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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appointed the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, as one of the seventeen new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. Jonathan, according to a statement from the Office of the Head of Service, Mrs. Gloria Izonfo, on Wednesday, was appointed alongside 16 senior civil servants. The statement was read on ...

A West Virginia man has been arrested for torturing his wife, making her a slave and holding her hostage in chains for nearly a decade, authorities said. Jackson County officials have charged Peter Lizon of Leroy with malicious wounding after his wife showed up at a nearby shelter with scars on her wrists and ankles caused by her limbs being ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to go on strike if the federal government relents on its current drive to reform the sector. The union which recently commended the efforts of the Federal Government in addressing the challenges facing University education in the country so far however warned that the Union would not hesitate to go back ...

By realbuzz.com Think you know what’s good for you? You may be surprised. Take a look at these seven seemingly good habits that can actually be bad for your health. Drinking water While we are probably all familiar with the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day, more recent research has suggested that there is actually no scientific ...

(AFP) – Sudan on Wednesday opened what it billed as Africa’s largest sugar refinery, hoping to boost exports after the loss of billions of dollars in oil revenue when South Sudan separated. President Omar al-Bashir inaugurated the $1-billion facility at a ceremony in White Nile state, saying “Sudan will be one of the more significant sugar-exporting countries” in the Arab ...