If you’ve ever found yourself drifting off to sleep only to be woken by a vigorous, full-body twitch or jerk, then do not feel alarmed. You’re among the estimated 60-70% of Americans who regularly experience a phenomenon known as a hypnic jerk—also known as a hypnagogic jerk, or sleep start—which strikes as a person falls into a deep sleep. Here’s what to know about it.
What do sleep jerks feel like?
Zamfara State government has declared a one-week public holiday for civil servants to enable them obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). Naija News understands that Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle‘s led government made the announcement on Saturday, June 18, 2022.
A statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital on Saturday, outlined that the work-free day starts from next Monday to Friday, (June 20th to 24th, 2022).
This according to the government would allow the state’s public and civil servants to be able to fulfil their civic rights in the 2023 general elections.
Abuja-based Pentecostal preacher, Paul Enenche has reacted to the alleged fake clergyman who attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC. The presence of the bishops at the unveiling sparked various reactions.
Christian Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Catholic Church distanced themselves from the persons who appeared in cassocks at the event and described them as impostors.
Speaking at the event at his Dunamis Church headquarters in Abuja, Enenche described the fake clergymen as “criminals”
Will 'Grey's Anatomy' return for Season 19? Or is the series ending? Read for details on what could be the last season of the ABC medical drama.
Source: ABCMeredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) and Maggie Pierce (played by Kelly McCreary)
It seems like only yesterday that we were first introduced to Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Over the years, we’ve watched the titular character go from a quirky med school resident to a widowed mother of three.
See 'My 600-lb Life' star Tiffany Barker's weight loss transformation now and follow her on social media.
Is there any better way to break up the week than by looking forward to Wednesday evening's hour-long episode of TLC's My 600-lb Life? After all, the show's got drama, struggle, adversity and usually an amusing cast of resilient characters viewers can cheer on from their couches.
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The Season 7 episode premiered in February 2019, and it told the story of Tiffany Barker, an almost 29-year-old from Marysville, Wash.