13 killed in US shooting rampage

A gun attack on Washington’s naval yard has left 13 people dead sparking a massive lockdown in the nation’s capital.

The violence started unfolding at 8.20am on Monday, when several shots were fired inside the southeast Washington facility.

Police spokesman Chris Kelly earlier described a suspect as an adult male, about 6 feet tall with a bald head and medium complexion, dressed in a black top and black jeans.

Two witnesses told Cable News Networks affiliate WJLA-TV that they heard a fire alarm go off in the building where they worked, then saw a man with a rifle down the hallway as they exited the building.

2-yr-old marriage dissolved over wife’s alcohol consumption

A Grade 1 Area Court sitting in Aso Pada, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, yesterday, dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Choji, 51, and Dinatu Chung, 39, due to the wife’s excessive alcohol consumption.The Presiding Judge, Mr. Albert Maga, dissolved the marriage after the two told the judge that they had yet to

PDP crisis alters political calculations

IF the on–going crisis in the Anambra State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, over who should be its flag bearer for the November 16 election is not resolved urgently, the party may make itself a bystander in the governorship race.

For now, supporters of the party in the state are confused and it is therefore not surprising that many of them have become willing tools for swelling campaign rally grounds of other political parties.

A typical example was the flag off of the LP governorship campaign in Onitsha on Thursday where many former members of PDP were adorning Ifeanyi Ubah’s uniform and caps and directing affairs.

Ministry appeals for patience on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

   Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

 The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works, Dr. Abubakar Muhammad, on Monday urged Nigerians, especially users of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to be patient with the contractors handling the reconstruction of the road as they had already been mobilised to site.

Reacting to the complaint of inactivity on the road, Muhammad said the contractors were tiding up the necessary modalities and carrying out site clearing to ensure quality and speedy work.

These foods are intelligence killers,avoid them!

           Brain foods 

The ultimate reason we eat is to achieve good health and retain it. Good health also suggests being in good mental state; because, as psychiatrists argue, there is no good health without mental health.

When we eat good foods, our bodies get nourished from the head down. Eating wrong foods — such as sugary foods — can affect the way our brain works.

Scientists say our brains need sugar every day to function. “Brain cells require two times the energy needed by all the other cells in the body — roughly 10 per cent of our total daily energy requirements. This energy is derived from glucose (blood sugar), the gasoline of our brains,” scientists say. In other words, sugar is not the brain’s enemy; rather, added sugar in foods is.