Tag: Bill Gates

  • One in six North’s children risk death before age five, Gates warns

    One in six North’s children risk death before age five, Gates warns

    American businessman and philanthropist, Mr. Bill Gates, has raised concern over the high rate of child deaths in northern Nigeria.

    He warned that one in six children born in the region does not live to see their fifth birthday.

    Gates, who spoke in an interview ahead of the Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers’ event in New York, described the statistic as a wake-up call for governments and development partners to act with urgency.

    “A kid born in northern Nigeria has a 15 per cent chance of dying before the age of five. You can either be part of improving that or act like that does not matter,” he said.

    To bolster the global fight against preventable diseases, he said the Gates Foundation has pledged $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria for the 2026 to 2028 cycle. The funding is expected to sustain interventions that have already cut child deaths by half worldwide since the Year 2000 – from about 10 million annually to fewer than 5 million.

    Mr. Gates cautioned that the years of progress made so far are at risk, with international health funding dropping by more than 20 per cent in the last year to its lowest point in 15 years.

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    He stressed that philanthropy cannot replace the government’s responsibility.

    “I am not capable of making up for what the government cuts, and I do not want to create an illusion of that,” he said.

    Gates urged governments to strengthen primary healthcare, expand vaccine access, and deploy new medical innovations, insisting that millions more children could be saved by 2045 if leaders recommitted to proven strategies.

    Nigeria remains among the countries with the highest child mortality burden, especially in the northern states, where weak health systems, poverty, and insecurity limit access to life-saving care.

    Reacting to Gates’ warning, a senior official at the Federal Ministry of Health, who spoke in confidence, acknowledged the challenge but said efforts were underway to change the narrative.

    “We are scaling up routine immunisation, revitalising primary healthcare centres, and working with partners, like the Gates Foundation, to close gaps in child survival.

    “The figures are worrying, but they reinforce why the government must stay the course,” the official said.

    UNICEF Nigeria also stressed the urgency of the situation. In a recent report, the global agency noted that child survival in the country “is closely tied to stronger health systems, clean water, nutrition, and security”.

    It called for more investment atthe  federal and state levels.

  • Bill Gates raises alarm over child mortality in northern Nigeria

    Bill Gates raises alarm over child mortality in northern Nigeria

    Philanthropist Bill Gates has voiced deep concern over the alarming rate of child deaths in northern Nigeria, warning that one in six children born in the region does not survive to their fifth birthday.

    Speaking in an interview ahead of the Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers event in New York, Gates described the statistic as a wake-up call for governments and development partners to take urgent action.

    “A kid born in northern Nigeria has a 15 per cent chance of dying before the age of five. You can either be part of improving that or act like that does not matter,” he said.

    To strengthen the global fight against preventable diseases, the Gates Foundation has pledged \$912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria for the 2026–2028 cycle.

    The funding is expected to sustain interventions that have already halved child deaths worldwide since 2000, reducing annual deaths from 10 million to fewer than 5 million.

    However, Gates warned that years of progress are now at risk, citing a more than 20 per cent drop in international health funding over the last year — the lowest level in 15 years. He stressed that philanthropy cannot substitute for government responsibility.

    “I am not capable of making up for what the government cuts, and I do not want to create an illusion of that,” he said.

    He urged governments to strengthen primary healthcare, expand vaccine access, and deploy new medical innovations, insisting that millions more children could be saved by 2045 if leaders recommit to proven strategies.

    Nigeria remains among the countries with the highest child mortality burden, especially in the northern states, where weak health systems, poverty, and insecurity limit access to life-saving care.

    Reacting to Gates’ warning, a senior official at Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, who asked not to be named, acknowledged the challenge but said efforts were underway to change the narrative. “We are scaling up routine immunisation, revitalising primary healthcare centres, and working with partners like the Gates Foundation to close gaps in child survival. The figures are worrying, but they reinforce why the government must stay the course,” the official said.

    UNICEF Nigeria also stressed the urgency of the issue. In a recent report, the agency noted that child survival in the country “is closely tied to stronger health systems, clean water, nutrition and security,” and urged more investment at the federal and state levels.

    For Gates, the choice before leaders is stark: act decisively to save children or watch preventable deaths continue.

