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Many Christians are being forced to be more secretive about how and where they worship (Credit: Maria Lozano/Aid to the Church in Need)
The number of persecuted Christians in the world has topped 100 million, according to a new report that says even non-violent persecution of Christians has increased, amid continuing v... | http://www.ucanews.com/news/number-of-persecuted-christians-tops-100-million-worldwide/72743 | 640 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999789 |
What Are My Career Options in Physical Education?
Jobs in the field of physical education involves teaching children to play sports and helping kids and adults lead physically active lifestyles. Read on to find out more about these jobs, including the duties you'll perform, what your job prospects would be like and how... | http://learn.org/articles/Careers_in_Physical_Education_What_Are_My_Options.html | 1,008 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999981 |
LAGOS – Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the revered “father of modern African literature’, has died aged 82, his family said on Friday.
Best known internationally for his novel “Things Fall Apart”, which depicts the collision between British rule and traditional Igbo culture in his native southeast Nigeria, Achebe was... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/achebe-writer-in-whose-company-the-prison-walls-fell-down-mandela/ | 1,177 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
Gambia declared Islamic Republic
Mr. Jammeh told state TV the proclamation was in line with Gambia’s “religious identity and values.”
He added that no dress code would be imposed and citizens of other faiths would be allowed to practise freely.
Some 90 per cent of Gambians are Muslim. The former British colony’s econom... | http://thenationonlineng.net/gambia-declared-islamic-republic/ | 235 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999947 |
Soro soke! African population is very young around the age of 20 years. Most of them have been crowded out of government and the workforce by unproductive elders who use political offices as a means of succor for their families. They have lost the trust of their youthful population. Those old enough must start thinking... | https://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/292946/retire-for-youths-start-local-businesses-or-work-part-time.html | 1,434 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
It is plainly evident that the world is laboring under a dying system of price-based economics as evidenced by the rapid decline of paper currencies. The era of fiat (irredeemable paper currency) was introduced in 1971 when President Richard Nixon decoupled the U.S. dollar from gold. Because the dollar-turned-fiat was ... | http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19380 | 4,104 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999897 |
Two American missionary workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus were given an experimental drug that seems to have saved their lives.
Dr. Kent Brantly was given the medication, ZMapp, shortly after telling his doctors he thought he would die, according to a source familiar with his case. Within an hour, doctors sa... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/nine-questions-new-ebola-drug/ | 1,404 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
The present foreign loans are working against Africa. If we were crawling from the past four centuries with African technology, we would be better than where we are today. The point of the Acceptance Commission is transparency and the economic benefit of loans rather than personal favors to negotiators. Those that are ... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/298862/african-union-needs-foreign-loan-acceptance-commission.html | 1,358 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
- Doctors working in South Africa's state clinics and hospitals are underpaid, says the South African Medical Association.
- Yet these medical workers earn up to three times more a month than what some make in a year in other middle-income countries in Africa such as Kenya and Nigeria.
- On Wednesday, Finance Minister ... | https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/sa-doctors-make-up-to-40-times-more-than-those-in-kenya-and-nigeria-20240223#:~:text=In%20other%20words%2C%20South%20African | 199 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
Hepatitis B more infectious than HIV – Expert
Dr Bello Kumo, a consultant Gastroenterologist with Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, says Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is more infectious than HIV.
Kumo stated this in a paper entitled “Face to Face with Hepatitis B: Cost and Burden”, presented at a public lectu... | https://thenationonlineng.net/hepatitis-b-more-infectious-than-hiv-expert/ | 741 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999941 |
Drugs used to illustrate the story
*Shortage of ARVs, late detection fuelling situation
*900,000 out of 3.5m HIV+ Nigerians on treatment
*Experts call for strict adherence to medication
By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale
As the world is battling the growing concerns about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/anxiety-alerts-spread-hiv-drug-resistance/ | 2,457 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999905 |
President Muhammadu Buhari
By Olu Fasan
Nigeria: WHY do most countries have prime ministers and not executive presidents? Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, only about 46 have a presidential system, where full executive powers are vested in one person.
