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314 | Between a general and a president
Dwight Eisenhower was the four-star general of the United States army who went on to become the 34th president of the country after a blazing military career that saw him take charge of the Allied Forces during World War 2. His time as the supreme commander of the expeditionary forces ... | 401 | https://thenationonlineng.net/between-a-general-and-a-president/ | 1,370 | Politics | 3.25 | 3 |
360 | PHOTO: Getty Images
As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the US, scientists have warned about a growing concern: Many people with negative results might actually have the virus.
That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reo... | 453 | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/how-false-negatives-are-complicating-covid-19-testing/ | 1,045 | Health | 3.21875 | 3 |
404 | Africans have been fighting slavery since early ADs. Lourenço da Silva Mendouça, the First world Abolitionist, was a Prince from the royal family of Ndongo Kingdom in Angola. He had successfully convinced authorities to end slavery in Europe. What Nafafé discovered is that in 1684, Mendonça went to the Vatican, where h... | 507 | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1183912/slaves-their-seller-chiefs-were-raided-by-arabs.html?_gl=1 | 1,458 | Culture | 3.25 | 3 |
555 | Our sexuality and gender can form a big part of our identity and those who don’t fit society’s heteronormative ideal can come up against more challenges. Those who identify as LGBTQ+ can be seen as ‘different’ by some, facing discrimination, bullying and a lack of understanding which can lead to mental health concerns.... | 703 | http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/sexuality.html | 1,725 | Politics | 3.234375 | 3 |
953 | Other forms: terrorists
Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed.
Terrorist has at its root the word "terro... | 1,163 | https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/terrorist | 144 | Politics | 3.109375 | 3 |
1,176 | By Chioma Obinna
A new study released by the Lancet has shown that in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity.
It showed that worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age).
The data also showed... | 1,424 | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/over-1-billion-people-worldwide-suffer-from-obesity-study | 729 | Health | 3.28125 | 3 |
1,404 | By Sola Ogundipe
Happy new year! At times like this, it is usual to make resolutions. A common New Year resolution is to live healthier than last year. Part of living healthier is eating healthier. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, seeds and beans are all essential parts of a well-balanced and healthy diet, but beware... | 1,676 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/beware-poisons-cooking-pot/ | 1,624 | Health | 3.296875 | 3 |
1,525 | Many people ask why the God of the Bible, who is supposed to be loving and kind, would permit slavery to exist in ancient times. Why didn’t God stop slavery? If he is all-powerful, shouldn’t he have then used his sovereign control of all things to eliminate that which is oppressive? Critics of the Bible will often cite... | 1,808 | http://ow.ly/t5Ks50MCQ9c | 903 | Religion | 3.25 | 3 |
2,297 | To achieve the best overall outcome in a lighting installation, it is important to avoid the tendency of rushing straight into luminaire selection before determining more broadly what is required from the system. The use of a structured design process helps to avoid this.
The key steps in the design process are:
- Iden... | 2,642 | http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/7-key-steps-in-lighting-design-process | 3,039 | Education | 3.078125 | 3 |
2,416 | What was Africa's greatest invention?
The first evidence of both mathematics and astronomy are in Africa. The stone circles in South Africa known as Adam's calendar may be the oldest human-made structure. The use of tally sticks and bones show people doing math up to 44,000 years ago.
What has Africa given to the world... | 2,771 | https://study.com/academy/lesson/ancient-african-inventions.html | 2,920 | Education | 3.625 | 4 |
2,656 | WASHINGTON – An experimental drug treatment can help monkeys survive an otherwise deadly infection with a tropical virus called Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, researchers said Wednesday.
The findings in the journal Science Translational Medicine could speed efforts to bring to market a drug treatment against Ebola... | 3,033 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/drug-blocks-ebola-like-virus-monkey-tests/ | 790 | Health | 3.25 | 3 |
2,951 | An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
The vaccine is designed to spur the immune system's production of anti-Ebola antibodies, and people developed them within four weeks of getting the shots at the... | 3,362 | http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Lifestyle/Ebola-vaccine-seems-safe-in-first-stage-testing-20141127-3 | 460 | Politics | 3.234375 | 3 |
3,477 | One continent, many nations
From Algerian to Zimbabwean, New Zealand’s African-born people form a kaleidoscope of cultures, languages and ethnicities. They represent over 40 countries in Africa, and include Europeans, Asians, Indians and Arabic people, as well as numerous black tribes.
Most of New Zealand’s African-bor... | 3,942 | http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/africans/page-1Who | 444 | Travel | 3.0625 | 3 |
3,903 | Once, experts feared that young children exposed to more than one language would suffer “language confusion,” which might delay their speech development. Today, parents often are urged to capitalize on that early knack for acquiring language. Upscale schools market themselves with promises of deep immersion in Spanish ... | 4,431 | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print | 476 | Family | 3.84375 | 4 |
3,963 | Africans & Americans Are Not The Only Ones Stuck On Efficacy Of Chloroquine
Most high school science students are familiar with the functions of red and white blood cells. The white cells help fight off infections and other foreign invaders of our bodies. But sometimes, white cell cells overdo it, killing its own cells... | 4,494 | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/amp/news/290678/africans-americans-are-not-the-only-ones-stuck-on-efficacy.html | 1,443 | Health | 3.015625 | 3 |
4,405 | Birds of a feather don’t breed together
The fascinating phenomenon known as ‘ring species’ is sometimes quite incorrectly used to ‘prove’ evolution. The classic example is as follows.
