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HPV & Cervical Cancer in Africa: Why is Vaccination Still Low?
When I first heard “HPV vaccine” in SS2, I thought it was just another injection they give girls in secondary school. Honestly, I didn’t think much of it. Then recently, while I was interning at a private hospital, we ...
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You Don't Know What You're Not Until You Try.
For the longest time, I called myself a morning person. Not because I'd tested it, but because I'd simply never tried the alternative. Then one night, for reasons that had nothing to do with proving anything, I stayed up working on…
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When the Joke stops being a Joke
Sometimes, I wonder how we have become so comfortable turning certain things into joke simply because we have heard them for so long. A grown man calling a little girl “My wife” Adults making sexual jokes around children. Parents laughing…
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Law on Paper, Justice in Practice: The Gap Between Legal Rights and Reality
Law on Paper, Justice in Practice: The Gap Between Legal Rights and Reality— SUNMISOLAHow far can a right written in law travel?A right can be written clearly in the Constitution and still feel very far away from the ...
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My Excursion Journeys
In my life as it is, I love travelling a lot, something that keeps my mind and body away from the usual comfort. In my secondary school days, there is always one excursion or the other. The first excursion I went to in my secondary school…
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MOTHER AFRICA, (A POEM) AN EULOGY FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL CONTINENT THAT MADE US.
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER AFRICA A QUEEN & MORE
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NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS; SERIOUS INVESTMENTS & MORE COMPETITORS SHOULD COME INTO THE TELECOM INDUSTRY – THE MORE THE MARKET SPACE!
Since the introduction of Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) since the early 2000s Nigerians have enjoyed a massive bundle and plethora of opportunities including easy communication, accessing the internet, ...
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The Untold Story of Biochemistry: Nigeria's Most Underrated Degree
The first time someone asked me what I was studying at the university and I replied, " Biochemistry ," the response came almost immediately." Oh... so you wanted to study Medicine?"I laughed, but deep down, I knew that ...
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Waking up every day in a lawless country is a life gamble.
Today I decided to transit from the island to the mainland, and because I had a program to attend, I decided to go by boat. If you are accustomed to Lagos, you’ll know you can get pregnant, give birth to the child, and also wean the child…
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It’s Fine. Until It Isn’t.
Sometimes, someone does something that probably wouldn't bother you if it came from anyone else. But because it's your friend, it does. And still, you let it slide. They're sensitive. You don't want to hurt their feelings. You don't want…
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Jack of All Trades, Master of All.
You've heard the first half of that saying your whole life. "Jack of all trades, master of none" said usually to shut someone down. It's meant to imply that spreading yourself across many things means you're truly good ...
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A glimpse of him.
She was not looking for him.That was perhaps the most beautiful part of it.It was an ordinary afternoon, the kind that asked nothing of her except to be present. She was busy with her own little world, her hands ...
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THE PRESSURE OF WANTING TO HAVE YOUR LIFE FIGURED OUT EARLY.
At the age of eighteen, you`re expected to know what you want to become. At twenty, you're meant to be making progress. By twenty-five, you should have everything together already. Somewhere along the way, growing up ...