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Lack Of Exclusive Breastfeeding Could Lead To Diabetes

January 8, 2020 1:17 pm

A medical expert, Dr Bala Abawa, says lack of exclusive breastfeeding in the baby’s first six months can expose them to the risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus later in life.

Abawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Jos, that breast milk contains antibodies which could prevent infections such as diarrhoea, caused by bacteria and viruses.

“The baby before six months is not capable of producing immunoglobulin; that is antibodies. The first breast milk called colostrum, contains it to fight such infections,” he explained.

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Cabin Crew Could Prolong Walkout At Lufthansa’s Germanwings

December 30, 2019 4:58 pm

Cabin crew at Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings began a planned three-day strike Monday, with their union warning the industrial dispute could last longer.

Daniel Flohr, deputy head of air stewards’ union UFO, told public broadcaster ZDF “we could prolong it at short notice” short of concessions from bosses, although “we don’t want that”.

A live list on the carrier’s website showed 182 flights between major German cities like Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich were slashed as UFO called members off the job.

Some connections to cities in neighbouring Austria and Switzerland, including Zurich and Vienna, were also cut.

Set to be …

Real Madrid Forward Benzema Could Face Trial Over Sextape

December 9, 2019 5:01 pm

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema may be facing a criminal trial after France’s highest court of appeal on Monday dismissed his appeal challenging the legality of a blackmail investigation over a sextape featuring fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena.

The court found that the investigative methods used in the case, in which Benzema is alleged to have colluded in blackmailing Valbuena, were within the law.

Benzema and Valbuena were both in the French national team at the time of the attempted blackmail.

In June 2015, Valbuena, who now plays for Greek club Olympiakos, filed a complaint, claiming he was the victim of …

Liam Hemsworth Could Face Fine In Miley Cyrus Divorce Case

December 8, 2019 1:19 pm

Liam Hemsworth’s divorce plans might be catching fire.

This week, an attorney for the Aussie actor, 29, was given notice by a Los Angeles superior court that Hemsworth’s divorce case is “not complete,” according to E! News, despite his having filed for divorce from Miley Cyrus in August.

The notice instructed the “Catching Fire” star to send documents to his ex, 27, and file paperwork about the documents with the court if he hopes to move ahead with the case.

Though a status conference is set for Jan. 21, Hemsworth won’t have to be in court if he files

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WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange Could Die – Reports

November 25, 2019 9:23 am

More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published Monday saying they feared Julian Assange’s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail.

The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could see him given a sentence of up to 175 years in a US prison.

In the letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, Britain’s interior minister, the doctors call for Assange to be moved from Belmarsh prison in southeast London to a university teaching hospital.

They based their

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‘PSC Law Could Provide Extra $1.5b To Fund 2020 Budget’

‘PSC Law Could Provide Extra $1.5b To Fund 2020 Budget’

October 23, 2019 3:15 am

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Robert Ajayi Borofice, told journalists that the commended Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) law will give Nigeria additional US$1.5 billion for funding the 2020 budget, and warned that the National Assembly will resist attempts by oil companies to create crisis in order to disrupt concurrence of the bill by both chambers.

The PSC bill enjoyed the fastest legislative approval. What informed such speed and will other bills get the same treatment?

This is an arrangement that has been there for years and the problem of not benefitting from …

Could Karim Adeyemi Be Barca’s Answer to Aging Suarez?

Could Karim Adeyemi Be Barca’s Answer to Aging Suarez?

October 19, 2019 2:31 am

With age no longer on the side of Barcelona striker, Luis Surez, slowing down the Uruguayan considerably, Barca is now looking for a long-standing replacement for the former Pichichi winner. Their searchlight has turned to the direction of German-born Nigerian youth prodigy, Karim Adeyemi

With La Masia not producing the players for Barcelona as before, the Catalan giants have now resorted to investing in young players in Europe and other parts of the globe where they can get promising players.

Barcelona are prepared to splash out €8m to sign Germany Under-17 international striker Karim Adeyemi. The 17-year-old joined Red Bull …

Married Catholic Priests; Could Pope Francis Say Yes?

Married Catholic Priests; Could Pope Francis Say Yes?

October 6, 2019 8:40 am

Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon with Pope Francis.

Over the next three weeks, some 260 participants will talk about climate change, migration and evangelism.

Pope Francis opened the talks on Sunday by blaming destructive “interests” that led to recent fires in the Amazon.

“The fire of God is warmth that attracts and gathers into unity. It is fed by sharing, not by profits,” he said.

But one topic has dominated the headlines: whether married men will be allowed to become priests.

One of the …

Gabosky explains why he could not revolutionise Nollywood

February 16, 2019 1:22 am

One  of the pioneering distributors of Nollywood movies, Chief Gabriel Okoye popularly known as Igwe Gabosky, has revealed why his dream to revolutionize the country’s movie industry through his nationwide distribution network, G-Media crashed, saying it was  due to lack of genuine funding.

The popular film distributor about five years ago established the biggest media distribution company for intellectual property in Africa. He was one of the beneficiaries of the Bank of Industry, BoI, intervention fund in developing the creative industry. But unfortunately, the dream crashed following the activities of  pirates who wrecked his company in addition to lack of …

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