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While most people think that mobile phones could cause cancer,this isn't the only health hazard that has been reported. We all are probably so addicted to our phones that we are unknowingly destroying our health. Here are some health risks of mobile Phones you should be aware of,and try to reduce their effect in this coming year. CANCER AS reported by the World Health Organisation(WHO), mobile Phones emit radiofrequency (RF) fields a 1000 times greater than what is emitted from base stations. Its obvious that this increased emission is likely to have some adverse effect on health of users. Although there is no clear evidence suggeting that exposure to RF fields increases the risk of cancer,but the international Agency for Research on Cancer has classified RF as a possible carcinogen in humams. However,a recent study by swedish researchers found no link between use of mobile phone and cancer and brain tumours. It suggests that development of brain tumour due to mobile use May tak...

A former Head of State and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections,Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd), has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his academic qualifications and credentials are with the military. A visit by journalists to the headquarters of the commission on Monday in Abuja revealed that Buhari's academic qualifications were not on display,unlike those of other presidential candidates,including President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party. But in an affidavit, which he deposed to at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,he explained that all his certificates were with the Secretary,Military Board. The affidavit dated November 24,2014, was stamped and received by INEC on December 18,2014. "I am the above-named person and deponent to this affidavit therein. All my academic qualifications documents as filled in my presidential form, president APC/001/2015, are currently with ...

The Speaker of APC legislators in the Edo State House of Assembly,Mr Uyi Igbe has called on the People's Democratic Party, PDP and its lawmakers to see the need for peace in the interest of the state. The Speaker who addressed journalists before Plenary also appealed to the Nigeria Police to put  a stop to the continued  blockade imposed in the city. Christir Macaulay reports that the Governor Adams Oshiomhole sent a letter to the house indicating that he has taken steps to implement the resolution of the House on the re-instatement of the over nine hundred teachers earlier sacked.