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We have curated some interesting jobs for anyone who falls in the 1 - 5 years experience bracket. If this is you, why not check for any that might match your interest and skills below.

Sales Representative | Bongani Cigars | Lagos

Office Administrator | TOB Drill Limited

Sales Representatives | Mint Digital Bank

Plant Accountant | LPG Company

Accounting Executive | A Logistics Firm | Lagos

Procurement officer | An Automotive/Car Services Company | Lagos

Sales/Account Management Executive | SENRI Limited

Librarian | Vocation Training Centre | Lagos

Matron | Vocation Training Centre | Lagos

Human Resource Analyst | Erisco Foods | Lagos

Freight/Corporate Services Officer | British High Commission | Lagos

This government is just borrowing to fund their excesses. A sane government will cut down administrative costs and duplicate roles so that borrowed money will go into strictly capital projects.

What's the need for some duplicate agencies?
Why can't the presidency slash it's running cost by at least 50%?
Why can't the national assembly slash it's cost by 50%?
What's the need for minister for states?
Why can't the government implement open governance to curb corruption?

Human resources is a fast-growing field with many opportunities. Human resources is a field that is unlikely to ever be fully automated because the necessity of complex human interaction in HR will prevent machines from completely taking over.

The idea of human resources is to ensure that an organization employs the correct balance of staff to help it achieve its goals.

The HR in an organization handles the well-being of employees and employee-related administrative tasks such as

- Recruitment: You will perform interviews, post job openings on job boards, participate in training employees on company policies and procedures.
- Payroll: Handling employees remunerations.
Working closely with other departments within the company to ensure that employees and lower-level management understand company policies and procedures.
Creating and implementing employee handbooks as requested by management.
Advising the company management about employment legal issues.

Culled from https://lentora.com/blog/how-to-start-a-career-in-human-resources/

As a fresh graduate or experienced professional looking for how to start a career in the sales field, this post will explain what you need to know and how to get started.
Sales is fundamental to every business, most businesses won’t survive without a proper and effective sales department.

How to Begin a Career in Sales
To start a career in you have to first understand what sales is all about. Sales is a term used to describe the activities that lead to the selling of goods or services or the exchange of value for money. In simple terms, every activity we engage in to sell a good or service is described as sales.

Who is a Sales Professional?
A sales professional is someone who sells products or services to potential customers. They bridge the gap between customer needs and the product/service that fulfils that need.

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Roles of a Sales Professional in an Organisation
A sales professional handles the following duties in an organisation;

- Prospecting: Sometimes a sales person is expected to identify potential customers or prospects and may require to build an ideal client persona. This is more expected in B2B sales where the sales professional may have to identify and qualify which enterprise or businesses could be good prospects to sell to.

- Lead Conversions: It is the responsibility of salespeople to deal with already warmed up prospects and close the deal by introducing further information to encourage the customer to make the decision.

- Business Growth: Sales professionals play an important role in the building of loyalty and trust between customer and business.

- Customer Retention and Support: Salesperson should not only make the sale but create a long-lasting impact on the customer. Long term customer relationships lead to repeat customers.

- Develop, implement and track sales strategies and goals, with different markets and sales modes.

- Create strategies to make sales with new and existing customers and to expand markets.


Skills to Succeed in Sales Career
- Effective Communication
- Active Listening
- Product Knowledge
- Strategic Research and Prospecting Skills
- Time Management
- Presentation Skill
- Basic Computer Skills

Job Prospects and Earnings in Sales
Sales professionals work in several industries like Financial, Oil and Gas, Engineering, FMCG, Education, Construction, Real Estates and many more.

Entry-level sales professionals in Nigeria earn between N50k and N150k monthly, while mid-level sales professionals earn between N150k and N450k monthly and senior-level sales professionals earn over N450k monthly. Note, this doesn’t cover commissions the salespersons earn, which can run into millions on a monthly basis.

