MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIP

 5 marriage myths debunked

By Sarah Mahoney 
 

Many so-called "inevitable" marriage pitfalls are really just unexamined old wives' tales. On closer inspection, two facts become clear: There's only a trace of truth in each fable - but there's also the potential to retool them to make your relationship even closer. Here are five of the most enduring myths, plus new rules to replace them.

A SHORT SHORT POEM

Our Values 

By Odimegwu Onwumere

Editor's forward: This is a very short poem...It is straight forward & easy to understand...A nostalgic for moral values which, according to the author, is being corrupted through TV.....

COMMENTARY

The Sun, ThisDay & the attacks

By Odimegwu Onwumere

 "Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it" - (Psalm 34:14). 

 There is no rationale to why Boko Haram should bomb the offices of The Sun and ThisDay newspapers in Abuja and Kaduna on the 26^th April, 2012, killing scores of guiltless people.

COURT & JUSTICE

 Taylor responsible for Sierra Leone crimes

Ex Liberian President

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for blood diamonds.

HEALTH & HYGINE

Beware the meat myths

By Bridget Lancaster

When it comes to cooking meat I have my own personal set of "rules." I prefer to grind my own meat, buy fresh and local whenever possible, and never, ever, buy meat on sale (think about it…) But there are quite a few rules that are based in fiction -- myths that have survived decades and continue to offer bad advice to the home cook. Let's bust them, shall we? 

OPINION

David-West & the truth of subsidy probe

 By Odimegwu Onwumere

Prof. Tam David-West

Professor Tam David-West represents truth, not the one many interpret from the religious angles for self-delight. His is the accurate denomination, where the body of knowledge is taught without preconceived notion. His philosophy and principles are aplomb and are the correct impressions that are not the formation of logic. His intuition to see beyond today stands him out.

IMMIGRATION

America: Undocumented immigrants' reason to stay

By Liz Goodwin

Erika Andiola still remembers the day Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration bill, known as SB1070, passed. She had been protesting outside the state capitol for days, sleeping on the ground and fasting, when the word spread through the crowd. She got a call from her mother, who, like Andiola, is undocumented. She told her daughter not to move because she was afraid she would get taken away by the police and deported.

HUMAN RIGHTS

About six Ugandan female opposition activists stripped their clothes and took to the streets of Kampala, Uganda to protest the alleged sexual harassment of one of their own, on Friday. 

HEALTH & HYGINE

 How often do you clean your bedsheets? 

By Beth DeCarbo

 

No matter your relationship status, you never go to bed alone. Nestled within your sheets are countless intruders. For an explanation, we turned to Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University's Langone Medical Center.

COMMENTARY

 Traditional deities in clash with development projects

By Kofi Akosa-Sarpong

Mayor Samuel Sarpong

In Ghana/Africa, some development projects could be difficult to discharge against rigid traditional beliefs. In some places, such as Kumasi, capital of the Asante Region and Ghana’s second largest city, traditional beliefs clash with development projects.

OPINION

Amaechi’s Promise to God

By Odimegwu Onwumere

"Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God," 2 Corinthians 7:1. 

MEDIA & SOCIETY

Princewill charged journalists for electoral standard 

 By Nwaorgu Faustinus

A chieftain of the PDP in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has
charged journalists in Nigeria through their enterprise - reportage to
set the pace for the evolution of an electoral system in the country
where the votes of the electorates  counts.

EXCLUSIVE NEWS

 Pregnant man splits from wife

 By Wendy Carpenter 

 

The Upshot –Thomas Beatie, who made headlines in 2008 as the only legally recognized man known to have given birth, has separated from his wife of nine years, according to People magazine.

Beatie, who has had three children with wife Nancy, announced the split during a taping of the CBS syndicated show "The Doctors."