  • Fed Govt, Bill Gates Foundation sign MoU on health, education, agriculture

    Fed Govt, Bill Gates Foundation sign MoU on health, education, agriculture

    • Nigeria gets $.5m support

    Nigeria yesterday moved up in its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve lives and expand opportunities in various sectors.

    Through the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, it launched the Nigeria Artificial Intelligence (AI) scaling hub in partnership with the Bill Gates Foundation.

    The hub is a new initiative meant to accelerate the responsible development and scale-up of AI-driven solutions in the health, agriculture, and education sectors.

    The partnership was announced in Abuja during the signing of the MoU between the ministry and the Gates Foundation.

    The Minister of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, signed on behalf of the government, while Mr. Bill Gates signed on behalf of his foundation.

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    Tijani said the Nigeria AI Scaling Hub is a multi-stakeholder initiative that would coordinate the scaling of mature, AI solutions in the country.

    The minister said the Gates Foundation was supporting the hub with a $7.5 million commitment over three years.

    “By working with the Gates Foundation, we are strengthening our capacity to ensure that AI-driven solutions are developed responsibly and deployed equitably.

    “The AI Scaling Hub will catalyse Nigerian innovators — providing the resources, mentorship, and support necessary to translate ideas into impact,” Tijani said.

    The minister noted that the AI Scaling Hub initiative would advance the government’s efforts to identify, develop, and scale up high-impact Al solutions that address innovation in these key sectors, as well as position Nigeria as an exemplar for emerging technologies in Africa.

    “AI is transforming how we address development challenges — unlocking new ways to improve lives and strengthen systems.

    “We’re proud to support the Nigeria AI Scaling Hub with the Government of Nigeria and Lagos Business School, investing in local talent and innovation to ensure the benefits of AI reach those who need them most,” said Nigeria Country Director at the Gates Foundation, Uche Amaonwu.

    At the meeting, Tijani highlighted the progress the government has made in the adoption of AI, including the recent drafting of the National AI Strategy to ensure its responsible deployment.

  • Tinubu confers Nigeria’s top honour on Bill Gates

    Tinubu confers Nigeria’s top honour on Bill Gates

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday night conferred the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and chairman of the Bill Gates Foundation.

    The brief investiture ceremony took place at the President’s private residence in Lagos, during Gates’ visit to Nigeria.

    The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the investiture in a post on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956.

    “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos on Tuesday night conferred the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on billionaire Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and founder of Bill Gates Foundation,” Onanuga informed in the tweet.

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    It is believed that the honour was conferred in recognition of Gates’ contributions to global health and development, particularly in Nigeria, through his foundation’s long-term support for public health, vaccination, and poverty alleviation efforts.

    Gates has maintained a strong engagement with Nigeria for nearly two decades, with his foundation investing in initiatives spanning polio eradication, agricultural development, and health system strengthening.

    The CFR, one of Nigeria’s highest national honours, is traditionally awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the development and progress of the country.

  • Bill Gates to meet Tinubu, others on healthcare

    Bill Gates to meet Tinubu, others on healthcare

    Foundation to spend majority of $200b pledge on Africa’s future

    Gates Foundation Chair, Bill Gates, will arrive in Nigeria this week to meet President Bola Tinubu and engage with top officials to discuss Nigeria’s primary health care reforms.

    He will also participate in a Goalkeepers Nigeria event focused on Africa’s innovation and meet scientists and partners shaping AI strategy and scaling up health solutions.

    His trip is coming after he announced he would give $200 billion over the next 20 years through his foundation.

    He made the latest commitment yesterday to African leaders at African Union House in Addis Ababa.

    A statement by the foundation’s Media manager, said the Gates Foundation chair urged African leaders to accelerate progress in health and development through innovation and partnership.

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    Gates’s trip follows the foundation’s announcement on May 8 that it would spend $200 billion over the next 20 years to advance progress on saving and improving lives.

    According to him, the foundation will over the next two decades, work with partners to make progress in three primary goals: end preventable deaths of moms and babies; ensure the next generation grows up without having to suffer from deadly diseases; and lift millions out of poverty.

    The Gates Foundation has worked with African partners to save lives, develop vaccines, and strengthen systems. It has helped catalyse more than 100 innovations and contributed to saving more than 80 million through Gavi and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

    At the meeting in Addis Ababa, Gates assured leaders that place emphasis on people’s health and well-being of a $200 billion pledge.

