By Dr Joel Akande

 

The skin, in part, is a barrier against external attack. In another part, our skin defends us against diseases. Yet, our skin may be the face of what we carry internally or as a front shop for our lifestyles.

In this article, we will discuss how infections that we suffer from manifest through and in our skin.  To this category belongs sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and non-sexually transmitted diseases.

STDs and the human skin: STDs are caused by microorganisms that are transmitted through sex. Amongst this class are bacteria: N. Gonorrhoea causing gonorrhea, chlamydia trachomatis agents of syphilis.

Others are Heamophylus ducreyi and U. urealyticum. Virus:  Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 (HIV).  Herpes simplex, Hepatitis B and C,  human papilloma virus, human lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) and molluscum contagiousm.

Parasites include T. vaginalis and G. G lamblia, vaginalis, P publis. Readers may be surprised that there are some microorganisms that are sexually transmitted, but in essence they are not so defined. Examples are E.coli, staphyloccosus and streptococcus bacteria.

Fungus can also be sexually transmitted. Example is yeast that is especially common in reproductive age women and men.

Why is the skin involved? Except the victim uses barrier methods such as condom during sex, skin (penis) insertion into body cavity (vagina, mouth etc) may get into contact with resident bacteria or viruses or parasites (in mouth, penis, vagina) that get transmitted from one person to the other.

Consequences: The following may follow STDs

(1) urethral discharge:  This is the commonest symptom of and STD.  This is especially so in men.

Urethral discharge in women is uncommon; rather vaginal discharge appears to be the rule.  Commonest causes of penile or urethral discharge are gonorrohea and chlamydia, T vaginalis, candida, and U. urealyticum – all of which are sexually transmissible;

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(2) swelling of scrotum: In men, the scrotum may become swollen and painful in a condition called epididymo-orchitis.  The most important cause is gonorrhea. Staph and E.coli and chlamydia have also been known to cause this condition;

(3) In women, vaginal discharge are common presentation of STDs and non-STDs.  In complicated event, pelvic inflammatory disease may occur. Infertility may follow;

(4) In both men and women, ulceration of local vaginal areas and penis may occur;

(5) The groin may become swollen and painful as well;

(6) Syphilis is notorious in showing up in the skin. After the initial exposure, 2-4 weeks and up to 90 days, the genital (penis or vulva/vagina), lips, tongue (kissing) fingers, anus (anorectal penetration), may show ulcer or chancre. This is called the primary lesion. Three to four months after, the secondary lesion appears that may affect the genitals and other parts of the body. Meanwhile, syphilis may affect newborn from the womb. It appears bulbous eruption on palms and soles, knees and elbows;

(7) HIV affects the skin too. The skin plays a key role in manifestation of both AIDS and HIV. Some are indeed unique to HIV. Generalised itching without skin eruption may occur. AIDS may show skin rashes, which are easily recognised by clinical doctors.

Treatment: The key message here is that if you experience unusual ulcers in your genitals, body itching or swelling in the groin, it may be a sign of an ongoing infection. It may signal sexually transmitted infection. Rashes that may appear innocent may be a sign of something more serious and or life threatening. Thus, it’s particularly important that you pay attention to events happening in your skin. Go to see a competent and qualified physician for evaluation as soon as possible.  Do not delay.

 

• In the meantime, if you have been affected by this article and you require assistance, you may call/or WhatsApp 07087733114 or 08188343865 for support.

By Alausa Misturat Abidemi

Why is teenage stress a topic of interest? How does it affect teenagers? Why must parents be informed on it? How does it affect the development of the society? Who are referred to as teenagers?

These questions might go through the minds of people reading this article or might be asked by people of the society. The reality is that extreme cases of stress can trigger mental illness and depression in teenagers.

Teenagers are highly susceptible to stress this can be clarified, According to the survey by American psychology association in 2004, teenagers are more stressed than adult.

Teenagers are individuals within the ages of 13 to 19 years old. Teenagers suffer from stress due to the desire of meeting the expectations of their parents and performing excellently academically. The desire to be accepted by their peer group and sexual relationship with partner could develop stress.

