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Getty Images JayneWhyte: Good morning, AuntySchool Teacher: “Aaaah Good morning Madam, Welcome ooh!”….. (in her usual happy self).JayneWhyte: Isy is a big boy now oo and i would like to inform you that i have started potty training him (Isy is my son, it has been difficult trying to potty train him and i was…

This morning, dressing up for work was not so easy, looked at myself in the mirror and the mirror tells me “madam you are getiing older ooo, hmmm kpele! but  you will soon be adding another year ooo very soon,  infact next week!”  My mirror has never lied to me, but the fact that i…

(CNN) — On average, 18 people in the United States die each day waiting for an organ transplant. Billionaire Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to change that. He announced Tuesday that the social networking site wants to “help solve the crisis” by allowing users to volunteer as potential organ donors in the United States and the…

I have been thinking seriously what people think about names and why some parents give their children some “funny” names. It is really funny when you hear some English names like ‘Courage” (reminds me of courage the cowardly dog  on cartoon network),” Independence” (must the person always remind others that 1st of October is independence…

The nation’s banking industry, has once again, downsized its workforce by 550, raising the number of disengaged workers in the sector to about 3,000 in recent months. specifically only Finbank employees were involved in this latest exercise, under the integration scheme of the two merging financial institutions. FCMB has earlier laid off 320 members of…

Dear Diary (JayneWhyte), About Me!My name is Suonye Jacob Bara, I am a native of Nkoro, Rivers state. I work for a Non-Governmental Organisation. I got married to the love of my life Agnes last year and I am indeed happily married. My wife and I are expecting our first child and we are really excited…

A Report on the Microsoft NGO Connection Day; Microsoft NGO Academy. By Jayne Arinze- Egemonye (WRAN) The Microsoft NGO Connection Day Nigeria brings non-governmental organizations together to network, share information, learn more about Microsoft technologies and solutions through technical demonstrations and also compete for the Tech4Dev Awards-the award that showcases the best use of ICT…

On the 8th of March every year around the world,we commemorate the International women’s Day. It is a day we raise awareness of the changes brought to women’s life, educate the general public on discrimination against women and celebrate women’s achievements. The theme for IWD, 2012: Connecting Girls, InspiringFutures. For me, this is an interesting theme for this year…

It was a long ride but also a very interesting one working as an intern in the monitoring and evaluation Department of John Snow Inc. I never felt that I would miss everyone that much as I am presently.While an Intern, I worked with data, data for me represents lives-human lives and  I would like to share my thoughts  with…

Do you know that: Family Planning is an informed decision by an individual or couple on how many children to have and when to have them and then achieving this by using modern contraceptive methods. As such, Family Planning plays a major role in maternal, newborn and child health. Family Planning can help avert high…