  • DJ Cuppy performs at Bill Gates Foundation’s Africa Day event in Seattle

    DJ Cuppy performs at Bill Gates Foundation’s Africa Day event in Seattle

    Disc Jockey and billionaire heiress, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has delivered a captivating performance at the Bill Gates Foundation’s Africa Day event in Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Cuppy had shared her excitement and gratitude on Snapchat prior to the event, writing, “Can’t believe I get to DJ for the Bill Gates Foundation in Seattle. So grateful that my talent keeps taking me to places I never imagined and putting me in front of the most incredible people.”

    In a post on X, she added, “It still dey shock me. @BillGates, please thank your amazing team for inviting me to perform for Africa Day. From Lagos to Seattle… It’s surreal that my small DJ talent keeps taking me around the world. Purpose and passion are a powerful combo. All glory to God.”

  • Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth

    Bill Gates to give away 99% of his wealth

    The Gates Foundation plans to give away $313 billion over the next 20 years before shutting down entirely in 2045.

    The move, according to Bloomberg,  marks  a new deadline for one of history’s largest and most influential charities.

    That target would represent a doubling in spending for the non-profit foundation  which has disbursed more than $100 billion since it was co-founded by Microsoft Founder Bill Gates and Melinda  Gates in 2000.

    Originally, the foundation was set to close 20 years after Gate’s     death.

    “I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned,” Gates, 69, wrote in a statement.

    “I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years to the cause of saving and improving lives around the world,” he added in the statement quoted by Bloomberg yesterday. 

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    The foundation’s  Chief Executive Officer Mark Suzman told   reporters that the giving will equate to roughly 99 per cent of Gates’ remaining fortune.

    Gates is the fifth-richest person in the world with a net worth $ 168 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He and his former wife, Melinda   have given $60.2 billion to the foundation from its inception through 2024.

    The foundation distributes billions of dollars a year to causes around the world — mainly health, global development and education.

    The foundation  has helped save 82 million lives through its efforts to increase access to vaccines in low-income countries and its global funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

    Apart from helping Nigeria to kick-out polio, the foundation has significantly facilitated  healthcare access  and increased agricultural productivity, especially for smallholder farmers in the country.

    In its remaining 20 years, the non-profit group, which employs more than 2,000 people, will focus on ending preventable childbirth deaths, eliminating deadly infectious diseases and lifting people out of poverty.

  • Bill Gates to give 99% of wealth, shutting down foundation by 2045

    Bill Gates to give 99% of wealth, shutting down foundation by 2045

    Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has announced plans to give away nearly all of his $200 billion wealth, retaining only 1% for himself and his family.

    Over the next 20 years, he will donate the vast majority of his fortune through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which will close its doors permanently by December 31, 2045.

    Gates’ philanthropic efforts have already made a significant impact, with the foundation spending over $100 billion on global health, education, and poverty alleviation since its inception in 2000.

    The foundation has been instrumental in funding vaccine development, medical research, and emergency aid worldwide.

    Notable achievements include saving over 80 million lives through partnerships like Gavi and the Global Fund, and reducing child deaths from diarrhea by 75% through the development of a rotavirus vaccine.

    Despite criticism that Gates holds too much influence over global health funding decisions, he remains committed to his philanthropic work.

    Gates believes that 20 years is the right timeframe to maximise the foundation’s impact while providing sufficient notice for the eventual closure.

    Writing on his Gates foundation blog, he wrote in part: “People will say a lot of things about me when I die, but I am determined that ‘he died rich’ will not be one of them.

    “There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people.

    He added, “That is why I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned. I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years to the cause of saving and improving lives around the world. And on December 31, 2045, the foundation will close its doors permanently.

    “This is a change from our original plans. When Melinda and I started the Gates Foundation in 2000, we included a clause in the foundation’s very first charter: The organisation would sunset several decades after our deaths. A few years ago, I began to rethink that approach.

    “More recently, with the input from our board, I now believe we can achieve the foundation’s goals on a shorter timeline, especially if we double down on key investments and provide more certainty to our partners.

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    “I am deeply proud of what we have accomplished in our first 25 years.

