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Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and his family are reported to be on holiday at the Massai Mara Games Reserve, Kenya.
Here is a glimpse of the reserve which is described as one of Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserves
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Inside Jonathan’s Kenya holiday camp
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How to travel overseas with little money
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Travelling is fun for a lot of people but to maximize the fun, it should be powered by one very important factor - money. Aside the regular visa troubles, many people are likely to say "I'd love to travel right now but I just cannot afford the expenses". Within Nigeria, travelling can be expensive and can be more expensive when travelling outside Nigeria. Travel experts have shared a number of tips to make the fun experience affordable for intending overseas travelers. To travel abroad and survive, click on the picture below and mouse over the icons to see tips from expert travelers.
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Helicopter crash: Tributes for co-pilot
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Tributes have poured in for Peter Bello, First officer of the crashed Bristow helicopter. Friends and sympathizers have taken to social media to express their grief and share condolences with the hashtag #PeterBello. See tweets and Instagram posts after the cut. -
Nigerian actor officially the next James Bond
A Nigerian actor has on Thursday emerged as the next James Bond, following long-standing rumours that Idris Elba from Britain is in line to replace the current Bond, Daniel Craig.
David Oyelowo, who is also a producer, director, and writer played supporting roles in many movies like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Middle of Nowhere, Lincoln and many more.
He however played Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama film Selma, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor (Drama).
Although Oyelowo’s performance will be heard rather than seen – in an audiobook, he is currently considered the official James Bond
Craig, who used to act 007, is due to step aside potentially in two movies’ time.
Oyelowo says he is ‘very honoured’ being considered by the Ian Fleming estate to be the voice of 007 in upcoming thriller Trigger Mortis.
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Man who attempted suicide with acid need help
A 30-year –old man, Taiwo Eko who attempted suicide by drinking a raw motor battery acid in 2011 over what he described as helpless condition, is now urgently in need of medical attention to survive the damages done to himself.
He bought N400 acid from road side mechanic whom he lied that he was going to use it for important experiment and ended up using himself as the experiment material with an excuse that he had no parent or anybody to assist him in life.
Taiwo, after attempting to take his life damaged his throat and his voice cracked. His tongue was also affected which made him not to speak louder to the hearing of anyone in the same room with him except the person draw closer.
The Delta State born Taiwo who now eat through the assistance of naso -gasgric tube (GNB) and artificial oxygen for his breathing, said he had been treated both in Nigeria and India yet his condition is getting worse on daily basis.
He said Apollo Hospital in India treated him to the extent that he no longer breath with artificial oxygen or eat through tube, adding that he was surprised and confused that when he returned to Nigeria everything got worse.
Taiwo pleaded with the State and Federal government to return him back to India where he had contacted a doctor who promised to save his life. He noted that his major problem is fund since he has no parent or working to earn income.
Narrating how he attempted to take his life, Taiwo said “I drank acid; I wanted to kill myself because I was not happy with my condition. I have no parent and I have being suffering for many years without help. I went to mechanic workshop to get the acid with N400 but the acid didn’t end my life the way I wanted.
“The people who rushed me to the hospital said I was already dead, that the first hospital rejected me. I was referred to Eko Hospital in Delta State and nothing happened. They took me to University of Benin Teaching Hospital where I stayed a year and six months.
“But later the Hospital management changed their mind to perform surgery on me. As God want it, I met Dr. Richard Okonye, a man of God who volunteered to take me to India where I got treated. But when I came back to Nigeria my condition got worse. I called one of the doctors in India and he said I should come to India, but I don’t have money to travel abroad. I am begging Nigerians to help me.”
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‘Why Nigeria needs more E-Commerce websites’
Following concerns from various quarters about the perceived saturated nature of the e-commerce sector of the Nigeria economy and in view of the ongoing profit boom in the sector, the Managing Director of supermart.ng, Raphael Afaedor has said that the market is not yet saturated and that there is need for more entrants.
Afaedor who expressed this concern recently said what is more important is that each of the businesses should carve a niche for themselves.
