Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Question for the guys...




How long would you to date a lady before you expect sex from her?

1. A few days
2. A week
3. A month
4. Three months
5. Other (specify)

Obaifaiye Shem still NSCDC Lagos State commandant



Contrary to reports making the rounds that Lagos State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Mr. Obafaiye Shem, has been dismissed following his 'Oga At The Top' debacle during a live interview on Channels TV almost two weeks ago, he says and Channels TV says the report is false.

Shem said he was not suspended or dismissed but has been on casual leave to bury his father and will resume work next Thursday.
"I am still the State Commandant of NSCDC and I am determined to work hard to expose the vandals across the State.”
His wife also never went to Channels TV office to protest.

Are You Getting Married Soon? Bride/Groom? Then this is For YOU







Comedian AY and Wife Expecting Second Child.





Multi-talented, multi-award winning Standup comedian, and one of the most successful comic acts Nigeria has produced, Ayo Richard Makun, popularly known as AY and his beautiful wife, Mabel are expecting their second child any time soon. The awesome couple already have a 5 year old daughter, Michelle Adeola who once danced to actress cum singer, Tonto Dikeh's popular critically HI.

Are you prepared for menopause?




Many women cannot wait to get off the pain, cramps and, most times, the discomfort they experience during menstruation. Yet, when it eventually bids goodbye, many are ill-prepared for the medical and psychological challenges that follow.

Most women have said that instead of relief, they feel less feminine; others even thought they had contacted a disease.

Not to worry, doctors have said menopause, which is the permanent end of menstruation, is a turning point in a woman’s life, not a disease.

The net doctor defines menopause as the day a woman experiences her last menstrual cycle because her ovaries, which produce eggs, have slowed down.

It does not happen suddenly, it is a gradual process, but many women fail to see the warnings, hence they experience complications such as hot flashes and severe issues like heart diseases and osteoporosis says a gynaecologist, Dr. Jeni Worden, “Menopause is a milestone – it’s the day that marks 12 months in a row since a woman’s last period. It most time signifies that the ovaries are slowing down and the woman’s childbearing years are winding down.”

Age is the leading cause of menopause, says Worden.She notes that though few women start menopause as young as 40, and a very small percentage as late as 60, a woman should expect to stop seeing her menstrual flow between ages 45-55 years.

She also notes that there is no proven way to predict the exact age a woman would experience menopause.

Menopause affects women differently, say scientists at the National Institute of Aging.

Because hormonal composition varies in individuals, some women may reach this stage with little or no trouble; while others may experience severe symptoms such as discomfort during sex, hot flashes and sleeping problems, which drastically hamper their lives.

Worden states that for a woman to manage her health when menopause starts, she must be able to recognise premenopausal symptoms.

A major sign that menopause is approaching is a change in menstrual period but this change varies in length from woman to woman.

She adds, “Periods may get shorter or longer, heavier or lighter, with more or less time between periods. Such changes are normal,”

Here are other menopausal symptoms that would let you know that your menstrual cycle is winding down:


Hot flashes

According to Medicinet.com, about 80 per cent of women entering menopause experience hot flashes (or hot flushes) , a brief feeling of heat that may make the face and neck flushed, cause temporary red blotches to appear on the chest, back, and arms.

Sweating and chills may follow. Hot flashes vary in intensity and typically last between 30 seconds and 10 minutes.


Sex problems

Women complain that they have less appetite to make love or feel much pain during intercourse after or before menopause. Worden says since less estrogen is produced in a woman after menopause this leads to vaginal dryness, which may make intercourse uncomfortable or painful.

Therapists on WebMd.com have said using a water-soluble lubricant during love making may help.

They warn that libido may also change, for better or worse, but many factors besides menopause — including stress, medications, depression, poor sleep, and relationship problems — affect sex drive. “If symptoms persist, talk to your doctor, a woman should not settle for a so-so sex life because of menopause.”

Also, with menopause comes a greater risk of heart disease and osteoporosis. So it means it is time to step up and get serious about it, if you have not already.

According to a survey on WedMD.com, the number one cause of death in women in the United States is menopause-related heart disease and osteoporosis as the loss of estrogen plays a role for heart disease after menopause.

Physician-author Christiane Northrup says one of the smartest things a woman can do as she transits to menopause and afterward is to get regular physical activity. Instead of looking back mournfully, she should use this state to redefine herself with positive thoughts, love, explore what brings her pleasure, and revive (not retire) her sex life.

