This is What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Meat and Potatoes Together

The Problem With “Meat and Potatoes” Do you eat your meat and potatoes together at the same meal? If you’re a vegetarian that answer is obviously a resounding “no,” but for millions of people it’s something they’ve probably never even thought twice about. “He’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy” is of course a common phrase and just one example of how eating these two favorite foods together has...

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Jonathan, Buhari's Policies Plunged Nigeria into Recession - Oby Ezekwesili

Oby Ezekwesili Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, Oby Ezekwesili has blamed the current economic recession on the president and immediate past administration. A former Minister of Solid Minerals, Mrs. Obi Ezekwesili, has said the administrations of former President Goodluck Jonathan and that of the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari, led the nation’s economy into recession by failing to adopt the right...

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Governor Mimiko is Gone - Jimoh Ibrahim Mocks

Jimoh Ibrahim Former gubernatorial aspirant of the People's Democratic Party, Jimoh Ibrahim who emerged under the faction of Ali Modu Sheriff has mocked Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko ahead of today's poll. Jimoh Ibrahim, sacked governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, speaking in a video has said that today’s election will hold and that the reason he went into the legal...

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Nigerian Senator Advocates Death Penalty for Corruption

Gbolahan Dada A South-western lawmaker is currently advocating for death penalty for abusers of public office to swiftly curb the menace. Gbolahan Dada (APC-Ogun West) has advocated capital punishment for corrupt officials in the country. Mr. Dada, who made the suggestion during interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, said “corruption is the bane of this country and...

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Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia Cannot Explain How She Earned N313m - EFCC

Justice Rita Ngozi Ofili-Ajumogobia According to an investigator, one of the judges indicted of corruption has failed to explain how she came about some colossal amounts of money found in her possession. An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Yusuf Samalia Gulma, has stated that Justice Rita Ngozi Ofili-Ajumogobia was unable to explain how she came about a financial...

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Rivers Re-run: Commissioner of Police Has Withdrawn My Security - Wike Cries Out

Nyesom Wike Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has decried inadequate security protection as the re-run election in his state draws closer. Ahead of the December 10, re-run legislative elections in Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike said the State Commissioner of Police has withdrawn majority of policemen  providing security for him, just as he called the youths in the state to protect...

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Family in Confusion Over the Disappearance of 7-year-old Boy in Lagos (Photo)

Missing Toheeb Aremu The disappearance of a 7-year-old boy has sprung a family into panic and confusion as they call for the assistance of well-meaning Nigerians. On Monday, November 7, 2016, seven-year-old Toheeb Aremu simply vanished from his parents’ home in Akowonjo area of Lagos. More than three weeks after, there has been no trace of the boy, causing apprehension in the family over what...

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We Only Stole $200, Phones from Basketmouth's House - Robbers Confess (Photo)

Chibuzor Ugwu and Joseph Chimezie Following the arrest of robbery gang that invaded comedian Basketmouth's house, the suspects have confessed before a group of journalists. More than two months after popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, AKA Basketmouth, was robbed in his home at Lekki, Lagos, the police have apprehended the suspects and paraded them before journalists at the Lagos State Police Command...

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EFCC to Arraign Ex-governor, Ladoja in Court on Dec. 14 Over N4.7bn Fraud

Senator Rashidi Ladoja Embattled former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja is to be arraigned before a Federal High Court next month following his indictment in a N4.7bn fraud. Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 14, 2016 for the second arraignment of a former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, who was accused of N4.7bn fraud, Punch...

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Customs, NAFDAC Launch Search for 'Plastic Rice' Currently in Circulation

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have launched a search for alleged plastic rice from China which is said to have found its way into some African countries, including Nigeria. It would be recalled that reports emanated yesterday that a Nigerian woman bought the synthetic rice rumoured to be imported from China by unscrupulous...

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TY Danjuma Critically Sick, Hurriedly Flown Out of Nigeria

TY Danjuma One of the prominent leadership figures in the Nigerian political space has critically taken ill with family members flying him abroad for urgent treatment. One of Nigeria’s richest retired military generals, Theophilus Danjuma, was flown out of Nigeria last week in an air ambulance, according to family sources. SaharaReporters learnt that the retired military officer, who has served...

