“Though I still struggle with tramadol sometimes, I don’t take codeine and alcohol again said 17-year-old Halima who started abusing drugs when she was in JSS 2. Halima’s voice reverberates with a renewed hope and courage to look to the future. She credits this continuing mental makeover to the mental health care and rehabilitation she […]
Continue ReadingPhoto: HuffPost A University of Kent study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79 per cent when mothers had baby boys compared to baby girls. Overall the researchers identified that women who give birth to males are 71-79 per cent more likely to develop PND. Furthermore, women whose […]
Continue ReadingCell phones and brain cancer There is now ‘clear evidence’ that cell phone radiation can cause cancers of the heart, brain and adrenal glands, a landmark United States (U.S.) National Institutes of Health (NIH) study warns.A final report, released last week, confirms the preliminary findings that were released in 2016 after scientists were alarmed by […]
Continue ReadingIn this file photo taken on November 07, 2018, US President Donald Trump (R) gets into a heated exchange with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta (L) during a post-election press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. CNN sued Donald Trump’s administration November 13, 2018, alleging the White […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI • I will rely on Nigerians to defeat Buhari, PDP candidate replies • Opposition accuses Buhari, ruling party of plotting to liquidate stakeholders’ accounts The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku […]
Continue ReadingContraceptives. Photo: Google.com A report by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) has shown that more Nigerian women have adopted contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions.The report was released on Tuesday by an international global partnership for the rights of women and girls to freely decide whether, when, and how many children they want to have. […]
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Many senators who have been cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the 2019 general elections stayed away from plenary on Tuesday, forcing the red chamber to adjourn till next week. The chamber needs at least 37 senators to carry out legislative activities at plenary but it was observed that 20 members were […]
Continue ReadingCol. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) Former National Security Adviser |(NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has said he would no longer appear for trial on alleged illegal possession of firearms and money laundering until the Federal Government obeyed orders admitting him to bail. He is also being tried on alleged breach of public trust and diversion of […]
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Oleyelogun assures peace By Banji Ayoola Moves are on to reconcile aggrieved members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, which slipped into a crisis last Friday with the purported impeachment of the speaker, Rt. Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun and his deputy, Hon Ogundeji Iroju. Confirming the moves in an interview with The Radiance on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingOndo Assembly The sacked speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun, leading eight other members, on Monday reconvened a sitting of the assembly, saying his removal and that of his deputy, Hon Ogundeji Iroju, by the Olamide George faction of the house on Friday was illegal. Presiding over the eight […]
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