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Abuja Commodity Exchange For Sale

The Federal Government plans to sell its ownership of the Abuja Securities & Commodities Exchange by the middle of the year after missing an initial deadline in a plan to revive trading, Bloomberg has reported. “The government wants to privatize the only commodity exchange and...

40,000 Prepaid Metres Coming To Kaduna

The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company will take delivery of 40,000 prepaid metres from the World Bank in February, the company’s Managing Director, Malam Mohammed Idris, has said. He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaduna that the prepaid meters would solve the...

Privatisation Vote of Confidence

“We have absolute confidence in the way the Government and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have positioned the power sector reforms”, Alhaji Ibrahim Dahiru Waziri, the new Chairman of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has declared during a courtesy visit to the BPE...

Eating Fish For A Bigger Brain

Eating more fish could give you a bigger brain - and greater protection against diseases such as Alzheimer’s, claim researchers. They found people with higher levels of the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may also have larger brain volumes in old age. This would...

7,000 years ago, Every Human Was Black?

Hunter-gatherer roots, Paleo diet and some possible traces of African genes A 7,000-year-old man from the Mesolithic Period had blue eyes and dark skin. (Pelopanton/CSIC) Dark skin. Blue eyes. Beard. Thin and borderline lactose-intolerant. That's what scientists say man may have looked like 7,000 years ago, after...

Rep Seeks Review Of Adoption Laws

A member of House of Representatives, Hon Chris Emeka Azubogu, has reiterated the need to review adoption laws in the country. Azubogu, who represents Nnewi North/Nnewi South/ Ekwusigo federal constituency of Anambra State, stated this at the launch of a book titled, “The Role of Orphanage...