Author: Helen Okechukwu

Experts say the cheekily dubbed “fart walks” not only aid digestion but may help reduce the risk of chronic conditions, including cancer. In a surprising twist on wellness advice, physicians are encouraging people to take post-meal walks — and not be ashamed to pass gas while doing so. Dr. Tim Tiutan, an internal medicine physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, shared in a viral Instagram Reel that walking after meals promotes intestinal motility — the movement of the intestines — which helps reduce gas buildup and prevents constipation. “I totally support fart walks,” Tiutan said…

Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has criticized the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, for claiming that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960. Onanuga, on Monday via his X page, said Adesina’s claim that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today was questionable. He wondered how Adesina arrived at the conclusion, noting that the figures do not align with available data. “According to available data, our country’s GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and per capita income for a population…

The Lagos State Government, through the operatives of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) of Badagry Command, has announced the arrest of three notorious suspected human traffickers’ syndicates, including a minor. The suspects, Damilola Bashiru, 17, a resident of Posukoh; Afolabi Senami, 22; and Christian Loveth, 25, were apprehended within Badagry in Lagos State. According to the LNSC on Sunday, the three suspects were said to have been arrested on 28 April following weeks of surveillance and intelligence gathering. Further details revealed that Bashiru and Senami are recruiters working for Loveth. Loveth who hails from Abia State but resides…

Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, has urged survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) to report incidents promptly and reject the fear of societal stigma, emphasizing that early reporting is critical to ensuring justice. Jimoh assured the survivors that the police are fully equipped to handle such cases with sensitivity and speed. Jimoh while speaking on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),  reaffirmed the command’s commitment to deploying technology in combating crimes, especially cybercrime and GBV. Read Also: ‘Stop discrimination against girl child’s, Gov AbdulRazaq to parents  He stressed that scientific…

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have confirmed 16 suspected human cases of anthrax in the country’s eastern North Kivu Province, with one case laboratory-confirmed and one death recorded. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), the outbreak is centered in four health zones near Lake Edward, a region bordering Uganda, which is also responding to a similar outbreak across the lake in Kabale District. The Ministry of Health, supported by WHO, is intensifying its emergency response to prevent further spread. Read Also: FG alerts Nigerians of Anthrax outbreak in Zamfara Measures underway include active disease surveillance,…

Nigeria is experiencing a promising decline in confirmed cases of Lassa fever and Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), according to recent data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). In week 16 of the epidemiology, the country reported 4,253 suspected Lassa fever cases, with 696 confirmed and 132 deaths—yielding a case fatality rate of 19.0 percent. Encouragingly, this marks a significant reduction from earlier weeks. Speaking at a press conference, NCDC Director General Dr. Jide Idris highlighted this positive trend: “Since epidemiology week 12, Nigeria has recorded a steady decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases—from 41 cases down…

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for a stronger, more independent action from National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) to address the constant oil spillage faced in Niger Delta region.  The call was made during a visit to its zonal office in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The delegation, which included representatives from Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Kebetkache Women Development Centre, Media Awareness and Justice Initiative (MAJI), and others, congratulated the newly appointed NOSDRA Zonal Head, Mr. Bello Augustine. TNN newspaper reported that the led team reaffirmed their commitment to working with NOSDRA to address environmental degradation in the…

The Abia State Government targets to recruit about 771 health workers as it okays a new salary scale with immediate effect beginning from May 1. The recruitment exercise will span various healthcare departments, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical lab scientists, and other categories of healthcare workers. The new salary scale known as the Abia State Health Workers Salary Scale (ASHWOSS) was revealed on Wednesday in a document shared and signed by the state Health Commissioner, Prof. Ogbonnaya Uche, in Umuahia. The health commissioner said the state salary structure is in line with the federal salary structure for health workers, including doctors,…

To help improve affordable and accessible healthcare service in the state, the Bayelsa State Government expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) and other key stakeholders in the health sector. To back this, the Deputy Governor, Mr Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, revealed its approval for the recruitment of the medical laboratory scientists and doctors in the civil service recruitment exercise which is ongoing. This revelation was made known on Wednesday during a courtesy visit led by the Bayelsa branch of AMLSN to Deputy Governor Ewhrudjakpo’s office in Yenagoa. “We are ready to collaborate with…

Experts said being exposed to video games has the tendency to leave a positive or negative impact on the mental health of gamers.