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Cucumbers are scientifically known as  Cucumis sativus  and belong to the same botanical family as melons (including watermelon and cantaloupe) and squashes (including summer squash, winter squash, zucchini and pumpkin). Commercial production of cucumbers is usually divided into two types. "Slicing cucumbers" are produced for fresh consumption. "Pickling cucumbers" are produced for eventual processing into pickles. Slicing cucumbers are usually larger and have thicker skins, while pickling cucumbers are usually smaller and have thinner skins. What's New and Beneficial About Cucumbers Researchers have long been familiar with the presence of unique polyphenols in plants called lignans, and these health-benefiting substances have been studied extensively in cruciferous vegetables (like broccoli or cabbage) and allium vegetables (like onion or garlic). Recent studies, however, have begun to pay more attention to the lignan content of other vegetables, inc...

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima and other high-ranking officials, today visited the 54 injured survivors of the military accidental bomb discharge in Rann. The surviving victims are currently hospitalized in three hospitals in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. more photos below:

The presidency has said there was nothing to worry over the health condition of President Muhammadu Buhari as he proceeds on a medical trip to the United Kingdom. President Buhari left Abuja on Thursday, January 19, on a medical visit to the United Kingdom where he is expected to seek medical attention within the period of his 10-days annual leave. Before departing the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Buhari told reporters that there was nothing wrong for him proceeding on a vacation, The New Telegraph reports. He said: “What’s wrong with going on vacation? Didn’t I go last year at the same time?” The special adviser on media and publicity to the president, Femi Adesina, said the president is just going to rest. He said: “The President is going to rest. You know that God did work of creation for six days and on the seventh day he rested. So if God needed to rest how much more human being. So the President is just going to rest and the statement...

The Director of Competitions, Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Bola Oyeyode, says the current state of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium is below standard for Africa Football Confederation competitions. Oyeyode, who made the assertion on Thursday in Enugu while speaking with newsmen, said the deplorable condition of facilities at the stadium was nothing to write home about. “With the current condition of the stadium, I doubt if CAF will consider the stadium as a venue for its matches,’’ he said. He urged the Enugu State Government to commence an upgrade of the facilities to ensure the stadium would be approved when CAF delegates come for inspection. “The structure needs to wear a new look, the rooms are untidy for human use and equally lots of plumbing work need to be done,’’ he said. Oyeyode said that there were some facilities that needed to be provided, especially for the match officials. “The stadium needs Wifi network coverage for international observers and the media f...

By Peter Dada, Akure The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested the Chairman of the Ondo State Oil-Producing Areas Development Commission, Mr. Johnson Ogunyemi. The operatives also arrested the Permanent Secretary of the commission, Dr. Dipo Durojaiye; the Director of Finance and Administration, Mr. Sola Orisamoluwa; and the Director of Account, Mr. Vincent Ikuomola. It was gathered that the officials of the anti-graft agency stormed the premises of OSOPADEC at Oba-Ile, Akure, in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state at about 12noon and arrested the top officers at the administrative building of the commission. During the operation, no vehicle was allowed into the premises as the main gate was locked up with handcuffs while armed policemen were at the gate manning the gate. When our correspondent visited the OSOPADEC office, the chairman and other arrested officials were seen being taken away by the EFCC opera...

Less than five weeks to the end of the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko in Ondo state, TOPE FAYEHUN chronicles events as the governor prepares to hand over on February 24 High wired politicking is going on in Ondo State, ahead of the February 24 handover and swearing-in ceremony of the winner of last November’s governorship election conducted in the State. The State Governor Olusegun Mimiko will handover the mantle of leadership to Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) having served the constitutionally permitted two-term tenures. Consequently, the two major political parties, the All progressives Congress (APC) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been locked in a war of words over series allegations and counter allegations which includes a planned diversion of public funds. While APC accused the government of intending to divert about N1.5bn grants from foreign donors to phoney contracts, the government has been trying hard to defend its integrity in the face of th...

Non-academic unions in the Nigerian universities say they will on Monday embark on a five-day warning strike over the inability of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreements with the unions. The unions are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the unions in a statement stated that the warning strike became necessary in order for government to fully implement the 2009 FGN/Non-Teaching Staff Unions Agreements it freely entered into with the unions. JAC said that a letter of the warning strike signed by Samson Ugwoke, SSANU President, Sani Suleiman, President of NAAT and Chris Ani, NASU President had been send to the Minister of Education. JAC said the letter was also copied to the Minister Labour and Employment, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission and President of Nigeria Labour Congress. ...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, said the reason why he handed over the mantle of leadership to Pastor Joseph Obayemi, was because of the new legal requirement, guiding all registered churches. He thereby stated, that he ‎remains the General Overseer Worldwide, of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, with Obayemi only to head the Redeemed churches in Nigeria. Adeboye, who stated this in a statement through Pastor Leke Adeboye, the clergyman’s last son and Personal Assistant, said the clarification is coming on the heels of misrepresentation of Pastor E. A. Adeboye’s announcement at the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving, held at the redemption camp, on Saturday, that the church is now to be led by Pastor Joseph Obayemi. The statement clarified that the latest development, is sequel to the new legal requirements set up by the Financial Regulations Council, guiding all registered churches, mosques, and Civil Society Organisations,...

