North Korea earned nearly $200 million from exporting coal and other banned commodities last year in violation of UN sanctions, according to a new United Nations report.
Saturday, 3 February 2018
Dare devil robbers yesterday struck at Reclamation road, Sapele, Sapele LGA of Delta state, dispossessing a widow, Amaka, of her valuables, raped her 12-year-old daughter in her presence, before leaving her apartment.
Super Eagles players and officials would be paid their camping allowances upfront for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, Minister of Youth and Sports Development Solomon Dalung has said.
The History of Nigeria since 1969 is about three men: Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
A former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, on Friday said that there would be no elections in Nigeria in 2019 if the Federal Government failed to restore peace to Benue State.
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Global fertility groups, including the World Health Organisation experts on infertility and the United Nations General Assembly, may have concluded that wanting a baby is a human rights issue.
Hence, nations must do their best to provide access to infertility treatment to any deserving individual or couple.
These groups also recommend that individuals or couples desiring to have babies need to ensure that their body systems are clean enough to go through the process of conception. This means that those who are obese or overweight need to lose five per cent of their body weight, at least, before attempting to have a baby through the use of lifestyle changes and dietary modifications.
Also, these experts have advocated using available facilities that can help in this process and the removal of body toxins before conception. In other words, a couple planning to have a baby should treat their body the way they would handle their home when expecting a distinguished guest.
We now know that infertility is an alarming modern epidemic affecting more couples than ever. One out of six couples today experience difficulty in getting pregnant. What was once a woman’s problem is now known to affect men equally. The natural approach to treating infertility solves the causes of infertility, by addressing all body systems, rather than just focusing solely on the reproductive system.
Many couples that can’t become pregnant suffer from a combination of sub-clinical conditions. These conditions can’t cause infertility on their own, but, in combination, they can substantially reduce a couple’s chances of conception. For example, gluten intolerance alone cannot create infertility, but the resulting inflammation in the gut can minimise your capacity to absorb nutrients in the body and lead to deficiencies in the nutrients you need for optimal sperm, egg and hormone production and healthy pregnancy.
Exposure to heavy metals, radiation and toxic chemicals in some foods, drugs and other products can damage the DNA. Recent nutrigenomic (a study of the effects of nutrients on gene expression) research suggests what can influence our gene structure and expression.
- Minimise your exposure to toxic chemicals
Exposure to environmental toxins (in the form of industrial chemicals) in the uterus and during the neonatal period may dramatically affect adult fertility. Most chemicals used daily do not go through the same checks that medicines do. Consequently, poisonous chemicals end up circulating in our environment, food supply, air and water.
The most substantial evidence of heavy metals and environmental pollution adversely interfering with healthy reproductive function in women is the lead metal. Other compounds that can alter hormone function and result in adverse reproductive health effects include:
- Ovotoxicants can disrupt the process or even stop ovulation.
Endocrine disruptors can interfere with hormone function and cause endometriosis and PCOS (polycystic ovarian disease). The endocrine disruptors include heavy metals present in the body gotten from the consumption of large fish and stockfish.Men are seriously affected
Phthalates in plastic food containers, IV bags, medical supplies, vinyl flooring and packaging at high levels cause miscarriage and testicular toxicity. At low levels, they disrupt hormonal balance.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chemicals used in rubber tires, plastics, and pesticides are dangerous, just as PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon): released from cigarettes, car fumes and road tar.
Sperm seems to be more sensitive to heavy metals and industrial pollutants than eggs. Many sperm abnormalities are due to these toxins. The majority of these chemicals can be found in the atmosphere, on the ground in cities and the waterways. They have also been termed ‘reproductive toxicants’ because of their harmful effects on sperm development and maturation.
Studies have confirmed that male sperm counts are declining and environmental factors, such as pesticides, exogenous estrogens (Xenoestrogens) and heavy metals may negatively impact spermatogenesis (formation of sperm).
The top six environmental toxins to avoid:
Pesticides found on non-organic fruit and vegetables, meat, dairy and unfiltered tap water; formaldehyde found in air fresheners, deodorants, floor polish, upholstery cleaners; bisphenols found in plastic containers and can leach into food and water.
Organic solvents include petroleum-based liquids found in household products, electronics, car repair, health care, photography, agriculture, printing, construction, and cosmetics.
Others include dry-cleaning chemicals, paint fumes and many more. Occasional exposure to one or two toxic chemicals is not of great concern. What is of interest is the accumulation of these substances over an extended period.
