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FOR Nigerians, another tantalising opportunity to change the country’s trajectory beckons with the rescheduled state governorship and houses of assembly elections holding tomorrow nationwide. Although many voters were disappointed by the chaotic incidents and malpractices that marred the Presidential/National Assembly elections on February 25, they should not give up. Democracy thrives on mass participation and the ultimate triumph of the will of the people expressed through regular elections. Nigerians should not be deterred by the poor showing of the electoral umpire and the security agencies in the first round of balloting, but turn out tomorrow to elect candidates of their…

The UK government this week took measures to curb the alleged threat posed by TikTok. According to Telecoms.com, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden recently introduced what he called a precautionary ban on the use of the social video app on government devices. He highlighted that TikTok requires permission to access data stored on the user’s device, including contacts, user content, and geolocation data. With TikTok being owned by China-based ByteDance, there are concerns that the app risks exposing potentially sensitive data to the Chinese government. “The security of sensitive government information must come first, so today we…

Fireboy DML’s ‘Peru’ went global off the back of a remix featuring Ed Sheeran, Oxlade’s ‘Ku Lo Sa’ became a viral international hit after it was featured on the hugely popular music platform COLORS, and Rema rocked the world with ‘Calm Down’. Already a huge hit across the US and Europe, ‘Calm Down’ took off after Selena Gomez jumped on the remix and helped propel it into one of the top streaming African songs of all-time. Already, Nigerian afropop and R&B sensation Tems made history when she became the first Nigerian woman to win a Grammy when she took home…

For the past few months, I’ve been cheating on my Apple Pencil. Instead of using Apple’s $129 stylus with my iPad Mini for notetaking, I’ve been using an alternative I purchased off of Amazon for about $25. It looks nearly identical, works nearly as well, and even snaps onto and charges from your iPad. And while this $25 stylus doesn’t quite match all of the Apple Pencil’s features, it comes awfully close to providing a similar experience for a fraction of the price.The stylus I’ve been using is from a random brand called “StylusHome,” but there are many similar ones…

Researchers investigated the effects of a genetic predisposition to high caffeine levels on measures of body fat, type 2 diabetes risk, and cardiovascular risk. They found that a higher genetic predisposition to higher caffeine levels is linked to reduced body fat and type 2 diabetes risk. Further studies are needed to confirm the results. Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the world. The main sources of caffeine consumption include coffee, tea, and soft drinks.Some studies show that caffeine intake is linked to weight loss and reduced body mass index (BMI) and fat mass. Caffeine intake may thus lower…

  Mom and dad’s little helpers! Many stars love to cook, and when their children are old enough, some of them love lending a hand in the kitchen. Take John Legend and Chrissy Teigen’s eldest child, Luna, for example. By the time she entered preschool, the toddler was already starting to follow in her mom’s culinary footsteps.l “I love this girl,” the Cravings author, who is also the mother of son Miles, captioned a June 2019 Instagram photo of Luna watching her dad use a pasta maker in Italy to crank fresh noodles. In March of the previous year, the…

Due to the popularity of cryptocurrency, numerous individuals are searching for means to acquire free crypto. Here are seven methods one can use to earn cryptocurrency without having to invest your own money, including crypto faucets, airdrops, staking, bug bounties and more. There are several common risks to be aware of when earning free crypto, including security risks, scams and fraud, limited earning potential, time-consuming activities, and potential legal or tax implications. It’s important to do your research and approach these methods with caution.FaucetsCrypto faucets are websites or applications that provide users with small sums of cryptocurrency in exchange for doing…

The development Research and Project Centre (dRPC) in collaboration with the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) is holding a symposium to discuss recent brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector and its implications on health service delivery. The high-level symposium themed “Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications for sustainable child and family health service delivery and financing in the context of new national priorities” is taking place in Abuja. The event will bring together policymakers and implementers alongside health professional associations and council executives, who are critical stakeholders in the health systems strengthening process. The high-level…

If we want to live, we first must die. Are you saved from life or death? Would you like to be saved from happiness? Would you like to be saved from riches? Would you like to be saved from the pride of life? Have you ever seen a man who was saved from happiness before? Men are usually saved from adversity. But in his case they said please save him because happiness is going to kill him. What exactly does he need? He needs a little bit of suffering. He needs a little bit of affliction. And so, many are…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday urged telecommunication companies to adopt a modern and more energy-efficient network to reduce carbon emissions emanating from the sector. NCC disclosed this during its 2023 World Consumer Right event tagged “Empowering consumers through clean energy transition”, held at the NCC’s Communications and Digital Economy Complex, Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Umar Danbatta, said with the recent licensing of the fifth generation (5G) spectrum, the country will witness an improvement in the deployment of telecom infrastructure to satisfy the wireless service coverage requirement for 5G services.…