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Sleeping adequately often helps maintain a healthy body balance. Not getting enough sleep can lower your sex drive, weaken your immune system, cause thinking issues and lead to weight gain. When you don’t get enough sleep, you may also increase your risk of certain cancers, diabetes, and even car accidents. …

A new leader has emerged for the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere. He is former deputy leader; Chief Ayo Adebanjo would serve as acting National leader of Afenifere. The emergence of Chief Adebanjo followed the stepping down of Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Pa Fasoranti who is 95 years old said …

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday suspended the operations of AZMAN Air following series of incidents involving its aircraft. Its Director General, Captain MUSA Nuhu who disclosed this said all Boeing 737 aircraft on the fleet of AZMAN Air have also been suspended. The suspension came on the heels …

The European Union has reported Nigeria to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The complaint was about Nigeria’s policy on dairy. Director General of the WTO Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday when she visited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Okonjo-Iweala said the WTO has received …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) John Odubela is dead. Odubela, Partner and Head of Chambers at Rickey Tarfa & Co, died in the late hours of Monday following an illness. He was 55. Odubela served as Ogun Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology between 2011 and 2015 in the …

South Africa’s retain giant, Shoprite is switching its focus firmly toward taking market share in its home market of after opting to withdraw from Nigeria and Kenya and move more cautiously in Angola. The more guarded approach comes after the continent’s biggest supermarket chain struggled with supply disruptions and getting …

The Sector ‘C’ Surveillance and Enforcement Team of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Delta State  is sustaining the war on pipeline vandalism. Led by ex-militant leader Eshanekpe Israel aka Akpodoro, the team is collaborating with men of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) of Sector 1 Command in Effurun …

All Staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) are to submit themselves for the COVID-19 test, a circular issued by the FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat has stated. The circular, a copy obtained by The Nation, indicated that the directive followed the permanent secretary’s order during an FCTA management …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to commence the adoption of the contactless payment service option. The NQR payment solution, launched yesterday on Monday rs instant value by simply scanning generated digital code to make payment. The new ‘touch-free’ payment method would help create …

Countries should continue using AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after many governments halted rollouts because of blood clot fears. “We do not want people to panic and we would, for the time being, recommend that countries continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan …