A sudden change in taste preference can signal a problem. If you are craving food that is: Sweet: Most likely, you’re experiencing emotional dissatisfaction because dessert is a powerful anti-depressant. Chocolate cravings might be indicative of lack of magnesium. 2. Sour: This probably means your diet is not balanced. The food you consume is too fresh and contains many neutral tasting products (milk, boiled meat, fish, etc.) Sometimes, this craving indicates a vitamin C deficiency. 3. Salty: You may be experiencing dehydration. 4. Bitter or spicy:The body often responds in this way to the excess of fatty foods because spicy…
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Graduates who did not participate in NYSC scheme cannot be disqualified from governorship election, a federal capital territory (FCT) high court has said. The court’s declaration is coming as a result of a suit brought against Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun State, by Iyabo Anisulowo, a former senator. It was discovered that Abiodun did not participate in compulsory NYSC program, even though he finished his first degree in 1986. But in his judgement on Wednesday, M.A. Mohammed held that the NYSC Act does not make provision for the disqualification of a candidate who failed to participate in it’s scheme. He…
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has said it would be absolutely fine by him if his children if his children came out as gay or lesbian. The topic came up on Wednesday, during his visit to The Albert Kennedy Trust, an organization in London that supports young members of the LGBTQ community experiencing homelessness or living in hostile environments. The Duke was having a discussion with a group of people supported by the charity when a man asked him how he would react if his children told him they were gay or lesbian in the future. “I think you…
Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy clinched the coveted ‘Best International Act’ award at the BET on Monday. The 2019 edition of the award which celebrates black people in film, music and arts, was held at the Microsoft Theatre in California. Burna Boy was nominated alongside Teni Makanaki and Mr Eazi in the category. His mother and manager, Bose Ogulu collected the award on his behalf and gave an acceptance speech in which she delivered a message to every black person seated in the hall. She said; “Thank you very much BET, thank you, Africa. That is the constituency for which we…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have begun a sit-in protest at their hotline Grenoble France, over their unpaid bonuses. According to ESPN, the protesters began after their elimination by Germany in the women’s World Cup on Saturday. The players told ESPN that they would not leave the hotel until they are paid the bonuses they are owed from two past games, against Gambia and Senegal, from two and three years ago. The bonuses totalled about $5,600. The players alleged that they have only been paid half of the money. According to ESPN, the Super Falcons also claimed that they are owed five…
Current world heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr, has stated that Anthony Joshua is not good at boxing and has vowed to beat him when they fight again. In a new interview with BBC, he said: “The rematch is going to be the same. I am going to be more prepared and more ready. I know his flaws, I can do a lot better. The only thing he an do is just run around, he’s not good at boxing. People thought I wasn’t going to do anything, I was too big, too overweight. I don’t want to say all the things…
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app globally with over 1.5 billion users. WhatsApp regularly adds new features to the app for Android, iOS and desktop platforms. The Facebook-owned company also works on several features in beta, some of which make it to stable release. Dark Mode Dark mode on WhatsApp has been rumoured since last year. There have been sightings of dark mode on WhatsApp beta as well. With dark mode turned on WhatsApp there’s a dark grey coloured background. The icons and headings are all highlighted in WhatsApp’s signature green colour while the sub texts are visible in…
Successful relationships do not just happen; it takes a lot of work. It happens when the people involved are committed to making it a successful and beautiful relationship. Relationships involve commitment, time, patience, openness, vulnerability, a willingness to forgive and the act of giving without expecting anything in return. This might sound like a whole lot of work but then if you aren’t ready for this, why are you in a relationship? The rewards of doing these basic things are definitely worth the effort. The successful relationships you see around you do not happen in a vacuum, the couples go…
Yoghurt doesn’t always help maintain a healthy weight. Sometimes, it becomes a high-calorie bomb. Yoghurt can be considered a healthy treat, if 100g of it contains 12-15g of protein. This will prevent you from feeling strong hunger up to an hour and a half after a meal. High fat and fat free yoghurts are equally harmful because the unpleasant taste is compensated by huge doses of sugar. Read the list of ingredients to find out if a yoghurt is fat free and make sure that there is no more than 18g of sugar per 100g of the product. Make sure…
Ever wondered why some cannabis users develop an addiction while others don’t? Well, a recent research has the answer. The study has claimed that a shift from reward-driven use to habit-driven use is what makes the users addicted to cannabis. The study published in the journal ‘Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging’, used brain imaging to monitor neural activity when cannabis users viewed images associated with cannabis use, referred to as drug cues. Although all of the cannabis users in the study reported heavy use, only some were dependent on the drug. Both dependent and non-dependent cannabis users had exaggerated…
