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Periods. They come and go, don’t they? Only that sometimes when they come around, you don’t really know what to do. Then things get pretty awkward.
However, periods can be easier when you know exactly what to do. Here are three tips to guide you:
Don’t: Eat fatty, salty and sugary foods
They’re known to increase fatigue, bloating, anxiety and mood swings. They can make your breasts super tender too. One more thing to avoid? Dairy products. Milk is calcium-rich and nutritious. But it isn’t your friend during your period because it increases gas and cramps. So it’s best to stay off milk until your period is over. Yes, avoiding some of these foods is easier said than done — especially if you like them. But you can do it.
Do: Eat fish, vegetables and fresh fruits
They’ll boost your mood and improve your health. Drink a cup of hot tea with ginger and/or honey as well. It helps reduce menstrual cramps. If you have heavy flow, eat foods that contain iron like beans, eggs, ugu and unripe plantain to reduce the risk of anaemia. (A condition where you have fewer red blood cells than normal.) Also, drink lots of water to stay well-hydrated.
Don’t: Wear white clothing
If you’re prone to getting stained during your period, avoid white/brightly-coloured clothing. That way, you won’t need to check your backside every minute. You deserve peace of mind during your period.
Do: Wear dark-coloured clothing.
It’ll calm your nerves and boost your confidence. And if you get stained, nobody else will notice. Then you can sneak off and change your clothes if necessary.
Don’t: Skip exercise
No matter how tempting your bed is, don’t just lie there. There are easy workout moves that can make you feel better. Which brings us to….
Do: Simple exercises like stretching and walking
They reduce anxiety, fatigue and menstrual cramps. So they’ll do your body a whole lot of good. Get up and get moving, girl.
Remember, you’re not protected from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDS) even during your period. Any questions? Talk to a trusted adult like an older sister, an aunt, or an experienced health professional.
Source: Sprinster
Periods. They come and go, don’t they? Only that sometimes when they come around, you don’t really know what to do. Then things get pretty a...
Nigeria has won two silver medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Australia, Guardianreports.
The men’s table tennis team, Bode Abiodun, Segun Toriola and Olajide Omotayo, with Aruna Quadri on the bench, lost to India’s Achanta Sharath, Sathiyan Gnanasetkaran and Harmeet Desai.
The Nigerians lost 3-0, with Sharath first defeating Abiodun 4-11, 5-11, 11-4 & 9-11, Gnanasetkaran beating Toriola 10-12, 11-2, 11-3 & 11-4, and the doubles team of Sharath & Desai beating Abiodun and Omotayo in straight sets of 11-9, 11-5 & 11-4.
Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Enekwechi also won silver in the men’s shot put, with a personal best of 21.14m.
His throw was behind only Tom Walsh‘s who won gold after throwing 21.41m.
Nigeria’s Seye Ogunlewe had come close to winning the bronze medal in the men’s final 100m race, finishing in a personal season’s best time of 10.19 seconds, same as Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, who took the medal home.
Nigeria has won two silver medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Australia, Guardian reports. The men’s table tennis te...
Tayo Faniran, the Big Brother Africa 2014 star drops another single titled Kokoma
The song was produced by S.coolbeatz and Davic while the video was shot by Pilot Films.
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Tayo Faniran, the Big Brother Africa 2014 star drops another single titled Kokoma The song was produced by S.coolbeatz and Davic whil...
Women in Keke makeri community in Kaduna State, have attributed their poor attendance of antenatal care to lack of health facilities in their community.
The women also decried lack of access road to the nearest Primary Health Center which is about 40 kilometres from the village.