- Don’t drink unfiltered tap water
Our waterways are polluted continuously by industrial waste and byproducts, pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, herbicides and commercial cleaning products. Many companies are contaminating the waterways, regardless of the country you live in. It is either there is no environmental law at all or there are loopholes in the law, or there is no law for the XYZ chemical getting into the water.
Heavy metals are the most common of the reproductive toxins reaching our water supply through industrial waste, jet fuel exhaust residue and a variety of other sources.
Tap water contains pharmaceutical drugs. About 74 per cent of the United States’ population takes prescription drugs. Because the drugs do not metabolise fully, small quantities are excreted via faeces and urine and flushed away. The toilet water is treated and filtered before being discharged into lakes and rivers, thereby re-entering the water supply. The trouble is, many drugs are not filtered out via the regular filtration process. Minute quantities of chemotherapy drugs, contraceptive pills, antidepressants, anxiolytics, anabolic steroids, HRT (hormone replacement therapy), heart drugs, etc, have been found in tap water.
- Use a dual filtration system
Buy a double filtration water system that filters particles smaller than 1 micron (this will filter out the drugs and heavy metals).
- Use the filter in your shower and your kitchen
Shower steam contains the same chemicals, which you can end up inhaling and absorbed through your skin.
- Aim to eat an optimal fertility diet
In the first trimester of pregnancy, your growing embryo will increase 20 million times. In the first eight weeks, your baby’s organs, hands, fingers, legs, feet, head, eyes, nose, ears, etc, are being constructed. To ensure that the best foundations are laid down during this phase, you want to make sure there are plenty of building blocks in the form of the right nutrients in the right combinations.
- What does a fertility diet contain?
An optimal fertility diet is about what to avoid as much as it is about what to include. A fertility diet should be as fresh as possible and organic wherever possible. Essential elements are good quality protein sources (favour vegetable sources of protein) and good fats.What should you eat?
Organic meat in small quantities, game, small deep-sea fish like sardines and red snapper, organic legumes home cooked (not canned).
Whole grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables steamed not raw, a minimal amount of fruits and not after 4 pm., organic where possible.
Increase your consumption of good fats and avoid dangerous fats. Good fats include monounsaturated fats in olive oil, polyunsaturated fats in oily fish and nuts and midchain fatty acids found in coconut oil.
For cooking, use clarified butter (ghee) or coconut butter (without flavor) as they do not become unstable when heated.
For non-heated oil requirements (salads etc.) use cold pressed olive oil, flaxseed oil, and nut oils.
- Avoid dangerous fats
Did you know that consuming trans fats hidden in foods, such as doughnuts, biscuits, lollies, candy, chocolate, chips, pies, fries and thousands of other foods may increase your risk of infertility by as much as 70 per cent? Scientists from the Harvard University School of Public Health advise women wanting to get pregnant to avoid all trans fats.
The sole purpose of adding trans fats to food is to extend its shelf life. To minimise your consumption of trans fats be diligent about reading the ingredients and avoid the most likely culprits altogether. Trans fats are mostly listed as’ hydrogenated fat’ or ‘hardened vegetable fat’ or simply ‘vegetable fat.’
- Minimise animal-derived estrogens
Dairy products account on average for 60-70 per cent of estrogens consumed. Humans consume milk from cows in the second half of pregnancy when the cow’s estrogen levels are high. We usually associate dairy and drinking milk with calcium, and never think about what else we may be consuming along with the calcium (and dairy, by the way, is not the best source of calcium). Here is a list of hormones found in cows’ milk:
Prolactin, Somatostatin, Melatonin, Oxytocin, Growth hormone, Luteinizing releasing hormone, Thyroid stimulating hormone, Estrogens, Progesterone, Insulin, Corticosteroids and many more.
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Olivier Giroud pinpointed a return to Champions League football as a key factor in his decision to join Chelsea from Arsenal on the final day of the January transfer window.Giroud was a helpless spectator as Chelsea crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Wednesday to harm their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
However, they remain eight points better off than Arsenal in the battle to finish in the top four and also host Barcelona in the first leg of a blockbuster Champions League last 16 ties on February 20.
“The Champions League is massive for a football player. There is nothing above it when you’re playing for a club,” said the French international, who made six of his 10 starts for Arsenal this season in the Europa League.
“There will be two nice games against Barcelona. We know their qualities and I think everybody will need to be 100 per cent to go through.”
The largest corruption scandal in US Navy history has claimed another high-ranking officer following a guilty plea from a commander who once controlled the service's joint military exercises.Former US Navy Cmdr. Troy Amundson, 50, admitted taking bribes, including accepting the services of several prostitutes, from foreign contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," and his Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia.
