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Early Warning Signs And Symptoms Of Breast Cancer

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Breast cancer is most often associated with having a breast lump. However, your symptoms may vary depending on your specific type of breast cancer. While it’s true that many breast cancer patients have a lump, not all of them will. So it’s important to know the other signs and symptoms.   In general, the body produces certain warning signs. The most common is the breast lump, which may be located anywhere along your chest wall to under your armpit. You may have nipple bleeding or discharge, as well as related…

Cucumber Health Benefits: 7 Reasons You Should Eat Cucumbers Daily

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Cucumbers have a mild, refreshing taste and a high water content. They can help relieve dehydration and are pleasant to eat in hot weather. People eat cucumber as a savoury food, but it is a fruit. It also features in some beauty products. The cucumber is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. Other members of the family include squash and different kinds of melon, including bitter melon. Cucumbers provide various nutrients but are low in calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium. People in India have grown cucumbers Trusted Source for food…

Is It Really Good To Eat Eggs Every Day?

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When it comes to foods with confusing health messages, eggs may take the cake: Despite being a long-time breakfast and baking staple, health experts warned for years against eating them—especially the yolks—on a super-regular basis, for fears that doing so could raise cholesterol and contribute to heart disease.   In recent years, however, doctors and nutritionists have softened their stance on the incredible edible, and many have touted eggs’ abundance of important vitamins, minerals, and protein. And now, a new study appears to support the notion that eggs really aren’t…

Alhaji Ibrahim Idris @73, Tribute To A Legendary Juggernaut. By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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Alhaji Ibrahim Idris CON was the former Kogi Governor who ruled uniquely for nine consecutive years , between 2003-2012, a record not broken in the anals and records of Nigeria’s political history at sub national level, on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP. Aside pioneering the nine years rule in Nigeria’s democracy, he also laid and initiated a solid foundation for a thriving democratic culture, with his removal of an incumbent administration that had the paraphernalia of office at his peck and call in 2003, and became the…

Now, nowhere is safe (1), by Hassan Gimba

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First, they came for the Communists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a Communist       Then they came for the Socialists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a Socialist       Then they came for the trade unionists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a trade unionist       Then they came for the Jews   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a…

How To Overcome Fear And Anxiety

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Do you remember your first day of school? How about starting a new job? Or the feeling you get before trying something you never have done before? Chances are, it’s a mixed bag, with feelings of fear and anxiety combined with the excitement you get with the prospect of a new experience.   Anxiety and even some amount of fear can be a completely natural response to novel experiences. They’re the mind’s reaction to something it has never encountered before. When they become paralyzing, however, is when they’ve become a…

Fast Remedy For Diabetes and Weak Erection

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  MATERIALS:   *Leaves of Candlestick plant *Four litres of fresh Palm wine   PREPARATION: *Rinse leaves of candlestick plant in clean water. *Squeeze some quantities of leaves in fresh palm wine untill the liquor turns light green. *Please do not add water. *Then refrigerate.       DOSAGE: Half a glass cup twice a day. Morning and night for a week.       NOTE: *Take a week’s break *Resume for another week after the break. *It may cause stooling in some persons but do not stop, continue, it’s…

HEALTH BENEFITS OF SENNA ALATA POPULARLY KNOWN AS CANDLESTICK PLANT, RINGWORM SCRUB

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Senna Alata also known as Cassia Alata is a medicinal tree. It has fungicidal, laxative and purgative properties. It is very effective for treating Ringworm and fungal infections of the Skin. The leaves of the plant are laxative. Consumption of leaves treats Constipation and purifies the blood. A decoction of leaves treats Biliousness and Hypertension. Some people also use it for treating typhiod. It is also used to cure Pile/Hemorrhoids The leaves are best for treating Skin diseases. It can be used in tincture, poultice and powder form. It is…

Those who attack me do so out of ignorance, mischief, malice – Femi Adesina

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Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, became a household name at the then Weekend Concord long before 2002 when he was invited to be part of the formidable team that formed The Sun Newspapers, of which he was pioneer editor. He rose to become the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the company as well as President, Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE). In 2015, he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. In a chat with Chioma Okezie-Okeh of Saturday Sun, he shares his experience as the presidential…

HON. (DR) ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA: An Honour, Well Deserved By: Abdur-Rahman Balogun

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Allah says in the Glorious Qur’an 3: verse 26 thus:   Say, “O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent”.   The foregoing verse further confirms to me that it is only Allah, our uncreated Creator that can only honour we the homo- sapiens creatures of His. Irrespective as human beings tried, the…