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What My Father Told Me About The Biafran War – Osita Chidoka

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As the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB celebrates and honours its fallen heroes and heroines, many Nigerians of Igbo extraction, Saturday took to the micro-blogging sites, (twitter and Facebook) to pen down stories that touch the heart. The 48-year-old, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, was not left out, as he enlightened Nigerians with his father’s words of wisdom. Read...

Chevron To Sack 6,750 Staff

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The United States super oil major, Chevron Corporation, has slated 6,750 staff for the sack in one of the biggest global mass disengagement of the work force. The mass sack, the company with third biggest Joint ventures in Nigeria said, represents a cut of between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of its worldwide workforce as part of...

Meet Nigerian Lady who Survived COVID-19 Despite Suffering From Sickle Cell Anaemia, 2 Other Chronic Illnesses

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Danielle Jinadu, a COVID-19 survivor, has spoken out after surviving the deadly virus despite having sickle cell anaemia, inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis tendencies.  Usually, people with underlying conditions are at a higher risk of dying from Coronavirus. Danielle Jinadu lives with 3 chronic illness and, as such, she was considered a high-risk COVID-19 patient. Fortunately, she survived COVID-19. She took to...

Wuhan Officially Bans Eating Of Wild Animals

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Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, have officially banned eating, hunting and breeding wild animals. A notice on the city's municipal government website said the ban will come into immediate effect and will last for five years. ABN TV reported that the novel coronavirus was first recorded in Wuhan late last year and the outbreak was linked to a seafood market where live animals...

No Matter How Strong A Woman Is Or How Much She Earns, She Can Never Be Head Of The Home – Reno Omokri

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Popular Social Commentator and ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, recently took to his social media page to share his opinion on a very controversial topic. In a post which seemed to be aimed at strong and independent women, Reno Omokri wrote that a woman can never be the head of a home, no matter how strong she may be or how...

First COVID-19 Vaccine Tested On Humans Yields Positive Results

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The first COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on humans has produced positive initial results.  Moderna, the biotechnology company leading the effort, made the announcement on Monday. Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, said this was based on the results of an initial clinical trial involving eight humans, who were given two doses of the vaccine mRNA-1273 back at the start of March. ...

See Nigerian Community Where Cameroonian Mothers Iron Their Daughters’ Breasts

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For most children, their birthday is a time of celebration. But that was not the case for Mirabel when she turned 10. For Mirabel, a Cameroonian refugee living in Nigeria, turning 10 marked the start of gruelling daily torture - having her breasts ironed with hot stones by her mother. Every morning, a neighbour from the refugee community where she lives...

UI Lecturer Writes Paper On How To Boost Immunity, Prevent COVID-19

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Idayat Gbadamosi, an associate professor at the University of Ibadan, has written a yet-to-be-published paper on possible herbal ways of preventing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Gbadamosi, a well-published expert in ethnobotany and medicinal plants, says her publication is “targeted towards boosting the immune system to help fight the coronavirus,” clearly stating that it is “not by any means a...

100 Happy Easter 2020 Messages, Wishes, Prayers To Send To Friends & Family

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A VERY GOOD MORNING TO OUR ESTEEMED READERS!! Welcome to Easter for the year 2020. Happy Easter to you, your friends and your family from ABN TV Team. Easter is celebrated by people practising Christianity all over the world every third or fourth month of the year. March or April. Today being Easter Sunday for the year 2020, many expect good...

COVID-19 IS ALREADY IN NIGERIA DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR LEADERS BUT WHAT NEXT?

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By Great Imo Jonathan By now we all can say with boldness that Nigeria could have missed being affected by this global pandemic but for the failure of our leaders to act swiftly. I mean leaders across the board, including religious leaders who held services last Sunday despite government instructions and opposition party leaders who are only good at pointing...

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