China's fattest man loses 14 stone in just two years

He had a mountain to climb, but China's fattest man has managed to lose 14 stone. Just two years ago, Liang Yong tipped the scales at a whopping 35 stone. His extreme obesity led to serious ill-health and his eventual hospitalisation. At ease: Yong, from Dazu in Chongqing province,...

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Mursi sworn in as Egyptian president

Mohammed Mursi has been sworn in as Egypt's first civilian, democratically elected president at a historic ceremony in Cairo. Hours after the ceremony, he was saluted by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, leader of the military council which is handing over power. Mr Mursi has...

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RIM(Blackberry) may be looking to Microsoft for a lifeline

There’s a new battle of Waterloo going on, and this time it’s not in Belgium. Canada’s long-time technology standard bearer, RIM, is fighting for survival amidst dismal sales and waning consumer interest.  With the release of BlackBerry 10 and the accompanying...

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CPC sanctions Shoprite for displaying expired products

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has sanctioned Shoprite, a South African major departmental store in Nigeria, for displaying expired products in some of its outlets in Lagos. It also commended Nigerian consumers for getting more proactive and cautious in their purchases. CPC,...

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Reps give Dana ultimatum on payment of compensation

The management of Dana Airline has been given seven days to pay part of the compensation fee to families of the Dana air crash victims. The resolution which was reached on Thursday was raised by Yakub Abiodun under matters of National importance. The airline was asked to pay...

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Zamfara loses N62bn to illegal mining every year

Zamfara loses over N62 billion annually to illegal mining in the two local government areas of Anka and Bukkuyum, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Prof. Abdulsalam Nasidi, the Project Director of Centre,disclosed this on Friday in Gusau while presenting a paper...

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Oil bunkering leader arrested

Security operatives, on Friday, arrested  General Cairo, the leader of a network of crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta responsible for several pipeline bombings against oil majors including Shell and ENI.  Nigeria is the world's eighth biggest exporter of crude...

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Food, fuel price falls ease Kenya inflation

Falling food and fuel prices helped bring down Kenya's year-on-year inflation rate more than expected in June, easing pressure on the central bank to keep its monetary policy tight.Kenyan consumer prices fell 0.77 percent in June, pushing the year-on-year rate to 10.05 percent...

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Police uncover ritualists' shrine in Ogun

The Ogun police command said on Tuesday in Abeokuta that it has uncovered a shrine belonging to ritualists and fraudsters in Iganke, a boundary town with Lagos States. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who accompanied the police on the raid, reports that the shrine,...

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Concerns mount as 134 million Nigerians pay rent

Concerns are mounting over the statistic that 80 percent of Nigerians, representing 134 million persons, of the 167 million population live in rented accommodations.This is typical of city life, where one person owns a block of 10 flats, with each flat accommodating at...

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Nine injured in another late night explosion

Yet to be identified assailants detonated an explosive device in an uncompleted building in Bayan Gari at Tudun Wadan dan Iya in Bauchi State injuring nine people around 10pm on Sunday. There were hotels and brothels in the area where the blast occurred and it is a popular relaxation...

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British soldier killed after he is 'swept away' during training on Austrian rafting trip

A British soldier has died in a rafting accident during training in Austria after reportedly being swept away when his boat capsized.Austrian police said the 22-year-old man was one of a group of British Army servicemen based in Germany who went on the trip. They...

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Customs intercept poultry foods worth over N15m

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ have  intercepted about 2,590 cartons of different poultry foods with a Duty Paid value (DPV) of over N15 million. Dan Ugo, controller of the unit, while taking some representatives osf the Nigerian Food...

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Cassava bread and diabetes

Available evidence does not support the erroneous belief that cassava bread is not healthy for consumption. Some people have even linked cassava bread with diabetes. This clarification becomes necessary against the backdrop of the purported rejection by the House of Representatives...

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Jonathan’s Brazil trip, abdication of duty — Reps

Members of the House of Representatives yesterday criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for travelling to Brazil for the United Nations conference on climate change when hundreds of Nigerians are being killed and maimed in several cities, saying he abdicated his duty. The...

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Two million litres of fake diesel found in Lagos

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it discovered vessels laden with two million litres of adulterated diesel in an illegal jetty in Lagos.  The department discovered the product during a raid on the jetty on Monday.  According to a statement from the agency,...

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Pension scam: N273 billion looted in 6 years - Disband task force, prosecute officials — Senate committee

From 2005 to 2011, top government officials in charge of pension funds in the country stole N273.9 billion, the report of the recent investigation into the alleged mismanagement of the funds by a Senate panel has revealed. A copy of the report, obtained yesterday by our correspondent,...

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Arik Air passes second IOSA certification

Arik Air has scaled through the second audit of the Operational Safety Audit of the International Air Transport Association (IOSA) just as the airline said its airplanes are fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment that makes the aircraft to land with recourse to...

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8 filling stations face sanctions over adulterated products

Mobil Filling Station in Osisioma and Dan Dollars Filling Station on Ikot Ekpene road are among the eight filling stations in Aba to be penalised by the Abia State Ministry of Petroleum and Solid Minerals for allegedly selling adulterated diesel to the public. Officials of...

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