By Abujah Racheal Dr Abisoye Abayomi, an oncologist, says testicular cancer is most common in men, between the ages of 20 and 35 years, adding that the risk factors include a history of undescended testis and male infertility. Abayomi made this revelation in an interview in Abuja on Friday. Testis or Testes (also called testicles) are a part of the male reproductive system responsible for sperm production and storage. They are housed in the scrotal sac, below the penis and are also responsible for producing the hormone testosterone. The testicles are originally located in the abdomen but move down to…
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The statutory minimum wage in Germany will rise to €12 per hour ($12.89) in October, after a vote in the upper house of parliament on Friday. Currently, the minimum wage is €9.82. On July 1, it will raise to €10.45, at the same time, the maximum remuneration for so-called “mini-jobs” will rise from €450 to €520 per month in October. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from the Social Democratic Party, had made the wage increase a key promise of his election campaign in 2021. The opposition had argued that the minimum wage would not protect people against further price increases. According to…
The price of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) basket of 13 crude oil samples stood at 123.21 dollars per barrel Thursday. This is compared to 121.54 dollars per barrel recorded on Wednesday. This is according to the OPEC Secretariat calculations on Friday in Abuja. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes (ORB) is made up of the Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Djeno (Congo), Zafiro (Equatorial Guinea), Rabi Light (Gabon) and Iran Heavy (Islamic Republic of Iran). Others are Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es Sider (Libya), Bonny Light (Nigeria), Arab Light (Saudi Arabia), Murban (UAE) and…
The Economic and social financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday that the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) flouted the court order and traveled to Dubai with new international passport. Mompha is charged by the EFCC with N6 billion money laundering. The court had on March 28, ordered Mompha to submit his international passport to court after his bail sum was reduced from N200 million to N25 million EFCC, had on Jan.12, charged Mompha and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd, with six billion Naira money laundering The eight-count charge includes conspiracy to launder…
The Kwara government has engaged the services of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to prosecute persons who allegedly misappropriated public funds in the past administration. Mr Olabode Towoju, the Kwara Commissioner for Communications, disclosed this on Friday in Ilorin during a question and answer session at a personality news programme, tagged ‘Newskeg’. According to him, the government is confident that everyone alleged to have misappropriated public funds, will be brought to book. “We are not giving up on ensuring that those who siphoned our collective patrimony and put the state in wretched condition are brought to book. “Justice mostly…
The longest serving emir in Zamfara, Emir of Kwatarkwashi in Bungudu local government area, Ahmad Umar (Mai-Kwatarshi), died on Thursday at 93, having been on the throne for 61 years. The Secretary to the State Government, Kabiru Balarabe, who disclosed this in a public announcement, said the emir died after a prolonged illness at 93. Balatabe said his funeral prayer was conducted at 6:30 p.m. in the historic town of Kwatarkwashi according to Islamic rites. Mai Kwatarkwashi was crowned by Sultan Abubakar III on March 17, 1961 and died in his palace. Until his death, he was the eldest Emir…
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal has opined that a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria will be dead on arrival. Speaking on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today on Thursday, Lawal said it is out of place for anyone to consider such a thought considering the peculiarity of the nation’s political atmosphere which is divided along regional and religious lines. “You can have the best ticket but if you don’t win the election, it’s a waste of time,” Lawal declared. “So, we must bear in mind that the vice (presidential candidate) is…
An accident in South Africa on Friday claimed the lives of 15 persons and 37 others injured during a bus collision with a truck on a highway near the capital Pretoria, AFP has reported. “The death toll is now 15 dead, and 37 people have been injured, some of them critically,” spokesman Thabo Charles Mabaso said. The accident happened before dawn, and rescue workers were called at 5:05 am. “Emergency services arrived on scene to find a bus and truck that collided head-on, with multiple patients lying around and some still trapped inside both vehicles,” emergency services said in a…
A total of 23 African countries bordering the Atlantic coast have made a commitment to tackle organised crimes, trafficking and terrorism along the coast. The countries, in a declaration achieved after the First Ministerial Conference of African Atlantic Countries in Rabat on Friday, said they would defend their territorial integrity. “We are deeply concerned over the increasingly complex threats posed by terrorism, transnational organised crime and maritime piracy. “We commit ourselves to continue with cooperation and coordination to enhance political and security dialogue around the areas of countering terrorism, transnational organised crime in all its forms, piracy, migrant trafficking and…
Nigeria has pledged to collaborate with 22 other African Atlantic Countries to achieve the vision of peace, stability, security and shared prosperity in the ocean’s coastal area. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affiars, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the pledge in an interview in Rabat, Morocco on Friday. The minister, a lead presenter at the First Ministerial Conference of African Atlantic States in Rabat, said Nigeria would establish initiatives for the full realisation of the vision. “We are going to set up the supporting framework for it. “We are going to set up focal points, first of all in the ministry and…