Why Wearing a Bra May Be Bad

A bra

Marilyn Monroe slept in a bra to keep her assets firm and perky, according to Hollywood lore. A new study out of France suggests it might have been more effective for the screen goddess to go "au naturel" instead.

Researchers spent 15 years studying the breasts of over 330 French women, and concluded that wearing a bra does not prevent sagging or ease back pain as commonly thought. "Medically, physiologically, anatomically—breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity, Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon, from the University of Besançon, told France Info Radio. "On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra."

Obafunwa: Cynthia Osokogu was Asphyxiated by Her Killers

Cynthia Osokogu

Chief Medical Examiner of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. John Obafunwa, Friday told an Ikeja High Court that the post-mortem examination conducted on the Cynthia Osokogu revealed that she died from asphyxia (absence of Oxygen supply to the body). 

Obafunwa was testifying at the resumed trial of four men allegedly involved in the Cynthia's death before Justice Olabisi Akinlade said their findings revealed that the deceased was gagged and choked by her killers.

Ikoyi Golf Club Manager, Three Others Plunge into River

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

No fewer than four persons including the manager of the elite Ikoyi Golf Club, Ikoyi, Lagos, Mr. Kolawole Ahmed, plunged to their death at the wee hours of yesterday in the Majidun River, along Ikorodu Road.

The four persons were in a Hilux pick up van with registration number KSF918AU belonging to Ahmed. THISDAY gathered that the Ahmed alongside the other three occupants were on their way back from the golf club when they plunged into the river.

Boko Haram: We’ve Done Nothing Wrong to Warrant Amnesty

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Yahaya Kwande

Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group that has killed about 4,000 people since 2009 when it began its campaign of terror, for the second time in one week, threw a spanner in the works of a committee set up to consider amnesty for its members as it rejected the amnesty deal being worked out by the federal government.

But in a reaction to the Islamic sect’s rejection of amnesty for its members, former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Yahaya Kwande, who was also part of the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) that met and pleaded with President Goodluck Jonathan last week to grant Boko Haram amnesty, advised the federal government not to go back on its bid to explore the amnesty option despite its rejection by the sect's members.

IBRAHIM BABANGIDA: Saving Nigerians from Nigeria

Policy & Execution By  Ibrahim Babangida

In less than a year, in about 11 months and a few days, we as Nigerians will be celebrating 100 years of our existence as a legal united entity. We have cause to rejoice.  During these 100 years, Europe has endured two world wars; Russia had gone through a revolution, a Civil War and finally gone from being Russia to Soviet Union and back to Russia.  During this time, Spain and Yugoslavia have gone through horrendous civil wars.  During this time, several countries in Asia including China went through civil wars that almost brought them to their knees.

Yet, during the past 100 years of our existence, we also have gone through a horrendous civil war.  The events that led to the war and the war itself have left lasting effects on all of us, including those who were not even born during those events.

FG Vows to Halt Further Attacks on Nigerians in Bakassi

Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro

The federal government Thursday condemned the attack on Nigerians living in Bakassi Peninsula, which is under Cameroonian sovereignty, and assured the people that it was taking measures to protect them from further attacks by that country’s gendarmes.

Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, told State House correspondents in Abuja at the end of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Bakassi and Rights of the Displaced People that the government would ensure that the belligerence on the part of the gendarmes is checked.

CAN Warns against Jihad By Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen

Fulani herdsman with his cows

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the recent attacks by Boko Haram sect in some parts of the North and the continuous killings of families in communities in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen as a declaration of a new Jihad on none Muslims in the country.

CAN made the statement through its state Chairman, Dr. Yimam Orkwar, at a press briefing at the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) House in Makurdi.

Again, Court Denies Akingbola Permission to Travel

 Dr. Erastus Akingbola

Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of an Ikeja High Court Thursday refused the application of the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank (now Access Bank), Dr. Erastus Akingbola, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The judge however granted the other applications by Akingbola and his co-defendant, Bayo Dada, seeking a variation of their bail conditions that mandated them to report at the EFCC office every first working day of the week.

Air Force Acquires Boeing Aircraft for Troops

CAS, Air Mashal Bade and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Aliyu Ismaila inspecting the aircraft

The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in its continuous quest to complement its operations and build its airlift capability as a strategy to enhance military effectiveness in support of United Nation and African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Africa has acquired a new range of aircraft to its fleet; a Boeing 737-500 series for airlifting troops.

The Minister of State for Defence, Olusola Obada, inaugurated the aircraft yesterday at 209 Executive Airlift Group Hanger, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

EXCLUSIVE: Gunmen in Police Uniform Kill Two in Lagos

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

Daleko Bridge in Mushin area of Lagos was like a war zone Thursday as people fled in different directions as gunmen, who were said to be dressed in police uniform, struck in the area. The gunmen were said to have killed no fewer than two persons while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the ensuing melee.

It was gathered that one of the victims, a foreigner, Mr. Santos Korie, who was shot while driving a Toyota Highlander sport utility vehicle (SUV), later died from gunshot wounds while he was being rushed to a nearby hospital.