Some of the women who spoke in separate interviews lamented the high rate of miscarriages in the community and life threatening incidences involving expectant mothers and children. One of them, Mrs Hauwa Musa, who is a mother of four, said she had never gone for antenatal care, preferring to give birth at home. “I don’t go for any antenatal classes, because we don’t have any health center here. I prefer the traditional method where we get attention and give birth safely,” she said. She however said that she had had five miscarriages due to lack of health facility before she was able to give birth to her first child. Another woman, Mrs Jamila Usman, said she went for antenatal only once when she was opportune to be in the city for a visit. ” I never knew anything about antenatal class, until when I came to the city to visit my relative who took me to the hospital,” she said. Mrs Usman said giving birth at home was the only option she had in the community since there was no health facility in the area. Fatima Aliyu, a mother of five also said most women in the community suffered incessant miscarriages, due to lack of health facility and bad road. ” The roads here are bad and we cannot be trekking daily to access health care service in a far place. ” We prefer to stay at home and wait for our traditional birth attendants to help us. ” Women in this area suffer a lot during childbirth. We lost our sister here last year due to complications during labour. “Labour came with complications that our traditional birth attendants could not handle and no nearby health facility within the neighborhood. “To access health delivery facilities, we have to travel to hospitals in Kawo or Barau Dikko, in Kaduna City; a journey of at least two hours,” she said. The community appealed to the state government to assist residents with social amenities so as to reduce maternal deaths in the area. According to Aliyu, the nearest health care centre is in Keke B, about 10 kilometres away from the community. She added that women were transported by motorcycles to the Keke B facility even though the road is bad. “As a result, our women record incessant miscarriages while attempting to visit the healthcare centre, and not only that, we equally lose children under five years due to absence of healthcare services,” she said. Mrs Aliyu lamented that the community lacks basic healthcare facilities that would ensure quality life and the survival of children. A medical doctor, Nuhu Yusuf, however, advised women to always go for antenatal, no matter the difficulties to avoid complications during labour or birth. “Most women have their first and longest antenatal check- up between weeks 8 and 12 of pregnancy. The earlier you start attending antenatal check-ups the better. “You should attend antenatal check-ups once a month until 28 weeks, then twice a month until you are 36 weeks pregnant,” he said. Dr. Yusuf added that more awareness should be created for rural women on the importance of attending antenatal classes, to reduce death of mothers and children in the state. Yusuf said antenatal care plays an important role to achieving a successful labour and delivery process. “Regular antenatal classes help in the physical and mental preparedness of women and help them relax during those last months. “Antenatal care ensures maternal foetal health wellbeing and also prepares women physically fit for labour, delivery and the postpartum period,” he said. Yusuf said regular visits to hospital during pregnancy were aimed to ensure that the health of the pregnant women and the growing foetus were well maintained. “When all stays well and proper care is taken, the pregnancy is generally at low risk. “Normal labour and delivery depend on good physical and mental preparation during the antenatal period. The pregnant woman is taught good breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and muscle toning exercises. According to him, attending an antenatal clinic early in pregnancy is important for two reasons. “First, if pregnant women attends the clinic in the first three months of their pregnancy, HIV can be detected early and they can begin treatment. “This makes it less likely that their babies will contact HIV. It also helps to support their own immune system, which decreases the chance of infections before or after birth. “Second, early attendance allows doctors to treat and manage other treatable health conditions that the mother-to-be may develop, include high blood pressure and anemia, which are also major risk factors for maternal deaths. “The importance of antenatal care antenatal classes can be very beneficial for expecting parents – whether you’re having a natural birth, a second baby or even a C-Section, “the doctor said. He added: “Antenatal care is an essential part of pregnancy and should start as soon as you find out you’re expecting. “Having a healthy pregnancy is one of the best ways to promote a healthy birth and so attending antenatal classes will give you and your partner an opportunity to ask questions you don’t always remember at your regular pregnancy check-ups, and you’ll meet other expecting parents. “A good time to start these classes is between 22 and 26 weeks, when there’s still sufficient time to make important decisions about caregivers, clinics and birth options,” he said. According to him, antenatal has many other benefits, including prevention of complications. “A small minority of pregnant women develop complications such as hypertension and diabetes. Early diagnosis means they can be properly monitored and treated,” Yusuf said. He added that antenatal care provides caregivers with an opportunity to explain the importance of proper nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding to expecting moms. “Antenatal classes will help expecting parents to gain insight and get fact-based information on pregnancy, birthing options, breastfeeding and caring for a newborn baby so that they can make informed choices,” Yusuf said. (NAN)
Women in Keke makeri community in Kaduna State, have attributed their poor attendance of antenatal care to lack of health facilities in thei...
Rico Swavey is the latest contestant to leave the Big Brother Naija house.
Rico has been lucky in the past weeks as he was either paired with a housemate who wasn’t up for eviction or totally overlooked.
But he has played his game and it has brought him this far.
Watch the clip.
Rico Swavey is the latest contestant to leave the Big Brother Naija house. Rico has been lucky in the past weeks as he was either paired w...
President Muhammadu Buhari has just officially announced his intention to run for second term.
The information was released by the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media | Engagement, Bashir Ahmad.
See the tweet,
BREAKING: President Muhammadu Buhari has just officially announced his intention to seek re-election in 2019. Details soon…
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 9, 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has just officially announced his intention to run for second term. The information was released by the Presiden...
The Lagos State Police Command have released an official statement regarding the murder of Nigerian singer, Alizee and get daughter by her Danish husband.
On Sunday, the Lagos State Police Command said it had dispatched letters to the Embassy of Denmark over investigation of the murder of a Nigerian singer allegedly by her Danish husband.