Citing the cases of supermart.ng which focuses on delivering groceries to households within three hours across Lagos and other brands focusing air travel or hospitality, Afaedor emphasized the need for more e-commerce websites to come into the market and focus on a particular need.
According to him “I don’t believe the market is saturated already, there are still more needs to be met. For instance, supermart.ng observed the stress that people go through on daily basis from one market to another in order to purchase their groceries, we decided to assemble all the products into one market place where people can order for everything at the exact market price and have it delivered to their door step in three hours.New brands need to also identify other needs and develop solutions for them. The market is very large.”
Afaedor further stated that contrary to the notion that more use of technology in business will render people jobless, the reverse is the case as e-commerce has actually created more jobs for people.
In explaining this, he stated that “in a typical e-commerce business, there are many stages involved. There are people in merchandising who go out to access and take the pictures of the products, there are those in logistics who ensure that the products are safely delivered and there are people in the customer service who handle possible complaints that may come up following the transaction”.
He however advised that with regards to profitability, each entrepreneur will have to decide the model that best appeals to him, adding; “Some may choose to start with expansion in order to make more profit in the future while others may focus on profit within the shortest time and then plan expansion later, the entrepreneur will have to make that choice.”
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UNIC engages 210 girls at summer camp
The United Nation Information centre in Lagos has concluded plans to engage no fewer than 230 girl children in different vocational trainings.
It is summer time, widely known as ‘long vacation period’ within the education circle in Nigeria, during which students and their parents get engaged in some predetermined activities both locally and abroad.
While many pupils have gone on vacation with their parents after a tedious academic year, some are in camps developing their skills and nourishing their interests without hurting their academic studies.
The latter, of course is in line with the United Nations strategic framework for the Post-2015 Agenda, especially the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No 5 which dwells on achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls.
It is in the light of the above that ‘Yes I believe Academy’, a strategic partner of the United Nations Information
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A trainee shoemaker briefs UNIC Director, Mr Ronald Kayanja about shoe making.[/caption]
Centre (UNIC) Lagos, organized a Summer Camp for 210 girls aged between 10 and 18 years. Titled: "Summer Skills Acquisition Workshop", the one week programme featured different training sessions including those on Beadworks, Shoe making, Make-up, soft furnishing, among others.
Addressing the participants who were students of Gbagada Girls Junior Secondary School, Bariga Lagos, the Director of UNIC Lagos, Mr Ronald Kayanja spoke about the works and history of the United Nations especially the 70th anniversary.
He noted that skill acquisition was a lifetime gift which should be embraced by everyone who had the opportunity to get one.
He commended the parents of the participants for sending their children to the summer camp and to the students he congratulated for being a part of the programme which he assured, would have a positive impact on their future.
In his remarks, the Executive Director of ‘Yes I Believe Academy’, Mr Niyi Adekunle, disclosed that within four days of training, the children demonstrated high level of seriousness and commitment to learning specific skills.
Later in company of the facilitators, Mr. Adekunle conducted the UNIC team lead by the Director round the exhibition of some of the products produced by the participants. ‘I am highly impressed,’ Mr Kayanja noted.
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How to save convulsing children – Expert
Dr Hassan Adelakun, Managing Director, Angel and Eagle Global Rescue Services Ltd, on Monday advised parents on precautionary measures in saving the life of convulsing children.
Giving the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, he cautioned mothers against the idea of forcing spoon on the mouth of a convulsing child.
Adelakun, who attributed the causes of convulsion to include epilepsy and fever-related diseases, however, blamed the death of the patient on mismanagement of the crises.
He noted other mismanagement of convulsion to include force feeding, putting oil, salt and spoon into their mouth, adding that such action could complicate the crises thereby leading to their untimely death.
Adelakun recommended the removal of those things that can injure the affected children while having jacking movement and avoiding forcing the spoon against their tongue as a precautionary measure.
The expert, however, decried the general practice of forcing the spoon against the tongue of the patient when the patient is clenching the teeth against the tongue.
