A breathalyser test being developed by British scientists could revolutionise  cancer diagnosis.

First, may we please take a lengthy aside. Reactions to my last article, “Question for Former President Goodluck Jonathan” revealed the real trouble with social media. Despite my having expressly invited robust debates on certain things such as how the immediate past President fitted the bill of a “Philosophy King,” or how the man showed “restraint,” no debate, no matter how lean or hungry, came.

For the first time in 2019, crude oil price, yesterday rose  from $56.00 to $58 in the international market, as Saudi Arabia cuts output by 500,000 barrel per day, bpd. Specifically, the price of many light crudes, including Nigeria’s Bonny Light hit the roofs at $58.00, while the price of Brent, West Texas Intermediate, WTI and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC basket of 15 crudes stood at $57.73, $48.66 and $52.17 respectively. The latest price, apparently the highest in 2019, showed $2.00 below the $60.00 per barrel benchmark of Nigeria’s 2019 budget.

ILORIN-The weekend tragedy of December 1,2018 in Chewuru, Edu local government area of Kwara state when a canoe transporting twenty one passengers on a journey to the neighbouring Niger state suddenly capsized shortly after it took off, and thirteen of them including children died, immediately reminded the stakeholders of the ultimate danger of travelling by canoe in that part of the country.

It is not all the time that my aproko pays off. But on this particular occasion, it did. It was a small gathering held in the honour of a friend to celebrate her birthday.