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Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a tube of tissue that extends from the large intestine. No one is absolutely certain what the function of the appendix is. One thing we do know is that we can live without it without any consequences. Appendicitis is a medical emergency that requires prompt surgery to remove the appendix. Left untreated, an inflamed appendix will eventually burst, or perforate, spilling infectious materials into the abdominal cavity. This can lead to peritonitis, a serious inflammation of the abdominal cavity’s lining (the peritoneum) that can be fatal unless it is treated quickly with strong antibiotics. Sometimes a pus-filled abscess (infection that is walled off from the rest of the body) forms outside the inflamed appendix. All cases of appendicitis are treated as emergencies, requiring surgery. Although it can strike at any age, appendicitis is rare under age 2 and most common between ages 10 and 30. Causes Appendicitis occurs when t

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan as Justice Peter Affren of the Abuja High Court set aside the purported revocation by the FCT administration of a land measuring about 1.84 hectares allocated to Turai’s non governmental organization, Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WAYEF. Patience Jonathan and Turai Yar’Adua The court held that the claims by the FCT Minister that the land was revoked on an overriding public interest was not supported by any shred of evidence before the court. It further held that the initial letter of offer issued Turai’s organization by the Minister remains valid and subsisting. "The defendants failed woefully to adduce any shred of evidence before this court to support their claims that the allocation of the land was revoked on overriding public interest. There is no overriding public interest in this issue. The allocation made to the plaintiff who is a vocati

Brimming with excitement for being selected as judges in the Globacom’s music reality TV show, X Factor, pop diva, Onyeka Onwenu, rapper, MI, and father of Ghanaian Hiplife, Reggie Rockstone have all pledged to be fair to all as they set for work in the auditions coming up tomorrow in Ghana. While commending Globacom for offering a rare opportunity to African youths to explore their talents, Onyeka, popularly called the Elegant Stallion, said: “I am greatly excited to be part of this great show and I will definitely have fun while the competition lasts. I promise to be fair in my judgment, add humour to the game, be a good ambassador of Glo and display the greatest form of integrity which Globacom is known for.” MI also commended Glo for making history as the first company to bring the show to Africa. “I am very happy about this. It is going to be the biggest ever reality show in Africa and that’s the truth. It’s more than just about Nigeria or West Africa. It’s about the wh

Johannesburg, South Africa -- Robbers opened fire on Nigeria's deputy high commissioner in South Africa after following him home to Pretoria from OR Tambo International Airport, it was reported on Thursday. Kayode Oguntuase's driver Dan Mohlala was wounded in his left hand in the shooting on Wednesday, Beeld reported. According to the newspaper, Mohlala took Kayode Oguntuase to the airport to fetch his wife Hailey. As they got back home to Waterkloof Ridge, Mohlala told the couple they were being followed. Hailey Oguntuase reportedly asked Mohlala to stop the car so she could get out, but he advised her against it, and they locked their doors. According to the local newspaper, the men following them tried to open the car doors, and when they could not, fired several shots at the vehicle, one of which went through a neighbour's window. Neighbours summoned help and the gunmen fled. Beeld reported that Oguntuase drove Mohlala to hospital. "We're

Former Head of State and defeated 2011 presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said he would contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the proposed All Progressive Congress. Speaking at a conference with the theme: “The Role of Youths in Sustaining Democratic Values,” held at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre Minna, Niger State, Buhari said he would not step down his presidential ambition unless defeated in the primaries or general election. Reacting to a question on the possibility of him stepping down in case more candidates emerge on the platform of the party, Buhari said: “Whoever thinks he has got a chance, let him come out because the more we are, the merrier it becomes.” Source:  The Sun

