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Politics / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Attack Enugu Again by tunderoc(m): 8:44pm On Apr 27, 2016
Sign the petition against the marauding Fulani herdsmen to the UN here: https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-killing-of-innocent-citizens-by-fulani-herdsmen-must-stop-in-nigeria
Politics / Re: Fulani Herdsmen Attack Enugu Again by tunderoc(m): 8:42pm On Apr 27, 2016
Sign the Petition against the Bloodthirsty marauding Fulani herdsmen here: https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-killing-of-innocent-citizens-by-fulani-herdsmen-must-stop-in-nigeria
Politics / MUSING: Killing Of Innocent Citizens By Fulani Herdsmen by tunderoc(m): 3:44pm On Apr 27, 2016
Quote of the Day: "In every caricature there is an element of truth".

The deafening silence from the Presidency in what has become the daily maiming, killing and destruction of properties by the marauding Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria only brings to mind the betrayal of the pigs who lead the revolt in George Orwell's satire "Animal farm", whose slogan becomes: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. I don't want to believe our leaders are trying to tell Nigerians that the lives of some Nigerians matters than the rest.


This madness started long ago, but the brazen attacks on innocent citizen increased 1000% since President Muhammadu Buhari, who himself is a Fulani assumed power after a landslide victory in the 2015 general elections.


The number of Nigerians killed by Fulani herdsmen in the last 10 months is over 1000, from the attacks on the Agatu people in Benue State to the kidnapping of the elders-statesman and former secretary to the government of the federation "Chief Olu Falae and must recently the Monday attacks on Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, which led to the loss of hundreds of lives and destruction of properties worth millions of Naira.

My questions are, Are we on a road to a Rwandan style genocide where an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans were killed during the 100-day period from April 7 to mid-July 1994. Where the Hutu tribe led government mass-slaughtered the Tutsi tribe?...

Are we going to fold our arms, watch and wait till these marauders and bloodthirsty herdsmen kill us all?

When will President Buhari, address the nation on this crisis?

Is there really hope for Nigeria, with the bunch of charlatans at the helms of affairs?.....

Don't forget to sign the petition to UN here:Killing of innocent citizens by Fulani herdsmen must Stop in Nigeria
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/musing-killing-of-innocent-citizens-by.html#more
Politics / Sign Petition Against Marauding Fulani Herdsmen On Change.org by tunderoc(m): 10:56pm On Apr 26, 2016
Let your voice be heard sign the petition against the killing of fellow Nigerian citizens by Fulani herdsmen #Fulaniherdsmenterrorism here: https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-killing-of-innocent-citizens-by-fulani-herdsmen-must-stop-in-nigeria
Webmasters / How To Get Massive Traffic From Facebook by tunderoc(m): 1:47pm On Apr 23, 2016
The dream of every blogger to have massive traffic, but along the line you find out that you get little or no traffic at all. Well you're not alone.
So today i will be discussing with you guys 'The best method to land more traffic from social media'.
How to get traffic from Facebook.

Sometimes last year, the number of people that uses Facebook peaked at 1 billion in a single day and the number will only increase because Facebook is the undisputed giant of social media. So if you are thinking of getting traffic you have to join other bloggers and website owners who are already getting huge traffic from the social media site. Getting traffic from search engines are not an easy task and it takes some time. On the other hand traffic from sites like Facebook comes instantly and you don’t have to put a lot of effort in it.


Today i will only be discussing how to get traffic from Facebook Groups "These are communities where you can share your contents after the admin approval'. Many of these groups will not allow website promotion links in their groups. There are many Facebook groups who have millions of members and posting your website link in these groups can get thousands of users to your website or blog. We are going to tell you that how can you put your post in these groups without any spam warning.

(Warning) Posting Your Website Links without any Spam Warning

To get traffic from a Facebook group you have to post related to what the group, you are posting in, is all about. Otherwise it might be a waste of time and you would not get any good amount of traffic to your site. Here we are going to share a list of different niche Facebook groups with you. Follow these simple steps and get huge amount of Facebook traffic to your blog/website.

First you have to gather the email addresses that Facebook gives to all these groups you want to post in. There may be more than one email for a group we need just one from every group. These emails are the sources of posting to these groups.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/how-to-get-massive-traffic-from-facebook.html#sthash.jaHIz1R7.dpuf
Health / Health: 10 Home Remedies Or Hack For Bad Breath by tunderoc(m): 1:19pm On Apr 21, 2016
Do you have bad breath or halitosis, having bad breath can be quite embarrassing and the problem is people just gossip it behind you and never tell you about this on your face. Well worry no more because everyone suffers from bad breath at certain point of their life and you might not even be aware of it.


Today i will be giving some easy hacks that can make your breath smell fresh all day but the first step is of course to test if you have bad breath.

Testing for Bad Breath:


1. The Color Test


The easiest way to find if you have bad breath is to find out what color your tongue is. If your tongue is pink, then your breath is probably fresh. If your tongue is yellow or white in color, then it's likely that bacteria have been partying on your tongue causing the bad breath.

