Don’t let age hold you back: it’s never too late to build a more resilient brain and body We used to think that the only thing that could happen when you get older is that things go downhill. Thankfully we’ve moved past that phase. We now recognise for example that dementia is an abnormal trajectory of ageing. While some change in our cognition is expected, it does not need to interfere with our daily lives. In 2008 Prof Emily Rogalski at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, coined the term SuperAger, defining them as someone over the age of 80 that has memory performance at least as…
Author: Alade Adisa
Tinubu discusses AI advancement in Nigeria with Google in France President Bola Tinubu has had discussions with Sundar Pichai, who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary, Google in Paris, the French capital city, in images posted by the presidency. The President is currently on a private visit ahead of his trip to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit. The president wrote on his official X.com handle: “I enjoyed engaging in crucial discussions about advancing Nigeria’s role in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital innovation with you in Paris, Sundar @sundarpichai. “We…
If walking is becoming difficult and physio isn’t working, cutting-edge treatments could be the next step. But which ones are worth trying? You probably know someone with a dodgy knee, if you don’t suffer yourself. Around 5.4 million people in the UK are estimated to have knee arthritis, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), the most common type in the body. This represents about one in five adults over 45 years old accounting for almost 5 per cent of the global population. The need for effective management and treatment of knee arthritis is critical to avoid the…
Another bout of blackout and loss of income occasioned by businesses shutdown is imminent as Nigerians were thrown into yet another round of power chaos with the nation’s electricity grid suffering a “grid disturbance” just before noon today, causing widespread outages across several parts of the country. The Nigeria National Grid, in a brief statement on X (formerly Twitter), confirmed the collapse but provided little detail on the extent of the disruption. The agency posted, “There was a ‘GRID DISTURBANCE’ before noon today. Parts of the country experienced an outage. Further information shortly,” This latest power failure has sparked outrage…
Five most wanted bandit leaders, who have long terrorised Batsari, Safana, and Jibia local government areas of Katsina State, have laid down their arms following intense military operations. The bandits handed over weapons to the military and released several hostages kidnapped during their reign of terror. They also vowed to embrace peace and end their involvement in criminal activities. The repentant scoundrels are named as; Abu Radda, Umar Black, Abdullahi Lankai, Jijjige, and Dabar Musa Dan Gandu, all operating from the Jibia axis. A counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, said the armed groups voluntarily disarmed.…
The internal crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn yesterday as the Abia State chapter of the party announced the suspension of Senator Adolphus Wabara, the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT), over alleged anti-party activities. The Abia PDP accused Wabara of making comments that suggested Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) had already secured a second term, despite being just five months into his first tenure. Citing provisions from the party’s constitution—Articles 57(1),(2),(3), 58(1)(b) & (f), and 59(1) (e) & (f)—the state chapter declared that Wabara was “debarred” from holding any party…
World football ruling body, the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has suspended the football federations of Pakistan and Congo, further limiting the pool of nations eligible to compete in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. These suspensions add to the existing ban on Russia, bringing the total number of barred countries to three. The World Cup, the most prestigious tournament in international football, is held every four years and is set to return in the summer of 2026. This edition will be jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Reigning champions Argentina, led by Lionel Scaloni, will aim…
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas it will end the ceasefire in Gaza and resume intense fighting if the Palestinian group “does not return our hostages by Saturday noon [10:00 GMT]”. Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to mass inside and around Gaza in response to Hamas’s announcement that it was postponing freeing more hostages until further notice. He did not specify whether he was demanding the release of all 76 remaining hostages, or just the three due to be freed this Saturday – but a minister said he meant “everyone.” Hamas responded by saying it remained…
Former spokesman of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign team in the 2023 general election, Kenneth Okonkwo has urged President Bola Tinubu, and the presidential candidates of LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peter Obi, and Atiku Abubakar to step aside from contesting for the presidential seat in the 2027 election. The Nollywood actor-turned-politician stated this on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. Okonkwo, who was an active member of the LP, in the lead-up to the 2023 general election, has, however, backtracked from his support for Obi, asking the LP chieftain, Atiku and Tinubu to step aside for…
The Senate on Tuesday vigorously grilled the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun regarding 3,907 assault rifles and pistols allegedly missing from the Nigeria Police Force armoury as of January 2020. Egbetokun, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector General of Police (Budget), Abdul Suleiman, appeared before the Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) on Tuesday to address an audit query issued by the Auditor-General for the Federation (AuGF), failed to provide satisfactory answers about the missing weapons. The representative of the Auditor-General, Olu Samuel Godwin, cited findings from the 2019 audit report, revealing that a total of 178,459 firearms were…
