American rapper, Cardi B who visited Nigeria last year (2019), December has attacked the actions of the United States President, Donald Trump and said; “I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship”.
Cardi B on her Twitter account posted, “Naaaaa these memes are f**kin but shit ain’t no joke! Specially being from New York .
Its sad this man is putting Americans live in danger. Dumbest move Trump did till date …I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship.”
Her tweet is presumed to be a response to the US airstrike that killed Iran military commander, Qasem Soleimani.
The attack was ordered by Mr Trump and in defence of his action, the US president said the action is necessitated to ‘stop a war’. “We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.
“I have deep respect for the Iranian people. They are a remarkable people, with an incredible heritage and unlimited potential,” Mr Trump said.
—Never a Fan –
Born, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, the 27-year-old has never been a fan of the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Cardi B is a strong fan of Democrats presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders. She endorsed Bernie Sanders ahead of the 2016 election.
The rapper according to Time report featured in live coverage of the US 2016 presidential election. When the election was seen swinging in the direction of Donald Trump, Cardi said; “Trump got me nervous because he might take my shmoney away!”.
In April 2018, Bernie Sanders confirmed Cardi B’s support for his American vision; “Cardi B is right.
If we are really going to make America great we need to strengthen Social Security so that seniors are able to retire with the dignity they deserve.” (Vanguard)
Millions of people are familiar with it – snoring. The number one annoyance in the bedroom at night. About one in two men and one in four women of middle age or older snores in their sleep. Previously dismissed as just an annoying disturbance of the peace, snoring is now recognized as a serious sleep and health disorder. These nightly lapses in sleep can even be life-threatening!
Now there’s a revolutionary helper that immediately improves nasal breathing and can thereby prevent snoring.
Let’s start from the beginning. When snoring, loud breathing noises occur in the upper airways during sleep. A full 70 decibels — as loud as a passing truck. That’s the sound many people fall asleep to. The causes of snoring are based on anatomical bottlenecks such as swollen tonsils, polyps, a curved nasal septum, or an excessively long uvula. Men over 50 years old, especially, snore. As many as 60 to 80 percent in this age group are affected.
What are we talking about?
It is called the Silentsnore, and it’s the first small and easy-to-use device for combating bothersome snoring noises. The innovative aid consists of a soft silicone ring that’s pushed into the nose. The built in therapeutic magnets are also beneficial, according to Traditional Tibetan Medicine. These help to stimulate the nose’s sensory nerves and prevent it from falling out during sleep.
Tens of thousands of people have already used this little wonder to sleep better and more peacefully at night. And indeed – snoring can easily be combated with this method!
How does it work?
The SilentSnore gently widens the nostrils to reduce respiratory resistance in the nose; in other words, air can flow better into the lungs through the nose. As soon as the body registers that nasal breathing is working without restriction again, it unconsciously switches to (much healthier) nasal breathing. In contrast to things like chinstraps, SilentSnore does not disturb you while you sleep.
The Silentsnore is pushed into the nasal before sleep
Breathe deeply again – SilentSnore promotes nasal breathing and combats disagreeable snoring.
This ingenious little device controls snoring when sleeping without interfering the normal sleep cycle.
A normal and healthy sleep cycle should include at least 25% at deep sleep, by relieving snoring effectively, stop disturbing your sleeping partner immediately, and guarantee your body rest and regenerate well.
Queen’s University Belfast, on Thursday, announced the appointment of U.S. politician, Hillary Clinton, as its new Chancellor.
An official announcement said Clinton, who received an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast in October 2018, will become the university’s 11th and first female chancellor.
The university said the Chancellor fulfilled three main roles, which include: a ceremonial one which involved presiding at degree congregations; an ambassadorial role.
It involved where the officeholder helps to open doors for University as it seeks to fulfil its mission; and an advisory role, available to Vice-Chancellor and senior management as a sounding board and to provide counsel/guidance.
Clinton, who was beaten for the presidency by Donald Trump in 2016, will have a five-year term starting from January 2020. (The Guardian)
The objective is to elevate your awareness and enrich your knowledge, with the expectation of agitating your curiosity and actively involving you into stemming the tide of this health condition that primarily affects women of child-bearing age, and secondarily, every other person.
What is endometriosis? What do you know about endometriosis? How does it affect women?
As a woman, you may be living with the condition, or perhaps you have a daughter or sister that is affected? As a man, you may not experience painful periods, but if as a father, husband, brother, uncle, employer, colleague, teacher, etc., there is a woman in your life that has this condition, then you need to be concerned because you are affected.
There are a number of reasons endometriosis should be discussed much more than it is currently. One reason is that the condition may not be exactly what you think it is as a person.
It is important to overcome such ignorance because ignorance has tendency to fuel problems. We all must learn about endometriosis because ignorance breeds insensitivity to it, and insensitivity breeds inaction and complications.
So it is important to get the facts. An estimated 10 percent or 1 in 10 girls and women worldwide are living with endometriosis. These are wives, daughters, sisters, nieces, aunts, friends, relatives, and so on.
Personal testimonies of women who are battling endometriosis abound. Permit me to tell you one. It’s the experience of a woman, called Fola, whose professional colleague and friend – Bola – is living with endometriosis.
For as long as Fola could recall, whenever Bola, had her periods, it was hell. Fola is the middle-aged Executive Director of a thriving hospitality business with branches in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
Bose, the 30-something-year-old lady in her early 30s is the outfit’s brilliant Business Development Manager and technically the brains behind the company’s success.
