While aches and pains are common signs of illness, one expert has revealed how your face can be a reflection of your inner health too. According to Sydney-based skin expert Emma Hobson, who is Education Manager at the International Dermal Institute, your face can act like a map of what is happening with your health. She shared with Body+Soul what pimples …

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Dangote Group has commenced the disbursement of more than N850m as compensation to land owners affected by its sugar refinery project in Tunga, Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The N60,000 hectares was acquired by the group for the construction of the refinery. Deputy Governor of the state, Silas Agara, who disbursed the funds to the beneficiaries on Thursday …

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the administrations of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar‘Adua and Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly wasting electricity funds. SERAP had accused the trio of squandering a total sum of N11 trillion meant for provision of electricity to Nigerians during their respective regimes – between 1999 …

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The Federal Government has lifted the ban on the conduct of examinations usually organised by universities for admission seekers after the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Minister of Education Adamu Adamu said  in Abuja that universities, polytechnics and other institutions were free to organise post-UTME screening as a pre-condition to gaining admission into public institutions. He explained that the Federal …

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday announced that it has saved the nation a minimum of $3billion yearly from the reduction in the cost of crude oil production. According to the corporation’s statement, it has driven down the cost of crude oil production from $78 per barrel as at August 2015 to $23 per barrel, representing 70.5 per cent …

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A 20-year old notorious armed robbery suspect, Ahmed Lateef, who has been on the wanted list of the Lagos State Police Command, was recently arrested in the Oshodi area of Lagos state by men of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, RRS, while returning from an all-night robbery operation in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ahmed Lateef, a.k.a ‘Ajona’ who has been on …

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The Securities and Exchange Commission held its 2nd quarter Capital Market Committee (CMC) Meeting on August 15, 2017 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event which is a gathering of the entire capital market community was attended by Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs)/Trade Groups and an array of Dignitaries. Declaring the event open, the Director General of the Securities and …

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A total of N400bn was received in bribes by public officials within a period of one year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The NBS stated this in its National Corruption Report, adding that 32.3 per cent of Nigerian adults who had contact with public officials between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay bribes to the …

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The Federal Government has saved a total of N108.1bn from charges imposed by banks for managing funds belonging to its ministries, departments and agencies since the commencement of the Treasury Single Account in September 2015. The amount represents the various charges and account maintenance fees that were hitherto imposed by the Deposit Money Banks for holding government funds. The Accountant …

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A statistics released by a research company, ForwardKeys had projected that passengers’ traffic to and from Lagos would decline by 25 per cent before the end of the year. The company in its analysis also said that Lagos has dropped among the 10 top international airports in Africa and warned of more decline in the total number of passengers. The …

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