obesity
23 May
Teens from less affluent families in Europe are at greater risk of obesity, inactivity and poor diet, which are risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the WHO said Thursday.
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Terseer Ugbor, the federal lawmaker representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency, has filed a N1 billion defamation lawsuit against Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia. The lawsuit, filed on Friday at the Benue State High Court in Makurdi, also names the governor's Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Tersoo Kula, and media aide, Isaac Uzaan, as co-defendants. In the suit…
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Comrade Olu Abiala, former Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Oyo State, has urged labour unions to prioritize their
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UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Friday warned of "very serious risks" for their Blue Helmets after explosions wounded two mission members near the Israeli border, the second such incident in two days. The Israeli military said its forces on Friday fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission position. Israel and Hezbollah have been…
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Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has expressed his condolences to Malam Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), on the passing of his daughter, Fatima. Fatima passed away on Friday. In a statement personally signed by Doguwa…
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TikTok teams identified harmful effects of its platform on young users but limited preventive measures so as to avoid a drop in traffic, according to internal documents revealed Friday by a US public radio station. The documents, mentioned in a subpoena issued by the Kentucky attorney general, are part of a lawsuit filed by 13…
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned ruling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) application for the final forfeiture of assets linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. The ruling is now scheduled for November 1, 2024. The EFCC seeks the forfeiture of $2.045 million, seven prime properties,…
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum, has dismissed the suspension and counter-suspension of some members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC). Mohammed made this known in Bauchi on Friday when the embattled Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and the Northeast state chairmen visited…
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The Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) has pledged to allocate at least 15 per cent of their annual budgets to the education sector, with an emphasis on the girl child, in a bid to improve the quality of education in the country. Chairman of the forum and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this Friday in…
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Experts have urged immigration officers to leverage excellent leadership skills and emotional intelligence for optimal service delivery to enhance Nigeria's global image.