Thailand stops US and Australian couples leaving with surrogate babies
SYDNEY – U.S. and Australian couples attempting to leave Thailand with babies born by surrogate mothers have been stopped at the airport and prevented from […]
Day: August 17, 2014
Achillion’s hepatitis C drug shows promise in trial
Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc said all patients treated with its experimental hepatitis C drug showed no detectable levels of the virus four weeks after the therapy, […]
African First Ladies restate commitment to fight against cancer
By Ekemini Yemi-Ladejobi Often times, you hear critics saying that the Office of the First Lady is unconstitutional; that the lady is just the wife […]
APC alleges fresh bid by PDP, Nasarawa lawmakers to impeach Al-Makura
Nigeria’s main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the renewed plan by the Nasarawa House of Assembly to impeach Governor Tanko Al-Makura, saying […]
Can universities’ autonomy guarantee stability and good governance?
By Joan Nwagwu The issue of universities’ autonomy, accountability and transparency in the universities, featured at a recent conference organised by stakeholders in Abuja. Experts […]
Osun governorship election: The intrigues and the feats
By Kayode Olaitan, Observers of the Aug. 9 Osun governorship election, in which 20 political parties participated, note that its results became unpredictable, few days […]
Mount Kilimanjaro Welcomes ‘Climb For Down Syndrome’
LAGOS – The Down Syndrome Foundation, Nigeria has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to those living with the Down Syndrome. The call was […]
APC YOUTH FORUM STATEMENT – ‘SHERIFF’S DEFECTION TO PDP: APC PLANS NATIONWIDE THANKS GIVING’
By Barrister Ismail Ahmed The All Progressives Youth Forum is planning to organize a nationwide thanks giving with special Sunday church service and umma’at prayers […]
With Ebola Cases Still Few, Populous Nigeria Has Chance to Halt Its Outbreak – New York Times
By DENISE GRADY Health workers have fought the Ebola outbreak to a tentative standstill in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, offering at least a chance to eradicate […]
Ebola confirms Liberia as Nigeria’s cross
By Tonnie Iredia The Ebola disease that has caused so much panic in Nigeria in the last one month did not evolve from among our […]
Boko Haram: Cameroon orders military to hide intelligence from Nigeria
It has been revealed that Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroon has issued a directive to all its military commanders in charge of border areas with Nigeria to […]
No case of Ebola virus in Kwara
The Kwara State Government says the state is currently free from the deadly Ebola Virus. This is consequent upon the receipt of negative test result […]
Ebola patient slips into coma in Lagos
One of the eight suspected Ebola cases quarantined at the Isolation Unit of the Yaba Mainland Hospital has gone into a coma, a source has […]
Lagos Denies Fresh Death Of Ebola Patient
Lagos State government yesterday dispelled the rumour making the rounds that a person infected with Ebola virus disease died at a state-owned hospital in the […]
Multi National Task Force clears Boko Haram camp in Borno
BY NAN The Defence Headquarters said in Abuja on Saturday that troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force had cleared a terrorists camp in Buduram, […]
Ebola patients flee attack on Liberia isolation clinic
(AFP) – Seventeen patients infected with Ebola were unaccounted for on Sunday after they fled an armed raid on a quarantine centre in Monrovia by […]
Nuhu Ribadu: Between ideology and adventurism
By Zebulon Agomuo It has since been established that politicians, all over the world, behave like prostitutes. They dance and sleep with anybody that meets […]
Ebola: Cameroon shuts sea border with Nigeria
Cameroonian authorities have shut its sea border with Nigeria as part of a likely move to check the spread of the dreaded Ebola virus. It […]
Don calls for regular dam monitoring as rainy season deepens
ABUJA – As rainfall deepens, Prof. Constatine Mbajiorgu, a lecturer in Applied Hydrology at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has called for regular monitoring and […]