2. The Lick Test


To test the front part of your tongue, lick the back part of your hand and let it dry for few seconds. Smell the area where you licked. The smell you get is probably the smell others get when you are around them.

3. The Spoon Test


The spoon test is effective in testing the back part of your tongue. Simply use a spoon or a tongue scraper to scrape the back of your tongue. Smell the spoon, if it doesn't smell good, then you are probably having bad breath.

Simple hacks and home remedy to get rid of Bad Breath:

1. Chew Lemon, Orange rind or Mint.

2. Gargle and hydrate
Gargling with salt water is an easy way to eliminate the bacteria that cause bad breath. Keep yourself hydrated.

3. Pop Antacids.
One of the causes of bad breath can be your stomach. Antacids and acid-blockers may ease sore or acidic stomach that may lead to an improvement in the way your breath smells.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/health-10-home-remedies-or-hack-for-bad.html#sthash.Mc48pRpX.dpuf
Literature / Win $1500 In The "Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers Of Color Award" by tunderoc(m): 1:18pm On Apr 14, 2016
Win $1500 in the "Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award" - See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/call-for-entries-eleanor-taylor-bland.html#sthash.tC5cf0nx.dpuf
Foreign Affairs / Mark Zuckerberg Calls Out Donald Trump At F8 Conference by tunderoc(m): 1:32pm On Apr 13, 2016
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg took a swipe at Republican Presidential front-runner and billionaire business mogul, Donald Trump during his speech as Facebook kicks off its sixth F8 developer's conference. Although he didn't mention names but it's pretty clear that “voices,” Zuckerberg was passive-aggressively referring to Republican presidential primary front-runner Donald Trump, who has called for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, a ban on all Muslims from entering the United States and a defense strategy that would somehow shut down the Internet in Islamic State-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq. Excerpts of what he said and video below:

“As I look around and I travel around the world, I’m starting to see people and nations turning inward, against this idea of a connected world and a global community,” he said in his opening keynote speech in San Francisco. “I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as ‘others.’ For blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, reducing trade and, in some cases around the world, even cutting access to the Internet.”
Sports / CR7 Sets Another Record (CR7 Vs Messi Who's Best)????? by tunderoc(m): 10:53pm On Apr 12, 2016
With the top super stars, always out to out shine each other..and with each setting and breaking records, who deserves a place in the record books as the greatest..CR7 or Messi?

Don't forget the record one of them just set tonight o

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score 15 or more champions league goals in two different seasons...

Again tonight he becomes the first and only player in champions league history to score three hat-tricks in a single season.. surpassing the records set by Barcelona talisman Messi

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Foreign Affairs / SHOCKING! Kleptomaniac Steals $10 Ring From Dead Woman by tunderoc(m): 10:35pm On Apr 12, 2016
OMG! Police in Texas are looking for an unscrupulous woman who was caught on camera stealing from a dead woman.

The kleptomaniac was caught on surveillance camera at the Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral home in Odessa, removing a ring from the finger of a deceased woman in her coffin.

And you wouldn't believe that the worth of the ring is just $10, as it was plastic, according to Police.

No arrest as being made and the investigation continues, the case is being treated as a felony.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/shocking-kleptomaniac-steals-10-ring.html#sthash.RI8TzLsR.dpuf
Foreign Affairs / Firecracker Explosion Kills 100, Wounds 200 At Hindu Temple In Indian by tunderoc(m): 11:28pm On Apr 10, 2016
A massive blast believed to have been triggered by firecrackers in storage area killed over 100 people and injured more than 200 during a firework display at a Hindu temple during the Puttingal temple festival grand finale.

The explosion in Paravur, Kerala, is believed to have happened at around 3.30am local time (6pm EST), The Times of India reported.

The temple was gutted as huge flames engulfed the building within minutes, trapping devotees inside.
Thousands of people were inside when the temple burst into flame, with sections of the building collapsing during the blaze.
A local official said at least 102 people died in the fire. Injured revelers have been taken to hospitals in two nearby towns. See more Photos below:
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/firecracker-explosion-kills-100-wounds.html#sthash.xhf4UiON.dpuf

Foreign Affairs / Re: Wreckage Of Plane Found With 4 Skeletons In Dried Lake 50 Years After It Crashed by tunderoc(m): 11:26pm On Apr 10, 2016
Prolly that will be found when the Pacific ocean dries up lol grin
Khd95:
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Foreign Affairs / Wreckage Of Plane Found With 4 Skeletons In Dried Lake 50 Years After It Crashed by tunderoc(m): 10:43pm On Apr 10, 2016
A Piper Apache Twin Engine plane that went down over a lake in Argentina on October 19, 1964 has been found more than half a century after it crashed.

The discovery was made by a local who found part of the plane's wing after the lake evaporated.

The Plane had four people on board, the pilot and three engineers working for the Pan American Argentine Oil Company, when it went down into the Colhue Huapi lake in Argentina in 1964.

Two rescue and search efforts in 1964 and 1980 were unsuccessful, but workers never recovered the plane, a Piper Apache Twin Engine, which sank into the lake.

