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Scientists could be close to discovering the secret to immortality, but would you really want to live forever? Dateline: The Death of Ageing I RECENTLY sat down for what would become one of the toughest interviews I’ve ever done. It was on a topic which most people vacillate from complete denial to total dread: death. I was beginning a report on how tech companies were tackling ageing when a question emerged: How long do I want to live? Any answer less than forever implies accepting death at some point. The idea of accepting death for myself may be one thing, but accepting it for my children is a completely different thing. I was unprepared for how emotional it would be to ask my kids for their thoughts on our mortality. Their answers — as thoughtful and sweet, as macabre and dark — launched me into a query that would lead me halfway around the world in search of answers from some of the most prominent voices and brightest minds lead...

Urhobo militant group blows up gas trunklines in Delta U GHELLI —AN Urhobo militant group, Urhobo Gbagbako, yesterday, claimed responsibility for two explosions that rocked two major gas trunklines belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, located on the boundaries of Afiesere and Ekredjebo communities and Otedo and Edjovwe communities both in Ughelli North and Ughelli South Local Government Areas of Delta State. Urhobo Gbagbako, in a statement by its spokesperson, Priest Omodjuvwu, said that the explosions were in protest against those he called “traitors” the NPDC had continued to send to Urhoboland in a bid to manipulate their unsuspecting and once peaceful communities. He said: “These petty crumb eaters can only cause pains to the NPDC, Shoreline and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in a promised sham settlement to the lingering crises to these companies and government agencies. “In believing the empty promises of these evil ...

Nick Jensen threatens to divorce in protest of gay marriage in Canberra CityNews article Nick and Sarah Jensen posed for  Canberra CityNews  to announce their gay marriage protest.   Source:  Supplied A CANBERRA couple has announced their intention to divorce if gay people are allowed to get married too. Nick Jensen, who posed with his wife Sarah on the cover of the latest issue of Canberra CityNews , writes of the Christian couple’s decision to end their marriage under the headline, “Gay law change may force us to divorce”. “My wife and I just celebrated our 10-year anniversary. But later this year, we may be getting a divorce,” he writes. “The decision to divorce is not one we’ve taken lightly. And certainly, it’s not one that many will readily understand. And that’s because it’s not a traditional divorce.” Mr Jensen goes on to explain the divorce plan, where the pair will continue to live together, have more kids, and refer to...

From the blood-soaked battlefields of Lagos: The chilling story of street cultism W ho  goes there?!’’ they hollered. Those seated at the same relaxation spot with him were taken aback by this. Indeed, many could not help but wonder aloud what could have prompted a group of powerfully dressed young men to erupt into such a reckless outburst. It was at this point that a slim, dark complexioned man walked in. The arrival of this man, who could possibly be in his late 20s, triggered off another round of rapturous shouts. ‘’Clear road, clear road,’’ they barked commandingly to the chagrin of others, who had come to relax at the rendezvous located in one of the suburbs in Oriade Local Development Council Authority of Lagos State. The conduct of this group became so irritating to other customers that the proprietor of the spot had to ask them to give peace a chance. Apparently angered by the development, the boys left the scene in a jiffy. The shop owner in his usual friendly...

2,100 Boko Haram victims to benefit from UN rebuilding of North-East – Toure Gombe – The UN has commenced the first phase of providing livelihoods and early recovery support scheme to 700 women and youths victims of Boko Haram insurgency. UN official, Dr Daouda Toure, who disclosed this on Wedneday at a two-day Dialogue in Gombe said that agro-processing equipment support would also be given to another 1,400 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Toure, the UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, said that said the 700 beneficiaries would be drawn from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. He said that the 1400 beneficiaries of agro-processing equipment support would be drawn from Adamawa and Borno through Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The event is titled’ “Dialogue on Strengthening Women’s Engagement on Peace, Security and Reconciliation in the Post-Insurgency North-East”. He disclosed that the UN says was formulating a number of “early recovery” activities a...