What roles does protein play in the body?

 

Protein is considered a macronutrient, which means that your body needs it in large amounts every day to function properly. When you eat protein, your body breaks it down into amino acids that are used for several purposes. Protein can provide your body with energy when necessary, but you should not rely on protein as a primary energy source because it has more important physiological roles to play, according to “Nutrition and You” by Joan Salge Blake.

Again, cattle rustlers attack Niger village, steal 700 cows

 

 

For the fourth time in one month, cattle rustlers have invaded Gbaka village in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.

It was learnt that no fewer than 700 cows and unspecified number of goats and sheep were stolen.

I am trained to snatch husbands, Bobrisky owns up on sexuality

 

Nigeria’s cross-dressing social media sensation, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has subtly owned up to what may be his real sexuality.

Bobrisky, whose sexuality is shrouded in controversy on Wednesday posted a video on SnapChat, in which he lauded his own cooking skills while frying egg.

Maid flees with baby, dumps her in Kaduna garden

 

A maid, Cynthia Shamang, has been arrested in Kaduna for absconding with Amarachi, the one-year-old baby of her employer, Mrs. Kachi Mbagwu.

The 17-year old was arrested alongside her father in Kaduna and handed over to the police in Abuja.

How often should you wash your bra?

 

The bra is an integral part of a woman’s dressing. It shapes the body and helps especially well-endowed women to manage their assets.

Man gruesomely murdered on 24th birthday

 

A family, whose son was shot dead in Ojuelegba, Lagos, on his 24th birthday, has cried out to police for justice against the assailants who gruesomely murdered their child.

Couple to die by hanging for murder, armed robbery in Osun

 

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile Ife has sentenced a couple – Fatai Jimoh and Lateefat Jimoh – to death by hanging for armed robbery and the murder of one Mrs. Bukola Taiwo of Ikeketu, Ile Ife.

Taiwo was said to have gone on a business trip to Ile Ife on August 12, 2009, and slept over at the Jimohs’ apartment.

Man wrongly accused of being child rapist, punched to death

 

A thug had punched a man who was hooked up to his dialysis machine to death for thinking he was a paedophile.

Metro UK reported that Paul Sandford died after Adam Goodridge entered his home in Maltby, South Yorkshire, in October, while he was asleep and threatened him to move away.

Woman arraigned for using children as beggars

 

 For allegedly using her children as beggars, Ayo Okegbero, 36, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okegbero, an unemployed woman, who resides in Ojota, Lagos, is being tried for breach of the peace.

16-year-old dies after taking adulterated gin, seller arrested

The police in Lagos State have arrested a woman who sold suspected adulterated liquor in the Oko Afo, Badagry area of the state, in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy, identified only as Ngozi.

Police arrest Ireland deportee for killing father

 

The police in Lagos have arrested 24-year-old Babalola Rotimi (Jnr), who allegedly killed his father, Babalola Rotimi (Snr) in the Magodo, Shangisha area of Lagos State.

Court admits two robbery suspects to N2m bail

 

 

Justice Abubakar Talba of a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, on Thursday admitted Sani Magaji and Mohammed Aliyu, charged with possession of firearms and robbery, to N1m bail each.

Ruling on their bail application, Talba ordered that the defendants must produce two sureties each in like sum.

Man kidnaps, drugs church member’s 10-year- old son

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect, Triumph Okechukwu, for allegedly abducting a 10-year-old boy, Chukwudalu Nnaji, in the Orile area of the state.

My husband impregnated my sister, wife tells court

 

 A 55-year-old trader, Mrs. Saidat Abu, on Thursday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband impregnated her younger sister on two occasions.

Man kills, buries mother in soakaway

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man, Segun Ogunlusi, for allegedly killing his 60-year-old mother, Abimbola Ogunlusi, and later burying her in a soakaway.

Varsity dropouts steal 1,730 cartons of fish, buy cars

 


Two sales representatives with the West Coast Fisheries Limited, Oluwaseun Olatunji and Oladapo Fasan, are cooling their heels at the X-Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for the alleged theft of 1,730 cartons of fish.

What you didn’t know about buying a house

 

Buying a house is considered by many as one of the more direct real estate transactions that is comparable to buying an item off a supermarket shelf. I have heard people refer to it as a form of cash and carry,

Population may shoot up as contraceptive become scarce

 

 

Facilities in Nigeria are beginning to face challenges of contraceptive scarcity because more Nigerians are beginning to opt for the use of contraceptives and family planning commodities.

Man who dissolved police officer in acid jailed for life

Man who killed a police officer during a bondage sex session and then attempted to cook and eat his body parts has been jailed for life by a judge in London.

Caterer bathed with acid by ex-lover demands justice

A 25-year-old caterer, Rosemary Nnaife, who was allegedly bathed with acid by her ex-lover in the Lawanson, Surulere area of Lagos State, has demanded the prosecution of the suspect, identified only as Paul.