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By Cindy Tran It’s the trendy wonder ingredient that promises dazzling, white teeth. And some of the world’s most glamorous stars with Hollywood smiles swear by charcoal toothpaste, claiming the gritty black stuff whitens teeth. But does the latest craze really work? Young model Jenna Hudson, from South Australia, insisted she has seen glowing results after using the charcoal powder kit. I’ve seen a brighter appearance. I wouldn’t say it’s dramatic results but definitely in the front teeth, you can see it looks a little bit cleaner,’ she told Today Tonight. ‘I like to usually brush for about two minutes with it,…

Following the extension of the ongoing strike to states and local government-owned hospitals, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Thursday threatened to resume its 2014 suspended strike should the Federal Government accedes to the demands of the striking health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU. Meanwhile, the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Associations, AHPA, has slammed NMA, for threatening to down tool if the Federal Government meets the demands of JOHESU. In statement by National President of NMA, Francis Faduyile and Secretary General, Dr Olumuyiwa Odusote, the association said that the latest position was informed by the…

Akwa Ibom State in the South-South Region of Nigeria collected N50.44 billion, the highest from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the first three months of this year. Also, Osun State in the South West Region of the country got N4.99 billion, the lowest from the FAAC in the first quarter of 2018, indicating a variance of 920 per cent between the highest and the lowest, according to latest data released by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI. Altogether, states in the South-South region including Akwa Ibom received N206.25 billion, the highest allocation from the committee in the…

The Federal Government has committed a total sum of N300 billion for construction and reconstruction of various highways across the country under the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has said. Fashola, Thursday, in his keynote address at the 4th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of NUPENG, in Abuja, said the nation’s highways are seriously attracting tremendous attention of the current administration unlike the previous regimes. The minister also said that his ministry was on the verge of getting procurement for the reconstruction of the Apapa-Mile 2-Wharf…

Following a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has re-assured passengers and other airport users of safety across its network of airports. This came as Minister for Health, Isaac Adewole said that the Federal Government was taking adequate measures to prevent a possible health disaster in the country owing to the threats posed by the resurgence of Ebola disease in DRC. Adewole said that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, had begun the coordination of a national working group to assess and manage the…

Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Joint Ventures plans to invest more than N13 billion (US$43 million) in three community-assistance projects in Akwa Ibom State. The chairman and Managing Director of Mobil Producing Nigeria Mr Paul McGrath, stated this during the ground-breaking ceremony of the project in Ikot Akata, Mkpat Enin. McGrath said the three projects are Technical Skills Acquisition Centre located in Ikot Akata, Mkpat Enin local government area, Trauma Centre at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital and Engineering complex to be established at the University of Uyo. He said that the projects which…

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, some elder statesmen have called on Nigerians especially those who are partisan to avoid falling into the temptation of trying to break up the country. Speaking at a symposium and book launch on Nigeria’s third Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Yusufu, the elders said despite what was happening in the country, Nigerians must see themselves as one. Those who spoke include pioneer Director-General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, NIA and Department State Security, DSS, Chief Albert Horsfall, a First Republic Federal Permanent Secretary, Ahmed Joda and a former Inspector-General of Police, Aliyu Attah and…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Thursday, in Abuja, held high-level discussions with visiting World Bank Mission, assuring that Nigeria will not be complacent on account of the rising crude oil prices. Adeosun said government’s priority was to return the economy to growth and after achieving that objective, work to accelerate growth rate. She said, “We are optimistic and vigilant. We are not getting complacent on oil revenue. It is not the volume of money that comes in from oil but how well it is used for the good of the people. “As a government, we take the view…

Akwa Ibom State government has constructed 1,700 kilometres of road in the past three years, according to Mr. Ephraim Inyang-Eyen, Works Commissioner. Inyang-eyen, who made this known during an online interview programme, tagged, “Footprints of Development”, anchored by the State Directorate of Brand Management, stated that some of the rehabilitated roads belong to the Federal Government. According to him, 27 of the 31 local government areas have been covered, noting that the state has worked out modalities to touch the remaining four before the end of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s first tenure in office. He said: “I want to say that the governor…

A former governor of Osun State, Mr Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has resigned his appointment as the Chairman of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Oyinlola, in a resignation letter dated May 9, and addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he resigned his appointment to pursue other political engagement. African Examiner reports that Mr Oyinlola also dumped the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) in a letter he wrote to the Chairman of APC in Ward 1, Okuku, Odo Otin Local Government Area of Osun State. Oyinlola told President Buhari in the lettee that he resigned so as to fully participate in the Coalition…