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Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd.), on Saturday said that he was sad and disappointed with the way the current threatening security situation in the country is being handled. He said that “security agencies should invite and question the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore who had threatened to unleash violence on Benue State and later justified the killings and their roles.” The former head of state, who cautioned that if nothing urgent is done to address the security situation in the country that it could lead to a religious war, also called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to make more efforts to tackle the insecurity in Nigeria. He stated this when he spoke at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi, where he visited Governor Samuel Ortom to commiserate with his government and the people of the state over the wanton killings and destruction of properties they have continued to suffer since January 1. Noting that he was not in the country whe...

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has arrested a man identified as Aaron Kawombe, while trying to smuggle mobile telephones into the country. Kawombe of Nakoloke of Mbale, Eastern Uganda was arrested by the Enforcement team in Malaba, Eastern Uganda, according to statement released by the URA. The statement said Kawombe crossed into the Malaba side of Kenya where he bought 15 Itel phones. He allegedly went to a small corridor near the shop where he sealed the phones on his body (stomach and lower chest) using cello tape. He later said to haveboarded a vehicle, which heading to Mbale. He was arrested at a URA checkpoint in Malaba were officers do random checks, the statement added. URA said smuggling continues to affect revenue collection and causes unfair competition in the market among other impacts

 A born-again man who refused a blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs has unfortunately died in the hospital.Source: https://www.tori.ng/news/102060/bornagain-man-dies-after-refusing-blood-transfusio.html

Is there a natural therapy that can cure diabetes? No. Natural therapies such as deep abdominal breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, and  biofeedback  can help relieve stress. And emotional stress affects your  blood sugar levels . So learning to relax is important in managing your diabetes. Supplements  don't cure diabetes, either. Some natural  supplements  may interact dangerously with your diabetes  medication . Others have been shown to help improve your diabetes, but always check with your doctor before taking any supplement. Be skeptical about claims of a diabetes cure. A genuine cure will have been tested repeatedly in  clinical trials  with clear success. What lifestyle changes can help me manage my diabetes? Even though there's no diabetes cure, diabetes can be treated and controlled, and some people may go into remission. To manage diabetes effectively, you need to do the following: Manage you...

Quick Quiz!!! Have you ever heard of an alligator pepper? Have you ever seen the alligator pepper? Have you ever used the alligator pepper? Okay! Peradventure you don't have a clue about this awesome spice, what about its close relative ~ grain of paradise? If yes, kudos! Otherwise, you are definitely missing out on this amazing gift of nature. But before shedding light on some amazing things you stand to gain from this unique pepper, let me just quickly point out that we should count ourselves lucky for having numerous essential plants in our ecosystem.  The point still remains that most plants are in use today due to their edible, medicinal and therapeutic properties. Basically, their medicinal attributes are based on some chemical substances that offer crucial physiological activities on human bodies. The most significant of these chemical constituents that are supported by researchers to be mostly secondary metabolites are flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids and p...

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Have you ever lost your money while trying to travel to China, Dubai, Sweden, or the United States? Have you dealt with travel agencies that failed to deliver after collecting upfront payments from you? Have you been issued travel documents that failed to get you a pass at the airport? Well, chances are that you will still lose more money to (fake) travel agencies unless you learn to identify ways to detect what they are: scammers.  Here are 5 ways to identify and detect fake travel agencies: 1. They ask for huge amount for money to be deposited before starting any visa processes If any travel agent asks you a certain percent of the charges you both agreed upon before the visa is out, be careful to agree because most of them are not sure if they are professional enough to push the visa through.  A confident travel agent will only make the clients to pay all normal expenses require to get the visas by themselves, they will put them through and arrange the required documen...

UMUAHIA— A disaster was reportedly averted at Umuohu Okpula, Ndume community, Ibeku in Umuahia North Local Government area of Abia State, when a vigilant grandmother prevented a four-day-old baby from being carried away by a hawk. The grandmother, who gave her name as Adeline Emmanuel, explained that she was lying down, when she heard the loud flapping of bird’s wings. According to her, she heard noise of a struggling object as the bird was trying to fly through the window, but fell down on the floor of the one-storey building, prompting her to shout at her daughter, mother of the baby, to shut the window. She said: “I saw the hawk drop down where my four-day-old granddaughter was sleeping and was trying to carry the baby who was probably too heavy for it. “It was then that I started shouting, asking my daughter to close the windows. “My shouting and that of my daughter coupled with others, who were by then aware of what was happening, attracted the community youths.” She said the yo...

