continued, the agitation by few/ Igbo for Biafra would have bee... | https://m.thenigerianvoice.com/amp/news/254723/biafra-the-war-rages-on-by-other-means.html | 1,624 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
Coronavirus: Research reveals where it lingers, how to kill it
New research from Singapore published shows that patients with the novel coronavirus extensively contaminate their bedrooms and bathrooms, underscoring the need to routinely clean high-touch surfaces, basins and toilet bowls.
The virus was, however, killed ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/coronavirus-research-reveals-where-it-lingers-how-to-kill-it/ | 499 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999979 |
PHOTO: Getty Images
As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the US, scientists have warned about a growing concern: Many people with negative results might actually have the virus.
That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reo... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/how-false-negatives-are-complicating-covid-19-testing/ | 1,045 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
‘It’s not science’
Is evolution ‘science’ and creation ‘religion’?
Anti-creationists, such as atheists by definition, commonly object that creation is religion and evolution is science. To defend this claim they will cite a list of criteria that define a ‘good scientific theory’. A common criterion is that the bulk of ... | https://creation.com/its-not-science | 4,061 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
Africans have been fighting slavery since early ADs. Lourenço da Silva Mendouça, the First world Abolitionist, was a Prince from the royal family of Ndongo Kingdom in Angola. He had successfully convinced authorities to end slavery in Europe. What Nafafé discovered is that in 1684, Mendonça went to the Vatican, where h... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1183912/slaves-their-seller-chiefs-were-raided-by-arabs.html?_gl=1 | 1,458 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999975 |
The Nigerian economy is in deep trouble. When the Government laid out its current five-year development plan, the forecast for 1983 was that production of high-priced oil, at two million barrels a day, would earn the nation $30 billion.
As world oil markets faltered last year, the forecast was trimmed in November in an... | https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/17/business/economic-strains-on-nigeria.html | 345 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999887 |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has become aware of products being sold online that fraudulently claim to prevent or treat Ebola.
The FDA’s warning comes on the heels of comments by Nigeria’s top health official, Onyebuchi Chukwu, who reportedly said earlier Thursday that eight Ebola patients ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-nano-silve-pesticide-says-us-fda | 369 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999928 |
ABUJA—South Africa’s economy has regained the position of Africa’s largest in dollar terms more than two years after losing it to Nigeria as the value of the nations’ currencies moved in opposite directions. Based on gross domestic product at the end of 2015 published by the International Monetary Fund, the size of Sou... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/nigeria-loses-top-position-gdp-south-africa/ | 592 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
Years before he became the most expensive player in the world; before his Olympic gold medal; before the Eiffel Tower lit up with his name to greet his professional move from Barcelona to Paris, Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, the Brazilian forward known to the world simply as Neymar, faced his first public relations co... | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/opinion/is-neymar-black-brazil-and-the-painful-relativity-of-race.html | 542 | Sports | 2 | en | 0.99996 |
Our sexuality and gender can form a big part of our identity and those who don’t fit society’s heteronormative ideal can come up against more challenges. Those who identify as LGBTQ+ can be seen as ‘different’ by some, facing discrimination, bullying and a lack of understanding which can lead to mental health concerns.... | http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/sexuality.html | 1,725 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor
THE World Bank has effected a massive cut in its projections for Nigeria’s economic growth rate for 2018 to 2.1 percent, down from 2.5 percent and 1.9 percent for 2019, down from 2.8 percent.
This was contained in its latest World Economic Outlook just released at the on-going spring me... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/world-bank-reviews-nigerias-economic-growth-downwards/ | 795 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has authorised the building of the first church in the country in nearly a century, officials said Saturday.
The church is for the tiny Syriac community in Turkey and will be built in the Istanbul suburb of Yesilkoy on the shores of the Sea of Marmara, which already has Greek Orthodox... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/turkey-gives-go-ahead-first-new-church-century/ | 539 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999958 |
Reading this on your mobile? Chances are that you'll soon be swapping your mini screen for an artificial electronic assistant, according to new research carried out by researchers working for Stockholm-based tech conglomerate Ericsson.