However the lake evaporated over time, exposing the remains of the aircraft.
The rest of the plane was buried beneath the ground.

The Skeletons of the four people on board were found in the wreckage of the doomed plane.

Locals who uncovered the plane matched its registration number with that of the missing flight and informed aviation authorities.

The Colhue Huapi lake has been retreating for decades, steadily evaporating due to a lack of rain and pressures on the local water supply.

- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/#sthash.zY7CLObg.dpuf

Foreign Affairs / SHOCKING: Two Electricians Found Two Electrocuted Snakes A Box by tunderoc(m): 3:05pm On Apr 09, 2016
Two North Carolina electricians had the fright of their lives recently when they open an electricity box for repairs and found two big snakes inside.

Luckily for the workmen both reptiles were dead.

One of the snakes died trying to bite an electric cable, the other died while biting it's companion's tail.

The workmen from the town of Morganton, North Carolina, USA posted a photo on the local council's Facebook page on April 4 and it has since received close to 4000 likes.

The men had gone to the house to disconnect the power at a property that was about to be demolished.

The post, on the City of Morganton Facebook page, said it was not uncommon for workers to find snakes but it was always scary.

“Electric Services Director Brooks Kirby said his guys come across fried snakes every two or three years, and that’s one time too many,” read the post.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/shocking-two-electricians-found-two.html#sthash.qo61LLDJ.dpuf

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Foreign Affairs / 7 Ways Donald Trump Is Just Like US Founding Fathers by tunderoc(m): 7:57pm On Apr 08, 2016
As the race for who becomes the next United States president gets hotter and with many analyst declaring that the US electioneering campaign have officially hit all time low with the front-runners calling each other out everywhere they went to campaign, YAHOO News takes us on a journey of 7 ways Republican front-runner "Donald Trump" is just like the United States Founding Fathers.....

“We have officially hit a new low in political discourse,” declared Stephen Colbert (after Trump’s penis allusion on national television). Next,
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/7-ways-donald-trump-is-just-like-us.html#sthash.6AARgs4R.dpuf

Politics / "House Rent Should Be Paid Monthly In Nigeria" - FCT Minister by tunderoc(m): 9:52pm On Apr 07, 2016
Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, the FCTA Minister, while speaking yesterday when members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV paid him a courtesy visit told the body that the Federal Government of Nigeria would soon put in place a law that would force downward, cost of accommodation in the Federal Capital Territory.


He explained that the current Buhari-led administration was deeply concerned with the high cost of housing in the territory and was working out modalities that would guarantee access to decent accommodation by the masses and less privileged.


The Minister who tasked members of NIESV on a viable solution to end high cost of accommodation in Abuja, also challenged the body to have a downward review of their professional fee, stressing that although the concept of estate development was a very commendable one, the industry was facing many challenges in the capital city, questioning the rationale behind payment of rent on annual basis in the country.

He further pointed out that as a professional body that was primarily concerned with provision of houses, the NIESV has a burden of ensuring that accommodation does not get out of the reach of the common man.

Bello said, “As a body, you must take deliberate steps to bring down the cost of accommodation through reduction of your charges and commissions.

“I know that you charge between 10-15% but I think that rate needs to come down, else at some point in the future, legislation will force you to bring it down.’’

The Minister wondered why Nigerian citizens would pay rent on a yearly basis whereas in developed countries such as United Kingdom and United states, tenants pay rents on a monthly basis.

He queried, “Why should we pay rent annually in Nigeria; why should we pay two, three years in advance.

“All the people you see here including the Minister get their rent allowance on a monthly basis, only very few organisations in Nigeria pay rent allowance annually in bulk.

“Why can’t we start asking our tenants to pay rent monthly even if they are in Asokoro, Maitama or wherever?”

The Minister disclosed that as part of the moves to make housing affordable in Abuja, the FCT Administration has put the necessary measures in place to ensure that all plots of land not developed within a stipulated period would be revoked and re-allocated to willing developers, adding that the number of uncompleted buildings and empty estate houses in the city was very alarming and a committee would soon be set up to look into the issue.

http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/fct-minister-house-rent-should-be-paid.html#sthash.08RK88Ro.dpuf

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Politics / See Who Got Nominated For The Chatham House Prize by tunderoc(m): 10:01pm On Apr 05, 2016
Guess who made the list of nominees for the prestigious 2016 Chatham House Prize, Well he's no other than our very own Professor Attahiru Jega, the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Prof. Jega was nominated alongside the United States secretary of State, John Kerry who shared a joint nomination with Iran's foreign affairs minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The duo of Christiana Figueres; executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention and Laurent Fabius; former prime minister of France are the third nominee.

According to the organisers of the award, Jega was nominated for ”his professionalism, determination and integrity as chairman of Nigeria’s electoral commission, which, in 2015, ensured the conduct of Nigeria’s most credible election since the country’s return to civilian rule in 1999.”

