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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Kelechukwu Iruoma In commemoration of its 40th anniversary in Nigeria, the Knights of St. John International, KSJI, and Ladies Auxiliary, Lagos, will on Monday, May 29, 2017, play host to a 400 mass choir in a Choral Classical Concert. According to the chairperson of the Organizing Committee, Lady Nonye Okafor, the concert being the commemoration of KSJI 40th anniversary in Nigeria, is also a celebration of the Catholic faith, as can be seen in the collection of some of the hymns that will be rendered that day, which consist mostly of Catholic hymns. She said the ceremony will be chaired by Sir Chuks Amangbo; President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Sir John Nnia Nwodo as Special Guest of Honour, while the Vicar General of Lagos Archdiocese and Spiritual Director of KSJI, Lagos, Monsignor John Aniagwu, will serve as the Father of the Day. The event, which will hold at the Catholic Church of the Ascension, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Lagos, will ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Chioma Obinna Health experts have decried the plight of Nigerian women faced with continuous loss of babies including unborn ones due to Rhesus incompatibility, lamenting that no fewer than 34 million Nigerian women are Rhesus Negative. The experts who also blamed the needless deaths of children on poor awareness about the condition said Rhesus incompatibility has link with witchcraft or abiku. In her presentation at a seminar with the theme: “Every Life Counts”  Rhesus Solution Initiative, RSI, the President, Mrs Funmiayo Banire, disclosed that RSI’s estimates show that there about 216,000 Rhesus Negative women in Lagos. Banire at the event to mark the 10th Anniversary of RSI, explained that research conducted by RSI puts prevalence of Rhesus negative women who may be at risk of complications from rhesus incomparability at about 6.01 percent of the sample population. She said previous research has also puts the prevalence to be between 5 to 9.5 percen...