The Taraba Government in partnership with the Dangote Group of Companies will soon establish a sugar processing company in Lau Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Garba Umar, disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists on Thursday in Jalingo. Umar said the move was part of plans by the state government to increase its internally-generated revenue and create jobs for the youths. "The Dangote Group of Companies will soon be here to establish a Sugar Processing Company. "We want to increase our internally-generated revenue and create job opportunities for our teeming youths. "We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," he said. Umar called on all investors interested in doing business in the state to take advantage of the state's deliberate policy on industrialisation to come in. The acting governor said the Jalingo Airport would

Five months after his boss was hospitalized in a foreign hospital over injuries he sustained in a chopper crash, the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, appears to be consolidating and set to emerge the substantive governor. Alhaji Umar may have finalized his emergence in Nairobi, Kenya when some top Presidency officials, National Assembly members and chieftains of his Peoples Decmocratic Party (PDP) sealed the hope of Governor Danbaba Suntai coming back to office. The occasion was the swearing-in of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta three weeks ago. Sources told Daily Sun that it was for the purpose of resolving the Taraba’s political imbroglio that made the officials and Umar to embark on the trip. “The trip afforded the officials and the Acting Governor effectively brainstorming on the political situation in Taraba, and the way forward. “The Acting Governor was able to frankly discuss the frustrations he has been allegedly encountering in the hands of Sunta

London, UK -- An appeal filed by the imprisoned former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, to have his prison term slashed was dismissed today in London. Two justices of the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London stated that the appeal lacked merit and thus dismissed it, therefore affirming the 13 year prison sentence handed the former governor for stealing and money laundering. It is to be recalled that Ibori and members of his political inner circle embezzled over $250 million from the coffers of Delta State between 1999 and 2007. Several supporters of Mr. Ibori, wearing T-shirts calling for his freedom, left the court premises disappointed. Mr. Ibori was not brought to court. You will recall that a n appeal filed by the imprisoned former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori to have his prison term slashed, has been listed for hearing today at the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London. The case was to be heard by Lord Justice Tre

Following increasing anti-press violence and prosecutions especially by government officials and security agencies, Nigeria has emerged as the most dangerous place in Africa, after Somalia, for journalists, a survey released on Thursday morning by global media advocacy organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ), has revealed. The survey shows that this is perhaps the darkest time for journalists in the country as this is the first time Nigeria will appear on the CPJ’s Global Impunity Index which calculates unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country’s population. The report said Nigerian Journalists had experienced a decade of relative security before the recent targeting of journalists. "Rocked by militants in the north and politically inspired aggression nationwide, Nigeria has become one of the worst nations in the world for deadly, unpunished violence against the press," the survey declared. With five journalists murdered in re

The frosty relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly has deepened as both parties are sticking to their positions on the amendment of the 2013 Appropriation Act. More than a month after President Goodluck Jonathan returned the N4.987 trillion budget to the National Assembly for amendment, the Budget Office and the Ministry of Finance are yet to commence work on it. On March 14, the President returned the new budget wherein he rejected some clauses which mandated the Accountant-General of the Federation and Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance to brief the National Assembly on the budget and fund releases. The President also advised the National Assembly to reverse itself on the zero 2013 budget allocation for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The National Assembly said Jonathan in the correspondence and covering letter addressed to Senate President David Mark, overstepped its bounds on SEC. Jonathan reportedly signe

European Union on Tuesday identified corruption, impunity and poor resources management as causes of poverty in Nigeria. At a media parley in Abuja, the EU Ambassador/Head of Delegation, Dr. David MacRae, said Nigeria had no reasons to be poor with all the available resources in the country and a fast growing economy. He said, “It would have been far better if those resources had been used to deliver basics services like education, health and infrastructure to the people. These are the things needed to be put in place. “What this country needs are jobs; jobs for the people especially young people. If young people had jobs they won’t be unnecessarily agitated and getting involved in misdeeds. But without work, without just income, and no social safety net in Nigeria, the people will continue to face poverty. Half of the population in this country are below poverty line.” MacRae said no country with cases of human rights abuse could have a meaningful development. Accordin

