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The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has sent all members of the state executive council and all 21 local government administrators packing. The announcement was made by the governor at an on-going meeting he is holding with all political appointees at the Government House Lokoja, the state capital. The governor has “directed all the 15 commissioners and 21 local government administrators to submit the keys to their official vehicles to the Secretary to State Government (SSG), as he dissolves State Executive Council,” a source in Government House hinted. The source, who declined to be named because he is not permitted…

A Nigerian university don has advocated the use of New Humanism that anchors on such human values as truth, goodness, love and respect as panacea for conflicts, inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts facing the Nigerian society. Udo Etuk, a retired professor of Philosophy, University of Uyo while delivering a public lecture Sunday at Centre for Leadership Development and Conflict Resolution, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, said this new philosophy is imbued with human values and appreciates the worship of God who created the universe and all therein. Etuk, who presented a lecture, entitled The New Humanism: The Basis of the Universal…

A member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Lagos State died Thursday after a train on Ikeja axis of the rail line hit her. Punch reports that while she was trying to walk across the rail track, Nneka Odili, the young woman, who wore head phones could not hear the horn of the train. A friend of the victim said Odili was popularly known as Nini by her friends. According to her, the incident occurred on Thursday while they were heading home from the monthly clearance exercise by corps members at the Ikeja local government Secretariat. Oma said,…

A total of 230 royal fathers comprising one clan head and 229 village heads in Akwa Ibom State have been issued certificates of recognition by the state Government and tasked to redouble efforts in ensuring security in their respective domains. Governor Udom Emmanuel, speaking Saturday during the event held at Banquet Hall, Government House, Uyo, lauded the traditional institution for playing the role of maintaining peace and security in the state. The Governor traced threats to security in communities to cultism and charged the royal fathers to assist the state government in the provision of adequate security measures in their…

The current cult war in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun local government areas of Akwa Ibom State resulting in heartless killings, rapes, robbery and kidnappings of innocent persons including burnt houses and property from the areas by suspected hoodlums has now attracted the condemnations of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led state government, All Progressives Party (APC) and other individuals in the state. Before now, the cult war that has raged for more than one year and months consuming many lives and sending countless into self-exile was generally seen as the headache of people in the two local government areas and not…

You may choose certain foods to prevent bloating, avoid inflammation, and get glowing skin—but what about boosting your brain power every time you fill your plate? The relationship between diet and brain health—from how to sharpen your mind and memory to starting Alzheimer’s prevention super early—has been getting lots of attention lately, and Rebecca Katz, MS, author of the new science-based recipe book The Healthy Mind Cookbook, is at the forefront of the movement. “It used to be that scientists thought that as you grow older your brain cells die,” says Katz, who’s also the executive chef at Food as…

After months of diplomatic row characterised by tough talks and brazen threats, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and US President, Donald Trump have shoved aside their ego and will meet in May. The meeting will secure a deal to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, a senior South Korean official said after talks at the White House. “I told President Trump that at our meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he’s committed to denuclearisation,” South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong said after returning from a recent visit to Pyongyang. “Kim pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear…

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna has expressed shock that some of the newly recruited teachers in the state could not write their own acceptance letters. Speaking at a round table discussion on Thursday on governance held in Abuja, El-Rufai said such people did not write their qualifying exams themselves and were therefore unqualified. “Even some of the new teachers we tried to recruit tried to game the system,” the governor said. According to him, “We gave those that passed letters of appointments and a plain sheet of paper to write a simple letter of acceptance and some could not. It…

An aircraft operated by Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, made an emergency landing on Tuesday when the pilot detected smoke in the cabin. The aircraft, travelling from Lagos to Accra, Ghana, had smoke coming from its cabin many miles away from its destination in Ghana. A passenger had taken to the social media Thursday complaining about alleged ill-treatment meted out to the affected passengers on the flight when the plane eventually landed in Ghana after the experience. But the airline said in a statement on Thursday that there was no incident and that passengers disembarked without hitches. Adebanji Ola, the…

Parents are their children’s first heroes. Yet, this is a title we take far too lightly. Even as we wish for our little ones to be the best, we send them mixed signals with our own personal behaviors. Whether we recognise it or not, our kids constantly strive to please us, often by emulating us. As that old adage goes, imitation is indeed the most glorious form of flattery! Here are 10 parenting behaviors that need to stop immediately, to bring the best out of your child. Casual Lying  A casual lie, a.k.a the white lie, is the first causality…