They further noted that:”Professor Jega’s leadership also helped to defuse the significant potential for electoral violence in Africa’s most populous nation, which could have had far-reaching ramifications for the region.”

About the Award:

Also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House is an independent policy institute based in London.

Founded in 1920, Chatham House engages governments, the private sector, civil society and its members in open debate and confidential discussion on the most significant developments in international affairs.

Past winners of the Chatam House Prize includes former US first lady and presidential hopeful; Hilary Clinton, former president of Ghana; John Kuffor and Belinda Gates, wife of world’s richest man; Bill Gates.

- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/see-who-got-nominated-for-chatham-house.html#sthash.LlQ88RHl.dpuf

Politics / FAYOSE/ALUKO RECONCILIATION: Tope Aluko Drops Bombshell Again by tunderoc(m): 9:39pm On Apr 05, 2016
The end has not been heard in the #EkitiGate saga as the controversial former secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti state Dr. Tope Aluko, drops another bombshell, Aluko, who appeared in a video alongside Governor Ayodele Fayose on Sunday, April 3 in a purported reconciliation said the whole thing was stage managed.

Aluko had told the whole world how the 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State was rigged in favour of Fayose. Aluko’s turn around with a purported reconciliation with Fayose at the weekend baffled many as he was tagged unserious.


While speaking at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja on Tuesday, April 5, Dr. Aluko stated that he was tricked into the purported reconciliation staged over the weekend by two high ranking PDP members. Excerpts from his press briefing below:

“I need to emphasize that all that transpired at Eko hotel on that fateful day was an organized propaganda, drama to stain my image and malign my personal integrity and I believe it would be a good script for Nollywood Act. I received a call from two senior members of the party, one of them is a serving senator and the other one a former governor. I was told to come to Eko hotel to meet with them and I went in company of my wife.
“We were half way in the discussion which they tagged as a peace parley. It should be noted that no reference was made to the 2014 Governorship election and the aftermath including my revelation to the public about the way the election was manipulated in favour of Ayo Fayose.
“I was shocked to see Governor Fayose walk into the meeting at this point. It was worthy of note that it was at this point that my wife barged into the meeting to inform me that he noticed the presence of pressmen downstairs and said, “there is a problem” but it was Fayose who interrupted her and said, “Madam, there is no problem” but my wife insisted and said she overheard them saying that they were called back with an SMS from Governor Fayose “because T.K Aluko is around,” he explained.
Aluko said at that point he became enraged and decided to leave the place but that he noticed Fayose rushing after him downstairs in a Gestapo manner.
“My wife was already fidgeting and almost crying and suddenly I could not find her around me. Immediately, I realized that I need to oblige to Governor Fayose’s instruction of facing the press because of the safety of my family. One fact remains clear, there is nowhere I refuted anything I had earlier said before Nigerians and the whole world about the manipulations that characterized the 2014 Governorship elections in Ekiti State,” he stated.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/fayosealuko-reconciliation-tope-aluko.html#sthash.EqmjcP8k.dpuf

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Politics / Re: News: Buhari Is Winning War Against Boko Haram - US Govt by tunderoc(m): 4:48pm On Apr 05, 2016
Buh u sense of humor is WICKED sha..one of the best comment i have read in recent time.. shocked shocked shocked
elrony:
How can you be winning a war on Boko Haram that you have "allegedly" defeated?

Or are you now fighting and hunting ghosts?

Talk about Ghosto Haram

This is pure propaganda!
cheesy
Politics / News: Buhari Is Winning War Against Boko Haram - US Govt by tunderoc(m): 11:45am On Apr 05, 2016
The United State government has acknowledged the efforts of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration in curbing the activities of the dreaded Islamist group, Boko Haram in the northeast of Nigeria.

US secretary of state, John Kerry, while Speaking at a joint press conference with Nigeria's foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, echoed that the Buhari led administration had reduced the capacity of boko haram.

”It is an outrage that any group, anywhere, will brian wash young people, including little girls, to strap explosives to their bodies and walk into an open market place with the intent of murdering their own families, neighbours, and themselves, that is what Boko Haram does.”

He told those at the press conference that the American and Nigerian government are cooperating to defeat the terrorist group, adding that ”the group still remains a threat.”

Kerry stated that Nigeria’s progress is vital to the US government and to all of Africa.

On his part, Onyeama told his American counterpart that President Buhari has delivered his promise to defeat the terrorist group.

”We have indeed defeated them technically and militarily. What we do have now is what happens in a number of countries around the world. Suicide bombers, using young girls and having themselves blow up in markets places, using improvised devices, ” Onyeama said.

He called for further assistance from the United States government in the areas of rehabilitating internally displaced persons. adding that ”insurgency is draining our resources.”
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/news-buhari-is-winning-war-against-boko.html#sthash.L0Dg2Iig.dpuf
Foreign Affairs / This Man Faces Up To 20 Years Or Life Behind Bar For Stealing $31 Candy by tunderoc(m): 10:38am On Apr 05, 2016
For stealing $31 worth of candy bars, this Louisiana man faces a possible sentence of 20 years to life in prison 'weird you said', even a judge had to question whether the sentence was "over the top."

