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                                                       Dangers of cyanide in garri Garri a derivative of cassava, is one of the staple foods of Nigerians that provide high energy to consumers. However, it exposes the populace to possible slow cyanide poisoning if not properly processed. Its consumption has been linked previously to sudden deaths of some families, who, unfortunately, ingested some of the product that contained very high dose of cyanide. There are, however, two varieties of cassava in the country. The sweet cassava with low cyanide level is found towards the Middle Belt of the country, while the bitter one that contains very high level of toxic cyanogenic glycosides are prevalent in the southern part of the country. These cassavas are processed for consumption differently. Cyanide is more concentrated on the skin of the swee...

                                    Trump transcript in full: Jerusalem is Israel's capital President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy. Here is the transcript of that announcement, made in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Wednesday, December 6. "When I came into office, I promised to look at the world's challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. Old challenges demand new approaches. My announcement today marks the beginning of a new approach to conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. In 1995, Congress adopted the Jerusalem Embassy Act, urging the federal government to relocate the...

2018 World Cup fixtures, including dates, kick-off times & venues The complete fixture list for the 2018 World Cup in Russia following Friday’s draw in Moscow (all times GMT): Thursday, June 14 (1500) Russia v Saudi Arabia, Moscow (Luzhniki) Friday, June 15 (1200) Egypt v Uruguay, Yekaterinburg (1500) Morocco v Iran, Saint Petersburg (1800) Portugal v Spain, Sochi Saturday, June 16 (1000) France v Australia, Kazan (1300) Argentina v Iceland, Moscow (Spartak) (1600) Peru v Denmark, Saransk (1900) Croatia v Nigeria, Kaliningrad Sunday, June 17 (1200) Costa Rica v Serbia, Samara (1500) Germany v Mexico, Moscow (Luzhniki) (1800) Brazil v Switzerland, Rostov-on-Don Monday, June 18 (1200) Sweden v South Korea, Nizhni Novgorod (1500) Belgium v Panama, Sochi (1800) Tunisia v England, Volgograd Tuesday, June 19 (1200) Poland v Senegal, Moscow (Spartak) (1500) Colombia v Japan, Saransk (1800) Russia v Egypt, Saint Petersburg Wednesday, June 20 (1200) Po...

                                 IMPLEMENTING BOLD FISCAL REFORMS IN NIGERIA On November 7, 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2018 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The N8.6 trillion budget proposal was tagged, “Budget of Consolidation.” While it is commendable that the administration presented the budget earlier than when it presented its previous two budgets, my take is that the budget is not expansionary enough and it indicates a lack of visionary leadership. Before I continue, let me quickly make a full disclosure. Prior to the 2015 elections, I was one of those who supported President Buhari. He appeared to be a man of great courage and that was one of the qualities that endeared him to me. It was the thinking of most of his supporters, including me, that his antecedents, as a former military head of state, would enable him have the strong political will required...

                                            TOP TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORIES The strength of your memory depends upon the way in which you memorize rather than upon how much it is used. What you want to do is to learn the best ways of memorizing. After you have learned these, follow them rigorously until you have them ingrained as habitual ways of memorizing that you use without thought or effort. Memory itself, probably, cchapter. The strength of your memory depends upon the way in which you memorize rather than upon how much it is used. What you want to do is to learn the best ways of memorizing. After you have learned these, follow them rigorously until you have them ingrained as habitual ways of memorizing that you use without thought or effort. Memory itself, probably, cannot be improved. We are limited by our natural gifts, but the ways in which we memorize c...

Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Christ which once sold for just $60 sells for a record breaking $450.3 million at New York auction Leonardo da Vinci's long lost portrait of Christ 'Salvator Mundi' has sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million (£342million) at Christie's in New York - more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction. The painting, which once sold for just $60 (£45) at auction because experts thought it was by one of his students, fetched more than four times over the Christie's pre-sale estimate of about $100million (£76million) last night. 'Salvator Mundi' - Italian for 'Savior of the World' - was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone after a protracted bidding war that stretched to nearly 20 minutes at the New York auction house. It was more than twice the old auction record set by Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers (Version O)' ('Les Femmes D'Alger) which s...

17 things to start doing in your 20s so you don't live in regret in your 40s We browsed Quora and Reddit for the best tips on making the most of your 20s, in terms of your career, finances, and overall health and happiness. Youth doesn't have to be wasted on the young.  (Tech Hub/Flickr) They say youth is wasted on the young. It doesn't have to be. If you take a look at Quora and Reddit, hundreds of people older and wiser than you have shared their best tips for living life to the fullest before you hit middle age. All you have to do is heed their advice. We checked out some of those Quora and Reddit threads and highlighted some of our favorite insights about maximizing your youth. Read on to see what life changes you can make, starting today. 'Learn to accept and love yourself first.' 'Learn to accept and love yourself first.' 'Learn to accept and love yourself first.'  (Caleb Roenigk/Flickr) In other words, show some self-compassion...

Top 5 differences between sea and ocean you should know Oceans and seas splash on the same square kilometers of the earth’s surface, and because the use of the two terms could coincide, you need to know some facts that will help you distinguish them. What is a sea? The most popular definition is ‘the sea is a part of the ocean, separated by land or islands’. Yes, a sea is a part of the World Ocean. It can be separated from it by the features of the sea floor (like in the case of the Sargasso sea), by archipelagos or series of islands (like in the case of the South China Sea or the Baffin Sea) and by peninsulas or outlines of continents (like in the case of the Arabian or Mediterranean seas). Due to the obstruction of the sea's connection with the ocean, they tend to have their own separate hydrological regime, temperature, salinity, transparency, current systems, flora and fauna. There are 63 seas in the world today. All of them are divided into 2 groups according to...

                                                      SIGHTS AND FACTS ABOUT ALBANIA The ever-growing Albanian diaspora, those millions of Albanians around the world who chose to leave the promised land, I understand. The economy in Albania, is terrible. Wages remain comparable to some third world nations – if you can find a job. I’ve seen people living at garbage dumps, and in slum-like shanty-towns. Unemployment is out of control. Corruption is rampant. After living through half a century with one of the world’s most brutal and isolationist dictators (think North Korea, in Europe), only to see society crumble into violent anarchy as recently as the late 1990’s, well, even though there are green-shoots of an optimistic future – I understand why so many Albanians have simply given up waiting for the tide to turn.  But, the tourists aren’t goi...

                           BRITISH BUILT SATELLITE LAUNCHES FROM RUSSIA SPACEPORT A British-built pollution monitoring satellite has been  launched into the orbit . It broke free of Earth's gravity well while riding a modified Russian rocket designed to deliver a nuclear payload from near Moscow to the US mainland during the Cold War. As part of the European Commission and European Space Agency's (ESA) Copernicus project, the Dutch-designed satellite will map the distribution of harmful gases and aerosols in the atmosphere. Named Sentinel-5P, the spacecraft successfully launched at 10.27am UK time from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome - a Russian spaceport 500 miles (800km) north of Moscow. It rapidly disappeared into the thick autumn clouds near the Arctic Circle Described as a "precursor satellite mission" by the ESA, Sentinel-5P will "fill in the data gap and provide data continuity between the retire...