Source: https://lentora.com/blog/how-to-start-a-career-in-sales-and-become-a-sales-professional/

A lot of people want to start a career in Human Resources (HR) or switch from their current career. This is because Human resources is a fast-growing field with many opportunities.

To start a career in Human resources (HR) you have to first understand what HR is all about. The idea of human resources is to ensure that an organization employs the correct balance of staff to help it achieve its goals.

Watch the video below for full details

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Culled from https://lentora.com/blog/how-to-start-a-career-in-human-resources/

New technologies are improving lives as well as creating new opportunities.

Here are some jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago

Drone Pilots/Operators: A Drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A drone operator is someone that controls and maneuvers a drone. You can start piloting a drone with little practice.

Mobile App Developer: Mobile app development is the act or process by which an application software is developed for mobile. Mobile app developers create apps for mobile phones. Mobile app development became mainstream when Apple launched iPhone in 2007 and Google launched Android in 2008.

Social Media Manager: The rise of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc created this job. A social media manager handles content creation and interaction with customers on companies’s social media accounts.

Uber Drivers: Uber is a peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab, food delivery, and transportation network company. Since launch of Uber in 2009, many people use the service across many countries. Uber has operations in over 633 cities worldwide.

Cloud computing specialist: A cloud computing specialist helps companies in managing their information and services in the cloud (virtual distributed hosting environment).

Youtube content creators: YouTube is biggest video-sharing website. With rise in popularity of Youtube, many companies and individuals now run media / online TV on top the platform. A Youtube Content Creator is responsible for initiating, creating, and producing optimized/creative videos on youtube channels.

Self-driving car engineer: Driverless cars are here with us. many companies like Google (Waymo), Tesla, Apple, Uber etc have been working on driverless cars for some years.

Big Data Analyst: Big data analysts helps in examining large and varied data sets (big data) to uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends, customer preferences and other useful information that can help organizations make more-informed business decisions.

Culled from https://blog.ngcareers.com/6334/top-jobs-that-didnt-exist-10-years-ago/

You can learn how to get into any of the above roles by reading full details here

@davide470 @uboma

Anything to trend. SMH

Hope they are not planning to come up with some stupid regulations

alBHAGDADI:
Daddy Freeze is one ignorant fellow who will lead many astray.

He claims that the requirement to have eternal life is by loving God and one's neighbors alone. He went further to state that as long as a Muslim is able to do those things, he will have eternal life without even believing in Jesus and accepting him as Lord and Savior.

What Daddy Freeze doesn't know is that being a MUSLIM is enough to prevent anyone from Loving God and also his neighbors. Being a Muslims means you obey the content of the Quran and what Muhammad says. Now, let's see what the Quran says about how a Muslim is to treat his neighbor.


Quran (5:51) - "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people."

Sahih Muslim (2167) - "Allah's Messenger said: Do not greet the JEWS and the CHRISTIANS before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads FORCE him to go to the narrowest part of it."

Ibn Kathir v.2 p.213 - No believer shall kill any believer for any non-believer. Nor shall he help any non-believer against a believer

Quran 48:29
Sahih International: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves.


Abu Dawud (41:4832) - The Messenger of Allah [said] "Do not keep company with anyone but a believer and do not let anyone eat your food but one who is pious."


Now, I ask, where is the love of one's neighbor in the above Islamic text? Where at all can we find a command from Allah to Love one's neighbor, be it Jew or Christian in all Islamic texts, the quran and hadiths?


The reason why Christians hammer on the fact that you have to accept Jesus Christ as your Master is not only because it is written in the Bible as the requirement to meeting God...


John 14:16
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.


...but also because his ways and teachings are the only way you can be able to love your neighbor and love God.


[b]Mathew 5:43-45

43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Mathew 5:39
38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ 39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; 40if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Mark 11:25

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 18:21-22

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.[/b]


Now, tell me how you won't be able to make heaven when you believe the words of Jesus Christ. But you can't do such while remaining a Muslim or Bhuddist. Allah has stated it that very soon Muslims will cast terror into the hearts of Christians cos they believe that Jesus is God, meaning they have joined companions with God.

