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For older adults with mild high blood pressure, a new study suggests consuming tomatoes may help manage hypertension and may even lower the risk of developing high blood pressure in the first place. In the study, people without high blood pressure who ate the most tomatoes or tomato-based foods had a 36% lower risk of developing hypertension than those who […]
The National Population Commission (NPC) said it has begun the 2023-2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in Lagos to advance the country’s data in the health landscape.The commission’s state director, Sadiku Bamidele stated this Saturday during a press conference held in Lagos to commemorate the commencement of the health survey. The federal commissioner-designate, Barrister […]
AS the rest of the world makes progress in its fight against open defecation, Nigeria is still miles away. Trailing India as the second worst country struggling with the menace, it does not seem like there is any end in sight. In Nigeria, the menace stinks to the high heavens, a perpetual stain on the […]
A Lagos-based graphic designer and digital marketer, Kingsley Ukanwoke, speaks to ABDULLATEEF FOWEWE about his missing brother and the steps he has taken to locate him What is your relationship with the missing man? I’m Kingsley Ukanwoke, I hail from Umuahia South in Abia State, but I am based in Lagos State. I am a […]
She held her bag close to her chest as though letting go would expose its contents. Her head was wrapped with a black scarf and her gown swept the ground as it danced to the sound of the wind. With a point-of-sale machine held tight, she sat under an umbrella, enjoying the shelter it provided […]
A pastor, Emmanuel Akinola, whose wife went missing after a bus accident, speaks with VICTORIA EDEME about the circumstances that led to the disappearance of his wife How did you get the news of the accident? My name is Emmanuel Oluwafemi Akinola. I am 48 years old. My wife’s name is Beatrice Omoyeni Akinola. She […]
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel. President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, elatedly thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his support, encouragement, and thoughtful advice towards the actualisation of this project.Dangote also thanked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian […]
The Lagos State Government has issued fresh update on the closure of Third Mainland Bridge for repair. The government, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Friday said based on observations on the on-going diversion on the Third Mainland Bridge, the government has adjusted the Island (Adeniji Adele bound) to […]
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr Eniayewun Ademuyiwa, has lamented that government-owned hospitals are becoming overstretched due to the mass emigration of health workers abroad for greener pastures, in what is commonly called japa. He revealed that the acute shortage of manpower in some of the federal facilities had increased the number […]
Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI on the issue of fake professors in the country’s ivory towers How did you receive the report that trended last week about the alleged presence of fake professors in Nigerian universities? The thing is that the report was first […]
