Action on Salt calls for compulsory, front-of-pack, nutritional labelling One in four savoury picnic foods contain dangerously high levels of salt and almost half are worryingly high in saturated fat, a health group has warned. Action on Salt found that a typical picnic basket could contain more than 5g of salt, almost the recommended daily…
‘Intensive blood pressure management’ may preserve brain health
New research compares intensive blood pressure control with standard blood pressure management and finds that the former correlates with a lower chance of developing white matter lesions later in life. Numerous large, cohort studies have linked midlife hypertension to mild cognitive impairment and dementia later on. Some of these studies found a higher risk of…
The Human Friend….. (Video)
View this post on Instagram Wonderful creature and human friend… . . . . . . . #human A post shared by Ginnyent (@gpsonginnyent) on Aug 15, 2019 at 5:46am PDT
How police arrested woman who locked orphan in kennel
By Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly flogging and locking a 10-year-old orphan in a kennel. The PUNCH learnt that the incident happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. There had been outrage on the social media after a video went viral showing the suspect beating the boy…
Tekno: Kenya women group hails FG’s response
By Friday Olokor A Kenya-based non-governmental organisation, Women Arise in Africa, on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for its response to the nude video by a Nigerian artiste, Augustine Kelechi, aka Tekno, describing it as timely. The organisation called on government to ensure that the matter was not swept under the carpet “because other African…
Microsoft warns Windows 10 users to update immediately By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Aug 14, 2019.
New York (CNN Business) – Microsoft is warning Windows 10 users to update their operating system immediately because of two “critical” vulnerabilities. The company said the vulnerabilities are potentially “wormable,” meaning affected computers could spread viruses and malware without any action on the user’s parts. There are “potentially hundreds of millions of vulnerable computers,” Simon…
‘It is raining plastic’: Scientists find colorful microplastic in rain By Jen Christensen, CNN Aug 14, 2019.
(CNN) – It’s raining plastic — that’s what a survey of rainfall in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, concluded recently. The rainfall survey, titled “It is raining plastic,” was put together by scientists at the US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey. They couldn’t see the plastic with their naked eyes, but found it…
Dow tumbles 800 points after bond market flashes a recession warning By David Goldman, CNN Business Aug 14, 2019.
New York (CNN Business) – The Dow fell 800 points Wednesday after the bond market, for the first time in over a decade, flashed a warning signal that has an eerily accurate track record for predicting recessions. Here’s what happened: The 10-year Treasury bond yield fell below 1.6% Wednesday morning, dropping just below the yield…
Steve King questions if there would be any population left if not for rape and incest By Clare Foran, CNN Aug 14, 2019.
Washington (CNN) – GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa questioned on Wednesday whether there would be any population left on Earth if not for rape and incest, a remark that has drawn condemnation from both Democrats and Republicans. “What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled those people out that…
To Parents – Bring a Child into the World to Solve a Problem, Not to Create One
Originally posted by ginnyent https://ginnyent.net/2017/07/13/to-parents-bring-a-child-into-the-world-to-solve-a-problem-not-to-create-one/ Often times, I’ve seen parents neglect their parental duties towards their children, especially in their early years only to blame the society and the people around them for what their children turned out to be later in life. Parenting is very synonymous with garbage-in; garbage-out. It is what you give…
Davido spotted having fun on private yacht, dives inside water (video)
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known by the stage name Davido, recently shared a video on his social media page that shows just how much fun he is having on his trip abroad. The music star who is still basking in the success of his Blow My Mind collaboration with American singer Chris Brown, shared…
BREAKING: India Hospital Concedes To El-Zakzaky’s Demand, Allow Appointed Doctors To Treat Him
The management of the Indian hospital had agreed to commence treatment of the IMN leader with doctors he had initially booked an appointment with The management of Medanta Hospital in New Delhi, India, has yielded to the demands of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, by allowing the doctors he initially…
