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NMMA Most Innovative Reporter of the year/Public Health Reporter of the year | HIV/AIDS+SRHR advocate | Health Editor Vanguard Newspaper | Great father &husband

Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined December 2008
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FIVE FLAMINGOS, FIVE PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARDS. For the first time at a FIFA tournament, five different Nigerian players have won the Player of the Match award across six matches at a single edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. They are; 🇳🇬 Oluwakemi Adegbuyi (Robo Queens) - vs Puerto Rico 🇳🇬 Kanyinsola Yusuf (Robo Queens) - vs Korea DPR 🇳🇬 Oluebube Umejiaku (Heartland Queens) - vs Mexico 🇳🇬 Favour Nkwocha (Robo Queens) - vs Venezuela 🇳🇬 Awawu Bashiru (Confluence Queens) - vs Brazil Five players, five individual awards and a remarkable achievement for Nigerian women’s youth football. #AdemolaSports #Flamingos #U17WWC #FIFAU17WWC
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🚨 Eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods you can add to your daily diet. Beyond their high-quality protein, eggs contain several nutrients that support your brain, muscles, eyes, and overall health. One particularly important nutrient is choline, found mainly in the yolk. Your body uses it to produce acetylcholine, a chemical messenger involved in memory, learning, muscle control, and nervous system function. Choline also helps maintain healthy cell membranes and supports normal liver function. Eggs provide all nine essential amino acids, making them an excellent source of complete protein for muscle maintenance and recovery. Their yolks also contain lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants that accumulate in the eyes and help protect against oxidative damage. Additionally, eggs provide vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin A, and vitamin D. For many healthy adults, eggs can be part of a balanced daily diet. However, individual cholesterol responses and existing health conditions matter, so eating several eggs every day may not be suitable for everyone. Sometimes, one simple food can deliver an impressive range of nutrients that support the body in ways we don't always realize. Sources:
USDA FoodData Central. Egg, whole, raw, fresh.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Dietary Supplements – Choline Fact Sheet.
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We're racing towards the future, but we're carrying the inequalities of the past with us. What does climate change mean for women and girls? 📺 Join us on 10 November at #COP31 for the launch of @UN_Women's new Progress Report to find out. 🔗 bit.ly/4sIoUGq
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A Chinese lung cancer drug is finally available in the U.S. after growing public pressure and reports of American patients traveling to China to access the treatment. Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has begun selling Zegfrovy (sunvozertinib) in the United States, ending a prolonged availability gap that forced desperate American patients to fly to Shanghai to procure the treatment. Originally developed by Shanghai-based Dizal Pharmaceutical, the targeted daily pill is designed for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer carrying specific genetic mutations. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to the medication in July 2025, commercial delays left families unable to access the drug domestically for over a year. The commercial rollout in America comes after patient advocates and family members made headlines by traveling abroad to secure the medication, which had already been approved in China since 2023. AstraZeneca acquired the global rights to develop and market the therapy in a high-profile licensing deal, signaling growing international reliance on Chinese biotech innovation. With the treatment now accessible in U.S. pharmacies, healthcare advocates hope the move will streamline future access to breakthrough therapies developed overseas. source: Sethi, N. (2026). Chinese cancer drug on sale in US after Americans travel to buy it: ‘saved my mom’s life’. South China Morning Post.
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🧠 Your brain remembers where you experienced stress, and walking away may help you break that connection. Have you ever noticed that a particular room, street, or workplace makes you feel stressed even when nothing bad is happening? There is a fascinating reason behind this. Your brain's hippocampus helps connect emotional memories with the places where they happened. This means your surroundings can become reminders of past stressful experiences, sometimes triggering the same feelings all over again. But here is where walking becomes interesting. Stepping outside and changing your surroundings gives your brain new sights, sounds, and experiences to focus on. Physical movement can also help regulate your body's stress response and improve your mood. A short walk will not erase painful memories or instantly switch off stress, but it can help you feel calmer and shift your attention away from what happened. Sometimes, the first step toward feeling better is quite literally taking a step away. Source:Maren, S., Phan, K. L., & Liberzon, I. (2013). The contextual brain: Implications for fear conditioning, extinction and psychopathology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 14, 417–428.
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63 countries had eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease (NTD) by June 2026, while the number of people requiring treatment and care fell to 1.41 billion in 2024. But progress remains uneven. Dengue cases have reached record levels, deaths from vector-borne NTDs are rising, and the world is off track to eradicate yaws. The burden continues to fall hardest on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. What will it take to accelerate progress? And what else does the latest report reveal? Find out here: bit.ly/4zkFDSC
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Creating safe, regular, and dignified pathways for young Nigerians looking to move abroad is critical for the next 25 years. IOM Nigeria's Chief of Mission, @DimancheSh believes that beyond raising awareness about the extreme dangers and risks of irregular migration, the key is in establishing strengthened systems. "It's important to create systems that are well strengthened that can facilitate and serve Nigerians who want to leave the country—they should live in a more safe and dignified way," she said. She also points to the opportunity in leveraging Nigeria’s "huge diaspora community out there who are well skilled" to fuel national development. Where do you think we should start: fixing local systems or tapping into global networks?
