Prince Tikare: Making a difference in cinema designs, construction
In the world of cinema designs and construction, British born Nigerian Prince Tikare is leading the pack in executing top-notch architectural masterpieces across the world
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Tingo’s path to building sustainable agriculture ecosystem in Africa
By Dozy Mmobuosi The idea that technology can be used to solve everyday problems has been tested so many times over the years, and has proven valid. In 2012, Tingo Mobile founder, Dozy Mmobuosi was on a trip to China when what they were doing with the agricultural value chain, among other things, in Shenzhen caught
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‘They removed my uterus and I didn’t know for 11 years’
A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of 17, and only learned about it 11 years later when she tried to have another child. Bongekile Msibi was among 48 women sterilised without consent at state hospitals, the Commission for
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Life is slow, burials fast in Italian town in virus hotspot
Coronavirus: The burial was over and done in five minutes. Just enough time for the priest to utter a prayer over the body of the elderly woman, in the presence of one relative and two undertakers. The growing coronavirus outbreak in Italy leaves little room for decorum, and Zorlesco, a northern town of 1,700 residents
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Akpabio should allow those in NDDC to do their job — Abakederemo
Convener, South-South Reawakening Group, Mr., Joseph Abakederemo, in this interview, speaks on the state of affairs in the Niger Delta region and clamour for regional security outfits among other issues.
Read MoreRural Woman’s quiet on the front burner
The concerns of the rural woman are core aspects of governance at all levels in Nigeria. Also there are ministries, departments and agencies dedicated partly or totally to her. And the mass media report them and their activities. These put her on the front burner. But, as this content analysis shows, there is limited and/or no feedback from her.
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Investigation: Illegal oil exploration destroying Warri Royal Cemetery
… As Indigenes Lament, Call for Protection of Cultural Heritage By Iteveh Ekpokpobe Palpable disaster looms over lives and property of residents around the Warri Royal Cemetery located in Jala-Ikeren community of Warri South Local Government Area, following illegal activities of crude oil merchants on the land. A visit to the historical and cultural heritage
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Rape victims find their voice in crime-hit Nigerian city
“They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.” In those simple words, Sarah describes the nightmare that she and her flatmate endured when two armed men broke into their apartment in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub. Who the men were was, and
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River blindness affects fertility —Prof. Jennifer Tyndall
Cholera is one of the diseases we are currently looking into. We have gone into the homes of the relatives of four people who died of cholera to find out the practices that caused such a high number of cases which is currently (September 23, 2019) 770 suspected cases in Adamawa, mainly Yola North, parts of Yola South and Girei and there was one case in Song but the person had travelled from Yola to Song so it was actually an imported case.
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SKEWED CRUDE PROFIT SHARING: How Nigeria lost over $62billion
Why bill was taken to Buhari in UK for assentHistory was made in the petroleum sector of Nigeria’s economy on Monday, October 4, 2019, when President Muhammadu Buhari in faraway London, United Kingdom, assented to the amended Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act. Following the development, what has the country lost, stands to gain? The answers are tucked in this piece.
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