How to Live Healthily Without Medication

Living a healthy life without relying on medication is possible with the right habits, consistency, and awareness of your body’s needs.

Below are key practices to help you maintain good health naturally:

1. Eat a Balanced Diet: Nourish your body with a variety of whole foods—fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains, and healthy fats. Limit processed foods, excess sugar, and unhealthy oils. Staying hydrated is equally essential, so aim for 6–8 glasses of water daily.

2. Exercise Regularly: Physical activity improves circulation, strengthens the heart, and boosts mental health. Aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise (like brisk walking, cycling, or dancing) most days of the week.

3. Sleep Well: Quality sleep is the body’s natural repair tool. Get 7–9 hours of restful sleep each night. Maintain a consistent sleep schedule and avoid screens or heavy meals before bedtime.

4. Manage Stress: Chronic stress can harm your immune system and lead to illness. Practice deep breathing, meditation, prayer, journaling, or spend time in nature to stay mentally and emotionally balanced.

5. Stay Hygienic: Regular hand washing, proper food handling, and maintaining a clean environment help prevent infections. Personal hygiene is a basic yet powerful step toward maintaining good health.

6. Build Strong Relationships: Positive social connections can reduce stress and support mental well-being. Spend time with loved ones, share your thoughts, and stay connected.

7. Avoid Harmful Habits: Limit or avoid smoking, excessive alcohol intake, and substance abuse. These weaken your body and increase the risk of chronic disease.

8. Regular Health Check-ups: Even without medication, it’s wise to monitor your health through routine check-ups and screenings to catch any issues early.

In conclusion, living healthily without medication is about prevention, discipline, and treating your body with respect. It’s not about avoiding medicine when necessary but reducing the need for it through wise, daily choice.

The Beauty of Nature

Loving the wrong person.

So many people are suffering in today's relationships because they refuse to let go of the person they are currently in a relationship with.
They know the relationship isn't working, but they refuse to leave because they feel they might be able to change the person.
They believe they are willing to go to any length to ensure that the person continues to "love them".
The hardest aspect is that they are doing everything in the hopes that the person would change, even when the person has no intention of changing in the first place.
If you're in a relationship right now where the person is causing you more grief than happiness, then it's time to let them go.
Accepting that things aren't working is the best approach to avoid getting hurt more in this type of relationship.
It's crucial to admit to yourself that the relationship is in disrepair.
I see so many people that are suffering in their current relationships because they refuse to face the reality of its true nature.
If your current relationship isn't working, do me a favor and don't force it, the more you force it, the more you will end up hurting yourself in the long run.
Nobody can take your happiness away if you don't want it taken away. Your happiness is in your hands; your happiness is dependent on you.
If you don't want others to continue to mistreat you......you have the power to stop them.
Take my advice and have the courage to leave the table when respect is no longer being served.

BEWARE OF "ONE DAY"

1. ONE DAY you will lock your door, but you will not be the one to open it.

2. ONE DAY you will wash those best clothes of yours and you will not be able to wear it.

3. ONE DAY your favourite food will be prepared, and you will not be there to eat it anymore.

4. ONE DAY you will eat and drink what you will never excrete.

5. ONE DAY your curriculum vitae and all your years of experience will not matter to anyone anymore.

6. ONE DAY the person who seems to love you most will never dare to move closer to you.

7. ONE DAY you will think of what you can never accomplish.

8. ONE DAY you will be regarded as "a corpse"

9. ONE DAY you will be isolated in a place called "grave"

10. ONE DAY those things and people you love most will come your way, but you will not be able to give any attention to it/them.

11. ONE DAY you will hold your breath and never be able to release it.

12. ONE DAY you will become a defendant before The Chief Judge (GOD).

13. ONE DAY housefly/ termites will come your way, and you will be unable to chase them.

14. ONE DAY you will receive a call that you can never decline.

15. ONE DAY your name will be called, but no one will answer.

16. ONE DAY the assets you cherished most will be taken by another person.

17. ONE DAY your deed on Earth will be presented to you like a CD.

18. ONE DAY a title will be added to your name "The Late"

19. ONE DAY the Great Allocator will allocate you to an appropriate place.

20. ONE DAY that your beautiful skin will turn to its original nature-sand/dust.

21. ONE DAY your entire body will cease operation. The verb will change from he is a good man to he was a good man.

22. ONE DAY you will be given an eternal apartment, either Paradise or hell.

23. ONE DAY you will not be able to hold or type anything on this phone anymore.

Take LIFE easy, DO GOOD, and run from EVIL. Be at peace with everyone and love your Neighbour as yourself.

