Sunday 10 July 2016

Pain killers reduce sexual drive, sperm count – Expert


A medical practitioner at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, Dr Arikawe Adeolu, on Tuesday, said that long use of analgesics and antidepressant drugs, could cause sexual dysfunction and low sperm count.

Navy arrests pipeline vandals, recovers pirate vessel


The Nigerian Navy has arrested an unspecified number of pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta.

Kids’ torture: Group blames police


A Calabar-based child’s rights organisation known as Basic Rights Counsel Initiative on Tuesday accused the police of lack of commitment to the prosecution of those that tortured kids accused of witchcraft.

Man loses parents, sisters to B’Haram, becomes a drug addict


An Internally Displaced Person at Dalori camp in Maiduguri on Tuesday said he took to drugs to erase the memory of the slaughter of his father, mother and four sisters by Boko Haram insurgents.

Abia Govt to appoint 34 physically challenged persons as aides



Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has directed the transition committee chairmen of the 17 local government areas in the state to appoint two disabled persons each from their areas as special assistants as a way of reducing unemployment in the state.