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ACMPN Gears Up To Mark Mental Health Awareness Week

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The Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy of Nigeria (ACMPN) is set to host its annual Mental Health Awareness Week with press conference and a walk today, Friday 13th May at noon.

According to the association’s President, Dr. Tolulope Oko-Igaire, it would be celebrating the 2022  Mental Health Week with an awareness walk with the theme “Loneliness” slated to hold on Friday 13th May at noon. She added that the take-off location is the Central Mosque, Lekki Phase One, Lekki Lagos.

The week event commenced from 9th to 14th May 2022. It would induct new members to its association, and a Cocktail party would also be organised on 14th May 2022 at Civic Center by 10 am.

Other activities to commemorate the Mental Health Awareness Week include press briefings, lectures, and symposiums.

Mental Health Awareness Week is observed from the tenth to the sixteenth day of May in the United Kingdom and celebrated in the USA throughout May every year.

ACMPN is established to identify, develop and maintain professional standards of excellence in counselling, matchmaking and psychotherapy. Its work promotes best practice and the development of the profession as well as safeguards the public. It is also the link between those who are looking for services in the areas of counselling, matchmaking & psychotherapy and those who provide such professional services. In addition, it set and maintains practice and training standards, and provides a forum where members may exchange ideas, information, techniques, and methodologies.

Establishing itself apart from the rest as a multi-disciplined association, which specializes in holistic techniques, ACMPN’s membership also includes medical practitioners, psychologists, clinical social workers, coaches, stress consultants, NLP practitioners, clergy, educators, mental health therapists, and others in the helping, healing sector, as well as those providing matchmaking services, which is crucial for relationship health and wellbeing.

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Women’s World Cup 2022: Draw Reveals Pathway To Glory For African Team

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Star-studded draw reveals groups for 16 of the world’s best youth teams; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) U-20 Women’s World Cup™ 2022 to take place in Costa Rica from 10 to 28 August; Register at FIFA.com/tickets for the latest ticketing news and information

The Draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022™ was held today at the Teatro Nacional in San José, revealing the pathway to glory for the 16 participating teams and fans around the world.

With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ (https://fifa.fans/38YUQRS) fast approaching, some of the world’s best young players and future superstars of the women’s game will take to the field at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup™ in Costa Rica from 10 to 28 August 2022.

Hosts Costa Rica will kick off their campaign and the tournament against FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 co-hosts, Australia, and will be joined by Brazil and Spain in Group A. Reigning champions, Japan, were drawn in Group D together with Netherlands, Ghana and USA.

As the first FIFA draw to be live-streamed on FIFA+ (https://fifa.fans/3sisZmF), the star-studded event featured a celebration of women’s football and Costa Rican culture, as well as messages from President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr Carlos Alvarado Quesada, FEDEFUTBOL President, Rodolfo Villalobos, and FIFA President, Gianni Infantino.

Athlete and TV presenter Johanna Solano, presented the draw and was joined by Costa Rican football icons Shirley Cruz and Paulo César Wanchope along with draw conductor Jaime Yarza, FIFA’s Director of Tournaments.

To receive the latest updates about ticketing in relation to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022, register at FIFA.com/tickets.

For the latest news and update on the tournament, visit https://fifa.fans/3KMUGKL and follow the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ social media channels on Twitter (https://bit.ly/3kQq5kM), Facebook (https://bit.ly/3l3xdL7) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3LR2GMd).

 

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Database Brings To Light Quality Of Care For Women And Their Babies In Nigeria

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Quality, standardized data on the health of women and girls who are pregnant or have recently given birth, and their babies, is crucial to inform the design of interventions to help to safeguard their lives and well-being.

Strong health systems, backed by an efficient health information system – informed by quality data – helps to ensure quality, respectful, safe and dignified health care for girls and women, as advocated by WHO guidelines.

In recognition of this, WHO, HRP and Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria established the Nigeria Maternal and Perinatal Database for Quality, Equity and Dignity (MPD-4-QED) programme  – a standardized electronic platform for the collection of routine maternal and perinatal data, including mortality audit data, in health facilities which can be used for monitoring clinical care performance and quality improvement across Nigeria.