The company's ConsumerLab quizzed more than 100,000 customers in tech-savvy Sweden a... | http://www.thelocal.se/20151208/death-of-smartphone-tops-swedish-research | 1,076 | Phones | 2 | en | 0.999943 |
Dark web definition.
The dark web has become a place of mystery and a lot of horrible things are happening. However, the dark web is not far-fetched from accessing it with just a click of your fingertip. The dark web is the secret part of the internet not accessible by search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing, and oth... | https://vocal.media/01/the-dark-web-what-is-it-and-easy-way-to-access-it | 1,846 | Programming | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
By Perez Brisibe
KOKORI—SUCH were the authority and fame of the late Ubiecha Etarakpo, the founder of the historic African religion, Igbe, that the reigning Oba of Benin at the time had to travel incognito as a leper to Kokori, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, to validate his power.
Etarakpo, who died i... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/igbe-religion-torn-apart-by-worship-of-mermaids-animals-conflicting-doctrines/ | 2,069 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999905 |
A prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described ‘October 1st’ under President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government as the worst ever in the history of independence day celebrations in the country.
Adeyanju’s statement reads: The is typically a day of celebration for Nigeria and Nigerians. It signifie... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/oct-1st-2016-worst-independence-day-since-1960-adeyanju/ | 1,313 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
Pope Francis has outlawed the sale of cigarettes at the Vatican in a bid to lead by example on healthy living.
“The Holy Father has decided that the Vatican will cease to sell cigarettes to employees as of 2018,” the Vatican said in a statement on Thursday.
“The reason is very simple: the Holy See cannot contribute to ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/breaking-pope-bans-cigarettes-sales-vatican/ | 293 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
BODO, Nigeria Big oil spills are no longer news in this vast, tropical land. The Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface, has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates. The oil pours out nearly every week, and so... | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/world/africa/17nigeria.html?hp | 399 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
Seven ‘moments’ Nigerian women hit the ‘front-line’
By Alao Abiodun
At different points in Nigeria’s rich history, women have taken so many important positions in yearning for change.
It should come as no surprise that Nigerian women are sometimes on the front lines of political change. In many ways, history has always... | https://thenationonlineng.net/seven-moments-nigerian-women-hit-the-front-line/ | 1,300 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999804 |
Other forms: terrorists
Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed.
Terrorist has at its root the word "terro... | https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/terrorist | 144 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999878 |
WHO welcomes malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 29 million to 44 million Africans may get infected with COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, according to a study.
The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, disclo... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/covid-19-may-infect-44m-africans-who/ | 898 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
Several parts of the country, including the capital Stockholm, have not seen a single hour of sunlight in December according to official measurements.
As well as Stockholm, the instruments in Karlstad, the Tarfala Valley in Kiruna and the northern cape of Öland failed to measure any sunlight this month, meteorologist U... | https://www.thelocal.se/20201209/stockholm-and-karlstad-havent-had-a-single-hour-of-sunlight-all-month/?ampHmmm | 392 | Travel | 3 | en | 0.999764 |
A man died after ignoring advice given to people with new tattoos to wait two weeks before going swimming. tattoos
The unnamed 31-year-old suffered septic shock and cellulitis – an infection of the deeper layers of skin and the underlying tissue – after swimming in the sea in the Gulf of Mexico.
Expert advice normally ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/man-dies-ignoring-new-tattoos-warnings/ | 504 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999977 |
By Elizabeth Uwandu
A Nigerian, Job Oyebisi virtual 3D lab for science learning has won the British Council first global “IdeasChangeLives innovation challenge. The competition sought for hyper-innovative ideas that can help find a solution to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
“IdeasChangeLives,” a part of a... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/nigerian-wins-british-council-first-global-innovation-challenge/ | 692 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999762 |
LAGOS, Nigeria — The collapsed price of oil is putting pressure on oil exporters around the world, from Canada to Kuwait. But perhaps no country is less prepared to survive prices at about $30 a barrel than Nigeria, which until a few years ago relied heavily on petroleum exports for its revenue. While countries like Sa... | http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/opinion/how-to-save-nigerias-economy-and-stop-corruption.html?_r=0&referer= | 476 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999753 |
By Rotimi Akinyemi
The holiday season is upon us and as always, we all are scrambling to get the best deals online and in stores. However, a few wrong clicks this season could land cybercriminals topping your list of people who will be receiving presents this year.
