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Oct
29
2020
By OHAFIATV
Official: 800,000 babies die due to poor breastfeeding annually

Official: 800,000 babies die due to poor breastfeeding annually

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The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe. Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in Nigeria, which he said was being gradually checkmated due to the advent of exclusive breastfeeding and improved medical practices. Filani spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday at a press parley commemorating the 2020 edition of breastfeeding week in Ekiti State. The Commissioner said Ekiti was rated as having 55.4 percent compliance with the first six months exclusive breastfeeding in 2019, saying the…
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Oct
21
2020
By OHAFIATV
End SARS: ICC asked to investigate Nigerian govt, military, politicians immediately

End SARS: ICC asked to investigate Nigerian govt, military, politicians immediately

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mrs Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the Hague, to promptly investigate reports coming from Nigeria. The group wants the ICC to investigate claims that the Nigerian government, the military and some politicians were using thugs, soldiers and security agents to intimidate and kill End SARS peaceful protesters in the country. SERAP has asked the ICC to prosecute anyone that contributed to the deaths and injuries of the End SARS protesters in Nigeria. In a series of tweets via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, SERAP…
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Aug
29
2020
By OHAFIATV
Enugu Killings: No Force on Earth Will Stop OYC Panel of Inquiry report, says Coalition of Igbo Groups

Enugu Killings: No Force on Earth Will Stop OYC Panel of Inquiry report, says Coalition of Igbo Groups

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Press Release ...as Preliminary reports on indicts Former Governor, Former Minister, and others. Coalition of Igbo Groups namely, World Igbo Youth Congress, Southeast Women Professionals and Igbo Students Union had asked the Seven Man Igbo Panel of Inquiry set up Independently by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide on Monday 24th August 2020 to investigate the gruesome incident that claimed the lives of 21 Igbo Youths on the side of Dss and Ipob at Emene Enugu on 23rd August 2020,not to bow to the pressures to quit  the ongoing independent investigations by some  highly organised syndicate of Igbo leaders and Groups…
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Jun
17
2020
By OHAFIATV
THE NORTH, “THEIR NORTH”, why huffing and puffing against Buhari now?

THE NORTH, “THEIR NORTH”, why huffing and puffing against Buhari now?

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By Solomon Musa Why is "the North” huffing and puffing against Buhari now?; When Southern Kaduna was bleeding the “North” kept quiet;When terrorists took over Benue State, the “North” kept Mum;When Plateau State cried out, the “North” closed its ears;Chibok, Dapchi fell, no single whimper;Southern Kaduna, Benue, Plateau, Taraba are not parts of the “North”,“their North”; you Now, Northern Elders Forum, Coalition of Northern Youths, several groups in the North, “their North” are huffing and puffing;Clerics are spewing and speaking out “the truth”;Women, Youths and children are protesting because their “North” is at the receiving end;Katsina, Zamfara, Birnin Gwari Sokoto…
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Jun
17
2020
By OHAFIATV
Trump signs order pushing to reduce US police violence

Trump signs order pushing to reduce US police violence

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US President Donald Trump issued an order to improve policing Tuesday, calling for a ban on dangerous chokeholds, but he stopped well short of demands made at nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. “We have to break old patterns of failure,” Trump said in a Rose Garden ceremony attended by police and Republican congressional allies, though no black civil rights representatives or political opponents. The president has limited power over-policing, which is run mostly at a state and local level. However, Trump said that he would use access to federal funding grants as leverage to persuade departments “to adopt…
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