READ ALSO: Stress may stop you from getting pregnant

Teenage stress could also be caused by traumatic events like accidents, sickness and death of a loved one. Financial problems within the family, moving to a new school might be difficult for the teenager to adopt to a new lifestyle.

Parents can observe signs of stress in teenagers who seem unhappy, depressed and gets angry easily. There is lack of interest in activities, isolation from family and friends, fatigue or tiredness. The teenager is usually moody, anxious, cries occasionally, irritated easily and loss of focus.

Research has shown that teenage stress could be manage by having a goodnight sleep helps the body and mind to relax.

Participation in healthy exercise like jogging, running helps to relieve stress. Eating healthy and balanced diets like vegetable and fruits. Parents supporting their children and teenagers engaging in activities that will make them happy.

Alausa is a student of Babcock University, Ogun State

Two gynaecologists on Thursday urged women to adopt proper child-birth spacing to reduce maternal and child mortality rates.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate telephone interviews that inadequate child spacing could negatively affect the health of children and mothers as well as the child’s future successes.

Dr Grace Ebosele, a Consultant Gynaecologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City in Edo, described child spacing as an intervention to help women and families delay or space their pregnancies.

According to her, child spacing can also help mothers to achieve the healthiest outcome for themselves, the newborn infants, and children.

She said this should be within the context of free and informed choice, taking into account fertility intentions and desired family size.

Ebosele said that evidence had shown that birth-to-pregnancy intervals of at least two years, had been associated with reduced risk of neonatal and perinatal mortality rates and preterm deliveries.

The consultant gynaecologist said that two-and-a–half years to three years’ space intervals between births are usually the best for the well being of the mother and her children.

“Studies have shown that if couples space birth by between two years and three years, the death rate of children under the age of five will definitely drop.

“ It helps to decrease stunting or underweight, allows children and mothers to experience the benefits of optimal breastfeeding for two years.

“Planning enough time in-between pregnancies increases the chances of a good outcome for the mother and each of her babies as well as increases the chances of healthy mothers and surviving children.

“It also allows parents to devote more time to each child in the early years, easing pressures on the family’s finances and giving parents more time for other activities than child bearing alone, “she said.

Also, Dr Rotimi Agboola, another gynaecologist said that the media and medical practitioners have a major role to play in educating parents on the importance of family planning and child spacing.

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Agboola, a member of staff of Life Help Hospital, Awka, also urged government at all levels to fund the provisions of modern contraceptives.

He also said that would reduce the prevalence rate by at least 20 per cent across the country, especially, among the urban poor.

“ I am confident that if parents become knowledgeable enough to access family planning services in the health centres, they will adequately produce the number of children they can cater for.

“It will also go a long way in reducing maternal and child mortality rates to the barest minimum as well as promote safe motherhood, “ he said.

According to the Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS, 2018), the under-five mortality rate in Nigeria is 132 per 1,000 live births meaning that one in eight Nigerian children never reached the age of five.

Infant deaths, which account for half of child mortality have declined from 87 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 67 per 1,000 live births in 2018.

 

(NAN)

Femi Kusa

 

We are back on the market again, today, to talk about yet another health-enhancing energy gadget and e-business. Only last Thursday, this column mentioned power or energy eye glasses for eye health (please see the article PROTECT YOUR VISION WITH POWER (ENERGY) eye glasses at (www.olufemikusa.com).That article mentioned as well, though in passing, availability of energy boxers for men. I was told early this week that this equivalent for women is still at the design stage, and would most probably first surface in Ghana and in the Cameroun where e-business is better appreciated and growing than in Nigeria. But many predictions for year 2020 business architecture in West Africa suggest that Nigeria will overtake and surpass these countries.

You must wonder what an energy boxer is like and what it does. Before the main explanation, it is a typical underwear for men on which quantum energy materials are embroidered on the flap and other sensitive areas. It reveals its potential when you place on it the metal contact part of chargeable electric bulb. The bulb lights up as though connected to live electric wires. This said, I would like to tell you my layman’s impression of it the first time I saw one. The impression was that…This is like a well-charged car battery which can jump start a flat car battery. Please hold that impression before your gaze as we try to unravel the quantum energy boxers.

