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http://ift.tt/2qNZdbP One in five children born as a twin in sub-Saharan Africa dies before their fifth birthday, according to new research in the Lancet.The study is the first to analyse death rates among twins in the region. The report suggests improvements in survival for twins is lagging far behind other children. The death rate among single-born children aged under-five halved between 1995 and 2014. For twins, the rate came down by a third. ‘Poor fate’ Giving birth to twins is riskier than delivering just one baby – no matter which country a mother delivers in. There is an increased risk of early delivery, low birth weight and mothers suffering severe blood loss. But researchers say these risks are “compounded” by higher overall birth rates and poor maternal and newborn care in sub-Saharan Africa, where many mothers give birth at home. In Finland for example – which has some of the best maternity care in the world – researchers say for every 1,000 twins born, 11 die before th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Bunmi Sofola VICTOR and Sola are the kind of couple you wouldn’t want to go out to social functions with because if you did, they’d only start fighting and cause a big scene and you’d be embarrassed. They’re both silver spoon kids, have been married only a few years with two children, but don’t seem to have mastered the art of staying married. Their neighbours were also fed up with their antics. A seemingly loving couple, Fred, next door neighbour said he was sick to the stomach of Sola always rushing to their house whenever Victor’s jealousy took the better of him. “Some few months ago,” he recalled, “we were having a cosy birthday party for my wife when it happened again. Both of them were invited, but it was Sola who fled into our house looking like a possessed woman. “Seconds later, Victor followed, yelling and screaming abuse. He ripped a necklace she’d obviously worn to attend the party from her neck, scratching her in the process. Then he virtually gr...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J BY SOFOWORA OLADAPO In spite of the stiff competition for relevance in the music industry, some artistes are surviving the battle by churning out dope songs to stay in the game. One of such artistes is Bright Chineneye Johnson popularly known as ‘Saint B’. With the release of his latest single ‘Rodo’, the budding new music sensation has signed his readiness to be a a big play in no distant future. Saint B started singing at a very tender age in Porthacourt, but started music officially in 2014. The talented light-skinned vocalist, churned out lots of tunes tearing down the city of Porthacourt, with performances at top shows alongside top acts in Porthacourt. The Portharcourt born and bred crooner dropped the new single under his new record label imprint, Vision Entertainment,produced by Sound Sultan’s very own LXE, mixed and mastered by Brain Mix. The new single is currently gaining massive airplay on radio and generating a viral wave on social media. Many of ...

http://ift.tt/2rqFQ5w Robbie Williams British pop star Robbie Williams and US group The Black Eyed Peas will join Ariana Grande at Sunday’s charity concert in Manchester for families of the victims of last week’s terror attack, organisers said. The “One Love Manchester” gig at the city’s Old Trafford cricket ground has already attracted a stellar line-up including Katy Perry, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, Take That, Usher, Little Mix and One Direction’s Niall Horan. The concert will honour the 22 people killed — many of them children — and the 116 wounded in the suicide bomb attack at the end of Grande’s show at the Manchester Arena on May 22. Manchester-born Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old of Libyan origin, was named as the bomber. Police on Thursday released new images of Abedi, calling for the public’s help in tracking his movements in the days leading up to the attack. “What we still need to understand is if he had any of the bomb parts in his p...

http://ift.tt/2q3sU4C Education starts from the home. The first teachers a child encounters in life are the parents. It is informal. But it etches in the memory of the child long-lasting impressions. Professor Isaac Adebayo Adeyemi is a former Vice Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State. He shared his views with UJUNWA ATUEYI, on happenings in the nation’s education sector since the return of democracy, saying the current economic challenges have severely affected the sector. He said the establishment of new universities without consideration for the number of qualified lecturers being produced, is also hurting the sector. How will you rate the country’s education sector since the restoration of democracy? There have been dramatic changes, positively, in the education sector since the restoration of democracy. A major significant change is the decision to privatise tertiary education nationwide. In the last 10 to 12 years, there has been a significant inc...

http://ift.tt/2rqFMTk Brethren, the reason Ramadan does not impact our lives on a permanent basis is simply because some of us do not possess the basic qualification for admission into this ‘school’. Brethren, we are back to the school once again. Yes, the ‘school’ of Ramadan. But I have always argued that not all those who have found themselves in this ‘school’ ought to be here. Not all those who fast in the month of Ramadan should actually be counted as being on the ‘register’. It is not all those who invoke the name of the Almighty who actually recognize His presence and affirm His authority in their wakeful moments. I thought it is consensual that the schisms and contradictions we behold in certain parts of the Muslim world are partly owed to those who identify with Islam but, in reality, are actually at war with it. I thought those who pushed Salman Abedi, the Manchester bomber whose iniquitous and most heinous action led to the death of scores of innocent young girls, boys a...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Joseph Undu L AGOS— A policewoman attached to Makinde Police Division, Oshodi area of Lagos, yesterday afternoon, received the beating of her life after a female soldier engaged her in a fight, at Oshodi, opposite NAFDAC office. A police source that spoke with Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, said the police traffic warden was on official duty when she was assaulted by the military woman, adding “as we speak, the policewoman is in coma in an undisclosed hospital. “The case of assault has been reported to Police Command Headquarters for further investigation.” Although nobody knew what exactly transpired between the women, an eyewitnesses said there was an argument between the two female officers, who were both in their uniforms, which later resulted to an outburst. Meanwhile, soldiers descended on this reporter, beat him up, tore his clothes and seized his phone as he tried to talk to the fighters and snap pictures of the incident. He dashed acros...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Peter Duru M AKURDI— NO fewer than 15 persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on Tse-Akaa, Mba’abaji and Tse-Orlalu villages in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen Sunday evening. Vanguard gathered from a survivor, who lost three family members in the attack at Tse-Akaa, that the herdsmen stormed the villages when most of the victims were returning home from Sunday evening church service. He said: “The well-armed men, who hid among their cattle, came from Taraba axis, through Abaji, Mbamar, Ugondo and all the way to Akaa village, shooting sporadically at market squares, killing and injuring anything in sight. “From the market area they moved deep into the villages and the people ran for their lives, but those who were not so lucky were killed. Now there is mass movement of the people fleeing to Ugba, the local government headquarters. Commendation for Police “As we speak, several persons are still missing. We mus...