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http://ift.tt/2rTTuAr < Previous 1 of 10 Next > EU Ambassador with guests at the networking reception A seminar session on “Innovation in Ireland” A delegate of the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany attending to visitors Seminar session on Erasmus+ EU Presents Nigerians More Opportunities with Study Abroad Fair Guardian-1 EU Ambassador cutting the tape to open the Study in Europe Fair in Lagos On Saturday, 20th May, 2016, The European Union (EU) at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, hosted its annual Study in Europe Fair 2017 to showcase the study options and post study opportunities in the EU for Nigerian students. Despite the heavy downpour and road blocks due to the Eyo Festival, more than 800 visitors attended the fair and the seminar sessions. Visitors were able to meet and interact with over 40 institution representatives and alumni from several EU countries. At the fair, the EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeri...

http://ift.tt/2rutgAX obesity (AFP Photo/Jean-Sebastien Evrard) Weight-loss balloons swallowed rather than surgically inserted in the stomach were shown to be safe and effective in preliminary trials, according to findings unveiled Thursday at a medical conference. So-called intragastric balloons have been used for decades to help obese patients shed unwanted kilos. Inflated with water, the devices curb hunger and make it easier to diet by inducing a feeling of fullness. Up to now, however, they could only be implanted in the stomach surgically, a costly procedure requiring general anaesthesia or sedation. In a small trial led by Roberta Ienca, a researcher in experimental medicine at Sapienza University in Rome, 42 obese patients — 29 men and 13 women — were fitted with balloons that were swallowed before being inflated with liquid. “A catheter is attached to the balloon, which is folded into a capsule,” Ienca explained to AFP. A doctor fills the balloon via the tiny tub...

http://ift.tt/2p8DuJW President Mohammadu Buhari/ AFP PHOTO / Sunday AGHAEZE President Muhammadu Buhari failed to show up for a weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday, despite assurances from his wife that his health was not a cause for concern. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo chaired the meeting in the absence of the 74-year-old Buhari, who has now missed the last three gatherings of senior ministers and advisors. The devout Muslim was also absent from Friday prayers last week and failed to attend his grandson’s wedding on Saturday. His spokesman said he had undergone “a long period of treatment” for an undisclosed illness in London earlier this year and needed rest. He was working from his private residence. Buhari has been under growing pressure to disclose his state of health since he returned from the British capital in early March after nearly two months away. On Tuesday, prominent Nigerians and civil society activists advised him to take medical leave. Local media repor...