Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

According to the ranking of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria is on the list of worst countries on earth for new born babies to survive. UNICEF said Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malawi, and six other countries are ranked the worst nations for newborn babies in 2018. The full list included Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania. UNICEF stated that these countries sadly accounts for more than half of the world’s newborn deaths. The world body, in its latest report titled ‘Save Newborn Lives’ explained that…

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Facebook has announced that organisations and businesses can now post in ‘Community Help’, a crisis response tool where people can request and provide help needed to recover following crises where ‘Safety Check’ – a Facebook tool, which people can use to tell friends they are safe if in crisis-affected areas has been activated. Asha Sharma, the Product Lead, Social Good in a statement said, “Organisations and businesses can post in Community Help, so that they can provide critical information and services for people to get the help they need in…

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Reports reaching Newsbitsng.com has it that a zookeeper has died after a lion broke loose and mauled him in a popular Gamji Gate Amusement Park in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. According to eye witness, the lion broke out of its cage in the popular Gamji Gate amusement park in Kaduna city, attacked and injured one Mustapha Adam in the neck who was rushed to the hospital where he died of the severe wound he sustained during the attack. He died in the early hours of Wednesday February 7, 2018.…

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According to reports monitored by NAN and Reuters, a 90-year-old tourist was killed and another tourist left on life support when crocodiles attacked them as they paddled an inflatable boat in Zimbabwe’s Matopos National Park, a parks official said on Friday. The report said John Bowman, 90, and Rosemary Mitchell, 65, were canoeing at Mpopoma Dam, a known crocodile hotspot, when their boat was attacked, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesperson Tinashe Farawo told Reuters. Bowman and Mitchell are both Zimbabwean. “The crocodiles attacked the air-pumped boat they were using…

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An aircraft carrying 257 Nigerians landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos earlier today (Wednesday December 6, 2017) according to the spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, Mr. Joseph Alabi. He said the returnees arrived aboard a Libyan Airlines aircraft at the Cargo Wing of the airport at about 1.30 a.m. It was gathered that they were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration and the European Union (EU) after being stranded in the volatile North African country en-route Europe. Alabi said, “We received another…

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Ten entrepreneurs at the weekend in Awka, the Anambra State capital received business grants of N300, 000 each to grow their businesses, from Life Continental Lager Beer at its Life Progress Hour. The event in Anambra brings the total number of entrepreneurs who have benefited from the Life Progress Booster scheme in 2017 to 160. One of the beneficiaries, Ugwu Anthony, 26, expressed his joy as his dream to own a barbing salon has become a reality. “Since I graduated in 2012, I have worked for several private companies here…

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Detroit music rapper, Eminem has released the deadliest attack on the hugely ‘unguarded’ President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump. The attack from the musician, which has sent social media ablaze lasted over four minutes where fearless Eminem unleashed ‘mayhem’ on the personality of the President and Commander-In-Chief of the most powerful nation in the world, calling him all sorts of unprintable names in the process. In the rap vent, which is perhaps the fiercest and the most exhaustive attack against Mr. Donald Trump, Eminem sarcastically but…

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Six more states in the country have reported the case of “Monkey Pox” thus bringing the total number of suspected cases so far to 31. Recall that the case was first reported in Bayelsa. The states that now have the virus are Bayelsa, Cross River, Lagos, Rivers, Ekiti, Akwa Ibomand Ogun. The authorities of Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said samples had been collected from each of the suspected cases for laboratory confirmation. As at press time, they still await the results. NCDC’s CEO, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, however stated…

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Again, 4,281 Nigerians have been repatriated from different countries in Europe, America and even some African countries through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in the first half of 2017. In a related development, a total number of 691,934 travellers departed through the airport while another 560,988 travellers arrived the country within the period under review. A document made available to the media by the Ministry of Interior, showed that the deportees arrived though chartered and regular flights. Further details showed that between January and June, 2017, 2,251 Nigerians…

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There is nothing worse than the horrifying looks of yellow teeth. While this happens for many reasons ranging from too much caffeine and tea to taking a ton of antibiotics to your diet it can often be treated. However the cost for the treatment can be quiet costly and cost hundreds of dollars. Often times many dental plans won’t even cover this as it’s considered cosmetic and that leaves you with a huge bill. Why pay all that money when you have a host of ingredients that are right in…

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