This year has witnessed lots of significant breaches r... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/get-embarrassed-politicians-make-provocative-statements-jonathan/? | 902 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
By Bashir Bello
KANO — The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF on Wednesday disclosed that Nigeria accounts for 15 percent of out-of-school children in the world.
This was also it stated that about 7.6 million girls in Nigeria many from the northern regions remain deprived of the opportunities to go to school.
The U... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/nigeria-accounts-for-15-out-of-school-children-worldwide-unicef/ | 660 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
By Chioma Obinna
A new study released by the Lancet has shown that in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity.
It showed that worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age).
The data also showed... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/over-1-billion-people-worldwide-suffer-from-obesity-study | 729 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
Dr Isuwa Adamu, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zaria, on Tuesday warned against the consumption of animal hides and skin known locally as “ponmo”.
Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the consumption of the product as meat substitute was dangerous t... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ponmo-consumption-dangerous-health/ | 508 | Food | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
There is good news from the health world where researchers say the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug.
Already, the anti-retroviral therapy, kills the virus in the bloodstream, but leaves “HIV reservoirs” untouched.
This latest study shows that the... | http://www.channelstv.com/2015/07/31/hiv-can-be-flushed-out-by-cancer-drug-researchers-say/ | 148 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999968 |
Foreign Investment into Africa is the most deceptive and abused phrase ever used purposely to confuse people of goodwill that International Corporate world is trying to do for Africa what was done for Europe after the War. While it is true that Europe and other continents got richer, the face of poverty shifted from As... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/976879/foreign-investment-came-out-of-africa-never-into.html | 1,259 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
We must ask ourselves repeatedly why our African Youths with all their talents and our politicians as useful fools, would rather squander and launder the wealth or talents that freed Asians from abject poverty? The next generation and history will take us to task about how the richest Continent God created abandoned it... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1072527/live-free-in-africa-or-die-as-useful-fools-slave.html | 1,428 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
“A foremost” and”penultimate week” – which is the more disturbing catachresis?
As it appropriate for me to state confidently or even categorically that most of those reading this piece today do not know that it is a misuse of words and language to say that a person is aforemost writer, surgeon, engineer, sportswoman or... | https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-falana-takes-over-resident-doctors-legal-battles-with-fg/Foremost | 2,585 | Health | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
If God is not the author of confusion, what about the Tower of Babel? This isn’t a difficult issue at all. On the one hand, God is not the author of confusion: “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints,” (1 Cor. 14:33). The context of this verse is dealing with the gift of to... | http://ow.ly/ne6J50NcC8b | 431 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
By Sola Ogundipe
Happy new year! At times like this, it is usual to make resolutions. A common New Year resolution is to live healthier than last year. Part of living healthier is eating healthier. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, seeds and beans are all essential parts of a well-balanced and healthy diet, but beware... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/beware-poisons-cooking-pot/ | 1,624 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999966 |
The World Bank Group has rated Nigeria among the world’s extremely poor countries, promising to assist in ending what it called ‘extreme poverty’ in the nations.
Other countries that were also rated as extremely poor are India, China, Bangladesh, DR Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya.
At the Counc... | http://www.channelstv.com/2014/04/02/world-bank-rates-nigeria-among-extremely-poor-countries/ | 521 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999966 |
IT came as cheering news when the Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam, announced the Federal Government’s N19 billion funding for the control of erosion under the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP).
