DOES the thought of living life sugar-free fill you with horror? If so, you may unknowingly be addicted. In fact, sugar is believed to be eight times more addictive than cocaine. Some people are more sensitive than others, but the more sugar you eat, the more likely it has taken hold of your addictive pathways and is driving you to eat – and drink – far too much.

Everywhere you look in Calabar, Cross River State capital, you find estates which have been abandoned due to squabbles over the sharing of inheritance.
The squabbles are sometimes so fierce that machetes and the dreaded charm, Ekpetiaba (kills within five days), are used by desperate members of families to eliminate or subdue siblings in order to take ownership or the lion share of estates.

Sir Emeka Nwokedi is Music Director, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. He is also Music Director, Lagos City Chorale; Music Director, Anglican Diocese of Lagos Mainland and Organist and Director of Music, All Saints Church, Surulere. In 2013, he was appointed, Member, World Choir Council representing Nigeria. He is the Official Representative of Interkultur (Organizers of World Choir Olympics) in Nigeria; ,a Member, International Society for Music Education (ISME) and Trustee of Nigerian Guild of Organists.

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has created eight new Provinces just as the Pastor-In-Charge of Ogun Region 12, Pastor Julius Olalekan, counselled Nigerians to draw closer to God to end the current challenges facing the country.

Politicians from across the country witnessed the “Thanksgiving and Testimony,” of an All Progressives Congress, APC, leader in Enugu State, Chief Gbazuagu Nweke Gbazuagu.

114-year-old Alhaji Jimoh Odugbayi attended a special Jumat prayer at the Aliko Dangote Mosque, Crescent University, Abeokuta to honour Justice Bola Abdul-Jabbar Ajibola (SAN), the founder of the university.

Grace Florence Mathew (Grace FM) is a Youth Corps member, but she goes about doing good for nothing in return. Full of talents and skills, she organises lectures, workshops, and seminars through which she imparts those skills to both the young and old for free. She spoke to Sunday Vanguard about her charity works and the difference between Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has urged midfielder Paul Pogba to forget his world-record price tag and concentrate on producing the goods for the team.

Sports took the centre stage in the affairs of Lagos, last Friday, as the state House of Assembly held a public hearing and Stakeholders’ Forum to discuss the bills for the establishment of two “important” organs for the development of sports.

18 Nigerians died in Saudi Arabia during the 2016 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says. The victims were from Kwara, Kogi, Bauchi, Taraba, Niger, Kaduna, FCT. There were foreign-based Nigerian pilgrims as well. The head of NAHCON’s medical team, Ibrahim Kana, said two pilgrims, including a 40-year-old woman, died in Madinah. Three […]

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has been calling his players on phone to remind his players on the need to stay focused for the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Zambia billed for October 3.

It sounded like a scene from Nollywood horror movie with the trappings of tragic consequences but little could be done to halt the impending doom. The scene of the tragic event was the waiting room of the Head, Computer Science, Bayero University, Kano (BUK).

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, flagged-off a week-long commissioning of 114 roads newly constructed in all the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State, with a pledge to commence the construction of second round of another 114 roads across the state soon.

Lifeline came the way of Old People’s Home located in Achara Layout, Enugu State. The home, built by the White Sisters Missionary in 1975 before it was handed over the Nigerian Missionary Sisters had continued to suffer hardship due to inadequate attention particularly as many rarely remember that such place existed.