Sunday, 30 June 2013

Graduate Trainee Jobs In A Multinational Firm

A multinational Oil & Gas is currently recruiting for Trainee Graduates to join their work force. Job Position: Graduate Trainees Qualification:  University Degree or its equivalent, with a grade not lower than Second Class Lower Division. Professional qualifications and and/or certifications proffer added advantage. Commitment & Aspiration: Possess the aspiration towards growth and achievement of personal and corporate goals. Communication Skills: Advanced competency in oral and written English with the ability...

The Kenya Human Rights Commission and the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission last year launched the first African gay and lesbian awards to honour lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexual and intersex people for their contributions to Kenyan society.

Strong indications have now emerged that the event might be hosted in Nigeria this year as human right groups look to show support for the Nigerian gay community. The event, which was held at Charter Hall in Nairobi, saw politicians, employers and journalists awarded for their commitment to advancing equality and social acceptance for same-sex relationships in Kenya. The aim was to encourage inclusion, tolerance and a respect for sexual...

UNIBEN Post-UTME 2013/2014 Screening Form is Out - We have full steps here

This is to inform all candidates seeking admission into the University of Benin in the 2013/2014 Academic Session that application for the post jamb has begun. Please read all content of this page before attempting to apply. The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Post – UTME Screening Exercise for 2013/2014 academic session will take place on the 13th and 14th July 2013 in designated centres within Ugbowo Campus of UNIBEN. All candidates are expected to be seated, latest, one hour before the stipulated time for the screening exercise. Please...

Cancer Treatable & Curable If Detected Early – Experts

Cancer is treatable and curable if detected early according to medical experts in the country who spoke at a symposium in focus of theme of the 2013 World Cancer Day: “Dispel damaging myths and misconceptions about cancer: Did You Know?”. At the event organised by the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris said the  belief that cancer was a death sentence was not only incorrect but popularise by nasty experiences of those who present their cases late in hospitals.Idris who...

Dermatologist says dandruff not caused by poor hygiene

The belief that dandruff is caused by poor hygiene is erroneous, a dermatologist, Dr Ayesha Akinkugbe, said on Friday. Akinkugbe, a Consultant at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Akinkugbe said: ``Dandruff is a condition of the scalp that causes flakes of skin to appear. `` It is a common condition that is not easy to treat; it causes itching and can be embarrassing. ``Anybody can have dandruff; even babies do have dandruff, at times. ``Most...

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Akunyili Wins U.S. Healthcare Leadership Award

New York - Prof. Dora Akunyili, the former Minister of Information, was on Saturday honoured with the 2013 Healthcare Foundation Leadership Award in the U.S., According to reports. The award took place at the 8th Annual Faces of Hope Banquet, organised by the Hackensack University Health Network in New Jersey, in partnership with the Nigerian Healthcare Foundation (NHF), a U.S. based firm.Also Dr Ambrose Mgbako, a U.S-based Psychiatrist, was honoured with the 2013 "Legacy Humanitarian Award''.Presenting the award, the Chairman of Hackensack...

FG approves free diabetes treatment for children in government hospitals - Health Minister

 The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, says the treatment of diabetes in children is free in all the government hospitals. Chukwu said this during the Ministerial Platform on Thursday in Abuja. ``I know a number of hospitals that are implementing the policy of federal ministry of health; we issued a policy statement because we have to do things we can afford.``what has killed...

Men are the major cause of women's menopause, study claims

Can women blame men for menopause? They may have a case, according to new research that suggests it was men's interest in mating with younger females that gave evolutionary rise to menopause by sidelining older women from reproduction. Menopause - when a woman stops getting menstrual periods and can't become pregnant - is unique to humans and its cause is still unknown, explained study author...

Fruits, vegetables high in antioxidants, says nutritionist

A nutritionist, Ms Ngozi Eze, has stressed the need for increased consumption of fruits and vegetables instead of carbohydrate foods, because of their antioxidant content. Eze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that fruits and vegetables protect humans against chronic diseases, such as cancer and aneamia,Antioxidants are substances which protect the cells against the effects...