Out of the 50 sovereign states in Europe, 34 are parli... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/nigeria-needs-a-collegial-prime-minister-not-a-buccaneering-president/ | 1,349 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
The first Harvard diploma in English instead of Latin appeared in 1961. When word of the abandonment of Latin came through in April, it touched off riots. Thousands of chanting students, inflamed by a toga-clad rabble-rouser on the steps of Widener Library, marched on the president's house (then in the Yard) before fil... | http://harvardmagazine.com/2001/07/the-ba-diploma-from-a-to.html | 1,018 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999735 |
BERLIN (AFP) – An unexploded World War II bomb has been unearthed near Berlin’s main train station, risking possible disruptions to rail and road traffic, authorities said Wednesday
“The bomb was found yesterday afternoon on property belonging to the rail company,” a police spokesman told AFP, adding that the 100-kilog... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/wwii-bomb-found-near-berlins-main-train-station/ | 263 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999914 |
By Funmi Olasupo
Despite water being consistently cited as a top priority for poor communities and the fact that sanitation brings the greatest return on investment of any development intervention, rural communities have been overlooked in the global development agenda.
Targets set for maternal and child health, primar... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/we-drink-water-with-goats-from-same-source-bauchi-villagers/ | 827 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999964 |
…Yam tubers and yam plantation
By Jimoh Babatunde with agency reports
Researchers at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have come up with soilless yam propagation as they have successfully grown seed yams in the air using aeroponics technology.
The fete is raising hopes and more options for the ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iita-researchers-grow-yam-air/ | 678 | Food | 3 | en | 0.999922 |
Why Nigerians hate Igbos, by Chinua Achebe
The increase was so exponential in such a short time that within three short decades the Igbos had closed the gap and quickly moved ahead as the group with the highest literacy rate, the highest standard of living, and the greatest of citizens with postsecondary educ
Nigeria’s... | http://thenationonlineng.net/why-nigerians-hate-igbos-by-chinua-achebe/ | 874 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999958 |
Android, an open source operating system for mobile devices (Smartphone and tablet), led by Google. The Android SDK provides a set of tools and APIs to develop Android applications, using Java. So, if you know Java, Android programming is easy ð
In this series of tutorials, we show you the list of basic tutorials to ge... | http://www.mkyong.com/tutorials/android-tutorial/ | 1,781 | Programming | 3 | en | 0.999975 |
Lotanna Igwe-Odunze wants everyone to write Igbo with freedom. The Latin alphabet, she says, has too many limitations and is a “deep source of frustration for everyone who has ever tried to read or write” Igbo. So she invented Ndebe, a script that pays homage to “the old Nsibidi logographs.”
Ndebe is not Nsibidi, she i... | https://www.channelstv.com/2020/10/03/the-igbo-language-gets-its-own-modern-script-but-will-it-matter/?fbclid=IwAR00-mdSKIs7h2i3hxAQSs1jIUK7Z-grcX4IOH0_3kY6G3Xd1Ps4xM9Y-M4 | 3,134 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
CNG vehicles to save Nigeria $2.5bn yearly, says FG
The Federal Government has explained the importance of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to economic development, saying every 1,000,000 vehicles converted to CNG will save the country about $2.5bn.
The Programme Director, Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas,... | https://thenationonlineng.net/cng-vehicles-to-save-nigeria-2-5bn-yearly-says-fg/ | 1,019 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
WASHINGTON In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to his far-flung heirs was a 6-year-old slave girl valued soon afterward at $475.
In his will, she is described s... | http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html?_r=2&hpOctober | 385 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
By Efosa Taiwo
Having a passport in today’s globalized world is a door to various yet valuable opportunities.
For Nigerian citizens, their passport is more than just a travel document — it’s a ticket to a stack of benefits.
Here are five compelling reasons holding a Nigerian passport is something you should consider:
D... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/5-benefits-of-having-a-nigerian-passport/#google_vignette | 706 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999615 |
Warring forces in South Sudan have carried out horrific crimes against children, including castration, rape and tying them together before slitting their throats, the UN has said.
“Survivors report that boys have been castrated and left to bleed to death… girls as young as eight have been gang raped and murdered,” UN c... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/children-raped-castrated-thrown-into-fires-in-south-sudan-un/#sthash.mCCsvh85.dpufcc | 431 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999931 |
Members of the visually impaired community have recorded a breakthrough with the new invention of ‘Smart Sticks’ by some students of Regina Pacis Secondary School, Onitsha in Anambra State.
