WHO says 'extreme vigilance' needed in exit from lockdowns

The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed dwindling COVID-19 infection rates and deaths in some countries, but called on nations to show "extreme vigilance" as they begin loosening restrictions.     Swathes of Europe began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, with officials in countries like France and Spain emboldened by declining death rates. Germany earlier reported an acceleration in new...

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How to prevent depression

Depression: let’s talk and details the tips to treat the monster in adults (over 60s), women of childbearing age, adolescents and young adults.The life changes that come with ageing, childbirth or adolescence can lead to depression. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), depression is an illness characterised by persistent sadness and a loss of interest in activities that you normally enjoy. This is accompanied by an inability to carry...

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Pay attention to us like chibok girls wounded soldiers urges Nigerians

Cpl. Ibrahim Usman, one of wounded soldiers in the fight against the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to troops’ welfare.Usman made the appeal in an interview with newsmen on Monday, when the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, visited wounded soldiers at hospitals in Maiduguri.The soldier, who was admitted to military hospital, Maimalari Cantonment, about three weeks ago, urged Nigerians...

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INEC denies recruiting ad-hoc staff from Lagos

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday denied a report that it is recruiting ad-hoc staff from Lagos State ahead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.The report, which was credited to the State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abayomi Adesanya, alleged that the commission was doing this to favour the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Chief Olusola Oke.But a statement by INEC's Head of Department Voters Registration and Publicity Olabimpe Awoniyi...

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Hiliary Clinton or Trumph who gets the big job

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made last ditch efforts yesterday to win votes ahead of today's United States Presidential election.Americans go to the polls to elect the President. No fewer than 43 million people have already cast their ballot in the early voting.Yesterday, Trump, the Republican nominee, began his day in the Southeast, stopping in Florida and North Carolina, then heading north to Pennsylvania and joining his running mate, Mike Pence, for two events in New Hampshire and Michigan.By the end of the day, Trump had held five events...

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Rotary holds family health programme

Rotary International, District 9110, comprising Ogun and Lagos states, has held the fifth edition of its Family Health Week. To mark the occasion, various clubs engaged in projects to promote healthy living and lifestyles of individuals .The 25-member Rotary Club of Lagos Central took its philanthropic gestures to markets and other areas such as CMS, Ikoyi, and Lagos Island.The flag-off of the two-day project saw consultations with nurses, and the demonstration of the use of protective items.Other programmes were family counselling, male and female...

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Hypertension-: How to tame the silent killer

In my youth, living in the midst of my family in those days, frightening stories of a mysterious and unseen killer used to be told. It often goes thus: a supposedly healthy individual, be it female or male had in a typical night retired to bed. Prior to going to sleep, he or she may have had an altercation with a neighbour. In the alternative, he or she may be perfectly well and just returned from the farm or local market, had a meal with the rest of the household and thereafter retired to sleep. However, in the middle of the tranquil night,...

Doctor warn against female genital mutilation

A former Director of Public Health, Enugu Ministry of Health, Dr Ebenezary Festus, has urged parents to desist from female genital mutilation as it could lead to infertility.Ebenezary in Enugu on Thursday that "female genital mutilation is the removal of genital tissue which involves removing necessary glands leading the vaginal environment to become unfavourable to sperm."He said that female children who undergo such practice were at risk of infertility.According...

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Mourinho gets one match ban ,£50,000 fine

The Football Association has banned Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho from the touchline for one match after he accepted an improper conduct charge.Mourinho was sent to stands after confronting referee Mark Clattenburg at half-time in Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Burnley.He has also been fined £50,000 for media comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor prior to United's game at Liverpool.The one-game touchline ban means the United boss...

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Electrified walls will check pipeline vanderlism

   The Federal Government should build electrified and non-electrified walls round oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region to protect them, the Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Mr. Obafemi Olawore, has said.This is coming on the heels of the Federal Government's victory over militants, including pipeline vandals, in the region.Olawore said the walls would be different in structure, adding that the idea would help in warding off attacks against the pipelines. He said while one of the two...

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Stakeholders faults FRCN's governance code

    Shareholders have described the National Code of Corporate Governance for the Private Sector issued by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) as unnecessary and duplicitous, warning that the code could be counterproductive to national economic development.Shareholders under the aegis of Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN) stated that the code bordered on over-regulation of the nation's corporate world, particularly the financial industry. Shareholders also noted that the code also suffers from noticeable...

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Senate okays new PIB for consideration

The Federal Government and the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) are in discussion to woo investors into exploring for oil and gas in the frontier basins in Nigeria.NAPE President, Nosa Omorodion, said this in Lagos when the association outlined activities for its 34th yearly international conference and exhibition scheduled for November 13 to 17 in Lagos.The theme of the conference is "Stimulating upstream investments in Nigeria's...

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MTN test Facebook's Voyagers

The MTN Group yesterday it is the first mobile operator in the world to use the open optical packet transport platform, known as Voyager, after joining the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) earlier this year.According to MTN: "The TIP initiative, which was launched in February 2016, is a global endeavour which brings together key stakeholders in the telecoms and technology space to collaborate on the development of new technologies and find fresh approaches...

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Stanbic IBTC win private bank award

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has won two awards at the Global Private Banking Awards for 2016 by Professional Wealth Management (PWM) and The Banker Magazine. The bank was named the 'Best Private Bank (Wealth and Investment) in Nigeria' and the 'Best Private Bank in Kenya,' an award it is winning for the second consecutive year. Stanbic IBTC was the only organisation so honoured in the West African sub-region.The awards,...

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ONDO PDP walks on tight rope

The substitution of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede's name with Chief Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State has sent the Governor Olusegun Mimiko-led faction back to the drawing board. LESS than a month to the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn. The final list of candidates released last...

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