China’s Commerce Ministry says officials on both sides are preparing for a meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping next week in Osaka, but that threats and tariffs will not resolve trade tensions between the two biggest economies. Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said Thursday that “core concern” has to be properly accommodated. He said that “If the US insists on taking unilateral trade measures against China, it will definitely bring serious impacts on the economy of itself and the welfare of its people.” Trump and Xi are due to meet at a summit of the Group of 20 on…
Former Big Brother Africa Winner, Uti Nwachukwu who is also an Actor, TV presenter and model took to his social media page on Wednesday to declare Cynthia Nwadiora also known as Ceec as the most successful housemate of Big Brother Nigeria 2018. In his tweet, he said, “well well well…what can I say? How much louder can I shout? How much more words can I write? Many ARE CALLED BUT ALAS…VERY FEW ARE CHOSEN. Nwadiora- an igbo name meaning …pikin wey good for the community/ country… LOL …need I say more? Since winning the show, she has received massive support…
Ingrown hairs are the hairs that haven’t managed to break through the skin (for example, because of its thickness) and are forced to grow underneath it. This can happen due to frequent shaving, sugaring and other hair removal methods. On the outside, the ingrown hairs can look like small reddish bumps. If they stay under the skin for too long, this may lead to inflammation with the hairs developing into pustules. Besides, ingrown hairs aren’t aesthetically pleasing, which causes psychological discomfort. The problem can be solved by removing them. The best option is seeing a cosmetologist. Getting rid of the…
The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo has revealed the problem of extreme poverty in Nigeria gives him sleepless nights. Osinbajo lamented at the dinner and interactive session with the faculty members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) on Tuesday , in Lagos. His words:, “I think what keeps me up at night has to do with extreme poverty; the issue is that the largest number of those who vote for us are the very poor. The promises that government makes to them is that their lives will be better and obviously they are looking at their lives being better…
Group of 20 environment ministers agreed on Sunday to adopt a new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of marine plastic waste on a global scale, the Japanese government said after hosting the two-day ministerial meeting. Environment and energy ministers of the Group of 20 major economies met this weekend in Karuizawa, northwest of Tokyo, ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka, western Japan, on June 28-29. One of the top issues was ocean plastic waste as images of plastic debris-strewn beaches and dead animals with stomachs full of plastic have sparked outrage, with many countries banning plastic…
Thirty people were killed late Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, emergency services reported, in an attack bearing the hallmarks of the Boko Haram jihadist group. Three bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga, 38 kilometres (24 miles) from the Borno state capital Maiduguri, where football fans were watching a match on TV. “The death toll from the attack has so far increased to 30. We have over 40 people injured,” Usman Kachalla, head of operations at the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said on Monday. An earlier toll from the blasts, the bloodiest in…
A pair of explosions rocked Somalia’s capital and left 11 people dead, the country’s police chief said Saturday, as the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. Another 25 people were wounded, Gen Bashir Abdi Mohamed told reporters in Mogadishu. He said the first car bomb went off near a security checkpoint for the presidential palace and was responsible for nine deaths. The second car bomb killed the driver and his accomplice near a checkpoint on the road to the heavily fortified airport, he said. Al-Shabab, which often targets the capital, said the blasts were meant to strike the first line…
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app with over 1.5 billion users globally. The Facebook-owned company also works on multiple features for its Android and iOS apps, and business app as well. Recently, WhatsApp added couple of important features for its users on Android. These features are available for all Android users and arrive with updates for WhatsApp on Google Play Store. For those unaware, here are five WhatsApp features you may have missed. Forwarding info WhatsApp introduced forwarding label last year to help curb fake news on the app. It has been since improving it and the latest addition…
Consuming porn instigates body-related insecurities in women that might not only reduce their interest in engaging in intimate activities with their partners but also negatively affect their arousal, a study suggests. Researchers have explored the association between pornography and intimate partner experiences among heterosexual women and revealed that there was a complex relationship between the two. Published in the Journal of Women’s Health, the study reveals that thinking of pornographic material during intimate experiences with a heterosexual partner among women might give rise to insecurities about appearances and thus reduces the enjoyment of the intimate acts. For the findings, the…
Almost everybody wants to know the secret to the perfect attire at the workplace. The kind of outfit that exudes the confidence we wish to project. However, there’s no checklist where you can tick off things to decode the ultimate work outfit. The real parameters to determine the right kind of outfit are our own confidence and comfort levels. Picking the right variety The kind of outfit we wear is a huge giveaway of where we are headed. While heavy ethnic wear usually brings weddings to mind, business formals bring huge Multi-National Corporations to mind. An outfit also defines the…