    “We were central to the creation of Gavi and the Global Fund, both of which transformed the way the world procures and delivers lifesaving tools like vaccines and anti-retrovirals. Together, these two groups have saved more than 80 million lives so far. Along with Rotary International, we have been a key partner in reviving the effort to eradicate polio.

    “We supported the creation of a new vaccine for rotavirus that has helped reduce the number of children who die from diarrhoea each year by 75 percent. Every step of the way, we brought together other foundations, non-profits, governments, multilateral agencies, and the private sector as partners to solve big problems—as we will continue to do for the next twenty years.

    “I think 20 years is the right balance between giving as much as we can to make progress on these things and giving people a lot of notice that now this money will be gone,” he added.

  • Prudent governance: A tale of two states

    Prudent governance: A tale of two states

    • By Chekwube Nzomiwu

    Events that occurred in two Nigerian states last week, caught my attention. One was the award of contract by the Anambra State government for the construction of an iconic tower at Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of the state. The tower project awarded to IDC Construction Company will cost the state government N980 million, an amount N20 million shy of one billion Naira.

    The second was the report on Nasarawa State government, commencing the harvest of its 10,000-hectare rice farm in Jangwa community, Awe Local Government Area of the state. The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdulahi Sule, physically flagged-off the commencement of the harvest, targeted at ensuring food security in the state.

    Following the wide media coverage that these two events received, I decided to comment on them, at least, as momentary respite from the media attention on national affairs, which often eclipsed happenings at the sub-national level, especially with the prevailing biting economic difficulties in the country. To put facts here in perspective, I will start this commentary from the rice harvest in Nasarawa State.

    Speaking while flagging-off the rice harvest, Governor Sule reiterated the commitment of his government to lead by example in agriculture through government structured initiatives, and thus, contribute to the national food security agenda. He described the milestone as part of Nasarawa State’s broader strategy to enhance food security, which was launched at the beginning of this year’s planting season.

    In my opinion, the massive rice harvest in Nasarawa State could not have come at a better time, considering the palpable fear of food insecurity in Nigeria. Just a few days ago, a new report indicated that not less than 30 million Nigerians, including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are expected to be food insecure or worse between June and August 2025. As reported by Daily Trust newspaper on November 1, the food and nutrition report, Cadre Harmonisé (CH), was put together by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security with technical support from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and other partners.

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    Earlier in September, Bill Gates, American business magnate and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, raised an alarm that Nigeria presently has the second-highest rate of food insecurity in the world, with climate change accelerating the problem. According to the co-founder of Microsoft Company, Nigeria receives the largest share of intervention funds allocated by his foundation to Africa because of food insecurity.

    Prior to Bill Gate’s exposé, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) had issued a Policy Brief on the status of food security in the country. The brief was posted on the website of the nation’s foremost private sector think tank by 12:39 pm on March 25. The document revealed that Nigeria’s food inflation surged from 33.9 percent in December 2023 to 35.41 percent in January 2024.

    Quoting from the NESG Brief, “the number of food-insecure Nigerians increased significantly, from 66.2 million in Q1 2023 to 100 million in Q1 2024, with 18.6 million facing acute hunger and 43.7 million Nigerians showing crisis-level or above crisis-level hunger coping strategies as of March 2024. The NESG recommended immediate humanitarian, social protection and food systems responses to address this unprecedented food crisis.”

    Judging by the statistics recounted above, the government of Nasarawa State deserves a bundle of praises for leading by example in agriculture. Food is critical to the survival of humanity. There is a saying that a “hungry man is an angry man.” Extreme hunger can lead to frustration, which can lead to unrest and aggression. We all witnessed the massive destruction of lives and properties in the country during the August hunger protests.

    The Nasarawa rice-farming initiative has not only contributed immensely to the national food agenda, but also created employment for the indigenous people. It is also interesting to note that the initiative is an inclusive one, carrying along both the women and youth, like the Green Revolution in post-Independence India in the 1960s. Prior to this Agriculture Revolution, India which before Nigeria gained Independence from Britain in August 1947, survived on food donated from other countries as a result of frequent famines and drought.

