Baylor coach Scott Drew says a culture of faith, selflessness and humility helped propel his team to the school’s first-ever national championship.
The Bears dominated No. 1 and previously unbeaten Gonzaga in the NCAA men’s championship game Monday night, 86-70, never trailing thanks to a stifling defense and a hot-shooting offense that tallied 10 3-pointers.
Gonzaga (31-1) entered the game as a slight favorite.
During a post-game nationally televised interview on CBS, Drew mentioned his faith – and the faith of his team – as a key to the team’s success. Baylor is a Christian university with a mission to “educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community,” according to its website.
“Our guys have been motivated all year,” he said. “It’s a player-led team. We’re so blessed to have unbelievable upperclassmen in leadership. But we play with a culture of joy. And it’s Jesus, others, yourself. They came out and they fed off of each other. We got off to a great start. And then defensively, we’re pretty good.”
It was Baylor’s first national championship in basketball and its first Final Four appearance since 1950. Drew took over the program in 2003 following a scandal under the previous coach and guided the Bears through multiple years of probation. Baylor made the NCAA Tournament in Drew’s fifth season as coach and the Elite Eight twice (2010 and 2012) before this year’s breakout season.
Baylor has made the NCAA Tournament nine times under Drew. In its previous 90-plus years of basketball, it had made the tournament only four times.
Nigerian Twitter users opened the app on Monday April 5 to find that quite a number of influencers have been yanked off the platform.
Trending under the hashtag ‘Jack’, many questioned why the accounts of popular influencers had been suspended, leaving them to create backup accounts and plead with users to follow them again.
It is alleged that these accounts, including but not limited to Dr Pampam (@UnclePamilerin), Four Eye Edo Boy (@Alex_House of 308), Tife (@Tife_fabunmi), Samuel Mbah (@mbahdeyforyou), Valhalla (@Valhalla_XO), Volqx (@volqx), MR AHMED (@UncleMohamz) were suspended indefinitely for their involvement in an online campaign to prevent the extradition of Alex Saab after receiving money.
Mr Saab is a Colombian business man of Lebanese ancestry facing extradition to the US on money laundering charges.
None of the influencers, who each have nothing less than a hundred thousand followers have admitted tot the allegations.
Tea is the world’s most commonly consumed beverage after water and Coffee is also extremely popular too.
Drinking coffee or green tea is associated with many health benefits, such as better cardiovascular health, lower inflammation levels, and a reduced risk for developing chronic disease.
People consume green tea and coffee for their characteristic taste and health benefits.
Caffeine content
Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant drug worldwide, and it’s naturally found in coffee and tea. In fact, coffee and tea are often the most predominant sources of caffeine in a person’s diet. However, coffee provides more than three times the amount of caffeine than green tea. An 8-ounce (240 mL) serving of coffee provides 96 mg of caffeine, while the same amount of green tea provides 29 mg.
According to research, intakes of 400 mg of caffeine per day are considered safe for adults. However, the recommended limit drops to 100 mg per day for teenagers and 2.5 mg/kg per day for children.
Caffeine is one of the most studied substances, due to its multiple beneficial health effects. These include:
increased energy levels, alertness, attention, and wakefulness
lowered mental and physical fatigue
quickened reaction times and improved accuracy
enhanced exercise performance
improved memory and mood
Evidence also suggests caffeine has protective effects on brain health, reducing the risk of dementia and other degenerative diseases.
Some studies have even linked caffeine intake with a lowered risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
However, research on caffeine and diabetes seems inconclusive, and further evidence suggests that it may actually increase blood sugar levels.
Scientists need to do more research on the potential effects of caffeine.
Health benefits
Green tea and coffee have multiple health benefits in common, including their high antioxidant content and weight loss effects.
Great antioxidant sources
Free radicals play numerous beneficial roles in your body. However, in excess, they lead to oxidative stress.
Oxidative stress is a harmful process that can negatively affect your health by causing disease and speeding up the aging process.
Luckily, coffee and green tea are loaded with antioxidants — compounds with beneficial effects against oxidative stress.
They’re both particularly rich in a group of antioxidants called polyphenols. In both drinks, these are responsible for many of their benefits and flavor.
Weight loss effects
There are several pieces of evidence that prove that both beverages can be effective when trying to lose weight. It also good to know that the elements present in both beverage helps promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut, which helps burn fat and improve insulin sensitivity, among other beneficial effects.