That includes aerobic exercise for her heart and weight-bearing exercise for her bones — both of which may help ward off weight gain and provide a mood boost.

Other treatments that experts offer to help women cope better with menopausal symptoms include low-dose birth control pills; antidepressants, blood pressure drugs, or other medications to help with hot flashes; and vaginal estrogen cream.

Your doctor may also have lifestyle tips about adjusting your diet, exercise, sleep, and stress management.

Tackle scurvy with Vit C




When Europeans first began sea voyages in the 15the century, a strange malady often sickened and killed crews. The sailors lacked energy, bleeding gums, loose teeth, swelling of the limbs, large purple marks on the skin (caused by bleeding into muscles), shortness of breath, heart palpitations

They also developed jaundice (a yellowing of the skin and eyes), fever, convulsions, and, sad to say, many of them died. Their disease was named scurvy, and it was caused by the depletion of Vitamin C from their bodies because of their limited diets aboard ship.

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning that it cannot be stored in the fat cells of the body. It needs to be ingested every day. After about 30 days, any vitamin C stored in the body is used up. Fresh foods such as fruits that contain vitamin C were not available to the sailors, as the typical seaman’s diet consisted exclusively of cured, salted meat and hard biscuits.

No one, however, suspected that nutrition was the cause of scurvy. It was believed to be an infection passed from person to person, and one from which almost no one recovered. All of their symptoms were the result of a breakdown in the collagen in their bodies, it turned out.

Vitamin C is essential to the production of collagen, the connective tissue that holds together our skin, bones, muscles, organs, and nervous systems. It also helps the body’s cells to use other essential vitamins and minerals.

Vitamin C-rich foods include potatoes, pawpaw, peaches, guava, melon, spinach and tomatoes.

These foods are common ways that individuals introduce vitamin C into their regular diets. Think about how to use more fresh fruits and vegetables in your meals to benefit from some of the specific roles that vitamin C plays in developing a healthy body and promoting a long and healthy life

Your diet while pregnant can shape your baby’s health


Your diet while pregnant can shape your baby’s health

As a healthy, pregnant woman, your doctor is likely to tell you that you may eat anything that appeals to you, provided they are healthy for you and your baby.

It is also a fact that many expectant mothers crave certain types of foods, while others simply chow down on a single food for the better part of their pregnancy duration. Medically, this is referred to as ‘pica,’ and doctors further describe it as “eating non-nutritional substances.”

In fact, obstetrician/gynaecologist, Dr. Mayokun David, says pregnancy and food cravings go hand in hand. The only problem, she says, is that sometimes, these cravings represent a nutritional deficiency, particularly a need for iron.

David warns that the consumption of certain picas for cultural reasons can lead to infant and child developmental problems, with low verbal IQ scores, impaired hearing and motor skill development. “The neurological damage can be overwhelming,” she warns. She says a physician becomes concerned when food cravings replace good nutrition. “Then, a pregnant woman will fill up on the foods she craves and skip the nutritious foods her body and her baby really need. And, since, often, the foods women crave during pregnancy can be laden with empty calories, it can also lead to gaining too much weight,” she notes.

She advises, “If you do find yourself craving any non-food item, experts say see your doctor immediately and be tested for iron deficiency anaemia or other nutritional deficiencies such as zinc, which has also been linked to pica.”

What’s more, experts say our taste buds do actually play a role in how we interpret our body’s needs. David says studies show that the high hormone levels present during pregnancy can alter both a woman’s sense of taste and smell. So certain foods and odors can not only be more enticing but in some cases more offensive; a problem that often plays out as a pregnancy food aversion.

Experts further note that if a pregnant mom craves high-fat premium ice cream, chocolates, doughnuts and eating them all the time, her weight could blossom to an unhealthy level early in the pregnancy.

Diabetologist and Medical Director of Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre, Lekki Phase1, Lagos, Dr. Afokoghene Isiavwe, warns that if a pregnant woman is at risk of gestational diabetes (diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy that can affect the health of both baby and mom), giving in to high-sugar cravings could cause even more problems.

“With gestational diabetes, you not only have to watch weight gain, but also what you eat,” Isiakwe counsels.

Worse still is the result of a new research published in The FASEB Journal, which claims that women who eat junk food while pregnant give birth to babies who grow to love junk foods.