Launched by the then Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac F. Adewole on the 25th of April, 2019 in Abuja, and funded by MSD for Mothers, the Quality, Equity and Dignity programme supported the establishment of the MPD-4-QED Project in 54 tertiary health facilities nationwide.

A new research paper, published recently in eClinicalMedicine, demonstrates the incredible  scale, depth and detail of the database. The results record the quality of care for 76,563 women and their babies admitted for birth or due to complications shortly after birth to tertiary hospitals in Nigeria.  Information on the quality of care for woman and their babies was collected for all women – from those who were healthy to those who faced  complications.  While the results show that there is room for improvement, the database provides insight into potential intervention strategies that could lead to progress for helping to ensure maternal and newborn survival.

More than showing mere numbers, the database and the research also brought to light important depth and detail in its findings. One such finding was the association between the risk of death for women and their babies when they lacked a companion of their choice during childbirth, and when the labour was not monitored  with appropriate tool.

An example of excellence

Beyond the findings, the success of implementing a nationwide programme to collect quality of care data on women and their babies across tertiary facilities in Nigeria is unprecedented.

“This database is an example of excellence. In terms of how it helps to improve and standardize data collection on the specific health outcomes and women and babies across Nigeria,” says Dr Olufemi Oladapo, Head of the Maternal and Perinatal Health Unit at WHO and HRP.

Many countries across the world, lack centralized, national databases dedicated to the health of women and their babies. In addition, some do not have effective registration systems for births and deaths, and data from across countries are often unavailable and not standardized. This means it can be difficult to combine, or aggregate, data to get a national picture of the health outcomes of girls and women.

The MPD-4-QED database, addresses precisely these issues, as the paper published demonstrates.

The national coordinator of the MPD-4-QED Programme, Professor Jamilu Tukur comments that, “As the findings show, the database was able to give a more accurate picture of quality of care received by women and their babies across an entire country. With the right funding, and when implemented in a similarly effective way, it could have great potential for use in countries across the world.”

Into the future

“We know that good quality data can help to save lives and improve health and well-being, so we expect that this database will really help to improve the quality of care that girls and women receive,” Dr Oladapo concludes, “We really want to ensure the database continues to grow, and to support the work of the Quality, Equity and Dignity programme.”

Indeed, WHO and HRP are working with the Nigeria Ministry of Health to sustain the project into the future, and there are now around 200,000 women recorded in the database.

 

 

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Popular Nollywood Actress, Chinedu Bernard Dies In Church.

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By Mene Prosper

Nollywood actress Chinedu Bernard was confirmed dead in the late hours of Friday 29th of April 2022 in Enugu state.

According to reports, she slumped while cleaning the chapel of St. Leo The Great Catholic Church inside federal housing area in Enugu state.

Efforts were made by Reverend father Uchendu Chukwuma, one of the Reverend fathers in the church and other members in rushing her to the hospital but all proved abortive as the popular actress fondly called Choco was declared dead by Doctors.

The late “The last manhood” star’s body has been deposited in the morgue whilst her cause of death remains unknown.

The late actress has featured in multiple Nollywood movies such as The regret, The last manhood, Big Mama’s stick, Royal bracelet, money fever amongst others.

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Meet Adedoja Adeyemi: The Best Unilag Master’s Graduating Student

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Adeyemi Adedoja the daughter of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has emerged as the best graduating student in her master’s class at the University of Lagos.

The good news of the princess’ feat was shared on social media as thousands of people gathered to celebrate.

Adedoja Adeyemi bagged a Master of Arts Degree in African and Diaspora Studies from the University of Lagos with a distinction and as the best graduating student from her class.

She had a CGPA of 4.63 (distinction) in the MA programme. This made Doja the first student to graduate with distinction from the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies since its establishment in 2017.

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Food

How to make Palm oil Rice

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Palm oil rice use to sound local to so many civilized people but when this delicious meal is tasted, you will always call for me.

