Thursday, September 22, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg pledges $3bn to help scientists cure diseases
Priscilla and I just shared our next major focus for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Can we help scientists to cure, prevent or manage all diseases within our children's lifetime? I'm optimistic we can. Medicine has only been a modern science for about a century, and we've made incredible progress so far.
Are Men Becoming Unromantic? - Read Wife's Claim in Court
Rose Archibong on Wednesday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her husband, Uko Effiong, has threatened to use her and her children for money ritual. She said, the petitioner, who resides in Nyanya, said this when she testified in a divorce petition she filed against her husband. “My husband said he will kill me and my children and use us for money ritual. “He said that my father who handed me over to him for marriage is dead so he can do anything to me and nobody will say anything,” she said.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi out for three weeks
Barcelona star Lionel Messi will be sidelined for the next three weeks due to a groin strain, dealing a huge blow to his club and country. “To lose Lionel Messi means football loses and we lose,” said Barca boss Luis Enrique. Messi limped off just before the hour mark of the Spanish champions’ 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The Argentine captain is set to miss his country’s World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay next month as well as Barca’s Champions League clash at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Messi will also sit on the Catalans’ La Liga trips to Sporting Gijon and Celta Vigo. Messi.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
President Buhari Submits Nominees For Confirmation for Board of NCC and NERC
The nominees submitted by the Presidency for the confirmation and appointment of board members for the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in accordance with section 34 of the Electric Power Sector reform CAP E7 LFN and Nigerian Communication Commission(NCC) was read at plenary by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Late Umar Musa Yardua- A Man of Peace That Stood for Equity and Justice
By Sam Achonam Ifeatu
Sometimes I wonder what it could have been, where and how far we could have gone in terms of development with this great icon at the helm of affairs. A man of peace that stood for equity and justice, a detribalised Nigerian and a nationalist who was so passionate about improving the lot of the poor masses.
Sometimes I wonder what it could have been, where and how far we could have gone in terms of development with this great icon at the helm of affairs. A man of peace that stood for equity and justice, a detribalised Nigerian and a nationalist who was so passionate about improving the lot of the poor masses.
Safety- Why You Must Wear Your Seat Belt
Doctors say the teenager, who was only going for a two-minute drive, is lucky to be alive and will walk with a limp for the rest of his life. Liam would have been celebrating his 15th birthday next week with friends but instead he will be on a children's high dependency critical unit at King's College Hospital in London.