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The symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes usually appear in subtle ways. In fact, it’s typical for people in the early stages of the disease not to realize there’s something wrong for about 5 years before they are diagnosed. Because diabetes can wreak havoc on your health, especially if it goes undiagnosed for too long, it’s important to know the signs and symptoms before it goes too far. Many of us know the most common symptoms—frequent urination, increased thirst and unusual weight loss, just to name a few. But there are plenty of other, less obvious signs that something is not quite right. Here are some of the most surprising symptoms of diabetes: 1. Snoring Is your snoring keeping your spouse up at night? Excessive nighttime noise is one symptom of diabetes, and has actually be shown to be a risk factor for developing the disease. One major sleep disorder associated with snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, is a whopping nine times more common in diabetics than in the gene

Bukky Wright’s son is now an American Air Force Officer. She shared photos of Eniola & wrote, ‘I Love you Son’ & ‘Am so proud of my son as an American air force officer’.Below is what she wrote:  ‘I Love you Son’ & ‘Am so proud of my son as an American air force officer’.   His brother Ojayy also congratulated him on Instagram, saying, ‘Congrats on your graduation Lil bro. We are all proud of ya!!! You’re def gonna be that high ranked officer you always talked about. #Airforce #OmoBukky #TheyCantFuckWidUs’

Popular Nigerian comic actor, John Okafor, fondly called Mr. Ibu, has said that in the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, there is no trust. The actor, who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the AGN, also disclosed the reason he didn’t intervene in the rift that ensued between former president of the guild, Ibinabo Fiberesima, and the acting president, Emeka Ike. He told The Sun in a recent chat that his reason for not trying to settle the duo, was because, ‘there is too much drama in the AGN.’ The ‘Keziah’ actor said, “The reason why I didn’t or don’t want to do it is because Emeka Ike has been authorized legitimately by a court of law to take over the reins of AGN but Ibinabo does not want to listen. “In AGN, they don’t even trust themselves. “In Lagos State, they have two Chairmen. If a president is actually working, he should reconcile the two of them or call for fresh elections. “I was present at the first peace meeting we had at popular celebrity hang out, O’Jez

 Nigerian music icon, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj, recently told a South African radio that he would be storming Hollywood soon. The Koko master said, “Once you say you’re an entertainer‚ you don’t want to limit yourself.” “So yes‚ I’m going into Hollywood. It might be here in South Africa where I’ll be having a reality show about me. I told you I might be on Isidingo soon.” Banga Lee also revealed that his mother has been breathing down his neck to get married. He revealed, “She’s told me listen‚ ‘I don’t care about your success. Maybe it’s this success that’s making you not get married.’’  

Nigerians Call Clarion Chukwurah A Prostitute For Having Three Husbands At Age 51.The mother of Clarence Peter, the son of Afro Juju star Sir Shina Peters has come under fire for getting married for the third time in her life at age 51 Clarion Chukwurah took to the social media on Wednesday to share cute photos from her legal wedding to a man identified as Anthony Boyd. However the wedding has provoked reactions from members of the public. Some feel her decision to give marriage a try at 51 is too late while others commended her for being brave. See few reactions that caught our attention below: Chipasha Muyangali said : “And she is supposed to be a role model? And what will she teach the young ones? Theresa Miller said, “He looks like one of these jobless guys in Europe or us looking for sugar mama in Nigeria to give them connection or money they don’t know all this Nollywood women are broke too.” Poor Alicia Santos said : “Congratulations dear. May God bless ur mar

Over 600 Africans are now stranded after crossing the Atlantic by boat to Brazil and then passing through Colombia and Panama before getting stuck in Costa Rica enroute to the United States. With more arriving every day – so far from seven countries on the continent – to the small border town of Paso Canoas, both the Red Cross and the government have warned it could turn into a crisis. The whole journey took the people four months. “It’s been bad, a lot of police in Colombia, Panama asking for money. We haven’t had money for the bus and had to walk a long way,” Youleyni, a pregnant woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who travelled with her husband, told Al Jazeera. Wilson Camara, identified as a leader of the group, told Al Jazeera they chose the arduous route because it had become very hard to get to Europe. “There is a problem of terrorism and the borders are closed [in Europe] and so it is difficult. We, Africans, can’t get in. America’s easier to get t