The programme is aimed at attacking the ugly menace of gully erosion in 21 sites across... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/n19-billion-anti-erosion-funding/#sthash.TBUHWTzb.dpuf | 563 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999945 |
Many people ask why the God of the Bible, who is supposed to be loving and kind, would permit slavery to exist in ancient times. Why didn’t God stop slavery? If he is all-powerful, shouldn’t he have then used his sovereign control of all things to eliminate that which is oppressive? Critics of the Bible will often cite... | http://ow.ly/t5Ks50MCQ9c | 903 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
Young people who smoke cannabis run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ, research suggests.
The findings come from a study of around 1,000 people in New Zealand.
An international team found those who started using cannabis below the age of 18 – while their brains were still developing – suf... | http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/08/28/young-cannabis-smokers-run-risk-of-lower-iq/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter | 713 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999973 |
NOMADIC Fulani herdsmen have become a much-resented group across the country. The resentment has intensified as they have clashed with farming communities across the country. In the Middle Belt, however, it is no longer accurate to call the attitude resentment, just as it is no longer accurate to describe what is happe... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/fulani-herdsmen-threat-nigerias-fragile-unity/ | 2,526 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
Saudi Arabia’s execution of the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could escalate tensions in the Muslim world even further. In the Shiite theocracy Iran, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia, which is ruled by a Sunni monarchy, would face “divine vengeance” for the killing of the... | http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/world/middleeast/q-and-a-how-do-sunni-and-shia-islam-differ.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=cc: | 440 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999876 |
French President Emmanuel Macron believes the relationship between Africa and Europe is very important that both continents need each other to succeed.
He said this on Wednesday during an interactive session with entrepreneurs from Africa in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
The French leader challenged the young ge... | https://www.channelstv.com/2017/09/11/photos-customs-intercept-1100-pump-action-rifles/If | 415 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Just like it is never too late to learn Financial literacy, it is never too early as well. Agreeably, a fundamental part of parenting is providing the basics needs for your children. However, starting early to imbibe financial literacy in your children is as good as giving them a head start towards financial independen... | https://olatorera.com/top-10-savings-accounts-for-kids-in-nigeria/ | 541 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999916 |
By Bunmi Sofola
WHAT is your conception of love? It’s a question that has inspired everyone from Shakespeare to Sinatra and now scientists believe they have found the answer—and it is not in your head, it is in your heart! According to their research, Dr. Andreas Barlets and Professor Semir Zaki say new insights that c... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/scientific-proof-that-love-is-really-blind-2/ | 919 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
Lawmaker lauds reintroduction of History
A member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has praised the Federal Government for reintroducing history into the primary and secondary school curricular.
Oyintiloye told reporters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital that history had been neglected at bot... | http://thenationonlineng.net/lawmaker-lauds-reintroduction-of-history/ | 370 | Education | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain,
all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.”
—Claude M. Bristol
One of the most controversial chapters in Brian Tracy’s book, Get Smart!, is “Rich Thinking versus Poor Thinking.”
In that chapter, he shares a series of simpl... | https://fs.blog/2017/03/rich-thinking-versus-poor-thinking/ | 1,210 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
“Nigeria’s Federal Government lacks the capacity to deal with kidnapping and banditry which are the two problems currently militating against the security architecture of the country.”
This position was made known by the distinguished teaching professor of African Studies and the Jacob and Francis Sanger Mossiker Chair... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/11/nigeria-kidnapping-banditry-beyond-governments-capacity-prof-falola/?fbclid=IwAR0TEAmm2jRSkx958IO5UmOY98g7ZUjk0TSy38R_5IW5hy2TXtx2HXg_ig0 | 2,342 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999916 |
The number of people living in extreme poverty will increase by more than 32 million in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report released on Thursday.
