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President Muhammadu Buhari
By Clifford Ndujihe
ON day like this, exactly 57 years ago, Nigeria was on a festive and historic mood. It was the eve of October 1, 1960, the day that the United Kingdom had set aside to grant Nigeria independence as a sovereign state.
The political and social atmosphere was astir. The reaso... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/insecurity-army-launches-exercise-golden-dawn-in-anambra/October | 1,434 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
In 2005, when we received reliable information that a sitting member of the U.S. Congress was allegedly using his official position to solicit bribes from American companies interested in doing business in Africa, we opened an investigation.
The congressman in question was William J. Jefferson, who had been serving Lou... | https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/william-jefferson | 653 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99995 |
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
The deadly COVID-19 is taking its toll on Africa, especially in this second wave of the virus, with many people being infected and many dying.
As at February 3, 2021, a total of 3,609,468 cases of Coronavirus have been reported in Africa, with 92,909 deaths recorded.
Nine countries form the COVID-19 ... | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/02/05/covid-19-nine-dangerous-african-countries-you-must-avoid-right-now/ | 1,017 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
Chibok meets Prophet Joshua
In the Old Testament days of the Holy Bible, prophets were alter egos of monarchs. Kings ruled all right but it was almost at the behest of powerful prophets. The crown necessarily had to derive enough moral and spiritual authority from the prevailing prophet. A king would neglect the divine... | https://thenationonlineng.net/chibok-meets-prophet-joshua/ | 651 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
By Omoh Gabriel
The external debt profile of states has shown that Lagos State has the highest with a profile of $1.087 billion, followed by Kaduna State with a total of $234 million. Cross River State followed closely with an external debt profile of $131.469 million. Other states with relatively large external debt a... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/fgs-external-debt-states-debt-profile-on-the-rise/ | 1,815 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999949 |
The Hausa ethnic group is one of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria and is one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. The bulk of the Hausa people are based in northern Nigeria, though there are a few in parts of Southern Nigeria.
The Hausas are largely pastoral and ‘agrocentric’; this is why they are the larges... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/6-funny-misconceptions-hausa-people/ | 595 | Culture | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of American currency in a century, proposing to replace the slaveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, and to add women and civil rights leade... | http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html?_r=0 | 334 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
By Udeme Akpan
1. What is the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB?
The Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2020 is a law in the making, which seeks to introduce far-reaching reforms in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It was first presented to the National Assembly in 2008.
2. What are the major objectives?
The bill aims at estab... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/10-things-to-know-about-nigerias-pib/ | 800 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
Easter: Cleric advises Nigerians to have hope in God
Abuja – Nigeria has been ranked the 103 happiest nation of the world, and 6th in Africa in the World Happiness Report.
The World Happiness Report 2016 update, which ranks 157 countries by their happiness levels, was released in Rome on Wednesday, in advance of UN Wor... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/nigerians-no-longer-happy-drop-in-global-hapiness-ranking/ | 488 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
UK trains dogs to detect asymptomatic coronavirus carriers
- Could screen 250 people an hour
- Can already sniff out potential diseases like cancer and malaria
The United Kingdom is in the process of training dogs to ‘sniff’ out symptoms of coronavirus before they appear in humans.
Trials to see how the novel works out... | https://thenationonlineng.net/uk-trains-dogs-to-detect-asymptomatic-coronavirus-carriers/amp/?__twitter_impression=trueSource: | 397 | Health | 3 | en | 0.99988 |
Increasing monkeypox cases are casting a bit of a shadow on celebrations across the country recognizing Pride Month, though experts have generally said people should exercise care but not change their plans over the virus.
As of Friday, around 45 monkeypox cases have been identified in the U.S., according to the Center... | https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3519303-why-experts-say-monkeypox-shouldnt-damper-pride-month-celebrations/It | 989 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999987 |
Read the video transcript below.
Has Science Discovered God?
Einstein didn’t believe it was possible.
Stephen Hawking said it might be the greatest scientific discovery of all time.
What discovery has baffled the greatest scientific minds of the past century, and why has it caused them to rethink the origin of our univ... | http://y-jesus.com/more/scc-science-christianity-compatible/ | 323 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999968 |
By Chief Afe Babalola
It is no longer news that SARS-CoV-2, renamed COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation on February 11, 2020, has taken the world by storm, transcending borders and geographical landscapes, defying orthodox treatments and holding several economies, first-world and third-world alike, to ransom.
