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By Akanimo Sampson One of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations, Malaria Consortium, says malnutrition contributes to nearly half of all deaths of children under five in Nigeria. The mission of the group which was established in 2003 is to improve lives in Africa and Asia through sustainable, evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote child and maternal health. According to the Publications Officer of the group, Lien Santeramans, patients in rural areas often struggle to access treatment, as health facilities are difficult for them…

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has called for prayers over the abduction of five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. This is as the Ogun State police command has released names of the five abducted pastors of RCCG. Adeboye while preaching at the ongoing ministers’ conference holding at the Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, called on members of the church to pray for their release. “As a father, how do you think I should feel to hear that five of my children have been kidnapped…

The 7th triennial conference of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council has birthed new helmsmen to man the union for the next three years. Mr. Amos Etuk was elected as the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council after polling 275 votes. Etuk of the Consolidated Chapel defeated his closest rival, Mr Joseph Robert who scored 156 votes at the union’s elections on Friday, August 2 at the NUJ Press Centre, Uyo. This is the second time Joseph Robert of the State Information Chapel has failed to clinch the chairmanship position…

By Akanimo Sampson Japan has become the first country in the world to officially give a stem-cell scientist the go-ahead to create animal embryos that contain human cells and transplant them into surrogate animals since a ban on the practice was overturned earlier this year. Hiromitsu Nakauchi, who leads teams at the University of Tokyo and Stanford University in California, plans to grow human cells in mouse and rat embryos and then transplant those embryos into surrogate animals. According to a Rael-Science post, Nakauchi’s ultimate goal is to produce animals with organs made of human cells that can, eventually, be…

Some masked gunmen, Friday, again raided a female hostel in the Town Campus of the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State till 6.30 a.m. Three days ago (Wednesday), the gunmen had raided another female hostel in the Town Campus of the university, dispossessing hand sets, money and other valubales from the students. An anonymous source said the gunmen arrived at the hostel at on Friday at 6 a.m. when most students were awake and operated till 6.30 a.m. collecting handsets, money and other valuables from the students. “They even collected hand sets from some porters, though the security men…

Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria, an infectious disease is currently threatening the lives of 3.2 billion people around the world. Malaria Consortium, a civic group which is up with some measures to combat the scourge says every year the disease accounts for hundreds of thousands of deaths, the majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. ‘’Pregnant women and children under five years of age are especially vulnerable to this devastating disease’’, the group said in its latest newsletter, pointing out that  since 2003, it has been fighting malaria in countries across Africa and Asia, in partnership with communities, government…

A Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization,  Afenifere, has carpeted of federal government of “doing all kinds of things that can divide the country.” Responding to a comment Vice President Yemi Osibanjo made on the unity of the country on Wednesday, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere spokesman, said the actions taken by the federal government “make the break-up inevitable.” Osinbajo had advised all those who want Nigeria dissolved to look at the case of Sudan which broke up but still has problems. In a statement Odumakin wondered why the government declared the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) a terrorist group. “The president said Tuesday that…

More than 27,000 Nigerians were killed by Boko Haram insurgents from 2009 to 2019 in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, the United Nations has said. The United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, stated this on Wednesday during the commemoration of the 10th ‘anniversary of Boko Haram crisis. The event, tagged “Holding On’ An Immersive Experience of Internal Displacement: 10 Years of Crises in North-east Nigeria” was held at the United Nations House in Abuja. “The Boko Haram crisis in North-east over ten years between 2009 and 2019 has claimed 27,000 civilians due to this decade-long conflict…

Hamza Bin Laden, the son of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, died in an airstrike, US media outlets reported citing intelligence officials. The place or date of death was unclear. The Pentagon did not comment. Bin Laden, aged about 30, had released audio and video messages calling for attacks on the US and other countries. As recently as February, the US government offered $1 million (£825,000) for information leading to his capture. His death was widely reported by US media outlets including NBC News, the New York Times and CNN, citing unnamed US intelligence officials. The reports said Bin Laden…

Despite being labeled as terrorists by the government of Nigeria, the Shi’ites have vowed that they will never lay down their agitation for the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, his wife, and several others in detention whose freedom is being allegedly denied by the government since 2015. Though the Shi’ites who are also known as the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had on Wednesday announced their decision to suspend street protests, some of their top functionaries said in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city that the struggle for their release will continue by any means necessary. Their Spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, explained…