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Emir of Kano attends Morocco’s festival of horses
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has left Nigeria for Morocco to attend the 13th edition of the International Festival of Horses in the coastal city of El-Jadida holding between October 18 and October 22, 2022. The monarch was invited by the organisers of the festival as a Special Guest of Honour during
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Why children under five don’t need cough syrups –Paediatrician
A consultant Paediatrician at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, Dr. Abdurrazzaq Alege, has said children under the age of five should not be given over-the-counter cough syrups. Alege said there was usually no need to treat a child’s cough with cough syrups as coughing helps a child remove mucous, infections, and irritants from their respiratory
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BREAKING: Wike, other aggrieved PDP govs regroup in Spain
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and three of his Southern counterparts have jetted out to Spain. The other governors including Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Samuel Ortom (Benue) are all of the Peoples Democratic Party. The four Governors posed for a photograph at the International Airport, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local
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’10 million girls at risk of early marriage’
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has raised concerns that school closures could lead to an additional 10 million early marriages of girls over the next 10 years due to COVID-19. It, therefore, said the world must give girls the tools they need to succeed and create an enabling environment. The Director General
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28 killed, many trapped in Turkey mine explosion
Rescuers worked on Saturday to free more than a dozen miners still thought to be trapped underground at a coal pit in northern Turkey, where a methane blast a day earlier killed at least 28 people. “Fifty eight of our miners were able to come out unharmed. We estimate that 15 of our miners are
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Nigerian professor, Toriola, named Washington University Physician-scientist scholar
The Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, United States, on Friday, named Prof. Adetunji Toriola, the university’s physician-scientist scholar. Toriola, an Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife alumnus, was reportedly the second physician-researcher named as part of the School of Medicine’s new Physicians-scientist Investigators Initiative, which supports pioneering physician-scientists whose work already has transformed their
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Rural women as leaders, key to equitable communities
October 15 is the International Day of Rural Women, a day when women and girls living in rural areas are honoured for their essential role in global development. The theme for this year’s is ‘Rural Women, key for a world free from hunger and poverty.’ Rural girls and women are key agents of change and
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Harrysong makes U-turn on allegations against Soso Soberekan
Harrison Okiri, a Nigerian singer popularly known as Harrysong, has made a U-turn on his allegations against music executive, Soso Soberekon. Mr Songz, as he is also known, accused Soberekan of hiring assassins against him during an interview on the Frankly Speaking podcast partly hosted by comedian, Nedu. “If you see Soso now you’ll say
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Why I called #LekkiShooting photoshopped — Ex-General Enenche
Major General John Enenche (retd.), who described the #LekkiShooting incident as “photoshopped” and “cropped” has said the reasons behind his claim in 2020. The ex-General who made the list of the 1,234 members of the presidential campaign council of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, had come under fire on social media for his
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Traditional religion more peaceful than Christianity, Islam –Painter, Muraina Oyelami
Veteran visual artist, drummer and thespian, Chief Muraina Oyelami, speaks to BOLA BAMIGBOLA about his background and works You’re a widely-travelled, renowned artist, why have you chosen to settle back in Iragbiji, rather than one of the big cities, for instance, Lagos or Ibadan? Remember very well that Iragbiji is my hometown. Even though I
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