In Britain, the herring gull is clearly a different species from the lesser black-backed gull. Not only can they be easily told apart, b... | 4,970 | https://creation.com/birds-of-a-feather-don-t-breed-together | 1,615 | Religion | 3.515625 | 4 |
4,648 | World Water Day: Six side effects of not drinking enough water
Drinking water often helps to maintain a healthy balance. Mild dehydration can decrease one’s energy level and mental functioning and increase stress on the body while severe dehydration can have far more damaging effects.
To avoid dehydration drink at leas... | 5,231 | https://thenationonlineng.net/six-side-effects-of-not-drinking-enough-water/ | 375 | Health | 3.1875 | 3 |
4,891 | The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the proportion of children under five years of age “chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV)” dropped to just under one per cent in 2019.
WHO in a statement on Monday, said this was down from around five per cent in the pre-vaccine era, between the 1980s and the early 2000s.
... | 5,494 | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/faan-begins-palliative-repair-enugu-runway/Chronic | 513 | Politics | 3.109375 | 3 |
4,893 | The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says more than 300,000 women die annually during pregnancy and childbirth.
Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, disclosed this at the occasion of International Day of the Midwife, which honoured midwives as family ‘partners for life’.
He urged governments and ... | 5,496 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/unfpa-says-300000-women-die-annually-pregnancy-childbirth/ | 540 | Health | 3.09375 | 3 |
5,102 | When we hear the statement “Things fall apart”, what comes to mind? Right! we all know it’s Chinua Achebe’s book.
The book “Things fall apart”, is one of the first recognised novel, which was written by an African writer. Achebe wrote the book from an absolute African perspective, though there are elements of British c... | 5,728 | https://olatorera.com/chinua-achebes-greatest-book-of-all-time/ | 372 | Literature | 3.03125 | 3 |
5,124 | SCIENTISTS say they have found how the lethal Ebola virus blocks and disables the body’s ability to battle infections in a discovery that should help the search for potential cures and vaccines.
A group of scientists in the United States found that Ebola carries a protein called VP24 that interferes with a molecule cal... | 5,753 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/scientists-discover-ebola-virus-disables-immune-response/#sthash.ru5HhPBG.dpuf | 423 | Health | 3.34375 | 3 |
5,201 | What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotions are present in everything you think, do, and say each day on the job, in your career, and throughout your life. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is how you handle yourself and others. Your EQ taps into a fundamental element of human behavior that is distinct from your intellect and p... | 5,837 | http://www.talentsmart.com/about/emotional-intelligence.php | 634 | Education | 3.328125 | 3 |
5,865 | In recent weeks, one of the hottest questions about the coronavirus has been focused around, quite literally, temperature.
President Trump has suggested that the coronavirus outbreak will be gone by April because “the heat generally speaking kills this kind of virus,” as reported by USA Today. He has appointed Vice Pre... | 6,559 | https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/485052-trump-says-coronavirus-will-die-off-in-warmer | 353 | Health | 3.5625 | 4 |
5,941 | By Sola Ogundipe
Lassa virus is a member of the arenavirus family. The disease was first described in the 1950s, and the virus was identified in 1969, when two missionary nurses died from it in the town of Lassa in Nigeria.
During 2012 and 2013, more than 2900 cases were reported in widespread outbreaks that occurred a... | 6,638 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/what-you-should-know-about-lassa-fever/ | 723 | Health | 3.671875 | 4 |
6,074 | The blue light from digital devices like smartphones could accelerate blindness, researchers found.
According to a research by the University of Toledo in the U.S., exposure to blue light continuously might cause poisonous molecules to be generated in the eye’s light-sensitive cells and lead to macular degeneration.
Re... | 6,781 | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/08/13/blue-light-from-smartphones-could-accelerate-blindness-study/ | 352 | Phones | 3.609375 | 4 |
6,124 | More than one and a half centuries after the trans-Atlantic slave trade ended, a new study shows how the brutal treatment of enslaved people has shaped the DNA of their descendants.
The report, which included more than 50,000 people, 30,000 of them with African ancestry, agrees with the historical record about where pe... | 6,837 | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/science/23andme-african-ancestry.html | 279 | Culture | 3.65625 | 4 |
6,574 | Scientists in California yesterday reported a major discovery that supports the emerging theory that life on earth began in clay rather than the sea.
