If you are diabetic, don’t neglect your mouth

Except a miracle happens, diabetes is a life-long disease. The best way to avoid it is to prevent yourself from developing it. But then, if you have the condition, there’s no sitting down and wishing it never happened or indulging in self-pity. Physicians say once an individual is confirmed as being diabetic, the best thing s/he can do is to enroll for medical care under a competent doctor in order...

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Five Lagos policemen arrested for torturing journalist, others

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five policemen attached to the anti-robbery section of the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, over the abduction and torture of a journalist, Femi Owolabi, and others. PUNCH Metro had reported on Monday that Owolabi and about 30 others were abducted by the policemen who embarked on an illegal raid near a night club in the FESTAC area of the state. The victims were conveyed in three blue buses to the SDCI and tortured for several hours. The report subsequently drew the ire...

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Several dead as factory collapses in Pakistan

At least 20 people have been killed and over 75 others injured after a factory collapsed in the industrial area of Lahore, in Pakistan’s east. Muhammad Usman, a local administrator, said about 150 workers, including the owner of the factory, were at the three-storey building at the time of collapse on Tuesday. Rescue official Jam Sajjad Hussain said dozens of other labourers remain trapped under the rubble. Hussain saind emergency teams are using heavy machinery to remove the bodies and look for survivors. State-run Pakistan...

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‘PDP thugs’ attacked, injured APC members – Timipre Sylva

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the upcoming governorship election in Bayelsa, Timipre Sylva, claims that members of his party were attacked and injured by hoodlums suspected to be supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party. His campaign group, Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation (SICO) urged the police in the state to investigate the development and arrest those behind the attack. Director,...

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Missing Person: Segun Giwa...

Age - 26, Height 1.77m, Dark in Complexion, Brown eyes. Left home - 21 Bolarinwa Street Abaranje - Ikotun, Alimosho LGA Lagos for Alaba International at about 12noon Nov. 3rd 2015 wearing a white short sleeve native top with black poka dots on a brown trouser and haven't returned home since then. Please join his family in prayers for his safe return. Kindly contact 07037248819, 08051536422 and the Nigeria Police with any useful i...

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Graphic photos: Two terrorist killed as Army raids more sect camps in Borno, female member arrested

Press statement from Military In efforts to continually dominate recovered territories and clear all Nigerian territory of Boko Haram vestiges, the advancing troops of 5 Brigade Task Group have onTuesday cleared 5 more terrorists camps at Hausari and Baranga in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. The troops during and encounter with Boko Haram terrorists at the camps killed 2 terrorists and recovered 2 Dane guns and a Double...

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