* Exercise essential for office workers who sit a lot - Study * NAFDAC raises alarm over falsified anti hypertension drug

APRIL 24, 2019 Choose either court or media for your petition - Buhari Campaign Organisation mocks Atiku The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has acc [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st news logo real](  [ipower]( [***] APRIL 24, 2019 [***] [Buhari-Atiku]( Choose either court or media for your petition - Buhari Campaign Organisation mocks Atiku The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar of showing disrespect to the judiciary by prosecuting his election petition in the media, rather than at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. According to the group, this is targeted at whipping up unnecessary sentiment against the courts. The BMO made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke on Tuesday, April 23 in Abuja. [Read more]( [***] [Gbajabiamila]( NASS: Gbajabiamila's nomination meant to uphold party supremacy - APC Senators The North-West Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) New Members in the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Aliyu, on Sunday, April 21 said the new members have endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speaker of the Ninth House of Representatives. Aliyu, who is the lawmaker-elect representing Rabah/Wurno Federal Constituency of Sokoto State, said this at a press conference in Sokoto [Read more]( [***] [NAFDAC-Adeyeye]( NAFDAC raises alarm over falsified anti hypertension drug The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public on the circulation of a fake anti-hypertensive drug. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director General, NAFDAC, Moji Adeyeye on Tuesday, April 23 in Abuja. Adeyeye explained that the drug, Hydrochlorothiazide 50mg (containing Glibenclamide) was currently circulating in Cameroun. [Read more]( [***] [NNPC-DPR]( Customs, NNPC, DPR set up joint task force to tackle petroleum products smuggling The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) have resolved to set up a joint committee to address smuggling of petroleum products to neighbouring countries. The chief executives of the agencies made this known in a joint news conference after their meeting at the customs’ headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, April 23. [Read more]( [***] [NCC]( NCC to prosecute those fraudulent SIM registration offenders The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says that it will henceforth prosecute those involved in fraudulent registration of SIM card. The commission said it would no longer be business as usual, threatening that anyone caught would be made liable to face 25 years imprisonment as prescribed by the law. This was made known by the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, NCC, Sunday Dare during a Regional Sensitisation Workshop on the dangers of fraudulently-activated SIM cards in Port Harcourt, Rivers on Tuesday, April 23. [Read more]( [***] [lastma]( LASTMA lists roads to avoid during Buhari’s visit The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) Tuesday advised Lagosians on how to avoid gridlocks during President Muhammadu Buhari’s Wednesday visit. Buhari will be on an official visit to Lagos State on Wednesday, 24th April 2019, during which a number of state projects will be commissioned. LASTMA in a statement said traffic diversions are going to be observed in some parts of Ikeja to have a hitch-free movement for President Buhari, motorists and residents to plan their journey in advance. [Read more]( [Konga Easter Mega Sales] [***] [mike-and-north]( Korea tells US 'No more summit' if Mike Pompeo is part of them The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has told the U.S. government there will be no more summit meetings this year if Mike Pompeo, Trump’s Secretary of State, is part of them. The DPRK has also reaffirmed its policy of self-reliance and independence in building a strong socialist society. DPRK leader Kim Jong Un gave a speech April 12 to the Supreme People’s Assembly on “Socialist Construction and the Internal and External Policies of the Government of the Republic at the Present Stage.” [Read more]( [***] [Sri-Lanka]( Sri Lanka may need more IMF help as blasts threaten tourism Sri Lanka faces a likely collapse in tourism following Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels, which would deal a severe blow to the island's economy and financial markets, and potentially force it to seek further IMF assistance. The International Monetary Fund extended last month a US$1.5 billion (S$2.04 billion) loan for an extra year into 2020, a key step in keeping foreign investors involved in what so far this year has been a top-performing frontier debt market. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [Sitting-Health of office workers]( Exercise essential for office workers who sit a lot - Study Workers who sit for long hours, especially in office environments, must exercise at least 20 minutes a day to reverse health risks associated with their harmful sedentary lifestyle, a new study warned on Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the University of Sydney-led collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the UK's Loughborough University, examined the health consequences associated with sitting. [Read more]( [***] [PZ advert]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [twitter-userbase]( Twitter shows increased user database in latest report Twitter Inc on Tuesday posted quarterly revenue and an increase in monthly active users, showing its efforts to police spam accounts and abusive posts were helping attract more users and advertising dollars. Twitter has been under pressure from lawmakers over privacy concerns and political influence activity on its service. Twitter’s clean-up has included removing thousands of spam and suspicious accounts, which it had blamed for sequential declines in monthly users in recent quarters. [Read more]( [***] [dims]( Teenager files $1bn lawsuit against Apple for false arrest A case of mistaken identity and doubtful A.I gaffe has put Apple in the spotlight again, and not for good reason. An 18-year-old from New York has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Apple over a false arrest he says happened because of what he believes to be Apple's face recognition system. NYPD officers arrested Ousmane Bah on November 29th after he was falsely linked to a series of Apple Store thefts in Boston, New Jersey, Delaware and Manhattan. [Read more]( [***] [google-protest]( Google walkout organisers accuse company of punishing them Google has been accused of retaliating against two women who helped organise last year's Google Walkout, according to Wired. Last November, more than 20,000 Google employees around the world took part in a mass walkout to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against senior executives at the company. Dubbed Google Walkout, the coordinated event was in response to a report by The New York Times that found two top executives to have been paid millions of dollars in exit packages despite having been accused of sexual misconduct. [Read more]( [***] [trump-twitter]( Trump meets with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey after complaining about discriminatory practices Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey met with Donald Trump at the White House Tuesday, the same day the president tweeted that Congress should “get involved” in a battle against “discriminatory” practices by the social media company. In a series of tweets, Trump said it was “so true” that he was the best thing to happen to the company, but that Twitter doesn’t “treat me well as a Republican.” [Read more]( [***] [advert banner 2]( [***] [Entertainment]( [***] [baba-suwe]( Baba Suwe debunks death rumor (Video) Popular Yoruba veteran actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe has finally reacted to the reports that claimed he had died during the early hours of Tuesday, April 23rd. The actor who is currently receiving treatments in the United States made a short video of himself denouncing the already viral rumor. [Watch]( [***] [Naira-Marley]( Yahoo-Yahoo comment: ‘Anything you do in life, glorify it’- Naira Marley shades critics This past week, Nigerian rapper, Naira Marley, became a topic of criticism after he made a controversial statement. According to the singer, he stated that internet fraud aka Yahoo Yahoo, is not a crime.The “Issa Goal” crooner in his post, wrote; ”If you know about slavery, you go know say Yahoo no be crime’‘. [Read more]( [***] [1st News] [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter](  ©2019 1st News | Gbagada, Lagos [Web Version](  [Preferences](  [Forward](  [Unsubscribe](   [Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company]()