Day: October 10, 2017

Russia accuses United States of pretending to fight Islamic State

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Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Russia also accused U.S. of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the Russian-backed advance of the Syrian army. In the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the U.S.-led coalition had sharply reduced its air strikes in Iraq in September when Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, had started…

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Study reveals kinds of children likely to seek divorce in marriage as adults

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A study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University in Sweden has revealed that children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those who grew up in two-parent households. According to the study, this increased tendency is caused by genetics and not psychological factors. In the study published in the 2017 journal of Psychological Science, the researchers analysed Swedish population registries and found that people who were adopted resembled their biological but not adoptive parents and siblings in their histories of divorce. In…

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Reducing your risk of heart diseases

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Medical experts have said that avoiding tobacco use, eating balanced diet and regularly checking one’s blood pressure are some measures people should adopt to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, also known as heart diseases, are a group of disorders which include hypertension, heart attack, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, rheumatic heart diseases, congenital heart disease and cardoimyopethies that affect the heart and other blood vessels in the body. Another important measure to adopt is regular physical activity, the experts say. According to Dr Augustine Odili, a…

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We are not going to import anything any longer-Dangote

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Africa’s richest man and most successful industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Moday said the country will no longer import goods from other countries. He made the  disclosure At the Financial Times’ 4th annual Africa Summit  at Claridges in London. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Nigerian vice-president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. “In Nigeria we are learning how to produce the entire value chain,” Dangote added. Once a heavy importer of fertiliser, Nigeria is…

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Ikeogu Oke wins Nigeria LNG $100,000 Literature Prize

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The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today announced Ikeogu Oke as the winner of the 2017 edition of the prestigious Literature Prize, with the cash reward of $100, 000. Oke’s Heresiad inspiring poetry work was selected as the most outstanding work after an intensive process of adjudication by both external consultant and the panel of judges in a keenly contested competition that attracted 184 contestants across the country. Announcing the prize at a press conference in Lagos, Chairman of the Advisory Board for the prize, Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo said the…

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Peugeot L750 R Hybrid Vision Gran Turismo Makes Virtual Debut

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Peugeot has unveiled its latest concept car, one that is exclusive to the upcoming Gran Turismo Sport game for Sony PlayStation 4. The French car maker has released details of its virtual L750 R Hybrid Vision Gran Turismoconcept which is based on the previous Gran Turismo 6 game’s L500 R Hybrid Vision. Featuring carbon-fibre monocoque construction, the L750 is driven by a petrol-electric hybrid driveline with engine and 7-speed sequential transmission mounted on the rear axle. Special liquid-cooled lithium-ion batteries provide power to the electric motor. The petrol engine produces 433kW that combines with the…

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IPOB: Blame Buhari, Igbo leaders if we decide to take up arms

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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says President Muhammadu Buhari and Igbo leaders should be blamed if it decides to engage in an “armed struggle”. IPOB, which has been branded a militant terrorist organisation, had always maintained that its agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra is peaceful. But the military and federal government have accused its members of taking up arms, while justifying its proscription. In a statement on Monday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, accused the government and security operatives of bringing violence into the Biafra struggle. He said: “From inception of…

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Digital trackable identity essential for curbing crimes – NCC

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Mr Tony Ojobo, the Public Affairs Director of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that online trackable identity was essential to curb crimes in the country. Speaking at the Public Relations Directors’ Summit, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Monday in Lagos, Ojobo said that digital trackable identity would help to boost online businesses. He described trackable identity as the ability to identify an individual through some natural physiological features, as may be shown by photographs or marks and such other characteristics. According to him,…

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Liberia set to elect new president

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Voters in the West African nation of Liberia are set to elect a new head of state, as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to step down after 12 years in power, an official poll has said on Tuesday. Report says Tuesday’s polls are expected to mark the first time in 73 years that a democratically elected president is peacefully handing over power to a successor chosen by the people. Twenty candidates are in the race for president, with 72-year-old Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize-winner often dubbed the “Iron Lady,”…

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Nigeria an investor’s delight- Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday declared that  Nigeria is an investors’ delight as the Buhari Presidency is making specific efforts to enable the private sector to thrive. Prof Osinbajo stated this at the Financial Times Africa Summit  in London noting that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, in the past months, had been working assiduously to improve macroeconomic conditions. A copy of the speech was released to newsmen in Abuja. According to him the administration specifically carried out extensive ‘ease of doing business’ reforms, in addition to on-going investment in…

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