2015-08-19 Nigeria Health

The Guardian Nigeria   

CMAM initiatives save 200000 children in Nigeria –UNICEF   
National Mirror
The United Nations Children's fund UNICEF has revealed that over one million children with Severe Acute Malnutrition SAM have been admitted into the programme. This even as UNICEF is pushing to scale up a programme that has helped save more than ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Science

NAIJ.COM   

Weird: Man Is Fond Of Having Sex With Robots (Photos, Videos)   
NAIJ.COM
Dr Helen Driscoll, a top academic, has claimed that humans could soon be having sexual relationships with robots, and that is if it has not begun already. sex with robots. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. The way in which humans interact with ...
Robots could soon take over the world. No, this isn't science fiction   The Daily Telegraph

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CBS Local   

World's first flower revealed   
Daily Times
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known 'flower', according to scientists. The aquatic Montsechia vidalii was once abundant in freshwater lakes in what are now mountainous regions of ...
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   CBS Local
Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
Telegraph.co.uk   
Times Gazette   
Headlines & Global News   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out   
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Sports

The News International   

IAAF strips Alptekin of 2012 Olympic gold   
The Punch
London 2012 Olympic 1500m champion Asli Cakir Alptekin has been stripped of her gold medal for doping. The Turkish athlete has also been banned for eight years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed. An appeal by world governing body the IAAF ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Entertainment

The Nation Newspaper   

Baba Sala critically ill, rushed to UCH   
The Nation Newspaper
One of the foremost fathers of Nigerian comedy, Pa Moses Adejumo Olaiya, aka Baba Sala was on Monday night, rushed to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, over his deteriorating health. The Nation gathered that the prolific actor has been ill ...
Hospitalised Nigeria's veteran comedian, Baba Sala calls for pounded yam   The News
Son breaks silence on Baba Sala's ailment   DailyPost Nigeria
Veteran Nigerian Comedian Critically Ill, Hospitalised   NAIJ.COM
News24 Nigeria   
Nigerian Bulletin   
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Entertainment Express   

Annie Idibia Launches Hair Extension Business In Atlanta   
Entertainment Express
Annie Idibia who is the wife of Award Winning Artiste, 2face has made a bold move and launched a new Hair extension business. The beauty salon is called BeOlive Hair Studio and is in Buckhead, Atlanta. The mother of two started the hair extension ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Technology

WorldStage   

Kano to leverage on revenue potentials for economic growth   
WorldStage
WorldStage Newsonline-- Kano State Government studying the report of a committee of experts set up to advise it on revenue generation, the state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has stated. Speaking while receiving the Corps Marshall and Chief ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Business

Naija247news   

Anambra prostitutes protest brothels' demolition, begin strike   
Naija247news
http://4a7jjc25uykf24u8sd3k8m5n.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp- No fewer than 2,000 commercial sex workers in Awka, the Anambra State capital, have concluded arrangements to go on strike on Wednesday, following the demolition of their “settlement” ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria World

E! Online   

Nelson Mandela's Grandson Charged With Raping 15-Year-Old Girl: Reports   
E! Online
Nelson Mandela's grandson has been charged with allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl. Mbuso Mandela, 24, appeared in a Johannesburg court on Monday, where he looked "calm and collected," South Africa's The Star newspaper reported. Per the U.K.'s ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria   
DAWN.com
KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday. Dozens of militants arrived on motorcycles and in a car on ...

2015-08-19 Nigeria Nigeria

The Guardian Nigeria   

150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria   
DAWN.com
KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday. Dozens of militants arrived on motorcycles and in a car on ...