Quran (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority".

Their Prophet Muhammad also spoke of how trees will call on Muslims to kill Jews.

Sahih Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."

If Daddy Freeze believes that Jesus was not a Christian but a JEW, then it means that the same spirit which inspired the people that killed Jesus who was a Jew is also inspiring Muslims to kill his Jewish brothers.

For all those who are dazzled by Freeze and his false teachings, I pity for you. He is very shallow and can't stand a debate. He is only succeeding in fooling people who are ignorant. No wonder all his followers use to be fools under chalatan pastors.

If you understand the true meaning of love, you will know it transcends all religions

asuustrike2009:
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
This is the kind of message freeze and agents will be preaching on the social media. Messages that itching to the ears,not messages that drew men closer to God. Messages that talks about repentance are not canvassed by them,no wonder the Bible say in 2 cor 11:3 say " But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ."
That is how freeze will deceive many thinking he is preaching the truth. No wonder 2 Cor 11:14 describe them all.

This actually describes most pastors today

Pierohandsome:
This issue of ordering them to sell at 145 will not solve it. Once they are caught they should not only arrest the manager , but empty the whole fuel to the people for free, and therfter withdraw their license and shut dwn the station.

By so doing, watch how everyone of them wil comply

That won't solve the problem.

As a Physics graduate you’ll usually work in:

theoretical analysis – developing ideas, using computer simulations and mathematical modelling techniques, to make predictions and explain behaviours
experimental research – designing experiments to test theories
Depending on the area of industry you work in, you may be:

involved in climate forecasting
developing new medical instruments and treatments
working in satellite technology and space exploration
investigating new ways to generate power
exploring robotics and artificial intelligence
teaching in schools, colleges or universities
using your knowledge to work in publishing, broadcasting or journalism

Read More and see Job Opportunities >> https://ngcareers.com/course/171/physics

agwaisrael:
The padlock doesn't have much to do with Let's Encrypt.

As a matter of fact, even self signed TLS( aka SSL to some) certificates work perfectly for the job.

The job is encryption.

The green bar or whatever bar, depends on the trusted Certificate Authorities of your client's device. There are standards, such as DV and EV, but those do not affect the level of encryption in any way.

I have installed my own CA on my device and my connection with my server is encrypted.
If you are serious minded about encryption, Let's Encrypt works.

If you are after assurance of a green bar or even extended validation, maybe for ecommerce, I'll advice you use a popular CA

You are right, however, the green bar is the only way non techies and browsers identify an encrypted and secure connection.

Most modern browsers are able to know the level of encryption. If not done properly (cipher strength, protocols, forward secrecy, etc). So when they show a green bar or padlock, it means it mostly a strong encryption. The certificate authority alone doesn't guarantee a green bar.

Using your own self signed certificate might give you a strong encryption but it won't be recognized by browsers as you are not a certificate authority.

Let's Encrypt is supported by most modern browsers
https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/which-browsers-and-operating-systems-support-lets-encrypt/4394

Yoshy:
It will encrypt your website but you will not get a green https, not in chrome or any other browser. (My experience with few free let's encrypt)

You will get a green padlock when you do it properly.

webincomeplus:
None for now. But you can set the plugin to generate a new certificate automatically and then notify you when the current one is about to expire. However, you will still have to manually enter the codes for the new certificate.

You can set up auto renewal using cronjob. Works perfectly.

Official video for Bracket new single Malo is out. Watch and drop your view below



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darkid1:
I disagree with no 9... There are so many posh neighbourhoods on the mainland...no 9 didnt make any sense.

No 9 says bus stops not neighbourhoods

Change get levels

The number one problem in Nigeria today is president Buhari, number 2 is the NASS.

EngenderHealth is currently looking for a short-term Consultant (Trainers) for Effective Family Planning counselling and LARC Training (5 days total for effective counseling and 10 days for LARC) for its Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project in Nigeria. The consultant/trainers will work closely with the FC+ RH/FP Advisor to draft and facilitate training of health care providers on effective counseling skills and LARC.

