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                           According to sources,the Managers of a hospital in Uganda are contemplating selling unclaimed dead bodies to universities and other research and training institutions due to an increased habit of people abandoning relatives bodies at the medical facility.Moroto Regional Referral Hospital in tthe Northern Region of Uganda was unable to carry out post-mortem on accident victims last month since its mortuary was full of unclaimed bodies occupying all the space.The overload of the dead bodies created a strong stench in the hospital which forced patients to desert wards and seek shelter under trees outside the hospital.Although the Municipal council collected some bodies the hospital  is still 'stuck' with several unclaimed bodies.The hospital management came to the decision due to the mentioned reasons and also because eight of its staff members of arrested for neglect.Dr Filbert Nyeko the ...

                 Senate President Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki today monday restated his loyalty to the governing All Progressives Congress {APC}.Saraki also reiterated his belief that the President Muhammadu Buhari's government will redeem its electoral promises made during the 2015 general elections.The Senate President spoke at the 10th Abuja Housing Show where top government officials and prominent stakeholders in the housing sector brainstormed on the theme: ''Expanding Access to Affordable Housing in Africa''.Acknowledging the presence of the APC National Organizing Secretary,Senator Osita Izunaso who earlier kick-started discussions at the summit,Saraki assured that the APC government is unwaveringly committed to the social welfare of the people while re-affirming his unalloyed loyalty to the party.He said ''The Senate and the National Assembly as a whole believe very strongly that we must make a difference in the housing sector''.The Sen...

                                                                                                 The much talked about ATM fraudsters are not resting on the oars.They are all over the place laying siege to any susceptible victim.These criminals go about fleecing unwary members of the oublic with their ingenious,ever changing modes of operations.The latest being the infamous identity theft .Before now,cloning and PIN harvesting through electronic chips cleverly concealed in the Auutomated Teller Machine {ATM},was the universal mode.Over time,the tricks and decoys to entrap their victims keep changing and have assumed a disturbing dimension.The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission {EFCC} is on the tral of a suspected ...

                             According to BBC,who reported  today that there has been outrage in India after a student was allegedly gang-raped by five men who had also raped her three years ago.Police are yet to make any arrests although the 21 year old was attacked last week in Rohtak town in the northern state of Haryana.She had been pursuing a case in court against the five men,when she was attacked on wednesday.The woman said she was forced inside a car and the men tried to strangle her.She was seriously injured and left for dead in the bushes.A passerby saw her and took her to the hospital.The woman was first assaulted in 2013 in Bhiwani town,Her family has alleged that they had moved to Rohtak after they were threatened by the accused who have been out on bail.The woman who is from a poor low-caste Dalit {formerly known as untouchables} told a television station that ''I was leaving the college when i...

                   Actress Tonto Dikeh who shared the picture above on her social media few hours ago with the caption ''My son i speak greatness into you.My son i speak power into youYou shall growup to be wwht God says you will be.You shall growup to Love And worship God.My son just like your name KING you Shall RULE.You shall call 10 people And million Shall answer.You shall never lack or know sorrow.You shall be brilliant/Intelligent.No weapon formed against You Shall prosper,Every Tongue that rises against You Shall be condemned.You shall find favor with God,Man,Angels and Animals.Your hands Are blessed Og the lord,You Shall touch clay and it Shall be Gold.Where others go and meet a closed door You Shall go and doors shall open for you.My son God has set your feet upon Rocks that You shall not fall..You shall make only friend that would lead You to God and greatness.You shall be STRONG and MIGHTY..Kings and Queens Will Bless You..Yo...

                                 Morocco has officially announced its intention to rejoin the African Union,32 years after leaving the organization.Moroccan King Mohammed VI has appealed to the AU,saying it's time for his country to return to its institutional family.He's also sent a special envoy to the AU summit in Kigalu.Morocco left the regional bloc in 1984,after the organization recognized the independence of Western Sahara.Moroccans describe the Western Sahara as part of their country's southern provinces.For more than three decades the country has refused to be part of the AU and in March,it threatened to pull its soldiers out of UN global peacekeeping missions because of the dispute.Morocco remains the only African country which is not an AU member.

                           Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of thee Federal High Court sitting in Maitama,Abuja,today monday,July 18,2016 granted bail to Olugbenga Obadina,managing director,Almond Projects Limited who allegedly collected money to the tune of N2.4billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser,ONSA,under Col. Sambo Dasuki {red} purportedly for a contract without contract award.He was arraigned on friday,July 15,2016 by the EFCC,alongside his company,Almond Projecs Limited on an eight-count charge for allegedly collecting a sum of N2,417,000,000.0 {two billion,four hundred and seventeen million naira},paid into his company's account in tranches,between 2013 and 2015 from the account of the ONSA under Col. Sambo Dasuki {rtd} without contract award.The offence is contrary to Section 15{2},{d} of the Money Laundering {Prohibition Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15{3} of the same act....