Orleans Parish prosecutors chose to charge Jacobia Grimes, 34, under a statute that boosts the alleged candy theft to a felony. The law applies to people who have been convicted of "theft of goods" at least twice. Grimes has five prior theft convictions, making him a "quad" offender under the state's habitual-offender law.


Grimes, 34, pleaded not guilty Thursday, The New Orleans Advocate reported.

The possible sentence raised questions with Judge Franz Zibilich, who was overseeing Grimes' arraignment last week.

"Isn't this a little over the top?" Zibilich said. "Twenty years to life for a Snickers bar, or two or three or four."

Grimes' attorneys, Miles Swanson and Michael Kennedy, said his prior guilty pleas were for similar shoplifting attempts, including stealing from a Rite-Aid, Save-A-Center, Blockbuster Video, and Rouses grocery stores.

Swanson said all the thefts were for less than $500 worth of items. The last theft of socks and trousers from a Dollar General store got him a four-year sentence in 2010.

One of his lawyers said he could have been charged under a different statute than the habitual-offender law.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/04/this-man-faces-up-to-20-years-or-life.html#sthash.QFv1VWR2.dpuf

Health / Photos: See How Doctors Saved This Man's Hand! by tunderoc(m): 10:25pm On Apr 03, 2016
Doctors in Brazil have devised a brilliant idea to save the hand of a 42-year-old machine production operator from being amputated by putting it inside a pocket in his belly.

Carlos Mariotti, suffered a horrific work accident that ripped off all the skin on his hand but doctors decided to bury his damaged mitt in the soft tissue pouch for six weeks to save the hand from infections.

Orthopaedic and traumatology doctor Boris Brandao, who performed the rare operation, explained: 'Mr Marriott suffered a de-gloving injury which left him with very little skin on the palm and back of his hand, exposing the bones and tendons inside.

'This was a very large and delicate injury and the only place we could fit the whole hand was in the abdomen.


'Without this procedure, there would be a high risk of infection and the tissue and tendons would rot away.'
Mr Mariotti, who remains hospitalised in the Santa Otília Hospital, said he
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Health / Nigeria's First 'Frozen Egg' Baby by tunderoc(m): 5:32am On Apr 01, 2016
*First in West Africa, 5,001st in the world

By Sola Ogundipe

LAGOS — Nigeria has recorded the first successful birth of a baby conceived from frozen egg of a 44-year-old woman, who had suffered infertility for eight years, making it the first in the country and West Africa.

The birth and conception of the baby, named Tiwatope, which is the 5001st in the world, were carried out by Nigerian fertility specialists at The Bridge Clinic, a Lagos-based fertility treatment centre, where the mother had her eggs frozen using the vitrification (flash-freezing) process.

Announcing the medical milestone, a fertility physician at the Bridge Clinic, Lagos, Dr Emmanuel Owie, said the birth of the baby on February 16, 2016, effectively puts Nigeria on the global map as regards the practice of oocyte (egg) freezing or cryopreservation, a new offering in the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) space.

He said prior to the birth of Tiwatope, the new practice seemed to be an exclusive preserve of the developed world of Europe and North America.

He said: “Tiwatope’s mother had her eggs frozen for two months, using the vitrification, also known as flash-freezing, process. This is the cutting edge technology in cryobiology, where the eggs or oocytes of a woman is dehydrated and the water content is replaced with ‘anti-freeze’ solution (cryoprotectants) before freezing. This will prevent the formation of ice crystals which could destroy the cell.”

On her readiness for pregnancy, Owie noted: “We fertilized the eggs using a standard technique known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to overcome the egg shell which normally gets hardened with freezing.

“The fertilized egg was subsequently transferred into her womb, resulting in the pregnancy with Tiwa. She had her antenatal care in her family hospital and delivered the baby boy through Caesarian Section.

“At The Bridge Clinic, we celebrate Tiwa’s birth as it is a further demonstration of our coming of age in the practice of assisted reproductive technology. It is a show of the sum of our strengths — our people, our process and our infrastructure. It demonstrates our commitment to global best practices which ensures that our offerings are in tandem with what is obtainable in the developed world, both in variety and in quality.”

Recommendation

Noting that the baby and his mother are in good health, Owie said egg freezing was particularly recommended for women diagnosed with cancer, who may lose their fertility during chemotherapy; women with a family history of early menopause; women with objections to storing frozen embryos for religious and/or moral reasons; and women who want to delay child-bearing in order to pursue some personal goals.

He said: “This offering is being delivered to many women in the developed world and is now being offered in Nigeria at a cost more affordable than what is obtained abroad. We encourage women who need this service to come up and have their eggs cryopreserved.”

Also speaking, Coordinator, Corporate Communications & Customer Client Relations, The Bridge Clinic, Dr Dayo Omogbehin, stated: “We are the first in-vitro fertilization (IVF) centre in Nigeria to achieve this success. It is great news for the family and fertility health research in the country and world at large.”