Bes... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/pandemics-in-history-was-nigeria-prepared-for-covid-19-2/ | 1,669 | Health | 3 | en | 0.99992 |
When billionaire media producer Oprah Winfrey took a DNA test for the PBS show African American Lives a few years back, she learned that her DNA had three exact matches — with the Kpelle people, who lived in western Africa in what’s now Liberia; the Bamileke people in Cameroon; and a Bantu-speaking tribe in Zambia.
Lik... | https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/the-surprising-facts-oprah-winfrey-learned-about-her-dna/?theme=ancestry-2016What | 594 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Alarming trends of COVID-19 in the state of Washington highlight patterns of inequity and increased cases among younger people, a press release from Washington State Department of Health (DOH) stated.
Two new reports from DOH and the Bellevue-based Institute of Disease Modeling (IDM) analyzed CO... | https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/concerning-patterns-of-inequity-in-wash-covid-19-reports/ | 764 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999836 |
This representation of crime data shows the relative frequency of how often violent and property crime offenses occurred in 2017. (Note that the Crime Clock should not be taken to imply regularity in the commission of crime. The Crime Clock represents the annual ratio of crime to fixed time intervals.) A violent crime ... | https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/crime-clock | 147 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999914 |
A growing number of young men are becoming leery of marriage, not only in Africa. Some parents are wondering if they are ever going to become grandparents. These young men feel threatened, thinking the institution of marriage has been captured by the new women power of feminism to dominate them in their houses. This fe... | https://www.modernghana.com/lifestyle/14691/marriage-is-a-partnership-and-friendship-not-a.html | 1,409 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Three months after his bone marrow transplant, Chris Long of Reno, Nev., learned that the DNA in his blood had changed. It had all been replaced by the DNA of his donor, a German man he had exchanged just a handful of messages with.
He’d been encouraged to test his blood by a colleague at the Sheriff’s Office, where he... | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html#click=https:///FWWYUVdhyK | 427 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
…The three storey building floating school
A landmark floating school that provided classes to children on a lagoon in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has collapsed during heavy rains, its headteacher said on Thursday.
“The structure collapsed at around 10:00 am (0900 GMT) on Tuesday following a rainstorm,” the school’s... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/lagos-floating-school-collapses-heavy-rains/ | 566 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999845 |
What Is Afrobeat and Juju Highlife Music?
Before the advent of hip-hop, which has presently taken over the whole country, Afro-juju and highlife were widely celebrated throughout Nigeria from the early 1950s until the late 1990s. In recent times, hip-hop music appears to be holding sway with the electronic media in Nig... | https://spinditty.com/genres/Top-10-Afro-Juju-and-Highlife-Musicians-in-Nigeria | 3,182 | Music-Radio | 2 | en | 0.99965 |
The Palm Islands are artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company Jan De Nul and the Dutch company Van Oord.
The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS, onto the required area in a process known as rain-bowing because of the arcs i... | http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/richest-people-middle-east/ | 3,455 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999968 |
AFTER independence, the aims of political parties were maintaining and protecting the unity and sovereignty of Nigeria as one indivisible and indissoluble nation among others.
The political parties that were formed after the ban on political activities was lifted on September 21, 1978, were National Party of Nigeria (N... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/reducing-the-number-of-political-parties/ | 777 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
After eight years spent studying a 1.8-million-year-old skull uncovered in the Republic of Georgia, scientists have made a discovery that may rewrite the evolutionary history of our human genus Homo.
It would be a simpler story with fewer ancestral species. Early, diverse fossils — those currently recognized as coming ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/science/fossil-skull-may-rewrite-humans-evolutionary-story.html?WT.z_sma=SC_SFS_20131017&adxnnl=1&smid=fb-nytimes&adxnnlx=1382044233-ckn2u3Q9TMCp0a4izILvswSkull | 300 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999977 |
Ebonyi State, weekend, recorded its second confirmed case of Lassa Fever as a 10-year-old boy in Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government died from the disease.
APART from the ordinary issues language experts and others know about English, what other thing is the language known for or can be used. This has been the contentious... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/ | 352 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999939 |
No, Michael the Archangel is not really Jesus. The non-Christian cult known as the Jehovah’s Witnesses teaches that they are the same. The Seventh Day Adventists teach the same; but Michael the Archangel is just that–an Archangel, and Jesus is not a created angel. There are three archangels named in the Bible: Michael ... | https://carm.org/about-jesus/is-michael-the-archangel-really-jesus/#michael | 443 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
Soursop leaf cures malaria, says Unilorin researcher
Mr Nwonuma Obiora of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Ilorin, says Soursop leaf contains some curative anti-malaria substances that can be used to treat ailment.