 

Electricity and energy

Electricity is a form of energy, and everything, at the end of the day, boils down to energy in various forms. When it is said, for example, that a thousand years on Earth are like one day in heaven, what it means is that the energy with which life moves on earth or the energy of the earth plane is 1,000 times weaker than the energy life forms and activities in heaven. Thus, what would take 1,000 years to accomplish on earth would happen or manifest in the twinkle of an eye in heaven. Please permit me to cite two testimonials from Christian literature.

When the inner eyes of men are suddenly opened to behold angels, do they not fall upon their knees in the fear of the brightness of the light which surrounds them? What happened at the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus, when his divinity shone through his earth body? The light men see around higher beings and fear  is a mere emanation from their inner cause, which are higher forms of energy than man’s. From these and other examples we may infer that the various spheres of existence which we call heavens are organised on the basis of varying voltages of energy, to use human expression.

Lower lying worlds are lower voltage or lower energy worlds. Man should, therefore, be on earth because the voltage of this plane is homogenous with the voltage of the spirit kernel which he brought here, to develop into a higher voltage which can survive and not lapse into unconsciousness in higher voltage worlds. What I mean to say here is that man is a bundle of energy which is expected to vibrate at the highest possible frequency for his species.

He would be concious in a world which vibrates at the same frequency as it vibrates or at a frequency lower than his. He would be unconcious at a higher frequency because the power and pressure of that higher frequency would be much more than he can stand or bear. When we pass electricity of a higher voltage through an electricity cable of lower resistance, does the cable not melt? when higher voltage of electricity than an electrical appliance is designed to handle passes through it, is the appliance not blown off? When brain cells suddenly discharge more electricity than the nerves can resist,do we not experience sudden knee jerks or, on some cases, even collapspe in epileptic feats? We were expelled from paradise because we could not stand the pressure in paradise.

Before we can return to paradise, we must develop our spirits through spiritual activities and ennoblement which will permit concious existence under his power and pressure. This is the stumbling block of many people. They do not know how to do this or cannot just do it and believe endless hours  of prayer and fasting and begging will see them through. Anyone who doubts this conception may imagine what would happen to anyone who, unprotected, grabs naked high tension electricity cables with bare hands.

The higher voltage which would rush through his low-voltage body would burn it to Ash. This is what happens in SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION(please check with Google) when the human body suddenly catches fire, and fire burns nothing else around, except that human body which it reduces to plain Ash.  It has been recorded that this is a mode through which human souls on their maturity for higher realms move there from lower -lying planes. On Earth, only a few cases have been reported and, far in between.(More about this occurrence in future articles).Spontaneous human combustion simply means that the spirit becomes so energised and its power consumes the feeble earthly body that, on its own, is lifeless.

 

Human electricity

The human being is a spirit being in various casings, including the outermost shell, the earthly body picked up in a woman’s womb. Spirit is one of the creatures in creation, the highest as a matter of fact. The spirit world lies below the world of Angels, the Divine world. Spirit is a gradation of energy. Without this energy ,the human body lapses into disease and even death. On its own, the earth body is lifeless. But when it is glowed through by the indwelling  spirit, the earth body comes alive, and generates some energy which unites with that of the spirit for both to hold on to each other. In sleep,this union relaxes to permit flight of the soul in what we call dreams. When the union falls apart, such as when the spirit loses the will to live, illness of the body, old age or shock as during an accident, death of the body occurs. While the union is in full swing, the body maintains it’s energy through the ELECTRICITY it produces from the food we eat.