    However, the Green Revolution transformed agriculture in India, using technology, such as irrigation, mechanised implements, high yield seeds, fertilizer and pesticides, among others. Today, very few people in India remember that there was a time their country begged for food. Unfortunately, owing to poor implementation and corruption, the programme failed in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria in the 70s.

    Fast forward to present day, Governor Sule in his post rice harvest interview with Channels Television, disclosed plans by his administration to establish a rice mill within the location of the 10,000 hectare rice farm. If the rice mill comes to fruition, it will be the icing on the cake.

    On the other hand, the decision of the government of Anambra State to spend almost N1 billion on the proposed iconic tower at Ekwulobia under the prevailing economic condition in the country, calls for serious concern. Frankly, I thought that the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles C. Soludo, being a social scientist, ought to be very familiar with Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The American psychologist saw physiological (biological) needs as the most important. They include breathing, food, water, clothing and shelter. He argued that without these physiological needs, the human body cannot function optimally. Once the physiological needs are satisfied, the next level-the need for safety and security-becomes important, followed respectively by the needs for love and belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization.

    Based on this theory, I don’t see how the proposed ‘Iconic Light of the Nation Tower’ at Ekwulobia will contribute to the survival of the five million inhabitants of Anambra State whose existence is threatened by hunger, just like millions of other Nigerians living in different states. For me, it would have made more economic sense to deploy the N1 billion approved for building the proposed tower to tackling food insecurity.

    Omor town in Anyamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State was once the largest rice producer in the entire South Eastern Nigeria. Unfortunately, the agrarian potential of Omor and the other seven towns in Anyamelum has been inhibited by lack of government support. The story is not different in other major agrarian communities in the state, scattered across Ogbaru, Anambra East and Anambra West localities. 

    Alternatively, the N1 billion will definitely serve more useful purposes if deployed to the security sector in Anambra State. It is no longer news that Anambra is one of the hotbeds of insecurity in the Southeast. Lately the state has witnessed a spike in the spate of attacks by unknown gunmen, kidnapping and killings linked to cultism. Equipping the Nigerian security agencies and vigilante operatives with the huge amount approved for the tower will go a long way in addressing the widespread insecurity in the state.

    Besides, the idea of building a tower at Ekwulobia clearly contradicts Soludo’s justification for not fulfilling his promise of making Anambra State the “Dubai-Taiwan of Nigeria.” Speaking at an event recently, Soludo mocked those who felt that making Anambra Dubai-Taiwan meant building skyscrapers everywhere in the state. He maintained that such cannot be done with an illiterate population, insisting that access to qualitative education is the road to the destination.

    Here, I wouldn’t want to re-echo the sentiments of the highly educated majority in Anambra State who took Soludo’s comment as a big insult to them. But if he knew that access to qualitative education will take Anambra to Dubai and Taiwan, common sense demands that the N1 billion should be channelled to the improvement of access to education, rather than constructing a tower.

    In conclusion, prudence is very critical in governance because resources are not limitless. Decisions require sound judgment. Before taking a decision, you must identify the priority areas for the good and welfare of the people.

    On a lighter note, I know that Governor Soludo, as a Christian, must have read from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Bible, the story of what happened to those who wanted to build the “Tower of Babel” so tall that it would reach into heavens, thinking that doing so would earn them glory. When God saw that the people were becoming too powerful because of their ability to communicate, He made them to speak different languages and when they could not understand each other, they were unable to complete the tower.

    •Dr. Nzomiwu is a communication scholar, journalist and public relations practitioner. He writes via chekmma@yahoo.com

  • Radiation, health, Bill Gates and diseases

    Radiation, health, Bill Gates and diseases

    Since my teenage age, about 60 years ago, I have hated to share clothes, shoes, towels, bath soap and other personal effects.  I did  not really know why, until about 1977 when I began to learn  about RADIATION, especially radiation of the human blood. Even then, all I knew about RIADATION was that  EVERYTHING radiated and was RADIATION covered on the outside by dense or coarse cross matter to make  it  tangible to physical life. In other words, my body is a coarse covering for my essence which  is not physical. So is yours or of the dog or goat you see in the street every day.  I became more aware of what radiation could be about when I reared rabbits, pigs and native chickens in the 1990s.