THE EARTH

The earth has swallowed many lives
The evil forest has gulp the seed of an orphan
Wickedness, you're indeed the apple of discord
Despair and frustration, pains and tear, the product of doom
Where is thy redemption...?

Can the God be put to blame...?
Can the nature be hold responsible...?
Why does some people born with a silver spoon while, others born with misfortune...?

Now Tell me...!

Who is responsible for these evil days that have befallen Tina?
Where does this conspiracy come from...?
Is it true that God loves some and hate some...?
Please, tell me...tell me... because the world has come to an end

The narrator bow as the tears flows...
The crowd mimed as the narrator rose up his head
With the citations of some word of a fragile heart:

Oh Nature...
Deflated lives like a motor type
Causing the love ones to vanish
Where is thy redemption...?
Where is thy redemption...?

Causing the world of hatred
Liquidation the entire future
Over-ridding the thought of humanity
Oh, Nature...
Where is thy victory...?

You sent man to an early grave
Deviating life to an exile
Causing changes and confusion
Oh, Nature...
Where is thy redemption

The narrator wept....!

OKE OGUN: THE BEST AS CAPITAL FOR THE PROPOSED NEW OYO STATE.

Following the Senate public hearing held in Lagos earlier this month in respect to the state creation, the Senate has in their Friday 11th July plenary proposed the creaction of 12 new states with 2 in each geo-political zone. This development had Ibadan and Ijebu States proposed from the present Oyo and Ogun states respectively. And in all fairness to the Senate, they have done a great job that will enable easy passage of the bill, having conspicuously considered the landmass of some of the shortchanged states in the last creation.

By that arrangement, Ibadan is going with Ibarapa, leaving ÒkèÒgùn, Oyo and Ogbomoso in the new Oyo State. The siting of new Oyo State Capital should ordinarily not be a topic of debate and should ACTUALLY NOT. By every standard, ÒkèÒgùn is naturally positioned as the most suitable location for the capital of the new Oyo State. Factors like landmass, Population, natural resources, centralization, huge infrastructure, Economy, Tourist sites, Food Security, and presence of Research Centers and Higher Institutions of Learning are outstanding qualifications for ÒkèÒgùn to be sited as capital.

Beyond all sentiments, ÒkèÒgùn represents about 47.57% of the total landmass of the present Oyo State; it will represent more than 65% of the proposed new Oyo state. And by numbers of Local Government Area, ÒkèÒgùn has 10 LGAs which is the largest amongst the rest of it's co- proposed journeyers; Ogbomoso with 5 LGAs and Oyo with 4 LGAs. For a fact! ÒkèÒgùn with its 13,537km2 area is 2 to 4 times bigger than Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ekiti and Lagos States. So, if it can not stand as a state for now, being a capital would be fair.

Talking about natural resources deposits, no other region other than ÒkèÒgùn in either of the present Oyo State or the proposed new Oyo State (with the exit of Ibadan and Ibarapa) that has an inch of the natural resources and precious stones the nature has blessed ÒkèÒgùn with; amongst which are gold, marble, kaolin, granite, iron-ore, tantalite, talc, beryl etc. They are all available in commercial quantities in ÒkèÒgùn.

Going by Centralization: ÒkèÒgùn is so central and naturally positioned such that one can easily connect from anywhere within and outside the state. There are good road networks suitable to navigate to state capital from Ogun, Kwara, the proposed Ibadan state and even beyond.