In 2018, the school’s students had won the Junior Gold Awards in the World Technovation Challenge in the United States of America ... | https://www.channelstv.com/2023/05/10/anambra-students-create-smart-walking-sticks-for-the-blind | 473 | Education | 2 | en | 0.999874 |
Over the last decade, economic growth — combined with a push to become a leader in education and information technology in Southeast Asia — has made Malaysia a magnet for students and immigrants from Africa. It should be a success story of progress and cultural exchange, but recently tensions have escalated.
In May, a ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/tash-aw-unwelcome-in-malaysia.html?_r=0 | 415 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999981 |
The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again.
Every week, thousands of migrants from West and Central Africa leave from the station in this gateway city to the Sahara aboard a caravan of pickup trucks, traveling for days toward North Africa, w... | https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/world/africa/agadez-niger-migration.html | 252 | Travel | 2 | en | 0.999937 |
In the Old Testament, God stated, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays... | http://ow.ly/89iX50MiORr | 1,844 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999975 |
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.thenigerianvoice.com/news/312096/slaves-their-seller-chiefs-were-raided-by-arabs-european.html | 1,623 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.99992 |
10 things to know about Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a Christian Holy Day of prayer, fasting and repentance. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent, the six weeks of penitence before Easter.
Lent is celebrated as the season of preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sun... | http://thenationonlineng.net/10-things-to-know-about-ash-wednesday/ | 423 | Politics | 4 | en | 0.999992 |
President Muhammadu Buhari
By Nwafor Sunday
Even with President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption, Nigeria, Tuesday was among countries ranked highest in corruption practices by Transparency International.
The country in a graphical representation scored 27 over 100, and was ranked 144/180 countries studied.
... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/breaking-nigeria-ranks-144-180-on-tis-corruption-perception-index/ | 605 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999916 |
Review the 'Possible Causes' mentioned above and visually examine the corresponding wiring harness and connectors. Ensure to check for any damaged components and inspect the connector pins for signs of being broken, bent, pushed out, or corroded.
On the following Honda models:
2003–2007 Accord L4
2002–2010 Civic Si
A d... | https://www.autocodes.com/p0341_honda.html | 644 | Car Talk | 2 | en | 0.999954 |
The House of Representatives has concluded arrangements to hold public hearings on the review of the 1999 constitution across the 360 federal constituencies in the country.
In a statement, the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives; Emeka Ihedioha stated that the sessions aim to bring the process of constitutio... | http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/10/28/reps-set-for-nationwide-grassroot-hearing-on-constitution-review/ | 203 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
An early-stage human clinical trial for an Ebola vaccine is likely to begin as early as September, 2014, the US National Institutes of Health has disclosed
Though not the first human vaccine trial for the virus, the study comes after mounting pressure from health organisations to allow experimental treatments to be use... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-human-vaccine-trials-begin-sept/ | 460 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999981 |
Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ fascinating, PBS mini-series Finding Your Roots, traces the ancestries of prominent Americans from Branford Marsalis and Condoleezza Rice, to Samuel L. Jackson and John Legend. But where the genealogical paper trail ends for many African-Americans, due to the history of slavery, the DNA search be... | http://www.ebony.com/life/dr-rick-kittles-breaks-down-dna#axzz54vwchTeGIf | 1,498 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999952 |
Nigeria’s oil reserve will be depleted in 41 years, according to a World Bank Group’s twice-yearly analysis of the issues shaping Africa’s economic prospects called Africa’s pulse.
The report which was presented by the World Bank’s chief economist for Africa, Shantayanan Devarajan, on Thursday said Nigeria’s and Angola... | http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/10/05/nigerias-oil-production-ends-in-41-years-world-bank/ | 256 | Business | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
Ahead of South Africa and Egypt, the International Monetary Fund has affirmed Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa.
Nigeria was reported to have lost its spot as Africa’s biggest economy to South Africa in August 2016, following the recalculation of the country’s Gross Domestic Product.
However, the IMF’s World Eco... | https://www.channelstv.com/2016/10/19/imf-affirms-nigeria-africas-biggest-economy/ | 603 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Sad memories of slavery
The hall was silent. The atmosphere was tense. Screams and wailings of children, women and men filled the air. Heads bowed in deep reflection. Some raised their eyes upwards looking at the ceiling. Many tried hard to fight back tears.