Sunday Etukudoh, a 66-year-old man native of Nnung Ikot Abianga in Oruk Anam LGA OF Akwa Ibom State has allegedly defiled and impregnated a 13-year-old daughter of his cousin, Miss Ofonime Saturday Okon. Etukudoh exploited his blood relationship with the girl’s father and gradually gained access to the girl with the parent’s consent, under the guise of wanting to help with household chores. Ofonime, a JSS1 student of Southern Annang Comprehensive Secondary School, Ikot Okono, Oruk Anam Local Government Area, who was already four months pregnant as at the time the crime was exposed, claimed she was threatened with a kitchen knife in order to succumb to the illicit act. She, however, admitted to have continued honouring the man’s subsequent invitations without the consent of her parents. When interrogated by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, Etukudoh who cried, rolling on the floor, admitted to have had sex with

Two UBA Bank Managers At Palmgrove Branch In Lagos Jailed At Ikoyi & Kirikiri For Forging Customer’s Signature. 36-year-old Tammy Adoki and 39-year-old Augustina Ezenwekwe have been arrested for allegedly forging the signature of a customer. The suspects who are regional managers at Palmgrove Lagos branch of the United Bank for Africa allegedly conspired with others still at large to forge one Mrs Adeosun Oluwatoyin’s signature while planning to withdraw a huge sum of money from her account. They were picked up by FCID officials and arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’Court, Lagos on a three count charge of felony to wit, forgery. The presiding magistrate admitted them to bail in the sum of N1m each with two sureties each in like sum. The magistrate adjourned the case till 18 June, 2016 for mention while the defendants were taken to Ikoyi and Kirikiri prisons respectively pending when they will fulfill their bail conditions.

Restaurant Owner, Mother Disowns School Dropout Son Arrested For Using Toy Gun For Robbery In Lagos. A restaurant owner at Iyana-Iba area of Lagos has disowned her 16-year-old son, Ibeh, over robbery allegation. Police detectives in Lagos arrested Ibeh for being in possession of a toy gun.  The teenager, however, insisted that he was not a robber.The police accused Ibeh of using the toy gun to rob unsuspecting passengers in traffic at night at Iyana- Iba. When his mum heard that her son had been arrested over allegation of robbery, she promptly disowned him. According to Ibeh, his mum didn’t try to beg the police to leave him. Ibeh, who dropped out of school in primary three, used to wash buses and motorcycles at a carwash. He said: “Before they took me to the police station, they took me to my mother. But my mum and I had been having a strained relationship. She allowed the police to take me away. She said I used to give her too much problems. She even said that w

Eiye Cultist Arrested For Taking Gun To Inter House Sports At Muslim Cooperative School In Ijebu Ode Ogun State. Tunde Labinjo, a suspected Eiye cult member is now in police net after he allegedly invaded a secondary school in Ogun State with a gun to unleash mayhem on unsuspecting students. The 17-year-old suspect who finished from Overcomers Senior School, Ijebu-Ode in 2015, was said to have stormed the inter-house sports event of Muslim Cooperative School in Ijebu-Ode with the weapon concealed inside a polythene bag. The suspect, a self-confessed member of Eiye Confraternity, went to the school with a friend who was apparently unaware of his fiendish intent. But luck ran out on Labinjo when policemen deployed to ensure security at the school’s sporting competition sighted him and suspected his bag. He was promptly arrested after the shocking discovery of a locally-made pistol in his possession. The teenager, who is the third of his parents’ four children, however