About 61 top universities in the United Kingdom will be going on an industrial strike action for two weeks over planned changes to staff pensions. According to BBC, University of Oxford, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, University College London (UCL), University of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and York are among the universities affected. A week ago, members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of industrial action, with staff expressing fear about the pension changes, which they say could cost an average lecturer £200,000 (N101 million) over the course of their retirement.On Monday, the  UCU confirmed plans   to embark on the industrial action, except demands are met. Four Welsh Universities also confirmed plans  to join the strike . Of the universities present, 61 voted overwhelmingly in favour of action, with 88 percent in favour of strikes and 93 percent in favour of action short of a strike. The strikes are planned t...

Why We Ferried Ezekwesili, BBOG Members To Our Station – Police THE Nigeria Police on Wednesday explained why it ferried the convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), Obiageli Ezekwesili, and some of her group members from the Unity Fountain to its headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Ezekwesili, a former minister, yesterday through her verified Twitter handle, @obyezeks, alleged that she alongside other members of her group was been arrested and detained by the police. She and her group members were later ferried in a hilux van to the police command at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). But the police in a statement by it spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah said they were only brought to the Abuja command to forestall breakdown of law and order. “The FCT Police Command wishes to clear the air and set the record straight that it did not arrest or detain Prof Oby Ezekwesili and some members of the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG) as being speculated on some social media platforms....

Three labour unions in Oyo have directed workers in the state employment to stay from their duty posts for three days, starting from Wednesday. The unions are the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC). The directive was issued in a statement jointly signed by Kofo Ogundeji, NLC state secretary, Falegbe Mayowa, TUC state secretary and Olabode Akinfenwa, JNC assistant state secretary. They said the action was to call on the state government to address the 13-week-old strike of the state-owned tertiary institutions and 256 sacked workers of Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. It is also in solidarity with complaints presented by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) of 56 months accumulated unpaid pensions and gratuities of retired primary school teachers and a halt in workers’ promotion since 2010. Waheed Olojede, the state NLC chairman, who spoke alongside Emmanuel Ogundiran, chairman, JNC/TUC, s...

A Michigan man who calls himself “Davecat” lives with three sex dolls: his “wife” and two “mistresses.” The 40-year-old who has shunned 'organic women' to marry a synthetic doll and keep another as a mistress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJtmcJM-Rw A nattily attired black male from Michigan who goes by the handle “Davecat” is a proud owner of three sex dolls. Although the United States Supreme Court still does not recognize marriage between human beings and inanimate objects, Dave insists that he is married to the first sex doll he purchased, which he has named “Sidore Kuroneko.” Davecat also houses two other sex dolls that he has dubbed “Muriel” and “Elena,” but these are not his wives—they’re only “intimate friends.” According to Davecat;  He wrote:  "Dolls don’t possess any of the unpleasant qualities that organic, flesh and blood humans have. A synthetic will never lie to you, cheat on you, criticize you, or be otherwise disagreeable."

Nigerian returnee from Libya, Omo Harry, has narrated the bizzare and unfortunate things himself and other Nigerians faced while they were trapped in Libya on their way to Europe . In an interview with Vanguard, Omo who recently returned to Nigeria, narrated how his friend, Denis’s girlfriend, Rita, whom they all embarked on the journey to Europe in April 2016, was raped to death because she could not afford the money needed for her to continue her journey from Libya to Euope. Omo said Rita was handcuffed and boys took turns to rape her. She died when one of the boys tried to penertate her. Her corpse was abandoned for two days before it was removed. Her boyfriend watched the men take their turns to have sex with her. My friend, Denis, said I could travel to Europe if I could raise at least N500,000. He told me that he was also trying to raise same amount for an agent that would facilitate it. I had to sell all my property , including the parcel of land I acquired at Ogudu Bale are...