Chike Oti, the state police spokesperson, said the letters were to inform the embassy about its investigation of Peter Nielsen, a Dane, for an alleged case of murder.
Mr Nielsen, 53, had been arrested in connection with the murder of his Nigerian wife, Zainab, and their four-year-old daughter.
Zainab, a musician popularly known as Alizee, was murdered, alongside her daughter, last Thursday at Bellasta Tower, Banana Island in Ikoyi.
“In respect of the unfortunate incident, the Command declares as follows:
that on the 5th day of April, 2018, at about 11am, it received a complaint from the Facility Manager of Bellasta Tower, Banana Island, Mr. Kunle Kukoyi, that at about 7am of 5th April, 2018,” the police statement on Sunday evening began, “He was informed by 13-year-old Miss Gift Madaki that she heard her elder sister, late Mrs Zainab Nielsen, 37 years old, crying in the early hours of the morning as she was being manhandled by her husband, one Mr. Peter Nielsen, a 53-year old citizen of Denmark.
The Lagos State Police Command have released an official statement regarding the murder of Nigerian singer, Alizee and get daughter by her D...
According to daily post, Commander of the United States’ Special Operations Command Africa, Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks has described Boko Haram as the most lethal terror organisation.
He said this at a press briefing held in the US on anti-terror efforts of the US government.
In excerpts published by Thisday on Saturday, the military commander spoke on US’ efforts to reinforce development, diplomacy, and defence, including the Flintlock, an annual exercise in Africa, and noted that the US had shifted its focus of training from tactical proficiency of small units to command and control of joint forces.
“Likewise, we have participants from the Multinational Joint Headquarters in N’Djamena that address the threats of ISIS West Africa, which is really in North-eastern Nigeria, and Boko Haram, its predecessor, which is the most lethal terrorist organisation in the world, in Lake Chad,” General Hicks remarked.
When asked why Nigeria and other African nations are so important to the US, the American Ambassador to Niger, Eric Whitaker, at the conference said: “I think Africa is important to US’ national security for a variety of reasons.”
“We have a long, historic relationship with the African continent and its 54 countries, keeping in mind that no less than 13 per cent of our US population derives from the mother continent. Africa, a continent of over 1 billion residents, is a continent with which we have important relationships, whether it’s in diplomacy, development, or defence for several decades now.
“We wish to expand trade with these countries, including through the AGOA, the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act, to help countries develop their economies through trade. We also have humanitarian assistance to help countries who have food insecurity situations, for example.”
Hicks added that the training focused on members of the G5 Sahel and the Multinational Joint Task Force, around Lake Chad with eye on Boko Haram and ISIS West Africa.
“We hope and plan to exercise command and control over tactical units at the joint multinational headquarters, which will be located in Agadez, and this will be the first year that Flintlock’s training audience will actually exercise command and control over tactical units in a scenario.
“The scenarios will be based on real-world threats of the violent extremist organisations currently threatening our partner nations in the greater Sahel.
“We also believe in the D3 approach, and as we bring a defence aspect to enable diplomacy and development, we also bring in training our African partners in military information support operations in order to counter the extremist messaging and to promote defection from extremist organisations.”
According to daily post, Commander of the United States’ Special Operations Command Africa, Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks has described Boko ...
Adams Oshiomhole, former Governor of Edo State, on Sunday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, to take more “ruthless” measure in dealing with alleged looters across the country, Daily Post reports.
He gave the call while describing as mindless, the alleged looting under the immediate past administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Speaking in Benin, the Edo State capital, Oshiomhole noted that it was the right of Nigerians to know the level of rot that transpired during Jonathan’s administration.
He said, “I think that if other Nigerians don’t understand the power of transparency, the right to know, the media should uphold that right and defend it.
“What was stolen was not from private purse; the house that was destroyed was not a private residence.
“We are talking of resources, which if it is distributed on basis of equality, divide by 180 million people, you will be a lot richer.
I think my only complaint is that the Federal Government should be more ruthless because there are lot of people who should be in court who are not there.
“When I was still in the office and I said the kind of money they stole was huge in dollars they paid hired writers to ask how I knew.
“I have interacted with power vertically and horizontally. I know that we cannot be lamenting today without understanding that the treasury was burgled yesterday.
“I think the promise of democracy is that good or bad, the people have the right to know and that is the starting point and particularly important.
“I think the people have the right to know and if any of them think that what has being said is not true, they can go to court.
“All of them who are involved and those who they are looking for, they should put everything in public domain and that is the promise of democracy and it is about you.
“Just by virtue of being in a winning party they helped themselves so much.