He explained that clenching the teeth against the tongue does not kill patient, adding that as soon as the crisis is over the patient would automatically open his teeth.
Adelakun, who identified one of the causes of convulsion as febrile (the hotness of the body), said when it occurred you deep cloth in cold water to mop their body.
According him, cooling down the temperature would in a long way revive the convulsing child.
“There are one thousand and one causes of convulsion, it could be epilepsy, fever related, among others. The most important thing is that not the convulsion that usually kill children but what we do immediately it occurs.
“As soon as it occurs you see people force feeding the child, trying to put urine, oil, salt in their mouth and those things will now go to their chest and complicate their problem.
“At the event of convulsion so far they are not clenching their teeth against the tongue there is no need to force open the tongue.
“Even if they are clenching the teeth against the tongue force open the tongue then put a paddled wooden or table spoon coated with a handkerchief so that they do not injure their tongue.
“But once the teeth is clench do not worry because is not the clenching of teeth that kill them but most convulsion are self limiting, it stop by itself,’’ Adelakun advised.
NAN reports that Angel and Eagle Global is an American heart association training centre in basic life support, a training site for advance cardiovascular life support , among other
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StoryMap: Where to go for your next holiday
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It is that period of the year when families, couples and friends go on holiday, taking a break from the hustle and bustle that characterize metropolitan cities. Have you been lucky enough to get your leave from work approved? Or are you planning a time out with your spouse? You are going to be thrilled by these beautiful getaways in Nigeria. There are many of such, but these few would wow you. Such holidays happen once in a lifetime for most people and you may want to make the most of the opportunities Nigeria offers to ignite the spark in you love life...or just relax. -
UNICEF links 55 per cent of child mortality to malnutrition
UNICEF said on Thursday that 55 per cent of child mortality in Nigeria was associated with malnutrition.
Mr. Arjan de WAGT, UNICEF Chief Nutritionist, said this at the opening of a two-day media dialogue on Nutrition and Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Kano.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the objective of workshop is to create opportunity for media advocacy on child nutrition by sensitising journalists on nutrition crisis in Nigeria.
WAGT said that child malnutrition was a national concern that cuts across the rich, the poor, food producing communities and it goes a long way to affect the development of the child.
“Children’s nutritional status is the reflection of their overall health and it determines their developmental process, survival in life and 55 per cent of child mortality is associated with malnutrition.
“Under nourished children have lowered resistance to infection and are more likely to die of common childhood sicknesses.
“It is very important that the nutrient of a child at the first two years of life is highly nourishing to develop the child properly,” WAGT said.
He added that the proper nutrition of a child begins from the mother, adding that it affects all stages of life.
The officer said that malnutrition results in low birth weight baby, child growth failure, low weight and height in adolescents and eventually small adult woman.
“Poor maternal nutrition can result in disability of a baby or even a miscarriage because most important organs of the body develop before a woman realises she is pregnant,” he said.
According to him, nutrients required by the body are graded as macro nutrients and micro nutrients.
He explained that macro nutrients were needed by the body in large quantity and could be sourced from carbohydrate based food.
WAGT added that micro nutrients were needed in minute quantities but had great effect on the body.
The facilitator also stated that lack of iodine in the nutrition of a child could lead to mental retardation and engender poor cognitive performance.
“Nutrition has its impact on the educational performance of a child because the child has poor growth and will likely make the child lose 0.7 grades in school.
“The child will also have seven months delay in starting school, reduction in mental capacity and adverse school performance,” said the officer.
WAGT stressed that 80 per cent of the brain size of a child was developed within the first two years and if poorly developed could not be improved on.
He also added that malnutrition was categorised into acute and chronic, explaining that acute is characterised by rapid weight loss and inability to grow in height irrespective of the age in chronic malnutrition.
NAN also reports that the participants are expected to use their respective medium to advocate for urgent action in child malnutrition.
They are also expected to engage in aggressive reportage on the nutrition crisis with focus on increasing government funding to combat malnutrition crisis at the end of the dialogue.