Obiora, who stated this while defending his PhD thesis on Tuesday ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/soursop-leaf-cures-malaria-says-unilorin-researcher/ | 308 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999914 |
John was diagnosed diabetic at 40, but instead of focusing on the disease, he ignored it. After all, he didn’t feel sick. But gradually, his health was failing.
Today, John, now 60, is a shadow of his old self. Over the last 20 years, he has watched his body slowly disintegrate. A host of circulatory problems arising f... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/stop-diabetes-stops/ | 1,670 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999977 |
In Roman Catholicism, it is a common practice to direct prayers toward images of Jesus or the crucifix, as well as images of saints, angels, and the Virgin Mary. One common defense of this practice is to claim that such prayers are not really offered to the image itself, but rather through the image to God. Therefore, ... | https://carm.org/should-christians-pray-to-god-through-images-of-jesus-angels-and-saints? | 2,034 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
If All Lives Matter Then African Lives Matter
Color line was created in the 1600 by laws in Virginia to divide and conquer people along the "racial" line. It may have been shattered or cracked into partial pieces by the children of the same white, black, red and brown people demonstrations around the world. Before then... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/288905/if-all-lives-matter-then-african-lives-matter.html | 1,501 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999887 |
‘Why Nigeria needs bio-security audits’
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) Executive Director, Dr Olufemi Oladunni, has called for bio-security audits to prevent exports rejections and boost the integrity of the nation’s food production system.
He said trade was important to the future of Nige... | http://thenationonlineng.net/why-nigeria-needs-bio-security-audits/ | 278 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999924 |
You arrive at work and the first message waiting at the top of your Gmail is rude, sarcastic, and demeaning. That's not exactly the intended use of the communication method.
Email is great for explaining a complex topic, documenting a subject, and communicating about upcoming plans. Using it to take your anger out on s... | http://www.inc.com/john-brandon/25-acts-of-e-mail-cruelty.html | 219 | Career | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
A destructive hailstorm with wind gusts up to 70 km/h (43 mph) ripped through South Australia's Riverland region at around 18:00 UTC on November 4, 2019, causing major damage to fruit and cereal crops that left farmers in crippling financial situation. The horrific incident prompted calls for a government-backed nettin... | https://watchers.news/2019/11/07/riverland-hailstorm-november-2019/9 | 628 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999926 |
Biafra’s rising stridency
From its beginnings in 1999 when the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) embodied its goals, and now when the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given it added vibrancy and renewal, the Biafra concept has refused to be a passing fancy. It is unlikely to... | http://thenationonlineng.net/biafras-rising-stridency/ | 2,787 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
By Sola Ogundipe
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health renowned academic medical center lin New York, have performed the world’s first combined heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant on a woman with end-stage kidney disease.
This is a significant milestone in xenotransplantation, the transplantation of organs from a... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/organ-shortage-surgeons-are-saving-human-lives-with-pig-kidneys/ | 847 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999933 |
A study done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates the life span of men.
The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of whom were instructed to s... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/touching-staring-at-womens-breasts-makes-men-live-longer-healthier-study/amp/?s=01 | 335 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
Many Africans believe in superstition, therefore, many things which are not going right on the continent of Africa are blamed on certain beliefs. Some of the ignorant Africans believe that Africa is even cursed. That usually makes me laugh sometimes because Africa is the most blessed continent in the world, taking into... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/895115/why-our-current-african-leaders-are-selfish-and-wicked.html | 873 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
PLSG cautions residents on bush burning
The Plateau Government, through its Ministry of the Environment, on Monday cautioned residents in the state to desist from indiscriminate bush burning.
Mr Abdullahi Abbas, the Commissioner for Environment, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos.
He ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/nin-sim-incapable-of-tackling-kidnapping-others/Pls | 319 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999966 |
A Christian MP, who attended the Accession Council for King Charles III, has reflected on the role God plays in these traditional ceremonies.
Whilst the monarch was already named King following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the service gives further clarity, and allows politicians and church leaders to b... | https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/christian-mp-reflects-on-accession-council-and-role-god-plays-in-the-life-of-the-new-king | 281 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999992 |
A Spanish priest infected with Ebola will be treated with an experimental drug that has been used on two Americans infected with the deadly virus, the government said.