In exchange, he sent US Navy business to the company, according to a statement from the US Attorney Office in San Diego, California.
Amundson "deliberately, methodically, and repeatedly traded his public office for entertainment expenses and the services of prostitutes, and in so doing, aligned himself with a foreign defense contractor over his Navy, his colleagues and his country," US Attorney Adam Braverman said in the statement. Amundson's sentencing in scheduled for April 27. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Borno State, shortly after another bomber killed four at a displaced persons’ camp, an emergency services official said on Thursday.The failed mission at Mandarari village, near the town of Konduga in Borno state, and the successful attack just outside the state capital, Maiduguri, both came after ramped-up military action against Boko Haram Islamists.
The military announced in late 2016 that it had cleared the jihadists’ Sambisa Forest stronghold but they are said to have since returned.
The head of the Borno state emergency management agency, Ahmed Satomi, said soldiers and civilian militia intercepted two women at Mandarari at about 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Wednesday.
“The women detonated their explosives, killing themselves, having realised they had been uncovered,” he told AFP.
About 45 minutes earlier, a male suicide bomber scaled a rear fence at the Dalori camp on the outskirts of Maiduguri and blew himself up. As well as the four who died, 44 were injured.
Shortly afterwards, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives outside the camp, killing only herself, said Idris Garga, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the northeast.
Veteran actor Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) on Thursday advised people searching for true love on social media to be cautious so as not to fall into the snare lies of `I love you`.RMD in his Instagram page on the social media said this advice was necessary as the Valentine Season usually celebrated on Feb.14 on an annual basis draws closer. The former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta said that he wanted to share his intellectual, motivational and thoughtful insights to guide appropriately those finding love on the internet to guide them against being jilted.
Monday, 29 January 2018
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, yesterday said the Federal Government has spent over N1 Billion on Ekwueme’s burial.
This is even as all the roads leading to Oko community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State have been given facelifts in readiness for the burial of the late Second Republic Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme on Friday. The roads are Amansea-Amawbia; Nise –Agulu; Umunze-Ajali; Nnewi-Igboukwu-Ekwulobia; and Akokwa (Imo State) –Uga Ekwueme died in a London hospital last year and programmes for his burial started on January 19, 2018. The Minister of Labour and Employment and member of the national burial committee, Dr. Chris Ngige, after visiting Oko to inspect preparations for the burial, expressed satisfaction with the level of work already done. He said: “I am reasonably satisfied with the preparations. I was here last week for inspection and between then and now, work has progressed. The contractors have assured us that all the roads leading into Oko will be very motorable before the burial ceremonies start on February 1 at Oko.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The 2018 Oscars are set to be a historic occasion: Rachel Morrison has received the first nomination for a female cinematographer for her work in Mudbound. Morrison's inclusion in the best cinematography category is the first time a woman has been nominated in the award show's 90-year span.
Just a few weeks ago, she received a nomination in the feature-film category at the American Society of Cinematographer Awards for her work on the Netflix film.
Morrison's work will next be seen on screen in Black Panther.
She will compete against British cinematographer Roger Deakins, who received his 14th nod for his work on Blade Runner 2049. He has never won the award.
Herdsmen have invaded another four hectres of land in Likosi-Alabata village in Papalanto in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State and destroyed farm produce worth N6.8million.
The herdsmen also reportedly inflicted matchet cut on one of the workers who has been hospitalised. The farm owner, Mrs. Roseline Ogege while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta ,Wednesday, narrated her ordeal in the hands of the herdsmen, declared that the herdsmen were Fulani who had a camp close to her farmland.Herdsmen have invaded another four hectres of land in Likosi-Alabata village in Papalanto in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State and destroyed farm produce worth N6.8million. Olu Falae’s farm burnt by herdsmen The herdsmen also reportedly inflicted matchet cut on one of the workers who has been hospitalised. The farm owner, Mrs. Roseline Ogege while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta ,Wednesday, narrated her ordeal in the hands of the herdsmen, declared that the herdsmen were Fulani who had a camp close to her farmland.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/herdsmen-destroy-n6-8m-farm-injure-one-ogun/Herdsmen have invaded another four hectres of land in Likosi-Alabata village in Papalanto in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State and destroyed farm produce worth N6.8million. Olu Falae’s farm burnt by herdsmen The herdsmen also reportedly inflicted matchet cut on one of the workers who has been hospitalised. The farm owner, Mrs. Roseline Ogege while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta ,Wednesday, narrated her ordeal in the hands of the herdsmen, declared that the herdsmen were Fulani who had a camp close to her farmland.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/herdsmen-destroy-n6-8m-farm-injure-one-ogun/
The Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has advised the All Progressive Congress APC to tell President Muhammadu Buhari to avoid hitting his head on the rock.
