• Tallen wants female as Deputy Speaker • Independent candidacy: Senate directs Clerk to transmit bill to Buhari As the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly draws closer, Senator Godswill Akpabio has called on aggrieved senators to accept the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that ceded the seat of Senate President to him. […]
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DSS to work with sister agencies for Buhari’s handover Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, denied media reports that it would participate fully in the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the body, Dr. Alex Chiedozie Ogbonnia, described media reports credited to one […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has condemned an advertorial jointly signed and placed by a former Senator and Minister of State for Niger Delta, Chief Tayo Alasoadura, and the out-going Deputy Majority Leader in the Senate, Senator Ajayi Boroffice, accusing him of engaging in alleged anti-party activities. The duo, in the said […]
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Hypertension •Treatment costs N1.22tr monthly for 76.2m Nigerians living with ailment •Bad economy, insecurity, abuse of hard drugs, alcohol top reasons more young people are developing hypertension • Spending more time on mobile phone raises risk of having hypertension, new study finds • Nigeria yet to conduct nationally representative survey on hypertension since 1991/1992 • […]
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By Dr. Bidemi Ojeleye Welcome to today’s educative discussion on Tropicalbee honey! Today, we are going to discuss what crystallized honey is all about and the factors determining the crystals to form, and how we can de-crystallize it. Many of us might have come across crystallized honey whereby the honey forms small, small lumps looking […]
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Apprehension spreads across the country recently with the shocking news that Malaysia and Taiwan had detected injurious components in one of the Indomie noodles brands. Health officials in the two Asian countries said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound in Indomie ‘Special Chicken’ flavor noodles. It is feared that the compound causes cancer. Though […]
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The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, has asked Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to curb the alleged excesses of the local security outfit, the Amotekun Corps. In a statement titled “Akeredolu needs to call Amotekun to order”, by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party called for an immediate investigation into some […]
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EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has voluntarily handed over two of its Officials to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for investigation and possible dismissal for fighting over items belonging to a suspect in detention. EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa made this disclosure at a press conference, Tuesday in Abuja. According […]
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United States of America (USA), yesterday, announced it placed visa restrictions on some Nigerians who undermined the 2023 elections, held in February and March. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, made the disclosure in a statement. Clarifying the scope of the sanctions, Blinken affirmed: “The United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria […]
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Foreign airlines, yesterday, pushed back on the recent upward review of the Rate of Exchange (RoE) and attendant spike in the cost of international air travel, saying they were induced by the Central Bank’s exchange rate and local market volatility. The airlines, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the exchange […]
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