Experts say lifestyle changes, weight loss can reduce diabetes cases, complications

•Say ‘cure’ is possible in 5% of patients as weight loss of 15% can reduce complications, slow progression of disease Ahead of World Diabetes Day (WDD), November 14, medical experts have alerted to rise in diabetes cases and complications. They said ageing populations; increasing obesity and a sedentary way of life contribute to the yearly […]

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The NNPC N621 billion roads-fixing mandate

Road repair The decision of the Federal Government lately approving and mandating the newly registered Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to construct 21 different roads at a whopping sum of N621 billion across the six geo-political zones of the federation is curious and fraught with controversies. The policy has expectedly raised lots of eyebrows […]

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Criminals take over abandoned, uncompleted Lagos buildings as hideouts

Uncompleted building near Otedola Estate, along Lagos –Ibadan Expressway Photo: Ayodele Adeniran Residents cry to state government for help, seek ban on illegal occupation We’re working on due processes – Govt Residents have called on the Lagos State Government to enforce the ban on illegal occupation of abandoned buildings and properties under construction across the […]

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Saraki warns against scuttling passage of amended Electoral Bill

Minister of State for Transport, Senator Gbemisola Saraki (left); former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, at the ninth memorial of former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, in Ilorin…yesterday Lauds PDP’s performance in Anambra governorship poll Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has […]

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South East monarchs, bishops urge court to affirm Kanu’s rights

Men of the Nigeria State Secret Police (SSS) escorts Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu (2nd L), outside the Federal High Court during the trial of the IPOB leader who is facing a 7-count amended charge on alleged treasonable felony and terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 21, 2021. […]

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Group alleges plan to handover Ondo forest reserves to governor’s son

It’s cheap blackmail  – Akeredolu Timber merchants under the aegis of Ondo State Concerned Timber Merchants, OSCTIM, has raised alarm over an alleged clandestine plot by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to siphon all resources of the state before leaving office by February 2025. This came barely 48 hours after the state government lifted the ban on […]

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Peter Obi, Ighodalo fault Buhari, say failed education system driving Nigerians abroad

Call for 10% increase in sector’s budget The Chancellor of Wellspring University, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, have berated President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria’s failed educational system. They countered Buhari who had earlier stated in Paris on Friday that the competitiveness Nigerians display abroad is a result of the […]

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Nigeria, 44 other nations pledge support for eco-friendly agriculture

Nigeria and 44 nations have pledged to invest in sustainable farming to protect nature. Also, 95 high-profile companies have committed to being ‘nature positive,’ and have agreed to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030. The Press and Public Affairs Officer, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Ndidiamaka Eze, in a statement, […]

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ISWAP regrouping around Lake Chad, Ndume warns

•Librarian, six others confirm abduction by terrorist group •CNG urges students’ wing to shelve protest over Zaria kidnap •UNIABUJA honours 44 staff for role in rescue of abducted don Barely three days after some soldiers, including a General, were killed in a deadly attack, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, […]

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