The researchers warn that junk food stimulates the production of opioids in the body (the same opioids found in abusive drugs like morphine and heroin), which can cross through the placenta and breast milk from mother to foetus.

To investigate how exposure to these junk food-induced opioids during foetal development affects babies’ food habits, Australian researchers studied the puppies of two groups of rats. During pregnancy and lactation, one group of rat-moms had eaten normal critter food, while the other ate a range of human junk foods, including chocolate biscuits and potato chips.

Once the experimental puppies were weaned, the researchers injected them with an opioid receptor blocker to prevent the junk foods from stimulating the release of dopamine in their bodies. “By curbing the junk foods’ feel-good effect, blocking opioid signaling lowers fat and sugar consumption,” the researchers claim.

They found that the opioid receptor blocker was less effective at reducing fat and sugar intake in the puppies of the junk-food-feeding mothers. Their mothers’ crude diet during pregnancy caused reduced sensitivity in the babies’ opioid signaling pathway, the researchers found. In turn, these babies, born with a higher tolerance for junk food, needed to eat more of it to achieve a junk-food high.

Lead researcher, Beverly Muhlhausler, from the FOODplus Research Centre at the School of Agriculture Food and Wine at The University of Adelaide, Australia, says, “In the same way that someone addicted to drugs has to consume more of the drug over time to achieve the same high, continually producing excess opioids by eating too much junk food also results in the need to consume more junk food to get the same pleasurable sensation.”

Experts say a healthy diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding can give your child a healthy start. Muhlhausler says previous studies have shown that eating specific foods during pregnancy and breastfeeding can result in the child preferring those foods later in life. “And a baby’s pre-birth nutrition can either prevent — or cause — chronic health conditions,” he warns.

A nutritionist who specialises in pregnancy and post-partum nutrition, Dr. Cassandra Forsythe, says, “Whenever you eat sugary foods, all the sugar sinks right into the baby, making them more insulin resistant, more likely to crave junk foods and more likely to struggle with their body weight, not to mention more likely to develop glucose disorders like diabetes.”

Doctors say a poor diet during pregnancy increases the child’s risk of obesity, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, autism, and attention deficit disorder at different stages of their life. Forsythe says adequate micronutrients, especially B vitamins, during foetal development, reduce the risk of neural tube, cardiac, or other birth defects.

Doctors say up to 90 per cent of pregnant women report food cravings, and sweets are at the top of their list. They counsel that to help manage cravings, pregnant women should consider taking a small amount of their picas.

The expectant women are also advised to eat small, healthy meals throughout the day to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels

Hoodlums rape, kill market woman in Uyo


Hoodlums rape, kill market woman in Uyo
March 20, 2013

Afaha market.

Tragedy struck at Afaha Market in Ibesikpo/Asuntan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday when a trader was strangled after being raped by suspected hoodlums.

It was learnt that the woman from Ogoja, Cross River State, had gone to the weekly Afaha market when the incident occurred at night.

The woman, popularly called ‘Mama Oliver’, was said to have gone outside the house to urinate when four-man hoodlums swooped on her and took turns to rape her.

The hoodlums thereafter strangled her for fear that she might recognise one or two them.

An eyewitness, said, “Mama Oliver said she was going to urinate. It was in the process that the hoodlums seized her. They had bouts of sex with her.

“It was believed that they strangled her because she could identify some of the criminals. They feared that she might expose them if they let her go.”

A friend of the deceased , Mrs. Eno Edet, told our correspondent that the death of Mama Oliver was shocking.

Pointing to Mama Oliver’s space in the market, Edet said, “I would never assume that anyone could be so callous as to kill an innocent woman just because of sex.

“We have refused to sell things. The death of Mama Oliver is painful. She and her other sisters usually come from Ogoja on Afaha Market days.

“You can see her space in the market with her wares. We are really sad.”

Another trader, Mr. Ekong Okon, said what happened in Afaha Market on Tuesday could be attributed to darkness.

He said, “Where the women slept was not far from where Mama Oliver went to urinate. If there was light, we would have seen the men.

“I think Mama Oliver knew some of these men. This could be the reason why they killed her. I still believe that if the place had been properly illuminated, the sad incident would have been averted.”

When Punch Metro went to the market , the deceased’s corpse had already been taken to a mortuary in Ibesikpo/Asutan LGA.

