PAINKILLERS such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, and aspirin can do more harm than good for chronic pain, health officials have said. New draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) urged doctors not to prescribe the drugs to people suffering the condition. Nice said there was “little or no evidence” the commonly …
Leading WTO candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala back US bid for dispute system reforms by Alan Beattie
Amina Mohamed and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala say American criticisms of over-reach are valid The candidates (top, from left) Amina Mohamed, Hamid Mamdouh, Yoo Myung-hee, Mohammed al-Tuwaijri, (bottom, from left) Jesús Seade, Tudor Ulianovschi, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Liam Fox © Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty The two leading candidates to run the World Trade Organization have called for reform to …
Trump’s name should live in infamy by George T. Conway III
President Trump plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Va., on Saturday. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) That trial balloon was a brazen effort to see if he can defraud his way into four more years in the White House. And why not try? After all, Trump has managed to swindle his way through …
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Send Eze to Southern Kaduna (video)
In Southern Kaduna a state of war exist. There are various reasons including ethic, religious and political factors leading to bloodshed in southern Kaduna. The security agencies have at various times impose dawn to dusk curfew, this usual security method ordinarily would dampen the rate and intensity of the warfare. But on several occasions of …
Chinese loans: sovereignty and Amaechi (video)
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said Nigeria was not in anyway ceding its sovereignty to China, explaining that the Sovereign Guarantee clause in the loan agreement was to assure China that it can take over the asset constructed with the loan, should Nigeria default. Amaechi, while speaking on a television programme monitored by The Guardian, yesterday, said: …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 