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August 21, 2012

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Birmingham terror gang who thought 7/7 was not deadly enough found guilty

Chemistry graduate led trio of would-be suicide bombers inspired by al-Qaida who plotted 'murder on a horrendous scale' Al-Qaida inspired British Islamic extremists Ashik Ali, Irfan Khalid and Irfan Naseer who were found guilty of plotting a campaign of bombings in crowded areas. Photograph: Handout/Reuters Three would-be suicide bombers face life in jail after a jury convicted them on Thursday of plotting to carry out terror attacks in the UK which would have been more deadly than the 7/7 bombings in 2005. The men from Birmingham are the latest group of British-based extremists to be radicalised by the preachings of the now-dead Anwar al-Awlaki, the one-time leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. His extremist message continues to be spread from beyond the grave through the ...

Poor dental hygiene may lead to a heart disease

By CHIOMA OBINNA & MONSUR OLOWOOEJO AS Nigeria, yesterday,joined the rest of the world to mark the 2013 World Oral Health Day, Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Dental Association, NDA, raised alarm that over 50 percent of Nigerians were at risk of heart-related diseases. They called on the Federal Government to urgently implement the newly-formulated National Oral Health Policy aimed at improving oral healthcare in the country. Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, spoke at the flag-off of the Lagos World Record Tooth-Brushing Challenge to mark the World Oral Health Day, on the theme Healthy Teeth for Healthy Life, 2020 Begins Now, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. He said: “One of the unspoken complications of poor dental hygiene is heart disease. “A lot of people do not know that if you do not take care of your teeth, if you don’t brush your teeth and visit the dentist at least once a year, you may be prone to getting ...

Appeal Court slams Lagos Govt over handling of Al-Mustapha, Shofolahan case

By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE The Court of Appeal in Lagos Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the Lagos State government’s approach towards the hearing of the appeal filed by the convicted Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and the Protocol Officer in the campaign organisation of late M.K.O Abiola, Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, against the judgment of the trial court which sentenced them to death. It will be recalled that Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court, had passed the death sentence by hanging on both of them after they were arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy and murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in 1996, along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. But the appeal could not be heard today as counsel to the Lagos State Government, Mr Femi Adamson, informed the appellate court, presided over by Justice Chuma Nweze, that the respondent has a...

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