The Postponement of the ICT4D Conference was announced sometime in March, 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic. The 12th ICT4D Conference was scheduled to hold at Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. Sharaton Abuja Hotel was to expect the arrival of delegates from around the world from Sunday April 19, 2020 as the conference was to commence […]
To know our Naija weather is to understand that it is as uncertain as it is unreliable. The day could start out bright and sunny, by noon it rains a bit but does little to affect temperature, and by evening it’s pretty much back to what it was in the morning. Something totally different could […]
3) PROCESSED FOODS Over the years, a lot has changed, and the foods that we eat are creating a sicker generation of children with low immunological status. Even small changes will go a long way when significant percentages of the population take part, knowing or unknowingly. As a result, we now have epidemic increases in […]
MY ENCOUNTER WITH JAMES “Please let me go” I pleaded. “I’ve got no money on me.” “Shut it!” The voice ordered, poking me below my rib cage with something. I paid close attention to the environment. It was too crowded for a criminal to rob, and so, if I gave out a shout, surely, someone […]
HALIMA AND I Still gazing into space, admiring the beautifully set velvety sky, I smile to myself as I remember these events. Might have been years ago but these memories have stuck with me, they remind me of the hurdles I skipped to survive and how I’ve dealt with the pain. These events were stockpiling […]
The white soup is a prominent native soup that features mainly in the southern and eastern parts of Nigeria. It has two main variations: “Ofe Nsala” which originates from the east and the “Afia Efere” from the south. Both variations are both made with yam and lack oil hence the name white soup, but the […]
A MATERIALISTIC GIRL WITH A RESPONSIBLE FAMILY BACKGROUND MY FAMILY BACKGROUND “A MATERIALISTIC GIRL”, I know what’s running through your mind. She must be a loosed girl from an irresponsible home. Probably raised by a single parent, pampered, grew up always having her way…, you will be wrong to conceive such. I had a very […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
