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A social media influencer and UK based medical doctor explains why meningitis is NOT caused by heat contrary to popular beliefs and reasons it is common in Northern Nigeria. She also proffer solutions to the meningitis problem in Northern Nigeria and Nigeria in general. Meningitis is not caused by heat. It is caused by bacteria/viruses. Thank you. This is a simple short story written to help you understand everything about meningitis (called koli/yirunyirun in yorubaland). What to do What it is How to prevent it Why it happens How it looks like And everything else, read here. So why is it common in Northern Nigeria? It is a combination of many factors which increase the risk for northerners- but being a “hot” region is not a cause for meningitis at all. A lot of hot places in the world like Dubai, Iran, Qatar, and many places in the Middle East don’t have as much cases of meningitis as much as we do- if they have any at all. Infact according to the WHO, the highest burden of the diseas...

Senator Dino Melaye finally laid his mother who died in the month of May to rest, the funeral ceremony took place yesterday. Below are pictures from the event!

It was a very sad day in Kano when these three young boys of estimated to be under 20 years of age, kidnapped a 5 year old boy who happens to be related to one of them and demanded 20 million naira as ransom from the family but they eventually came to agreement of 100,000 naira, which was paid to them as ransom.  One of the suspects pictured in the middle above happens to be a relation of the little boy. He picked the victim from school and handed him over to his gangs. They told him to stay away from home to avoid being suspected and getting caught. The other two gang member gave the victim an orange which made the victim passed out. When the two young men came back and found him motionless, they tied him, covered his face and the three buried him. The brother was eventually interrogated and he confessed to the crime and exposed the other two. The young men have been arrested and the dead body of the little boy has been recovered. 

Bodybuilding superstar Shawn Rhoden -- the 2018 Mr. Olympia winner has been charged with 1st degree rape in Utah after allegedly s-xually assaulting a female bodybuilder in 2018. Cops in Salt Lake City say 44-year-old Rhoden, who goes by Flexatron has not been arrested, but a warrant has been issued. According to court docs, Rhoden's accuser claims she visited Rhoden in his hotel room in Oct. 2018. The unidentified woman told cops she viewed Rhoden as a mentor. But, during the visit, the woman claims Rhoden forced himself on her and despite repeated pleas to stop, he refused. She claims he eventually stopped and let her leave the room. Officials say the woman went to police and they collected evidence from her body that tested positive for Rhoden's DNA.  Rhoden has been hit with multiple criminal charges including felony r-pe, object r-pe and forcible s-xual assault. Rhoden is a huge star in the bodybuilding world -- he has 1.6 million followers on IG and is the reigning Mr. Ol...

No fewer that ten members of a notorious armed robbery gang, which specialises in robbing bank customers, have been arrested by operatives of Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Lagos State.  The suspects identified as Musibau Ogunbiyi, Rilwan Olarinwajo, Wahab Wasiu, Akeem Hassan, Idowu Taofiq, Sadiq Alada, Razaq Isah, Tunji Kundus, Tijani Koyim and Ibrahim Olagoke were apprehended after robbing a businessman of N2m in his shop at the Abule-Egbe area of Lagos.  According to reports, the businessman, whose name has been withheld, reported the incident to the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, through a petition where he disclosed that his mobile phones and those of his staff members were collected during the robbery operation.  IGP Mohammed immediately detailed operatives of the IRT to go after the culprits and ensure those responsible were arrested. During investigation, the IRT operatives were said to have discovered that those behind the...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the present administration has invested N900 billion in the power sector since it took over from the last administration in 2015. Osinbajo revealed this during his courtesy visit to Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba, on Friday. Noting that one of the problem in the power sector is that Distribution Companies (Discos) control a particular territory, the Vice President stated that the Buhari Government is working towards resolving the challenges. ”Since assumption of office, we have invested so far in terms of support N700 billion in the power sector. Earlier, we invested N200 billion,” he said. ”And now we are saying that any company that wants to provide power to any territory, should be able to provide power for the territory and the people. We have been able to break the existing monopoly in the power sector. Whether upgrade or not, the DisCos should be able to serve the people. Another strategy we are trying to introduce is to open up the power sec...

Nigerian actress, Adekemi Taofeek has explained that she cannot date boys who use condoms to prevent pregnancy. Background I grew up in Lagos. My childhood was fantastic because I grew up with both parents. My mother, father and siblings made my childhood interesting and fun. Education I studied Business Administration at the Lagos State University, Lagos State. Acting I really never had any interest in acting because I am a very shy person. However, I usually attended auditions back then with my friends just for fun because after my secondary school education, I was at home for some time waiting for admission into the university. In 2006, I registered with the Actors Guild of Nigeria, and started going for auditions, and I was eventually picked. There was a particular movie where they were looking for someone that looked like Ini Edo to play a certain part. So, I got there and decided to try my luck. One of the production managers asked if I was an actress, and I said “no”. He asked m...

A civil rights organisation, Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPILA) has expressed concern over the verdict of the Supreme Court which affirmed the victory of governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). They wondered why the Supreme Court would punish candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, because of purported absence of Justice Peter Obiora during one of the tribunal sittings. According to the organisation, by that action, the apex court has substantially spat in the face of the Osun electorate and elevated technicalities against substantive justice. “It is only in a corrupt entity called Nigeria that the mistake of a judge in a case is ruled as the mistake of a litigant!”, the coalition said. The Convener of COPILA, Pelumi Olajengbesi in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday entitled: “Osun State: An aberration of Justice enforced by the Supreme Court”, said the verdict has killed “the long vision of liberating Osun ...

Nigerian musician #Simi has finally broken silence on the happening in the country, saying that if only our leaders can put their greed and power aside and put the country first then the country will be in good condition. The singer who is currently on vacation went further to say money, fame, power are not important so Nigerian should do better. She wrote:- Imagine the magic we could do in this country if it were conducive. If electricity was stable. If the health sector was reliable. If public education was up to standard, etc… We Nigerians go outside and give out the magic we could so easily bestow on our own land because even when u try to work it here, it doesn’t work. Doctors, creatives, tech people, entrepreneurs…etc. We’re capable – we just need a chance to show it. I wish with all my heart the leaders would put Nigeria and the people first. Not their greed, nor their thirst for power. Imagine, just imagine actually making this country work and having ur children grow up proud ...

Popular Nigerian rapper, Olamide, has welcomed his second son with partner Adebukumi Aisha Suleiman in Maryland, USA. The lovers, who have been together since 2011, welcomed their second son on July 1, 2019, four years after their first son, Maximilian Boluwatife who was born. Sharing the good news with a photo of himself carrying the baby on his Instagram page, the singer disclosed the name of his baby in a caption for the picture he shared. The caption read: “July the 1st, Tunrepin Myles Adedeji ,” Recall that the popular rapper proposed to his girlfriend now mother of his children, in 2018.

A man tries to walk past a burnt vehicle and petrol tanker that crashed off the road and exploded leaving over 100 people injured at Ahumbe, Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, on July 2, 2019. At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 injured in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker crashed off the road and exploded as people gathered fuel, the emergency services said on July 2, 2019. The truck overturned close to shops as it was travelling through the village of Ahumbe on July 1.EMMY IBU / AFP At least 45 people were killed and more than 100 injured in central Nigeria when a petrol tanker crashed and then exploded as people gathered fuel, emergency services said Tuesday. The truck overturned near shops while travelling through the village of Ahumbe in Benue state on Monday.Local residents rushed to the scene and collected leaking gasoline for over an hour before the fuel caught fire, causing a blast that tore through the surrounding area. “We have recovered 45 corpses of the dea...