… a bottle of soft drink contains up to 15 cubes of sugar
Dr Adamu Onu, a family physician, Garki Hospital Abuja, said on Thursday that excessive consumption of soft drink predisposes one to stroke, irrespective of the sex.

Dr. Otumu Odianosen, a general practitioner, on Thursday called on parents to make healthy changes to their family’s lifestyle to curtail childhood-obesity.

Life in Gaza began returning to normal on Thursday with a public holiday to mark a ceasefire that ended a violent eight-day confrontation with the Israeli military.

No fewer than three persons were crushed to death yesterday when a 40-feet containerized vehicle fell on a Mazda car on the Badagry-Seme Expressway.

Two suspected surveillance workers of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) were on Wednesday arrested by soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta over oil theft.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accused Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich of failing to show loyalty to Roberto di Matteo after the Italian was sacked just months after winning the Champions League.

Freshly appointed as Chelsea’s latest interim coach, Rafael Benitez could be forgiven for wondering whether he has accepted a poisoned chalice.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, fixed February 18, 2013, to deliver judgement on a suit asking it to declare the huge amount of monies usually deducted from statutory allocation by governors of the 36 states of the federation under the guise of ‘Security Votes’, as illegal, fraudulent and unconstitutional.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Islamabad, Pakistan assured Nigerians of a stable supply electricity in major cities by the end of second quarters of next year.

More trouble came the way of the Bi-Courtney top shot, Dr. Wale Babalakin, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, began moves to formally charge him for alleged money laundering.

THERE is more to Kogi than the flood that devastated the state recently. The flood might have concealed the political bickering in the state, but as the waters recede, the state is back to the brinks.

EGBON your friend is gone” that was how Martins Oloja,Editor of THE GUARDIAN, broke to me the news of the passage of Dr.AbubakarOlushola Sararai-the Waziri of Ilorin.

WHILE Corruption and rule of law cannot exist together in any society because corruption undermines the rule of law, the independence of the Judiciary and attacks the foundation of democratic institutions, the fight against corruption must be a concerted effort of both the Nigerian Bar Association, the BNLF and other organization of Nigerian lawyers in the Diaspora working together to eradicate the scourge from Nigeria.

The Federal Government has charged E-9 countries to consolidate on the gains of membership and ensure that member nations, individually and collectively, prioritize literacy in order to meet the 2015 Education for All (EFA) target.

THE passing of Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, last week, triggered an outpouring of tributes from all over the country.