Enhancement drugs usage and dangers

By Firin Oyelude Enhancement drugs help to improve either physical activities or cognitive performance (nootropic). They are drugs meant for medicinal purposes and are only to be prescribed by a Physician. Enhancement drugs in general are used to do extraordinary things which are above human capacity and thus they tend to be abused by people […]

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APC chieftain asks court to declare Buni-led caretaker panel illegal

Buni The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Abuja Judicial Division has been asked to declare the Caretaker /Extraordinary Convention (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as illegal. This request was made by an aggrieved chieftain of the party, Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa, who alleged that it was wrong for […]

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Lagos crime rate rises as Neighbourhood Watch cries for personnel, gadgets

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Despite establishment of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), and massive investment in security by Lagos State Government, to curb rising crimes in the metropolis, rampant criminality in the city is giving residents great concerns. Hardly a day passes without tales of robbery attacks on residents. They are robbed at Mushin, […]

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FG probes death of student allegedly beaten by teacher

Photo: GettyImages Seven journalists escape attack in Plateau The Federal Government has set up a committee to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Nuhu Yahya, a 13-year-old student of the Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja, who died after allegedly being punished by his teacher. In the sad event, which occurred on August […]

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Nigeria wins first gold medal at World U20 Championship, sets new record

Nigeria’s 4×400 mixed relay team after setting a new world junior record in Kenya…yesterday Godson Brume, Praise Ofoku in 100m final Team Nigeria became the centre of attraction at the Kasarani Stadium, venue of the ongoing World U20 Championship in Nairobi yesterday, as the country’s 4x400m mixed relay team grabbed the first gold medal at […]

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Local aviation loses N11.6bn yearly to poor ground handling rates

Perennial underpricing and poor rates in the ground handling sub-sector of aviation yearly is costing the entire industry a shortfall of $28.35 million or N11.6 billion ($1:N410). A rough estimate in revenue, according to industry benchmark on average handling rate on the continent, showed that the sub-sector is worth at least $56.7 million in turnover, […]

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Phone lines in Nigeria hit 297m as telcos battle security, financial challenges

• Security expert blames network operators • We provide network information to security operatives, say telcos • GSMA sees prospect in telco-led mobile money Despite opportunities the telecommunications revolutions have offered the country in 20 years, especially with 297 million telephone lines connected, insecurity and low financial inclusion remain key challenges yet to be addressed. […]

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Challenge PIA in court, NBA, Ozekhome advise governors as states tackle FG today at FAAC meeting

How Senate passed PIB – Lawan The 36 state governments will today (Thursday) at the Federation Account and Allocation Committee meeting review the Petroleum Industry Bill, which was signed into law on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari. A top official of the Federal Ministry of Finance, who confided The Punch on Wednesday, said the state […]

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Buhari says Petroleum Industry Act implementation begins next year

Tasks steering committee on 12-month deadline Says Nigeria lost $50b worth of investment in 10 years APC governors say Act is party’s commitment to economic restructuring The Federal Government has embargoed implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) till August 2022. President Muhammadu Buhari gave this hint when he inaugurated a steering committee to oversee […]

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Standing in the hour of the great, final reckoning

By Abdu Rafiu This epoch has crept in on us mankind slowly, but inexorably. I believe that the experiences of these times go beyond what we look in the direction of the alert and the discerning alone to unravel and interpret. Scholars, sociologists, scientists and philosophers are no doubt digging. A group of scientists issued […]

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