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franchasofficia:Please help us to summarize all the jargons you copied and paste from top to buttom |
obembet:And Atiku is young.... Where do you keep your brain? |
Prosperous111:they said two rights can not make a wrong. When u said someone is stupid because he mistaken you as Obi supporter, it is not up to the extent of cursing him and his family. That shows u have the OBI-dient blood running in your vein too. Moreso, u claimed to be born in Lagos and from Kwara, Ogun state governor shouldn't have been issue u will be dragging together. |
sanusideunifier:may anything you wish Tinubu be yours and your family |
Good evening engineers on this thread. I am having issue with my phone now. Water spilled on the table and spilled into it. I cleaned the water on my phone, thought it was small. But now I discovered my phone can't talk, I can't play music, make or receive call unless I use earpiece. It has been displaying the earpiece icon on top without plugging earphone....pls what can I do to solve this? |
The former minister of state of education who with his boss couldn't resolve ASUU strike and obtained 100m presidential nomination form in the midst of ASUU strike is strike have not recovered from the loss and still crying foul. You better go and rest, Tinubu is our next president |
All pharmacists, pharmacy students and aspiring pharmacists are welcome, let's celebrate our day. As men of honour, we join hands Mod please help us push this to the front page |
WORLD PHARMACIST DAY 2022 Congratulations to all Pharmacists and Pharmacists in training in the world as we commemorate the World Pharmacist Day today, Sunday, 25th of September with the theme; PHARMACY UNITED IN ACTION FOR A HEALTHIER WORLD. It is a day to celebrate the profession, create awareness, emphasize and show-case their positive impact on healthcare in the world. I will be using this medium to enlighten the public about the roles of pharmacist in public health care. According to John F. Kennedy, the role of a pharmacist is indispensable. Here are some facts you need to know about who a pharmacist is; 1. PHARMACISTS ARE NOT DRUG SELLERS: Many people have the misunderstanding that Pharmacists are just people who sell or dispense drugs, like people in drugstores or patent medicine store. Yes, that's partly true, but it's the microcosm of what we do. Some even mistake them as those who hawk drugs in buses and lorries, that is not true. A pharmacist compounds drugs and extemporaneous preparations for specific patients as needed. Pharmacists can also advise patients on how to take their medications appropriately and stay healthy. He/she also has a counseling role for patients with smoking cessation, drug addiction, alcoholism and other toxic substances. Pharmacists not only dispense medications, but also provide pharmaceutical care to patients. The community pharmacists play a vital role in healthcare; they provide medical monitoring services such as blood pressure, temperature, auscultation, first aid services, and more. In addition to dispensing, pharmacists are active in patient counseling and drug therapy management to better understand the medication you are about to take and other precautions you need to take. 2. PHARMACISTS ARE THE HUB OF DRUG INFORMATION: Pharmacists are well-trained professionals in drugs and drug-related information, and no other health care professional knows better than a pharmacist. You have to study a lot to become a pharmacist. To earn a pharmacy degree requires a total of 5 years (plus the anomalous unknown x years) of rigorous training for B.Pharm while the Pharm.D degree requires 6 years excluding the compulsory one-year internship. In a nutshell, a pharmacist is a medicine expert. They provide drug information to other healthcare provider and the patients. The pharmacist tells the patient which drugs to take with or without food, which drugs should not be taken at the same time, and which drugs are not recommended. This is to ensure the patient gets optimal benefits from the medication. Patients who do not follow the pharmacist's instructions are at risk of worsening their illness and reducing their quality of life. 3. A PHARMACIST CHECKMATE DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION: When a doctor's prescription is handed to a pharmacist, the pharmacist first verifies whether it is truly from a doctor or whether the patient is attempting to counterfeit it in order to misuse or self-medicate with the drug (drug abuse now common in the society). Sometimes, the prescriber may not have objective information on medicine. The pharmacist also checks for drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies, and adverse effects that could harm the patient under certain circumstances like pregnancy, being a child or an elderly being. The pharmacist additionally checks for the medication's accuracy and dosage according to the patient's needs. The prescribing physician is then informed of any concerns or errors and given recommendations. 