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Saraki's Wife Shares Personal Still-birth Experience with BBC    chux   3 hours ago   16477 Wife of the Senate president, Toyin Saraki, on Tuesday, January 19, shared her personal still-birth experience in a move to create awareness of the direct and indirect costs of still-births in the country. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp Toyin Saraki at the BBC studio Mrs Saraki, who is also the president of a leading maternal health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), during the interview with the BBC, monitored in Abuja, called for improvements in health education and access to primary healthcare, which she said were key elements to reducing still-births around the world. According to her, Nigeria has the second highest estimated stillbirth rate, with more than 300,000 still-births in 2015 – of which more than half occurred during labour and birth. Speaking to BBC Focus On...

See The Exact Rats That Cause Lassa Fever chux   5 hours ago   101145 Nigerians had been thrown into serious panic following the return of Lassa Fever to major cities of the country. From Port-harcourt, the Rivers state capital to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital and Delta state, there have been series of reports about the outbreak of the deadly virus which is said to be caused by rats. The federal government has also confirmed that alongside the  states listed above, 14 others have been affected by the Lassa Fever virus  as a patient was  also said to have escaped from a hospital in Edo state while being treated for the virus, a situation which sent panic around the hospital premises. Below are photos of the rat that is guilty of spreading the deadly disease: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp The multimammate mouse that spreads Lassa Fever. Photo: Wikimedia Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sha...

NEWS   ›   Entertainment News Dr Sid, Kcee, ‘Saka’ Register Subscribers Sim Cards chux   Yesterday   It is not every day that Nigerians get to see and interact with their favourite celebrities for free. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp But some Nigerians in Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abeokuta were lucky to spend time top Mavin Crew pop artiste, Sidney Esiri aka Dr Sid, Five Star Music artiste, Kingsley Okonkwo aka Kcee and Afeez Oyetoro aka Saka yesterday, January 12. The popular acts made surprise visits to the MTN mega centres to encourage subscribers on the MTN network to register their mobile SIM cards in line with Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) directive. In Port Harcourt, Kcee was on ground at the 3 mega centres in the city, where he interacted with the subscribers, encouraging them to update and validate their SIM information. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on...

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35248601 Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink' Chux 7 January 2016   From the section Europe Media caption A woman tells the BBC's Jenny Hill how she and her friends became surrounded Police in Germany will have to rethink their tactics following attacks on women in the city of Cologne on New Year's Eve, a senior official has said. Ralf Jaeger, interior minister for North Rhine-Westphalia, said police had to "adjust" to the fact that groups of men had attacked women en masse. Three suspects had been identified, he said, but no arrests had been made. Scores of women say they were robbed or sexually assaulted by men, reportedly of Arab or North African appearance. Mr Jaeger also warned that anti-immigrant groups were trying to use the attacks to stir up hatred against refugees. ADVERTISEMENT "What happens on the right-wing platforms and in chatrooms is at least as awful as the acts ...