This training is intended to strengthen the technical capacity of health care workers (doctors, midwives/nurses and CHEWs), so that they have the required knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to provide the required quality essential Family Planning counseling and provision of all methods including Long Action Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) services and care in order to prevent maternal mortality and morbidities such as obstetric fistula. It will also strengthen awareness and sensitization of health workers on quality FP Counseling and services, thus, enabling them to reliably assist WRA&MRA comfortably receive adequate information on all methods of Contraception and make an unbiased choice.

S/he will perform the below mentioned tasks:

· Draft and conduct pre- and post- test for participants; analyze results following the training to include in report

· Prepare a joint agenda for effective counseling on FP and LARC training with emphasis on quality of care.

· Didactics, practical demonstration and clinical supervision in clinics for proficiency. (5days)

· Access the clinical proficiency of participants

· Adapt pre-existing National curriculum on the context of the training

· Facilitate training in Bauchi, Ebonyi, Kwara and Oyo states. Share any materials and curricula used with EngenderHealth during the training.

· Draft and submit a training report as needed

REQUIREMENTS:
· Doctor/Nurse/Midwife
· A minimum of five (3) years’ experience post TOT trainer; (National Trainer) on FP
· Experience in providing trainings for Health Workers, specifically on Family Planning
· Knowledge of Nigerian context;
· Significant experience working with local and international NGOs and/or UN organizations.

APPLY =>https://ngcareers.com/job/2017-02/vacancy-for-doctor-nurse-midwife-trainers-on-family-planning-at-engenderhealth-859

School Nurse Needed @ Royal Girls' Academy

JOB DETAILS
Providing preventive services
Identifying problems in the earliest stages
Overseeing interventions and referrals as a way to foster health and ensure educational success
Will work to promote a healthy school environment.
Beyond promoting health and safety for students within the school facility during the school day, they also encourage students to maintain healthy habits and behaviors when they are not in school.
Will be responsible for identifying both actual and potential health problems, providing case management services, and collaborating with educators, school officials, students, and families to ensure students respond positively to their environment and develop normally.

Must be a qualified nurse with at least 3 years experience. Only nurses in Port Harcourt or wiling to come for interview and relocate should apply.

Apply => https://ngcareers.com/job/2017-02/vacancy-for-school-nurse-at-royal-girls-academy-641

Celebrity general

According to NaijaSingleGirl she believes there are places in Lagos where you are likely to meet rich husbands and even sugar daddies, she also believes there are places in Lagos where you can meet poor husbands. places like

1. Career fairs
All the attendes are broke and are looking for a job except the host and the host is usually married!

2. Oshodi Under Bridge

3. Sabo Yaba

4. Ozone Yaba
Chances are pretty slim. Just Unilag boys roaming around in carrot jeans and pam slippers. Don’t waste your time abeg.

5. Computer Village
You might lose a breast or another body part in the process of trying to find a man here.

6. ICM
Is it just me or does ICM seem like a place to meet a boyfriend but not a husband? Too many kidults. I stand to be corrected though.

7. Markets
Except you are a lesbian.

8. Names of places in Lagos that contains the word ‘bridge’ in it.

9. All the bustops in the mainland.

10. Motor parks where Lagos to Abuja is N2,300.

11. MTN centres.
The people that frequent here are people that complain over the slightest things. E.g “I loaded N100 in my phone last night and N2 was gone by morning! I am not leaving this office until you return my money back.”
Don’t let that sort of man put you inside house oh.

12. Job interviews/reality show auditions.
This is a gamble. You are free to give him your number but don’t reply that sms until he has successfully scaled through, the reality show has ended and he is declared winner.

13. BRT buses
Have you noticed everybody always looks sad in BRT buses? Maybe it’s because they are thinking of their 0.28 account balance.

