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The skin has two layers: the epidermis (outer layer) and the dermis (below the epidermis). Wrinkles occur in the dermis. The dermis is made up of collagen and other proteins. As a person ages, his body produces less collagen. The collagen is what makes the skin elastic and smooth. Less collagen results in saggy skin with wrinkles. Here are some factors that contribute to this process: Sun damage Smoking Dehydration Poor nutrition Facial expressions (laughing, squinting, etc.) Pollution and toxins Natural aging Sleeping on your side (with your cheek pushed against your pillow) 10. Don’t Smoke There are a million…

Federal government has approved payment of N133 million compensation to five communities in Umunneochi local government area of Abia State whose land was acquired for the construction of trailer parks at Lokpanta Cattle market on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. This was stated by Mr. Chukwudike Nwankwo, the Federal Controller, Federal Ministry of Works, said that the ministry would commence the disbursement of the fund to the five involved communities in Umunneochi Local Government Area. “The Power, Works and Housing Minister, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has given approval for the payment of compensation of about N133 million. It is a very large…

Members of new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, have warned that if the All Progressives Party (APC) fails to heed their request, then its forthcoming national convention might become an avenue to wash its dirty linens open. The warning came before a meeting of the national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC and nPDP in Abuja Monday in last ditched efforts to contain agitations from the latter. The nPDP had given President Muhammadu Buhari a week ultimatum to address marginalisations against its members or they would seek membership elsewhere. Leader of the group, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, who stated this in…

Just five days ago, the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, boycotted a meeting with the Federal Government over the ongoing strike action by its members. In the five weeks the industrial action has lasted, the JOHESU and the Federal Ministry of Health have met six times but failed to reach a peaceful resolution of the trade disputes. Blames, as expected, are flying back and forth. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, accuses the JOHESU of turning down the Ministry’s overtures for peaceful settlement, while the health workers charge the Minister of posing as a barrier to the resolution of…

The Federal High Court in Abuja Monday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a self-acclaimed United Kingdom-based private investigator, Chief Victor Uwajeh. Justice John Tsoho directed security agencies to arrest and produce the defendant in court on June 4 for arraignment. Uwajeh, who was accused of attempting to obtain money through fraudulent means from Senator Andy Uba, who is representing Anambra South senatorial district, is facing a four-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him. At the resumed sitting on the matter, government lawyer, Mr. Abubakar Alilu, applied for a bench warrant, following repeated absence of the defendant…

Defence Headquarters said 35 herdsmen terrorising Benue State were killed last weekend, declaring that one soldier was still missing as another was killed and two others wounded in the clearance operation by troops of Operation Whirl Stroke which took off in Taraba, Nasarawa, Zamfara and Benue states. This is even five persons were on Sunday night killed at Mchia village in Logo local government area of Benue State by suspected herdsmen. Similarly, two persons were killed by gunmen at Pasakori village in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State. Brigadier General John Agim, acting Director of Defence Information, said in…

Following the on-going nationwide strike, the Plateau Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has chided some members of the state branch of Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, of tampering with and adulterating reagent in the laboratories. The doctors also accused the striking health workers of locking up hospital stores and denying those working access to consumables, an indication that the striking health workers were out to sabotage effective healthcare service delivery in the state. But JOHESU and National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, in a reaction, said they had no issues with NMA but the government, stressing that what was…

The Presidency Sunday lamented that some set of Nigerians that had fed fat on the nation’s treasury through corrupt means were working hard to dislodge President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress, APC, in collaboration with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, through the slogan “change the change.” Those behind the campaign to ensure that President Buhari was sent packing in the 2019 elections, according to the Presidency, include lawmakers, police, Customs and Immigration officials, and civil servants. Others, according to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, include importers of…

Two Nigerians, who operated a London-based cybercrime group, have been jailed after reportedly stealing more than £1million. Emmanuel Mmaduike and Olawale Kashimawo, both 31, obtained thousands of business email addresses and passwords which they used to divert payments from companies to themselves, according to the UK National Crime Agency. They were said to have operated from south-east London and spent the money on “a lavish lifestyle.” Sky News reports that they hired a helicopter, drove “flash cars”, and “posed for photographs of themselves with wads of money, expensive watches and drinking champagne.” Known as Business Email Compromise (BEC), the operation…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to submit himself for an independent inquest in his handling of the N1.4 trillion oil subsidy regime. A statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, said “Such inquest, which is already backed by state governors across board, will not only expose humongous corruption but also show the world that our African Union (AU) Anti-Corruption champion had not been totally spotless.” According to the party, “We invite Nigerians to note that the demand by governors to probe all subsidy deals since 2015 is a direct indictment on President Buhari as…