In the beginning, FESTAC Town was a purely residential estate. Originally referred to as Festival Town or FESTAC village, it is found along the Lagos/Badagry Expressway in Lagos. But FESTAC is no longer what it used to be. It has lost its past glory in more ways than one. In particular, it is not a residential estate in every material particular anymore. It has become home to various activities. Town of prostitutes... One of the businesses that define FESTAC Town presently is prostitution. Indeed, it could be said there is a festival of sex, going on in some parts of the town. Some of the residents volunteered that they were harassed daily by the commercial sex workers on the prowl. One of the preferred places where the women of easy virtues  display  their wares is First Avenue. As night falls, they converge on the long stretch and wait patiently like vultures. While some  stand  in twos and threes, others go solo. And to keep warm and high while  standing  in the dark, some

The cold war between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Goodluck Jonathan Administration has being resurrected again. The process started on Sunday at a thanksgiving service held in honour of a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, in Abuja. At the service that had many eminent Nigerians in attendance, Obasanjo said if the Goodluck Jonathan administration was keen on probing his government, it should come after him instead of using style to go after great men and woman who served under him. Speaking on the chop chop nature of the Jonathan-led government... Obasanjo  flayed plans to set up a pipeline protection agency, saying it is another avenue for corruption. Obasanjo said: “I have always said this, whatever you want to blame in my government, blame me; don’t blame any of those people who assisted me. If there is any credit to dispense, we share it. But for anything you want to say is wrong, I was the one in charge and I was in charge.” Obasanjo, whose com

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State yesterday condemned the 45-year jail term handed down by an Oshogbo High Court to 31-year-old Kelvin Igha Ighodalo for stealing a phone. Fayemi wondered why a phone thief could be jailed 45 years whereas culprits in N12 billion pension fund scam were freed. This, he said, showed the kind of justice system in the country. The governor, who said “offences must have commensurate punishment,” demanded that “those who steal the nation’s resources should be made to face the full wrath of the law”. Speaking during the 2013 May Day celebration in Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi said although he did not want his phone stolen, there was no way a phone thief could be sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment in a country where plea-bargaining was in existence to bail out the affluent ones. The governor, who disclosed that politicians and influential Nigerians who stole the country’s resources were being released by courts courtesy of criminal justice administra

Newly married singer, 2face Idibia recently shared a photo of himself and his lovely daughter Isabella. Father & daughter definitely look happy together and yes we see tuface's wedding ring. 2face and Annie had Isabella Idibia years into their romance.

There have been rumours making round that Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime is dead. The Enugu State government has debunked the rumours making the round that governor Sullivan Chime has passed away. Chime was reported to have passed on at an Indian hospital on Saturday, after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Chucks Ugwuoke who confirmed this to Vanguard on Sunday, described the news as unfounded. His Excellency, the late Governor Sullivan Chime had battled an undisclosed illness for months. When citizens began questioning his prolonged absence from Enugu, the official story was that he was on a long vacation accrued over a period of 5 years. According to him, the governor is doing well and will soon return to the state. Source:  Vanguard

According to TMZ, rapper Lil Wayne was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A on Tuesday night after suffering another seizure. He was treated and released yesterday morning.   Wayne then did a radio interview yesterday afternoon and explained he's an epileptic, and has been suffering from seizures since he was a kid. American rapper Lil Wayne, has revealed that he is epileptic and as as result, he is prone to seizures when he doesn’t have enough rest and overworks himself. Speculations have blamed use of sizzurps for the 30-year-old’s constant health issues, but in a new interview, Wayne, whose new LP, I Am Not a Human Being II will be in stores on Tuesday, broke his silence on the issue. “The bad news is I’m epileptic so I’m prone to seizures,” Wayne explained. “This isn’t my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh seizure. I’ve had a bunch of seizures. Y’all just never hear about them. But this time, it got real bad because I had three of th

