“Hair Dye Chemical Causes Blood & Bladder Cancer”

Hair Dye Chemical Causes Cancer Of The Blood, Leukemia & Bladder Cancer” – Nigerian Professor Folahan Adekola Warns.To all the ladies in the house, please careful what you put on your head.

A Professor at the Chemistry Department of UNI ILORIN, Folahan Adekola in a chat with NAN today warned that dying of hair increases risk of cancer.

He said hair dye products contain chemicals like Yombo fitta and Yombo tumtum which are freely sold in Nigeria for people to dye their hair and look younger.

He said the same dye are used on clothing materials.

Folahan explained that the presence of highly toxic metals such as lead and arsenic and other carcinogenic compound in the dyes could cause cancer of the blood if exposed to human.

Adekola pointed out that given the widespread use of hair dye products, even a small increase in risk may have a considerable public health impact.

“The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reported that hairdressers and barbers are at increased risks of bladder cancer due to exposure to these chemicals,” he added.

Morinho Upholds Ban Of Female Medic From Man City Game

Chelsea’s Portugese Manager, Jose Mourinho has refused to bow under public scrutiny for the way he blasted Chelsea’s Medic Dr Eva Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn.
The Special one during media meet stood by his criticism of both medical staff and revealed that both will be left out of the bench from the Sunday’s match at Manchester City.

Dekunle Gold Tells Us How He Hit Stardom

Talented singer, Adekunle Gold, known for his hit song Sade, has won the heart of many with his unique style.

In a recent interview with Pulse TV, the Orente singer revealed how he got signed to the YBNL Nation. He said his blend of highlife and mid-tempo pop warmed Olamide’s heart and he was subsequently wooed over to the rapper’s camp.

Things That Are causing you To Remain Single Longer Than You Planned.

We all look forward to finding the right guy, getting married and starting a family, but a lot of women are finding it so difficult to achieve the first part – finding a good man.

Some people are just unlucky in love, but others simply do not know that they are their own worst enemies when it comes to finding their match. Here are a few things that are causing you to remain single longer than you planned.

1. Your Attitude: You know those kind of women who are so filled with resentment for guys and you hear them say things like: “no man is worth it”, “all men are dogs”, “men are nothing but bad news,” and so on. Well, if you are one of these, then it is very likely that this is what is preventing you from finding a man to call your own.

Bovi Fights AY SAying He stole His Joke

Top Nigerian comedians, Bovi and AY are reported to be at logger heads with one another over who cracked a joke first.

Award winning Comedian, AY is presently promoting an upcoming show where he puts up an hilarious skit.

In the skit, he tells his security man to use his head in a bid to stop his girlfriend from visiting him during his date with another. When the security man asks how to prevent her from gaining entry, AY says “Use your head.” When the girl comes, the security man headbutts her.

More workers to go in NNPC – Group MD

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, said on Thursday that more purges were on the way as part of activities aimed at restructuring the company for better performance and accountability.
He said the restructuring would affect all levels of the corporation with the new group executive directors and group managing directors taking the exercise to the lower cadres.

Kachikwu spoke with State House correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Maureen Mmadu backs Falcons to win gold -AAG

Former Nigeria women’s international, Maureen Mmadu, has said the Super Falcons need to put the disappointment of not qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games behind them and focus on winning the gold medal at the forthcoming All Africa Games in Congo.

The Falcons missed out on the Olympic qualification ticket for the second consecutive time when they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Equatorial Guinea in their qualifying match.

But Mmadu believes that the team has what it takes to win the gold despite the threats from the other teams.

Funke Oshonaike said Congo won’t be a threat to Nigeria

Nigeria international, Funke Oshonaike, has expressed confidence that hosts of the 2015 All Africa Games, Congo, will not be a threat to Nigeria in the table tennis events at the Games.

Congo have not been as successful as Nigeria in the Games as they have only two gold medals and one silver medal to show for their appearances in table tennis.
With the likes of Nigerians Saheed Idowu, Saka Suraju, Onyiyechi Nwachukwu and Chinese Yang Fen, Han Xing, Hu Bin, Wang Jianan and Li Yuheng in their ranks, the hosts are prepared to win as much medals as possible.

Oluranti Adebule seeks youth involvement in governance

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, has called for youth representation in government.

Adebule made the appeal during the United Nations International Youth Day 2015 in Lagos on Wednesday.

She spoke through the Director of Finance and Administration, Office of the Deputy-Governor, Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi.

British Principal said Teaching in Nigeria is difficult

A Briton, Mr. Graham Meredith, says that teaching in Nigerian schools is a difficult task.

Meredith, the Principal of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, said this during the institution’s sixth graduation ceremony.

He said, “To be a principal in Nigeria is not an easy job because the kids want to learn. When you have pupils that want to learn and improve themselves, it becomes a big challenge as you have to prepare because they are intelligent.”

WASSCE: Poor results evidence of rot

The performance of candidates in this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination further betrays the declining level of education in the country, CHARLES ABAH and FOLASHADE ADEBAYO write

The release of the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results has, again, brought to focus the quality of the education that an average Nigerian pupil receives.

Your lifestyle can make you tired all the time

You open your eyes blearily against the rays of sun coming through your bedroom window, and glance at the clock, hoping to get an early start on the day.

But it’s 10 a.m in the morning—you have somehow slept for 12 hours! If it seems that no matter how much rest you get, you never wake up feeling refreshed, sometimes feeling more tired than before, your fatigue might be something more serious than just being ‘worn down.