Dolphins form close friendships based on shared common interests, just like humans do, a study claims. Shark Bay, a World Heritage area in Western Australia, is home to an iconic population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, and the only place where dolphins have been observed using marine sponges as foraging tools. This learnt technique, passed down from generation to generation, helps certain dolphins, “spongers”, find food in deeper water channels. While the tool-using technique is well-studied in female dolphins, the researchers from University of Bristol in the UK and University of Zurich in Switzerland study looked specifically at male dolphins. Using…
Sri Lankan Catholics celebrated a saint’s feast inside a bombed church on Thursday, resuming worship at St. Anthony’s Shrine after Easter attacks by Islamist militants killed more than 250 people on the island. The April 21 attacks, claimed by militant group Islamic State, targeted three churches and three luxury hotels, shocking the country and shattering a decade of relative peace after the end of a 25-year civil war. Hundreds of worshipers, including survivors and relatives of the victims, gathered at the shrine in the capital, Colombo, for the feast of St. Anthony of Padua. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of…
Unsightly blemishes affect the way you look and feel, and they always pop up at the worst possible time. The options out there for treating acne are as numerous as the causes behind it. One such product is the pimple patch, also known as a hydrocolloid sheet. Read on to find out more about acne and the latest method for combating it. Acne is a persistent inflammatory disease which affects more than 80 percent of teenagers. Although timing may vary, breakouts commonly begin around the age of 11 or 12, and may last well into your 20s and 30s. Targeting the face,…
French president Emmanuel Macron will send a replacement oak tree to US President Donald Trump after the original was dug up from the White House garden and died. The French leader offered the young oak to Trump during a state visit to Washington in 2018, and the two shoveled dirt around it under the watchful eyes of their wives – and cameras from around the world. It was a symbolic gesture: the tree came from a northern French forest where 2,000 US Marines died during World War I. But after the cameras left, the young oak was dug up and…
As part of the many new features Google is experimenting with and adding on Maps, the search engine giant is testing an “Off-route” alert feature, exclusively in India for now. Intended to keep users safe while they are riding in a taxi, the “Off-route” feature would notify users every time their cab gets sidetracked from the intended course by 500 metres, XDA Developers reported on Monday. Besides ensuring users’ safety, the feature is also intended to help them avoid being tricked by a cab driver while travelling to an unfamiliar part of the city. On sensing a wrong route, the feature would…
Google is making changes to the integration between Photos and Drive. Starting July 10, Google Photos and Drive will sync independently. Google says that the new move comes due to users finding the cross syncing “confusing”. At present, when users upload photos or videos on Google Photos, the same is uploaded on Drive as well. Actions like deleting any item on Photos also have the same effect on Drive. With the new changes, photos and videos uploaded on Google Photos will not show up on Drive, and vice versa. This also applies to items deleted on either of the platforms. If…
Sexual abuse victims and their supporters rallied in nine cities around Japan this week to protest against recent court acquittals of alleged rapists and urge reform of the nation’s anti-rape law. Holding flowers and placards with slogans such as “#MeToo, #WithYou”, sexual abuse survivors on Tuesday evening recounted their experiences to show the need to scrap a measure they say puts too high a burden on rape victims, discouraging them from coming forward and hurting their legal chances if they do. “If we keep saying ‘No’ to sexual violence and deliver our voices, I have hope this unreasonable law will…
Senator Ahmed Lawan has been elected the Senate President of the 9th Senate, as he defeated his opponent, Senator Ali Ndume. At the end of counting, Lawan polled 79 votes to defeat Ndume, who scored 28 votes. Lawan, who represents Yobe North Senatorial District, won the contest by a landslide as he got 73.83 percent of the vote cast by the lawmakers. Lawan’s victory was announced by the clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, who added that 107 senators cast their votes. He was immediately sworn-in by the clerk of the National Assembly. Even though both are members of…
President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China again if President Xi Jinping doesn’t meet with him at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Japan. Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that he could impose tariffs of 25%, or “much higher than 25%” on $300 billion in Chinese goods. “We’ve never gotten 10 cents from China and now we’re getting a lot of money from China,” the president said. Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC earlier in the day whether the additional tariffs would be enacted immediately if there’s no meeting at the…
Ninety-five people in a central Malian village inhabited by the Dogon community were killed by gunmen in an overnight attack, a local official and a security source said on Monday, giving a provisional toll. “Right now we have 95 dead civilians. The bodies are burned, we are continuing to look for others,” an official in Koundou district, where the village of Sobane-Kou is located, told reporters. A Malian security source at the site of the massacre said “a Dogon village has been virtually wiped out”. The local official said the attackers came and “started shooting, pillaging and burning”. The village…