 

  Wattage

When at rest, the body of an average person produces between 40 and 100 watts of power. During  activities such as athletics, the wattage may rise to between 300 and 400 watts. During sprinting, the wattage may shoot up to 2,000 watts. Foods rich in electrolytes support this venture. Among these electrolytes are sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Potassium resides inside the cell, sodium outside it. Together, they create the sodium/potassium pump. As sodium tries to enter the cell, potassium pushes it back. This creates an electrical circuit in and outside the cell which brings nutrients in and exports wastes and toxins. When the circuit is weak, the sodium/potassium or, better still, the sodium battery is said to be weak. In a strong battery, the electrolyte ions travel across protein-based ion channels across the cell membrane which is made up of essential fatty acids. Thus, the more supportive the diet is on Omega 3 fats, the better for the transmission and energy output in the body.

 

Human electricity and disease

The nervous system which governs the body is electricity
based. When electrical output is poor, the heart, for
example, may beat irregularly and a heart attack may occur. In respect of other organs, messages from the brain may not be well delivered, disruptions in cell life may arise and the outcome may be all sorts of diseases. In the region where the energy boxers chiefly impacts,these may present as erectile dysfunction, low sperm count, absence of sperm, premature ejaculation, prostate gland discomfitures, urogenital challenges, kidney challenges and many more. As for women, infertility questions may be frequent, as may be period pains, uterine fibroids, prolapse of the uterus, blocked tubes and many more.

 

Energy boxer to the rescue

There are many ways to address these questions. In Asia, from where the quantum energy boxer has come, chakra or energy medicine is widely applicable. Energy medicine believes the spirit or the OVERSELF connects with the body at seven different points… (1) sacral, (2) pubis, (3) solar plexus, (4) chest (heart), (5) throat, (6) forehead (the third eye) and (7) hallo of the head. It is  said that these points on the body are cites of etheric energy transformers which pass energy from the spirit to the body.

If the spirit is disturbed in these areas or the body cannot bring about the right amount of energy to unite at that point with it, the transformer (chakra) would weaken and the region it serves would be thrown into “energy black out”. It is obvious from this knowledge that emotional challenges which block the chakras has to be resolved by re balancing a disturbed spirit, or mind, if you like. The designers of quantum energy boxers do not pretend, in my view, that, in such cases, this gadget will wrought miracles. Nor will they, I dare say, discountenance the need for “ the right kinds of foods and drinks”. In fact, a literature review of this boxer describes it’s mechanism of action as follows…

Men’s quantum underwear

Men’s quantum underwear is designed separately. The scrotal bag can make the scrotum fully stretch, ventilate and dissipate heat, and solve the dampness of the scrotum. At the same time, it can make the scrotum stretch freely and achieve the effect of gentle massage. It can improve microcirculation, promote the secretion of testosterone, improve the ability of spermatogonia to divide and produce sperm, and improve the sexual and reproductive abilities of men. It can alleviate fatigue, improve and prevent prostatitis and urethral diseases, prevent the occurrence of hemorrhoids, improve odour, and carefully care for the beauty of male masculinity.

Omni-directional ventilation, all-directional emission of quantum energy, dehumidification, odour removal, strong skin affinity of fabrics, air permeability, comfort and energy replenishment. Light wave quantum implantation, pure physical effect, 100% safe, without any side effects.

• Repeated washing, energy does not decrease
• Antibacterial, bacteriostatic, bactericidal, enhance immunity
• Activating cells, promoting blood circulation and dredging microcirculation
• Improve the prostate gland, thoroughly solve scrotal dampness, frequent urination, urgency, incomplete urination
• Improve low back pain”

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ever-expanding world of ENERGY MEDICINE. We knew of ACCUPUNCTURE and ACCUPRESSURE and of REFLEX ZONE THERAPY. We knew of necklaces, bangles and socks. Last Thursday, we heard of energy eye glasses. Today, we hear of quantum energy underpant. The energy shoe may be just around the corner, like the energy singlet or the energy brassieres. Our world is not a static world, but an ever-expanding world.