“One of the acting chairmen of PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, I used to respect him so much, I heard him saying that the reason they did not indict Diezani was that the money missing and everything that was done, Goodluck approved.
“If President approved the money, should it be stolen and not go into the federation account or used for the intended purpose.
“Jonathan may have immunity against prosecution but he doesn’t have power to appropriate what the national assembly have not done.
“Right now, they are now saying the national assembly should not approve the $1 billion the Federal Government is going to spend on security.
‘’This is a party that spent well above that without going to the national assembly at all.”
- 12:24
Corruption: Why Buhari should be ruthless with looters under Jonathan’s administration – Oshiomhole
Adams Oshiomhole, former Governor of Edo State, on Sunday urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, to take more “ruthles...
Late Nigerian singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, aka Alizee’s father has revealed that the singer was being abused by her husband since 2017.
The 37-year-old singer and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, were found dead on Thursday in the kitchen at their residence in Banana Island, Lagos. Some reports have alleged that Alizee’s Danish husband, Peter Nielsen Schau, murdered them.
In an interview with the Punch’s Sunday Scoop, Alizee’s father, Ali Madaki, gave some information about the couple. He said, “I have known my late daughter’s husband for over seven years now. At the outset, he was of good character but last year, he started fighting his wife. Last November, a case was reported at the police station when he beat her to a coma. He then wrote an undertaking that he would never batter her again.”
Recalling how he was informed about the ugly incident, Madaki said, “On Thursday morning, he called me; I was in Abuja. Since I missed his calls, I called back and he told me he saw my daughter and granddaughter on the floor in the kitchen. I asked what went wrong; he didn’t say a word and dropped the call. One of my two daughters staying with them called their mother and broke the news. We took the next flight to Lagos and found out she was dead truly. I didn’t even know my grandchild was dead too. I told my daughter to get Petra for me and we should go, then she told me she was dead too. I was shocked. The husband claimed it was gas suffocation that killed them. We know that gas doesn’t kill people that way. In the pictures, you would see bruises all over their bodies. They were strangled to death. I strongly believe he did it because their compound is highly secured. Whenever I visited them, the security operatives had to confirm my visit with them before I would be allowed in.”
Stating that he was unaware whether the Danish man was a drug addict or alcoholic, Alizee’s father said, “I don’t know if he has a history of being an alcoholic or drug addict. She once came back to our house in Abuja after being battered by her husband. She was there for almost a month. The man came and started begging that he was drunk. He said he consumed too much alcohol on the fateful day he beat her. Since they had been together for a while and he had never misbehaved, I accepted his plea and allowed Alizee to return to Lagos.
“My two daughters are in the police station right now to give their statements because they witnessed all that happened. They said he hit her head on the wall. In the morning, he then asked them where his wife was. They pretended they didn’t know what happened. They knew that if they had made any attempts, they could be attacked too. There were five people in the house when the incident occurred – my late daughter, her child, husband and my two daughters – one 12-year-old and the other 10-year-old. I have four girls; Alizee is my first child and her immediate younger sister works in a bank.”
The mourning father stated that he wanted justice to prevail. He added, “He cannot do this in our country and get away with it even though he could get away with it if he had done it in his country. We want our government to pass a strong message to other foreigners with this. If this happens in their country, they would surely execute the Nigerian. Our government must give justice too as they do in other countries.”
Meanwhile, Alizee’s younger sister, Gift Madaki, who allegedly witnessed the incident, stated that when she heard Alizee crying for help, she went out to peep. “I was at home when the incident occurred. When she was crying for help, I went to see what was going on and I saw the husband hitting her head on the wall. I couldn’t come out because I knew he would descend on me too. The man is aggressive,” she said.
Late Nigerian singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, aka Alizee’s father has revealed that the singer was being abused by her husband since 2017. The ...
Timaya releases a video for Micon Beatz produced record titled Ah Blem Blem.
Produced by Micon Beatz, the Clarence Peters directed video was shot at a Primo location in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Timaya releases a video for Micon Beatz produced record titled Ah Blem Blem. Produced by Micon Beatz, the Clarence Peters directed video w...
Creative director of Ayo Van Elmar, Ayo Elizabeth Olaogun took to her Instagram page to call out TV personality, Salma Phillips saying that she failed to pay for a dress made for her back in August 2017.
According to the designer, she made the clothes for the TV personality in less than 40 hours. Ayo also shared photos of herself with Salma in the dress as well as the invoice which was mailed to Selma.
Salma Phillips is yet to address the situation.
The post has since been deleted from Instagram.
Creative director of Ayo Van Elmar, A yo Elizabeth Olaogun took to her Instagram page to call out TV personality, Salma Phillips saying ...