Below are the recipe in making palm oil Rice

Ingredients:
3 cups of rice
1 Big Red Bell Pepper
2 big ball of onion
2-3 Scotch Bonnet (Rodo)
1/2 Cup dried pepper/ata ijosi (Optional)
125ml palm oil
3 cups chicken/beef stock/water
2-3 medium size smoked fish
2-3 pieces cooked ponmo, diced/sliced (Optional)
1/2 Cup smoked prawns
3 tablespoons grounded crayfish
1 Cup spinach or pumpkin leaves/ugu or basil leaves (Optional)
2 Knorr, Maggi or your preferred cubes
Salt to Taste

Preparation:
-Parboil your rice and set aside…
-Blend the Bell Pepper (Tatashe), Scotch Bonnet (Rodo), dried pepper (Ata Ijosi), 1 Onion with little water and set aside….
-Get a fairly big pot, add the palm oil. Place on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add 1/2 sliced onion, fry till translucent, this should take around 6-8 minutes, add the crayfish, stir and fry for 2-3 minutes….
-Add 3 cooking spoons of the blended pepper, the Knorr, Maggi or preferred cubes, salt to taste, stir and fry for 5-6 minutes, stir occasionally. Try not to add too much salt if you’ll be using stock, remember stock contains a considerable amount of salt…
-Add 3 cups of stock or water if you haven’t got stock, stir and let it cook for 4 minutes to thoroughly combine, then add the Ponmo or any other tough protein you’re using,
-Gently add the parboiled rice…
-Stir and combine thoroughly, then add the shredded smoked fish and prawns, stir; make sure the liquid isn’t too much. Taste for salt and seasoning, adjust if necessary

Note: It’s better to start with a small quantity of water or stock, add more stock or water, preferably stock as you go to prevent overcooking.

-Cover tightly and cook till rice is very tender, stir occasionally to avoid burning.

If you’re using vegetables, add tough vegetables like Ugu 2 minutes before doneness, then switch the heat off and continue to simmer with the residual heat for a further 2-3 minutes. If you’re using Spinach, add after doneness and simmer with the residual heat for 3 minutes.

Sit, relax and serve with a chilled juice

 

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Meet Shatu Garko The First Muslim To Become Miss Nigeria 2021

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An 18-year-old Hijabi Shatu Garko has become the first Muslim to win the Miss Nigeria pageant since its inception in 1957.

Garko, who hails from Kano State, was crowned the 44th Miss Nigeria after beating 17 other finalists at an event on Friday, December 17, 2022, in Lagos. She was also the youngest contestant this year, winning N10m, a one-year residency at a luxury apartment, a brand new car and brand ambassadorship opportunities.

Speaking shortly before being crowned Miss Nigeria Garko said, “Winning this competition means a lot to me. I have always wanted to be a Miss Nigeria. I’d like to thank Miss Nigeria and its sponsors. I would also like to thank my mum for supporting and loving me.

Garko had earlier stated that she loves riding horses and is passionate about proving that religion and culture are not barriers to following one’s dreams.

Nicole Ikot was the first runner-up, while Kasarachi Okoro emerged the second runner-up. The winner of the 2020 edition of the pageant, Etsanyi Tukura, was present to hand over the crown to her successor at the ceremony.

According to the organisers, thousands of applications were submitted before it was pruned down to the top 37 and an additional three wildcard semi-finalists. Members of the public were also given a chance to contribute to the process of choosing the 21 finalists who made it into the Miss Nigeria Bootcamp, which was further cut down to the top 18 finalists.

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Food

How to make catfish pepper soup

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Catfish pepper soup.