The discovery, announced at a symposium, showed that ordinary clay contains two basic properties essential to life: the capacities to store and transfer energy. With such... | 7,328 | https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/03/us/new-finding-backs-idea-that-life-started-in-clay-rather-than-sea.html | 403 | Religion | 3.3125 | 3 |
6,618 | In recent years, the fashion industry has faced increasing scrutiny due to its negative environmental and social impacts. However, a new movement has emerged, championing eco-friendly and ethical fashion practices. Sustainable fashion aims to create clothing and accessories that have a reduced carbon footprint, are mad... | 7,377 | https://vocal.media/styled/sustainable-fashion-exploring-the-rise-of-eco-friendly-and-ethical-fashion-practices | 1,007 | Fashion | 3.625 | 4 |
6,683 | By Sola Ogundipe
Who is stronger, a man or a woman? If you say a man is stronger you are correct. If you say a woman is stronger, you are also correct. Both answers are right, depending, of course on the perspective of your reasoning. Being a man symbolises authority, firmness and toughness. The presence of a man evoke... | 7,445 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/im-stronger-man/ | 2,589 | Romance | 3.015625 | 3 |
7,266 | The food we eat is at the heart of many cancers. In fact, up to 70% of cancers are thought to be preventable through diet. The other 30% has to do with genetics and environmental factors that you can’t control.
Here is a list of foods you must avoid to steer clear of cancer as shared by www.nutritionexp.com
Canned food... | 8,077 | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/10/15/awo-the-best-president-nigeria-never-had-ojukwu/http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/OjukwuConfirmed.htmlhttp://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/anambra-2017-ojukwu-left-biafra-apga-ndigbo/Read | 1,385 | Politics | 3.140625 | 3 |
7,618 | Off the main road in this unassuming town, a footpath that snakes through the thick bush and trees of the Nigerian rain forest leads to the remains of what is certainly one of the largest monuments in sub-Saharan Africa: a 100-mile-long wall and moat whose construction began a millennium ago.
The monument, called Sungb... | 8,451 | http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/20/world/eredo-journal-a-wall-a-moat-behold-a-lost-yoruba-kingdom.html | 323 | Culture | 3.296875 | 3 |
7,677 | STUDIES confirm Nigeria as one of the world’s poorest countries. Nigeria has one-fifth of Africa’s population, more than 80 million Nigerians live on less than $1 per day, the standard international bar for poverty.
The intensity of poverty in Nigeria was reported in a 2005 study, which states, “80 to 90 million Nigeri... | 8,513 | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/wanted-a-president-for-nigerias-poor/ | 655 | Politics | 3.046875 | 3 |
7,847 | Yams were first domesticated by African farmers 7,000 years ago. Today, 48.1 million tons of yams are produced annually across 4.4 million hectares of land in West Africa’s “Yam Belt”—which extends from Cote D’Ivoire to Nigeria, representing over 90 percent of the global production.
Yam provides the most important sour... | 8,690 | https://www.channelstv.com/2020/05/04/covid-19-mysterious-deaths-rock-jigawa-local-council/Things | 132 | Health | 3.21875 | 3 |
8,035 | The Jehovah’s Witnesses frequently insert the name “Jehovah” into the New Testament in places that the Greek manuscripts contain the word “kurios” (which actually means “master” or “Lord”). They justify this practice by claiming that the original New Testament contained the Hebrew name YHWH (which they translate as Jeh... | 8,891 | http://ow.ly/HRlG50MjEU2 | 1,367 | Religion | 3.140625 | 3 |
8,251 | Either for hobby or as a real opportunity to find a job, with countless resources on the internet (most of them free), learning a new programming language has never been as easy as it is today. But even with the overwhelming information that’s out there, choosing a programming language to learn can be a daunting task. ... | 9,128 | http://www.slant.co/topics/25/~what-is-the-best-programming-language-to-learn-first | 186 | Programming | 3.078125 | 3 |
8,435 | Can grow up to 4ft long!
Glass Lizard Scientific Classification
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Glass Lizard Conservation Status
Glass Lizard Facts
“The glass lizard has no legs but is not a snake, making it a unique and interesting member of the reptile kingdom.”
The glass lizar... | 9,335 | https://a-z-animals.com/animals/glass-lizard/ | 3,168 | Religion | 3.390625 | 3 |
8,870 | Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world, preserved until now. It is this state that helped to establish Islam by adopting its territory and providing protection to the first Muslims who resettled there because of the oppression of the pagans of Mecca. How is Islam in Ethiopia today?
Its story reflected ten... | 9,804 | https://www.modernghana.com/news/895800/how-islam-gain-roots-in-ethiopia-the-historical-symbol-of.html | 1,388 | Religion | 3.25 | 3 |
8,886 | Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has been only modest progress against an inherited condition that mainly afflicts people of African descent.
With advances in gene therapy, that is quickly changing — so m... | 9,821 | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/health/sickle-cell-gene-therapy.html?emc=edit_na_20190127&nl=breaking-news&nlid=54795170ing-news&ref=cta | 293 | Health | 3.015625 | 3 |
9,126 | Don’t fall for the bait and switch
Sloppy language leads to sloppy thinking
YES and NO
We observe variation, mutation and natural selection in living things.
Evolutionists call this ‘evolution’, and this is why they claim that evolution is true.
We see how the environment affects the survival of these different animals... | 10,072 | https://creation.com/don-t-fall-for-the-bait-and-switch | 880 | Religion | 3.03125 | 3 |
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