    Rabbits

     I farmed my rabbits in galvanised iron cages in the  backyard of my  residence in Lagos. The floor of the cage was made  to let urine and poop to  easily  drop to the earth below. Sometimes,  tiny baby rabbits do drop as well from the side mesh.  This  may offer the inexperienced rabbit farmer  his or her first lesson in  INTRODUCTION TO RADIATION. If the uninitiated farmer stupidly picks the fallen babies rabbits with bare hand and returns them to the safety of the cage,he or she is likely to find them dead soon after for the mother rabbit would reject them. Why does it do this? Something from the hand of the farmer who picked  these rabbits babies and put them into the cage had rubbed on them, coated or enveloped them. The mother rabbit detected this through whatever faculty. What it detected is HUMAN RADIATION!

    Human radiation, like plant or animal radiation, is an interesting subject, like the radiation of precious stones which are making the waves today as QUANTUM ENERGY in all sorts of gadgets to promote human health  in health or states of disease.

    Pigs

    On the pig farms of that decade, I, also, encountered RADIATION experience. The pig farmer itches to make money from this animal which proliferates like the rabbit. A female pig, known as a sow, may produce a litter of about 8 or 10  piglets or more.  It is allowed about three months to wean them off breast milk before it is prepared for mating by a boar, the male pig. The mating and the next round of birth takes about three months, three weeks and three days. The due date is written on the wall of the pen to enable the pig farmer to remember when to generously load food for the pregnant sow. If the piglets drop and the sow is hungry, this could  be a financial disaster for the farmer, for the hungry pig mother  could eat all of its young ones especially if they came  in the night when no  one was around.  That is not where we are heading. Where we are going is  that,if  one sow produces only two or three piglets, which the farmer may consider a waste of his time, energy, feed cost e.tc, and the farmer wishes to quickly return the “unproductive” animal for mating, how would the piglets be looked after if they are not sent to a foster pig mother? A frustrated  farmer would put these piglets among the piglets of a productive  pig mother whose piglets are close in age and size. The foster pig mother would not  complain if the farmer can deceive it. If  the farmer stupidly picks the piglets with bare hands,the foster piglet mother may not complain as yet. To breast feed  its piglets periodically when they grumble for breast milk, the mother pig lays on one side of its body to expose two long rows of breasts which may number about 10 or more, depending on breed and genetic. All the piglets would rush all over it,jostling and  pushing, some greedily abandoning reproductive breast for another from which they push away the weaker piglet. Soon, the amazing happens. When the mother pig feels the mouth or suck of a piglet not its own,it rises, pushes away the alien piglets and, if they would not stand away, bites or kills them! It has smelled, like the mother  rabbits, human hand on them! Wise farmers do one or two things to deceive the foster pig mother. They rub their hands on the body of the mother pig for some minutes as if they are caressing  it. Then, with  the bare hands, they do the same  for the alien pigs. Another method  is to wear a cellophane  hand gloves and caress both mother and piglet before the transfer. When this is done,  the foster  mother nursed  the “foreign” pig to term!

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    Again, this is evidence that the human body produces something many of us are not much aware of but which, nevertheless, is crucial for our existence and health.

    Chicken

    When two hens are foraging with their young ones in a limited space, the tendency exists for the young ones to mix  up. However, when the hens separate, each one can tell which  strayed  into the ranks of its own. These ones are often picked until they leave the fold.

    The cat

    I cannot forget my experience with a mother cat. It had its kittens one night near the entrance door of my house. I was careful to not disturb it and the kittens. My gardener was too excited when he saw the kittens without their mother. He took them away for nursing and sell whenever they grow up. I warned him to return them lest the mother cat get offended and violent.  He did. When the mother cat return, it walked away from the kitten. It must have smelled the hands of my gardener on them!

