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In this concluding interview, Ray Ekpu, a retired Chief Executive Officer, Newswatch Communications Limited, posited that corruption has also reached the military which used to be considered a much disciplined force. EXCERPTS: Are you satisfied with the way the Federal Government is fighting corruption? There is no perfect way of waging corruption. Corruption has been with us since the birth of this country as an independent country. During the first coup, Nzeogu Chuwkwuma, the leader of that coup in his speech, talked about 10 per centers- that he was going to deal with 10 per centers. He was talking about…

Trading crypto currencies is a brilliant way to make money, however, it isn’t as simple as many portray it to be. Each type of currency having several different underlying factors which affect it. Bitcoin has certainly been the most successful one, but that’s mainly because of its wide acceptance. Especially if you go on to shop anything out on the dark web, you’ll wonder if bitcoin is greater than USD. When it comes to any investment the people who made the most money off their investments are the ones that use investment companies or Forex brokers. You can gain anywhere…

A 21-year-old woman from Dongguan, China, was recently diagnosed with retinal artery obstruction in her right eye, after playing a popular smartphone game non-stop. The woman simply known as Wu, apparently noticed that she could not see anything with her right eye on October 1, while playing her favorite mobile game, King of Glory. Thinking she was just tired, she went to bed, but when she woke up the next day, she was still blind in her right eye. Her parents took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a serious condition known as retinal artery obstruction. This…

The Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi says there is no money yet with the Federal Government to commence the construction of $26 billion Eastern railway in the country. Amaechi, who stated this Wednesday in a chat with State House Correspondents in Abuja, stated that “There are approvals, but we have to look for the money. The money is just not there. It is not easy; it is $26 billion and you don’t pluck it from the sky.” The minister, who briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the progress made so far on the transportation sector especially on railway project, further…

Actress Dayo Amusa has said she often found herself in bad relationships because of an innate yearn to “fix” broken men. Having failed several times in her men-fixing attempts, Amusa says she has now discovered that she cannot “save them”. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the actress said she has now found clarity and that she is ready to make changes moving forward. She wrote: “I used to be a fixer. I stayed in bad relationships, attracting the same type of men—men who needed to be fixed. “I know so many women in the same position. We attract cheating…

Nigerian Singer, Tiwa Savage has voiced her opinion on the topical issue of gender inequality. The Mavins/ROC signee, in a chat with BeatFM’s ‘The Midday Show with Toolz‘, said women have been stigmatised for too long in the society. “You’re wrong whether you’re right or wrong in a situation, especially in the relationship. We’ve been taught, a woman owns the house,” she told Toolz. The mother of one said the fact that a woman has to work twice as hard as her male counterparts is a sad reality. She said: “It’s a reality. I’m not going to say I’m completely…

A medical doctor and 11 persons have been infected with monkeypox virus in Bayelsa State. The victims were said to have been quarantined at isolation centre at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri in Yenagoa. Already, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the epidemiological team is reportedly tracking 49 other persons who were said to have come in contact with the victims. Consequently, residents of Bayelsa have been gripped with fear following the outbreak of the new deadly epidemic known as monkeypox in the state. Confirming the epidemic, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, the state Commissioner for Health, said the…

*** As Senate carries out a holistic investigation of NNPC’s Finances The Senate has begun probe into the accusation of the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru of insubordination and abuse of due process as raised by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu. The Senate also resolved Tuesday to investigate Kachikwu’s call for the cancellation of the recent appointments in the NNPC, just as it had resolved to carry out a holistic investigation into the finances and activities of the NNPC. The decision to probe into the allegations raised by…

Three scientists, who developed  a “cool microscopy”  that  revolutionises Biochemistry, have won  this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The scientists are Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson- the trio invented a cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution. This year’s prize is 9 million SEK (1.1 million dollars) and would be shared by the three laureates. Announcing this Wednesday at the Royal Swedish Academy, Peter Brzezinski, a member of the Nobel committee for Chemistry said, “This year’s scientific invention enables us to see the molecules inside the cells and how they interact… In future, we…

Men have been told to handle the breast of their women with care because it is fragile part of a woman’s anatomy, the President of Breast Care International, Dr. Beatrice Wiafe-Addai has said. Speaking on the sidelines of the breast cancer awareness month which is celebrated in October every year, Dr. Wiafe-Addai told Morning Starr host Francis Abban debunked as untrue the claims that the sucking of breast by men reduces the risk of breast cancer in women. “It is not true that the more you suck a woman’s breast, the more it prevents the risk of getting breast cancer.…