Mohammed Aminu Tukur, a serving member of the NYSC was arrested at the Ecobank last week for allegedly stealing a Techno M6 mobile phone belonging to one of the cashiers at the bank. Though he initially denied stealing the phone, a thorough search carried out by the security officials on duty exposed him. Every customer was subjected to a search, but Tukur refused to be searched. He angrily told the security guards conducting the search not to search him. He said it was against his Muslim faith. All efforts made to search him, proved abortive as he resisted. The manager alerted policemen from the nearest police station. “When the policemen landed, they approached Tukur for search. He still maintained his earlier stand. The policemen overpowered him. They searched him and discovered the cell phone inside his pocket.” One of the policemen, a Muslim, was angry and disgusted, with Tukur. He said Tukur was a disgrace to Islam. The policemen whisked Tukur away for further

A 32-year-old trader, Olajuwon Badmus, who allegedly inserted his finger into the vagina of an eight-year-old girl, was on Thursday arraigned in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The Magistrate, Mrs A.F Adeeyo, however, granted Badmus bail in the sum of N200, 000, with two sureties in like sum. She said the sureties must be gainfully employed and must have a letter of recommendation from a community or religious leader.  Adeeyo ordered that the case file should be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice and adjourned the case till May 9. Badmus, who resides at Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on child rape and sexual harassment. The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charges. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Rita Momah, had told the court that the accused committed the offences in December 2015 at No 7, Adedoyin St., Palmgroove, Shomolu, Lagos,  Momah alleged that the accused trailed the girl and

A Third year medical student, Olaoluwa Oluwamuyiwa, (Dr Lulu) who is down with renal failure has appealed to Nigerians to help save his life. Born on February 16, 1988, 28-year old Oluwamuyiwa hails from Ondo State from a small family of four, comprising his parents, himself and his younger sister. Dr Lulu, as he is fondly called, began to experience difficulties in pursuit of his childhood dream to become a medical doctor in 2000 when his father lost his job. Shortly after, he had a ghastly accident that made him unconscious for several months. He has been unable to fully use his legs well till date. Undeterred by the challenge, Dr Lulu travelled to Ukraine to study medicine, but had to abandon the study owing to financial difficulty. He came back to Nigeria. But refusing to give up on his dream, he went to China after some years to study medicine again. He is currently in his third year. However, Dr Lulu now faces a major challenge as he is suffering from renal f

No avoid the killing of people through accidental discharges, policemen, who abuse alcohol and drugs, will no longer be given arms.The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Bala Hassan, made this known yesterday at the Police College, Ikeja, during the launch of medical kits for urine drug test, and mass screening for hypertension and diabetes. He said such officers would be rehabilitated before entrusting them with the duty of protecting lives and properties. “These officers and men need to be very healthy, fit and safe in order to be able to carry out these statutory duties,” he said. Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Medical Dr Modupe Obembe said every police officer was expected to be physically, mentally, emotionally and socially fit. Dr Obembe warned policemen to avoid self medication; to be faithful to their partners and avoid unprotected sex; have regular exercise, among others.

A 60-year-old woman, Asabi Adebayo, has been arrested by the police in Oyo State for allegedly buying five babies at N5million from Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The suspect, who planned to fly the babies abroad for sale, was said to have brought them to an orphanage in Ibadan to obtain a certified police report for them when the bubble burst. Commissioner of Police Leye Oyebade, who paraded the suspect and the babies yesterday at the Eleyele Police Headquarters, said the woman would have escaped if not for the patriotic behavior of the officials of the orphanage, who reported the matter at the Iyaganku Police Station. The suspect, who said she hailed from Lagos State, is also a British citizen. The ages of the babies, (two boys and three girls) range from two years, eight months, seven months, six months and four months. The babies have been taken to the Ministry of Women Affairs, Child Welfare; the suspect is assisting the police in their investigation. The police

A civil servant, Oyeniyi Adenike, has called for investigation into the death of her two-year-old daughter, Rachael in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the victim was living with her mother in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where she was attending kindergarten. The father, Gbenga, was said to have taken her to his Lagos residence on Jezza Street, in the Egbeda area on Monday. The child was reported to be playing with other children in the neighbourhood when she fell and drowned in an 80-foot well in the house around 5pm same Monday. Her mother, Adenike, however, told PUNCH Metro that circumstances surrounding the death of the child made it difficult for her to believe that the drowning was an accident. She said her issue with her husband of four years started after she insisted that Racheal should begin her education in Abeokuta. She said, “I am a civil servant and I live in Abeokuta, while my husband stays in Lagos. But every weekend, I travel to Lagos t

His Imperial Majesty the Ooni of ife hosted to dinner 8 African Ambassadors with the DG Tourism Mrs Mbanefo Shela in his palace @enuwa, Ile Ife organised by Motherland Beckons. , see Photos below.