COVID-19 has had a catastrophic economic impact on the least developed countries (LDCs) w... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/pandemic-to-push-more-than-32m-people-to-extreme-poverty-un/amp/ | 393 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
“For this end, Africa needs a new type of citizen, a dedicated, modest, honest and informed man. A man submerges self in service to the nation and mankind. A man who abhors greed and detests vanity. A new type of man whose humility is his strength and whose integrity is his greatness”
― Kwame Nkrumah,
The fact is that ... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/918341/how-the-imperialists-destroy-the-colonial-countries-for-the.html | 1,142 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999979 |
For some people, Africa is still shrouded in mystery and a lot still remains unknown about the world’s largest black continent that shelters more than 1 billion people. While the continent takes its time to decide on the path of development, it is worthy of note that there are a few weird Africa facts that may sound un... | http://answersafrica.com/africa-facts.html/4 | 1,101 | Culture | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
By Yinka Kolawole
Despite continuous government efforts to shore up food production in Nigeria through various intervention programmes, the country recorded foods trade deficit worth N4.92 trillion between 2018 and 2022.
Available data shows that Nigeria is not growing enough food for the populace, leaving the country ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/govt-efforts-failing-as-food-imports-rise-122-defici | 1,458 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
Prof. Ben Nwabueze
By Professor Ben Nwabueze
Viewed simply as a physical entity encompassing 75 per cent of the territorial area of the state called Nigeria and 60 per cent of its population, a united Northern Nigeria poses no necessary incompatibility with the unity of the country.
The incompatibility lies not so much... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/one-nigeria-compatible-prof-ben-nwabueze/ | 4,859 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999832 |
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigeria and Shell have done almost nothing to ease oil pollution in the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta, three years after a landmark UN report called for a $1 billion dollar clean-up, Amnesty International said Monday.
Environmental devastation in Ogoniland has for many come to symbolise the tragedy of... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/action-shell-nigeria-ogoniland-pollution-report-amnesty/ | 482 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999952 |
Image from ‘National Cancer Institute’
A Public Health Physician, Dr Chioma Nwakanma has attributed the general belief and saying ‘it is not my portion’ to leading cause of cancer death in Africa.
Nwakanma, who is also the Executive Director of Smile With Me Foundation (SWMF), spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/its-not-my-portion-leading-cause-of-cancer-death-in-africa-physician/ | 492 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999964 |
Nwando Achebe-Ogundimu, historian and daughter of eminent writer Chinua Achebe has been appointed a full Professor of History at Michigan State University (MSU), USA, at the age of 39, making her one of the youngest full-rank professors in the prestigious University. She was recently inducted to the rank with a few oth... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/nwando-achebe-appointed-one-of-the-youngest-professors-as-her-latest-book-reaches-bookstores/ | 509 | Literature | 2 | en | 0.999889 |
Youth are on the move. As technology has developed and the world has become a smaller place, young people are travelling more than ever in search of work, education, and health services.
According to the 2006 ‘State of the World’ population report published by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), young people aged between 1... | http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=47811this | 3,353 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
Atheism is a mental illness….
The men who founded atheism all shared certain common experiences and a definite psychological pattern is evident. Their early childhoods were marked by some form of spiritual training. They were men whose dominating, overbearing and even abusive fathers led them to rebellion and renunciat... | http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Atheism-is-a-mental-illness-20120413 | 484 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black and orange paint, “or if he doesn’t, we’re in trouble.” Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since — why he himself no ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/magazine/04evolution.t.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=a43cfb7b24423cc6&ex=1330664400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rssMany | 10,545 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
To achieve the best overall outcome in a lighting installation, it is important to avoid the tendency of rushing straight into luminaire selection before determining more broadly what is required from the system. The use of a structured design process helps to avoid this.
The key steps in the design process are:
- Iden... | http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/7-key-steps-in-lighting-design-process | 3,039 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
The extended five-week national lockdown has postponed South Africa's worst-case Covid-19 scenario to September, a government projection shows.
With no lockdown, South Africa was estimated to reach its peak coronavirus infections in July. A five-week lockdown, that has paralysed the economy, is buying the government tw... | https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sa-government-plans-for-covid-19-to-peak-in-september-but-questions-about-data-remain-20200411 | 1,435 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
A World Bank report has revealed that the Nigerian Diaspora community remitted $168.33 billion to the country in the past eight years.
