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What are the benefits of drinking water?
This, I believe, is a good question to ask, more especially this dry season period where there is a tendency of dehydration (This, according to Merriam Webster dictionary, is an abnormal depletion of the body fluids) It is medically advised to have at least 8 glasses of water in a day, to help withRead more
This, I believe, is a good question to ask, more especially this dry season period where there is a tendency of dehydration (This, according to Merriam Webster dictionary, is an abnormal depletion of the body fluids)
It is medically advised to have at least 8 glasses of water in a day, to help with digestion and healthy living. My mom would usually say drinking a lot of water helps dilute the concentration of sickness in your blood streams, hence, taking water often helps you stay more healthy and less sickly.
Fast facts on drinking water
Benefits of drinking water
So, my friend, ensure you take water as much as possible. Place yourself on water therapy and you’ll have yourself to thank for it.
See lessTop 5 Best Tourist Attractions in the World.
In no particular order here are top destinations as deduced from top travel blogs around the world. 1. Angkor Wat Angkor Wat is a masterpiece located at Siem Reap in Cambodia. Here, you can plan a trip for getting the experience for a lifetime. This is a best-preserved and most-loved temple of CamboRead more
In no particular order here are top destinations as deduced from top travel blogs around the world.
1. Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is a masterpiece located at Siem Reap in Cambodia. Here, you can plan a trip for getting the experience for a lifetime. This is a best-preserved and most-loved temple of Cambodia which boasts of architectural complexity. This 500-acre majestic structure is among the largest religious monuments in the world. It exudes the architectural peak of the Khmer Empire. Founded in the 12th century, Angkor Wat is basically dedicated to Lord Vishnu (A Hindu God) and it is the most breathtaking place of worship in the world.
2. Taj Mahal
Stands marvellously on the shore of Yamuna River, Taj Mahal is the national treasure of India and symbolizes romance and love. It is built with pure white marble and it is one of the most adored tourist destinations worldwide because of its valuable gemstones and beautiful ornamentation. Its beauty gets new limelight because of the love story behind the scenes. The name of this monument was influenced by Mumtaz Mahal, the beloved wife of Shah Jahan who died while giving birth to their 14th child
3. Machu Picchu
It is yet another close runner up when it comes to visiting some of the most unusual places in India. It is located at the infamous abandoned city of Peru in the Andes Mountains. Getting there is one of the greatest travelling adventures in the world. Even the most experienced backpackers may get amazed in its 500-year-old trail. You need thorough route planning to get there because of its audacity and sheer scale.
4. Corcovado
Corcovado refers to “Hunchback” in the Portuguese language. It stands tall over the vivid Rio de Janeiro of Brazil. It boasts a breathtaking view of the whole city. According to several tourists, your world tour cannot complete if you skip visiting the mountain.
5. Cape Town
It is located in the southernmost part of South Africa where one can explore the dolphins and whales. You can see the magnificent views of the city on the tip of Table Mountain or visit several vineyards and enjoy the taste of some of the world’s best wines ever produced. The historic prison, Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was kept, is another must-see destination.
See lessHow can I get my BVN from my mobile phone?
It is no more news that the government through the ministry of finance has ordered banks to block any bank account with no affiliation with the BVN. BVN was introduced to the banking system on the 14th of May 2014, it was not the order of the banking system until the government made it compulsory foRead more
It is no more news that the government through the ministry of finance has ordered banks to block any bank account with no affiliation with the BVN. BVN was introduced to the banking system on the 14th of May 2014, it was not the order of the banking system until the government made it compulsory for all and sundry.
The BVN is an 11-digit number that is attached to your bank details and also sent to other banks in the country. All banks in Nigeria accepted this initiative making your bank details attached with your details regardless of the bank you open an account with. The sole aim of introducing the BVN is to reduce the rate of financial theft and fraud; corruption among politicians and wealthy Nigerians who are into illegal business. The BVN is a free-of-charge service in the banking industry; making it affordable to everyone.
To get your BVN from your mobile phone you need to dial “*556*0#” It works across all network providers.