Correction

In the column of last Thursday (12 December 2019), titled PROTECT YOUR VISION WITH POWER (ENERGY) EYE GLASSES, some returns on investment were projected based on the interpretation of the data available then. Those returns are higher than the actual returns which are as follows

1)referral bonus is 20 percent of 80 U.S Dollars in the investment or N5,760 (not N14,000 as earlier projected)

2)Trading bonus earned on every 10 day trading of direct down lines of three percent of 1,000  days of one’s own trading is valid as stated

4)Besides, there is CHAIN PROFIT, which was not addressed last week. In this, e-commerce uplines not only earn from down lines, down lines earn as well from the trading activities of uplines.

 

Other health questions

Give – me- Chance  Cassava

This is a specie of cassava which has become very popular among farmers and the populace in  Ikot Ekwere, under Itam town in  Itu Local Government Area of Akwa – Ibom State. I am told, also, it is the cassava -of- choice in other local government areas. The cassava specie is nicknamed GIVE ME CHANCE because it is said to  “scatter” the soil, pushing every thing aside to grow to a massive size for any cassava specie known in this region before now. Yet, it is grown like any other cassava specie and it takes between four months and six months to mature for harvest compared with one year for the older and natural  specie. Which farmer would  not like  this specie of cassava? It offers two planting seasons,  instead of one, every year. For a region were  cassava is a staple food, cheaper cassava products such as garri, fufu  most welcome. In future, we may even have cassava tubers growing as big as a motor car. It would all depend on how  the genes  are located in the formulae structure. The genetic  code tells every cell, man, animals or plants, how to behaves. We have already witnessed it in tomatoes, maize and wheat. The  restructures wheat, which we now consume in Nigeria, has been shown to damage the intestinal lining of many people. Nature created the genetic structure of our cells and created, also, the genetic codes of food crops which would perform  specific functions in our cells. Since the codes determines the functions food crops will perform in our cells, the genetic codes of food crops we are changing will perform in our cells functions other than those that nature created the original codes to perform. This is why organic farming is the way to follow in today’s Nigerian world. Now, I eat organic, green plantain and the peel made into  powder . I also  take as pap a wide varieties of whole grains such as white , yellow, millet and sorghum. Since “ fufu” makers in Lagos began to add HYPO to their production processes, I have secured my fufu powder from an organic source.

 

Gastroenteritis

The symptoms resemble those of cholera except that they are less  severe. Vomiting, stooling, imitable bowl and fever are present.  So are fever, weakness, bleeding and even death. It can be confronted with Activated charcoal and Diatom. They suck  up the irritating toxins and kill the offending germs. Golden seal Root tea or capsules kill the germs, too. Apple cider Vinegar taken on empty stomach or before a meal gives the stomach enough acid content from which these germs cannot survive, let alone find their ways into the pastro- intestinal tract.

Vervain stops spasms which cause vomiting. Basil  help  as well. On  the pig farms, Basil fed raw to pigs distress  by diarrhoea can rescues them from this intestinal problem. If the intestine is inflamed and producing mucus, Fenugreek should be ready. It would cut blood sugar though. So, be prepared to eat more. Curcumin 2000X is one of the best proprietary anti- inflamatories  for internal use. The liver and the kidneys may be protected and cleansed with appropriate herbs, including milk thistle, Dandelion root, Cilantro and Sweet prayer Leaf. I never fail to add Maria  Treben Bitters, which  I mentioned earlier.

Maria Treben Bitters

This formulae of Swedish Bitters comes from Maria  Treben, a legendary  Austrian herbalist who wrote the book HELP THROUGH GOD’s PHARMACY in which she shares with us some of her clinical experiences. This product is not preserved with chemicals. And as she wrote in the book,it can serve about 50 purposes, including use in various forms of intestinal problems such as the stoppage of bleeding. In this regard, I would have liked to combine it with shepherd’s Purse, in the case of the 12 years old girl earlier reported, as this herbs is well known for helping many cases of internal bleeding.

After-meal sleep

When a person is knocked out during or so soon after a meal , some of the first questions I ask myself are….

• Does this person have enough blood in circulation?
• Is the liver in good condition?
• Is the blood too thick?
• Is the person suffering from nacoplexy or sleep attack?

When we eat, blood flows more to the intestine for digestion. If enough blood gets to the brain, sleep may easily follow  the meal.

