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School is many things—a place where kids learn and grow cognitively, develop social skills, and become independent individuals. It can also, alas, be a place where they pick up germs and illnesses and bring them home. At school, children spend a lot of time in classrooms where they can easily transfer infections to one another. But by teaching kids some important healthy habits, parents can help make school and health a priority during the school year. Here are some great tips on how to keep your kids healthy. 1.Teach Your Child About Proper Hand Washing Hand washing is one of…

A 34-year-old Indiana from United States of America was, Thursday, sentenced to160 years imprisonment. Nicholas Deon Thrash who impregnated his girlfriend’s 10-year-old daughter after repeatedly raping her was sentenced to the imprisonment in Marion, Indianapolis. He was found guilty of 10 counts of molestation against his girlfriend’s daughter in August this year. The mother is also facing charges for allegedly telling her daughter to lie and say a classmate had impregnated her when she discovered her growing bump as she tried on dresses for a school dance. DailyMail.com has chosen not to name the mother in order to protect the…

A flood victim from Warri, Delta State of Nigeria who lost her property to rampaging flood that destroyed farmlands and other valuable in the area last week has notched a fortune to bring back her life. As the good Book says that a man’s gift makes a way for him (in this case her), Kate Dekpe granted interview to Channels Television reporter in pidgin English in a poetic manner. Apart from losing her earthly possessions, Dekpe had a zero bank account. This rare expression of words of using pidgin to describe the disaster attracted the attention of Reno Omokri, a…

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said the Akwa Ibom State’s debt profile rose to N179 billion at the end of the first half of 2018 (HI’ 18). By this report released by the bureau on Thursday, Akwa Ibom occupies the fourth position of the most indebted states in the country. In the report, NBS said Lagos State recorded the highest domestic debt stock at N517 billion or 17 percent of the total debt stock of states, followed by Delta (N223 billion), Rivers (N191 billion) and Osun (N136 billion), making up the top five indebted states. The states with lowest…

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revoked the operating licence of Skye Bank and renamed it Polaris Bank, assuring depositors that they won’t lose their money. The revocation of Skye Bank’s operating licence follows the Central bank’s decision to pause its injection of funds processes in the lender. CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele and the Managing Director of the Nigeria Insurance Deposit Corporation, NDIC, Umar Ibrahim respectively, stated this on Friday at a media briefing in Lagos. Mr Emefiele said the apex bank injected N786 billion into the bank, directing the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, to commence the sale…

Worried by increased militancy and in effort to restore peace to the affected communities, Akwa Ibom Police Command has given aggrieved youths in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas of the Nigeria’s 21st state a five-day grace to surrender arms and embrace peace. However, this gesture has erased the thoughts erroneously held by some people that government has fully restored peace and normalcy to the two local government areas enmeshed in the protracted crisis. Recall that gunmen suspected to be militants on Tuesday, September 18 shot dead a middle- aged commercial driver  popularly known as Benco at Ikot Andem village along…

Following the withdrawal of the operating licence of Skye Bank Plc, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in consultation with the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has established a bridge bank known as Polaris Bank, to assume the assets and liabilities of the defunct bank. CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this on Friday, said the strategy was for the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) to capitalise the bridge bank and begin the process of sourcing investors to buy out AMCON. “By this decision, the licence of the defunct Skye Bank is hereby revoked. “We wish to assure…

No fewer than117 persons under All Progressives Congress, APC, are said to be jostling for  the 26 seats of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly during the 2019 general elections. The state APC Chairman, Ini Okopido, who told Team Nigeria programme sponsored by Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate) broadcast by Planet 101.1FM, Uyo, said the aspirants are undergoing screening exercise of the party in the state. Okopido in a telephone interview with the programme coordinator, Aniekan Udosen on Friday attributed the huge number of aspirants for the House of Assembly seats to…

Another minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has been accused of not participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC). Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, graduated from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) at age 25, according to The Nigerian Monitor. Shittu, who is currently in the race to become Oyo State governor, comes a week after Kemi Adeosun was compelled to step down from her post as Finance Minister, after allegations that she skipped the compulsory national service and then procured a fake exemption certificate. Months of discreet checks at the NYSC headquarters showed…

Bafana Bafana will return to their happy hunting ground at FNB Stadium when they host Nigeria in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday, November 17. Coach Stuart Baxter’s troops last played at FNB stadium almost a year ago when they beat Burkina Faso 3-1 in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers‚ with goals from Percy Tau‚ Themba Zwane and Sibusiso Vilakazi. Bafana host the clash against Nigeria at 2010 World Cup Final venue FNB in their penultimate 2019 AFCON qualifier (kickoff 3pm). Bafana have four points after an away win against Nigeria and this month’s 0-0 home…