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WAWU!! HIV Couples Give Birth To 72 Negative Babies In Bauchi By Mod - [ Update ]  The Chairman, Bauchi State Agency for the of Control HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy And Malaria (BACATMA), Dr. Muhammad Alkali, says some HIV positive couples has given birth to 72 negative and healthy babies in the state. Alkali disclosed this at a news conference to mark the 2018 World AIDS Day celebration in Bauchi on Sunday.     “Around 156 HIV couples in the state have kicked the dreaded infection in the womb with medical interventions.     “The 72 babies of HIV-positive couples have delivered them healthy and negative of HIV,” Alkali said. According to him, since the establishment of the agency in 2008, it organised and supported matched making marriages of 156 couples resulting in the delivery of 72 babies tested negative. He said the agency also procured and distributed 120,000 units of HIV rapid test kits to 323 health facilities to str...

The huge debt burden and how we got there (2) By Mod - [ Update Vanguard ] By Eric Teniola ON getting to power on August 28, 1985, General Ibrahim Babangida told the nation that “the last twenty months have not witnessed any significant changes in the national economy. tax Contrary to expectations, we have so far been subjected to a steady deterioration in the general standard of living; and intolerable suffering by the ordinary Nigerians have risen higher, scarcity of commodities has increased, hospitals still remain mere consulting clinics, while educational institutions are on the brink of decay. Forget 2018 budget it was a waste of time anyway. “Unemployment has stretched to critical dimensions. Due to the stalemate, which arose in negotiation with the International Monetary Fund, the former government embarked on a series of counter-trade agreements, Nigerians were forced to buy goods and commodities at higher prices than obtained in the i...

Buhari, a child of destiny - Part 2 By Mod - [ Update ]  President Muhammadu Buhari I also think that all the proofs have been provided that neither the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is dead nor any Sudanese national is presiding over the affairs of Nigeria as a president. Those creating this confusion amongst Nigerians should be considered as hate speech propagandists. What will impress the Nigerians and the international community against Buhari is any proof of mistrust, dishonesty, corruption and probable indiscipline. The wailers have not found any proof of these, thus they are busy trying to paint Buhari black or even wishing him dead at all cost. As a child of destiny and the fact being stark that death does not consider age, it is our wish and prayers that the wailers live by force to see the transformation of Nigeria under Buhari or they meet their ancestors in their different ages so that peace and progress continue to reign in Nigeria....

Cristiano Ronaldo Didn’t Win Ballon D’or Today But He Won Something Else By Mod - [ Sport ] Former Real Madrid striker, Cristiano Ronaldo,  is now the first player ever to be nominated for the Ballond’or for 15 years in a row with his appearance today. Although the Portuguese superstar didn’t win the award but he was the first runner up behind his former team mate, Luka Modric. The Portuguese International has been in the running for the individual award since 2013 when he was still at Manchester United before going on to join Real Madrid later. He also left the Los Blancos after helping them to a record three consecutive champions league win to join Juventus in the summer transfer. Ronaldo who first won the award as a Manchester United player lost this year’s edition to Modrić who wins his fourth major individual award of the year with the award tonight. Source: http://www.informationng.com/2018/12/cristiano-ronaldo-didnt-win-ballon-dor-today-bu...

If any of my friends commit suicide, i won’t care – Nigerian fitness trainer By Mod -[ Update ] A Nigerian fitness trainer has just made a controversial post on his twitter page and it’s going viral. The young muscular man who goes by the handle ‘@Biigthings’ revealed that ‘If any of his friends commit suicide, he won’t care’, he further revealed all the difficulties that he went through and scaled through to be so successful as he calls all those who considered suicide as an option out of depression as losers. Read his post below;

The grave diggers By Mod - [ Update ]  Akwa Ibom governor Emmanuel Udom What happened at the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in Uyo a few days ago was a tragic twist of irony. The happening was imperfect, infact cynical; the timing was even more imperfect and even more cynical. The State was rolling out the drums in honour of Obong Victor Attah, its former Governor who was a warrior for good causes. Then five legislators whose seats had been declared vacant in a 26 member House of Assembly thought they had a right to self-help. With the unstinted support of the federally funded police, obviously on illegal duty in Hilux vehicles funded by the tax payers, this gang of five led by Mr. Nse Ntuen was escorted into the Assembly grounds to conduct parliamentary proceedings when most honest men were getting ready for the honest business of the day. I happened to be in Uyo at the time to honour the great man, Obong Attah, and when I learnt of the brouhaha at...

Banking Sector Update: Bad loan rises further, hits N2.3trn By Mod - [ Update Vanguard ] *Credit to private sector in sluggish growth *But e-payment transactions rise 3.2% Against the backdrop of a challenging operating environment the banking sector performance update shows escalating bad loans as businesses that borrowed money struggle to survive. Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele Consequently, the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released yesterday has revealed that value of Non Performing Loans (NPLs) in the third quarter of 2018, Q3’18, increased by N400 billion or 21 percent to N2.3 trillion from N1.9 trillion in Q2’18 though it also indicated a slight four percent decline when compared to N2.4 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2017. This corroborates the most recent report of global rating agency, Moody’s which warned that losses to bad loans remain high in Nigeria’s banking in...

Popular musician, Small Doctor, 3 others in police trouble for possession of firearm By Mod -[ Update Vanguard ] By Esther Onyegbula & Suliat Elemosho AFRO pop artiste, Adekunle Temitope, popularly called Small Doctor, and three others were yesterday arrested by police operatives for threatening to shoot a traffic policema Small Doctor Katsina Assembly gets new speaker, Tasi’u It was gathered that the musician before now had a case at the Lagos State Crime Investigation and Intelligence Department for shooting at his Agege show where he injured four persons. The state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who confirmed the arrest, said the musician had, last week, fired some shots with a pump action rifle during a show at Agege area of Lagos, injuring four persons. He said: “ You would have thought the incident would wisen him up but surprisingly today, I got a situation report from traffic monitors at Oshodi expressway alleging that four unk...

Luka Modric makes it a clean sweep, wins Ballon D’or By Mod - [ Update Vanguard ] Real Madrid Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric The talented playmaker saw off competition from France’s World Cup stars to end a 10-year stranglehold on the award by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Messi, Ronaldo snub FIFA’s The Best awards Modric, 33, was announced as the winner of the prestigious prize at a glitzy ceremony at Paris Grand Palais ahead of Ronaldo and French World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann. Ronaldo was a distant second, with France and Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann completing the podium. Paris Saint-Germain’s teenage forward Kylian Mbappe — who won the Kopa Trophy for the best young player — came fourth, leaving Messi to settle for fifth position. Another Frenchman, Modric’s Madrid teammate Raphael Varane, was seventh, just behind Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah. “As a kid we all have dreams. My dream was to ...

UEFA introduces VAR in champions league By Mod - [ Update Vanguard ] UEFA will fast-track the implementation of video assistant referees (VAR) for the Champions League knockout stages this season, its president Aleksander Ceferin said on Monday. European soccer’s governing body opted against using VAR this season, despite the technology being employed by major European leagues in Spain, Italy and Germany, and the World Cup in Russia this year. But Ceferin flagged recently that a report being prepared by UEFA’s referees chief could allow its Executive Committee to revise its stance. It also agreed on Monday to roll out the technology in this season’s Europa League final and next June’s finals of UEFA’s new Nations League competition. “To be very straightforward with you, we discussed with our colleagues if we can do it before, why wait because it’s hard to afford any mistakes,” Ceferin told a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the Executive Com...