4. PHARMACISTS WORK IN VARIETY OF PLACES: Pharmacists do not only work in hospitals or in the community pharmacies. Additionally, pharmacists work for the government, administrations (e g NAFDAC, NDLEA), pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, public health, academic institutions, research areas (e.g NIPRD) and other areas. Pharmacists utilize their knowledge in Pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacy, Administration Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology to develop the medical system, counsel and ensure drug distribution is rational and endeavor to end the threat of counterfeit drugs (e.g Dora Akunyuli). 5. PHARMACISTS ARE QUINTESSENTIAL: Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare provider in the community. They are always the first point of contact. Pharmacists play a crucial role in the delivery of healthcare. 6. UNIQUE AND LUCRATIVENESS: Pharmacy is a lucrative and unique profession which every Tom, Dick and Harry aspire to practise. The line of pharmacy or pharmacy as a career option is not only alluring, but also lucrative. The lucrativeness of pharmacy profession is only as a result of the various ways through which a fully trained and licensed pharmacist can exploit his or her various opportunities to make good returns. Doctors can only make prescription but a Pharmacist produce and dispense those drugs. Consult your Pharmacist about your medications. Happy World Pharmacist Day 2022. #WPD2022
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Advocate500:Yes we in the south west are wiser, we can't vote for Obi who has no good record. Tinubu is who will know and we shall give our vote |
JASONjnr:Shey na ur kid bro help u type this rubbish ![]() |
PMB/PYO till 2023 BAT 2023 |
You can go for pelvic test or hormonal profile test. Also buy evening primrose oil and use |
iSense247:You even said u are a card carrying member of pdp . If you are using the governorship election result to judge 2023 election, na your case.In response to your last paragraph, if it is to vote by religion, Osun is a Muslim state....shey u hear? |
The 'gegemu' Party: A real life story The 'gegemu' Party: A real life story Birthdays during my undergraduate days in the university were always lit. From early morning beating rituals to late night parties filled with food and booze. Did I say early morning beating? Yea, celebrants always take some beatings for the culture. The break of dawn usually sees friends (and foes, perhaps) gathered to take their pound of flesh from the celebrants. Some go as far as pouring powdery flower and water on the birthday victim. Missiles of sachet waters fly around like its Syrian war while assailants render a line from a popular song: We are getting old and getting high! Afternoons are filled with little or no activities since everyone would be engaged in one or more academic activities. It is a university after all. Nights are the most interesting and are usually filled with booze, girls, music and a whole lot of fun. I am sure some of my Nigerian readers can relate and would give anything to have those days back. Back then, alcohol seemed like the heart of any party. Without it, party rockers don’t come to play. Alcohol level tolerance differs among individuals. While some are already talking gibberish and confessing their sins with just two bottles of beer (usually of about 14O proof or 7% alcohol each), some are just getting started at one crate (a crate of beer is twelve bottles). Science has it that alcohol tolerance is hinged on varieties of factors such as body weight, age, sex, mood, ethnicity (?), rate of consumption as well as the food and drinks taken before the commencement of alcohol consumption. However, I am sure there were guys that defied all the hypotheses of science about alcohol consumption back then. It was during one of those night birthday parties a friend (birthday celebrant) of mine got introduced to a stuff that could help him save money on alcohol supply for his party. After taking the beating of his life early in the morning, plans went underway to make the night the talk of the town. The bulk of the plan focused on alcohol supply which seemed set to suffer due to a shortage of funds. Unfortunately, a couple of the invitees would pass as those that would readily defy scientific explanation on alcohol consumption. Something drastic had to be done and indeed, something really drastic was done. Suggestions started flying-in left, right, front, back and center. The idea of beer for the night was totally ruled out simply because of those that could turn beer into water; no amount of beer can inebriate them. We jokingly call them antichrist because their actions seem to be an antithesis of Christ’s miracle in the bible. He turned water intto wine, they turn beer into water. Infusion of weed (Cannabis sativa) into home-made punch drink was also suggested but quickly thrown out because of the illegality of weed. Guys did not want the school authority clamping down on them because of a birthday party. Finally, one popular guy volunteered to provide something that could be mixed with home-made punch, legal, safe and guaranteed to knock even the biggest alcohol-tolerant person off his/her feet. The idea seemed perfect and everything seemed set. The night came and dissolved quickly. The following morning