The drug called ZMapp arrived at Madrid’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital where the 75-year-old missionary was being treated in isolation, the health ministr... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/spanish-priest-treated-experimental-ebola-drug/ | 522 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99999 |
South Africa halted use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine on Sunday after evidence emerged that the vaccine did not protect clinical trial volunteers from mild or moderate illness caused by the more contagious virus variant that was first seen there.
The findings were a devastating blow to the country’s eff... | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/world/africa/covid-vaccine-astrazeneca-south-africa.html | 320 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
Around 1640 BCE, some 70 Canaan (Black), Hebrews under the leadership of Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, entered Egypt from Canaan, fleeing from another great drought. Doris Darkwah in (The Role of Africa in the rise of Judaism) tells us that: “They were welcomed and given food and shelter by the hospitable Egyptia... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/247818/1/the-jews-lied-against-africa-to-ascend.html | 8,371 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999975 |
The exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar is the same on Tuesday for the first time in 20 years.
As of Tuesday morning Greek time, one euro is equal to exactly one dollar, meaning that the value of the euro is down by over 12 percent compared to its value at the beginning of the year.
This means that the eur... | https://greekreporter.com/2022/07/12/euro-dollar-equal-exchange-rate/ | 583 | Business | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
On a plate of rice, experts say you should eat the fish or meat first.
By Sola Ogundipe
THIS information will interest people living with diabetes. The next time you are served a plate of rice, it is advisable to eat the fish or meat before the rice. Japanese researchers say they have established that eating fish and m... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/eating-fish-meat-before-rice-controls-blood-sugar/ | 414 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999969 |
By Theodore Opara
NIGERIA’s drive towards renewable energy as a substitute to environmentally harmful fossil fuels has received a remarkable boost following the design and construction of a solar-powered electric vehicle by Zaria Academy Centre for Innovation and Renewable Energy, ZACIRE.
Code-named Munyegal Z20E, the ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/08/zaria-academy-builds-solar-powered-electric-car-earns-fgs-praise/ | 414 | Education | 2 | en | 0.999954 |
Are you aware that many African countries still pay colonial tax to France till today? One would say that Africa is still being exploited even till date. It brings us to the conclusion that the Europeans may not want us to be greater than they are after all. An article by Mawuna Remarque Koutonin, peace activist and ed... | http://answersafrica.com/countries-subjected-pay-colonial-tax-benefits-salvery-france.html | 2,527 | Culture | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
More mass shootings
A gunman opened fire in a Brooklyn subway, wounding 10 people on Tuesday and injuring others. A mall shooting in South Carolina yesterday wounded 10. A gang shootout this month in Sacramento killed six and wounded 12 more. New Orleans reported its bloodiest weekend in 10 years. Road rage shootings a... | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/17/briefing/violent-crime-ukraine-war-week-ahead.html | 322 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
As it is in all countries all over the world, except, perhaps, in a few totalitarian states (if there still exists any), the Nigerian Supreme Court, the highest in the land, is the final forum for appeal in the nation’s adjudicatory system. The Apex Court, as it is often called, has interpreted the Constitution and has... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/politics-succession-supreme-court/ | 2,327 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999966 |
What the world is applauding today as the revolution unfolding in Bayelsa State Nigeria is only the prominent role played by Governor Dickson to fast track and concretize an Agenda that is older than the State itself. Well,many people now know this Agenda as the Ijaw cause,a long standing yearning for commensurate deve... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/834909/history-and-outcome-of-bayelsa-restoration.html#.WoPj_G4Ed3Y.facebook | 3,635 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999945 |
‘There will soon be no woman in the Senate’
A very touching historical video by one Dumebi Kachikwu for ROOTS traced the history of women’s political participation and advocacy way beyond the popular Aba women Riot of 1929 that many erroneously credit as the first major intervention in political issues by women in a co... | https://thenationonlineng.net/there-will-soon-be-no-woman-in-the-senate/ | 1,935 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999937 |
Nigeria records first baby by ‘freezed egg’
Nigeria has recorded the birth of its first baby conceived through the oocyte (egg) freezing protocol.
The feat was recorded by The Bridge Clinic, Lagos, on February 16, with the delivery of a male child, named Tiwatope.
The oocyte was preserved through cryopreservation, whic... | http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-records-first-baby-freezed-egg/ | 567 | Family | 2 | en | 0.999983 |
By Sola Ogundipe
BELIEVE it or not, but you could be safer ingesting marijuana -the most used illegal drug on Earth – than a prescription pain killer drug. Findings by a brand new first-of-its-kind global study conducted at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, USA, showed tha... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/marijuana-safer-than-painkillers-study/ | 643 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999821 |
In 1982 Mpagi Edward Edmary, a Ugandan taxi driver, was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his neighbour. But not only was Edward an innocent man, there hadn’t even been a murder. Edward had been framed after a land dispute between families in the village got out of hand.
