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Best sleeping position to avoid body aches & pains

During sleep, your body works to restore and repair itself. Your sleep position can either help or hinder that process, depending on how effectively it supports the natural curvature of your spine. It’s also common for people to wake up with brand new aches and pains in the morning, sometimes due to sleep position. The…

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Cholera: Borehole drillers tasked to tackle infectious diseases in underground waters

•As AWDROP converge in Ibadan to stem COVID-19, cholera outbreak other infectious diseases The Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP) penultimate week organized a three-day conference and Congress to tackle menace of Cholera and COVID-19 outbreak in the country through provision of clean and potable water. The conference which hosted professionals…

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VIDEO: See what happens to your body if you run 5 minutes everyday

It’s no secret that running is excellent for you when it comes to exercise. But do you realize what your body goes through while you run? I’m not simply referring to perspiration and shortness of breath. Running, like yoga and weight training, has a plethora of health advantages. The best part is that you don’t…

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Ibadan to host borehole drillers, AWDROP as association holds 4th national conference

The Association of Water Well Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP) is set to hold their fourth conference in Ibadan. In a press statement signed by the association’s secretary, local organizing committee, Adetunji Gbemisola Faleti and made available to journalists in Ibadan, the conference would be held in Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resorts from Sunday…

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Financial experts urged to battle non-communicable diseases by living healthy

The need for financial experts to lead healthier lifestyles, that will prevent risks of having noncommunicable diseases, was brought to the fore by health practitioners today during a two-day summit held in Ibadan. The summit organised by Icon of Fragrance in partnership with other organisations, aimed at mapping a financial recovery architecture for participants while…

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Late Ajimobi’s wife, Florence steps down as Access to Basic Medical Care Foundation’s CEO

It has been announced that the founder of Access to Basic Care (ABC) Foundation, Dr. (Mrs) Florence Ajimobi who is the wife of late former Governor of Oyo State, has stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer of the NGO. Mrs Dolly Oyedipe whoPreviously held the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) since inception of…

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Nigeria can overcome economic hardship with massive agric investment, says FUOYE VC (PHOTOS)

…advocates mandatory engagement of town planners’s services in Urban development From Kehinde Adewole Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Prof Abayomi Sunday Fasina has advised the Federal Government to urgently and decisively consider massive investment in agriculture as an enduring elixir to solve the current biting economic hardship in the country. A statement by…

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FarmKonnect to launch Africa’s first agricultural electronic centre in Ibadan to promote agric value chains

FarmKonnect Agribusiness Nigeria has concluded plans to begin the operation of its first Agricultural Electronic Extension Service Centre on African soil in Ibadan, Nigeria as part of effort to change the digital-data narrative of Africa’s agricultural system. According to the the organization, the Agricultural Electronic Centre, which would be located in Ibadan, the Oyo state…

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Oyo receives 127, 740 COVID-19 vaccines

…to distribute vaccines in 33 LGs The government of Oyo State, on Thursday, confirmed the receipt of 127, 740 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA), Abuja. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the vaccines were…

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Baby dies in mother’s womb after contracting COVID-19

A dead foetus was found dead in mother’s womb tested positive for COVID-19. The mother said to be admitted into hospital after contracting coronavirus as she suffered a still birth. Medics however found that the dead foetus had also tested positive with the virus. However, it is unclear whether the virus caused the death of…

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