How it works

On how egg freezing works, Omogbehin said although sperm and embryos had proved easy to freeze, the egg was the largest cell in the human body and contains a large amount of water.

He said: “When frozen, ice crystals form that can destroy the cell. We must dehydrate the egg and replace the water with an ‘anti-freeze’ prior to freezing in order to prevent ice crystal formation.

“We also learned that because the shell of the egg hardens when frozen, sperm must be injected with a needle to fertilize the egg using a standard technique known as Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection.”



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/nigeria-records-first-baby-frozen-egg/

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Foreign Affairs / Messi Shocks Football World As He Moves To Real Madrid by tunderoc(m): 5:11am On Apr 01, 2016
Barcelona FC has been left in turmoil as Lionel Messi jumps ship by agreeing to join rival Real Madrid! Yes you read that right and it's no APRIL FOOL prank..
The five time Ballon D'Or winner who joined Barcelona as a 13-year-old, explained that money was the only factor driving his move.

"With Financial Fair Play, Barcelona could not give me what I wanted and deserved," the 28-year-old said at the pre-match press conference.

The Barcelona legend will depart Camp Nou this summer after the Spanish champions' greatest rivals activated his €250 million buy-out clause.
"I recommended they fund my contract by selling the Camp Nou, but for some reason they valued the club more than me.

Messi further stated that "a man of my status should have a 2000-metre long mega-yacht, staffed and powered at all times. Like [Roman] Abramovich. The purchase and operating costs alone demand that I take home €50m per year after tax. Minimum. Is that too much to ask?"


Barcelona, meanwhile, continue to be beset by financial difficulties but are expected to replace Messi with Leicester City's Jamie Vardy, who will be mentored by Uruguay star Luis Suarez.Barcelona FC fans how business?

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Politics / SATIRE: The Price Of Iranu - Prof. Pius Adesanmi by tunderoc(m): 4:43am On Apr 01, 2016
Another satirical piece on the state of the nation and more written by Prof. Pius Adesanmi,

Mama Isanlu told me the story of Pa Alainikanse ton f'ari fun aja. So idle was Pa Alainikanse that he spent much of his life shaving the head of his dog. The neighbours got used to the fact that Pa Alainikanse's blades and clippers were meant exclusively for the head of his dog.

Then came the day when lice, dandruff and other scalp problems reminded Pa Alainikanse that he needed a haircut badly. Alas, all his blades and clippers had been blunted by years of use on his dog's head. So, he screamed and appealed desperately to his neighbours, begging them to lend him blades and clippers because he needed a haircut.


The neighbours did yinmu and moju. Nobody believed him. Nobody trusted him. See Pa Alainikanse o, they said. Who does not know that he wants to use our blades and clippers to shave his dog's head? He thinks we are mumu like him? Shior!

Pa Alainikanse paid the price of iranu.

In Washington DC, President Buhari is paying the price of iranu.

For one year, he has operated an aletilapa Presidency, listening to nobody and playing Gulliver all over the world because he has eleven jets he had promised to reduce during campaign.
On the positive side, many of those trips have been humiliating and embarrassing for Nigeria - beneath the status and dignity of the Nigerian presidency.

On the negative side, many of those trips have been totally useless - like the useless gallivanting of his predecessors.

That trip to a diary farm in Kenya is beneath the dignity of the Vice President's office. It should have been undertaken by the Permanent Secretary and some Directors in the Ministry of Agriculture. Yet, the Nigerian President put one leg after another leg and went to Nairobi.

That trip to Equatorial Guinea? I am still trying to tell what the heck it was about beyond the preoccupation of Baba Alainikanse with shaving his dog's head in the folktale.

Now he is in Washington DC - on the only trip that he should perhaps have undertaken out of Nigeria since his election and he is being criticized and hit by 180 million people who have become too used to his useless foreign trips undertaken to shave the head of a dog.

Even the most sophisticated critics are asking: what is he doing in a nuclear summit?
Well, he is doing everything that is relevant. This summit is not about nuclear powers.

President Obama convened it to address the perennial danger of loose nuclear material - a consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union - getting into the hands of terrorists.

If you are the leader of any of the countries that is helpless in fighting terrorism, this summit is for you. How do we prevent Al Qaeda, ISIS, Al Shabab, and Boko Haram from gaining access to nuclear material and allied dirty bombs?

Combating nuclear proliferation and the spread of fissile material: this is what this Washington summit is about in the main. It is not about states with nuclear capability. If it was about that, Nigeria would have no business there. It is about weak and underdeveloped states, ravaged by terrorism, that are vulnerable to loose fissile material.

Imagine Boko Haram getting fissile material. Even with their conventional weapons, you have only defeated them technically in two administrations after your soldiers did technical maneuvers.
If you are defeating them only technically when they have conventional weapons, how are you going to defeat them when they get fissile material? Professionally?

That is why Buhari is in DC. This, for me, is the first non-useless trip of his entire Presidency.
Of course, the ineffectual buffoons in his media team have been unable to sell this straightforward narrative. They are too busy reprimanding Nigerians for complaining about fuel scarcity and darkness to know how to provide a logical basis for their Oga's only worthwhile foreign trip.

