Congrats, but how soon should you have another baby?

                                                 Planned Parenthood

Having children is a thing of joy for most families, such that those who are not able to achieve pregnancy immediately after marriage consider it a cause to worry about.

However, while some people do everything to achieve conception, others are able to get pregnant anytime they desire. Some drive this luck too far, though, by giving birth annually.

The question is, how soon should you return to the labour room after the birth of a child?

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology says women should be encouraged

Windstorm kills one, displaces six communities

CALABAR — DEVASTATING windstorm, weekend, wrecked havoc in six communities in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, killing a JSS 3 student of Budda Comprehensive Secondary School, Janet Atsu, and pulling down houses, economic trees and electrical installations following a torrential downpour.

Restaurant sells breast milk ice cream

Unusual: A Baby Gaga waitress serves the breast milk cocktail in the Icecreamists shop, Covent Garden
When a well-stocked ice cream parlour says they sell every flavour, there are usually limits.
But one restaurant in London is selling breast milk ice cream which is being served to customers in a cocktail glass.

21-yr-old mother of 5 causes stir over ‘hunger’

                                        Odozi at the court premises, Monday.

LAGOS — THERE was a mild drama at the premises of an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Monday, when a 21- year-old woman, Esther Odozi, a farmer, rolled on the ground and screamed that she and her children were at the verge of dying from hunger.

Odozi, who said she lives in Owanta village in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, came to Lagos last week and because she didn’t have anywhere to sleep, slept at Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries where she begged for money to come to the old secretariat in Ikeja.

I’m not HIV positive, Cossy Orjiakor declares on Twitter

Controversial actress, Cossy Orjiakor, on Monday told her over 35, 000 fans on Twitter that she is not HIV positive. She explained on the social service that due to the rumour making the rounds about her HIV status, she had to subject herself to HIV test adding that her test result which had just been released indicated that she is not living with the virus.

Rumour about Cossy’s HIV status has been spreading on some new media platforms for some weeks now. “I am not HIV positive; I don’t have AIDS because my test result just came out. For those carrying those rumour, go get yourselves tested. Hahaha,” she states via her handle, @cossydiva.

BMW recalls 220,000 vehicles over airbag flaw

BERLIN (AFP) – German luxury carmaker BMW has issued a recall of 220,000 vehicles because of a defect in Japanese-made airbags installed over a decade ago, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

The flawed airbags made by Takata Corp had several weeks ago sparked the recall of more than three million cars made by Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda.

Real Madrid part company with Mourinho

                                             Jose Mourinho

Real Madrid have confirmed that manager Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season by mutual consent.

Speculation has been rife that the Portuguese manager would leave the Bernabeu and he has been heavily linked with a return to former club Chelsea, who are seeking a replacement for Rafael Benitez.

And during a press conference on Monday, Madrid president Florentino Perez revealed the 50-year-old will leave the club after their final match of the season.

120 insurgents arrested at burial of Boko Haram commander

ABUJA—The curfew imposed on Yobe and Borno states were relaxed, yesterday, just as the military made progress in the campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency in the two states.

Yesterday, the military announced the arrest of 120 militants at a funeral ceremony for one of the commanders of the Boko Haram killed during a confrontation with the military. Many other militants were reported to be fleeing towards the eastern border to Chad and Niger republics.

The bee venom as HIV, cancer cure

If reports from the researches of a team of medical practitioners at the Washington University School of Medicine, USA, and the testimony of an Ibadan-based apitherapist are anything to go by, perhaps the world should get ready to heave a sigh of relief from AIDS and cancer.

Unlike most other ailments where the bodyfs defence apparatus fights foreign objects thereby protecting the body, in the case of HIV, it attacks the soldiers, the T-helper lymphocytes, also called CD4 or T4 cells. Noted Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia; gThese are white blood cells that are essential part of the human immune system. They are called helper cells because one of their main roles is to send signals to other types of immune cells, including CD8 killer cells.

Mayhem, deaths as cultists invade Lagos community

                                          Eniola Akinkuotu

No fewer than three people were killed while others were injured on Thursday and Friday after suspected cult members invaded Mushin, Lagos State, and unleashed mayhem on the residents.

Our correspondent, who visited the area on Sunday, reported gun battle between some youths and policemen along Ayetoro Railway Line, while vehicles parked by St Paul’s Anglican Church were vandalised.

It was learnt that the Friday killing was as a result of a long-standing feud between some youths in Fadeyi area on one hand and Mushin on the other.

Congratulations: Comedian I Go Save acquires customized 2012 Range Rover Vogue

The Warri-born comedian bought a 2012 customized Range Rover Vogue as a birthday present to himself. He will be a year older today May 20th. Heard the car cost about N11m.

I want my siblings educated – Crippled beggar

                                         Ismaila

A 15-year-old beggar, Mohammed Ismaila, is a regular face around Mile 12 area of Lagos State. Those who move between Mile 12 and Ikeja on daily basis, will, at one point or another, see him crawling on his stomach begging for alms.

He told Us that despite that begging had been outlawed in the state, he took the risk of crawling on the streets pleading for alms because he wanted to send his younger ones to school.

Ismaila, who said he was the first of five children, added that he had been on the road for almost two years.

Price of gari records 50 % rise

Eket (Akwa Ibom) - The price of gari has recorded more than 50 per cent increase in Eket area of Akwa Ibom, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Other items that also went up in the area, survey revealed, were the prices of other foodstuffs, including rice and fish.

The survey showed that a cup of gari, which sold at N30 between February and April, now sells at N70, while the cost of six cups of the commodity has risen from N100 to N200 at various markets in Eket and its environ.

2,000 flee Borno to Niger Republic

More than 2,000 Nigerians living in border villages in Borno State have reportedly fled as a result of the ongoing military operations targeted at routing insurgents from the area under the emergency rule.

The fleeing villagers were said to have headed to the neighbouring Niger Republic.

“Most of the residents of border villages of Borno have fled to Niger. About 2,000 people from Abadan, Malam Fatori and other villages are now refugees in Difa, Niger Republic,” a top security officer told one of our correspondents on Sunday.

Wizkid beat PSquare, Flavour, others to win African Artist of the Year

                                         Wizkid

In the just concluded Ghana Music Awards, Wizkid fell giants; beating super hot artists P-Square, Iyanya, Davido, Flavour and D-Banj to win the African Artist of the Year award.
The awards took place at the La Palm Hotel in Accra.