2015-06-20 Nigeria Health

The Nation Newspaper   

World Sickle Cell Day: Why It Matters to Everybody   
Huffington Post
Your baby is crying, and you don't know why. You've followed the rules for Parenting 101 and your little one is fed, dry and cuddled. Yet, he's still wailing and inconsolable. Panicked, you take him to the ER where he is admitted. The first of many ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Science

Wall Street Journal   

The Pope's Solution for Warming: Pray   
Wall Street Journal
With unintended sacrilege one news-service headline this week credited the pope with “finding religion on climate change.” Maybe it would be truer to say Pope Francis has tried to annex one of the newer religions, that of global warming, to Catholic liturgy, ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Sports

CHANNELS TELEVISION   

NFF Mandates Amodu To Work With Keshi   
CHANNELS TELEVISION
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, will work with the federation's Technical Study Group. The NFF also says Keshi will no longer make a unilateral decision in the selection of the Super Eagles ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Entertainment

NAIJ.COM   

To Confirm Her Marital Troubles, SEE What Toke Makinwa Did To Her Wedding ...   
NAIJ.COM
The beautiful woman, who has not been debarred from posting photos of herself on Instagram since the news broke has, however not said anything concerning the speculated marital challenges. This has made fans of the OAP to keep on speculating whether ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Technology

Al-Bawaba   

Google launches 'My Ramadan Companion' digital hub   
Al-Bawaba
The app will include sunset timings, popular shows on YouTube, cooking tutorials, traffic status and calendar planning. (Shutterstock). Google launched today the 'My Ramadan Companion', a hub that will offer customised local information throughout ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Business

BusinessDay   

Nigeria's four oil refineries to begin operations   
Arab News
Spokesman Ohi Alegbe said the two refineries in Port Harcout would begin operations after turnaround maintenance, followed by those in Warri and Kaduna. "Even when the refineries work at full capacity, they can only produce around 19 million litres of ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria World

BBC News   

India toxic alcohol kills 53 in Mumbai   
BBC News
At least 53 people have been killed after consuming toxic alcohol in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay), local police say. They say residents of a slum in the Malad area fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Wednesday morning. A number of other people ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Africa

Washington Post   

First Presidential Trip to Ethiopia Planned   
New York Times
President Obama will travel next month to Ethiopia to meet with African Union leaders and discuss ways to lift economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions and improve security, the White House announced on Friday. The visit, the first to Ethiopia by an ...

2015-06-20 Nigeria Nigeria

The Nation Newspaper   

Army says 350 B'Haram suspects to face trial   
The Punch
No fewer than 350 suspected Boko Haram militants are to face trial over terrorist activities in the North Eastern part of the country. The Nigerian Army Chief of Administration, Adamu Abubakar, who gave the hint while addressing journalists on Friday, stated ...