It took a while for Fola to realise Bose had a peculiar pattern. For 10 or more days every month, she was practically in hell. At times, it got so bad, she stayed in bed all day, away from work.
Bose was to later reveal she was 21 years old when she was diagnosed with endometriosis after almost nine years of living with the condition. Since then, Bola has lived another 12 years with the condition.
One day, she fainted at work and was rushed to the Accident & Emergency. An ultrasound revealed cysts, which was later suspected to be endometriosis.
After three months, she was sick of the treatment and her pain was becoming unbearable. After years of pain, several doctors, endless questions, and no answers, Bose was formally diagnosed with Stage IV Endometriosis.
She had pain morning, noon, and night on every day of her cycle. Daily pain took its toll, yet three gynecologists assured her the pain was normal.
The very first time she heard the word “endometriosis,” Fola was at a loss as to what it was and stunned that she’d never heard of it before.
“Endo-what?” she had asked. The condition was correctly described to her as a situation in which the lining of the uterus transplants itself outside of the uterus to the lining of the abdominal cavity and to other organs.
And, that when the lining of the uterus bleeds, the transplanted uterine lining also bleeds into the abdominal cavity, causing bloating and intense pain, some of which never goes away, and creating scar tissue that causes all sorts of ugly issues deep inside the body.
This was not a totally accurate or complete explanation of the disease as she now knows, but endometriosis is indeed a complex disease.
The doctor said the only cure is a hysterectomy (removal of the womb). Like other women with the condition, Bola agreed that the biggest misconception about the endometriosis is that the pain experience is limited to just the monthly period.
What Fola heard shocked her. How was such a thing possible? How had this happened to her colleague she had worked with for so long without knowing she had been suffering physically, and certainly not period wise? Her questions received few answers, but speculation, lack of facts, incorrect information were all she got.
She thought of what she knew about Bola’s personal life and realised it wasn’t much. Okay she was married but awaiting the fruit of the womb, but not much after that.
A number of women living with endometriosis, think the biggest misconception about the condition is that the pain they experience is limited to just the monthly period.
Fola thought of approaching Bose herself for answers, but somehow felt shut out. Others in the office felt it was going beyond bounds and an “intrusion” into what ought to remain private and personal.
Did Bola want to be heard, to be understood, or for others to her condition? People urged Fola not to say anything about the condition because it would embarrass Bola and the felt she didn’t want a lot of people knowing.
Fola wished for more information about this thing called endometriosis and did her best to obtain it but never did get to talk to Bola about her diagnosis, or the hysterectomy, or her life with the condition.
Bola has visited dozens of doctors, and one gastroenterologistý doctor even told her what she had was “functional pain”.
She was told to stop confusing her body with her thoughts, which was frustrating because Bose wasn’t making this pain up. She tried numerous treatments and a lot of different medicines.
But even with all that, she’s still not back to living a normal life. Even after a decade of doctors appointments, tests, and pain, treatment options aren’t the best.
The standard treatment – laparoscopic excision – a difficult surgery performed by less than a handful of physicians in the developing world.
Thanks to women particularly vocal about their struggle, endometriosis is getting a lot more attention, but it remains an obscure topic for most probably because periods are, and always will be, an irritating fact of life.
For women, like Bose, periods are more than just an inconvenience—they’re downright debilitating. The pain is the biggest symptom and also the biggest misconception about endometriosis.
Doctors are learning a lot more about how best to help those who suffer from it even though it’s a unique experience for each woman who has it. Many who suffer from endometriosis are invisible and often undiagnosed.
People still don’t see it or believe it exists because so many who have it look normal and hardly talk about it. Women that welcome their period with excruciatingly painful cramps that leave them struggling to get out of bed are the reason we are here.
It’s actually not as unlikely as you might think: Right now there are 176 million women suffering from this condition—one in 10 in the general population.
Endometriosis is usually accompanied by symptoms including “painful periods, painful sex, infertility, constipation, painful bowel movements, right and/or left-sided pain, and back pain.”
Talking about infertility, while a lot of people know something about infertility, few attribute they have no idea why it is so common.
Endometriosis is one major reason.
The exact prevalence in Nigeria is unknown but the challenge is to improve the lives of people affected by endometriosis and to decrease the impact it has on those with the condition and their families and friends. (Vanguard)
DStv and GOtv subscribers will begin the new year with two new thrilling shows on Telemundo this January. The shows, ‘Almost Yours’ and ‘Close Enemies’ are joining the Telemundo family on DStv Yanga and GOTV Jolli and will be filled with even more drama, suspense, and comedy than ever before.
Almost Yours’ tells the story of two individuals who seemed to have it all in their separate lives; Julietta about to marry the love of her life and Antonio enjoying a life of wealth and riches, but everything is not as rosy as it seems.
As they seek to escape from their lives, Antonio and Julietta run into each other and their story of fate and love begins. ‘Close Enemies’ is the thrilling journey of seeming strangers on opposite sides of the law, who wage war against each other.
One is a sophisticated criminal, the other a determined cop swore to catch her. But are they really strangers? There’s enough drama and suspense to keep viewers at the edge of their seat and probably burning dinner.
Almost Yours’ shows every night at 9 pm WAT, on DStv Yanga, while ‘Close Enemies’ shows every night at 7 pm WAT on DStv Yanga and GOTV Jolli. (Vanguard)
The Truth 