14. Justrite Supermarket
Justrite prides itself in offering unbeatable prices of good. Any man found shopping here is looking for the cheapest alternative so therefore, that sort of man will give you N270 to cook soup.

15. 2go

16. Eco Bank
Is it just me or is there a stereotype that surrounds bankers in Eco Bank.

Culled from http://nairabrains.com/2016/12/16-places-meet-poor-husband-lagos/

Ngcareers is looking for an outstanding Web Developer/Programmer to be responsible for the coding and building intuitive data driven web applications. You will work together with other developers to build, update and extend our platform from concept all the way to completion from the bottom up, fashioning everything from functionality and user experience.

Responsibilities
Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
Create and maintain software documentation
Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling our site
Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities
Cooperate with web designers to match visual design intent
Develop agile APIs to extend our platform funtionalities
Develop new robust platforms targeted at improving users career.

Requirements
Proven working experience in web programming
Top-notch programming skills and in-depth knowledge of modern HTML/CSS
Solid hands-on experience with OO PHP and PHP frameworks like Laravel
Strong experience working with Javascript
Experience with at least one of the following: Node.js, Java, ASP.NET
A solid understanding of how web applications work including security, session management, and best development practices
Strong knowledge of relational database systems, Object Oriented Programming and web application development
Basic knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation process
Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills
Strong organisational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business acumen
Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques.

APPLY at https://ngcareers.com/job/2016-10/vacancy-for-junior-web-developer-programmer-at-ngcareers-389

There are many ways to communicate with a baby; everyone has their own style, but certain techniques can help a baby’s development. It’s not just about what a parent says to an infant, but also the way it sounds and how often the communication takes place.

BABY TALK
Experts have debated whether it’s better to use baby talk on a baby or to speak to it like an adult, but Australian speech and language expert Denis Burnham says baby talk’s “characteristic structure, rhythm and use of emotion” helps language development.

“Compared with adult-directed speech, infant-directed speech has more emotion, irrespective of the actual words used,” he writes in The Conversation. “It has a higher pitch and more up-and-down patterns, which attract infants’ attention. It also has more hyper-articulated vowels and consonants, which exaggerate the differences between sounds.”

FREQUENCY AND VOLUME
Research shows that when it comes to talking to a baby, the more words, the merrier. One famous study found that children from the wealthiest families hear 30 million more words than children from the poorest families by the time they turn 3 years old. That makes a difference in language development, which is related to general success in school and reading skills.


BODY LANGUAGE AND VISUAL CUES
The National Association for the Education of Young Children also says using gestures and facial expressions can help kids understand new words. “For example, when introducing the word joyful, you might smile and wave your arms about to convey what it means.” Research shows that visual cues help young children digest new vocabulary, and boosts their ability to understand context clues.

EYE CONTACT
Another silent boost to a baby’s development is eye contact. One study published earlier this year in Current Biology showed that eye contact between a parent and a baby improved the latter’s attention span.
Parents can help build a baby’s attention span by coordinating attention during playtime.

BabiesMata

lekwas:
I choose to show some restraint and wait for him to retract this very condemnable response with apologies

You are on a long thing!

The talk of diversifying the economy has been agog for a long time, while many states are still depending on the federal government for it's funding, some states like Anambra state is making serious inroads in economy diversification.

Governor of Anambra state Chief Willy Obiano has disclosed that in January this year, Anambra became the first state in Nigeria to export vegetables (Ugu and Onugbu) valued at $5million to Europe.

Chief Willy Obiano seem to understand the value of diversifying the economy and attracting more industries to Anambra state and has been working very hard towards this. Recently He confirmed that his concise Economic Blueprint, made up of The Four Pillars of Development; including Agriculture, Industrialization, Trade and Commerce and Oil and Gas he developed on assumption of office has started yielding dividends.

Anambra State Investment Agency, ANSIPPA, charged with the mandate of attracting and fast-tracking investments in the state has so far attracted over $4.2 billion deals to the state. The latest investment according to the governor was sealed on Tuesday last week with Zolt Energy Limited to build a 40 megawatts Embedded Power Generating Plant in Ogbaru. When completed in the next 18 months as scheduled, all the power generated from it will be distributed mainly in Anambra State.

