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JUNE 4, 2019 Buhari receives report of presidential panel on reform of SARS President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, June 3 at the Presidential Villa, [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [1st News]( JUNE 4, 2019 [***] Buhari receives report of presidential panel on reform of SARS [Muhammadu-Buhari]( President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, June 3 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received the report of the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force. The panel was set up by the Federal Government to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by SARS operatives. Buhari, in his remarks, while receiving the report, said the panel was constituted as a result of public outcry and various media reports on allegations of human rights violations perpetrated by officers and men of SARS. 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[Read more]( [***] [Emefiele-and-Buhari]( Emefiele begins second tenure as CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, June 3 began his second tenure, following the confirmation of his re-appointment by the Senate on May 16. According to a statement by the Director Corporate Communications, Isaac Okoroafor, Emefiele was sworn in by the Bank’s Secretary and Director, Corporate Secretariat Department, Alice Karau.[Read more]( [***] [Wale-Tinubu-OANDO]( Oando saga: Court restrains SEC from removing Tinubu, Boyo The Federal High Court has restrained the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from removing Messrs Wale Tinubu and Omamofe Boyo as Oando Plc’s Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer (DGCEO), respectively. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun sitting in Lagos on Monday, June 3 granted an interim injunction following an application by the embattled GCEO and DGCEO. 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Two weeks ago, my friend showed me a post by a certain Blessing Okoro. In the post, she posed in front of a lovely building, claiming it as hers, telling us how in eight years, following a broken marriage, she had picked up pieces of her life and built it back again. What an inspiration, I thought. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED] [***] [Technology]( [***] [Crispr]( Chinese CRISPR gene-edited babies likely to die early Last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world with the revelation the first ever CRISPR gene-edited babies had been born. It was revealed at least two babies had been born with explicit modifications to a gene called CCR5. A massive genome study by two scientists from UC Berkeley has found this CRISPR gene edit may be associated with a higher rate of early mortality in later life. [Read more]( [***] [Russia-tinder]( Russia insists Tinder gives user data to secret services Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users to its secret services. These data include private messages i a move that is part of the country’s widening crackdown on internet freedoms. The communications regulator said Monday that Tinder was included on a list of online services operating in Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian authorities, including the FSB security agency. [Read more]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Caster Semenya]( Swiss court rules Semenya free to run without medication while appeal is heard Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will for now be able to run in her favoured 800 metres event without medication to lower her testosterone levels, her lawyers said on Monday. They said this would be the situation until her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal has been ruled on. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had ruled last month that the sport’s ruling body, the IAAF, should make rules for XY chromosome athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs). [Read more]( [***] [Flying-Eagles]( Nigeria’s Flying Eagles crash out of U20 World Cup after defeat by Senegal Senegal defeated Nigeria’s Flying Eagles 2-1 in their round of 16 clash on Monday night, June 3 at the ongoing FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland. The encounter at Lodz saw Senegal take the kick-off and in the 10th minute, Tijani came close to netting the opener after winning a header in the penalty box, but his effort was only good for the roof of the net. After half hour of football, injured-Maxwell Effiom was replaced by Sor, with scores still 0-0. [Read more]( [***] [advert banner 2] [***] [Health]( [***] [HIIT-and-heart]( Type 2 diabetes: High Intensity exercise may restore heart function Type 2 diabetes can sometimes result in a loss of heart function. However, the results of a new study suggest this function may be recovered through high-intensity exercise. Around 90–95% of the 30 million people in the United States who have diabetes have type 2 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the body's cells become resistant to the effects of insulin, the hormone that helps to convert blood sugar into energy. 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