Furthermore, studies have found that caffeine is associated with weight loss. It appears to:
reduce hunger
increase calorie burning
activate a type of fat called brown adipose tissue (BAT), whose quantities decrease as you age
BAT has the potential to produce large amounts of heat and modulate fat and glucose metabolism.
Potential downsides
Though both coffee and green tea is known for their benefits, they may also have some drawbacks.
On one hand, added ingredients — such as sweeteners, creamers, and flavored syrups — may significantly increase your coffee or tea’s calorie and sugar count.
Research shows that sweetened coffee and tea are among the foods that contribute to high sugar intake in adults. This is associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and dental cavities.
On the other hand, even though caffeine is considered a beneficial drug, consuming too much of it may lead to unwanted side effects, such as caffeine-induced anxiety and sleep disorders.
Evidence suggests that chronic intakes of caffeine may lead to increased alertness and anxiety. If consumed in high doses of over 400 mg per day, it can worsen symptoms of anxiety, panic disorder, and insomnia.
Furthermore, caffeine use may lead to caffeine dependence in some people. Those who have caffeine dependence may have caffeine withdrawal and may continue to use caffeine despite experiencing harmful effects.
There’s evidence that oils naturally present in coffee, including cafestol and kahweol, may increase blood cholesterol levels.
An analysis of studies found that consuming coffee made without a paper filter was associated with increased total and LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood. However, the authors found that people’s cholesterol levels didn’t rise when they drank coffee that was made using a paper coffee filter.
Which is better
Green tea and coffee are both safe beverages that provide you with the benefits of caffeine and antioxidants. Both are also associated with a decreased risk of certain diseases.
Coffee’s higher caffeine content may more easily lead to caffeine dependence compared with that of green tea.
On the flip side, coffee would be a more suitable choice if you’re looking for increased alertness or improved physical performance. Determining which is better ultimately comes down to your specific needs.
The bottom line
Green tea and coffee are two healthy staple drinks in many people’s diets.
They share many health benefits, such as anticancer effects and weight loss properties due to their caffeine and antioxidant content.
They also share the potential downsides associated with commonly added ingredients, such as sugar, creamers, and flavored syrups.
Considering coffee’s higher caffeine content and green tea’s L-theanine content may help you decide which one is better for you.
Green Tea and Coffee are both healthy and safe. Green Tea may be a better choice for people with anxiety or insomnia. In contrast, coffee may suit you better if you’re looking for increased alertness or improved physical performance.
But when it comes to overall health then green tea is more beneficial than blackcoffee. It is rich in antioxidants and has numerous proven health benefits.
Prince Harry And Meghan Markle have announced their first Netflix series “Heart Of Invictus”, a docu-series that reveals “the human stories and resilient spirit behind the Invictus Games.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Tuesday, April 6, announced they have teamed up with Oscar-winning filmmakers Orlando Von Einsiedel and Joanna Natesegara to create Archewell’s first-ever Netflix series. Together, the group will tell the stories of the athletes competing in the 2022 Invictus Games, an international adaptive multi-sport event in which wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and their associated veterans take part in nine sports on behalf of their country.
Prince Harry, in a statement, said, “Since the very first Invictus Games back in 2014, we knew that each competitor would contribute in their own exceptional way to a mosaic of resilience, determination, and resolve. This series will give communities around the world a window into the moving and uplifting stories of these competitors on their path to the Netherlands next year..”
“As Archewell Productions’ first series with Netflix, in partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation,” he continued, “I couldn’t be more excited for the journey ahead or prouder of the Invictus community for continuously inspiring global healing, human potential and continued service.”
Harry will appear in the show and will serve as executive producer on the series.
The first Invictus Games took place in September 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom. The 2020 games were scheduled to be held in The Hague, Netherlands in May 2020, but were postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has called on members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to call off their industrial action.
Muhammad made the appeal to the judiciary workers following a meeting on Tuesday with some national and local officials of the union for a few minutes in his chamber at the Supreme Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The meeting was reportedly convened to explore solutions and ways to mitigate the impact of the ongoing strike on the nation’s judiciary sector.
He criticized the unintended implications of the strike were better imagined than seen as they have spiral effects, including on children and the federal judiciary.
At the end of the meeting, the CJN asked the JUSUN officials to sheath their swords while the process of making state governments obey the Executive Order 10.
Members of the union commenced a nationwide strike on Tuesday in protest against the refusal of the state governments to enforce financial autonomy in the judiciary.
