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Over three million bottles of codeine syrup are consumed daily in Kano and Jigawa states!!! Yes, you read that correctly!!! Three Thousand!! (3000) THE Senate, yesterday, raised the alarm that the 19 Northern states of the federation were under serious threat due to drug abuse, stating that over three million bottles of codeine syrup were consumed daily in Kano and Jigawa states. It disclosed that across the 19 states, women, young girls in tertiary institutions, working class ladies, married, unemployed women displaced by Boko Haram insurgency, among others, were involved in drug abuse, and that in 2015 alone, over 2,205 people were arrested in North-West geo-political zone by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over drug-related abuses. Is Codeine Harmful? Codeine is typically administered in liquid or pill form (frequently in combination with acetaminophen), and when used under the direction of a medical professional, codeine is a relatively safe way to trea

An Article Written by Joy Iwezu. When I think about the girl child, I think about me. The Girl Child is a powerful being that possesses unique traits and characteristics that makes her not only a woman but a force to be reckoned with in a world where strength and virtue is on a constant decline. There is more to the Girl Child that meets the eye; she is more than a wife, a mother, a sister; she is the channel through which the balance of human existence is built upon. She is a life giver and the sole connection between the idea of life and life itself. With all of these in mind, one will expect that the Girl Child will be the most respected and accomplished being across nations taking giant strides in the different sectors available within her immediate environment and beyond but this is not the case in our present day society. Today, the Girl Child is marginalized; she is abused, relegated, shoved aside and given second place where first can be attained. Her gender has become

I'd never seen as many stamps as I did in the past week. They came in different shapes, colours and sizes. Oh Yes. I had a lot of 'stampy' experiences in the past week whilst going about my final clearance in school. And Yes. I'm officially an alumni of COOU.... At each office I visited, there had to be a stamp appended on my clearance form, showing I had fulfilled the requirements at that stage, and then and only then could I move to the next stage of the clearance. This, as stressful and time consuming as it was, taught me valuable lessons. Life as we know it is in stages. Everybody, irrespective of age is at one stage or the other in His life; be it physically, academically, financially, spiritually, etc. We all want to go a step further; advance to that next stage; hit the next level financially, operate on higher levels of the anointing, etc. While this is wonderful, it is important to note that you cannot get to that next stage of you have not been f

By: Orakwue Chukwuebuka Joshua WELL....  IT'S BEEN A WHILE!!! Sometimes, you've gotta lay low for a while, get off the hustle and bustle of the internet and attend to certain pressing issues. Indeed the past week has been quite educative and I'm left with a feeling of BLISS..... God is indeed faithful. His faithfulness cannot be comprehended. Sometimes, we try to do it all by ourselves, but.......... GOD IS FAITHFUL!!! Life is indeed in stages and phases. There are lots of people are struggling hard to get admitted into the higher institutions, meanwhile those of them already there can't wait to get out.......... And the sequence continues. What's important is that we make the best out of each stage we are in presently, whilst preparing and planning for the next stage. And guess what? Who has ever heard of 'ALUMNA'? Well, I just did. I had always thought a graduate from a University was called an Alumnus, and the plural - Alumni. Ju

by Gloria Copeland Have you ever wondered what faith and love have to do with one another? How are they connected? Let’s examine this connection. Galatians 5:6 says, “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.” Faith works by love. It is energized by love. Faith is put into motion by love. Why is that? Well, most of us are probably familiar with the Apostle Paul’s teaching on love in 1 Corinthians 13. But as we read verses 1-3 in The Amplified Bible, I want us to focus on the faith-love connection. " If I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love...I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers...and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God’s love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned...

Women produce between 60 and 80 per cent of the food in most developing countries and are responsible for half of the world's food production, yet their key role as food producers and providers and their critical contribution to household food security is only recently becoming recognised. FAO studies confirm that while women are the mainstay of small-scale agriculture, farm labour force and day-to-day family subsistence, they have more difficulties than men in gaining access to resources such as land and credit and productivity enhancing inputs and services. Given women's crucial role in food production and provision, any set of strategies for sustainable food security must address their limited access to productive resources security must address their limited access to productive resources: • Ensure that women have equal opportunities with men to own land; • Facilitate women's access to agricultural services tailoring such services to their needs; • Encourage

It's a New Month Dare to Give Jesus Everything A prosperous soul is so vital. To prosper means to become active and strong, to thrive and flourish. When God moves in and you give Him full access to your soul, He heals your soul with His presence and allows it to flourish. When God moves in, we move on. Because we’re able to. Without Him, we cannot do it. We will inevitably become weary and run out of steam. It is God’s power that is made perfect in our weakness, not our own. The key to moving from a damaged, shame-filled life to a whole, shame-free life is allowing the healing power of the love of God to permeate every crevice of our wounded soul and bring healing, wholeness, and strength. What a contrast—it’s not about our doing more for God; it’s about giving God more access so He can do more in us. It is only when God does more in us that He can do more through us. Invite God to move into those deep places so that you can move past your past, so that you can over