    Stale house

    Permit me to offer one more example before I proceed. If you leave in a big house of many rooms, some of which you rarely visit, you are likely to find them to be stale or deteriorated. This is because they need something from human presence to keep fresh. That stuff is RADIATION. That is what the cat, like the dog, comes to you for when it lurks around you or sit in your couch. That was what the Bible reports that the woman with the issue of blood tapped from the garmet of the Lord  Jesus, to heal her bleeding of several years which could be bleeding uterine fibroids or endometriosis! Please, permit again that I  digress a little once more, for this is an interesting subject, and I am remembering many things. Snail farmers do not touch snails’ eggs with bare hands, otherwise they may not hatch. Rather, spoons are  used to scoop them from one point to another. Have we wondered why some plants cultivated together do not thrive, or one does  but the  other is stunted, and those not antagonistic of each other jubilantly grow luxuriantly? What about the placenta of a new born human baby? Why do parents of old hide them to  bury in the earth when no one else can find them? In city hospital today, placenta is mingled and  deposed anyhow. Yet this is a bundle of radiation to which every newborn is linked for sometime!  In the Europe of old, a plant was grown on the site where a baby’s placenta was buried. If as an adult the child was out of town, the performance of this plant was said to inform his or her parent about his or her well being. In Africa, the placenta may be an object of diabolical practice to harm its owner since they are connected by waves of radiation through which negative energy may flow either and tither. The use of human parts for rituals is also tied to the manipulation of human radiation. Nor can we separate human radiation from the practice of using the bath water of corpses for whatever purposes public mortuary attendants sell it for. In polygamous homes, there are stories of wives or other persons taking the personal effects of their “enemies”  to traditional medicine men. A few years ago, dust bins scavengers hunted used menstrual pads for diabolical ends.

    Used clothes

    As I stated earlier, I disliked exchanging clothes and other personal effects with anyone since my teenage years. Let, I learned this must have come  from a knowledge of its possible detrimental effect acquired long,long ago. As the encounter of the woman with the issue of blood with the lord Jesus made us to realise, human radiation suffuses our clothes and link us with them, even when we put them aside, though for a limited time. This is why I advised that imported used clothes should not be worn by persons who love themselves, and should not be bought  for children. We do not know what diseases  their owners  suffered from or are still suffering from, and  which negative karmaic misfortunes are governing their existence.

    Across The RADIATION BRIDGE from the owners of these clothes, all sorts of energy can be transported to the new owners until, over time,the bridge break down.

    Kissing

    In the same manner that clothes may transfer hostile radiation and misfortune(s), kissing may also be inimical, especially as it is involves the exchange of body fluids infused with PERSONAL RADIATION. For the same reason, men who sexually jump on just about any woman and women who do likewise may be imperilled because an exchange  of radiations is involved in the act. If the radiations are not homogeneous and  complementary, one may suck up the other, antagonise or annihilate it, causing illness,social and economic mishaps, among other negative harvests.

    I gave kissing a second thought about the age of 26 after an experience with one  woman. Whenever the subject came up and we young ones  berated the frozen look  of my maternal grand mother as belonging to an uncivilised generation, I knew within me that she was right. Ordinary, the mouth was supposed to be warm and a deep kiss exciting, relaxing, erotic and all of that. On the day in  question, I encountered a cold, bitter mouth. I couldn’t tolerate the saliva, but I forced it down to not embarrass her. There were eruptions of disagreement in my stomach and gut. I pretended a trip to the loo to ease my bladder. I rise  my mouth and even gargled, but it was too late. Literally speaking, I had swallowed her and she had swallowed me.  When she was gone,I gulped two glasses of Andrews Liver Salt solution to clean up. If this could help, I did not  know. Early this week, I asked Artificial intelligence (AI) about the human mouth genome, that is the population of different germs therein , all vibrating and radiating against one another.

    AI said:

    “The human mouth is home to a diverse population of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Here’s an overview of the estimated population of germ species in the human mouth:

    Bacteria:

    •Estimated species: 700-1,000

    •Dominant phyla:

    •Firmicutes (30-40%)

    •Bacteroidetes (20-30%)

    •Proteobacteria (15-25%)

    •Actinobacteria (10-20%)

    •Notable species:

    •Streptococcus mutans (associated with tooth decay)

    •Porphyromonas gingivalis (associated with periodontal disease)

     •Fusobacterium nucleatum (associated with periodontal disease and colorectal cancer)

    Viruses:

    •Estimated species: 100-200

    •Dominant families:

    •Herpesviridae (e.g., HSV-1, HSV-2)

    •Adenoviridae (e.g., human adenovirus)

    •Papovaviridae (e.g., human papillomavirus)

    •Notable species:

    •Human herpesvirus 1 (HSV-1, associated with oral herpes)

    •Human adenovirus (associated with respiratory and gastrointestinal infections)

    Fungi:

    •Estimated species: 100-200

    •Dominant genera:

    •Candida (e.g., Candida albicans)

    •Aspergillus (e.g., Aspergillus fumigatus)

    •Fusarium (e.g., Fusarium oxysporum)

    •Notable species:

    •Candida albicans (associated with oral thrush)

    Protozoa:

    •Estimated species: 10-50

    •Dominant genera:

    •Entamoeba (e.g., Entamoeba gingivalis)

    •Trichomonas (e.g., Trichomonas tenax)

    •Notable species:

    •Entamoeba gingivalis (associated with periodontal disease)”..

