More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The WHO estimates that around half of those between the ages of 12 and 35 in middle- and high-income countries are at risk due to unsafe levels of sound on personal audio devices or smartphones. Another 40 …
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WASHINGTON – Since Sept. 2014, when U.S. Army Africa leadership arrived in Liberia to help contain the historic outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, the United States is transitioning its contributions to civilian and nongovernmental organizations there as the World Health Organization reports a drop in confirmed cases. Last month, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby …
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Two blasts targeting a bus park in Jos killed at least 17 people on Thursday evening, the military and witnesses. “There were twin blasts today in Jos,” said Ikedichi Iweha, military spokesman in the Plateau state capital which has been repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram. The park is opposite the Bauchi road campus of the University of Jos He declined …
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday paid an unannounced visit to Yola from where he proceeded to Mubi to encourage soldiers of 155 Special Task Force battalion in Mubi town of Adamawa state. The president used the visit to pay a courtesy call on the Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa, where he sympathized with the people of Mubi over the …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the appointment of four directors for Unity Bank Plc. The bank said in a statement on Wednesday that three non-executive directors and one independent director were approved by the CBN. It said that the non-executive directors are Mrs Yabawa Lawan Wabi, Mr Dauda Iliya and Mrs Priya Heal, while Mr Sam Okagbue …
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Pictures of young Russian children posing with mock AK-47 rifles and other weapons at a kindergarten have provoked a storm of controversy, but some defended them as patriotic education. Pictures making the rounds online show boys and girls around five or six years-old posing for cameras with mock-ups of AK-47 assault rifles, a sniper rifle and a grenade launcher in …
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Pandemonium broke out in the Mosafejo, Oshodi-Isale area of Lagos State, after rival groups said to be members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, clashed on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday. Four people were reportedly killed, while several others were injured in the fracas which was stopped after the intervention of security agencies. It was gathered that no …
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The ongoing war between former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan took a dramatic dimension yesterday during the 90th birthday celebration of ex leader, Shenu Shagari in Sokoto as the Ota farmer outrightly avoided the president. It was gathered that Obasanjo arrived when President Goodluck Jonathan was inside Shehu Shagari’s house but refused to come out of his vehicle …
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The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the establishment on nine new private universities in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo. President Goodluck Jonathan traveled to Sokoto where he attended the 90th birthday of former President Shehu Shagari. The Minister of Aviation, Mr. Osita Chidoka; the …
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The House of Representatives has for the second time on Wednesday asked the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to submit the full version of the forensic audit report on the alleged missing Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation $20bn to it. The House gave the first directive on Thursday last week, following a motion moved by its Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila. On …
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