Top 5 deadliest diseases in the World
When we think of the “deadliest diseases”, we might be inclined to imagine the ones with visually severe symptoms that grab the headlines for their rapid spread and lives lost. On the contrary, many of the diseases that have those characteristics don’t kill as many people as we believe, not even ranRead more
When we think of the “deadliest diseases”, we might be inclined to imagine the ones with visually severe symptoms that grab the headlines for their rapid spread and lives lost.
On the contrary, many of the diseases that have those characteristics don’t kill as many people as we believe, not even ranking among the top 10 causes of deaths worldwide. It turns out that the deadliest diseases are those with a slow progression. Of the 56.4 million deaths in 2015,68% was due to long-term chronic conditions.
Unlike the diseases with a rapid spread and disastrous consequences, the deadly diseases that progress slowly can be monitored and controlled.
With the right diagnosis, preventive care and advice from healthcare providers, patients can take steps to lower their risk of fatal consequences.
Here are the top five diseases that kill the most people worldwide every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO):
1. Coronary artery disease
The deadliest disease for modern humans currently is coronary artery disease, also known as ischaemic heart disease.
When a person’s blood vessels narrow due to damage, they are at serious risk of heart disease.
Symptoms include arrhythmias, chest pain and heart failure.
You are at risk for heart disease if you have one or more of the following factors:
Fortunately, due to improved science, medical care and education, death rates due to coronary artery diseases have declined, even though it remains the number one killer.
Coronary artery disease can be avoided by maintaining a lifestyle that encourages good heart health.
To decrease your risk, follow these tips:
2. Stroke
A stroke can happen when an artery in the brain gets blocked or leaks.
Your brain will then be deprived of oxygen and cells will begin to die within minutes.
Symptoms of a stroke include numbness in parts of your body, trouble walking or seeing, and confusion.
It’s possible to recover from a stroke, but if left untreated, it can cause long-term disability.
Getting treatment within three hours of experiencing a stroke lessens the likelihood of long-term disabilities.
But according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while 93% of people know that sudden onset of numbness is a sign of a stroke, only 38% are familiar with the other stroke symptoms.
Hence, stroke remains the leading cause of long-term disabilities.
Risk factors for stroke include:
Some risk factors of stroke can be reduced with preventative care, medications and lifestyle changes.
In general, good health habits can lower your risk. These include:
3. Lower respiratory infection
The flu, bronchitis, tuberculosis and pneumonia are sources of infections in your lungs.
Viruses and bad bacteria enter your airways, causing key symptoms like coughing, breathlessness or tightness in your chest, and wheezing.
If left untreated, lower respiratory infections can lead to death.
To guard against respiratory infections, it’s advisable to update your flu shot annually.
Avoid spreading or picking up bad bacteria by washing your hands frequently, especially before eating and touching your face.
If you catch an infection, stay at home as much as possible to allow yourself a chance to rest and clear the infection more quickly, as well as to avoid infecting others.
4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
This condition makes breathing difficult in the long term.
Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are some of the most common types of progressive COPD.
An estimated 64 million people were recorded as living with pulmonary diseases in 2004.
Risk factors for COPD include:
The progression of COPD can be delayed with medication, getting treatment quickly increases your chances of successful treatment.
You can also prevent COPD by quitting smoking, avoiding secondhand smoke and other lung irritants.
5. Respiratory cancers
This disease includes cancers of the bronchus, trachea, lungs and larynx.
Factors that lead to developing this type of cancer include secondhand smoke, toxic particles, smoking, mould in the home and other environmental toxins.
A 2015 study reports that respiratory cancer accounts for about four million deaths annually, especially in developing countries.
Although those who smoke are the most at risk for developing this condition, it can happen to anyone.
Family history and regular exposure to environmental poisons also play a role.
The most obvious method of prevention is to stop smoking, or not starting.
Apart from that, there isn’t much that can be done to specifically arrest the development of this disease, except to minimise your exposure to a poisonous environment.
You can also use an air purifier in your home and office, and wear a mask when going outside in poor air quality conditions.
[Reference: TheStar]
See lessWhat type of food can help my brain perform better?