Mariah Carey Drops Spanglish & Dance Remixes of Beautiful, Tapes Macy’s 4th of July Spectacular Read more

Mariah Carey has unveiled the Spanglish and dance versions of her single Beautiful. The two tracks follow the hip-hop remix which featured A$AP Rocky and Miguel who is also featured on the other versions. Don’t ask me what the Spanglish version sounds like – I burst out laughing as soon as she sang the first note and I couldn’t stop so there ya go. In other news, MiMi was spotted taping her performance for the Macy’s annual 4th of July Spectacular in...

Usher Fights Poverty With Mercy Mercy Me/What’s Going On Medley Read more

A great for voice raised for a great cause. Usher lent his voice to ONE’s agit8 campaign which raises awareness through music and whose goal is bring an end to extreme poverty. Usher recorded his own take on on Marvin Gaye’s classics Mercy, Mercy Me and What’s Going to help inspire today’s young activists. Other artists who performed their take on classic protest songs include Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Ed Sheeran, Mumford & Sons and Kenny...

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members killed a soldier and abducted three others during an attack on the soldiers on Thursday night in Potiskum, Yobe State, a military source revealed.

This is according to reports by local online news agency Premium Times. Africa Eagle can however not independently verify at this time. The source, who sought anonymity as he is not permitted to talk to journalists, said the corpse of the deceased soldier was brought from Potiskum and deposited at a hospital morgue in Damaturu, the state capital. “The attack was a bad one because a soldier was killed and the terrorists kidnapped three...

Several players of Nigeria’s Super Eagles have declared that they would not mind having controversial West Bromwich Albion attacker, Peter Odemwingie back in the team.

Odemwingie last featured for Nigeria in a 2012 Nations Cup qualifying game in Kigali, Rwanda in February 2011. Head coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi hinted in an interview this week that Odemwingie could get an unlikely recall to the national team. "For (Odemwingie), he still has a place in the team. I'm not looking for an apology from him. (Odemwingie) is somebody that I like very well and he knows that. The thing is,...

Thursday, 27 June 2013

If you have these symptoms, do HIV test

The war against HIV/AIDS is far from being over. This is because, globally, more than 34 million people now live with HIV/AIDS, while 3.3 million of them are under the age of 15.According to, The Foundation for AIDS Research, which is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research, in 2011 alone, an estimated 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV; and out of these, 330,000 were under the age of 15.Sad to say,...

Don’t impose your daughter on market women –PDP

Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been asked to rescind his decision to impose his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo, as the new leader of market women in the state.Peoples Democratic Party, in a statement on Monday by its Lagos Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, urged him to allow democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader.“You should allow the simple tenets of democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader...

Explosion in Lagos as vandals rupture NNPC pipeline

There was an explosion in Lagos on Wednesday after vandals ruptured an oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation at Akinbo Island.Newsmen learnt that the culprits came to the jetty in three barges and canoes around 1am and ruptured the splash zone of the pipeline and siphoned thousands of litres of petrol into jerry cans and operated for hours undeterred.However, around 4.30am, there was a fire outbreak and the pipe...

Lamentations of a battered husband

I have known him for two years. He is one of those distant neighbours who had through casual interactions become a friend.  In the months that we lived together in the same neighbourhood and when we occasionally ran into one another, our conversation never went beyond the usual inquiry about the weather or the offhand question: “How is your family?”  As a casual friend and neighbour, I had observed him from a distance. He was introverted...

Reminder Of What Causes One Of Most Recent Disease In Town;KIDNEY DISEASE AND INFECTION

A little girl recently asked her mum,whats the cause of this kidney disease and infection they are always talking about on television,there is no day that passes by without hearing or watching the advert of patient asking for monitary aid,the mum look at her daughter and nodded her head.Apart from this little girl other smart children who practice what they watch in television can also ask such a question....

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