Tag: Families
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Families groan as Hunger, Insecurity and Covid-19 Rage – Michael West
By Michael West This is not the best of times in Nigeria. Many families are in financial mess as the means to meeting the basic needs: feeding, rent, medicals and children’s school fees, are getting harder by the day. It is not funny at all. Families are caught in the webs of threatening hunger, worsening…
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Why families must reduce intake of salt, seasoning
A don, Prof. Henrietta Okafor, has urged families to reduce the intake of salt and seasoning to protect the kidney from malfunction. Okafor, who is a Professor of Peadiatrics with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), made the call in Enugu during 163rd Inaugural Lecture of UNN titled: “Sustaining Healthy Kidneys from Nascence: The Role…
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Families in Tears, Anguish over SARS Atrocities, By Michael West
By Michael West The appearance of scruffy looking, gun trotting rude guys on patrol in hijacked commercial or private vehicles do send jitters down the spines of Nigerians especially the youths. It is not because there’s any reported crime or breakdown of law and order but for the likelihood of being caught as preys in…
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Schools, Families and Politics of Covid-19, By Michael West
By Michael West Apparently caving under intense pressure, the federal government has agreed to partial reopening of academic activities in schools starting with students in terminal classes in secondary schools. Till now, government is yet to convince the public on its rationale to open economic and political activities while schools remain on lockdown. Nigeria is…
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Families confirm sudden death of Ibidun Ituah-Ighodalo
The Ighodalo and Olaleye Ajayi families have announced the “sudden loss” of Ibidunni Ituah -Ighodalu. She was known as the wife of a popular Pastor Ituah Ighodalo. A statement by the families signed by Asue Ighodalo did not state the cause of the “sudden loss.” According to Asue Ighodalo, “The Ighodalo and Olaleye Ajayi families…
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An unforgiving and stone heart – Francis Ewherido
Francis Ewherido A horrific and sadistic drama was staged at the God’s Glory Ministry, Jos last Saturday. The ‘actor,’ a certain Rufus Aplang and his fiancée, Judith, were billed to exchange marital vows. It was reported that when the presiding pastor asked Aplang if he was ready to take Judith as his wife for better,…
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Two families staged Indonesia suicide bombings – Police
A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia’s second city Surabaya on Monday, police said, a day after a deadly wave of attacks on churches staged by another family. The spate of bombings has rocked Indonesia, with the Islamic State group claiming both the church…
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Ozubulu: ‘Killers threaten to attack four more families’
One of the witnesses in the Ozubulu Church killings in Anambra state, Chukwuemeka Obi, Friday told the court in Awka, Anambra state that those who masterminded the killings have threatened to carry out more attacks in four families in the community. Not only that, he also told the court that they equally threatened to carry…
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Meningitis: Atiku urges more action, condoles with families
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern on the high death toll so far recorded this year following the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in parts of the country. In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja on Thursday, Atiku called for concerted efforts to…
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Tambuwal advocates support for families of fallen heroes
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said one of the best ways to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes is to take care of the loved ones they left behind by providing opportunities for their children, and empowering their widows. Speaking at an event to commemorate the 2017 Armed Forces Remembrance Day held in Sokoto Sunday,…