Today December 1 is the World AIDS Day. The day has been marked yearly since 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international day to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS.
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A woman was late to come to a meeting and when she came, she found a boy sitting down beside some elders and said to him, “stand up let me sit down, don’t you have respect for elders and why are you sitting down where your parents are supposed to sit down”?
Because of the size of Nigeria’s economy at $568 billion GDP, it is easier to earn money than in Ghana that has a GDP of $51bn. Economic activities in Nigeria are ten times higher than in Ghana. Before a Ghanaian can earn 100 cedis equivalent of 8000 Naira, a hardworking Nigerian can earn 80,000 naira. That is economics for you!
Having a good character and ambition has a lot of advantages, not only for marriage, also for career and friendship. Even if you don’t get married, you know that you can’t be blamed.
The Federal Polytechnic Oko, which was once acknowledged as the polytechnic of the moment in Nigeria, has witnessed diverse of changes and growth under the management of their different Rectors.
Every year in December, millions of Nigerians go to church on Christmas Eve. They crowd shoulder-to-shoulder in “batchers”, kiosks or domes to light candles and sing “Silent Night”. A lot of persons participate in plays that recreate the birth of Jesus. And when the service is over, they exchange hearty “Merry Christmas!” wishes before beginning the trek home.
Don’t Die on the Road this Christmas (1). Christmas is at hand and lots of people both Christians and not Christians will definitely be on the road.
Road accidents become a recurring phenomenon in Nigeria especially during festivities such as Christmas. Numerous lives are lost while uncountable persons are injured in consequence of accidents. Accidents on our roads can be minimized if not avoided completely.
While growing up, Christmas is a day I looked forward to. There is this happiness and warmness in the neighborhood; almost everybody puts on a smiling faces and for the kids, we can’t but wait to adorn our Christmas clothes. As for me and my siblings, a good result at the end of the school term attracts gifts from our parents not to talk of the gifts Santa Claus brings from Rome (even though our teachers acted the part of Santa, it was unknown to us then). It is also an avenue for us to visit our friends and relatives. This period seems to be about jamboree but is that all the day entails is a question to be answered.
To everyone that knows the importance of foreign reserve, there is indeed a serious cause for concern. First it is the buffer reserve we use to balance out payments against international trade. It is the determinant of our national exchange rate or the strength of our national currency. It is also what creditors use as yardstick to give us loan.
People grow up with this mentality, they see life as a competition where they should outshine other people, and when they fail to, they get frustrated, which later lead to hatred for the person doing better than them. That’s how envy and jealousy get the best of people, they devise means to thwart the progress of other people so that they can’t do better than them.
The successful testing of the 5G network by MTN is among the biggest achievement any Telecommunications Company can boast of in Africa.
To avoid stories that touches the heart, gestational surrogacy is a better option for intended parents in Nigeria who cannot have a child as a result of infertility
According to his report Solomon, Gowon’s son, overheard their boasting and pleaded with them on his father’s behalf to forget about the incidence. At this point one of them, Zekeri Awalu picked up a bottle and started pursing Solomon, while pursing Solomon he tripped and fell on his own knife which was stocked around his waist and unfortunately injured himself on the thigh while Solomon ran home to inform his father (Gowon Abuh) of what had ensued meanwhile, Zekeri Awalu was rushed to Holy Memorial Hospital at Ochadamu.
According to the survey, 41% of respondents listed having children as a main reason they chose to marry. The Future of Children Report ♂ from Princeton University suggests that children born in household where the parents are married get many benefits from the marriage, including the following:
Life became easier and happier, corruption has reduced, our highways are safer, electricity became cheaper and more stable, our judiciary became stronger, our electoral system became more credible, businesses are flourishing, investors are trooping into Nigeria daily, nepotism and favoritism in employments in the MDAs no longer exist and a lot of other great achievements and progresses made from 2015 to date.
“In Nigeria, people with mental health conditions are often considered as being possessed by evil spirits or demons,” writes the nonprofit group Human Rights Watch, which is currently campaigning to convince leaders of African countries to end the practice of shackling mentally ill people. “In some camps, people are chained to trees, where they would bathe, defecate, urinate, eat, and sleep, some for years.”
Most women in marriages, especially in Africa, always bear the brunt of angry parents-in-law when a couple has to deal with infertility. But studies have shown that the bulk of problem come from men and it has been termed the ‘male factor”. Between 45 and 50 percent of cases are thought to stem from factors that affect the man.
Before I proceed, let me shed more light on the continent called Africa. Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people as of 2018, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population.
These are the medical reasons intended parents opts for surrogacy as a way of having their own child. Many have done this (surrogacy) and it is a viable option when it comes to having a baby.
“In Igbo Land, it is important that everyone sees that you are pregnant when you are pregnant. Start with the Igwe’s wife for example. Everybody is supposed to see her pregnant. They will celebrate it and even assign people to help her as her baby grows. Apart from this, traditionally, it is improper to have another woman bear the heir to the throne. That’s infidelity. Most children born that way are exempted. The bottom line is that there has to be a seen proof of pregnancy.
