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The coming anti-Christ and Africans

The coming anti-Christ and Africans

This is an imaginary essay. But it fits in with the economic, geopolitical and spiritual realities of our world today. By a dream-vision, I was taken to the Infernal Kingdom where I beheld Satan sitting on his throne with glittering pomp and pageantry. The powers and principalities were paying obeisance to him, prostrate on the…

CBN naira defence depletes foreign reserves by $3.17bn

CBN naira defence depletes foreign reserves by $3.17bn

Forex scarcity due to falling crude oil price forced the Central Bank of Nigeria to access the country’s foreign reserves to make forex available in the economy; NIKE POPOOLA reports that this gulped $3.17bn in the first quarter. The country’s foreign reserves which stood at $38.07bn at the end of 2019 fell to $34.9bn at the…

Using ogogoro as hand sanitiser ineffective against COVID-19 —Experts

Using ogogoro as hand sanitiser ineffective against COVID-19 —Experts

As the country continues to experience increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases, healthcare experts have warned Nigerians using local gin, popularly called ogogoro, as hand sanitisers to desist from it, saying it is ineffective to protect against the infection. The experts said ogogoro has less than 60 per cent alcohol content that is required to kill…

Wearing face masks exposes asthmatics to hypoxia — Physicians

Wearing face masks exposes asthmatics to hypoxia — Physicians

Medical professionals have warned that people with chronic asthma who use face masks, especially the surgical and clothing type, are exposing themselves to hypoxia. Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. The World Health Organisation described asthma as…