SAD: American Express president Ed Gilligan dies

American Express president Ed Gilligan has died suddenly, the company said in a public letter Friday. He was 55.
He became seriously ill on a flight home to New York, the statement said.
“This is deeply painful and frankly unimaginable for all of us who had the great fortune to work with Ed, and benefit from his insights, leadership and enthusiasm,” CEO Ken Chenault said in the letter to employees.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Lisa, and their four children – Katie, Meaghan, Kevin and Shane. He was a proud husband and father, and his love for his family was evident in all that he did.”
Gilligan became president of American Express in.....

#NIGERIA: Buhari, Osinbajo declare assets

President Muham-madu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets in line with provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
Their declaration forms were.....

Sepp Blatter wins #FIFA presidential re-election for an unprecedented fifth term as Prince Ali withdraws

Sepp Blatter won FIFA presidential re-election for an unprecedented fifth term as challenger Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan conceded after failing to win by a two-thirds majority in the first round of voting on Friday.
At FIFA's 65th Congress in Zurich, the 209 member nations cast their votes and the....

*Behold President Federal Republic Of New Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari #BuhariMeansBusiness

                Date: Friday, May29th, 2015! Exactly 10:50am Nigeria Got Her New President.

This is Muhammadu Buhari, @MBuhari, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and President of Federal Republic of Nigeria.#NewNigeria #BuhariMeansBusiness.

Congrats Baba! May God Guide you to the right path in order to stir the Ship of the country to a greater height and to the rightly place it belong. Now change has come to Nigeria!

Read President Buhari’s inaugural speech after the cut....

READ: 7am for sex, 10am to go shopping, 5pm for exercise and 10pm to go to bed, The best time to do EVERYTHING revealed

Between 9pm and 6am - while the rest of us are firmly tucked up in bed - up to a third of Brits are working out, latest figures show.

It seems that more people are embracing the 'early to bed, early to rise' mantra to cram even more into their day, usually before others have even woken up.

But with everything seemingly on tap 24-7 these days, what's the best time of day for you to tackle that to-do list and keep yourself firing on all cylinders?

FEMAIL finds out below;

7am-8am - Best time for sex

The human body produces a huge surge in sex hormone and a rush of adrenaline first thing to get you 'up and at 'em', so why not use it to stay between the sheets instead?

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#Nigeria #PHCN: Court stops proposed increment in electricity tariff

A Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from giving effect to its proposed increment in electricity tariff.

Justice Mohammed Idris made the order on Thursday after a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Toluwani Adebiyi, had moved an ex parte application to that effect.

The Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, had at a recent press conference in Abuja, disclosed the plan by the commission to implement an......

Thousands of breast cancer patients could be saved by osteoporosis drug after scientists discover it stops the disease spreading to the bones

Thousands of women’s lives could be saved after scientists discovered a way to stop breast cancer spreading into the bones.

Experts hope the finding will slash the death rate associated with the disease, which affects more than 50,000 people in the UK every year.

Scientists at Sheffield University say they have discovered a way of stopping cancerous cells from burrowing into a patient’s bones.

Secondary tumours in the bones is the cause of roughly 85 per cent of the 12,000 breast cancer deaths seen in the UK every year.

But the team has discovered a type of drug which may stop cancer penetrating the bones in around 30 per cent of these cases

The drugs, called bisphosphonates, are already in use as treatment for osteoporosis.

The discovery, published last night in the journal Nature, still needs to be......

SEE Robbers who pose as bank customers to rob wealthy patrons in LAGOS

The suspects

A robbery gang, which specialised in disguising as bank customers and robbing unsuspecting wealthy bank patrons, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

Our correspondent gathered that the three-man gang, which allegedly operated in the FESTAC Town area, was nabbed by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad after one of their victims reported his encounter with them to the police.

According to Punch, the two members of the gang ─ Chinedu Okeke and Kolawole Best ─ were arrested while a third member, identified only as Ben, is still at large.

It was gathered that the trio usually went to commercial banks in the area to monitor customers as they withdrew cash from cashiers or the Automated Teller Machines.

The suspects would then trail those with the......

BEWARE!! SEE the TEXT message that can crash your phone: Malicious SMS which causes handsets to freeze and reboot

A bug discovered in Apple's iOS is causing Messages to crash automatically when a certain text is received.

If an iPhone user receives the text, containing a mixture of specific words and characters, while their handset is locked the bug also forces their phone to reboot.

Unsurprisingly, the text message content is being shared on social media, with people complaining of being repeatedly sent the message by mischievous friends.

The message contains the word ‘Power’ as well as Arabic and Marathi characters and the Chinese character meaning 'redundant'.

Continue reading after the cut.....

PHOTO: #Nollywood Actress Uche Jombo Welcomes Baby Boy

Nollywood actress Uche Jombo and Husband Kenny Rodriguez have welcome their first baby. Uche gave birth to their son Matthew last night May 28th, 2015 and immediately shared her son's photo with a message on her instagram page.

See Photos and Message after the cut:

READ: How TATTOOS can harm your health

The trend for tattoos comes with unseen risks to health, doctors have warned.

The craze has been embraced by celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and David Beckham - and even Samantha Cameron sports a tasteful dolphin butterfly on her ankle.

But experts say there are hidden medical complications.

A US study shows more than one in 20 people getting ‘inked’ suffer tattoo-related complications with high rates of.....

#Buhari: A new dawn for Nigeria

A new era dawns in Nigeria today as President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, receives the baton of the nation’s leadership from outgoing president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The inauguration of Buhari as president, following the defeat of Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election represents for Nigerians, fresh hope for new solutions to intractable problems that have kept our country on its knees for much of its 100-year history.
To signify the importance of this momentous milestone in Nigeria’s history, no fewer than 50 world leaders are expected to witness the swearing in of the new president at a colourful ceremony at the Eagle Square, Abuja, this morning. State governors who got the mandates of their people in the April 11 gubernatorial polls will also be sworn into office in their various state capitals as we celebrate Democracy Day today.

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The world focuses on Nigeria as #Buhari takes over

Nigeria will be in world focus today as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari takes oath of office as the fourth President.
With the development, Gen Buhari becomes the first President to lead Nigeria from an opposition party since 1960 when the nation got her independence from Britain.
Some of the activities lined up for the inauguration include Juma’at service, an inter-denominational church service, dinner, the swearing-in proper, lunch and gala night.
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday toured the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari and Osinbajo were taken on the tour by outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo.
Expectedly, the world has literally relocated to Nigeria as many leaders from various countries in Africa and beyond converged on Abuja, the federal capital for the epoch-making event.
At Press time, the United States Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, was.....