If the liver health is suboptimal, fat in the diet may destabilise it ,  making the affected person grossly heavy or ill- at ease. The blood is  thick when it is dehydrated. Water should  be  drunk  about 30 minutes  before a meal  to  not  only provide water  for  the production of digestive  enzymes  and their transport but also to dilute the blood ahead of new  solute from incoming food. Thick blood inconveniences all parts the body, the body  especially as, through  the law  of Osmosis  steals fluid from the cell  and tissues it passes through .

In nacoplexy or sleep attack, the  affected adult sleeps like  a baby, at meetings, in buses, or while making public speeches at  a day function or even over meals.  Such as  a   person may  have an excess of the night time sleep hormone serotonin, in day- time, when the day time activity chemical, melatonin, should have been more abundant in the brain and body.

 

Our Reporter

 

The 1994/99 set of the Association of Mass Communication Students (AMACOS), Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has donated multimedia equipment to its former department as a way of giving back.

The presentation was made to the head of department, Mr Kolawole Amos during a programme tagged “The 20 Years Re-Union of Seasoned Communicators” held in Abeokuta at the weekend.

While receiving the gift, Head of Department of Mass Communication, MAPOLY, Mr Kolawole Amos, who came in company with Dr. Wasiu Tejuosho and Dr. Shola Adeosun, thanked the alumni for being the first to give back to the department.

“This is the first time any set will give back to the Department of Mass Communication,” he said.

Amos assured the alumni that he would inform the institution’s rector of the gesture.

Meanwhile, the association has elected its first set of leaders.

They include: Mr Lanre Oyegbola (President); Mrs. Fadeke Omo-Omorodion (Vice-President); Mr. Babatunde Majekodunmi (VP International); Mr. Goke Dairo (General Secretary), and Mrs. Olufunke Ogunlade (Chief whip).

Others are: Mrs. Anne Olubukola Ogundowo (Social Secretary); Mr. Olusegun Koiki (Public Relations Officer); Mr. Olawunmi Omotoyinbo (Welfare Officer); Mrs. Toyin Dairo (Finance Officer); and Mrs. Rasheedat Adetutu Ajayi-Yakub (Treasurer).

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In his remarks, the President pledged to work with his team in the interest of the association, stressing that part of his agenda was to allow a flow of talents and give back to the alma mater.

Earlier, the Alumni had presented cash prizes to some students for their exceptional performance in various mass communication courses.

They include: Rebecca Adelakun (best student in Advertising, HND II); Aishat Balogun (Advertising, HND II, part-time); Emmanuel Bashiru (print journalism, HND II).

Others were: Boluwaji Jegede (Public Relations); Hauwa Musa (Broadcast, HND II full time); and Tobiloba Adesanya (Broadcast, HND II evening).

Secretary of the association, Goke Dairo, counselled the students to be conversant with technology which keeps redefining all jobs in communication industry.  According to him, technology will take over most jobs in the nearest future and only those conversant will be relevant.

The 2019 edition of the Corporate Social Responsibility/annual public lecture of the Obafemi  Awolowo University Alumni Association, Lagos branch, is scheduled to hold tomorrow at the OAU Alumni Centre, Central Business District, Alausa-Ikeja.

The lecture, which has as theme: Nigeria – The Pursuit of an Inclusive Economy: What we must do differently, will be delivered by the CEO of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Mr. Laoye Jaiyeola, an alumnus of the university.

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Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnibe Mamora, will chair the occasion, which has as discussants, former Chairman, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Prof. Segun Ajibola; and the former Managing Director, Royal Exchange Assurance Plc, Mr. Olatunji  Oluyemi.

 

By Ibrahim Adam

 

Non-Governmental Organisation, Yomi-Owoeye Foundation has honoured 18 teachers from three primary schools in Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Alimosho, Lagos.

Six teachers each were selected from Temidire Primary School Oke-Odo, Community Primary School and Anuoluwapo Primary School.

Speaking at the event held at Temidire primary school complex, Oke-Odo, Lagos, founder of the NGO, Joseph Owoeye said the event was to celebrate the services of the teachers and their impact on the learners.