Fayose on his Twitter handle said: ‘My name is Peter, The Rock, the wise people in APC should tell Buhari to avoid hitting his head on the rock’
Germany has the world's most powerful passport, according to the 2018 Henley Passport Index. It's the fifth year in a row in which the European country has topped Henley's list, which takes into account the number of countries a passport holder can visit without a visa.Here are the 15 most powerful tiers of passports, based on the number of countries their holders can visit visa-free, according to Henley:
The ranking is based on data from the International Air Transport Association, which maintains the world's largest and most comprehensive database of travel information.
German citizens can now visit 177 countries, up one from last year, according to the report.
In October, a separate list, the Global Passport Power Rank, produced by the advisory firm Arton Capital, named Singapore as having the most powerful passport in the world. But Germany has since reclaimed the top spot in that ranking also, solidifying its standing.
- Germany 177
- Singapore 176
- Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, UK 175
- Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland 174
- Ireland, South Korea, Portugal, US 173
- Canada 172
- Australia, Greece, New Zealand 171
- Czech Republic, Iceland 170
- Malta 169
- Hungary 168
- Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia 167
- Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia 166
- Estonia 165
- Poland 163
- Monaco 162
Friday, 15 December 2017
Protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem, several cities in the West Bank, and Jordan on Friday 15th Dec 2017, as anger reignited over US President Donald Trump's controversial decision last week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Bethlehem as hundreds demonstrated outside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Thousands gathered in downtown Amman, and Jordanian television aired live footage of smaller protests elsewhere in the country.
Metal security barriers were erected around the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, which has often become a flashpoint for protests, and extra police officers have been deployed to control crowds.
Jordan's King Abdullah has also been critical of Trump's announcement, saying last week that there was "no alternative to a two-state solution, and Jerusalem is key to any peace agreement." Abdullah is the custodian of the Muslim holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The booming travel sector puts in-demand destinations in peril, according to a new report on overtourism from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)."Some places capture a significant share of the travel and tourism pie, and may be threatened by their own popularity in environmental, social or aesthetic terms," said Gloria Guevara, WTTC's CEO.
The report, "Coping with success: Managing overcrowding in tourism destinations", looks at ways that destinations can identify and prevent overcrowding as well as tools to control where it is already a problem.
Noting that the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) predicts that international tourist arrivals will grow to more than 1.8 billion by 2030, the report says that those arrivals are very concentrated in certain destinations.
"If travelers spread out evenly across the planet, this influx would be relatively easy to absorb," the report said. "Of course, that is not the case."
It notes that France, the most visited country in the world, drew 82 million international arrivals in 2016, while neighboring Germany got less than half that, and Portugal a quarter. Tourism is also uneven within countries, with Paris welcoming triple the number of visitors per capita as the Champagne region.
Fun loving and merry people of Okwelle community, Onu-Imo LGA in Imo state Nigeria.
They are welcoming everybody from all parts of the world to come and experience never ever seen fun and entertainment in their forth coming 3 days carnival from the 28th-30th December 2017.
It is promised to be very colorful and fun packed, as there are going to be exciting programs, interesting and beautiful highlights, comedy, music and many more.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the Culture and Tourism Sectors have recorded gross shortfall in revenue generation in 2017. The minister said only N500, 000 was generated in 2017 as against the N620, 000 generated in 2016. This was revealed yesterday during the 2018 Budget defense of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism. Mohammed said: “In 2016 fiscal year, the culture sector generated N620, 000 which has since been remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, Mohammed said.”
The Minister said in the financial performance of the 2017 budget, the sector generated N500, 000 through its agencies which accrued from tender fee only which had been remitted to the Consolidate Revenue Fund. He said for the 2018 Appropriation Bill, the sum of N3, 180,947, 378 was provided for personnel emoluments in 2018 for both culture and information sector.
“For overhead, the sum of N880, 507,008 was provided under overhead expenses in 2018 for both culture and information sector.
“For Capital. A total sum of N810, 510,582 has been proposed in 2018 as capital expenditure under the culture sector while the sum of N496, 678,615 was proposed for both information and culture out of the total budgeted sum of N2, 606,551,260.