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One Health starts with everyday actions. From protecting the environment to handling food safely and following health professionals’ advice on antibiotic use. Small steps can make a difference. This #OneHealthDay, #StandWithScience
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Zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, environmental degradation, food safety, neglected tropical diseases & other shared health threats require a One Health approach. This #OneHealthDay, stand with science and turn evidence into action bit.ly/4z0s2iv
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Today is #OneHealthDay What is One Health? One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems bit.ly/4z0s2iv
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JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED ⚖️ Hon. Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced Idris Ashimiyu to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old girl. His name will be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register maintained by Lagos State, in line with Sections 33 and 38 of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency Law, 2021. The judge delivered the judgment on Wednesday, October 28th, 2026, after finding Ashimiyu guilty of a one-count charge of defilement brought against him by the Lagos State Government. In her judgment, Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, establishing that the survivor was a child at the time of the incident and had not consented to the sexual act. The survivor, who was 13 years old when she testified in court, told the court that she knew Ashimiyu, who helped run errands and wash cars within their compound. She recounted how he approached her while she was outside, began touching her and subsequently defiled her. In her judgment, Justice Soladoye said, “I have carefully considered the testimonies and other evidence before this court, including the age of the survivor, the consistency of her testimony and the issue of consent. “I find the testimony of the survivor credible and coherent. The prosecution has established that she was a child at the time of the incident and that she did not consent to the sexual act. “I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. I therefore find Ashimiyu guilty as charged,” the judge held. Ashimiyu was prosecuted under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which prescribes life imprisonment for anyone who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a child. Let’s continuously break the culture of silence! Report any case of Domestic or Sexual Violence by calling our toll-free line 👉🏾 0-8000-333-333. #LagosDSVA #SGBVItEndsWithUs #SGBVNotInMyLagos #AGreaterLagosRising #LASG @followlasg
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🚨 THE FRUIT SCIENTISTS SAY COULD HELP FIGHT CANCER... What if a simple plum is hiding an incredible health secret? Research suggests that natural polyphenols in plums may help trigger apoptosis—the process that allows damaged or cancer cells to destroy themselves. While plums are not a cure for cancer, they are packed with antioxidants, fiber, and nutrients that support overall health. Sometimes the most powerful foods are the ones we overlook. Source: Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. (Study on plum polyphenols and apoptosis)
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Early-life stress leaves a lasting scar inside brain cells, loosening how DNA is packaged and priming the brain to be more sensitive to stress. But blocking one enzyme reversed the effect in mice. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Princeton University studied dopamine-producing neurons in the ventral tegmental area, a brain region that processes rewards and adversity. Early-life stress boosted an enzyme called SETD7 in these cells. The enzyme adds a chemical tag to the proteins that DNA is wound around, which loosens the packaging and makes genes easier to switch on. Raising SETD7 in unstressed young mice produced the same loosened packaging, along with lower stress tolerance and more anxious behavior in adulthood. Blocking SETD7 after early stress kept the packaging closed, and those mice stayed social and exploratory, with normal dopamine neuron activity, like mice raised without stress. T he researchers see the tag as a possible future treatment target, since nothing treats these brain effects today, and the university notes that more than half of the world's children face early-life stress. This was done in mice and no treatment has been tested in people, but it offers a concrete molecular clue to how childhood adversity can stick. source: Kim, H. J. J., et al. (2026). Early-life stress alters H3K4me1 in VTA to prime stress sensitivity. Neuron.
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Researchers just transformed old blood cells into young brain cells. Sixty years were erased – scientists in Germany literally reset the molecular clock of an 80-year-old's cells. Researchers at the University of Bonn took red blood cell precursors from elderly donors, including an 80-year-old and a 101-year-old, and reprogrammed them directly into neural stem cells, the kind that can go on to become neurons. Instead of first turning them into all-purpose stem cells, the team converted them in one step and tracked them for more than 100 days. Using epigenetic clocks, which estimate a cell's age from chemical tags on its DNA, they found the 80-year-old's cells ended up with a molecular age of less than 20. Because the rejuvenation happens slowly with this method, scientists can watch aging reverse step by step and look for the switches behind it. That could help them study brain diseases using a patient's own cells and, one day, design therapies. This was done in a dish, though, not in people, and there's no treatment yet. But it's striking proof that the age written into our cells isn't fixed. source: Berg, L. J., Franzen, J., Buness, A., Konang, R., Sheng, C., Peitz, M., Till, A., Wagner, W., & Brüstle, O. (2026). Protracted fate acquisition and epigenetic de-aging during induced neural stem cell conversion of human blood cells. Aging Cell, 25(10), e70751.
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🚨 SCIENTISTS JUST DISCOVERED SOMETHING INCREDIBLE ABOUT THE HUMAN HEART For years, doctors believed heart damage after a heart attack was permanent. But a new world-first study has revealed something shocking — the human heart may actually regrow some of its own muscle cells after injury. This hidden healing ability could change the future of heart treatment and give hope to millions worldwide. Scientists say the heart may be far more powerful than we ever imagined. Your heart might already be trying to heal itself… and science is only now catching up. Source: Bertero, A., et al. Nature. Human heart regeneration study on cardiomyocyte renewal after myocardial injury.
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BREAKING: NAFDAC has secured the conviction of a businessman in Aba, Abia State, for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment with an option of a ₦5 million fine.
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A 25-year-old scientist could change millions of lives if this gel helps damaged hearts heal. Imagine the possibilities!
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The #HPV vaccine is highly effective. It can prevent 9 in 10 cases of the most high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) – the #1 cause of cervical cancer.
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🚨 “A Single Injection That Could Restore Feeling?” Scientists at MIT have developed an experimental injectable gel that may help repair damaged nerves. This gel mimics natural body tissue and supports nerves as they regrow and reconnect. In early studies, it has shown restored sensation and movement, something traditional treatments rarely achieve. While still in early research stages, the results are giving hope for future treatments of nerve injuries. Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (n.d.). Research on injectable hydrogels for nerve regeneration.
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