The remittance was made even as the foreign investments inflow into the country remained unstable during those years caused by a scarcity of foreign currency which has since led to the ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/nigerians-abroad-remitted-168bn-in-eight-years-world-bank-report/amp/ | 512 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
What was Africa's greatest invention?
The first evidence of both mathematics and astronomy are in Africa. The stone circles in South Africa known as Adam's calendar may be the oldest human-made structure. The use of tally sticks and bones show people doing math up to 44,000 years ago.
What has Africa given to the world... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/ancient-african-inventions.html | 2,920 | Education | 4 | en | 0.999954 |
A Nigerian pediatric surgeon, Professor Oluyinka Olutoye, is making the headlines in the United States and around the world for his success after performing a rare surgical operation.
Professor Olutoye, alongside his surgeon partner carried out the delicate surgery on a 23 weeks old foetus who was removed from the moth... | https://www.channelstv.com/2016/10/31/u-s-celebrates-nigerian-doctors-rare-surgical-feat/ | 248 | Health | 2 | en | 0.99992 |
Learn about humans to succeed 2017.
I once had a friend who worked with a Telecoms firm. She was well paid with good perks, and unfortunately she was always in and out of squabbles with her boss. She was a HR manager’s nightmare. For some reason she would or could not do her job, and would not let anyone else do it. I ... | http://thenationonlineng.net/itsekiri-leaders-to-jonathan-youre-pursuing-ijaw-agenda/Learn | 532 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
By Reno Omokri
On the 15th of August 1945, the axis nations fighting in the Pacific theater defeated imperial Japan and two weeks later, Japan formally surrendered to allied forces led by the U.S. General, Douglas McArthur, who formally accepted the signed articles of surrender.
But though the U.S. defeated Japan, they... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/igbo-blessing-nigeria/ | 2,081 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
The disastrous BP oil spill is now believed to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
Even worse than Exxon Valdez. Exxon Valdez stirs up strong memories. Who can forget the images of birds covered in black oil slick? Imagine an Exxon Valdez happening every year for 50 years. Pretty unimaginable.
Yet, thi... | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/opinion/05iht-edejikeme.html | 892 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999981 |
WASHINGTON – An experimental drug treatment can help monkeys survive an otherwise deadly infection with a tropical virus called Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, researchers said Wednesday.
The findings in the journal Science Translational Medicine could speed efforts to bring to market a drug treatment against Ebola... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/drug-blocks-ebola-like-virus-monkey-tests/ | 790 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999939 |
By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
General Reynaldo Bignone died on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at a military hospital in Buenos Aires, where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43318136]. General Bignone, who the heck was that? And why should an African audience be inte... | http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/06/03/over-22-persons-dead-in-rivers-after-drinking-local-gin/Calling | 2,078 | Food | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
‘There was a country’: Ogbunigwe, Abagana ambush; Achebe, Okigbo and Ifeajuna
THE OGBUNIGWE BOMB: commonly known as Ogbunigwe during the Biafran war, its fame and mystique traveled wide on both sides of the divide. Considered a technological breakthrough of Igbos during the war, the bomb, which may well be a higher ver... | https://thenationonlineng.net/there-was-a-country-ogbunigwe-abagana-ambush-achebe-okigbo-and-ifeajuna/ | 1,705 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
The Greek philosopher Socrates once declared that the unexamined life is not worth living. By this avowal, one is bound to look back and forth to ascertain the meaning of his existence on earth, the worth and the expectations.
The uniqueness of man as a sapient, different from the imbecilic nature of animal stands him ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/photos-heroic-welcome-for-buhari-in-kaduna/Igbos | 1,006 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
Previous papals who resigned
The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will step down on February 28.
Although papal resignations are extremely rare, there are precedents in the two millennia history of the Catholic Church.
