Nigeria's latest attempt to combat the spread of HIV is to promote marriage between HIV positive couples. According to the United Nations Nigeria has the third largest HIV population in the world.
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Unplanned pregnancies on the rise among Nigerian young women
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The 25-year old pregnant woman named Chibuzor managed to tell her father, Mr. Samuel Obioha the reason she was burnt alive by her husband before she died from her sustained injuries.
She told her father that it all started when she answered a phone call meant for her husband Nnamdi Obioha Amadi.
"She also told me that when her husband noticed her reaction because the call came from his girl friend, he took offence and both of them exchanged words and her husband started beating her up", Mr. Obioha said.
According to Mr. Obioha, Amadi emptied a bottle of petrol on her, set her on fire, then jumped out of the room and locked her inside.
It was gathered that when Amadi saw the flames of fire coming from the room, he unlocked the door and his pregnant wife ran out and cried for help but she had already sustained fatal injuries before the door was unlocked.
Neighbours made frantic efforts to save Chibuzor's life but her husband allegedly refused to give anyone his car key to rush her to the hospital.
The Imo State Police Command in Nigeria spread its dragnet across the country in order to arrest Nnamdi Obioha Amadi.
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The Intercontinental Bank spent N5 million on scholarships for about 100 students from Katsina state studying in various higher institutions across Nigeria.
Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr. Erastus Akingbola issued the cheques to the state government and said each beneficiary would get N50,000 a year until they finish their studies.
According to Dr. Akinbola, the gesture was the bank's way of partnering with state governments towards enhancing access to quality education.
Governor Ibrahim Shema thanked the bank for partnering with the state to develop the sector, and said that his administration made the sector its priority to ensure continuity in developmental efforts.
The Governor said the state had exceeded the United Nation's 25 percent appropriation to the sector, as it allocated about 28 percent of its annual budget to education alone, adding that the emphasis on the sector was because no society could develop without investing in the education sector.
The state renders free services to students and pays the examination fees for students in secondary schools according to Governor Shema. It had also constructed 102 secondary schools across the 34 council areas of the state in the last two years, adding that more structures were under way as part of the effort to ensure that children in the state got access to quality education for a better tomorrow.
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A leading Pan-African technology service called Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN) has announced plans and ability to provide 100% visibility in Nigeria through the use of solar powered lights that will help solve the electricity crisis currently in Nigeria.
PNN Head of Business Development Uche Anajemba said at a news conference this past Monday that her company's decision to power the country through solar powered lights was spurred by non availability of constant electricity supply in most parts of Nigeria where business activities grind to a halt during the day and also makes it hard for citizens to move around at night.
According to Uche Anajemba this is the reason PNN has been involved in the development of solar power as a cheaper, more cost effective, reliable and durable alternative for the provision of street lights:
"Due to the non-availability of constant power supply for street lights and continue failings of various alternative street lighting products being deployed across Nigeria, PNN spent over 2 years in the research and development of a solar powered lighting technology that is cost effective, reliable and durable for keeping our streets lit at all times. We are lighting up Nigeria by deploying our unique solar street light to various places to ensure all our streets are well lit 100% of the time." She said.
Uche Anajemba said "solar powered street lights are a very good example of what can be done with solar energy as they present the perfect and cost-effective solution for metropolitan, urban and residential streets, car parking lots, security lights, and other general area lighting applications. PNN Solar street lighting solution can be economically viable and efficient in a number of applications, especially in areas where the cost of providing electricity is expensive or problematic".
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Nollywood star Pete Edochie was released by his abductors yesterday after he was kidnapped on Sunday. He said "no one should pray to have that type of experience."
Pete Edochie said he did not pay his abductors anything to be freed and did not lose anything either, not even his mobile phone. He did not know where he was taken or where he was dropped off by his abductors:
"All I know is that I was able to pick a cab that took me to a hotel in Awka."They told me they had no business kidnapping me at all. They did not manhandle me. They did not blindfold me, they did not gag me. They did not hack me. They did not tie me as they said I was their father.
"And somehow they knew a lot about me that I am good to people and that I assist people, particularly, the down-trodden. They did not hide their faces and discussed freely with me.
"They bought me some drinks, made sure I did not 'get alchoholically dry'. You know as an individual, if you find yourself in a situation like that under siege, you complicate your situation if you experience internal alcoholic drought. But I was praying in my heart.
"So, by the grace of God they lubricated my system and at the same time encouraged me to feel the pulse of their heart.
Pete Edochie said crime would be reasonably checked if the government could set up facilities to take care of unemployed youths like in developed countries. He noted that his kidnappers were young graduates who were unemployed and were looking for any means to survive.
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