Humanity Watch

  As part of the activities to mark the second year anniversary of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration in Oyo  State, the state government has concluded plans to install not less than fifty mobile toilets in strategic locations in the metropolis to eradicate open defecation. Speaking on behalf of the governor, the state’s Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke  at the weekend said the mobile toilets would be situated at locations for the conveniences of pedestrians, passengers and travellers in an attempt to ensure that the environment was not polluted. “The mobile toilets will be placed in strategic locations across the State to assist in promoting personal hygiene of the citizens and maintaining a healthy standard in the State, which will not only stop the spread of diseases such as cholera, typhoid, diarrhoea, but also check other ravaging diseases that are threats to human existence. “The toilets will be placed in locations like ...

Nigeria will experience a spectacular total lunar eclipse on  Friday night, which will last for one hour, Prof. Augustine Ubachukwu, has said. The leader of Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Group of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka,  Ubachukwu,  disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. “Nigeria is set to experience a very spectacular total lunar eclipse on Friday, July 27, weather permitting. It will be visible from 9:30.p.m. and last till 11: 220 p.m. “This total lunar eclipse will be primarily visible  from  the  world’s  Eastern  Hemisphere, which are Europe,  Africa,  Asia,  Australia  and  New Zealand. “Part of South America will be able to watch the final stages of the eclipse just after sunset on July 27.  New Zealand will catch the beginning stages of the eclipse before sunrise on July 28. “It will be the century’s longest total lunar eclipse with a...