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*Raising a glass to the findings of the Danish study?                                                                GETTY IMAGES It has emerged that those who drink a few times in a week are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who don't drink at all, according a research carried out by Danish researchers. The BBC carries the full report: "People who drink three to four times a week are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink, Danish researchers suggest. Wine appears to be particularly beneficial, probably as it plays a role in helping to manage blood sugar, the study, published in Diabetologia, says. They surveyed more than 70,000 people on their alcohol intake - how much and how often they drank. But experts said this wasn't a "green light" to drink more than re...

*Larry Etta The United Africa Company of Nigeria (UACN) Plc has appointed Abdul Bello as its new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer to succeed the incumbent occupant of that position, Larry Ephraim Ettah, who is retiring from the position at the end of this year after 11 years at the helm of the company. The Guardian newspaper reports: "With the Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of UAC of Nigeria Plc (UACN), Larry Ephraim Ettah unveiling plans to retire from the position by the end of 2017, having served 11years in the role, the firm’s board has elected Abdul Akhor Bello to succeed Ettah upon his retirement. "According to the Chairman of the company, Dan Agbor, UAC of Nigeria Plc under Larry’s leadership has seen a decade of strong performance, growth and significant transformation, adding that the firm is on course to becoming a N100billion topline organization by the end of this year. “We thank Larry for his invaluable contributions to t...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why some Nigerian women have gone back to the militant Islamists who abducted them. *Aisha was showered with expensive gifts by the militant who took her as his wife   ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI When news emerged that some of the Chibok schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, had declined to return home with the batch of 82 freed in May, the world found it difficult to believe. Not even the release of a Boko Haram video showing some hijab-clad, Kalashnikov-wielding girls saying they were happy in their new lives, was enough to convince people. "They must have been coerced," some said. "It must be Stockholm syndrome ," others said. What else could explain why any girl, any woman, would choose to remain with such horrible men? Yet, some women rescued by the Nigerian military from captivity are willingly returning to Boko Haram's Sambisa forest hideout in north-eastern Nigeria ...

The death toll from the collapsed building in Lagos on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, has reached eight, while scores of injured people are in hospitals receiving treatment. "he grim task of rescuing the trapped took the better of the day before the operation was called off last night. "An eight-year old surviour, Wuraola Afolayan, said she saw a ray of light and pulled her younger brother towards it before they were rescued. "The kids were among 15 others rescued from the building which caved in at Massey/Karena Street. "The six more bodies were recovered between 1am and noon by Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) with the help of floodlight. The rescuers worked despite the hostilities of some miscreants. "Afolayan, who was brought to the scene when Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Operations, Imohimi Edgal arrived, said they were sent by their parents to buy beans. "She said: “Our mother sent us to buy beans. When we ...

Krystyna Farley is a 91-year-old beauty pageant queen in the US state of Connecticut, but her life was not always this glamorous. Although she grew up in a loving home in rural Poland, her childhood was cut short by the outbreak of war. This is her story. BRIAN FINKE "My skin is beautiful," Krystyna Farley says. "So I don't wear any makeup, just lipstick - that's all." Krystyna, who will soon turn 92, has spent the last year as the incumbent Ms Connecticut Senior America. "People think that if you're over 60 you're finished - it's not true," Krystyna says, describing what she likes about beauty pageants. "You're showing people you are still alive and you still can do it - you can dance, you can sew, you can paint, you can do anything you want." Krystyna's optimism and joie de vivre is all the more remarkable, bearing in mind the harrowing experiences of her teenage years. She was born in eastern Poland in 1925, ...