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Nigerian Government Orders Removal of Speed Breakers

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has directed ‎that all speed breakers on federal highways be removed.

Protect Yourself From Disease

Many ancient cities were protected by massive walls. If an enemy breached just a small section of a wall, the safety of the entire city was at risk. Your body is like a walled city. How you care for your defenses has much to do with how healthy you are. Consider five elements that can expose you to disease and how you can put up the best possible defenses. 1 WATER

Deadly Floods In North

More than 35,500 homes have been destroyed along with 8,700 public buildings  Torrential rain has caused severe flooding in the northeast of North Korea. According to the UN, 133 people have died and another 395 are currently missing. Pyongyang government figures, says that around 107,000 residents had been forced from their homes in the area along the Tumen River and  35,500 homes had been destroyed along with 8,700 public buildings.

Former PM David Cameron Resigns From Parliament

Announcement comes nearly three months after Cameron quit as PM in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the EU. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his resignation from his seat in parliament "with immediate effect". The news on Monday came nearly three months after he stepped down from his job as the country's leader in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Cameron, who first came to power in 2010, said he had told his succesor, Prime Minister Theresa May of his decision to stop representing his constituency in Oxfordshire to make way for someone who could concentrate on the area in central England.

Nigerian refugees in Niger struggle for food and water

Thousands of Nigerian refugees in neighbouring countries such as Niger have been struggling for resources since fleeing attacks by the Boko Haram group. The Nigerian army has taken back the rebel group's last remaining strongholds in the northeastern Borno State and, while some people have started returning to their devastated towns and villages, thousands remain in neighbouring countries, including Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Although many no longer feared Boko Haram, but they these people are struggling to get on with their lives because of a lack of resources. They are hungry and thirsty.  Curfew imposed from 7pm until the morning has negatively affected business. Masses of refugees Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria has, since it began in 2009, mutated into a vast regional crisis confronting Nigeria and its three Lake Chad Basin neighbours, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Insecurity has driven more than 187,000 Nigerians across the border, but incursion...

King Sunny Ade’s Four-Month 70th Birthday Celebration

The teeming crowd of journalists at the Lagos Airport Hotel were not kept waiting for too long. It was just a couple of minutes past the scheduled time, when multiple award winning music icon, Chief Sunday Adegeye, better known as King Sunny Ade or KSA walked into the meeting room.

The Function of Cat Whiskers

Domestic cats are mostly nocturnal. Whiskers apparently help them to identify nearby objects and catch prey, particularly after dusk.

Spotlight on the Family

Africa According to the World Health Organization, mothers should begin breastfeeding their babies within an hour of birth and breastfeed them exclusively for six months. Despite this recommendation, the UNICEF Regional Nutrition Adviser for Eastern and Southern Africa stated that false advertising persists in  Canada

Tanzania earthquake kills 11, injures more than 200

T he quake struck 43km from Bukoba on the western shore of Lake Victoria At least 11 people have been killed and more than a hundred injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit northern Tanzania. The quake struck 43km from Bukoba, a city on the western shore of Lake Victoria on Saturday, at a depth of 10km, the US Geological Survey said.

An Overview of Indonesia

Land  Straddling the equator between Australia and continental Asia, Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago. Most of its more than 17,500 islands feature rugged mountains and dense tropical forests. With more than 100 active volcanoes, it is also the most active volcanic region on earth.

Worsening Dollar Scarcity Threatens Overseas Education

With the worsen dollar scarcity in the country, parents whose children school abroad are having difficulty accessing foreign exchange (forex) and this is threatening the completion of their children's education.

Thousands in Spain's Madrid call for bullfighting ban

Surveys show public support for bullfighting has waned in Spain in recent decades Thousands of people have rallied in the Spanish capital Madrid to call for a ban on bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some administrations to clamp down on the centuries-old tradition.