guobe:
A scenario played out in church involving a Christian woman married to a non Christian man when the woman came to dedicate her new born baby.
The husband was not present in church obviously because he is a non Christian and when the Pastor asked the woman what was the name of the baby ,she mentioned the name and the Pastor told her that it has to be a Christain name and that he was renaming the baby.
I don't think if the woman gets home she will narrate what happened in Church to her husband so as not to cause any chaos in the house.
Intereligious marriages should come out with well spelt out agreements prior to marriages in order to curtail disputes in future.
Just my humble take.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning, indicating that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are poised to become the leading cause of mortality in Africa by 2030 unless swift actions are taken by member states.

This cautionary note was delivered by Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the inaugural International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa (ICPPA 2024), held virtually in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday.

Co-hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Africa, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the United Republic of Tanzania, the conference highlights the urgent need for coordinated efforts to combat NCDs on the continent.

THE WHO WARNING
Dr. Moeti emphasized the necessity for member states to adopt strategies aimed at mitigating the NCD crisis.

She highlighted that NCDs are exacting a heavy toll on Africa, with 26% of total health spending in low and middle-income countries attributed to these diseases.

Alarmingly, NCDs are projected to surpass communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases combined as the primary cause of mortality in Africa by 2030.

The surge in NCD prevalence across Africa over the past two decades is fuelled by an uptick in risk factors such as unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and air pollution.
Moeti stressed that despite the escalating burden of NCDs, insufficient investment in detection and management persists in the region.

Of particular concern are severe NCDs such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, and sickle cell disease, which disproportionately affect children and young adults across Africa. Dr. Moeti urged for heightened commitment and sustained resources to confront these silent epidemics effectively.

Ms. Elke Wisch, UNICEF Representative to the Republic of Tanzania, emphasized the imperative of collaboration in addressing NCDs comprehensively and collaboratively.

Echoing these sentiments, Ummy Mwalimu, Minister of Health, Tanzania, highlighted the urgent need for collective action to confront the growing threat of NCDs. She emphasized the far-reaching impact of these diseases on individuals, communities, and national economies, calling for a concerted effort to promote lifestyle changes as a proactive measure against NCDs.

purples25:


Why do you like to make life hard for your fellow women, belittling the effort and pains of giving birth.

Do you know that because of women like you who make it seem like giving birth is not a big deal, many wicked people will judge all women to be like that? Because of women like you, many don't even consider letting those that gave birth in many pains and complications to be going through anything. Because of you so called superwoman, they expect every woman to be like that, to just enter the kitchen and start housework too.

See, if you like stress, if you like carrying everything on your head with no help so that Nigerian men can call you a strong woman, do it. But please, for the sake of your fellow Nigerian women, don't underrate the pains and efforts of pregnancy and childbirth. Have mercy on those who cannot do it like you and have weakness or pains. Many women keep lying and stressing so as to be called strong woman. They don't consider the effect on other women. They are in competition with other women rather, they want to be considered as more of a wife material than other women, showing themselves up and down. Why can't we protect ourselves rather than look for the praise of men at other women's expense?

Thank God you are so strong, but please don't belittle the effort of childbirth please. Don't belittle all the effects to make them rate it as nothing. Men don't suffer any of these things and they want to undervalue our pains to make themselves a more valuable gender. Also to avoid doing anything special for us. Many of the men you are trying to impress hate us, they don't want to do anything for us.

ShoeGetSize:
How can you make a list like this and not include David Oyelowo?

dominique:


Are they proud to call themselves Nigerians? Nope! Apart from Tems, the rest identify themselves as British/Americans so why should we associate with them as Nigerians?

Movie stars made their way to the Hollywood’s biggest night when the 2024 Oscars held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday.

It was a night of glamour and glory as the best of Hollywood stars gathered to celebrate their success and achievements in the film industry.

Over time, cinema stars of Nigeria descent have attended this spectacular celebration.

We will take a look at five Nigerians who have been nominated and awarded at the prestigious Oscars awards.


1. Cynthia Erivo

Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo is an English actress, singer, and songwriter born to Nigerian parents. She has received numerous awards, as her distinct ability continues to stand out.

The dynamic actress has two Academy Award nominations to her credit. The first nomination was for Best Actress in the film Harriet. The second was for Best Original Song Stand Up Still in the film Harriet. Both Oscar nominations came during the 92nd Academy Awards.

2. Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor CBE is a British-Nigerian actor and filmmaker whose parents are from the Igbo tribe. After enrolling at the National Youth Theatre in 1995 and attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, at the age of 19 and three months into his education, Steven Spielberg cast Ejiofor as James Covey in the film Amistad.

Since then, he has received international attention for his work.Chiwetel was nominated for Best Actor in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.

3. Sophie Okonedo

She’s a British-Nigerian actor and storyteller. Her Nigerian blood comes from her father’s side. Her film career began with the British coming-of-age drama Young Soul Rebels, followed by Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Stephen Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things.

An actress who merits a standing ovation anytime she appears on screen. Okonedo’s breakout performance occurred in 2004, when she co-starred in the film Hotel Rwanda as Tatiana Rusesabagina, the wife of Rwandan hotel manager and philanthropist Paul, played by American actor Don Cheadle. In 2005, she became the second Black female Briton to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 77th Academy Awards.

4. Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker is an exceptional American actor, director, and producer. His ancestors are from Nigeria. Indeed, his father’s ancestors are from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria. They are specifically from Nkwere, an Igbo town. Forest Whitaker was given the honorary title of chief ‘Nwannedinambe de Nkewere’, which means ‘a brother in a foreign nation’.

He is making a significant difference in that strange place since he is one of the few black actors in America who are at the top of their game. Whitaker earned an Oscar for his role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film The Last King of Scotland. He received the Oscar for Best Actor at the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.

5. Temilade Openiyi

Temilade Openiyi, a.k.a Tems, was nominated for the 95th edition of the Oscars award, Although she didn’t win her category, she made history as the first Nigerian artiste to be nominated at the awards.

Tems received the Best Original Song nomination for her collaboration with Rihanna on the song ‘Lift Me Up’. The duo was nominated in the ‘Best Original Song’ category.

‘Lift Me Up’ was one of Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtracks. Rihanna co-wrote the soulful song with Tems, and the music was produced by Ludwig Göransson, and directed by Ryan Coogler.

Matrix137:
Show me a peer reviewed disapproval of this ?
I'm waiting. Thanks.

Matrix137:
Think about the "future"

What will happen in the next 100 years?

Even if you can accurately guess, will you be alive to see it's manifestation?

A carnal mind will say "live fast die young", You "only live once (YOLO) "

But seriously, is that what life is all about?

Were we born into this world just to die?

Look above to the sky in a starry night, millions of stars stare back at you, look at the moon, sun, Animals. Etc. And nature in particular even tho it isn't perfect still causes some awe inspiring reaction to the limited human mind!

Now let's reach outer space 🚀

The Galaxies, solar systems, planetary alignment. Etc

The best of the best rocket scientists and astronauts with the most sophisticated spaceships and equipments hasn't been able to unravel it all.

Now according to the "educated" human mind, all this came from a first explosion known as the big bang

Charles Darwin came again with the theory of evolution explaining the"origin of species". Note that till today (February 4 2024) it's still a theory and not a law

You may ask, what is my point?

My point is, the more we try to explain away God in nature, the more we become confounded and perplexed by the very same nature as new things are discovered everyday without end

The West has drifted far away from God and now confounded.

An atheist may ignorantly ask, upon all our adherence to religion, look at our country, poverty everywhere, poor infrastructure etc

But does living in an advanced society guarantee true happiness?

LGBTQ

Abortion

Moral decadence of all sorts

Who are those championing it? And wants to force Africans to accept same? The West!

Highest suicide rate with all there sophistication and civility? The West!

They have an evil agenda that only the spiritually sound can clearly see

Life is not all about that as there is more to life!!

Jesus Christ is all that matters as in him we find true peace and a reason for still living no matter how dark the world becomes.

We are comforted with the fact that a kingdom is coming not made with human hands that is putting an end to all the evil influences of this world and an end to corruptibility with a true Leader (Jesus Christ)

We will now experience the true purpose of creation in a perfect form free from evil and the nuances of the enemy (Satan) as he will become nonexistent to cause any damage
as the systems of this world will now become a system of our God and of his Christ.

There is no other way

Accept him today and walk with his ever present help in the person of the Holy Spirit and walk away from this evil world and welcome to the new perfect world 🌎

Hallelujah!!!!

