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VALENTINE’S DAY CAMPAIGN….RISE!
I am Rising…. One Billion Rising is a global campaign by women, for women. The movement demands for an end to violence, and for justice and gender equality! On February 14, 2013, a one-day event will be held, a call for one billion women around the world to walk away from their homes, businesses, and…
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MOTHER AND CHILD LOST..WHO IS TO BLAME?
A 32-year-old pregnant woman and mother of two, Mrs Elo Onome did not live to tell her story. ‘When on Sunday, November 25, 2012, she was rushed to the Central Hospital, Ughelli, Delta State from another government hospital in Otu-Jeremi following complications in her pregnancy, she thought she would live. But there was no consultant…
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ANOTHER ATTACK ON HEALTH WORKERS; SOUTH KOREAN DOCTORS
In Potiskum -Yobe State, assailants believed to be members of the Islamic Sect-Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria killed three South Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a Nigeria. this comes after gunmen killed at least nine women administering polio vaccines in Kano, the major city of Nigeria’s…
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MINISTER CONDEMNS KILLING OF NINE HEALTH WORKERS
The fatal shooting of two health workers in Kano state and seven health workers in Nasarawa state came as a big shock to the country. Though the health Minister Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu and the Minister of state for Health Dr. Mohammed Pate have both condemned the shooting of innocent lives, who have put their lives…
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THIS WEEK’S CRAZIEST STORY…CHILD GIVING BIRTH TO A CHILD
A 9-year-old girl in Mexico has reportedly given birth. The girl was 8 years old when she became pregnant. The new mother is one of 11 children and according to reports her parents were unable to watch her while they worked. The 9 yr old girl, who is identified as “Dafne” by The Telegraph, reportedly delivered a 5.7 pound baby…
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WORLD CANCER DAY…..Playing my part
In commemoration of World Cancer Day which is on the 4th of February every year, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa in partnership with Optimal Cancer Care Foundation provided a free breast and cervical cancer screening of over 500 women in Wuse and Garki markets in Abuja. The Wuse and Garki markets screening took place on the…
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BORNO STATE’S FREE MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
Getty Images Borno state will no longer be known as “Sad” state because the Borno state government yesterday declared free maternal health services for pregnant women. Well, I am thinking that all the women in Borno state should be the happiest people on earth today. It is a well known fact that Borno state has…
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5 TIPS TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT THIS VALENTINE….FOR THE NAIJA WIVES
This is not for the faint hearted and I urge that you to read this post with caution. TIP 1. WRITE WHAT YOU WANT AND PRAY OVER THEM: I got this particular tip from my neighbour. Well, one morning just before Christmas, I heard someone shouting and I got out of bed and walked out of…
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THE WAITING PERIOD: STAYAND REMAIN HOPEFUL
Despite what you might think, getting pregnant isn’t always easy. So many couples have problems conceiving and it can take years and for others, just one round of unprotected sex and GBAM! ….. They are pregnant whether it is wanted or not is another story. We started trying for a baby straight away after our wedding and I remember…
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THE OTHER SIDE OF MOTHERHOOD…" HOW I PLAN TO GET MY GROOVE BACK"
I saw this picture some months ago and I laughed hard…..at the man, who has to compete with his baby for his wife’s affection and bed space and the baby who knows what he wants and surely knows how to get it….like they say “by hook or by crook”……nevertheless by all means. But today, I…
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