It was no funeral wake but the screening of a film, entitled:... | https://www.google.com.ng/amp/thenationonlineng.net/sad-memories-of-slavery/amp/ | 2,182 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
In ancient times, the Oracle of Amon at Siwah was the most celebrated, and Heliopolis, Memphis, and Thebes, were representatives of the best of Egyptian civilization and culture. Thebes, a beautiful city on the Nile had the Grand Temples, and as the governing body of the Egyptian Mystery System, constituted the only Gr... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/251633/1/africa-ruled-the-world-for-15000-years-and-civiliz.html | 6,737 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
BY BABAJIDE KOMOLAFE
Having explained what investment in bonds is about, and the basic merit last week, we proceed to discuss how to buy and sell bonds. But before this, it is important to know that there are also risks to investment in bonds. The greatest risk is inflation, general increase in prices of goods and serv... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/ipob-members-not-terrorists-i-live-with-them-peter-obi/BUYING | 610 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999994 |
THE first principle of unalienable rights recognises that everyone is naturally endowed by their Creator with certain rights that cannot be infringed or given away. Amongst these rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
In order to secure or safeguard these vital rights, “…government are instituted among men,... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/quality-of-a-good-politician-in-a-democratic-society/ | 1,790 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
Medical experts have have warned Nigerians on the dangers of using bleaching products.
Dr Akinlolu Siyanbola, a dermatologist at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Hospital, Osogbo, and Dr Abimbola Ibrahim in their separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo, maintained that consistent... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/bleaching-products-can-cause-infertility-kidney-failure-others-experts-warn/ | 351 | Health | 2 | en | 0.99984 |
Yoruba: The Ethnic Group That Rejected Their Presidential Candidate
We have heard so much about ethnic strife and loyalty in Africa and Europe based on tribe. We saw it in Yugoslavia, Myanmar etc. and lately in Ukraine. The only Ethnic group in most parts of our ethnic world that has ever rejected their own son and kin... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/326742/yoruba-the-ethnic-group-that-rejected-their-presidential-ca.html | 1,462 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
The Bible does not forbid interracial marriages. It does, however, forbid a Christian from marrying an unbeliever: “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (2 Cor. 6:14).
In Numbers 12:1-8 is an account of Moses mar... | http://ow.ly/owTB50JXMLP | 248 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
Understanding the DNA test result
The DNA test compares the sizes of chosen genetic markers between the samples being investigated. Each DNA marker contains two alleles, one inherited from the biological mother and the other from the biological father. The DNA test finds out whether there is at least one match out of t... | http://thenationonlineng.net/understanding-the-dna-test-result/ | 797 | Family | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
The New Testament consistently affirms that Jesus is not only lord (i.e., master, sovereign, one with authority over us) but is, in fact, the Lord (i.e., YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah, the LORD God of Israel). Anyone who proclaims a Jesus who is something less is guilty of preaching, in the words of Paul, “another Jesus whom w... | http://ow.ly/VchT50JYiTe | 1,424 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
Emily Whitehead obtaining the remarkable HIV-gene therapy that “cured” her leukaemia
By Sola Ogundipe
Year 2012 was replete with an array of medical and scientific breakthroughs. From January through December, series of world-changing innovations were recorded across the world. However, one of the biggest and most sens... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/2012-scientists-cure-leukaemia-with-hiv/ | 551 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999891 |
Miracle Children in Lagos
BY SOLA OGUNDIPE –
Vanguard Media LTD has commenced a process of conducting DNA test on Precious Donatus Ogbonna and the seven babies she allegedly had within eleven months.
A popular laboratory has been contracted and money ear-marked for the test that would put an end to all arguments over t... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/precious-ogbonna-and-her-miracle-babies-what-dna-test-would-achieve/ | 1,832 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999977 |
Acculturation of European ways of life into African communities was intentionally planned to suppress our cultures and create longing demands for Foreign culture and tastes. Until Africans rediscover and refine their own culture, we will always fall for others' products inadvertently denying us Economic Independence.Th... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/291315/de-acculturation-of-africa-into-the-21st-century.html | 1,547 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
This is an excerpt of UNDP comments on Nigeria on the progress of its Millennium Development Goals following a 2006 status report. Of the eight goals, UNDP foresaw only the achievement of universal primary education, environmental sustainability and global development partnerships.