Witnesses were bribed to say they had ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/man-spent-20-years-on-death-row-for-murder-of-a-man-who-was-alive/ | 424 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Table of contents
Table of contents
- The History Behind Young Blood Transfusions
- The Science Behind Young Blood Transfusions
- Young Blood Transfusion Startup Dies a Quick Death
- Young Blood Transfusion is Regenerative Medicine
- Crikey, They’re Using Chronokines
- Going All in with GDF11
- Making Abundant Use of B... | https://www.nanalyze.com/2019/06/young-blood-transfusions/ | 2,270 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
HEBREW ISRAELITE ORIGINS
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God,
A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down
into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous:… DEUTERONOMY 26:5.
BEFORE it was Called SYRIA & Before Jacob-Israel…
4000s BC-------... | https://destee.com/threads/hebrew-israelite-origins.87407/ | 2,371 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
In terms of laws, Nigeria has enough regulating how People With Disabilities (PWDs) should be treated. The latest of these being the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 23, 2019. More than two years down the line, there is no appreciable dif... | http://thenationonlineng.net/well-make-nigeria-liveable-again-buhari-assures/en | 994 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
Dr Mohammad Abubakar, Minister of Environment, on Monday, disclosed that Nigeria recorded 4,919 oil spills between 2015 to March 2021 and lost 4.5 trillion barrels of oil to theft in four years.
Abubakar disclosed this at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on protecting ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/nigeria-lost-4-5trn-oil-barrels-to-theft-in-4-years-minister/ | 938 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.99996 |
By Biodun Busari
One of the most popular Christmas songs is Jingle Bells, and the atmosphere will be filled with delight again as December starts today.
‘Jingle Bells’ is arguably the Christmas song one learns to sing in school and probably best in carol service.
The song was composed by James Lord Pierpont who was a n... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/12/why-jingle-bells-is-popular-among-christmas-songs/ | 398 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999969 |
In the age of the globalization, the most entrepreneurial communities win. It's not just a matter of individual success but some communities that possess certain skills will emerge to dominate significant sections of the economy. This can be seen in India's Parsi and Marwari, and Punjabi communities, the Punjabi of Pak... | http://m.modernghana.com/news/455846/1/africas-most-entrepreneurial-ethnic-groups.html | 1,271 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999706 |
22 danger signs to watch out for when using a gas cylinder
By Praise Olowe
There have been many cases of gas cylinder explosions and when this happens, lives are lost and properties worth millions are destroyed.
However, there are so many danger signs we need to look out for while using a Gas cylinder.
Some of these fa... | https://thenationonlineng.net/22-danger-signs-to-watch-out-for-when-using-a-gas-cylinder/ | 778 | Family | 3 | en | 0.999994 |
How to check expiry date of a gas cylinder
Gas cylinders are essential components in our kitchens and almost every home owns it. it is important to know that a gas cylinder could be as dangerous as its importance if certain factors are not checked constantly.
There have been many cases of gas cylinder explosions and wh... | https://thenationonlineng.net/how-to-check-expiry-date-of-a-gas-cylinder/ | 832 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
How the phrase ‘my dear’ can put you in trouble
On several occasions, I have heard phrases like “English no be money, grammar no be success, grammar no be money”.
Yes! I totally I agree, one hundred per cent. So, putting things in view, why do we now go out of our ways to make English language our own? We have our own ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/how-the-phrase-my-dear-can-put-you-in-trouble/ | 759 | Education | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
Senate moves to tackle erosion in South-East
By Sanni Onogu, Abuja
The Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading a Bill which aims to address the challenge of erosion in the country, particularly in the South-East zone.
The Bill seeks to establish an Erosion Control and Prevention Commission in the country was sponso... | https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-moves-to-tackle-erosion-in-south-east/ | 1,194 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999975 |
If Looters Had Built On Old African Technologies
What discovery, institution, plant or industry has these billionaire politicians established? They pick and choose billionaires that make returns as kickbacks. It is an insult on African Youths' intelligence when those choosing politics for retirement home promised to be... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/311453/if-looters-had-built-on-old-african-technologies.html | 1,240 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few--the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It's easy to fall prey to this misconception. In reality, being likable is under your control, and it's a matter o... | https://www.inc.com/travis-bradberry/10-things-you-do-that-make-you-less-likeable.html | 296 | Romance | 2 | en | 0.999985 |
TRIPOLI, Libya — As rebel leaders pleaded with their fighters to avoid taking revenge against “brother Libyans,” many rebels were turning their wrath against migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, imprisoning hundreds for the crime of fighting as “mercenaries” for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi without any evidence except the colo... | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/africa/05migrants.html?_r=1&hp | 1,623 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999903 |
Love is a mystery.