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Fake Female Military Officer with Three Suspected Suicide Bomber Kids Arrested in Abuja (Photo)

The alleged impostor, Major Juliana Gumel Suspected terrorists led by a light-skinned woman have been nabbed in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja with investigations ongoing. According to Facebook user, Bako Salihu, this woman with a fake Identity card was caught at the early hours of yesterday with 3 kids all tied with bombs on their body entering Abuja at Nyanya-Mararraba check point She...

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Only 3 Policies Can Take Nigeria Out of Recession - Emir Sanusi Insists

Muhammadu Sanusi II Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and renowned economist, Sanusi Lamido has suggested viable routes Nigeria can take to survive recession.  Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has stated for yet another time the three sure steps that would take Nigeria out of its current econimic situation. Sanusi spoke at the 42nd convocation of the University of Benin,...

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Abducted former minister, Bagudu Hirse regains freedom

Mr Bagudu Hirse, former Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), who was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on Sunday, Nov. 20, has regained his freedom, his brother, Mr John Hirse, has confirmed. “Bagudu was released in the early hours of Saturday,” John, retired permanent secretary in the federal civil service and currently District Head of Mangu, in Plateau, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in...

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How I was defrauded of N918 million, Atiku’s wife tells court

Mrs Aminat Titi Abubakar, wife of former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday told a Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja of how she was defrauded of N918 million by a former governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, Nsikakabasi Akpan Jacobs. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Jacobs, Abdulmalik Ibrahim and Dana Motors on a 15-count charge of conspiracy,...

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Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro is dead

Former Cuban President and leader of the Communist revolution, Fidel Castro is dead. The revolutionalist died at the age of 90, his brother said. “The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (03:29 GMT Saturday),” President Raul Castro said. Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008. President Castro told...

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Aisha Buhari: Nobody can steal the materials I donate to the needy because I monitor them from my bedroom

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the donations of her non-governmental organisation (NGO) cannot be mismanaged because she monitors them from her bedroom. Aisha made this statement during an interview she granted to Your View, a show on TV Continental. She also said her projects had not received any cash donations, and that 85% is her personal contribution. “We are going...

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Kashamu boasts - 'Nobody can suspend me from PDP'

The Senator representing Ogun East District at the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has denied rumour of his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party. This denial came hours after the Ogun State chapter of the PDP had allegedly suspended him and six others for their role in the crisis that engulfed the party in Ondo State. Their suspension reportedly took immediate effect on Friday,...

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CBN injects $867m as dollar scarcity pushes naira to 473

CBN injects $867m as dollar scarcity pushes naira to 473 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given access to about 7,792 requests for foreign exchange valued at over $867 million to manufacturers and other strategic actors in the Nigerian economy, to ease forex scarcity. Forex scarcity in the system had pushed the naira to 473 per  dollar, as the Department of State Service (DSS) continue...

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Former Deputy Governor of Osun, Iyiola Omisore Suspended from PDP

As the People's Democratic Party leadership crises deepens, Iyiola Omisore has been suspended by an opposing faction of the party on the basis of disloyalty. Former Deputy Governor of Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore has been suspended by a faction of the party in the state. The suspension of Omisore and other PDP chieftains came as as a result of allegedly engaging in activities that puts...

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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton to beat Donald Trump

Hillary-Clinton Hillary Clinton will be president of the United States of America if she can win the recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton stands a great chance of becoming president of the United States. There are calls for Clinton to initiate a request for recount, but when Hillary hesitated, someone else did for her, Jill Stein. According to the US electoral system,...

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Nigerian Woman Mistakenly Cooks Poisonous Plastic Rice... What Happened will Shock You (Video)

File Photo The threat of the poisonous plastic rice reported to be in circulation in Nigeria is real with a random woman almost falling victim. A Nigerian lady has made a video of how the Basmati rice she bought for N5,000 is nothing but ‘plastic’ rice. In a revelation that has shocked many, she narrated how the rice refused to get done despite spending hours on fire. The supposed rice later...

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Drama as EFCC Attacks DSS Over Judges' Arrest, Says It is Not Under Its Scope to Arrest People Over Corruption

EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu The EFCC has told a committee of the House of Representatives handling the case of the alleged raid by DSS on homes of some judges that the DSS does not have the power to try people on corruption matters. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC told the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives in Abuja headed by a former House...

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