    Origin of radiation

    If the Lord Jesus Radiated through His  Garment and later transfigured in Gethsemane,the origin of Radiation must be God. He is THE LIGHT of the worlds.  Light radiates. Actually, everything which exists were contained in the Radiations of God. We the human species, were Sparks of light  in His Radiations. Sparks from firewood fire  soon die out. We were mantained and brought to the earth to develop our Sparks into living flames of human spirit specie for  which He  created the worlds of the human spirits, PARADISE.

    In our downward journey, we were wrapped in different materials, each one corresponding to every world or realm of existence we journeyed through. On earth, we took on the covering of the earth, gross matter. With this covering,we became  EARTH-MEN. When we drop the earth body upon its death, we the  human spirits, together with the other coverings, are known as  HUMAN SOULS. When we drop the last of all of the other coverings and enter Paradise as spirit flames, vibrating and radiating at the highest volatages for our species, we are known as HUMAN SPIRITS and Paradise as the spiritual Realms or spiritual worlds.

    A departing human soul, vibrating and radiating, is not a GHOST, as is often  assumed. What people call a GHOST is an  intermediate covering  between the earth covering and the next gradation of material  covering. Some person call it THE ASTRAL BODY. As the SOUL moved away from the discarded earth-body, it drags out  along  for a while the ASTRAL BODY. This body was the body on which the blue-print of the Soul body was made for the earth-body to grow  after as a look-alike. This is the body which is often impacted in dreams and reflects its damage later on the earth body through a process of Radiation. Without the soul, the Ghost body has no life. It soon fall apart and disintegrates.

    Human radiation

    As started, the Human Spiritual species  originates from the Light Sparks in the radiation of God. They are not God, bear no content of Him except that they are Sparks from  out of His Radiation. Coming from the Radiation, they, too, radiate. In fact, everything radiates. ..tress, rivers, the earth, plants, the sun and the stars, animals, Nature beings, elemental beings e.t.c. Before the spiritual species became Earth- men, a species of Animistic beings developed the lifeless Void at God’s command into  life-supporting realms. These beings glowed (Radiated) through the material overings,animated them and moulded them into forms, such as planets, solar systems, galaxies e.t.c. The glowing through an animation made them all come alive. Coming from worlds higher than these Animistic forces and imbued with more power, the human spiritual species as well glowed through these material forms which embodied them.

    Thus, the radiation of the body of the earth-men, that is you and I, encompasses the glowing through each of its cloaks. The radiation of each cloak glowed through is transformed and radiated to the radiation combination or product of which is similarly transformed. The final covering, the earth body, animated by the animistic forces, also radiates is existence into the universe as its own peculiar signature tune. It maintains its radiations through the  ingestion of the right kids of foods and drinks and by absorbing cosmic and other radiations. It  blends them  into one harmonious whole from which the blood is composed . The blood, in turn, produces the radiation which offers the in-dwelling human spirit, that is, you and I, a bridge across which its manifest in the physical world. The blood radiation changes with every change in the blood composition which, in turn, causes changes in the temperament. If its radiation is too low or poor, the spirit cannot work with it or in it and the body just fall away in death for the spirit or the soul to go its way. Sometimes, the blood radiation is so poor that it permits earth-bound soul to enter the body through it, push the owner-soul aside and take over some parts of the brain in a disease type called POSSESSION and also  manifest as BI-POLAR (Split personality) mental disorder. This is not lunacy or madness as many persons, including  even  unknowing psychiatrists imagine, and is easily curable with restoration of the blood radiation to normal. I intend to give more hints on this subject next month during the 2024 worlds Mental Health Day.