It is one of the most ancient of all the mysteries, and the most lasting. And one aspect of that mystery is how you can go so quickly from loving someone to absolutely, positively hating their living guts.
Now, neuroscience is explaining that part of the mystery.
A recent study out of the Wellcome La... | https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/ever-hated-someone-you-used-to-madly-love-neuroscience-says-youre-normal.html | 938 | Romance | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Victims of Modern Slavery are not only illegal migrants used as slaves and sex workers in the Middle East, Europe and Americas. While African and Indian physicians have gained sympathy from the International Press in the United Kingdom, one of the most exploited legally, are the Care Workers. Modern Slavery gang master... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1247872/modern-slavery-is-another-colonial-religious.html | 1,123 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
Toilet and kitchen sink
By Shola Ogundipe
If you dropped a piece of fruit in your kitchen sink while rinsing it, would you think twice about popping it in your mouth? What if you dropped it in the toilet?Although the mere thought of retrieving anything from the toilet bowl may be enough to make you sick, your toilet ma... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/your-toilet-may-be-cleaner-than-your-kitchen-sink/ | 987 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
Inspiration from Creation book
The natural world shows evidence of stunning design and this book shows the
extent to which human technology falls behind in comparison. Examples are given
of how engineers are improving man-made products by copying principles used in
nature and how this points to the living world itself ... | https://creation.com/search?q=Evolution | 107 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.99996 |
PDP and its colour flags
In this piece, John Alechenu takes a cursory look at PDP’s rise to power, downfall and current struggle to return to winning ways after losing power in 2015.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which came into existence as a political entity on August 31st, 1998, celebrated its silver jubilee wi... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/09/pdp-25-once-upon-a-ruling-party/amp/ | 2,198 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999977 |
Someone might have asked you, or you may have been asking yourself this question: if democracy means all the theoretical, institutional and behavioural dimensions that is usually written in books, why is it that not every country in the world where democratic government is running operate democracy successfully like it... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/429042/1/why-democracy-and-good-governance-is-not-working-i.html | 1,323 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999973 |
November brings us two eclipses in the month. Total solar eclipse will occur on November 13 and penumbral lunar eclipse on November 28, 2012. On November 13, residents of northeastern Australia will see the sun fully obscured by the moon, whose shadow will darken the sky for 2 minutes there on November 13. The only vis... | https://watchers.news/2019/11/10/unseasonably-cold-arctic-airmass-snow-and-freezing-rain-with-gusty-winds-across-the-central-and-eastern-us/Nov | 375 | Health | 4 | en | 0.99999 |
Almond nut prevents heart attack, diabetes – Expert
Mrs Aisha Abdullahi, a Nutritionist with a private hospital in Asokoro, Abuja, on Tuesday said consuming almond nut helps reduce the risk of heart attack and diabetes, among other diseases.
She said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
... | http://thenationonlineng.net/almond-nut-prevents-heart-attack-diabetes-expert/ | 471 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads at unprecedented rates, invading the lungs of people of all ages, ethnicities and medical histories, companies are ratcheting up their efforts to fight the disease with accelerated schedules for creating new vaccines, and beginning clinical trials for potential treatments.
On Wednesd... | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/health/coronavirus-vaccines.html | 242 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999922 |
The True Sabbath
When we read the Fourth Commandment, it states that the 7th day is the Sabbath. If we look at a calendar, we see that the 7th day is Saturday. Now of course the Hebrew people didn't call it Saturday because that is a name of a Pagan god, the 7th day was called Shabbat in Hebrew. One important point to ... | https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/Falsereligion | 7,394 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Mormon Scriptures and David’s wives:
The Mormon church does not currently permit the practice of polygamy (or “plural marriage”) in this life, but it does teach that God has sanctioned, blessed, and even commanded this practice in the past. This teaching does lead to the interesting question of when God did and when he... | http://ow.ly/SjOs50LUj2F | 786 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
The Ebola virus has been detected for the first time in an eye of a patient months after it vanished from his blood, researchers said Thursday.
Dr. Ian Crozier, an American doctor, was diagnosed with Ebola in September 2014 while working in Sierra Leone with the World Health Organization.