UNDP, which is official monitor of th... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/07/05/mdgs-and-2020-goals-nigerias-hidden-potentials/ | 609 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999918 |
The Five Solas are five Latin phrases that represent the core positions held by those who adhere to the Protestant Reformation that happened in the 16th century. They are more commonly recognized within the Reformed (Calvinist) perspective. The Five Solas are: Sola Scriptura, Solus Christus, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and... | https://carm.org/what-are-the-five-solas | 1,300 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999981 |
8 Ways To Safely Clean Your Stomach And Intestines
1. Stay hydrated
There is nothing better than water for your body. Drinking less water slows down our digestive system creating problems for our stomach. We must drink plenty of water each day to keep our system healthy. When your urine is clear and odorless, its a sig... | http://m.positivemed.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpositivemed.com%2F2013%2F08%2F11%2F8-ways-to-keep-your-stomach-clean%2F#2658 | 528 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
Colonel Odumegwu Emeka Ojukwu, the leader of the breakaway Republic of Biafra, stands in front of a Biafra flag as he addresses a press conference in Enugu, August 16, 1967.
Diekoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation.
He went to some of the finest schools in hi... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/01/fifty-years-on-nigeria-struggles-with-memory-of-biafra-war/ | 1,481 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999956 |
When children are young, it’s adorable to see them imitate their parents: little boys wanting to shave alongside Dad and little girls swinging a tennis racket like Mom. That glow of pride fades when kids begin to reflect some less-stellar behavior, whether it’s sloppiness or being late to everything.
Some behavior kids... | http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stories/Keri | 1,181 | Family | 3 | en | 0.999966 |
A low pressure system underwent what is known as "explosive cyclogenesis" – or less formally became a "weather bomb" – when it intensified rapidly with a steep decline in pressure, between Greenland and Iceland late on Monday and early on Tuesday.
The system has brought strong wind to Iceland and to the United Kingdom ... | https://watchers.news/2019/11/13/widespread-arctic-blast-across-the-us-breaks-century-old-records-over-240-million-people-affected/Weather | 306 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
with Funke Oshifuye
I was in my office one morning, when a colleague of mine sauntered in. Kay, as she was fondly called by me just went on and on…………”I have been gaining so much weight and all I tried was adding fruits to my diet, I am just fed up”. So I asked her “what fruit have you been eating”? To my utmost surpri... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/peter-obi-should-come-out/Have | 570 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
Throughout recorded history, mankind has dreamt of building the perfect society, an empire that might somehow satisfy the needs of every man. An ancient legend casts the shadows of one such society that is said to have existed long ago. Twenty-five hundred years ago, the Greek philosopher, Plato, set down a dialogue ca... | https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/secret-mysteries-america-beginnings-new-atlantis/ | 1,762 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.99999 |
The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to integrate a New Orleans school--now with simple text for young readers!
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history.
This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl w... | http://www.amightygirl.com/ruby-bridges-goes-to-school | 155 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
COVID-19: Unilag produces Ambuvalent ventilator
In a bid to further tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a team of researchers in the University of Lagos (Unilag) has produced an Ambuvalent ventilator.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project, known as Unilag /LASRIC Ambuvalent, was sponsored by... | https://thenationonlineng.net/covid-19-unilag-produces-ambuvalent-ventilator/ | 1,506 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999943 |
LAGOS (AFP) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday that it had begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after long-delayed government financing to clean up the area was finally delivered.
The lead poisoning crisis in northwest Zamfara state that first came to light in 2010 was “t... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/nigeria-lead-poisoning-treatment-starts-after-long-delay/ | 395 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
We have to be careful when we throw stone into the market, says a Yoruba proverb, it might hit a member of our family. In the case of African countries, many of us had a great childhood experience that turned us into successful citizens throughout world. Sure, Africa today is not what we desired but we must not forget ... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/646667/1/there-is-more-to-thank-africa-for-than-we-a.html | 1,371 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
South Africa now has 402 confirmed cases of Covid-19 - an increase of 128 since Sunday's announcement. That is a spike of 47%.
The Northern Cape has its first confirmed cases, which means that all nine provinces are now dealing with the global pandemic.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Monday night ... | https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breakdown-sa-now-has-402-positive-covid-19-cases-all-provinces-affected-20200323 | 816 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999981 |
By Chioma Obinna
With over 122 million Nigerians at risk of Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday lamented that the country was battling with 15 neglected tropical diseases out of the 20 identified by the World Health Organisation, WHO.
Some of the diseases are Trachoma... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/nigeria-battling-with-15-neglected-tropical-diseases-health-minister/ | 962 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999803 |
Kaduna – A nutritionist, Mrs Patience Pama, on Monday in Kaduna advised Nigerians to include Moringa in their diet, to enhance healthy living.