was quite melodramatic. As at 10:00 am, music could still be heard loudly in the party room without any sound of life coming-in or going out of it. This aroused the curiousity of the neighbouring students and a visit was made to the party scene. A couple of participants were found sleeping in the room, some were found sleeping in the toilet and the celebrant himself was nowhere to be found. It took quite an effort to bring them back to life and when they did, no sense could be made of what they were saying. Whatever they have taken the previous night is yet to disintegrate half of its half-life in their systems. Where could the celebrant be? Perhaps he has early morning classes and has left for academic area? Majority of those around concluded the celebrant must have gone for classes. It took almost four hours for those that were woken from slumbering to start regaining their senses, albeit none of them could vividly recall what transpired the previous night. Whatever has been introduced into their drink must be extremely powerful. Six o’clock Post Meridiem: still, no sign of the celebrant. After what seemed like an eternity, a call came through to one of the participants, a mutual friend of mine and the celebrant. The call was from Chief Medical Director of the University’s health center. The celebrant has been hospitalized and the attention of those close to him was needed. Ten minutes after, about ten of us were at the male ward of the university’s health center where our friend (the celebrant) was lying awake and looking at us like a total stranger. Something about him looked different and sinister. The doctor in charge of his case has a lot of explanation to do. What happened to him? Your friend was brought-in about thirty minutes ago all the way from Benin. He was found sleeping by the road side along Ore-Benin highway and was brought here as a result of the university’s identity card found on him. We had to charge the phone found on him before we were able to contact you. He seemed to have lost his memories and reeks of alcohol……….. The doctor continued talking while all of us present kept looking at each other with a telepathic exchange of questions taking place. A lot of what the doctor is saying do not add up. If a driver moves at an average speed of one hundred kilometre per hour (which is almost impossible on Nigerian roads), it will take nothing less than six hours to get to Benin from the location of the University. It simply means our friend left for Benin long before the break of dawn, perhaps while his birthday party was at its peak. How did he get to Benin? What was his mission there and was he doing lying on the road? There are over a thousand questions with no single answer. Perhaps we should rather ask; what was present in the drink that they took at the party? …..does anyone of you have an idea of what he happened to him? The question from the doctor must have jolted us all back to reality. An explanation was made to the doctor about went down and how no one has an idea of when, why and how he got to where the patient was found. The doctor explained further that our friend needs urgent medical attention but what was mixed with the drink he took at the party needs to be identified first. Unfortunately, the supplier of the substance was not at the scene. A call was made through to him and he mumbled faintly on the phone; "Gegemu" WTF is Gegemu? Those that are close to me know that I am a teetotaller; an attribute that is virtually incompatible with a typical birthday party in the student’s hostels within the university. Therefore, even though I participated in the early morning beating rituals for my friend’s birthday, I was deep asleep while the night party was going on. Hence, I knew virtually nothing about what they ate or drank during the event. However, the mention of the word ‘Gegemu’ reminded me of one of the songs that were reigning then: "Gegemu de yen, ma fiku sere (is that gegemu? don’t toy with death!)." It was later on after the whole incidence that I took my scientific self to research about the substance that was responsible for such an evil and dangerous reactions. The after-party experience observed was as a result of an infusion of a particular plant into their drink of the participants. Datura as the plant is botanically called is a genus of a flowering plant in Solanaceae family; the same family with the egg-plant. The genus is believed to be native to North America (Mexico to be particular) and exotically found in other parts of the world. It is made up of about nine species; D. stramonium, D. innoxia, D. wrightii, D. metel, D. discolour, D. leichhardtii, D. ferox and a host of others. Out of the nine species, three are found growing in different areas in Nigeria including D. innoxia, D. stramonium and D. metel with the latter being the most popular among the populace, especially the youths (the reason is quite obvious). D. metel is popularly known as ‘gegemu’ or ‘apikan’ among the Yoruba tribe found in the Southwestern part of the country, ‘zakami’ among the Hausas found in the North and ‘Myaramuo’ among the Igbos which are predominant in the South. The plant grows as an annual shrub or perennial herb