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Reflex  tears  clear debris, like smoke and dust, from your eyes. Continuous tears  lubricate your eyes and help protect them from infection. Emotional tears  may have many  health benefits . Whereas continuous  tears  contain 98 percent water, emotional  tears  contain stress hormones and other toxins.

Mrs Omolara Adesanya, the Providence People’s Congress (PPC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, says the party will construct a railway line from Apapa to Berger to ease the perennial gridlock in the state, if voted into power in 2019. Adesanya, a Chartered Accountant told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that if the people of Lagos want integrity and real development commensurate with the state’s resources, the PPC candidates should be their choice in the coming elections. “We are ready and we are working to rescue the people of Lagos State,” said the retired staff of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). “If the people of Lagos want real, positive and progressive change, let them install a government that will keep its words and be fully committed to community development. “’PPC will redirect traffic, especially for tankers and trailers on the roads by constructing a rail line from Apapa Wharf to Berger and we will have a dry port there. “’So, when ...

The war against malaria has been on for long, but still seems far from ending as malaria remains endemic and life-threatening in developing countries including Nigeria. Medical experts blame malaria prevalence on a number of factors including inadequate funds, drug counterfeiting, malaria resistance to drugs, mosquitos’ resistance to insecticides and global warming. Analysts also identified dearth of research into malaria cure, as a major factor. Mr Chukwu Okoronkwo, Head, Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation, National Malaria Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, is worried that although some donor-agencies have strongly supported malaria elimination, Nigeria still has huge gaps. “Quite a lot of donor-partners are supporting malaria elimination in the country but we still have huge gaps, which is why malaria is still endemic in Nigeria. “We are appealing to more donor-agencies to come in; governments should also increase their funding for malaria...

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Pictures from some wards in Lagos where  All Progressives Congress (APC)  members trooped out to vote at the gubernatorial primary to decide the party flagbearer in the 2019 election. 

Dr Idiat Adebule,  Dep.  Gov. Lagos State As members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State went to the polls  to choose their flag bearer for the 2019 governorship election today, deputy governor of the state, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule has said that the people of Iba Local Council Development Area where she cast her vote have voted in line with the dictates of the party . Adebule who cast her vote at Ward (A & D) in Iba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) shortly after accreditation, noted that the supremacy of the party on the guber primary is sacrosanct, adding that she totally aligned with the dictate and position of the party, promising that she would support who ever that emerged as the winner after the primary election. ‘’ I have no doubt that anybody that emerged today as the candidate of the party will have my support , I have no doubt as exhibited by my people today that they are standing with the party position on this pri...

Lagos-based rights activist, Mr Femi Falana said he was ready to collaborate with the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo, to sue the British government over alleged killings of Nigerians in the Eastern Region during colonial rule. Falana said this at the 19th Annual Lecture to mark the 73rd birthday of Dr Mike Okonkwo, Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM) held on Wednesday, in Lagos, under the theme: ‘Nigeria’s Unity, Matters Arising’. He said that the colonial regime engaged in the ruthless exploitation of Nigerians and those who opposed them were killed. The  Senior Advocate of Nigeria said the survivors of the  Mau Mau  operation in Kenya who sued the British government over killings of their people had been recently compensated. According to him,  the Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo group can sue the British government over the killing of some Aba women, during the Aba Women  riot of 1929, and the mine...

By Lucy Osuizigbo Mr Wale Ogunade, a constitutional lawyer and president, Voters Awareness Initiative, said on Monday that the gale of defections in the nation’s polity was exposing selfish politicians. Ogunade told Luchee  in Lagos that many of the defections were about personal interests and not in the interest of the masses who elected them. He, however, noted that such defections were good for the nation’s polity and would strengthen democracy. According to him, these defections will help Nigerians make informed decisions at the 2019 general elections as they can separate the wheat from the chaff. “The gale of defections demonstrated that these politicians are not ready to work for the interest of Nigerians. “How can somebody just decide and say he does not think he has interest in a particular party, without even consulting with the electorate who elected him. “These are aggrieved politicians who have not done well in terms of living up to their mandates as el...

By Lucy Osuizigbo The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), on Friday, said estimated billing system otherwise, known as “crazy’’ bills formed bulk of the complaints lodged at the council. Mrs Susie Onwuka,  Head,  CPC Lagos Office made this known at a workshop on Effective metering in Nigeria organised  by the Nigerian Society  of Engineers (NSE), Apapa Branch,  Lagos. “The bulk of the complaints we receive in Lagos office on daily basis is majorly power related cases and estimated billing. The complaints lodged are overwhelming. “It was initially product complaints that had topped the chart, but services are beginning to get better. At the moment, complaints on estimated billing have taken over. “Consumers’ complaints have not been primarily about supply, but about billing for non-existent supply. Unmetered electricity consumers in the state have been lamenting what they described as outrageous electricity bills’’, she said. Onwuka, theref...