Owoeye said primary school teachers had crucial role to play in laying good foundation for pupils and should be given priority in welfare and remuneration.

“Teachers are the heart of quality education. For quality education, teachers’ welfare and affairs must be taken seriously. The right to education is not only to access education but also the right to receive education of good quality.

“Primary school is the foundation of all education. Therefore, primary education and teachers should be given a priority because when the foundation is destroyed, what can the righteous do?” he said.

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In his keynote address, former Chairman, Osun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Chief Abiodun Owoeye urged the government to improve on the welfare of primary school teachers.

He, however, implored the teachers to improve themselves using modern technologies and research.

Chairman, Agbado/Oke-Odo LCDA, Dr. Augustine Arogundade in his goodwill message congratulated the awardees and advised them to do more, also challenging others to do better.

Apart from teachers, others also received awards – including school managers of the three primary schools; member, Lagos State House of Assembly representing Alimosho Constituency one, Bisi Yusuf; Dr. Arogundade and Executive Secretary, Alimosho Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Airat Alamu.

 

By Ogheneyoma Omaredjedje

 

Bethel Gemini Senior Secondary School Oke-Ira, has won the Honourable Gbenga Opebi Quiz Competition which held at Agege Club in Oke-Ira for the second time.

The school which won the maiden edition in 2018 retained the top prize edging out other contenders with 35 points.

Ten public and private secondary schools within Ward C, Oke-Ira Central of Ojodu Local Council Development Association (LCDA) participated in the competition.

For winning, the school’s team took home mattresses donated by Mouka Foam Industries Limited.

Emma El-Shaddai Senior Secondary School came second with 30 points while the runners-up of 2018 edition, Oke-Ira Senior Secondary School came third with 25 points.

The annual competition, tagged: ‘My Legacy’ is the brain child of Gbenga Opebi, the Councilor representing Ward C and Chief Whip of Ojodu Legislative Council.

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Opebi said the programme was his modest contribution towards uplifting the educational standard of pupils in his ward.

“I am passionate about education because it is the bedrock of success in any society and since these young ones are the future of our country, we the older ones should do the best we can to prepare them to take over from us.

“My life is dedicated to all-year-round sound health for all in my ward and sound education for our children. This informed my decision to continually invest in their wellbeing,” he said.

The programme was supported by  May & Baker Nigeria Plc; SoulMate Industries Limited; Bisi Ogunjobi Foundation; Mouka Foam Industries Nigeria Limited; Macfeley Premium Water and Agege Club, among others.

 

By Damola Kola-Dare

 

For 21-year-old Gloria Adagbogun, her glorious moment came at Crawford University convocation last week, where she was the cynosure of all eyes after she clinched the award of the institution’s Best Graduating student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.88 in Microbiology.

The ecstatic Gloria who had words of praise for God and her parents said: “I feel so excited and I want to thank my parents for making me stand here today.”

However, beyond the glee and excitement, Gloria said she faced challenges – noting that hard work, determination and God’s help saw her through.

“There were times I wanted to sleep but could not.  It was really challenging at times. I had some courses I had to read for double time. I stayed up late to read them thoroughly.  Sometimes, I was ill. But thank God, it paid off through determination and hard work.”

The second child and daughter of the Adagbogun family, who said she was to attend UNIPORT, thanked her parents for the support when it was decided she should attend Crawford.

“I had some challenges when I came to Crawford University because initially I was to attend University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) but my mother brought me here. With my father, she urged me not to lose focus. They supported me and I kept on pushing till I achieved my aim,” she said.

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Speaking on what motivated her, she said she was inspired to work hard when she attended previous graduation.

She said: “I witnessed a glorious convocation here.  I was motivated by what I saw. From then, I aspired to be the best and I started to study hard like never before.”

Gloria said discipline was key to achieving her aim.

“Motivation gets you started, then discipline is quite important. There are times you are tired. For you to be the best, you have to sacrifice and also trust God for the right direction.  Again, you need to be consistent in all things,”she said.