with erect stems and a characteristic smell. Depending on the cultivar, the colour of the plant’s flower ranges from white, cream, yellow, red to violet. It produces a green, knoby fruit. The plant has a wide variety of application that has been investigated both scientifically and ethnobotanically. It has been shown in several types research to have antifungal, antibacterial, cytotoxic as well as hallucinogenic properties. Proximate, nutritional and phytochemical analysis of the seeds of the plant revealed a highly nutritious but phytotoxic potential. Tropane alkaloids and scopolamine have been reported to be present in the plant and both have wide application in the world of medicine. The capacity of the plant and its component to cause memory loss as well as slurred speech has been investigated in rats under laboratory condition and results showed a modification to the brain frontal cortex, the portion of the brain associated with memory, verbal communication and reasoning etc. Several medical cases associated with deliberate or mistaken ingestion of the plant have been reported prior to this particular incidence. In fact, a majority of the population of a whole town have been reported to have run mad because they mistakenly utilized the leaves of the plant in cooking their food. Report of abuse of the plant also abounds both locally and internationally. It has been recognized as one of the most popular and readily available as well as legal alternative to illegal/scarce/expensive psychoactive active substances in the country. According to several sources, fresh or dried parts of the plant are wrapped and smoked by youths and hoodlums as an alternative to marijuana. Back to the health center scene Those that participated in the bash that has regained some level of normalcy explained that a decoction of D. metel was mixed with punch drink that already contained a significant level of alcohol to make the birthday party go wild. The individual effects of alcohol and the active substances present in the plant is quite enough to provoke series of undesirable reactions, let alone a combined/synergistic reaction. They really invited it on themselves. The mention of ‘gegemu’ helped the doctor in diagnosing what could be wrong with the now indisposed celebrant. He was placed under intensive care for close to 5 days before returning to a semblance of himself. However, up till today, none of those that participated nor the celebrant himself could recall what transpired during the party. How the celebrant got to Benin overnight remains an absolute mystery Say no substance abuse! Thank you all for reading. |
The rate at which substance is abuse in the society is becoming alarming. Pls let us fight against it to make our country a better place.... frontpage pls Mynd44, lalasticlala, Sissy3, dominique |
Good day my people....pls my Infinix hot 10 will automatically reboot while operating it. It started this yesterday night. It just keeps rebooting. What can be done? Thanks in anticipation for your response |
omolola100:Na ur family be oloriburuku, Na u no go live to see the 2023...foolish person |
JosephXavier:Look at the date at which the thread has been created |
Ballzproblemm:even if you want to persuade people, ur presentation is poor |
oyinkel:You are funny ![]() |
sonssyo:Somebody with low IQ has been a governor of Lagos state for 8 years with many achievements that other states are still competing with today, someone that merge about 3 political parties to form the rulng party and the largest party. Mr Man you need check yourself well, your problem is not from this earth. |
Mumusaphire:prove that you have sense |
Mumusaphire:I have thought it well and Tinubu remains my best candidate. It is left for you to think well |
tesppidd:Sir, the age is 70 and I insist it is not too old to rule, don't mind those people about the education qualification. Pertaining Muslim ticket, you know a running mate will be from the north and he has more chance if he picks a northern Muslim as it stands now. Competency over religion sir |
EzeAnambra:Go and ask your ancestors ![]() |
nkem1992:It is because u have not been following his campaign and others. He highlighted most of the things he want to achieve and they are things that are realistic and achievable. About being old, he is not too old to rule. He is energetic and can withstand the rigours as well. Prior to primary election, he has been moving all around the country for consultation. Even after the primary election, he visits different people and went to Ekiti to campaign then to Ibadan for Ganduje chieftaincy title before he arrived Lagos last Sunday and they did rally. |
ArcSEMPECJ:stop the religious bigotry comment sir |
Ashirioluwa:yes, Nigeria politicians are thieves but not all of them. A suspect remains innocent until when found guilty by a court of law. Bring facts, how does he steal... Don't base your judgement on assumptions or rumour |
ponishah:How do you diagnose if someone has parkinsonism? Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots. |
ponishah:It is your choice, vote for your best party then. |

. If you are using the governorship election result to judge 2023 election, na your case.