Osun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Afolabi, has justified the 10-year imprisonment of an accused, Kelvin Ighodalo, who stole the phone of Governor Rauf Aregbesola on November 27, 2010.   Afolabi, in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday, accused the media of sensationalising the verdict of an Osogbo High Court on the phone theft. Justice Oyejide Falola had on Monday found Ighodalo guilty of a six-count charge and sentenced him to a total of 45 years jail term. The concurrency of the sentencing implies that Ighodalo would serve only 10 years in prison. Afolabi said many newspapers had reported that the court sentenced Ighodalo to 45 years imprisonment even as the concurrency of the term was not reflected in some of the stories. He insisted that the stories should reflect the 10-year jail term pronounced by the judge. Afolabi said, “To say that Ighodalo was sentenced to 45 years prison term for stealing Aregbe

Former Head of State and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 general election, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said he is ready to step down as presidential candidate of the newly formed All Progressives Congress in the 2015 presidential election, if there is a formidable and better candidate.   He said he might contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the yet-to-be-registered APC, depending on what happened before the time. Buhari stated this in Minna at the maiden edition of Sam Nda-Isaiah Public Lecture Series, in honour of the publisher of the Leadership Newspapers, which took place at the Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre. Answering questions from journalists on the possibility of him stepping down in case more candidates emerge on the platform of the party, Buhari said, “Whoever thinks he has got a chance, let him come out because the more we are, the merrier it becomes. “I will be

Five years after secretly marrying in the Bahamas, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon pulled out all the stops for their five-year anniversary on Tuesday night by renewing their vows at Disneyland. The pop superstar and "American Idol" judge tweeted about the lavish affair, attended by the couple's twins, Moroccan and Monroe. Dolled up in a poofy white gown, Carey made her way to the ceremony in Cinderella's stagecoach, where she was greeted by her groom and their son. Later, she walked down the aisle with them, as well as their daughter. Coincidentally, the day also is a celebration of "dem babies," who were born on April 30, two years ago. Prior to walking down the aisle, Carey wrote, "Happy 5th(!!!!!!) Anniversary to the Best Husband in All The Land & 2 years ago pon de delivery..." She also shared some more intimate moments of her anniversary and the twins' birthday preparations. From getting her hair done, to dressing Roc and Roe

The Presidency on Wednesday said President Goodluck Jonathan was ready to forget his ambition to run for second term in 2015 if the Senate passed its proposal for a single non-renewable six-year tenure into law.   Though Jonathan had made half-hearted denial of his ambition for another term in office, the body movements of the President and his loyalists had clearly shown that he was preparing to run in the 2015 general election. But the President’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, said the ambition to stage a return would be shelved if Senators decided in favour of a single term for the President and state governors. Gulak who spoke to The PUNCH in Abuja said, “Nigerians will remember that it was President Jonathan that suggested an idea of a single term tenure from the beginning. So if the proposal becomes a law, the credit should go to the President. “If it becomes a law and is enshrined in our constitution, the President and everybody will

A suspected drug trafficker, Emmanuel Onedigbo, almost lost his life recently at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja, when he was unable to expel a warp of cocaine which got stuck in his anus.   A native of Anambra State, 28-year-old Onedigbo, arrested on his way to Pakistan onboard a Qatar flight, had allegedly inserted four wraps of cocaine in his anus. He was said to have tested positive for narcotic ingestion alongside another suspect, Obinna Akwaeze, who allegedly ingested 67 wraps of cocaine. Both suspects were apprehended by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza Umar told The PUNCH that officials feared for Onedigbo’s life when he was unable to expel a wrap of cocaine. “While Akwaeze successfully expelled all 67 wraps of cocaine he ingested without assistance, Onedigbo was unable to expel one of the wraps until medical doctors came to his rescue. We were disturbed because his life was in danger,

Shellie Bo Talley is a 55 year woman who looks and dresses like a woman in her 20's. The only thing that gives her away is her grey hair. Shellie is a mum, grandmother, host and CEO of Blaq Pearl Entertainment. She says she's never had surgery.