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- seeks greater cooperation in 2018 - Harps on selflessness, love, unity and synergy - Prays for country's economic recovery and professional development The Ag.Registrar/CEO, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Sir Tosan Erhabor joins millions of Christians all over the world to celebrate this year's Christmas. He used the occasion of yuletide to felicitate with Christian Medical Laboratory Practitioners in Nigeria.  He equally used the occasion to pray for Nigeria and the profession of Medical Laboratory Science. "I used this occasion of the celebration of our Lord,  Jesus Christ, to pray for our dear country and her leaders. May the good Lord visit our country during this yuletide and take her out of the present economic challenges for the prosperity of the citizenry". He charged those that feast on economic sabotage to desist from their despicable trade before the long arm of the law catches up with them. The Chief Executive of

Dear reader, There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me - "The Twelve  Days of Christmas". What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas? This week, I found out. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.  It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember. . "My true love" means God. God sends gifts to us daily. •  The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ. •  Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments. •  Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love. •  The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke

Santa Claus , also known as  Saint Nicholas ,  Kris Kringle ,  Father Christmas , or simply  Santa , is a legendary figure originating in  Western Christian culture  who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on  Christmas Eve  (24 December) and the early morning hours of  Christmas Day  (25 December). The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical  Saint Nicholas  (a fourth-century Greek  bishop  and gift-giver of  Myra ), the  British  figure of  Father Christmas and the  Dutch  figure of  Sinterklaas  (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the  Germanic  god  Wodan , who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of  Yule  and led the  Wild Hunt , a ghostly procession through the sky. Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white- bearded  man—sometimes with  spectacles —wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, w

Mikel Arteta covered his face when he arrived at Manchester City's training ground on Monday morning Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho had water and milk thrown at him and Manchester City coach Mikel Arteta suffered a cut head during a post-match row. United were upset at what they viewed as an excessive City reaction to Sunday's 2-1 win at Old Trafford, which sent them 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League. City's players celebrated in front of their fans after the final whistle and coaching staff tried to persuade manager Pep Guardiola to join them, but he refused. After the players headed down the tunnel, it is understood Mourinho made his feelings known outside the visitors' dressing room as he made his way to post-match interviews. The City camp reacted, with Brazil goalkeeper Ederson and Mourinho exchanging words angrily in Portuguese - but Mourinho carried out his post-match media engagements as normal and made no mention of it. Arteta was

I am Edo or what people would refer today as Benin or Bini as some would derogatorily or ignorantly insist. Oba Erediauwa categorically stated that the spelling was Benin.The Oba's word is final authority and cannot be reasonably questioned. Edo has been called many names in the past. At some point we were called Idu. Idu is the projenitor, if you like,patriach, of all Edo people, as you have Abraham for the Israelites and some Arabians. At other times we were called Igodo, after the first known statutory King of the Kingdom, Obagodo. During the reign of Ewuare N'Ogidigan ( Ewuare the Great), the name was further changed to Edo, around 1440 AD. About 300 years before Ewuare, the first King of Benin in the present monarchical dynasty, Oranmiyan, son of Idoduwa ( more called Oduduwa by modern historians and our Yoruba brethren) called Igodo Ile Ubinu ( land of vexation or strife). Many started calling us Ubini, Bini and Benin. ( I have spoken and written a lot about idoduwa,a

As we sing songs of victory, touch a life and make someone smile this week. 👇👇 In 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago's Edge Water Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the Government of the United States at that time. These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. Attending the meeting were the following men: 1. The president of the largest steel company, 2. The president of the largest utility company, 3. The president of the largest gas company, 4. The president of the New York Stock Exchange, 5. The president of the Bank of International Settlements, 6. The greatest wheat speculator, 7. The greatest bear on Wall Street, 8. The head of the World's greatest monopoly & 9. A member of President Harding's cabinet. That's a pretty impressive line-up of people by anyone's yardstick. Yet, 25 years later, where were those nine industrial giants? Let’s examine what

"I struggled academically throughout elementary school yet became the best Neurosurgeon in the World in 1987" - *Dr. Ben Carson!* I was raped at the age of 9 yet I am one of the most influential women in the World" - *Oprah Winfrey!* "I didn't even complete my university education but became the World's richest man" - *Bill Gates!* "I was sexually, mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember, until I left home at the age of eighteen, yet I am one of the most influential preachers in the World" - *Joyce Meyer!* "I told my father that we would be very rich but he couldn't believe me. I made it a reality" - *Christiano Ronaldo!* "I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training and still became one of the World's best footballers" - *Lionel Messi!* "I used to sleep on the floor in my friends' rooms, returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting

The Vadoma people, also known as the Bantwana tribe, which means children/descendants, are a tribe living in the north of Zimbabwe, primarily in the Urungwe and Sipolilo districts on the Zambezi river valley. There are many in their community, who can't wear shoes due to the shape of their feet. They only have two big toes on each foot. They don't have middle toes and the two outer ones are turned in. They still can walk but with some difficulty according to the shape, running is also difficult to them. It is said this condition helps them while climbing trees, though. The elders of the Vadoma people claim that their remote ancestors were bird like beings who came from the stars and mixed their DNA with early earth women to produce offspring. The elders state that their ancient ancestors came from the star systems of Sirius and first established colonies on a planet within our solar system that they refer to as Liitolafisi. A substantial minority of vaDoma has a condition kn

A former street beggar, Mr. Abdulsalam Idowu, heaved a sigh of fulfilment of a life ambition as he was called to the bar to start practising as a lawyer in Nigeria on Wednesday. Idowu, who defied odds to bag his law degree from the University of Lagos in 2015, had proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, where he emerged successful in the August/September 2016 final bar examinations conducted at the end of the one-year programme. The new wig, who engaged in street begging to fund his primary and secondary education, was among the 4,225 graduates of the Nigerian Law School called to the bar in Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday. Having lost his mum at about age three, crippled by a disease that befell him thereafter and left with a father and relatives who had no interest in his future, Idowu started begging at age eight in Erin Ile, Kwara State, to see himself through his primary and secondary school education. Against all odds, the 37-year-old had earlier in 2011 obtained a degree in Pol

As the installation ceremony of the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate, Otunba Gani Adams scheduled for January 2018 draws near, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi in this interview with TUNDE BUSARI, describes the post-selection reactions and factors responsible for picking Adams. WHAT influenced your decision to select Otunba Gani Adams to succeed late MKO Abiola as the new Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland? Can you shed light on this? There is nothing to shed light on again over the choice of Otunba Gani Adams. A decision has been taken and the decision was taken based on conviction and empirical evidence of suitability. The choice of Adams is to unify our people, the Yoruba people at home and in the Diaspora. At this crucial time, the unity of our people is essential to our growth as the pacesetter ethnic group among the black race. Having thought of what to do, I discovered that there was a vacuum that needed to be filled. The vacuum is the position of the Aare Ona Kakanfo, t

A purported statement from the palace of Oba of Lagos stated that Eko (Lagos Island) is not part of Yoruba land. Part of that statement read: “Oba Ado fell in-love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief, they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere who later became King.” What the palace failed to illuminate and tried to obfuscate was the heritage of King Ologun Kutere (the fifth Oba of Lagos). Ologun Kutere was the son of Alaagba (an Ijesha man and babalawo to the Oba of Lagos) and Erelu Kuti (sister to the then Oba of Lagos). Ologun Kutere became king through his matrilineal line and was an Ijehsa man with Bini Heritage. The only royal family with direct heritage to Bini through the patrilineal line is the Akinsemoyin royal line. That line has been prevented from presenting an Oba since the time of Ologun Kutere. Every Oba of Lagos since Ologun Kutere in 1749 have been direct descendants of Alaagba and a

Background Soil-transmitted Helminths (STH) infections refer to a group of parasitic diseases caused by nematode worms that are transmitted to humans by fecally-contaminated soil. The STH of major concern to humans are the roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), the whip- worm (Trichuris trichiura), and the hookworms (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale).They are among the most common infections worldwide which heavily affect the poorest and most deprived communities where the sanitation is inadequate and water supplies unsafe. Latest estimates indicate that approximately two billion people (24% of the world's population) are infected with STH infections worldwide. Infections are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, with the greatest numbers occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China and East Asia. Although soil-transmitted helminthiases inflict tremendous disability and suffering, they can be controlled or eliminated. The global estimate of STH in

Sexual transmission is the main method of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in women. The effectiveness of topical microbicides for HIV-1 prevention can be inconsistent and insufficient, which are associated with low adherence rates and/or product misuse. To address these difficulties, researchers presenting at the 2017 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition designed extended release vaginal films which could be effective in HIV prevention for up to seven days. The team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and Magee-Womens Research Institute developed extended release topical microbicide products in the form of vaginal films. These films were tested in a nonhuman primate model at the University of Washington. The films use a combination of a modified natural polymer and functional biopolymer to prolong the time the dosage form remains in the vagina and delivers the antiretroviral drug. "Vag

From tasting urine to microscopy to molecular testing, the sophistication of diagnostic techniques has come a long way and continues to develop at breakneck speed. The history of the laboratory is the story of medicine's evolution from empirical to experimental techniques and proves that the clinical lab is the true source of medical authority. Part 1 in a 2-part series. Three distinct periods in the history of medicine are associated with three different places and therefore different methods of determining diagnosis: From the middle ages to the 18th century, bedside medicine was prevalent; then between 1794 and 1848 came hospital medicine; and from that time forward, laboratory medicine has served as medicine's lodestar. The laboratory's contribution to modern medicine has only recently been recognized by historians as something more than the addition of another resource to medical science and is now being appreciated as the seat of medicine, where clinicians account fo