Chief Charles Idahosa, aka Akakasiaka, is one of the heavy weights in the politics of Edo State. He was the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the immediate past Governor Adams Oshiomhole for eight years. In this interview, Idahosa speaks on what he expects from Governor Godwin Obaseki in the new year, saying that APC leaders in the state will provide a conducive environment for him to fulfil his campaign promises to the people. Your party, the APC, is thriving despite the economic recession. It won the Edo and Ondo state governorship elections. What is the secret behind this success? We thank God that we won these states, but one thing I must say is that for a political party that is in-charge of a government to be winning elections in a recession goes a great length to show the understanding and the sophistication of the Nigerian voter. What the results from Edo and Ondo show is that the people are very much aware and enlightened about the issues, that the problem we are h...

Mobile phone provider, MTN Communications Limited, has mounted an effort to persuade Justice Abdulaziz Anka of the Federal High Court in Lagos to reverse his ruling that the mobile telephone firm should temporarily forfeit N8 billion to the Federal Government. The funds, located in account number 0012005379 at ECOBANK, are suspected to be the proceeds of unlawful activity. In an earlier ruling, Justice Anka had approved the government’s seizure of another account, with number 1013607079, containing billions of naira and held at SKYE Bank. Nobody has so far filed court papers to claim ownership of the funds. An Abuja based lawyer, John Samuel Opeyemi, had filed a lawsuit at a Federal High Court in Lagos, on behalf of the Federal Government, Attorney General of the Federation and an asset recovery agent of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Algaita Group Nigeria Limited, seeking the forfeiture order. In an affidavit, the Managing Director of Algaita Group Limited, Abdullahi Mohamme...

Banjul – Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow who vowed to take office on January 19 despite the refusal of outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to give up power has been killed by unknown assailants. The assailants overpowered the security guards of Mr. Barrow, leaving two of the guards dead and other six injured from gunshots. President Yahya Jammeh, the ‘prime suspect’ has denied any involvement in the incident. The assassination of Mr. Barrow comes few days after he referred to the country’s constitution that a court action taken by Jammeh cannot prevent the winner of the poll from assuming office as mandated by the constitution. He was responding to Jammeh, who said Saturday that a decision of the Economic Community of West African States to send troops to ensure a peaceful transition of power was a “declaration of war” and called for a fresh poll. “It should be crystal clear that filing an election petition is the private matter of a loser in an election. It does not prevent man...

Editor's note:  The former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode in this fresh piece has said that some cabals are currently controlling governance and affairs in Kaduna state. Fani-Kayode listed reasons why the people of Southern Kaduna must not stay quiet over the incessant killings in the area. The former minister has said that some cabals are currently running the affairs in Kaduna state In reaction to the suggestion that the people of Southern Kaduna should defend themselves from mass murder and genocide given the fact that their state government has refused to protect them a political advisor to Governor Nasir El Rufai wrote the following in an essay titled "Kaduna Shall Be Great Again" and in some publications "Understanding The Southern Kaduna Crises " . He wrote: ''The greatest challenge to peace in Kaduna State now is the antics of political jobbers and opportunists who have gone as low as spreading hate speeches; telling c...

A mother of two has been arrested by the Department of State Security Service for allegedly kidnapping her own son and demanding a ransom of N5 million from her husband. Security and family sources confirmed that the woman identified as Baraka, connived with one Rukayya and another accomplice who called the husband, pretending to be the kidnapper, and demanded the N5 million ransom. Police Public Relations Officer, Asp Bitrus Noam, confirmed the incident, saying the case was with the Department of State Security Service. A source close to the family confided in our correspondent that the woman’s husband who was left in a state of confusion and reported the case to the SSS after negotiating with the fake abductor to pay N2 million. “He alerted the SSS after repeated calls and text massages discussing the said ransom. “Investigation by the SSS operatives led to the arrest of the mother who confessed to have stage-managed her son’s kidnap,” he said, revealing that the accused wife had ea...

Kabiyesi you are petty and a liar - Olusegun Obasanjo's open letter to The Awujale & Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, December 30, 2016 His Royal Highness, Oba Alaiyeluwa S. K. Adetona, The Awujale & Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Adetona Road, P. O. Box 263, Ijebu Ode. The extract from your Autobiography “Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S. K. Adetona, Ogbagba II”, published by Mosuro Publishers 2010, pp. 187-195, which I attach to this letter was presented to me for my attention. Your assertion in the publication was a tissue of lies and untruths. Olopade is one of my best friends and yes, I would be at his birthday celebration but I would not have invited Mike, your cousin, to meet me anywhere other than my office or official residence as President of Nigeria. Kabiyesi, do you think I would set the press up to capture me and Mike in a photograph for the newspapers? That would be puerile of me as President. Of course, I could not say that Mike could not...