Pama, who works with the Ministry of Science and Technology, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Moringa had anti-inflammatory properties that reduced the severity of sym... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/nutritionist-advises-nigerians-consumption-moringa/ | 378 | Food | 2 | en | 0.999405 |
BELGIUM– A terminally ill minor has become the first child to be euthanized in Belgium since age restrictions were lifted in the country two years ago, according to several sources.
A Belgian lawmaker told CNN affiliate VTM that the physician-assisted suicide happened within the past week.
The child, who was suffering ... | http://kfor.com/2016/09/17/first-child-dies-by-euthanasia-in-belgium/ | 528 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Why religious violence?
Some decades back, Muslims and Christians had cause to clash in Nigeria without reason. In the course of such clashes, they killed and maimed one another in hundreds and in thousands. They ruined legacies and destroyed heritages. Property worth billions of naira were vandalized or burnt. But aft... | https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-lagos-moves-to-stop-church-mosque-services/Christians | 519 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child's unique perspective to an important chapter in America's history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Mart... | http://www.amightygirl.com/child-of-the-civil-rights-movement | 508 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999969 |
JERUSALEM A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.
If such a messianic descriptio... | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/middleeast/06stone.html?_r=1&oref=sloginTablet | 2,292 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999935 |
What is a diploma mill?
A diploma mill is a fraudulent business that disguises itself as a legitimate college, university, or career school. A diploma mill (or "degree mill") will pose as a real university, and award degrees without truly evaluating academic work from its "students." Diploma mills make money by selling... | http://www.elearners.com/resources/diploma-mills.asp | 2,013 | Education | 2 | en | 0.999964 |
The Bermuda Triangle, has captured the imagination of people around the world for decades. Situated in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Bermuda Triangle is notorious for its alleged role in the disappearance of numerous ships and aircraft under mysterious circumstances. From ancient legends to modern-d... | https://vocal.media/earth/secrets-of-the-bermuda-triangle-fact-or-fiction | 749 | Travel | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
Experts’ recipe for beans pest
Embarrassing, absurd and avoidable were the words used to describe the story published on this page last Sunday. What is the way forward? What solution is the federal government proffering to the problem? These were questions from Barrister Cecelia Iquo who called from the University of C... | http://thenationonlineng.net/experts-recipe-for-beans-pest/ | 1,575 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999981 |
A man defecates in a canal in Oshodi. Photo by Akinbuli Oluwatobiloba
Note: Story contains an image some may consider offensive
Abuja – The UNICEF says an estimated 33 million Nigerians still practice open defecation in different parts of the country.
Dr Suomi Sakai, UNICEF’s Country Representative and Chief Ambassador... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/06/33m-nigerians-defecate-in-open-places-unicef/ | 637 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.99992 |
Study finds hyperbaric oxygen treatments halt the aging of blood cells and reverses the aging process.
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Shamir Medical Center in Israel indicates that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can stop the aging of blood cells and reverse the aging pro... | https://scitechdaily.com/holy-grail-hyperbaric-oxygen-treatments-reverse-aging-process-in-first-clinical-trial/#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20from%20Tel | 1,437 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Osun develops prototype for solving gender inequality
- As well as girl child empowerment
From a global perspective, the girl child is considered vulnerable to several societal ills. This perception is more pronounced in developing countries, where the belief is that there is the need for effective policies to safeguar... | http://thenationonlineng.net/osun-develops-prototype-solving-gender-inequality/ | 1,182 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Former President of South Africa, Jacob Gedleyyihlekisa Zuma has been in South African politics since 1959 and he was among the 45 activists arrested with Nelson Mandela that served 10 years on Robben Island (Mandela University). Jacob Zuma had violated legitimate laws with impunity several times until the law finally ... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1093629/south-africans-please-riots-for-one-lawless-loote.html | 1,405 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
Some children with stunted growth
By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Unknown to many, a stranger has quietly strolled in like a thief in the night, eating away the lives of many young Nigerians before they attain the age of five. This silent killer, currently ravaging infants across the country is blind to class and not limited to an... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/children-stunted-growth-rise-south-west/ | 659 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that refunding of goods paid to a bride’s family after divorce was illegal, sparking celebration by rights groups who said women would no longer be “chained in violent relationships”.