The judiciary workers faulted the state authorities for their action which they said contravened the provisions of the 1999 Constitution.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of Police who immediately replaces Mohammed Abubakar Adamu.
Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi who disclosed this to State House correspondents said Baba’s appointment was carefully made, after the president considered issues of professionalism, competence, and numerous years of service.
The president had on the 4th of February, extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police for three months out of which the police boss spent two months and three days.
The president urged DIG Usman Alkali Baba to among other things ensure that policing reform policies are fully prioritized to engender peace across the country.
The newly appointed acting inspector general of police born on the 1st of March 1963 and hails from Yobe state, bags a Masters in public administration from the University of Maiduguri, Borno state in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts from the Bayero Usman University, Kano in 1985.
As part of his policing vision, he aims to enhance police primacy in Nigeria through the provision of motivational and credible leadership,.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has signed an Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning contract with Tecnimont SpA, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont.
In a statement, NNPC Group General Manager/Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said the rehabilitation project had a completion timeline between 18 and 44 months under a three-phase arrangement.
He said the contract was awarded to the Milan-based Tecnimont SpA at a lump sum contract price of US$1.5 billion, inclusive of VAT and other statutory payments.
The signing comes few weeks after the Federal Executive Council approved the sum of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels per day capacity Port Harcourt Refinery in Alesa-Eleme, Rivers State.
Earlier, there had been a public outcry against the cost of the planned rehabilitation, which was described as over-inflated and the amount capable of building a brand new or modular refinery.
However, NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, said the PHRC rehabilitation project was a dream come true, noting that the project was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to the Nigerian people to make the refineries work.
Kyari said the corporation embarked on a transparent tender process that could withstand any forensic audit, noting that NNPC was ready and open to answer any question pertaining to the project.
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has visited Imo state where he appealed to residents to reject violent groups following an armed attack on a police headquarters and a prison facility in the State.
Spokesperson Laolu Akande in a statement said the Vice President In his speech in Owerri, condemned the attacks as an assault on the way of life of the good people of the state,
The statement read, Nigerians must come together and reject the agents of anarchy seeking to cause chaos for their own selfish interests, especially as there are many more who are working tirelessly to build up the country’s system and to enhance it.
According to reports, the early Monday attack targeted the police headquarters in Owerri during which one police officer sustained gunshot injury.
The gunmen, using guns and dynamites, also attacked the Owerri correctional facility where over 1,800 inmates were freed. The police have blamed the attacks on the outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and its security arm, ESN.
Osinbajo was on a one-day visit to Owerri, Imo State, where he also commissioned a road project executed by the state government.
While in town, the VP also visited Imo State Police Headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Centre, both of which were attacked in the early hours of Monday.
China’s census is expected to show a further decline in the percentage of young people in its fast-aging population.
Policymakers are under pressure to come up with family-planning incentives and arrest a falling birth rate, amidst high living costs and an aversion to having children among urban couples.
China is expected to release the results of its latest census, conducted in late 2020, in coming days.
The proportion of elderly people in the population is believed to have risen and Analysts say the world’s most populous country is at risk of entering an irreversible population slide if effective measures are not found.
The continuation of those trends will undermine China’s working-age population and weigh on productivity.
In 2010, the proportion of the population aged 14 or younger plunged to 16.60% from 22.89% in 2000, an effect of a decades-old one-child policy. Citizens aged 60 and older accounted for 13.26%, up from about 10%.
A shrinking pool of working adults will also test its ability to pay and care for an aging nation.
In 2016, China scrapped the one-child policy in the hope of boosting the number of babies. It also set a target to increase its population to about 1.42 billion by 2020, from 1.34 billion in 2010.
Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the country will fight to the end if China attacks.
Speaking to reporters at his ministry, Joseph Wu said even the United States watching developments in this region, have clearly seen the danger of the possibility of China launching an attack.
Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained of repeated military activities by Beijing in recent months, with China’s air force making almost daily forays in Taiwan’s Air Defence identification zone.
On Monday, China said an aircraft carrier group was exercising close to the island.
Wu said they were determined to improve their military capabilities and spend more on defence, adding they would defend themselves without any questions and would fight the war to the last if necessary.
Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said at a separate event they would run eight days of computer-aided war games this month of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
This would form the first phase of Taiwan’s largest annual war games, the Han Kuang exercises while a second phase, including live fire drills, will happen in July.
Major General Liu Yu-Ping told reporters that the drills are designed based on the toughest enemy threats, simulating all possible scenarios on an enemy invasion on Taiwan.
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