The Federal Government has recently announced the outbreak of anthrax in West African countries, including northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo. The deadly disease already claimed the lives of humans and livestock Consequently, this necessitates the need to alert members of the University community to take precautionary measures as provided below: WHAT IS THE DISEASE, ANTHRAX? Anthrax is a bacterial infection that affects animals. It can also affect humans when they come in contact with animals that die fron the disease.  WHAT ARE THE ANIMALS AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE, ANTHRAX? Mainly cattle, sheep. goats, camels, donkeys and horses.  HOW IS THE DISEASE TRANSMITTED? Animals are infected when they eat or come in contact with forage, feed or soil contarminated with the spores of the bacteria, Bacillus anthracis People can become infected with the disease when the contaminated meat and other animal producte ike milk, hides and skin and inhalation of the spores. HOW IS THE DISEASE...

Having big UK meat-eaters cut some of it out of their diet would be like taking 8 million cars off the road. That's just one of the findings of new research that scientists say gives the most reliable calculation yet of how what we eat impacts our planet. The Oxford University study is the first to pinpoint the difference high- and low-meat diets have on greenhouse gas emissions, researchers say. The meat industry said the analysis overstated the impact of eating meat. Prof Peter Scarborough, of Oxford University, who led the new research, told BBC News: ''Our results show that if everyone in the UK who is a big meat-eater reduced the amount of meat they ate, it would make a really big difference." "You don't need to completely eradicate meat from your diet." Prof Scarborough, who is part of the Livestock Environment And People (LEAP) project surveyed 55,000 people who were divided into big meat-eaters, who ate more than 100g of meat a day, which equates ...

Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as I Left My Heart In San Francisco graced a decades-long career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday. Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett's death to The Associated Press, saying he died in his hometown of New York. There was no specific cause, but Bennett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016. The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create "a hit catalog rather than hit records". He released more than 70 albums, bringing him 19 competitive Grammys — all but two after he reached his 60s — and enjoyed deep and lasting affection from fans and fellow artists. Bennett didn't tell his own story when performing; he let the music speak instead — the Gershwins and Cole Porte...

SOFT LANDSCAPING: This is one of the many schemes of the NDE  Participants are not only trained by the NDE, they are also resettled with starter packs to enable them start their own soft landscaping businessses.

HARD LANDSCAPING: NDE's Special Public Works department is currently training participants in hard and soft landscaping as well as horticulture in 25 states of Nigeria. These photos from Ondo and Plateau States show some participants during training on hard landscaping.

NDE trains youths to convert used tyres to car bushing, & rubber belt for grinding machines. Animal bones are crushed & mixed with soya beans, corn & rice chaff to make chicken feed.  These & more are going on in 25 states in Nigeria.

Mystery object washes up on beach near Green Head, WA. A member of the public found the object on Saturday afternoon. Police are working with multiple government agencies to figure out what it is and where it came from. Police earlier labelled the object as "hazardous" as they worked with state and federal agencies to identify if there was a risk to the community. But after analysis of the object by the Department of Fire and Emergency Service's chemistry centre it was determined safe. "It's just unusual that it would wash up here," she said. "It looked beautiful out in the water when it was floating on Saturday night." Officers have deemed the object hazardous until it is identified. Police said the object didn't originate from a commercial aircraft — including MH370, which vanished in March 2014 — an assertion backed by aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas. "There's no chance it's part of MH370," he said. "It's not any p...

The Federal Government of Nigeria through one of her agencies NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT has commenced the registration of all categories of ARTISANS Nationwide. The registration covers amongst others Auto-Mobile, Autotronics/Mechatronics, Auto-Electrical, Arc and Gas Welding, Barbing, Catering and Hotel Management, Carpentry and Furniture Making, GSM Repairs, Computer Operations, Maintenance and Programming, Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Tailoring and Fashion Designing, Tie & Dye etc. NOTE: THE REGISTRATION IS COMPLETELY FREE FOLLOW US ON Facebook