World Heart Day: Experts worry over increasing hypertension among Nigerians
Hypertension is one subject every Nigerian should be wary of. This is because the numbers are increasing. Fifteen to 20 years ago, about 11 percent of adult Nigerians were expected to have hypertension but today the story is different. Cardiologists are now reporting scary figures of 30 percent and above among the populace.
World rabies day: Security experts warn on danger of rabies virus
In celebration of Worlds Rabies Day, an Umuahia-based security expert, Dr. Cyra Obi has warned of the dangers of the virus, saying that quite a number of people had died from the deadly virus over the years.
Diogu backs D’Tigress for Olympic ticket
Co-captain of the national male basketball team, D’Tigers, Ike Diogu has, on behalf of his colleagues, thrown his weight behind their female compatriots, D’Tigress as they campaign in the 2015 Afrobasket Championship in Cameroun.
Lagos trade fare hold simultaneously at three different venues
Lagos—The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, said the 2015 Lagos International Trade Fair, LITF, will, for the first time ever, hold simultaneously at three different venues.
Ibusa indigenes tasked on devt
President-General of Ibusa Community Development Union, ICDU, Professor Tom Arinze, has called on sons and daughter of Ibusa Community in Delta State, to pull their resources together for the development of the community.
Uzere people worry over abandoned projects
THE people of Uzere, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, have decried the spate of projects abandonment in the community by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Royal father escapes from kidnappers in Imo
OWERRI—The traditional ruler of Isiebu autonomous community in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Hyacinth Onyenankeya, narrowly escaped being kidnapped yesterday.
Bayelsa upstage Heartland in Owerri
Troubled Bayelsa United beat Heartland 3-1 in a rescheduled Nigeria premier league match on Monday after the original fixture was moved due to heavy rain.
One dead, another shot as cultists clash in Ughelli
UGHELLI—ONE person was yesterday confirmed dead, while another suffered gunshot wounds from cult-related attacks which occurred in different parts of Ughelli in Delta State over the weekend.
Monarch, brother abducted in Akwa Ibom
ABUJA—The monarch of Ibiaku Issiet in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Williams Etim, has been kidnapped along with his elder brother, Mr. Placid Etim. The kidnappers have demanded N200 million ransom.
Hopelessness of our anti-corruption war (2)
By Yinka Odumakin “Our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places that seek bribes and demand 10 per cent; those that seek to keep the country divided permanently so that they can remain in office as ministers or VIPs at least, the tribalists, the nepotists, those that make […]