Your bran, being positioned at the centre of your body, needs the care and attention it is supposed to get, seeing it is in charge of your heart pumping blood and beating, lungs gasous-exchange, which in all allows you move and talk. Your brain needs to perform at its peak, as such, you need to payRead more
Your bran, being positioned at the centre of your body, needs the care and attention it is supposed to get, seeing it is in charge of your heart pumping blood and beating, lungs gasous-exchange, which in all allows you move and talk. Your brain needs to perform at its peak, as such, you need to pay close attention to its needs, neglecting none. The food you consume into your body goes a long way in keeping your brain healthy and help improve specific mental tasks, like memory and concentration prowess.
Below are the kind of foods you should pay close attention to.
Top 3 COVID 3myths that people are believing about COVID-19 protection
Well people will still be gullible no matter how much information you try tom put out there but for me my top three still remains: Myth 1: Face masks are a good defence against catching any airborne illness Fact: A lot of research has been done on the effectiveness of face masks in preventing infectRead more
Well people will still be gullible no matter how much information you try tom put out there but for me my top three still remains:
Myth 1: Face masks are a good defence against catching any airborne illness
Fact: A lot of research has been done on the effectiveness of face masks in preventing infection against influenza and other airborne infections (coronavirus). Despite much research, the verdict is still under debate. There is no evidence yet that masks can protect healthy people in their day to day life.
In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention does not recommend healthy people to wear a face mask to prevent contracting respiratory diseases, including COVID 19.
The best defence strategy to save yourself is by washing hands properly and frequently.
Myth 2: Wearing gloves can prevent you from picking germs
Fact: Surgical gloves are not the best way to avoid germs. Gloves are like your skin, they pick up germs and pathogens from unclean surfaces just like your skin. If you touch your face with these gloves, you might get infected just like you would when you touch your face with unclean bare hands.
For gloves to serve as a protective gear, you need to change or clean them as often as you would wash your ungloved hands.
But when you are caring for someone with an illness like COVID 19, CDC recommends you to wear gloves when you come in contact with the person’s blood, stool or other bodily fluids.
Myth 3: Vitamin C can help you recover faster
Fact: You might have read at several places that a tall glass of orange juice can help you recover faster when you are under the weather. Yes, vitmain is important for immune defence, but even taking a daily dose of vitamin C, reduce cold’s duration only by about 8 per cent, says the National Institue of Health (NIH).
If you start oping Vitmain C, once you are already sick, it won’t do much to speed up your recovery, says the NIH.
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See lessHow can I boost my memory?
We all have a period we forget things from time to time. While this could be a natural effect, there are ways you could still avoid getting frustrated as a result of poor memory. Studying in school or for a course on your job could pose a threat to your assimilation. Many a time, you have probably wRead more
We all have a period we forget things from time to time. While this could be a natural effect, there are ways you could still avoid getting frustrated as a result of poor memory.
Studying in school or for a course on your job could pose a threat to your assimilation. Many a time, you have probably wished you had a magnetic brain that picks every ditto detail once you read them. However, there are ways to help improve your memory.
Following these, would help your brainpower and aid your memory retention.
See lessThe Truth behind the Saga behind the ASUU strike looming in Nigeria?
Hahaha... it's not looming it has started already. Well, here are your details. "WHY ASUU IS ON STRIKE" - PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE WIDELY.... 1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility. 2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards 3. More than 50% don’t usRead more
Hahaha… it’s not looming it has started already. Well, here are your details.
“WHY ASUU IS ON STRIKE” – PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE WIDELY….
1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility.
2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards
3. More than 50% don’t use Public Address System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms/theatres.
4. Internet Services are non-existent, or epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities
5. Nigerian Universities Library resources are outdated and manually operated. Bookshelves are homes to rats/cockroaches
6.No university library in Nigeria is fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.
7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going projects
8. Some of the abandoned projects in Nigerian universities are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.
9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use the bush as a toilet
10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).
11. All NDDC projects across universities in Niger-Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students’ hostels
12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be classified as “Glorified Primary Schools” Laboratories are non-existing.
13. There are 8 on-going projects at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State Government
14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are grossly under-staffed
15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers.
