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Premier League clubs have voted to push England’s summer transfer window deadline back to September 1 for the 2020-21 season. In 2017, clubs decided to support the closing of the transfer window the day before the Premier League season began, with many managers previously suggesting the uncertainty that accompanied a later deadline was not beneficial. This measure was brought in ahead of the 2018-19 season and remained in place at the start of 2019-20, but decriers felt it left Premier…

I had been waiting for two hours Ten other women were on the bench After all, we are called ‘patients’, aren’t we? The early morning meal I took was already used up Nurses occasionally walked past us carrying case files I prayed silently that I would be attended to on time today I was finally called into the consulting room My new case file was wide open on the table It had been joined to the old one I had…

Burna Boy has described himself as the best musician in Nigeria since music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Burna, who was nominated for Grammys award but lost to Angelique Kodjo, said this on Wednesday night on his Twitter page. He lamented over the level of hypocrisy in the entertainment industry, adding that ‘the same people that wish you the best to your face are the same people that hope and pray you fail. The African giant further explained that nobody in the…

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, the actress, who starred in the Queen of Katwe, a film about a chess prodigy from a slum in Uganda, is dead. 15 years old Nikita had a brain tumour. She was first diagnosed in 2016. Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair, BBC reports, mobilised fund her treatment in India, after Ugandan doctors were quoted as saying they did not have the necessary equipment. Nikita was given a positive assessment report in 2017 but in 2019, she…

HE SPOKE WITH THE PRESS ABOUT THE UPCOMING 60TH ANNIVERSARY AND HEALTH WEEK. A.N: Can we meet you sir? B.A: Nice to meet you…I am Bolu Aderounmu, the UIMSA President and a final year medical student at the University of Ibadan. A.N: When is the proposed date for the 60th Anniversary and Health Week? B.A: At the Elective Council and Central Health Week Planning Committee meeting, we decided to make it May 15th to May 23rd in order to allow…

In a bid to establish something similar to Operation Amotekun security outfit of the southwestern region, the northern youths under the auspices of the Coalition of Northern Group, through its spokesman, Mr. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman announced plans by the group to launch Operation Shege Ka Fasa. The phrase, Shege ka Fasa in Hausa means, ‘I dare you.’ He said this on Wednesday, 5th February, 2020,while addressing a group of reporters in Kaduna. He said “the outfit is designed to be the…

Personal hygiene refers to maintaining cleanliness of one’s body and clothing to preserve overall health and well-being. Good personal hygiene habits include: •HAVING A REGULAR BATH. If possible, you should have a shower or a bath every day. However, there may be times when this is not possible. For example, during camping or when there is a shortage of water. • CLEANING THE TEETH AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. Brushing the teeth after each meal is a good way to…

When  a  new  pathogen  wreaks  havoc  on  the  planet,  scientists  from  across  the globe  race  to  understand  how  it  behaves  and  spreads.  Now,  scientists  have found  that  the  novel  corona virus  (2019nCoV)  can  survive  on  metal,  plastic, and  glass  for  as  long  as  nine  days. A  team  of  scientists  from  the  RuhrUniversität  Bochum  (RUB)  and  the Institute  of  Hygiene  and  Environmental  Medicine  at  the  Greifswald  University Hospital  compiled  comprehensive  findings  from  22  studies  on  corona viruses and  studied  how  the …