Exceptional300:
I have reasons to believe that this girl still belongs to the streets. I sent her Valentines day gift it’s been over 6 hours she received it, she hasn’t opened it to give me a feedback.
I called her to check if she got the items and her response was “I will open it later” with a very uninterested vibe . All I see is lack of motivation and zero effort. Meanwhile on her Snapchat she shared valentine memories from up to 6 years ago with her previous Exes.

Sometimes I wonder what y’all ladies want. If you a guy that loves you, you start misbehaving and bringing up dirty attitudes, if a guy doesn’t love you, y’all start complaining about him being a narcissist

One thing that almost everyone did at the start of this year was getting the date wrong
on documents and still writing 2023

New Year’s Syndrome
Every year people make resolutions commonly on new year's eve on how they will want
the new year to be like. They want more money, plan on doing regular exercise to have
fit body, plan on starting a new business and alot like that.
Unfortunately they realize that it's already the month of December and they are yet to achieve anything. Alot of people are oblivious that they have been doing things the wrong way.

When we don’t set goals the right way, we suffer through uncertainty, frustration, and a
generally unfulfilled state-of-mind. However, what’s even worse is that, not only do we
set goals the wrong way, we tend to only set them once a year. And, this, of course,
happens on New Year’s Eve.

We get stricken with something called New Year’s Syndrome, which sees us setting
those goals once per year, and essentially forgetting about them.

However, according to a University of Scranton study in 2014, only 8% of people who
set out to achieve their New Year’s goals, actually achieve them. Only 64% stick it out
past one month, 46% past 6 months, and 8% through the end to long-term achievement.

WHY DO NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FAIL?
The reason your new year resolutions fail is because you have been harbouring the
wrong mindset.

We will discuss them below in the book:

A. TIME RELATED
1. Fast fixes
2. Lack of time management

B. PLAN RELATED
3. Lack of specificity
4. Lack of Plan
5. Having an all or nothing mentality
6. Not Truly wanting it
7. Doing it alone

SO HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS?
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Day169:
Nice one @Kalatium. Wish you a great year ahead.
.. Btw "Kalatium" sounds like the 119th element in the Table of Elements ( in Chemistry).

akpaan:
just no gree for anybody that's all you need for a successful 2024

ikeno:
You giving advice how how to sleep with other people wife😠 how would you feel if someone else is bleeping your wife. A tree is known by it's fruits.

immortalcrown:
I learnt that your past crimes cannot stop you from heading any sensitive office in Nigeria.

EmperorCaesar:



Lost a friend that was once dare to me and since then i have gone deep into different researches about death, evolution, religion and science

I've come to learn that

1) The universe is too organized and complex to have suddenly come into existence by a random explosion 💥 (how can explosion bring about orderly arrangements) that has just One chance in 10^14,880 of ever happening at all


2) Death is overrated and it becomes less fearful when u understand that even u will be absent when your death comes(U wont know u are dead)

3) Karma doesnt exist: Your tendency to experience good and evil has nothing to do with what you've done in the past, If not, curses would have effect on politicians but they tend to live longer than the 'curser'. Try to be Good, cause its Good to be Good

4) "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli thought me that its a cold world and one must be act cruel at almost all times to survive, those who behave like animals will make it to the top but ensure its not at the expense of anyone's life

5) Every one more science inventions disproves Atheism and The Big Bang theory and proves that life dont suddenly appear from nowhere(but was designed), for if it takes an Excellent Engineers with modern technology to build highly complex machines, how then do u think a highly complex human being, the universe and the multiverses(Each obeying some unseen Natural Laws) came up by some random explosion


...Read up on Richard Dawkins "Selfish Gene", Stephen Hawkings "A Brief History of Time" and Charles Darwin "On the origin of species" and you would realize that science fable on the origin of life sounds more foolish that whatever creationist idea u know of




I swear, person gat mumu finish to believe in Atheism, their faith pass theists own🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

nlfpmod:


Start with your own lessons First.

WriterNig:
Christianity has become a joke 🤮

It seems Islam is our last hope.

Yemike:
You made this senseless post just to ridicule your country? There are many schools in Nigeria that their uniform is as good as the one that your slave master's children wore to school.