But what do I know? Nigeria being Nigeria, President Buhari is perfectly capable of returning from this DC trip and heading out the next day to attend the birthday of the President of Djibouti.

When you have 11 planes, your ways are not like the ways of those queuing for fuel in Lagos and Abuja.

Your reasoning is different from theirs. - See more at http://www.duketundesblog.com
Foreign Affairs / Re: Mexicans Burn Donald Trump's Effigy In Easter Ritual by tunderoc(m): 11:32pm On Mar 29, 2016
With the way things are panning out it won't be a wonder if he wins o, but the world war 3 may just be on d way
VictorRomanov:
He'll still win the election. Isn't that how Buhari won?
Foreign Affairs / Mexicans Burn Donald Trump's Effigy In Easter Ritual by tunderoc(m): 10:49pm On Mar 28, 2016
A hated figure for many in Mexico, went up in flames during the Easter eve "Burning of Judas" a tradition in which Mexicans burn effigies of the devil or public figures they dislike. This year Mexicans, burned an effigy of Republican Presidential front-runner in the US Presidential election Donald Trump.

A smiling effigy of the billionaire American business mogul went up in flames in a neighborhood of the Mexican capital city, this year the devil took the form of Trump, who is notorious here for comments made during his presidential campaign accusing Mexican immigrants in the United States of being criminals and rapists.

About 200 people attended the event late Saturday, in which a six-foot (two-meter) papier-mache likeness of Trump wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie was torched.

The figure was created by Felipe Linares, who has been making effigies for more than 50 years at a workshop founded by his father in the early 20th century.

This year he made likenesses of the devil, President Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and Trump -- all of which went up in flames.

Linares told AFP the likeness of Trump was chosen "because we don't like him. He speaks ill of Mexicans."

He was referring to the real estate tycoon's remarks on the campaign trail describing Mexican migrants as criminals and rapists.

The Holy Week tradition of burning effigies is believed to symbolically dispel evil, while torching the Judas figure exacts revenge for the death of Jesus.

Since making his remarks, Trump has become a figure of scorn in Mexico.

Some have made pinatas resembling the Republican frontrunner, while one artist produced shirts decorated with his image along with a vulgarity.

An opinion poll this month found some 61 percent of Mexicans hold a negative opinion of Trump, who has vowed to force Mexico to pay for a huge wall across the US border to stop illegal migration.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/mexicans-burn-donald-trumps-effigy-in.html#sthash.DMlr7bae.dpuf

Webmasters / 4 Best Automate Content Sharing To Build Blog Audience by tunderoc(m): 8:44am On Mar 28, 2016
The 4 simplest way to promote you blog on social media networks like FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE PLUS and PINTEREST that will ultimately land your site/blog a reasonable if not massive traffic. There are tons of opportunities for you to promote your blog on every one of the social networks, but for most people it’s not just right to use them all.


To get started, You need to identify your TARGET AUDIENCE, So you won't end up having so multiple accounts with little or no interaction. You need to know the best social media platform where the targeted audience will come from, then on to the next step which is AUTOMATE CONTENT SHARING.


AUTOMATE CONTENT SHARING:
Posting/sharing your blog post to social media platforms each time you publish a new post is a cumbersome task and that is where automate content sharing comes in. Automation is your friend when it comes to sharing your blog posts on social media. All you need to do is find the right content sharing platform and key into the community, once done that sharing your post to all the social media platform becomes a piece of cake.

Today, I will be sharing with you 4 best automate content sharing website/community that will share your blogpost like a KING.

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yourblog.com/feed/ or yoursite.com/blog/feed/
You get 3 social profiles and 5 feeds with the free plan. This allows you to share not only content from your own blog, but content from 4 other complementary blogs.
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Buffer makes it super easy to share any page you're reading. Keep your Buffer topped up and we auto-magically share them for you through the day
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/4-best-automate-content-sharing-to.html#sthash.fIg4DIwS.dpuf

Foreign Affairs / Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 65 In Lahore As Christian Celebrates Easter by tunderoc(m): 10:42pm On Mar 27, 2016
Just a few days after the Brussels double suicide attacks that killed at least 34, Another suicide bomber struck today near a crowded children's playing area in Lahore Pakistan killing at least 65 people and hundreds injured, many of them children as Christians were celebrating Easter Sunday.

Officials said the bomber had detonated the explosives, packed with ball bearings, near a children's playing area in the popular Gulshan-i-Iqbal park.

Witnesses said they could hear children screaming as people carried the injured in their arms, while frantic relatives searched for loved ones in nightmarish scenes at the park near the centre of the city of eight million.

Doctors described frenzied scenes at hospitals, with staff treating casualties on floors and in corridors, as officials tweeted calls for blood donations.


"It was a suicide attack. The bomber managed to enter the park and blew himself up near the kids' playing area where kids were on the swings," Lahore's top administration official Muhammad Usman told AFP.