16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have under-qualified Academics
17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming a large chunk of the workforce)
18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanian Universities attract the same.
19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have ‘closed’ (homogeneous staff – in terms of ethnocultural background)
20. Based on the available data, there are 37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities
21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian universities are male while 17% are female.
22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State Universities.
23. The teaching staff-student ratio is EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities:
24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University 1:111
25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4; MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).
26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having 100% of Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no PhDs
27. Nigerian University medical students trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books
28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to 60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications
29. While the majority of the universities in the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture
30. There are universities in Nigeria which the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)
31. Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25 PhD holders.
32. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs
33. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.
34. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on a full-time basis.
35. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.
36. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of 47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting
37. In Plateau State University, Bokkos, 74% of the lecturers are visiting.
38. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.
39. 700 EX-MILITANTS in Nigeria are receiving more funds annually than 20 Nigerian universities under ‘Amnesty Scam’
40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge community.
41. No Nigerian academic is in the league of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.
42. There are only 2 registered patents owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.
43. Numerically more support staff in the services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to support
44. More expenditure is incurred in administration & routine functions than in core academic matters in Nigerian Universities
45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff
46. The University of Benin, there are more senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than Professors
47. Almost all the universities are over-staffed with non- teaching staff
48. There are 1,252,913 students in Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male
49. There is no relationship between enrolment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.
50. Nigerian Uni Horrible hostel facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor sanitation, etc.
51. Except for Nigerian Defence Acadamy Kaduna, no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.
52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU), female students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor condition.
53. Laundries and common rooms in many universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison style.
54. In most improvised cage called hostels in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.
55. Most State universities charge commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation
56. In off-campus hostels, students are susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang violence
57. Nigerian University Students sitting on bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures
58. Over 1000 students being packed in lecture halls meant for less than 150 students
59. Over 400 Nigerian University students being packed in a laboratory meant for 75 students
60. University administrators Spend millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation level; Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even though they lack basic classroom furnishings; Spend hundreds of millions in wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in tatters;
61. Govt interested in spending money on the creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing ones; Keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects or standardizing existing facilities; Expend hundreds of millions paying visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff
62. Govt spending hundreds of millions in mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power supplements; Govt hiring personal staff, including Personal Assistants, Special Advisers, Bodyguards, Personal Consultants, etc.
#WHYASUUSTRIKE
See lessHow can I manage stress (Especially Lagos-induced stress)?
Living in Lagos, as a daunting challenge, could be synonymous to manoeuvring a tanker. Lagos is one of Nigeria's smallest cities in size, but biggest in commercial and operational activities. Like New York, Lagos never sleeps, activities are always happening; they never stop. Traffic in Lagos couldRead more
Living in Lagos, as a daunting challenge, could be synonymous to manoeuvring a tanker. Lagos is one of Nigeria’s smallest cities in size, but biggest in commercial and operational activities. Like New York, Lagos never sleeps, activities are always happening; they never stop. Traffic in Lagos could last for hours, regardless of where you work. It is popularly said that “Lagos traffic would not teach you patience, rather, madness”
Lagos stress has been responsible for making people lose inner connection, since everyday is a struggle and everyone is fighting for the best position for themselves, personal time has been a mirage. Practically everyone is frustrated and ready to vent aggression in Lagos, as a result of the stress inherent in the city.
You can manage your stress by
Where can I get to download HD movies free of Charge?
First, try and subscribe to Netflix it will help you have access to clear and most recent movies. Well if you fall into the categories of people who love to save Movies to watch later, I have a solution for you, ensure you build a virtual file explore and save your movies there. Okay, for MKVRead more
First, try and subscribe to Netflix it will help you have access to clear and most recent movies.
Well if you fall into the categories of people who love to save Movies to watch later, I have a solution for you, ensure you build a virtual file explore and save your movies there.
Okay, for MKV and BLURAY Movies, I have one of my friends who built an online virtual file explorer where you can download movies from any time, any day.
For Drytooth the movies are big-sized and most times up to 3gb and good for large screens and projections. I will still recommend you subscribe on NetFlix and watch unlimited movies for a small amount of money