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Breakfast, the most important meal says doctors
When people do eat breakfast daily, they’re less likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease like high cholesterol and elevated blood pressure. And people who skip this morning meal are more likely to have risk factors like obesity, poor nutrition and diabetes or high blood sugar. This is a…
Read More »Focus on building the Igbo region, group tells South East Governors
The World Igbo Summit Group, WISG, a think tank of South East professionals and technocrats, has asked governors of the Eastern region to focus on improving their states rather than embarking on needless and unhealthy actions that will profit the states nothing. The group said this following the recent verbal…
Read More »N15m misappropriation: Akindele fires back
The suspended Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele, has denied the allegation that she misappropriated N15 million as alleged by some of her colleagues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader were suspended last Friday for allegedly withdrawing N15…
Read More »Arms smuggling: Customs arrest 3, impounds 661 rifles
Three Nigerians have been arrested by officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) for the illegal importation of arms into the country. The men identified as Oscar Okafor, Mahmud Hassan and Sadique Mustapha were arrested for the unlawful importation of 49 boxes containing 661 pump action rifles which were concealed…
Read More »Promasidor shops for millionaire in the 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics Quiz
Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell milk and other household products, has released the entry guidelines for the 2017 Cowbellpedia Senior Secondary Mathematics Television Quiz Show. The show is in line with the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and to encourage learning among secondary school students. Head of Marketing, Promasidor…
Read More »Nigeria Customs justifies ban on vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has justified the recent ban on vehicle imports through the land border. The service said that the ban was aimed at checkmating the smuggling of arms and ammunition which were usually concealed in vehicles and ferried into the country. Comptroller-General, NSC, Col. Hammed Ali (rtd),…
Read More »ETF: Lagos supports 705 SMEs with N1bn intervention
The Lagos State Government on Thursday presented a cheque of N1 billion to 705 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to expand their businesses as part of the N25 billion Employment Trust Fund (ETF) meant to generate employment. The state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode charged the beneficiaries to utilise the fund for…
Read More »Saraki compensates Ndume with INEC committee chairmanship
Former Senate leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume was on Thursday appointed Chairman Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Senate President Bukola Saraki, who made the appointment also named Abba Kyari, Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence. Kyari was former chairman, Senate Committee on INEC. Other fresh appointments included Magnus Abe…
Read More »Soludo dissociates self from APC membership
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has dissociated himself from any move to contest the governorship of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Media report has quoted the state Chairman of the APC, Emeka Ibe, to have listed…
Read More »Deportation: America sends 90 home
About 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans have become the first casualties following America’s new policy on illegal immigrants. A NAN reports stated that on Wednesday 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans arrived the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after being deported from the US. The deportees, believed…
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