₦airaland Forum

OBESITY among children has reached epidemic proportions in many countries. The World Health Organization says that worldwide an estimated 22 million children under the age of five are overweight.

A national survey in Spain revealed that 1 out of every 3 children is either overweight or obese. In just ten years (1985-1995), childhood obesity tripled in Australia. In the last three decades, obesity in children aged 6 to 11 has more than tripled in the United States.

Childhood obesity is also extending to developing countries. According to the International Obesity Task Force, in some parts of Africa, more children are affected by obesity than by malnutrition. In 2007, Mexico occupied second place in the world, behind the United States, for childhood obesity. It is said that in Mexico City alone, 70 percent of the children and adolescents are either overweight or obese. Pediatric surgeon Dr. Francisco González warns that this may be “the first generation to die before their parents from the complications of obesity.” more on http://www.360naija.com/index.php?topic=177.msg182;topicseen#msg182

Crocodiles are lovers of girls, so I used young girls to trap the crocodile and bring it out of the water.

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The killer crocodile, inset Abu
Those were the words of 32-year-old fisherman, Benjamin Abu, as he narrated how he killed a man-eating crocodile that had terrorised a community in Niger State for months. Abu shared his story with an audience, including the Governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, at Government House Minna. However, the crocodile hunter assured that the girls were placed at a great distance from the crocodile and their lives were never in danger.

The crocodile, which roamed Sheeta community in Munya Local Government Area for years, killed no fewer than six people and several cows belonging to Fulani herdsmen in the area. As the news of the crocodile’s capture filtered into the community, friends and reations of those that had been killed by the wild animal as well as the Fulani herdsmen who lost their cattle to it stormed the Government House with cudgels to vent their anger. They hit the animal persistently until it could hardly breathe, Complete story on http://www.360naija.com/index.php?topic=169.0

West Ham United have announced that striker Dean Ashton has been forced to retire from professional football at the age of 26.

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Dean Ashton, Carlton Cole
Ashton had not played a first-team game for 14 months and speculation had mounted in recent weeks that the Hammers would announce that his career had been curtailed.

The striker could never fully recover from an ankle injury suffered at England training in August 2006 and West Ham may now seek compensation in the form of a £7 million insurance claim against the Football Association, more on http://www.360naija.com/index.php?topic=161.msg166#msg166

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Lagos State University, Ojo, has said it will begin its second semester examinations for the 2008/2009 academic session on Monday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

This was contained in a statement by the Registrar, Mr. Oluwatoyin Oshun, in Lagos on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, striking workers of the institution agreed to suspend their industrial action.

In the statement, Oshun said, “The Management wishes to advise all students to obtain the university official bulletin dated December 3, 2009 for details on the revised 2008/2009 academic calendar.”

It also said the revision and registration processes that commenced last Monday would end on Friday (today).

Meanwhile, the striking workers said they would allow for the immediate commencement of academic activities, stalled since July.

Rising from a meeting, leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Nigerian Association of Academic Technicians agreed to suspend the strike.

The unions in a statement said they had suspended the strike in response to appeals by well-meaning Nigerians.

The statement was jointly endorsed by Dr. K.O. Akinyemi (ASUU); Ms. F. I. Sessi (SSANU); Ms. T. A. Adegoroye (NAAT); and Mr. A. Y. Yakubu (NASU).---http://www.360naija.com/index.php?topic=141.0

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Are u sure the mother is not also reading this on Nairaland?

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4Yrs After, Bureau Blames Weather for Sosoliso Crash

Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said the Sosoliso aircraft, DC 9 which crashed at the Port Harcourt airport while it was about to land on the runway on December 10, 2005, may have been caused by bad weather. T

he head of public affairs department of the Bureau, Tunji Oketunbi, made this known last Thursday, while addressing aviation correspondents at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on the planned conference being organised by the Bureau. About 103 people died in the accident; the aircraft had about 110 passengers, including 62 pupils of the Loyola Jesuit International School , Abuja . After the accident, industry observers speculated that the possible major cause of the crash was wind sheer and human error. Oketunbi, who announced the theme of the conference as “Aviation Safety and Environmental Challenges” said that discussion on the theme was necessary because, “We have discovered in the course of our investigation that weather is becoming a recurring factor in air disasters, especially those that happened in the recent years. You recall that Sosoliso happened and it had weather factor.

Even though we have not released ADC and Bellview, I can also say that they are also weather related.” Also on October 29, 2005 ADC (Aviation Development Company) flight ADK 053 crashed as it took off from Abuja on its way to Sokoto, killing the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar Maccido III and about 100 other people. Also about 117 people died aboard Bellview aircraft that crashed at Lissa village Ogun state on October 23, 2005.

Oketunbi said the cause of the three crashes were weather related hence the conference on aircraft safety and environment. He said the conference was one method of passing important information to the aviation industry and hopes that concerned authorities in the sector would utilize such information to better the industry.

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