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A decline in the pumping ability of an older person’s heart can lower blood flow to their brain’s memory center, new research has found. The study involved 314 people, who averaged 73 years old and did not have heart failure, stroke or dementia. Nearly 40 percent of them had mild cognitive impairment, which increases the risk for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. All participants underwent tests to determine how much blood their heart pumped relative to their body size. They also had MRI scans to assess blood flow in the brain. Our findings show that when the heart does not pump…

If you have diabetes, it’s important to make every food decision count. The American Diabetes Association identifies these “superfoods” that offer plenty of potential health benefits: Beans Dark-green leafy vegetables Citrus fruit Sweet potatoes Berries Tomatoes Fish that is high in omega-3 fatty acids Nuts Low-fat milk and yogurt Source: HealthDay News

The College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS), Potiskum, Yobe State, has expelled 16 students who were allegedly caught for examination malpractice during the first semester of 2017/2018 academic session. Mallam Musa Auta, the Rector of the institution, insisted that no amount of threat would make the institution to reverse expulsion of the students. “We will not pardon them. We won’t go against the ethics of the examination committee of the College,” Auta said. Reacting to a petition written by the expelled students, he explained that the expulsion followed recommendation of a five-man committee set up by the Academic Board…

The Nigeria Army says it lost three soldiers after successfully clearing 13 Boko Haram hideouts in the Sambisa Forest in one week. Col. Kinsley Samuel, Deputy Director Public Relations, 7 Division of the Army, who stated this in a statement in Maiduguri Saturday, said six soldiers were wounded during the operation while the troops neutralised dozens of the insurgents. “Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force on Operation DEEP PUNCH have within the past one week embarked on clearance operations to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from their camps,” he said. He announced that the troops…

A 30-year-old robbery suspect and father of five was weekend disarmed and arrested by his victims during a robbery operation at Abua Mbagwen in Buruku Local Government area of Benue State. The suspect, Terngu Nave who was reportedly dressed in military camouflage, was paraded by the Benue State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent, ASP Moses Yamu, said his gang members abandoned him to his fate when he was overpowered by the courageous occupants of the vehicle the gang members were robbing. He disclosed that “our three-man gang had stormed the Gboko/ Katsina-Ala major highway at about 2 a.m.…

Two suspected ritualists have been arrested by men of Ogun State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria with the corpse of a 17-year-old girl. It was gathered that the suspects, Yewanu Tailoju and Asamo Soji, lured the girl, Taye Gusau in Idosemo, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, who was hawking puff-puff after school into the bush and murdered her. Adebodun Omotolani, the State Public Relations Officer of the VGN, who stated this, said that the suspected criminals reportedly dumped the body of the victim in a well at an abandoned plot of land at Igude, after her…

Nigeria needs $35 billion per annum for five years to sustain a robust economic growth, the Managing Director of Infrastructure Bank, Mr. Adekunle Oyinloye, has said. Oyinloye, stated this in Abuja in his paper “Economic Indices and Relationship with Infrastructure Development” at a forum for set 1988 Economics Class, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Speaking on the role of infrastructure in economic development, he said capital investments in infrastructure were a reliable avenue for engendering sustainable economic growth and development. The managing director said “According to the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, NIIMP, Nigeria needs about 35 billion US dollars per…

The Senate said it was set to publish names of companies found culpable in an alleged N30 trillion revenue scam in the import and export value chain. Senator Hope Uzodinma, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, said the committee had completed its first batch of investigation involving over 60 companies and would publish names of companies involved in various infractions leading to loss of government revenue. Uzodinma, who made this known Saturday in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said the committee was releasing the names of the companies because it had established…

The Senate has rejected court’s ruling to lift the six-month suspension slammed on Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District. The Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri had last Friday ordered the Senate to reinstate Senator Ndume and pay his outstanding entitlements. The Upper legislative chamber, through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said it disagreed with the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which not only voided Ndume’s suspension from the Senate since March 30, but also directed that he be paid all his outstanding salaries and allowances. Consequently, it has…

Three persons who vandalised armoured cables worth N77,000 from a transformer at Ndon Ebom and Ekpene Ukim in Uruan Local Government Area arrested by Akwa Ibom Police Command have been remanded in prison custody. DSP Bala Elkana, the state Police Public Relations Officer, stated that the suspects identified as Victor Okon, ‘m’; Nsidibe Effiong, ‘m’ and Abdullahi Musa, ‘m’, were arrested following sustained intelligence surveillance by the operatives of the Nigeria Police. Elkana remarked that the first two suspects who specialise in vandalising and stealing armoured cables from transformers sold the stolen cables to the third suspect, Musa seen as…