STOP SNORING WITH A JAW SUPPORTER

Snoring is more than a bedtime annoyance: it’s a serious health concern. Complications from snoring include chronic fatigue, gaining weight, high blood pressure, heart failure and stroke.
The jaw opens during sleep, which makes the tongue move towards the back of the throat. This obstructs the airway and limits the space air can flow through. The air that does make it through the partially blocked airway makes the noisy vibration we all know as snoring.

The complex interaction of body parts that creates snoring is a recipe for disaster. A lot of people are not even aware of the fact that they are snoring or that this affects their quality of sleep. It also worsens as we age, meaning that one day you don’t have a problem and the next day you do. Snoring can even develop into full-on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which can cause anxiety and depression and lead to poor performance at work.

The air blockage caused by snoring also keeps air out of the lungs, and can send your body into suffocation mode. This panicked state releases endorphins and other chemicals that actually damage the body on a nightly basis.

The non-sleep you get with OSA makes you suffer all day long. You start feeling like a zombie (and you may look like one too.) You won’t realize your snoring was keeping you up, but you will feel like you aren’t quite there, you aren’t 100%.

The most helpful prevention method to stop snoring and curtail these complications has recently been shown to involve nightly use of a jaw supporter. A Japanese study by the Kochi medical center recently found that the use of a jaw supporter had a marked improvement in rest rates for patients with obstructive sleep apnea and snoring.

Credits : TheGuardian

EFCC ARREST SENATE MINORITY LEADER, GODSWILL AKPABIO OVER ALLEDGED FRAUD

The Senate Minority Leader and immediate past Governor of Akwa-Ibom state,
GODSWILL AKPABIO was earlier today invited for questioning over
 alledged fraud during his time as the Governor of the state. 

According to the findings of an online news site, Premium Times, Akpabio
was said to have been taken in by EFCC operatives at about 5.20 pm.

He was said to have been accompanied by a few aides and a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria, SAN, Ricky Tarfa.

The report states that an aide to the former governor, who cannot be named
because he is not authorised to speak on the matter revealed that Mr. Akpabio 
is currently being interrogated by top officials of the EFCC.

An EFCC source also stated to have confirmed the development.

“He was brought in at about 5.20 pm accompanied by a few aides and

Mr. Rickey Tarfa,” source said.

The ex-Governor was invited over alleged N101.8billion fraud, mismanagement of state 
funds, and plunging the state into huge indebtedness.

COMMISSIONERS, ADVISERS TO BE SWORN IN BY AMBODE ON OCT 19TH

• By Tessa Doghor

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will on Monday, October 19, swear in 23 Commissioners and 14 Special Advisers, who will constitute the State Executive Council.

According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, the ceremony will hold at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa Secretariat by 10 am.

According to him, “The House of Assembly has just officially informed His Excellency that they have completed the screening and confirmation of all the 23 Commissioner Designates and 14 Special Adviser Designates which he had sent to the House on September 21. So what is left is for him to conduct the swearing-in-ceremony so as to enable them resume the task of governance”.

It would be recalled that Governor Ambode had named six former cabinet members from the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration including former commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, former Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, former Special Adviser, Central Business District, Folarin Coker, former Special Adviser Commerce and Industry, Seye Oladejo, former Special Adviser Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson and former Special Adviser Rural Development, Babatunde Hunpe.

He also named a relatively young cabinet with the likes of Mrs. Yetunde Onabolu, Fela Bank-Olemoh, Akinyemi Ashade, a partner in KPMG, former Managing Director, National Mirror, Steve Ayorinde, Alhaja Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, a pharmacist, Kehinde Joseph and Prof. Ademola Abass, a Professor of Law, whose ages range between 39 and 47 years.

Other names include Dr. Akintola Benson, former Special Adviser Political and Legislative Powers Bureau, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, Dr. Mohammed Akinkunmi, former member, House of Representatives, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, Dr. Femi Onanuga, CEO of LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, Arch. Wasiu Anifowoshe, former member House of Assembly, Mrs. Lola Akande, Agboola Dabiri, Ganiu Okanlomo Sanni, Anofi Elegushi, Rotimi Ogunleye, Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola, Femi Odubiyi, Alhaji Musiliu Folami, Adeniji Kazeem, Adeyemi Labinjo, Toyin Suarau, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, Deji Tinubu, Mrs. Mudirat Giwanson and former Chairman Ejigbo LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan. 

Source: TheGuardian 

GT BANK SCHEDULES MAINTENANCE OF BANKING CHANNELS

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc., one of the leading commercial banks in Nigeria,  a bank that prides herself as a bank for the youths with its innovative banking system and solutions particularly the zero account balance has hinted of maintenance services across its service channels that would affect transactions across the banking platforms. This information was made known through their bbm channel.

The maintenance upgrade service is aimed at improving banking experience of customers across the various channels.




The affected period and channels are listed below.


6:30am Saturday 17th October to 2:00am Sunday 18th October 2015

• Cheque confirmation and cheque book request on Internet banking
• Cheque confirmation on GAPS 

2:00am to 6:30am Sunday 18th October 2015

• All banking channels

The bank sincerely apologize for inconveniences caused. 

AMBODE TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW

Lagos State Governor,  Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will on Tuesday, October 6, meet with Lagosians at the maiden edition of his quarterly Town Hall Meeting, in the Lagos West Senatorial District.

The Town Hall Meeting is in fulfillment of his campaign promise to duly engage the citizenry and chart a path where regular interactions will take place to inundate people with plans, policies and programmes of the present administration as well as fulfill his pledge of participatory governance.

In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Folarin Adeyemi, the Town Hall Meeting which is slated for at Abesan Mini Stadium/Play ground, Abesan Housing Estate, Ipaja by 11am is designed to enable people rub minds with the Governor on salient issues that are germane to the progress of the state while proffering solutions to them.

Adeyemi said the importance attached to the forum is borne out of the fact that it would allow for divergent opinions and views from various sources, adding that the desire to maximize the diverse potentials in the state informed the need to embrace this generally acceptable window of interaction from all stakeholders in the state.

The Permanent Secretary also said that people being the bedrock of any society must be actively involved in governance, while emphasizing that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration is a people oriented government.

He listed some achievements of the present administration within the first quarter to include the reconstruction of Ejigbo-Ikotun Road, Isolo- Ikotun Road, Brown Street, Oshodi, provision of 20 mobile care units’ ambulances and 26 ambulances deployed across various General Hospitals, amongst others.

He said that the administration is poised to deliver on his electioneering campaign promises by improving on the standard of living of our people, attract foreign investment and build a prosperous Lagos.

Adeyemi however implored all stakeholders and good people of Lagos State to turn out en masse at the maiden town hall meeting which will provide a veritable avenue for them to interact with Governor Ambode.

Culled from Lagos indicator online.com