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In the early stage one of hypertension with blood pressure 140 to 159/90 to 99mmHg, most patients experience no symptoms and likewise, no signs are elicited by the doctor. Ahead of World Hypertension Day, coming up on Wednesday, May 17 2017, Dr Ademola Orolu, a Consultant family physician spoke to PAUL ADUNWOKE on treatments, preventions and management of the disease.   What is hypertension?  Hypertension is a state of persistent or repeated elevation of the blood pressure at 140/90mmHg or above this. Blood pressure in normal individuals should be 120/80mmHg. In between having a normal blood pressure and being hypertensive is a stage of pre-hypertension in which repeated blood pressure values are in the range of between 120 to139/80 to 89mmHg. Therefore, it means that if individuals have good health seeking attitude, they may be identified in the pre-hypertensive stage, when lifestyle modifications can prevent progression to hypertension. Being hypertensive means ...

Internet continues to greatly impact on nations, communities, institutions, and individuals, as seen in new ideas like e-governance, e-learning, e-banking, and of course, e-commerce, among others. Across the globe, businesses are going online. This has been championed by the Internet technology. The Internet value chain, estimated to worth $5.8t, has brought with it a lot of opportunities in all spheres of life. Economically, socially, and culturally, the Internet continues to greatly impact on nations, communities, institutions, and individuals, as seen in new ideas like e-governance, e-learning, e-banking, and of course, e-commerce, among others. Growth Potential  Indeed, Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is currently finding strength in eCommerce, a sub-sector estimated to worth N3.06t ($10b), according to market observers. While e-Commerce continues to grow, the same is seen with the rest of Africa and most part of the world. More and m...

The Editor of the Guardian, Mr. Abraham Ogbodo I am a bit confused and somebody needs to talk to me now. Where exactly are we on the matter of the rechristening of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, which happened last Tuesday at the Senate? Which, between these two names: ‘Acting President’ and ‘Coordinating President’ describes him in the current circumstance. I am seeking clarification because if others are forgiven, nobody will forgive an editor for using the wrong description for the head of state. And so, on my own, I had run through a lot of lexical entries to establish a definitional correlation between ‘coordinating’ and ‘acting’ and also find out if a coordinator and an actor could execute to become an executor. It was tedious but worth the while in the end. Both words, in the context of their usage in the matter at hand, fall into the same lexical classification – adjective. They could also be used as nouns, verbs and adverbs. In fact, I could not discover any substantial diffe...

These are Interesting times to be a Nigerian. Really Interesting times. A time when whistle blowing is fast becoming the order of the day. For the second year running, our budget gets reportedly stolen/missing/lost but then, unlike the other time, the police is to blame. The Head of the Senate committee on appropriation said Police took the budget along with some Cash notes from his house. I thought it was EFCC who had permission to carry out such raids?  I never knew he was allowed to work from home also. Speaking of home, Our President has decided to take his position one step ahead of others. He decided to work from home.  If given the opportunity, I am sure many of you will want to work from home too. It’s not like you have the issues of Nigeria to deal with by the way, why cant you?  I would have found this alright if his excellency has actually had a stressful year, or his office was like Sango ota  and he had to go to Ajah everyday, the it is permissible...