This post is part of post on NairaBrains: How Anambra Attracted over $1 billion dollars Investment in Agricultural Sector

Post was culled from BabiesMata.com

Researchers have revealed that babies who are breast-fed until the age of six months are better behaved as children. Experts monitored the behaviour of 1,500 children aged between seven and 11.

They found those who had only been breastfed for the first month of their life, or less, were twice as likely to display behavioural problems than those who were breastfed until six months. The research, led by Glasgow University experts and carried out among children in South Africa, suggests breastfeeding has benefits that extend beyond physical health.

Experts advise that babies are fed with breast milk for at least six months, where possible, as this helps the baby develop stronger immune system, improved digestive system, and lower risk of certain forms of cancer. Other benefits of breastfeeding include IQ, cognitive skills, and behaviour.

The NHS suggests women should feed their babies exclusively with breast milk until they are at least six months old, and then continue breastfeeding while gradually introducing other food. Women are advised by the NHS:

'The longer you breastfeed, the longer the protection lasts and the greater the benefits.'

UNICEF also warns that child obesity, diabetes and infections could all be significantly reduced if more mothers could be persuaded to breastfeed.

More on Family and Parenting at Babiesmata.com

This post was culled from BabiesMata

Most women know that folic acid is an essential vitamin to take when planning a pregnancy. However, there are a few other less known vitamins and supplements that are also recommended before and during pregnancy.

One of these is iodine, particularly if you live in a place where iodine is deficient in the soil, such as in remote inland areas or semi-arid equatorial climates where no marine foods are eaten. However, it is now recommended that all prenatal supplements contain iodine, with the Public Health Committee of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) publishing a statement, in early 2015, reiterating the ATA recommendation that women take a daily multivitamin containing 150 micrograms before and during pregnancy and during lactation.1 Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, intellectual impairment, cretinism, maternal and fetal goiter, and neonatal hypothyroidism.

Calcium is also an important antenatal vitamin. As well as being necessary for your baby’s developing bones, calcium supplementation has many other benefits, such as preventing preeclampsia and hypertension. Calcium supplementation at a daily dose between 1.5 and 2 grams per day has been shown to reduce the risk of preterm birth. This is also the dose recommended for pregnant women by the World Health Organization.

It is important to take vitamin D alongside calcium, as it regulates absorption and metabolism of calcium in your body and your baby’s body.

Iron is also essential during pregnancy and the amount of iron that you need increases from 18 milligrams per day to 27 milligrams per day. Anemia caused by iron deficiency during pregnancy can result in a weakened immune system and, consequently, increased risk of infection for the mother. Low birth weight has also been associated with low levels of iron.

Omega-3 fatty acids may be worth taking while pregnant. Although the evidence is not as strong as the other vitamins and minerals listed above, there do seem to be some benefits in taking omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy. Omega-3 fatty acids appear to be important for the developing fetal brain and also for the timing of gestation and birth weight as well.

Dietary sources of these essential vitamins and minerals:
In addition to making sure that your antenatal supplement contains the above vitamins and minerals, it is also important to eat a diet that provides these nutrients. For example, sources of iodine include iodized salt, seaweed and seafood, dairy products, and eggs.Calcium can be found in milk and other dairy products, breakfast cereals, tofu, and green leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli.

Foods that contain vitamin D include fatty fish (such as mackerel or salmon) and fish liver oils. Smaller amounts are found in egg yolk, cheese, and beef liver. Food sources of iron include meat, especially liver. Iron from non-meat sources is harder to absorb. However, some plants are good sources of iron, such as whole grain cereals and legumes.Omega-3 fatty acids can be found in fish, vegetable oils, nuts (especially walnuts), flax seeds, flaxseed oil, and leafy vegetables.

Source: BabiesMata Blog