FOODS/DRINKS THAT WEAKENS IMMUNITY
FOODS/DRINKS THAT WEAKENS IMMUNITY There are ways to keep your immune system function optimally which can keep you. These include maintaining good nutrition, being physically active, managing stress & getting adequate sleep. But before we look into immunity boosting, let’s tackle the foods that weakens our immune system because the immune system relies on a […]
AFANG SOUP: Part 2 Episode 1
Happy social isolation and welcome back Naija foodies to Part 2: episode 1 of our Afang soup series. Today we will be presenting the complete and detailed recipes of the variations of Afang soup previously discussed in the first part of this series. Hopefully after the end of this first episode, my beloved foodies will […]
Episode 2 (The Journey to Uyo – The Soldier Encounter)
THE JOURNEY TO UYO – THE SOLDIER ENCOUNTER Uyo was really a beautiful city. It was babbling with all sorts of activities ranging from road side bars, eateries, supermarkets, malls, kiosks, etc. not to talk of the Fulani men who sold sweet savouring suya at strategic points of streets. It was 7:25pm when we’d arrived […]
Episode Two – Charles’ Negligence Almost Cost My Life
CHARLES’ NEGLIGENCE ALMOST COST MY LIFE You’re probably communing within yourself now, how could she have possibly remembered? I mean I was only four, but it might interest you to know I have a gift of remembering significant events especially something of such magnitude. Being hit and left for dead by an unconcerned bike man […]
Dairy of a Call Girl: Intro (Sex and Money)
Sex and money are indisputably powerful. While the first is a tool to some, the latter is a trophy to others and conversely. However, both are tools for gaining control over individuals, bringing them into stark subjection as well as situations and sometimes public perception. In this game of mine, money is the ultimate price […]
NAIJA ON A PLATE: AFANG SOUP Part 1 (History & Ethnic Variations)
AFANG SOUP (History and Ethnic Variation – Calabar, Ibibio/Anang, etc.) In this episode of “Naija On A Plate”, we are taking a trip down to the southern part of Nigeria where we will present and examine one of the more popular native dishes known as “Afang Soup”. We will also highlight the diverse variations of […]
Funke Akindele, husband sentenced to 14 days community service
Funke Akindele, Nigerian nollywood actress and producer, and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello (popularly known as JJC Skillz) was on Monday, sentenced to a 14-day community service each, by Chief magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa of Ogba Magistrate Court, Lagos State. The spouse who was recently charged to the court for violating the ‘Stay At Home’ order placed […]
COVID-19: Nose Mask Defaulters to Pay Fine
Covid-19 has become the talk in every locality and people are working in different ways to prevent the spread of the dreadful virus. Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade on Monday ordered the seizure of vehicles, whose passengers refuse to wear nose masks. The governor, who also ordered that defaulters are to pay N300,000 […]
NAIJA ON A PLATE: INTRODUCTION
NAIJA ON A PLATE Trade was largely responsible for changing the flavours of African cuisine. Prior to this, the main staples found on the African continent included rice, millet and lentils. The West African people were already in trade with the Arab world centuries before the influence of the Europeans, during which spices such as […]
FASHION and our society
Through the busy streets of Port Harcourt, also through social media interactions with random Nigerians. Thoughts on fashion, its meaning and significance to the average Nigerian were sampled. Replies such as: “Fashion is a form of expression” “Fashion is an identification, the first introduction to one’s personality” “Fashion is an avenue to be yourself” Were […]