The hugely popular and acclaimed musician Prince has died at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57, his publicist has said. Police were called to a medical emergency at his Paisley Park estate earlier on Thursday, US media reported. An investigation is underway. Prince became a global superstar in the 1980s, with albums such as 1999, Purple Rain and Sign O' the Times. He sold more than 100 million records during his career. A singer, songwriter, arranger and multi instrumentalist, Prince recorded more than 30 albums. His best known hits include Let's Go Crazy and When Doves Cry. In 2004, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame. Last week he was rushed to hospital hours after performing on stage, but was soon released.

On behalf of all Ndi Obosi, Anambra state and Nigeria in general, we say RIP bro. Our Brother Holland Chukwudubem gave his life for the sovereignty and unity of this nation. He died on Tuesday (19th april) fighting boko haram in the north east. Good night my friend and brother.

The actress exchanged vows with her new husband Anthony Boyd yesteday April 21st. Congrats to her. See photos below...

The ambassador who met with the president today commended him on his fight against Boko Haram and pledged America's commitment to fighting the group. She also conveyed President Obama’s desire to strengthen the ties between both countries and to advance their bilateral relationship in investment and trade.

ohn Michael Nchekwube Obinna (born 22 April 1987), known as John Obi Mikel, John Mikel Obi or Mikel John Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Nigeria national team.

According to reliable reports making the rounds, a senior lecturer at the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Ogoni, Rivers State was shot dead in his village. He was trailed from his office in Ken Poly and killed by political thugs while driving in Yeghe, Rivers state on Thursday. The man from Nukpor Village, Bua-Yeghe, Gokana Local Government Area, had reportedly petitioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in the state about threat to his life by an alleged notorious politician before he was murdered gruesomely in his car alongside a female student whom he gave a lift (pictured below). May their souls rest in peace....

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has sentenced a septuagenarian, Chief Moses Adeniyi, to seven years’ imprisonment for raping two teenage pupils. The judgment is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer of the Osun State Ministry of Justice, Mr. Opeyemi Bello, in Osogbo on thursday. Adeniyi, who is the Loja, Araromi Otokobo, was arraigned in court on March 28, 2011, and charged with rape and indecent assault. The prosecution team from the Ministry of Justice comprising Tijani Adekilekun and Folasade Adekomi told the court that the convict offered a free ride to the girls, who were coming back from the school, and he drove them to his hotel where he raped them. The team told the court that the two offences were contrary to the provisions of sections 358 and 360 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, vol.11, Law of Osun State. Justice Kudirat Akano held that the prosecution counsel proved beyond reasonable doubt that Adeniyi unlawfully had carna

A nudists restaurant is set to open in London this June where diners can dine naked. The restaurant offers a place “free from phones, electric lights and even clothing.” The eatery hopes to take customers back to “the beginning where everything was fresh, free and unadulterated from the trappings of modern There will be naked and clothed sections. The waiting list for the restaurant is phenomenal. The website states it already has nearly 5,000 names on it.

This is Pastor Psalm Okpe of Fresh Oil Ministry, who took Yvonne to a hotel in Benin where she passed a night with him without her husband’s knowledge and died under controversial circumstances. Her husband said from the CCTV footage he and his people watched, his wife Lodge in the same room with the pastor, but he had claimed that they were not together. The husband also alleged that the way the pastor was moving as captured by the CCTV showed he knew what led to his wife’s death. Sources say the pastor is in detention but some big pastors are asking the husband to drop the case.