He was sent back to the United... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/ebola-found-in-mans-eye-months-after-it-left-blood-report/ | 558 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999956 |
Death by Starvation or Death by COVID-19
As horrible as death by COVID-19 must be, it is surely far worse to starve to death slowly over a period of many weeks and months. Yet, in our desire to prevent millions of COVID-19 deaths, we may have sentenced tens of millions of people to starve to death. Perhaps more than 10... | https://stream.org/death-by-starvation-or-death-by-covid-19/ | 1,377 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
Some Africans have forgotten how to grow their own food. There used to be a time most Africans could not starve in the villages unless you are too lazy to farm. Today, families are selling the same farms that have sustained them for generations to buy plastic toys that can hardly last for five years.
Think of what will... | https://m.thenigerianvoice.com/news/287089/destabilize-a-nation-with-imported-food.html | 1,192 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
The BBC also published a version of the multimedia in Swahili.
Sitting on a chipped wooden bench, the three-year-old swings her legs excitedly. Her sandals barely touch the floor as she watches a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
It is hard to believe Comfort is a witch.
Yet this is why she and her two older siblin... | https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/branded-and-beaten-nigerian-children-accused-witchcraft-and-murder | 5,351 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
NASHVILLE — With pain in her right ear, Sue Cassidy went to a clinic. The doctor, wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope in one pocket, introduced herself.
“Hi. I’m Dr. Patti McCarver, and I’m your nurse,” she said. And with that, Dr. McCarver stuck a scope in Ms. Cassidy’s ear, noticed a buildup of fluid and pres... | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/health/policy/02docs.html?_r=1& | 2,037 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999969 |
*Gov Rotimi Amaechi
Being a paper presented by Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, at the 2013 Quintessence Ball and Awards ceremony held in Trenton New Jersey, recently
The difference between followers and leaders is that followers need leaders to help them follow what leaders themselves are following. Thi... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/great-leaders-beget-great-followers-great-followers-beget-great-leaders-rotimi-amaechi/#sthash.LkOQnXPZ.dpufWonderful | 1,920 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
Graphics & Design FAQs
What is graphic design?
Put simply, graphic design is the art and craft of creating visual content that communicates a concept, an idea or a brand message to the public. Logos, artworks, drawings, illustrations, cards, emails and a whole paraphernalia of designs are all around us. You can see the... | https://www.fiverr.com/s2/f34ac1c8f0 | 1,903 | Career | 2 | en | 0.999998 |
From far away India came the news, on September 6, 2011 that the first Speaker of the House of Representatives under our presidential system of government, Barrister Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, had passed on. He had been sick and was flown there for treatment, but unfortunately, he could not survive.
Thus passed into history, th... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/edwin-ume-ezeoke-1935-%E2%80%93-2011/ | 916 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999903 |
Meditation is good for you. We don’t need to tell you that. The chorus of voices extolling the virtues of mindfulness is never-ending: It decreases stress. It helps you focus. It can even rewire your mental circuitry. But it’s not just your synapses that see the benefits: As it turns out, meditating can physically chan... | http://www.fastcompany.com/3040039/its-not-just-for-your-brain-meditating-can-actually-change-your-dna?utm_source=facebook | 546 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
By Vincent Ujumadu, Anayo Okoli, Chidi Nkwopara, Francis Igata, Chimaobi Nwaiwu & Chinenyeh Ozor
WITH just two rains so far this year, many parts of the South East zone are already under the threat of devastating gully erosion, which has become a common feature in many communities in the zone. In past years, it was com... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/07/onitsha-owerri-road-caves-in/Gully | 4,030 | Travel | 2 | en | 0.999943 |
To ensure the broadcasting of World Cup won't be disrupted, Ghana has purchased 50 megawatts of electricity from its neighbor, Ivory Coast, according to a news release by Ghana's Public Utilities Regulatory Commission.
The commission is also appealing to the public to reserve energy by turning off power-consuming appli... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/549430/1/ghana-buys-electricity-from-ivory-coast-to-keep-tv.html | 166 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999931 |
Professor Ita Okon Bassey-Ewa and Hadiza Mailafia
BY PETER DURU
Nigeria may lose about $460 billion to climate change by 2020 and also faces gross domestic product loss of between 2% and 11% if urgent steps are not taken to check environmental degradation in the country.
