The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) is targeting 36,000 residents of Ikorodu division to be screened for HIV with focus on Imota, Igbogbo/Baiyeku, Ijede, Ikorodu West and Ikorodu North Local Council Development Areas. The Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo disclosed this during the flag-off ceremony to commence the screening …
Siemens and HP have partnered to integrate HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology with Siemens’ flagship NX software for product development and manufacturing. The software has been certified by HP.
Ishida is ranked #1 by the WBA at super flyweight
The October 28th Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev card in Cardiff has acquired the first member of its supporting cast: the WBA-mandated super flyweight fight between champion Kal Yafai and unbeaten challenger Sho Ishida. The sanctioning body originally ordered negotiations to begin in June.
Yafai (22-0, 14 KO), who stands alongside Jerwin Ancajas as one of the division’s biggest players not competing this Saturday, will be making his second title defense. Читать дальше...
In the same Players' Tribune article he describes what it's like to be blindsided by a trade.
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with ministry's announcement; CHANGES dateline; ADDS photo, bylines) By Lee Chi-dong and Song Sang-ho SEOUL/SEONGJU, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- Four more THAAD rocket launchers will be installed this week at the U.S. missile defense
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — About half of the corpses that floated out of their graves in a North Carolina cemetery during Hurricane Matthew and its subsequent flooding have not been reburied after more than a year. The Goldsboro News-Argus reports (http://bit.ly/2f3ZwqS ) that 18 of the three dozen bodies have not been positively identified since the
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho will repay the Federal Communications Commission $3.5 million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.
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In its continued efforts to implement various intervention prgrammes aimed at reducing maternal, neo-natal and perinatal mortality in Lagos, the State Government has formally opened “Young Moms” Clinic – the first of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga who declared …
These American towns blend historic attractions with urban, cultural and outdoor splendors, U.S. News reports.
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have pushed further into the heart of Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital Raqqa, seizing control of the Old Raqqa and Daraiya neighborhoods in central parts of the capital. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports.
Gold closed lower Wednesday following news that President Donald Trump and congressional leaders reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government until Dec. 15. Concerns about the debt ceiling had partly contributed to the precious metal's recent string of gains. December gold declined $5.50, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,339 an ounce.
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For a quick sense of the madcap variety that abounds in the world of electronic composition and performance, you need only take a gander at the lineup for the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, which marks its 18th season this weekend. The schedule for the weekend’s three shows from Friday-Sunday, Sept. 8-10 ranges from the electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani, who appears on Friday’s opening bill along with the feminist noise reggaeton duo Las Sucias, to the Sunday night appearance by Jules Litman-Cleper... Читать дальше...
President Trump struck a rare deal with the Democrats in exchange for $8 billion Harvey aid.
The Lagos State Government has restated its commitment to increase access to quality and affordable health care service through the implementation of its much awaited Health Insurance Scheme (LSHS). The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who disclosed this at the end of the 2017 State Council on Health Meeting held recentlystated that …
The package also includes disaster aid for Hurricane Harvey victims
The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two senior members of South Sudan's government, a former official and three South Sudanese companies for undermining peace, security and stability in the crisis-stricken nation.
Brexit creates an opportunity to recruit international financiers
About 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores will shutter, but parent company Gap Inc. will open 270 Old Navy and Athleta locations
NEW YORK — Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. government Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end protection against deportation for young immigrants, saying it was motivated by prejudice against Mexicans. Legal experts, however, say the evidence of bias is not strong in the case involving the Deferred Action
India won the match by seven wickets to complete a historic 9-0 series whitewash.
India won the match by seven wickets to complete a historic 9-0 series whitewash.