Cough medicines are waste of money, doctors declared today. Leading general practitioners have dismissed the products – and say traditional home made remedies with lemon or honey to be the best approach. The NHS website advises: ‘There’s little evidence to suggest cough medicines actually work, although some ingredients may help treat symptoms associated with a
If you thought you had to stretch before and after exercise to prevent injury, then you wouldn’t be alone. But this is just one of a number of common practices that actually don’t do anything beneficial for your health. The top five physiotherapy myths have been publicly busted by the world’s largest physiotherapy clinical research
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Ilorin was jolted this yesterday morning as thousands of Christians from different denominations stormed the streets in protest over the taking over of their schools by the Kwara State government. The protesters were demanding for the return of the schools even as all schools in the state resumed same day after additional weeks at home
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Snapchat has warned its users against using third-party apps that let you save photos and videos, saying they ‘can’t be trusted’. The company has been in the headlines over ‘The Snappening’, which saw a file containing 90,000 photos and 10,000 videos of Snapchat users – many of whom are teenagers – being posted online. The
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Nigeria’s Super Falcons yesterday booked a place in the semi-final of the African Women Championship with a convincing 6-0 win over their Zambian counterparts. The Nigerian women set the tone for their male counterparts, the Super Eagles who play Sudan in a must win reverse match of the Nations Cup qualifiers after slumping 1-0 to
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The Borno State Government has appealed to the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the National Examination Council, NECO, to release the results of its candidates who sat for the 2014 examinations. The Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Education, Mohammed Kauji, made the appeal in Maiduguri while briefing journalists on Sunday. Mr. Kauji said that
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Hello, this is a round-up of our exciting guest interview on Twitter. Last week, we had Olugbenga Kehinde Shote (@OKShorty1) discuss extensively on Nigerian Education and the way forward. Olugbenga Kehinde Shote is a Senior Business Economist at Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) and a graduate of Estate Management from the University of
It is said that “you are the same person you were five years ago except for two things – the books you have read, and the people you have met”. Two weeks ago, we dealt with books, and how much books can change our perceptions and paradigms. Books are a depository of valuable information, ideas
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You don’t need a degree in astrophysics and lots of fancy equipment to detect cosmic rays, those invisible subatomic particles that zoom through space and crash into Earth. All you need is some duct tape and a couple of free apps, and you can turn your smart phone into a pocket cosmic ray detector. “It
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Former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder Michael Essien has been forced to deny rumours that he has Ebola. The Ghanaian star, now playing his club football with AC Milan, was left out of his country’s squad for a 1-1 draw in the African Cup of Nations qualifier in Guinea. But rumours on Twitter sprung up