This early church pope abdicated or was deposed in 304 after complying with the Rom... | https://thenationonlineng.net/just-in-court-remands-seun-kuti-for-additional-four-days/Previous | 173 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
Recognizing National Epilepsy Awareness Month
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM), and this year we are launching a public awareness campaign to reduce stigma associated with epilepsy. The campaign, Change Our Epilepsy Story, aims to encourage people with epilepsy and ... | https://www.epilepsy.com/make-difference/public-awareness/national-epilepsy-awareness-month | 1,023 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999969 |
An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
The vaccine is designed to spur the immune system's production of anti-Ebola antibodies, and people developed them within four weeks of getting the shots at the... | http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Lifestyle/Ebola-vaccine-seems-safe-in-first-stage-testing-20141127-3 | 460 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999876 |
By Suzan Edeh
BAUCHI — AS Muslims in the country celebrate Eid-el Kabir which is characterized by the slaughtering of rams and cows among others, the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, Dr Muhammed Alkali has advised the people against eating excess m... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/eid-el-kabir-doctor-cautions-excess-meat/ | 338 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999895 |
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US company that makes an experimental drug for treating the often deadly Ebola virus said Monday it has sent all its available supplies to West Africa.
Some 961 people have died from the hemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria since March during the largest Ebola outbreak in ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/doses-experimental-ebola-drug-sent-wafrica/ | 367 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999956 |
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 magnitude hit Southern California Friday evening, just one day after another massive quake (6.4 magnitude) hit the region on the Fourth of July.
According to United States Geological Survey, the quake, occurred shortly after 8 p.m. local time, with the epicenter 11 mile... | http://thenewsguru.com/nigeria-get-3m-euros-germany-procurement-military-equipment/7 | 401 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999887 |
The recent decision by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to slash the price of diesel from N1,200 per litre to N1,000 per litre has several potential impacts on Nigeria’s domestic economy and the lives of its citizens.
Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, recently said that his refinery’s capacity to sell dies... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/10-key-impacts-to-expect-from-dangotes-diesel-price-cut-to-n1000/ | 568 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999973 |
In the tortuous mythology of the AIDS epidemic, one legend never seems to die: Patient Zero, a.k.a. Gaétan Dugas, a globe-trotting, sexually insatiable French Canadian flight attendant who supposedly picked up H.I.V. in Haiti or Africa and spread it to dozens, even hundreds, of men before his death in 1984.
Mr. Dugas w... | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/health/hiv-patient-zero-genetic-analysis.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 | 273 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999956 |
Low cost pet vaccinations in Houston allow you to take care of your pets better. Many pet owners tend to put off vaccinations due to the expense involved. Now with low-cost services, one can fulfill their moral responsibilities towards their pets without breaking their budget.
Dog owners are able to prevent dangerous d... | http://www.sooperarticles.com/pets-articles/low-cost-pet-vaccinations-houston-easy-budget-1598316.html | 496 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
Egypt’s health ministry on Friday confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, making it the first in Africa.
The sufferer was not Egyptian, the ministry said in a statement, without specifying the nationality.
“The ministry has taken preventative measures and is monitoring the patient… who is stable,” said healt... | https://www.channelstv.com/2020/02/14/breaking-egypt-records-first-coronavirus-case-in-africa/amp/%3ffbclid=IwAR3OdKv0bTzVTlBnSrB_5jMVB52xM_gJ-CpJ4hMSVZb28bk3NKZc6g2GaZ0/ | 211 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
The concept of life is a reality, thus, a woman’s creation is a symbol of crown, dignity, honour, and beauty. Women are therefore special. I believe the same way every woman see herself or feels.
Worldwide, every year, young women are paraded on the podium to search for the most beautiful woman in the world. The questi... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/886432/why-beauty-contests-need-to-be-abolished.html | 404 | Career | 2 | en | 0.999973 |
As college students, we frequently find ourselves fully engrossed in the realm of academia, diligently studying textbooks and completing assignments. Nevertheless, pausing to investigate the captivating elements of our environment can be invigorating and eye-opening. Discover interesting facts about North America, from... | http://www.countriesquest.com/europe/switzerland/economy/manufacturing.htm2 | 2,202 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999797 |
Pregnant women appealing to Lagos State governmnent to resolve their differences with the doctors who are currently on strike, yesterday.
By Sola Ogundipe
Women who go braless may actually be better off health wise, if results of a 15-year study in France are anything to go by. The brand new study shows that brassieres... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/study-shows-wearing-a-bra-could-hinder-breast-health/ | 620 | Fashion | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
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By Sola Ogundipe
Reality star Kim Kardashian was once cautioned by her doctors to stop having too much sex following revelations about the star’s daily multiple sex routine in effort to get pregnant.
Kim, who was 34 at that time, had revealed in the Season 10 of their family reality show “Kee... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/what-too-much-sex-can-do-to-you/ | 1,228 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
lagos—An expert has revealed that over 80 percent of waste-water daily discharged in Lagos State if well recycled and treated could be utilized to meet the fresh water requirement of the population in the state.
Meantime, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has tasked private sector in waste-wat... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/80-lagos-waste-water-can-meet-residents-needs-expert/ | 390 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
WASHINGTON The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.
The previously unknown deposits ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?hpAn | 295 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
By Gab Ejuwa
His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwase II, the Olu of Warri, kicked off his coronation anniversary penultimate Saturday. The anniversary is a week-long affair to be rounded off today. The whole country is bound to celebrate with the Itsekiri nation whose cultural heritage is one of the richest in West Africa, l... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/05/counting-itsekiri%E2%80%99s-blessings-amid-the-olu-milestone/ | 1,245 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999804 |
Beniam’s family had already lost a relative to the war and hung on every word as the cousin spoke of fear and hunger in Axum, Eritrean troops on the streets, and a sick uncle unable to find diabetes medication.
Huddled around the phone, they learned a beloved great-aunt had also died in the months without contact, whil... | http://www.channelstv.com/2012/04/27/azazi-blames-boko-haram-attacks-on-pdp/Thank | 921 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
By Femi Aribisala
The same “infallible” bible also credits the killing of Goliath to Elhanan, one of David’s mighty men.
One of the myths of Christianity is the infallibility of the bible. Quoting Paul, some Christians insist every word in the bible is “God-breathed.” (2 Timothy 3:16). When you identify contradictions ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/david-kill-goliath-1/ | 1,758 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999805 |
One continent, many nations
From Algerian to Zimbabwean, New Zealand’s African-born people form a kaleidoscope of cultures, languages and ethnicities. They represent over 40 countries in Africa, and include Europeans, Asians, Indians and Arabic people, as well as numerous black tribes.
Most of New Zealand’s African-bor... | http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/africans/page-1Who | 444 | Travel | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
If Nigeria and South Africa keep growing at their current paces, Nigeria could replace South Africa in the Group of 20 (G20) countries within nine years, according to Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings. In a recent note he says: “It is entirely feasible that, by then, Nigeria’s economy will have overtaken South Africa... | http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/business-watch/nigeria-s-growth-rate-may-see-it-replace-sa-in-g20-1.1575846#.UjBcPtKsg6Y | 1,280 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
Forty-four African countries have signed an agreement establishing a free trade area seen as vital to the continent’s economic development, the head of the African Union said Wednesday.
The creation of a free trade area — billed as the world’s largest in terms of participating countries — comes after two years of negot... | https://www.channelstv.com/2018/03/21/nigeria-absent-as-44-african-nations-sign-free-trade-area-agreement/amp/ | 898 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
There are many reasons to respect our adult children when they are focused and well behaved but hardly any reason to fear them. All cultures preach respect and honor for our parents especially in their old age. It is the responsibility of parents to take care and provide for children. When we can, children should take ... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1272344/most-parents-love-and-respect-adult-children-more.html | 1,303 | Family | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
The World Bank warned, on Thursday, that sub-Saharan Africa could slip into its first recession in a quarter of century because of the coronavirus pandemic on the world’s most impoverished continent.
“We project that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will decline from 2.4 percent in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1 percent in ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/breaking-pandemic-may-cause-africas-1st-recession-in-25-years-world-bank/ | 711 | Business | 3 | en | 0.999958 |
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