In Uganda, as in many nations, the custom of the groom or his family paying a sum of money or prop... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/bride-price-will-not-be-returned-to-husbands-after-divorce-in-uganda/#sthash.Kb95VHxz.dpuf | 426 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
It was a set-up and Buharin Daji walked right into it. The notorious cattle-rustling kingpin had arrived for a meeting in the northern Nigerian bush, ostensibly to settle differences with one of his senior lieutenants, but instead was shot dead.
Daji’s murder in March has had consequences in an already deeply troubled ... | http://www.irinnews.org/news-feature/2018/09/13/zamfara-nigeria-s-wild-northwest | 2,190 | Travel | 2 | en | 0.999937 |
Criminology is the systematic study of crime and its prevention. Criminologists apply themselves to difficult questions such as, "Why does crime occur?" Among the answers that they have come up with is that crime springs naturally from the biological nature of certain individuals. This biological theory of criminology ... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/biological-theories-of-crime-overview-features.html#lesson | 2,728 | Family | 4 | en | 0.999981 |
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame is accustomed to accolades. On May 12, he received yet another honorary degree, this time from William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Celebrating Kagame is in vogue because he is credited with leading a remarkable recovery from war and genocide in the heart of Africa.
There certainly have been... | http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/opinion/Paul-Kagame-The-Darling-Dictator-of-the-day.html | 363 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
China has pledged to supply any vaccine against Coronavirus to African first free of charge.
China is leading the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and its scientists are largely pinning their hopes on a technology that has been used for decades.
Five out of 10 potential vaccines undergoing clinical trials have been d... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/china-pledges-to-supply-covid-19-vaccine-to-africa-free-of-charge/ | 330 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999943 |
By Bunmi Sofola
TIMING, as the saying goes, is everything. And when it comes to the human body, this couldn’t be truer. Our ups and downs over a 24-hour period are ruled by our ‘circadian rhythms’—fluctuations in our hormones, body temperature and blood pressure, which govern both our mood and energy levels. Now, a gro... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/best-time-enjoy-love-making/ | 2,035 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
The United States of America has announced plans to send at least 50 public health experts to West Africa in the next 30 days to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola.
A senior US health official said the outbreak was out of control, but insisted it could be stopped.
Ebola has claimed 728 lives in Guinea, Liberia... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-epidemic-us-sending-50-experts-wafrica/ | 207 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999977 |
The Oba of Benin Kingdom, Oba Ewuare II (middle); to his left is his daughter Princess Ewuare; his right is Nigerian High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Amb Tunji Ishola, and other dignitaries during the presentation of the artefacts (on the two platforms in the foreground) to the Oba.
By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY
ONE... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/02/125yrs-after-oba-of-benin-takes-physical-possession-of-returned-artefacts/amp/ | 1,122 | Culture | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
The more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorised as “mild”, World Health Organisation, WHO, officials have stated.
Janet Diaz, WHO lead on clinical management, said early studies showed there was a reduced risk ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/01/omicron-less-severe-in-young-old-but-not-mild-says-who/ | 541 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999983 |
COPENHAGEN — Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering through the countryside. Largely uninterrupted by roads or intersections, it passes fields, backyards, chirping birds, a lake, some ducks and, at every mile, an air pump.
For some Danes, this is the morning commute.
Susan Nielsen, a 59-year-old school... | http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.html?pagewanted=allBike-Sharing | 432 | Car Talk | 2 | en | 0.999939 |
It might be interesting for some to find out that the following foods are in fact from Africa; Africa indeed has an astonishing lot to offer in diverse areas. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 foods you probably didn’t know originated from Africa.
The dark, delicious and stimulating coffee bean i... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/4-foods-probably-didnt-know-originated-africa/ | 299 | Food | 3 | en | 0.999994 |
FDA issues emergency-use authorization for anti-malaria drugs amid coronavirus outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday issued an emergency-use authorization for a pair of anti-malaria drugs as health officials work to combat the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Department of Health and Human... | https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490110-fda-issues-emergency-use-authorization-for-anti-malaria-drugs-amid | 620 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999954 |
Church where the Ojukwus worshiped in Zungeru
By Wole Mosadomi Minna
Zungeru, located in Niger state is a small town but with a loaded history. It served as the colonial capital of Northern Nigeria from 1902-1916. Indeed, it was where the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by Lord Lugard in 1914 and therefo... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/the-house-where-ojukwu-was-born/ | 1,910 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999973 |
WRITING about the needs of the Igbos or Igbo aspirations, whether in terms of what would make the Igbos happy (or unhappy), is not a difficult thing in any manner.