Ingredients:
1.2 kg fresh fish
110g onions, chopped (1 medium)
2 seasoning cubes
1 tablespoons ground crayfish
2 scotch bonnet
salt
2 big ehuru (3 small), ground 1/2 teaspoon ground uziza
2 sticks uda utazi leaves (bitters)

Cooking directions:
-Toast and grind ehuru, hit uda to just break it open.
-Wash catfish slices well.
-Pour hot water over the fish slices and leave to stand for 1-2 minutes, drain and rinse in cold water.
-Place in a pot and add just enough water to just cover the fish. Place over medium heat.
-Add onions, seasoning cube, crayfish, peppers and sprinkle some salt.
-Cover and bring to a boil, add ground ehuru, uziza and uda, gently shake and swirl your pot, cook for 5-8 minutes.
-Add about 5 leaves of shredded utazi and some water. Taste and correct seasoning.
-Cook for another 5-8 minutes until fish is well cooked. Take off the heat.
-Serve your Catfish pepper soup with boiled yam, plantain, rice, agidi (eko, corn paste pudding) etc.

Please note:
-To prevent your catfish from disintegrating in your pot of soup, use the hot water method. The hot water hardens the flesh so you can cook it long enough to get the seasonings and spices into the fish.
-Do not overload your fresh fish pepper soup with too many seasoning and spices.
-If using a spice blend, use just enough to have a mellow (not harsh) taste.
-Cook long enough to remove that harsh raw taste of spices.
-If you can stand the heat of hot peppers, this is one pepper soup that benefits from being very hot.
-Fish is one ingredient you do not want to cook from frozen.
-It needs to defrost properly right through to the centre and because it cooks very fast, there is no way the centre will defrost and cook at the same time as the outside.
-Leave your fish to totally defrost before cooking.
-Toast ehuru or better buy already toasted one like I always do.

Enjoy; Serve hot or warm with a chilled drink

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Food

How To Cook Spinach Soup

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Spinach Soup is a common soup that is generally known in West Africa region. It has served as soup in many party occasions and various homes.

This soup can be said to have originated from south west in Nigeria as it is called Efo riro.

BeLow are the recipes in making or preparing spinach soup

Ingredients:
1.5 lb spinach blanched
Peppers 3 large red bell peppers,
2 scotch bonnet and 1 very small onion
1/4 cup palm oil
2 Tbsp crayfish blended
2 Tablespoon locust bean
1/2 cup stock fish about 2 handfuls of shredded
1 Prawn about a handful, (dried)
1 Onion medium size- diced
1 bouillon cube (or 2 bouillon cubes)
1 lb beef (A mixture of beef, tripe, and cow skin).
Smoked fish

Cooking directions:
-Cook your meat with your preferred seasoning cubes, onions and salt.
-Wash your stockfish; Parboil for 2-3minutes if too hard. This will soften the stock fish.
-Wash and parboil your fish for 2 mins
-Preheat the palm oil – I like it hot but not bleached.
-Add the diced onion and stir-fry till golden brown.
-Add the blended peppers (check notes above for details) and fry until the sauce thickens up.
-Season with the stock cube, add salt to taste, crayfish and locust bean. Stir until everything is well blended.
-Add the meat, smoked fish, stockfish and dried prawns; Add some water and cook until the sauce is dried

– Then add your spinach leaves stir together and allow to steam, then you can off the heat.

Stire again and serve with any food of your choice but i love taking mine with swallow most especially semolina

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Agbani Darego marks 20th anniversary of winning Miss World

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She made this announcement on her verified Instagram page, where she shared the video of herself when she was crowned 20 years ago.

In the caption, the model stated that she was grateful for the experience.

She said, “20 years today! Forever thankful for the experience @missworld.”

Agbani broke into global consciousness when she became the first native African to win the Miss World beauty pageant in 2001.

Before then, she had won national beauty pageants such as Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria.

At the Miss Universe competition, she became the first Nigerian to place among the top 10 semi-finalists, finishing seventh overall.

She was also the only contestant to wear a maillot (one-piece bathing suit) as opposed to a bikini during the swimsuit competition.

Agbani was also known to have negotiated a modelling deal with Donald Trump’s management to establish links with modelling agencies in America.

The former University of Port Harcourt student later enrolled at the New York University where she studied Psychology, graduating in May 2012.

In 2017, Agbani married billionaire Theophilus Danjuma’s first son, Ishaya, in a private ceremony, held at the Amanjena Luxury Resort in Marrakech, Morocco.

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