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German Actress Diane Kruger. Getty Images Alec Baldwin carries Hilaria Thomas Getty Images Where are the women?. This year at the Cannes festival, the women were seen on the red carpet but without their films. I am greatly disappointed that at important events such as this, films by women are not being selected.  The jury…

This is dedicated to all mothers. I hope you enjoy them and invite friends to read.  Things My Mother Taught Me My Mother taught me LOGIC…”If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can’t go to the store with me.” My Mother taught me MEDICINE…”If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they’re going…

Gettyimages Hmmmmm. When such I get SMS/ BBM messages like these, I just browse through them and delete as soon as they come in to the phone, I don’t think about them twice and I wonder ‘if the person that sent it to me, read it properly before re- sending’ because they don’t make sense…

L.A. mom Jamie Lynne Grumet is shown breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old son. The picture and story on attachment parenting marks anniversary of Dr. Bill Sears book.  The picture on this magazine has caused a lot of controversies world wide. This is A Time magazine cover with L.A. mom,  Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her son, almost 4-year-old son…

These pictures are from RSA A friend told me a story of an ethnic group (In Nigeria) that tests the virginity of unmarried girls (what about the young boys/men?) by shoving eggs into their private parts and if it passes through, she is considered “not a virgin” and if it doesn’t then a “virgin”. they…

The very much awaited Report from the British Council is out. The Gender in Nigeria report 2012 and it is not a good report to look at, the statistics are high and alarming. According to the report which was launched today at the Transcorp Hilton of which Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was the co-Chair, states that;  Nigerian…

I do have a special fear. ‘Fear of my birthdays’,  because they remind that I am getting older though “gracefully” but at the same time I love my birthdays because I have lots of fun celebrating with family, friends and well wishers-and the amount of junks I get to eat on that day. I do…

GettyImages Guess what! today I will be talking about midwives, because they matter!. I won’t be talking about quacksbecause quacks don’t matter, but about trained and experienced midwives-BECAUSE THEY MATTER AND THEY SAVE LIVES.Who is a Midwife?A Midwife is a skilled professional with unique expertise in supporting women and their families through a healthy pregnancy…

Getty Images Have you ever heard about Climate Change or Global Warming?. Here are tips on how to reduce global warming.Plant a tree today: you must not be a farmer before you can plant trees so start digging. Trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen during photosynthesis. there are too few trees…

An initiative by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to promote affordable and effective anti-malaria medicines in remote communities in Africa, is progressing in Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. The initiative, called Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm), managed by the Global Fund, allows people to buy life-saving malaria treatment…