The Executive Director, Women Environmental Prog... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/nigeria-may-lose-460bn-climate-change/#sthash.TDUufrNq.dpufhttp://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/nigeria-may-lose-460bn-climate-change/ | 305 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999905 |
A Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Danoye Oguntola-Laguda, has said that Olodumare (God) is the source of all beings and also the creator of Esu (devil) and as such, should be held liable for all actions of the devil.
He said God created and gave the devil the power to ensure proper steps are followed by man in wor... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/god-held-liable-actions-devil-don/ | 930 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999994 |
Look after your mental health, WHO, UNIC tell journalists
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) have advised journalists to know more about their mental health in order to live healthy.
The global bodies also underscored the need for capacity building among journalists to ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/obi-cannot-win-on-saturday-lp-state-chairmen/Look | 761 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999935 |
Mothballs As an Octane Enhancer
Back in the day—1965—were we doing anything by adding mothballs to the gas tank in my new Plymouth 383?
The legend about mothballs improving internal-combustion engine performance dates back to the 1920s. In those days, the real causes of spark knock were poorly understood, there was no ... | https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/mothballs-as-an-octane-enhancer/amp/ | 794 | Car Talk | 3 | en | 0.999897 |
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation, distribution, and use of styrofoam and single-use plastics throughout Nigeria.
It also urged the Federal Government to implement a phased approach to the ban by providing sufficient time for bus... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/reps-move-to-ban-styrofoam-others-in-nigeria/ | 553 | Food | 3 | en | 0.99996 |
By SOLA OGUNDIPE
When you are trying to get healthy and lose weight, there are certain foods you should avoid. Most of these food are obvious because they contain ingredients known to cause weight gain. There are some foods not as obvious and can be just as bad for you. These foods are a problem because most people do ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/5-foods-you-should-not-eat-again/#sthash.YF2xQv6Q.yED9x9iN.dpuf | 464 | Food | 2 | en | 0.999996 |
By Yinka Kolawole
STARTING a business in Nigeria has become more cumbersome over the last one year, according to “Doing Business”, an annual report by the World Bank Group measuring the regulations that enhance business activity in 189 economies and those that constrain it.
According to the “Doing Business 2016”, the 1... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/starting-business-in-nigeria-getting-more-difficult-world-bank/ | 1,035 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999981 |
In a small factory at Mallam Atta, a young woman called Aminatu puts cups of ground millet in a sieve and rolls her hands vigorously over them until the millet forms tiny balls. These tiny balls are the beginning of what would become the most sought-after beverage on the streets of Accra-Burkina.
On the streets of Accr... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/472131/1/burkina-latest-millet-smoothie-in-town.html | 1,079 | Food | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
Indian police are reviewing reports of missing children to try to identify a girl who was found living in a forest with a group of monkeys.
The girl, believed to be 8 to 12 years old, was unable to speak, was wearing no clothes and was emaciated when she was discovered in January and taken to a hospital in Bahraich, a ... | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/04/07/eight-year-old-girl-found-living-monkeys-forest/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter | 332 | Health | 2 | en | 0.999979 |
File photo: Children
By EMMANUEL EDUKUGHO
Going by a report of the United Nations Children Fund, Nigeria is among the 24 countries with large number of undernourished children in the world. Inadequate nutrition in childhood undermines the ability of individuals to develop their full capabilities. Lack of essential mine... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/sorry-state-of-nigerian-child/#sthash.ztEElAPq.dpuf | 1,024 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
*Ogun Pilgrims at Mount Jabalithaor one of the holy sites in Makkah
By Haroon Balogun
As Allah’s Prophet and Messenger, he delivered the message, explained it and applied it on himself and on his household. As a human being of excellent morals and character, we pattern our behavior and character after his example. Alla... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/learning-from-prophet-muhammad-s-a-w/#sthash.PYGu98FZ.dpuf | 3,802 | Religion | 2 | en | 0.999989 |
What's the Difference Between an Autonomous and a Driverless Car?
Also called autonomous cars, robotic cars, and self-driving cars, truly driverless cars were essentially the stuff of science fiction until relatively recently.
Definitions vary, but autonomous cars are typically defined as versions of our current vehicl... | https://axleaddict.com/safety/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Driverless-Cars | 4,277 | Car Talk | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
By Gabriel Olawale
The growing number of people living with diabetes mellitus in Nigeria is worrisome and an explosion in the number of diabetic patients may be imminent if urgent measures are not taken to address the trend.
The International Diabetes Federation estimates that by 2040, the global prevalence of diabetes... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/lp-kicks-as-nlc-announces-stakeholders-meeting/every | 1,915 | Politics | 2 | en | 0.999908 |
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