All attempts to speak with Mama Oliver’s sisters were unsuccessful . One of them was said to have left for Ogoja while the whereabouts of the second were not known.

The state Command’s spokesperson, Mr. Etim Dickson, neither responded to text messages sent to his phone nor picked his calls

Kano death toll rises to 75


Kano death toll rises to 75
March 20, 2013



Police authorities in Kano State and some security sources on Tuesday gave different figures as casualties of the Monday suicide bomb blasts at an inter-state commercial bus park in Sabon-Gari, Kano.

While the security sources, who were among those taking a tally of the victims, said the death toll had risen from 30 to about 75, the Kano State Police Command gave a much lower number of 22.

The blasts, which injured scores of passengers, drivers, hawkers and visitors, also destroyed five Marco polo luxury buses. A Marco polo bus belonging to Gobison Motors had on board over 70 passengers when it was attacked by the suicide bombers as it was about departing the ever-busy park for Lagos.

One of the security sources, who did not give his name because he was not permitted to do so, told our correspondent that the death toll was high because the luxury buses were parked close to one another since they were to move in convoy.

“The luxury buses always travel in convoy for security reasons and this was why the casualty figure was high. They were parked close to one another. Most passengers in the first bus which might have had at least 70 passengers, including those that were given seats called ‘attachment’, died,” he said.

The officer explained that each of the buses had about 75 or more passengers.

“One of the suicide bombers must have timed the attack because he drove into the park and attacked the first bus when the five buses were filled up and were about to drive out in convoy to Lagos and that was why he (bomber) achieved a heavy casualty rate,” he said.

But the Kano State Police Command which put the casualty at 22, said that 65 persons, mostly passengers were injured.

The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Musa Daura, told journalists in Kano that the attack was executed by two suicide bombers, who rammed their vehicle against one of the luxury buses.

He said, “Two suicide bombers drove a blue Volkswagen Golf into the luxurious bus motor park along New Road, Sabon Gari. They attacked and hit a loaded bus belonging to Gobison Motors which was taking off to Lagos and sparked off a serious explosion,’’

He said this caused the bus to burst into flames which affected passengers, hawkers, traders and workers at the park.

Daura confirmed that five buses were burnt during the incident, adding that, ‘‘fire- fighters immediately raced to the scene and the flames were put under control after which the whole area was cordoned off.’’

The police commissioner said those who survived the attack were currently receiving medical attention in hospitals in the city, while many corpses were deposited in the morgue.

He urged residents of the troubled city to remain calm and go about their normal business, adding that security agencies were committed to the protection of lives and property.

Daura also confirmed the killing of a policewoman by suspected gunmen on Tuesday morning.

He said the victim, who was attached to Zone 1, Headquarters of the police, was attacked while replacing the flat tyre of her car.

Residents of new bus station in Sabon Gari on Monday night deserted the streets to avoid arrest by security personnel who took over the motor park area and surrounding streets shortly after the incident.

Findings showed that some of the residents even left their homes after the blasts which shook the buildings in the area to their foundations.

Intercity drivers and commercial bus operators also left the park with their vehicles.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has described the blasts as “callous , unwarranted and wicked.”

Moro, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, George Udoh , said he was pained when he heard the news of the killing of innocent Nigerians by persons suspected to be Boko Haram members.

The minister “reiterated the need for prominent Nigerians, student union , civil society and religious groups as well as traditional institutions and professional bodies to voice out their resentment against the evil being perpetrated by members of the inglorious sect on the nation.

While condoling with the families of the blast victims, and the government and people of Kano State, the minister promised that the Federal Government would smoke out the perpetrators and expose their sponsors.

Also, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, warned that Ndigbo would be forced to defend themselves from the killings in various parts of the North.

He added that the Igbo had been pushed to the wall by the Boko Haram, adding that the people would have no option but to defend themselves.

Uwazuruike said, “The killings and other senseless activities against Ndigbo must not continue . I know that it was this type of massacre that brought about the first civil war in Nigeria; I am disappointed in our people, when they were being slaughtered, I brought out buses to bring them back home, but they chose to remain in the North.

“What I did was to safeguard their lives. But I want to advise President Goodluck Jonathan that there is a limit to everything. Ndigbo can no longer continue to allow themselves to be senselessly killed in the North. I must warn that Ndigbo are not cowards; they will react if pushed to the wall.”
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