Javed Ali, a 35-year-old resident who lives opposite the park, said the force of the blast had shattered his home's windows.

"After ten minutes I went outside. There was human flesh on the walls of our house. People were crying, I could hear ambulances.

"It was overcrowded because of Easter, there were a lot of Christians there. It was so crowded I told my family not to go."

Yousaf Masih, a father who was searching for his family, told AFP: "My kids came here [to the park]. I was at home, I saw the news on TV, but my wife and children were here."

Witnesses said the wounded were first rushed to hospital in rickshaws and other vehicles before dozens of ambulances arrived on the scene.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/suicide-bomber-kills-at-least-65-in.html#sthash.Q7nQo5JF.dpuf
Foreign Affairs / DTB World's Most Infamous Murders 'convicted By His Crooked Teeth' by tunderoc(m): 8:28am On Mar 26, 2016
Theodore Robert Bundy an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist and necrophile (People who fantasize about necrophilia, but never actually have sex with a corpse.) joins our growing list of World's Most Infamous murders at number 10 on DTB SATURDAY DIGEST.


Theodore, born on November 24, 1946, assaulted and murdered many young women and girld during the 1970's and possibly earlier.

Bundy was regarded as handsome and charismatic by his young female victims, traits he exploited to win their trust. He typically approached them in public places, feigning injury or disability, or impersonating an authority figure, before overpowering and assaulting them at more secluded locations. He sometimes revisited his secondary crime scenes for hours at a time, grooming and performing sexual acts with the decomposing corpses until putrefaction and destruction by wild animals made further interaction impossible. He decapitated at least 12 of his victims, and kept some of the severed heads in his apartment for a period of time as mementos. On a few occasions, he simply broke into dwellings at night and bludgeoned his victims as they slept.

Theodore, was incarcerated in Utah in 1975 for aggravated kidnapping and attempted assault. he engineered two dramatic escapes and committed further assaults, including three murders and was a suspect in a progressively longer list of unsolved homicides in multiple states. Facing murder charges in Colorado, before his ultimate recapture in Florida in 1978. He received three death sentences in two separate trials for the Florida homicides.

His trial and conviction:

After he was recaptured, the trial that followed was one of the most sensational and most covered in American history. The entire nation followed on television and over 250 reporters from 5 continents were present at proceeding.

- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/convicted-by-his-crooked-teeth-on-dtb.html#sthash.oDrkpF2o.dpuf

Foreign Affairs / Another Teenage ISIS Member Blows Himself At A Staduim, Killing At Least 65 by tunderoc(m): 7:35am On Mar 26, 2016
OMG! This is so disheartening, At least 65 people killed and scores wounded after a teenage ISIS suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd after a local football match in a village south of Baghdad, Iraq.

A police captain from the village, Al-Asriya, told AFP that 'they were just handing the trophy to the winners, when the suicide attacker blew himself up in the crowd.' (Warning: Graphic Video below)


The police captain said more than 50 people were also wounded in the blast, near Iskandariyah, a
town about 25 miles south of the capital.


ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack, releasing a photo of the young bomber, named only as Saifullah al-Ansari.

A source at Iskandariyah hospital confirmed the toll, warning that the casualties figure were preliminary and could rise.


The medic told AFP that the attack took place around 7:00 pm with some source claiming that nearly 65 people were killed in the attack.
- See Video and more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/teenage-isis-member-blows-himself-at.html#sthash.lGdhIREM.dpuf

Foreign Affairs / ISIS Second In Command Killed By US Special Forces by tunderoc(m): 10:12pm On Mar 25, 2016
The united States military today revealed that ISIS second in command was killed in a major strike against the terrorist group earlier this week.

Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, better know as Haji Imam and considered to be the deputy of ISIS leader Omar al-Baghdadi was killed by special forces. According to CNN reports. US special forces had launched an operation to try and capture him alive but ended up in a gun fight with Isis fighters that resulted in him being shot and killed.


The former physics teacher was designated as a global terrorist by the US in 2014 and the following year it offered a reward of $7m for information about him that led to his arrest or capture.

"We are steadily eliminating Isil's cabinet," said Mr Carter, using another acronym for Isis. He said seveal senior figures within the group had been killed, among them Haji Imam, whom he said acted as the Islamists' finance minister and also overseen some external plots. "He was a well-known terrorist within Isil dating back to its original iteration as Al-Qaeda in Iraq."

The senior military official refused to say whether the Isis leader had been killed by a drone strike or else by US Special Forces on the ground. He said that to divulge such details would undermine the ongoing efforts against the Islamists.

Mr Carter also confirmed the killing of Isis’s “minister of war” in a strike earlier this month. Tarkhan Batirashvili, better known as Omar al-Shishani or “Omar the Chechen,” was lethally wounded by an airstrike. The fighter, a Syrian-based Georgian national, was reported to have been killed near the Syrian town of al-Shadad.
- See more at: http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/03/us-special-forces-kills-isis-second-in.html#sthash.R7zYZgPS.dpuf

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