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Makurdi – The 12-year-old girl who was last week allegedly raped by a 42-year-old Eddy Ojah at Otada community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state has disclosed that she placed a curse of God’s judgement on her rapist who is currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal from her hospital bed at the Otukpo General Hospital, the girl said she was returning from where her family used to grind garri and was heading home on that fateful day when a man named Eddy Ojah seized her. According to her, “I was coming back from where we grind garri in the engine at about 10 am on Tuesday and was going home to pack firewood to fry our garri when a man named Eddy Ojah grabbed me from the road. “Because the road is connected and near his house so he was coming outside, he saw me and grabbed me and kicked me into his room. “He locked the door and started beating me. After that, he went to the back door and locked it, switched on his phone music and connected it to the loudspeaker, he made it so...

Menstruation, or period, is normal vaginal bleeding that occurs as part of a woman's monthly cycle. Every month, your body prepares for pregnancy. If no pregnancy occurs, the uterus, or womb, sheds its lining. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus. 1. Don't drink cold/sparkling water during menstruation. 2. Avoid applying shampoo on the head cause the pores of head are open during period & cause a headache so it's very dangerous & this can be cut when you're young or later when you get older. 3. Avoid eating cucumbers during period cause sap in the cucumber may block period (blood loss)in the uterine wall&may cause sterility. 4. Your body shouldn't be hit by hard objects specially the abdomen as it can cause vomiting & uterus can be injured. 5. Drinking ice during period can cause menstrual blood to remain in the uterine wall after (5_10)years can cause "uterine or tumor cancer"

Lionel Messi trained again with his teammates on Monday to give Barcelona a massive boost ahead of their La Liga return against Mallorca on Saturday. Messi has been suffering from tightness in his right thigh and had not trained fully since last Tuesday. He sat out sessions on Wednesday and Friday before working alone at Camp Nou on Saturday. But Barcelona said in a statement their captain has re-joined “the rest of the team in the week of the return to competition in the Spanish league”. Asked if Messi would be able to face Mallorca, Barca coach Quique Setien told Movistar on Sunday night: “Messi is not the only one that has not trained and felt some discomfort. “It’s what has happened to everyone or practically everyone since they have been back. “It is some minor tightness and we have it under control. He is doing perfectly and will not have any problem.” Setien also gave an update on the fitness of Luis Suarez, who has been given the green light by the club to return after undergoi...

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Nigeria and Israel are to sign bilateral agreement on methanol fuel production technology for mutual benefits to both countries. Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Shimon  Shoshan, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, on Monday in Abuja. Shoshan said Israel would be willing to share its know- how and expertise on methanol fuel technology with Nigeria. According to the Israeli envoy, the technology is a better alternative to petroleum, as it is cheaper, faster and pollution- free. Shoshan said Israel was amenable to learning  from Nigeria’s indigenous technology as well as its progress in oil and gas technology. Speaking during the visit, Onu said Nigeria was determined to explore and develop the Methanol chemical fuel technology as a key to the economic diversification of the country. The minister said that for Nigeria to become the manufacturing hub of Africa, it must utilise all its natural resources to add value and cre...

Before reading this, quickly click the 'subscribe' button above to get updated on what the government decides on private schools that might be folded. All private school proprietors should take note of this on sort of schools that might be folded by the government when schools resume.   Following the outbreak of covid-19 and the deliberation of the government to resume schools, there is no doubt that there will be changes in the modus operandi of schools, as Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo had earlier said that the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have presented an unprecedented opportunity for Nigeria to reset critical sectors of its economy, of which educational sector is one of the major sectors that the government will reset to ensure the safety of students when schools resume amid covid-19 pandemic. In sync with this, guidelines have been provided by the government for school resumption. All private school proprietors should note that schools that are not able to me...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday said that  60 per cent of recent deaths recorded in Kano State had been linked to COVID-19 infection. Ehanire made the disclosure in Abuja at the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Nigeria. Recall that the over 150 deaths recorded in Kano State in the last few days prompted  investigations to determine if the deaths could be traced to COVID-19. He said that the ministry had received the report of the Ministerial Task Team which visited Kano to support the COVID-19 response with commodities, training, technical and confidence building measures. The minister said that the visit was also meant to offer support to five other states, adding that the committee had developed a Strategic Incident Action Plan to strengthen the health workers’ capacity. Ehanire said it was observed that 50 to 60 per cent of persons above the age of 65 died of COVID-19 related cases while others died due to neglect or delay in treatme...