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A renowned professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, has opined that infertile couples can bear children despite their medical challenges through the application of the Assisted Reproductive Technology, ART. Prof Nnamdi Obi, the gynaecologist explained that the Assisted Reproductive Technology is a novel medical technology which encompasses all fertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled outside the body. Presenting the 134th inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria, Obi submitted that in this procedure, eggs surgically removed from a woman’s ovaries are combined with the sperm in the laboratory…

A Fulani herdsman (name withheld) Tuesday, reportedly raped a 14-year-old girl from Umuifi community, Anioma-Isu in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State. The victim, Favour Okugbo, a student of Union secondary school, Agueke-Isu in the area, had been taken to an undisclosed medical facility for treatment. Confirming the incident, Festus Nwachukwu, the Chairman of the community, condemned the activities of Fulani herdsmen in Umuifi Anioma-Isu community as a threat to the agricultural revolution of the state considering how the herdsmen had been destroying their farm produce and threatening the peaceful coexistence of the Onicha people. According to him, even…

Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the French striker scored twice in their 3-0 win over Marseille in Wednesday’s Europa League final, allowing his club to win the trophy for the third time in nine seasons. It is Griezmann’s first major title as an Atletico player, and a fitting way to bow out if he leaves at the season’s end, with Barcelona tipped as his next destination. Griezmann — brought up in Macon, just 70 kilometres from Lyon — scored once in each half, his lethal finishes coming either side of Marseille losing Dimitri Payet to injury,…

To study is an important exercise to the young and the old. Yet, many who study do not have astonishing result because they do not eat certain types of food to boost their brain. To do so well, here is a list of foods that can help you study better: 1. Fish: These sea creatures make for swimmingly good brain foods! You can fry them, grill them, eat them in sushi or open a tin of tuna once in a while. The high concentration of Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to proper neural function and are also a lot healthier…

Most Nigerians who reacted Tuesday in the social media see President Muhammadu Buhari as a flip-flop over his statement that the late General Sani Abacha, former Head of State never dipped his hands into public till. Buhari had on June 9, 2008 declared that Abacha did not steal public funds. However, on May 14, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria, said the $320m stolen funds by General Abacha, would be spent on the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme of the administration to support the poor. Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the country’s Vice President who represented President Buhari made the statement on Monday at the…

A 34-year-old mother of five in Akwa Ibom State whose husband was allegedly killed by the vehicle of Compliance and Monitoring team of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Transport and Petroleum may go mental over the difficulties of bringing up her family alone. Ekaette Akaninyene, the pregnant wife of slain tricycle driver, Akaninyene Nnonno, Tuesday, accused the monitoring team for being responsible for the untimely death of her husband in Uyo lamenting that the incident had truncated the future they planned for their children and left her stranded. “I don’t know how to start or continue my life from…

The National Assembly has jerked up the 2018 appropriation Bill  by a whopping sum of N508,334,988,225, following its approval of the sum of N9,120,334,988,225 for the 2018 fiscal year. Six months after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the draft copy of the N8.612 trillion 2018 budget estimates to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 7 last year, both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Monday laid the report of Committees on Appropriations. The report of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate was laid by the Chairman, Senator Danjuma Goje, APC, Gombe Central. The presentation of the report…

The Senate and House of Representatives Joint Ad-hoc Committee investigating the April 18 Senate invasion has summoned Senators Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta) and Ali Ndume (APC Borno) for the role they allegedly played in the act and stealing of the mace. The mace was later recovered by the police, who said they were still investigating the incident. Chairman of the investigating committee, Bala Ibn Na’Allah, issued the summon at the committee’s meeting in Abuja yesterday. The summon followed testimonies from heads of different security agencies within the National Assembly which alleged that Omo-Agege led seven unauthorised personnel into the red…

The Federal Government and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, Tuesday, signed a Contract Agreement of $6.68 billion on Ibadan-Kaduna rail line. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, said after the contract signing agreement that the Ibadan-Kaduna rail line was a segment of the Lagos-Kano rail line Amaechi said “This one is Ibadan- Kaduna rail line which is part of the Lagos-Kano rail line.” He said the contract would be completed between two and three years, depending on the availability of funds. The minister promised that the Ministry would be able to provide its counterpart funding between this…

The Presidency has queried the Nigerian Ambassador to Israel for his alleged presence at the opening of US embassy in Jerusalem Monday. Al Jazeera had reported last night that Nigeria was present when the United States officially relocated its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday, Contrary to media report, a top Presidency official who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “Based on that report, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, queried the Ambassador who denied that he did not attend the event. “It was on the strength of the ambassador’s response that the Federal Government wrote to Al…