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February 16, 2016 Nigerians Be Careful: See The Reason why you must Stop Eating Catfish Pepper Soup. Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup (popularly known as Point & Kill)can be a source of cancer due to its abundance in omega 6 fatty acids.A cardiologist, Dr. Jane Anisulowo, says that farm or home-grown catfish is the worst example in this regard, as it contains more fatty hormones than the ones harvested from natural water. Anisulowo says, “Fish is better than meat, no doubt. It digests easily and it contains proteins. However, catfish is not really a good option, especially the ones they sell these days, which are cultivated with hormonal feeds that are filled with steroids and other fattening chemicals just to make them profitable. These chemicals are cancerous in nature.“Also, they contain so much oil that you can almost taste it. Fish, generally, contains oil, but catfish has oil in its skin. That is what makes it so oily and unhealthy. “It also contains a lot ...

EFCC seizes N5bn houses of ex-NAF chief, Amosu, others February 11, 2016 A few of the Lagos houses, belonging to some detained military chiefs, seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission... on Wednesday. Photos: Sodiq Adelakun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized houses and other properties belonging to the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers worth N5bn. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the properties, which were seized in the Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Badagry areas of Lagos State, allegedly belonged to Amosu; the immediate past Chief of Accounts and Budgeting of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Mars...

LagosMarathon2016: Kenyan Abraham Kiptom wins Lagos marathon February 6, 2016 Sulaiman Uthman Ola Kenyan, Abraham Kiptom, beat other top world marathon runners to win the first Access Bank Lagos City Marathon on Saturday. He crossed the finishing line in 2 hours, 16 minutes, 21 seconds. Emmanuel Gyan emerged in the seventh position, the first Nigerian to cross the finishing line. Kiptom will be pocketing the sum of $50,000 for winning the tournament, while the Nigerian, Gyan, from Plateau State, will be given the sum of N1m for his effort. Photos: Prince Sulaiman Uthman Ola

What is management ? Management refers to the process of bringing people together on a common platform and make them work as a single unit to achieve the goals and objectives of an organization. Management is required in all aspects of life and forms an integral part of all businesses. Retail management The various processes which help the customers to procure the desired merchandise from the retail stores for their end use refer to retail management .  Retail management includes all the steps required to bring the customers into the store and fulfill their buying needs. Retail management makes shopping a pleasurable experience and ensures the customers leave the store with a smile. In simpler words, retail management helps customers shop without any difficulty. Need for Retail Management - Why retail management ? Peter wanted to gift his wife a nice watch on her birthday. He went to the nearby store to check out few options. The retailer took almost an hou...

Home     News News Buhari under pressure to stop anti-graft war, says Osinbajo February 5, 2016         Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo 45453 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said President Muhammadu Buhari is currently under intense pressure to stop his administration’s ongoing anti-corruption war. Although he said the pressure was being mounted by the Nigerian elite, he did not name those behind the campaign. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, on Thursday, the Vice-President spoke while granting audience to a delegation from the Muslim Congress of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Osinbajo added that those mounting pressure on Buhari to “slow down” the anti-corruption fight cut across tribal and religious lines. He stated, “We get regular messages from some Nigerian elite saying ‘cool down.’ “It is a very str...

Buhari overstated his ability to stop terrorism – British media – British media express their dissapointment over President Buhari’s broken promises – A deadly attack in Dalori is a vivid example of the presidency’s inability to defeat the terrorists –  At least 86 people were killed and 62 more injured in the attack that lasted for about four hours – “There is a difference between what he would like to do and what he is able to do.” – Terrorism, corruption, economic and other issues are yet to be addressed Editor’s note: Alistair Dawber, the reporter of the British national newspaper The Independent, claims that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari overstated his ability to stop the Islamists, as a deadly attack in Dalori village clearly shows that the fight with Boko Haram insurgency is far from its end. The reprisal attack where the terrorists burnt children alive The attack in the village of Dalori began when three female suicide bombers detonated their explos...

Zaria – The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday confirmed the kidnap of three housewives at Dorayi village in Zaria Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Zubairu Abubakar, said the women were kidnapped on Sunday. Abubakar said that the police were on the trail of the kidnappers and had intensified surveillance in the area. He urged the family members to cooperate with the police to ensure the safe release of the women. The police spokesman said that kidnappers were yet to make any demand for ransom contrary to rumours that they had demanded for N10 million. A source in the village had earlier said that the armed kidnappers numbering about 10, took away the women on Sunday at about 12.15a,m. The source gave the names of the abducted women as: Maimuna Abubakar, 25, Mairo Hussaini, 20, and Hauwa Ibrahim, 20. “The following night the same suspects went back to the village and took away two cows and a motorcycle,” he said. Anoth...

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, has advised a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and two of his sons to return to Nigeria. Musiliu Obanikoro While Senator Obanikoro has been accused of helping the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, to rig the June 21, 2014 election, his sons, Gbolahan and Babajide, are being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly receiving N4.75bn from the Central Bank of Nigeria Imprest Account of the Office of the National Security Adviser under Sambo Dasuki between June 6, 2014 and December, 12, 2015. Senator Obanikoro, who is a citizen of the United States, has since the defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan relocated to the US, where he is currently studying History at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. His sons are also currently in the US. They have all denied the allegations levelled against them. However, Igbokwe sa...

The Presidency has risen in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has achieved a lot in the area of fighting corruption in the seven months of his administration. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Shehu was reacting to a recent report by the Centre for Democracy and Development which claimed that Buhari had only achieved one out of his 222 tracked electoral promises, representing 0.5 per cent of the promises. The CDD had based its report on critical sectors such as security, the economy, fighting corruption, oil and gas, agriculture, and social and environmental sectors. But the presidential spokesman said it was mischievous to attribute to the President promises he did not make during the campaigns and hold him accountable. While advising leaders of the CDD to rise above what he called petty partisanship and stop misleading Nigerians, Shehu said any unbiased person would ...