Sugar and pain
How can something so sweet cause so much pain? Those were the ominous words a patient said to me some years ago in the small town of Moultrie in the deep south of the state of Georgia. You might want to ponder on this as you chop through that bowl of starch-full rice and wash it own with the 12 plus cubes of sugar in your choice of "mineral". Mineral? What a term for a bottle of sugar! The rate we are seeing diabetes increase in Nigeria is quite alarming.
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Economic Crunch: NLC blasts Okupe over call for mass sack of civil servants
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, chided the former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, over a statement credited to him that governors should sack civil servants to resolve the irregular salaries payment crisis, describing the call as “absurd”.
Femi Otedola loses $400m in 9 weeks
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has lost more than $400 million of his personal fortune over the last 9 weeks as the stock price of Forte Oil, the Nigerian-listed energy behemoth he controls, shed off 43.5% in value within that period.
Flying Eagles: Amuneke decamps six more players
Flying Eagles coach Emmanuel Amuneke has finally pruned the number of players in camp to thirty one after Saturday’s friendly match with Nigeria National League side Supreme Court FC.
S/South clubs jostle for Frot Group’s champion of champions N1m
The Edo Football Association and its biggest sponsor, FROT Group, have concluded arrangements for a championship which will give all the FA Cup champions of the South South states the opportunity to fine-tune their teams ahead of the national Federation Cup later this year.
All these women want is money!
I am in my late twenties, a decent looking man with a decent job.
Deadlock as Ministers, NASS struggle to fine-tune budget
FOR the third time the 2016 appropriation bill has been returned as President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have picked faults in the re-worked budget and returned it to the National Assembly for further legislative work.
Bayern Munich v Atletico Madrid starting line-ups
Starting line-ups for the Champions League semi-final second leg between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid at the Allianz Arena, Munich, on Tuesday
Photos: Nigerians in UK protest Fulani herdsmen killings in Enugu, others
Irked by the incessant violent activities perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across parts of the country, Nigerian residents in the United Kingdom, have staged a protest at the UK Westminister Parliament to condemn the killings and destructions by armed herdsmen, as well as draw the attention of global authorities to wade into the wanton killings.
Nimbo invasion: Why we have not set up IDP camps- Gov Ugwuanyi
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State says refusal of residents of Nimbo community to return home, after the April 25 Fulani herdsmen invasion has hindered government’s plans to set up Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) camps. Ugwuanyi made the disclosure in Enugu on Monday, while addressing anti-herdsmen protesters made up of a coalition of 13 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) and women from Nimbo community.
