Month: April 2018

One night of bad sleep can lead to Alzheimer ‘s Disease: Scientists

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New research suggests that a single night of sleep deprivation can increase levels of beta-amyloid protein involved in the making of Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery was made by scientists from the American National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Beta-amyloid — also known as amyloid beta — is a sticky protein that can accumulate between brain cells and form “plaques.” These plaques disrupt brain cell communication, and this is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease. Study co-author Nora D. Volkow, of the Laboratory of Neuroimaging at…

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INEC: No electronic voting in 2019

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said there wont be use of electronic voting in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said this on Tuesday at the end of the three-day international conference on Opportunities and Challenges in the use of Technology in Elections in Abuja, yesterday. His words: “Let me categorically say that the commission will not deploy electronic voting in the 2019 general election. However, we will deploy technology for the collation and transmission of electronic result; without prejudice to the…

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Pop star Mariah Carey reveals bipolar disorder

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Pop superstar Mariah Carey has revealed that she suffers from bipolar disorder and has entered treatment. The singer, whose sweeping five-octave vocal range helped make her one of the most successful artists of the 1990s, said she decided to go public to help remove stigma over the mental illness. “Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me,” she told People in the celebrity magazine’s latest cover story. Carey, who is in her late 40s, said she long presumed that she had a…

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Royal wedding: Meghan excludes family members

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Meghan Markle has excluded her family members from the much awaited Royal wedding between her and Prince Harry scheduled to take place at Windsor Castle on May 19. Markle’s half-sister, Samantha who expressed her anger over the development blasted the bride-to-be for not inviting her own family to the royal wedding. Furious Samantha, hit out after Prince Harry and Meghan came up with a list of around 600 guests for the ceremony. But Samantha has accused the couple of inviting “complete strangers”, and claims “no one” from the Markle clan…

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Senate suspends Omo-Agege till 2019, disbands Buhari support group

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The Senate on Thursday suspended a pro-Buhari senator, Ovie Omo-Agege for 90 legislative days for his remarks during and after the consideration of the electoral acts amendment. Omo-Agege’s suspension followed the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, chaired by Senator Sam Anyanwu. With the suspension, Omo-Agege will stay suspended for 90 legislative days. This means that if the senate were to sit without any interruption, recess or adjournment for committee work, it would take 30 weeks (7 months for Omo-Agege to completely serve his suspension.…

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Osinbajo wants technology driven healthcare

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It has become expedient for Nigeria to embrace technology to close the healthcare gap between the urban and rural areas, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Osinbajo, who on Thursday inaugurated the Abia Tele-health initiative, – as “Dial-a-doctor -, described it as commendable effort in the healthcare delivery system in the state. He said in Umuahia that Abia had blazed the trail in the utilisation of Global System of Mobile Telecommunication (GSM) in the delivery of quality healthcare to the people of the state. “This is an especially exciting project…

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Ivory Coast inaugurates its first Senate

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Ivory Coast inaugurated on Thursday its first senate, an upper legislature, which President Alassane Ouattara called a “chamber of wisdom”. The inauguration came months after Mauritania scrapped its own following a referendum. Senegal, several years ago had also abolished the house as a drag on scarce financial resources. In Nigeria, the unpopular Senate in the two West African nations, remains an integral part of its democracy. The Ivory Coast senate was a creation of a new constitution enacted in 2016. But the main opposition groups boycotted the referendum that approved…

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2,285 on death row in Nigeria – Amnesty Int’l

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No fewer than 2,285 Nigerians including four foreign nationals are on death row at the end of 2017. Amnesty International report revealed in its 2017 global review of the death penalty published on its website. It decried that death sentences in the country have spiked massively over the past two years, with 171 and 527 death sentences recorded in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Amnesty International said Nigeria imposed the highest number of death sentences in the sub-Saharan Africa region in 2017. No executions were carried out in Nigeria. The Nigerian…

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China warns US against cold war mentality

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Amidst trade war with U.S President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against returning to a “Cold War mentality”. “In today’s world, the trend of peace and cooperation is moving forward and a Cold War mentality and zero-sum game thinking are outdated.” As the trade war rages, Xi vowed to open sectors from banking to auto manufacturing. Xi said China would increase imports, lower foreign-ownership limits on manufacturing and expand protection to intellectual property. Xi cited the measures while saying China was entering a “new phase of opening…

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Nigerian sprinter Seye Ogunlewe begs President Buhari to invest on athletes

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Nigerian sprinter, Seye Ogunlewe on Monday pleaded with President Mohammadu Buhari to invest more in sport so as to get the best in Nigerian athletes at the world stage. Ogunlewe said he wished there was the opportunity to meet with Buhari so that he could tell how Team Nigeria have been poorly funded prior to the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Ogunlewe who finished fourth in the 100m final on Monday was responding to Buhari’s earlier congratulatory message on his verified Twitter handle to him and Enoch Adegoke for making it…

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