“I have many friends living with this disorder, but the most painful thing is that most of them have died and is really painful.” Recalling the death of her younger brother, Marylyn said the incident occurred while he was preparing for his JSS 3 exam. “My brilliant brother died at the age of 12 when he was reading for his exams. At that moment it became almost too difficult for me to put myself together. I lost concentration because we were attending the same school.

To tackle the gender imbalance in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics globally, no fewer than one hundred and twenty girls across Africa and the United States of America have been selected to participate in the new Women in Science STEAM camp.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday met with tank farm owners in Apapa on how to resolve the perennial traffic lock jam in the area, vowing that the State has the capacity to make parties involved play by the rule.

The UN says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems’’ in Borno and other states in the North East to ensure rapid response to activities of Boko Haram.

TOWARDS ensuring the availability of affordable medicines for sustained management of hypertension among Nigerians, Aprovasc, a fixed-dose combination treatment was recently introduced from the stable of Sanofi Nigeria. Introduction of the new drug, combined with the continual support of establishing clinics for the better management of the disease, is in direct response to the healthcare needs of patients with hypertension in Nigeria.

A 26-year-old woman in Zambia’s Luwingu district has given birth to pure hair, according to the Luwingu District Medical Officer, Dr Ernest Mutale.

Troops of the Nigerian Army and operatives of the Department of State Services , DSS, have arrested the alleged mastermind of Zaria, Jos bombings between Sunday and Tuesday.

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has disclosed that it will unveil former Super Eagles’ skipper, Sunday Oliseh as the coach of the Super Eagles next week.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, warned the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, not to misconstrue the National Assembly as its secretariat.

South African award winning rapper, Kiernan Jordan Forbes popularly known as AKA is the latest father in the African music scene amongst other rap artistes with the arrival of his baby girl, Kairo.

Deadly group, Boko Haram is offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the town of Chibok in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government.

Operatives of the Anti Kidnap Unit of Enugu Police command have rescued, unhurt, a kidnap victim who was allegedly abducted on July 3. The victim was rescued at Abunuzu-imezi Owa forest in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State following intelligence report gathered on the activities of the suspects.

Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, the Chief Imam of Apo Legislator’s Quarter’s Jumat Mosque has cancelled the special i’tikaaf prayer normally observed by Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan in that Mosque.

THE camp supporting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has announced conceding the position of the House leader to the camp supporting Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.

Britain will cut spending on welfare by £12 billion ($18.5 billion, 17 billion euros) in a fresh austerity drive, finance minister George Osborne announced Wednesday as he delivered the government’s post-election budget.