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Wike to nursing mothers: Go to Hospitals, not faith healers

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has advised mothers in the state to resist placing their hope in “faith healing homes” and rely primarily on trained experts and relevant health facilities for safe delivery and nursing of their child. The governor gave the advice at the flag-off of the 2nd round of the state’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week in Ogale, Eleme Local Government Area of the state, also warned against patronage of quacks and herbal practitioners by pregnant women. Represented by the state Health Commissioner, Prof Chike Princewill,…

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Man stabs colleagues to death in South Africa

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A Nigerian man has stabbed two of his colleagues to death in South Africa. The Secretary of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr. Emeka Ezinteje, confirmed the incident early on Saturday. He revealed from Johannesburg, South Africa, that the incident was due to a business dispute. Ezinteje said, “We have received a report that at 3am on Saturday, Mr. Ekweghiariri Chidi Isacc, 34, a native of Ehime in the Isiala Mbano Local Government of Imo State and Mr. Nzechukwu Alabuche, 35, from Azia in Anambra State were stabbed to…

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Oluwo of Iwo accuses Ooni of maltreatment at public gathering

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Oba Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, has alleged that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, ordered his bodyguard to push him out of the way during the meeting of traditional rulers in the country held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Oba Akanbi made the allegation in a statement in Oshogbo. The Oluwo claimed that the incident happened on Tuesday at the Hotel Presidential when the Ooni was called to the podium to give a vote of thanks. The statement read, “The bodyguard of the Ooni of…

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Old students association renovates Iganmode Grammer School

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The 1987/88 set of the Old Students Association of Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, Ogun State has renovated and refurbished a block of six classrooms of the Secondary school in order to create a more conducive environment for students and teachers. The block of classrooms which was used by the set as class three in the year 1985/86 had been in a deplorable state in recent years was refurbished to give the school a face lift. Iganmode Grammar School which was one of the best schools in the country owing to…

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APC Welcomes Coalition For Nigeria, Says Movement Not A Threat To Party

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THE ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) has welcomed the existence of the newly launched Coalition for Nigeria Movement. The ruling party also said the movement is never a threat to its own existence, noting that the only threat it can begin to worry about lies with the Nigerian people. The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this on Wednesday while reacting to the official flag off of the group in Abuja. “The prospect of a coalition does not threaten the APC at all. The only threat…

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Husband kills children as wife listens on phone

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A 62 year-old man, John Battaglia, has been arrested for killing his two young daughters while the girls’ mother listened on the phone and heard the gunshots and her children’s screams. After the shooting, he went to a bar with his girlfriend and was arrested shortly afterward at a tattoo parlour where he was getting rose tattoos to remember his dead daughters, court documents showed. The incident happened in Dallas, Texas, in 2001. John Battaglia had been divorced from his wife, Mary Jean Pearl, for about a year when he…

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Fidelity Bank MD reveals MSMEs in Nigeria doubled in 2yrs

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Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo has revealed that the number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) operating in Nigeria doubled over two years between 2011 and 2013, from 17.9 million to 39 million. He stated this at a Business, Entrepreneurship, Empowerment and Professionalism (BEEP) Conference 1.0 organised by Flame Academy and Consulting Limited, in Lagos, with the theme: “Developing Professionals, Improving Businesses”. He said: “With Nigeria’s over 180 million populations, 60 percent are within age 15 and 55 and that suggests a youth based population. “In…

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Deji Tinubu laid to rest at Ikoyi cemetery

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The remains of the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Deji Tinubu has been laid to rest at the Ikoyi cemetary. Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterpart in Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and wife of the vice president, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, yesterday led thousands of friends, family members, colleagues and well wishers‎ to pay their last respect to the late Deji Tinubu, who passed on last Thursday. At a well-attended lying-in-state and funeral service held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God,…

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Union Bank, Nokia and Farmcrowdy showcase innovative solutions at the 2018 edition of Techpoint Build

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Over 1000 investors, startups, hardware/software professionals, business developers, policy makers and other key stakeholders in the startup and technology sector recently converged at the Landmark event Centre in Lagos for the 2018 Techpoint Build event. The event, which is a brainchild of the Techpoint.ng team was tagged ‘Using technology to accelerate the nation’s economy’. Sponsored by Union Bank in collaboration with Nokia and Farmcrowdy among others, the event was a platform for stakeholders to critically address and proffer lasting solutions to challenges associated with the Nigerian technology startup sector. It…

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Security forces kill another wanted suspected cultist

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Oluchi Igwedibia, a suspected gang member who allegedly participated in the brutal murder of 23 persons in Omoku, Rivers, on Jan. 1, has been shot dead by security forces. Suspect A security source told newsmen that the suspected killer was tracked and shot dead at Sabo Iykpe community, Etsako West in Edo. Igwedibia, younger brother of Don Wanny, was among the 32 suspected cultists declared wanted by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Jan. 9. “Oluchi Igwedibia, alias Obatosu and brother of Don Wani, was the Field Commander of the…

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