“Under 2017 Appropriation Act, the ministry was allocated the sum of N50 million for the equipping of the centres. In this regard contract has been awarded for the equipping of the newly completed centre in Badagry.
“In order to enhance the image of Nigeria abroad, aid cultural diplomacy efforts as well as increase foreign allies the sum of N35 million was appropriated in 2017 for the operation and maintenance of the cultural centres abroad,” Mohammed stated.
Thursday, 14 December 2017
In a victory for President Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to allow his latest travel ban to remain in force while the legal fight continues in the lower courts. Seven of the justices ruled in favor of the administration while two - Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor - said the partial stay on the ban should continue.
The court did not give a reason for its decision.
The travel ban - the third one Trump has issued - bars most travelers from eight countries - Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Six are Muslim-majority nations.
Lower court judges in Maryland and Hawaii had blocked the ban from being enforced.
Tanzania's largest park, Ruaha has been named as one of 21 best places to visit in the world in 2018 by National Geographic. Ruaha, which is located in the southern part of the count is home to about one-tenth of the world's endangered African lions.
According to National geographic sustainable tourism initiatives help visitors see the big cats--some grouped in prides of 30 or more--and support wildlife preservation in and around the park.
Other best trip destination in Africa, which were named by National Geographic are Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island and Harar, Ethiopia.
Kenya has again been voted as the world's leading safari destination by the World Travel Awards. Kenya scooped the prestigious award during a grand ceremony that took place at JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Hotel in Vietnam on December 10.
It is the fourth time that Kenya has won the global accolade. Kenya bagged the award last year, in 2015 and 2013.
Friday, 1 December 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, tasked the management of Shoprite to embrace the local content policy of his administration, with a view to promoting made-in-Nigeria goods, stem capital flight and conserve the most needed foreign exchange. The President, who also lamented that Nigeria could not afford to continue as a dumping ground for foreign goods, especially of such products where it has been abundantly blessed, stated this during the grand opening of the Novare Gateway Mall in Abuja.
According to him, Nigeria’s vegetables and fruits are rated among the best in the world. You would be demonstrating a very great act of patriotism to promote the cultivation of such crops at home as you would wish to shelf on your shops.
President Buhari, whose message was delivered by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said the Mall, beyond its commercial potentials, represented a practical expression of Abuja’s openness for business, saying it was also a reminder to investors, who were still waiting on the wings, that time, was running out on them.
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Nigeria Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has praised the idea of the ‘Tour Nigeria’ project, as conceived by the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC). However, the Minister expressed his dissatisfaction with the way the ‘Tour Nigeria’ project was launched, and as is currently organized.
Speaking during the just concluded 9th National Council on Tourism, Culture and National Orientation that held in Dutse, Jigawa State, from November 22nd to 24th 2017; Alhaji Mohammed said the ‘Tour Nigeria’ project is a brilliant idea, but was not launched with the full support and participation of other tourism and culture stakeholders in Nigeria.
Two of Nigeria's finest music exports, Wizkid and Davido, won big at the just concluded 2017 MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, UK. While Davido edged out Wizkid, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Wande Coal, Maleek Berry, others to pitch the "Best African Act" award, Wizkid won the highly coveted "Best International Artist" award beating music giants; Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Cardi B, DJ Khaled, Drake, Migos, SZA, Solange Knowles and Travis Scott.
On the international scene, English grime and Hip Hop artist, Stormzy, was the biggest winner of the night winning in three prestigious categories - "Best Male Artist", "Best Grime Act" and "Best Album". His debut album "Gang Signs & Prayers" released in February 2017 became the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.
On the other hand, Dave emerged as the "Best Newcomer" edging out Jorja Smith, Kojo Funds, Stefflon Don, Yxng Bane, and others while "Best Song" went to J Hus for his chart-topping song titled "Did You See."
Check out the full list of winners here:
Best Male Act
Maleek Berry
J Hus
Giggs
Sampha
Stormzy - Winner
Dave
Chip
Bugzy Malone
Skepta
Mostack
Best Female
Emeli Sandé
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it would hold a 12-hours street carnival on the popular Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, on Dec.3, ahead of the Yuletide. The Special Adviser to Gov.Akinwunmi Ambode on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola, at a news conference in Alausa, said that the overall aim of the carnival was to boost the economy of the state.
Akinsola said that the event, formerly known as Lagos Street party, had metamorphosed into a carnival which would take place on the whole stretch of Oba Akran Road from noon till midnight.
She assured that arrangements were in place to ensure maximum security and traffic control.
Akinsola said that alternative routes would be provided to motorists so that they do not experience pains as a result of the closure.