For practically all the issues are already in the public domain, and repeated one way or the other almost every day. What, perhaps, the Nigerian or internat... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/igbos-want-nigeria-2/ | 908 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999977 |
Africa’s rise is in danger of faltering. After years during which the continent’s economy grew at an average annual rate of 5%, global uncertainty, depressed commodity prices, and jittery external conditions are threatening to undermine decades of much-needed progress.
Ensuring the wealth and wellbeing of the continent... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/how-policymakers-can-put-africa-back-on-upward-trajectory-by-ngozi-okonjo-iweala/ | 1,418 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999947 |
The most familiar spelling and use of the word is internet site. Internet is a truly correct noun along with the first notice needs to be capitalized. Grammar checkers with various attributes can be found the net now. The following reason you should study Language properly is that it’s going to allow you to get an occu... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/11/man-seeks-n8m-for-mothers-kidney-transplant/Gofundme | 709 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
As the controversy created by Chinua Achebe’s new book, “THERE WAS A COUNTRY”, rages, social critic and poet, Odia Ofeimun – who has been thrown in the eye of the storm because of his first reaction which sought to exonerate Pa Obafemi Awolowo, who served as Vice Chairman to the ruling body of the Nigerian government a... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/10/the-achebe-controversy-awolowo-and-the-forgotten-documents-of-the-civil-war-by-odia-ofeimun/ | 6,327 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
low sperm count
By Sola Ogundipe
The Japanese have done it again! For the first time in human history,they have successfully utilized sperm cells created with stem-cell techniques to fertilize eggs and produce live, normal offspring.
They used embryonic stem cells of mice to make primordial germ cells,which are the pre... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/japanese-scientists-create-artificial-sperms-from-stem-cells/ | 324 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
The Senate of New York State, in the United States has passed a resolution paying tribute to world acclaimed author Chinua Achebe.
In the resolution, the Senate said , Professor Achebe’s global significance “lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has wri... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/new-york-senate-passes-resolution-on-achebe/ | 1,210 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99992 |
ABUJA, Nigeria — Before my grandmother died in 2010, she gave each of her 17 grandchildren a crisp one-pound note. It was an unceremonious gift, without lectures or reminiscing. She opened my hands and firmly pressed the bill into my palm. “You must keep this,” she said, before following up in Igbo: “Inugo?” Do you hea... | http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/opinion/facing-down-nigerias-ghosts.html | 336 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
The Federal Ministry of Health says no fewer than 16 million individuals in Nigeria are living with chronic Hepatitis B and C virus.
According to the ministry, the discovery is sequel to a National HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey carried out in 2018.
A representative for Viral Hepatitis Control in Nigeria, Clement... | https://www.channelstv.com/2019/11/23/at-least-16-million-individuals-in-nigeria-live-with-chronic-viral-hepatitis-fg/ | 190 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999947 |
McDonald's to employees: Avoid burgers and fries - it's risky for your health
Expressing concern over employees’ health has backfired on the world’s leading fast food producer, McDonald’s. Its own employee resources website recommended workers to avoid burgers and fries whenever possible due to health risks.
The McReso... | http://rt.com/usa/mcdonalds-employees-fast-food-764/ | 752 | Food | 3 | en | 0.999935 |
In today's fast-paced world, finding a sense of inner calm and balance is becoming increasingly important. As the demands of daily life continue to grow, many individuals are turning to the ancient practice of yoga to find solace, strength, and serenity. Yoga, a holistic discipline that originated in ancient India, com... | https://vocal.media/earth/unleashing-inner-harmony | 999 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999865 |
Obaseki the servant governor at 63
By Crusoe Osagie
In the last three years and seven months, the people of Edo State have been enthralled by the re-enactment of people-powered governance led by the citizens, with Governor Godwin Obaseki on the front seat, designing and executing people-centric policies, and programmes... | https://thenationonlineng.net/obaseki-the-servant-governor-at-63/ | 1,660 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that over 20 vaccines are in development globally, and several therapeutics are in clinical trials all geared towards ousting the Coronavirus.
Disclosing this on Friday in his opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19, WHO’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebr... | https://www.channelstv.com/2020/03/01/coronavirus-over-20-vaccines-in-development-globally-who/ | 367 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
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