On infrastructure, the Ikere Gorge Dam in Iseyin is a huge source of Power/water Generation and distribution to the state and its neighbors. And apart from power and water security, this will attract investors and shall in no meagre measure boost the economy of the state. Need we also mention that the construction of the road that leads to Ikere Dam has commenced courtesy of Governor Seyi Makinde's administration and the long abandoned Power plant has also recently been approved for revamping by the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to commence soon.

Iyake hanging lake in ÒkèÒgùn is a great site to behold for tourists. Colorado has the 2nd hanging lake in the world and it's boosting it's economy through same by way of tourism. The Federal Government will benefit hugely in this resource and the new state will also not suffer courtesy of this alone.

For Economy, virtually each town in ÒkèÒgùn has outstanding art that boosts economic activities. Iseyin is known for the great art of Aso Oke rated as best in the world; Ipapo for soap making, Shaki for quality Pot production and other towns for one art or the other. Aso Oke International Market in Iseyin is also a great one to lure investors to the new proposed state and shall be a major source of Economy booster.

ÒkèÒgùn being the food basket of Oyo State will do better in terms of Food Security upon attaining the State Capital status. The rich soil of the land coupled with the existence of Ikere dam will help farmers to engage in farming activities all year round produce.

A capital city should be one with serene environment with facilities that does not only make people comfortable but that will also add value to people; such is ÒkèÒgùn with library of International standard (Raji Oke-Esa Library) and Ebedi Residency for Literary works sitting comfortably in the heart of ÒkèÒgùn.

Aside other factors mentioned above, OkeOgun hosts a Federal University, a State University, a State Polytechnic, 2 private Polytechnics and a College of health Sciences. All these are lovely factors to be considered, as the new capital will not start from the scratch for those important requirements.

Finally, the National Assembly has gone this far, the completion of the process will determine what they shall be remembered for after now. It's only expected they are remembered for good, by placing the capital where it best suits. We can all ruminate on the words of Edmund Burke who said , "There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations". The justice and equity here can only be NEW OYO STATE with ÒKÈÒGÙN as CAPITAL.

May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Babajide Oniyo, MNIQS, RQS,
President, Council of Iseyin Youths Organizations, CIYO.

Cc:
Aseyin of Iseyin Adeyeri III
Òkèrè of Sakí Ọba Khalid Olabisi
Okeho
Oba Saliu Azeez
From Alepata's Palace, Igboho.
Nigerian Senate
The Senate President - Nigeria
House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Senator Buhari AbdulFatai Ph.D
Alhaji Abayomi Oshine Oyedeji
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Falana Berates Kemi Badenoch over claim that she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children | ABK News

Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has lashed out at British Conservative politician Kemi Badenoch over her claim that she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman.

Badenoch, the former UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and a leading figure in the Conservative Party, made the controversial remark during an interview with Fareed Zakaria on CNN on Sunday. Speaking about immigration and citizenship laws, she claimed Nigerian legislation does not allow women to confer nationality on their children.

“It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. I have that citizenship by virtue of my parents. I can’t give it to my children because I’m a woman,” Badenoch said. “Yet loads of Nigerians come to the UK and stay for a relatively free period of time, acquire British citizenship. We need to stop being naive.”

In a strongly worded response on Monday, Falana described Badenoch’s statement as “a display of utter ignorance” and accused her of misinforming the British public to score political points.

“In her desperate attempt to impress the British electorate, Kemi Badenoch keeps running down Nigeria,” Falana said in a statement issued in Lagos.

He cited Section 25(b) and (c) of the Nigerian Constitution to debunk her claims, stating clearly that a child born outside Nigeria to a Nigerian parent regardless of gender is entitled to citizenship.

“Contrary to her misleading claim, your children are Nigerians because you are a Nigerian,” Falana stated. “Her assertion that she cannot give Nigerian citizenship to her children because she is a woman is not in consonance with Nigerian law.”

He further referenced Section 42(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which prohibits discrimination based on gender, birth, or class, saying, “Therefore, her two children are Nigerian citizens. The fact that she may not want them to claim it is irrelevant. For now, they are dual citizens of Britain and Nigeria.”

Falana also challenged Badenoch’s statement that Nigerian citizenship is “virtually impossible” for foreigners to obtain. He pointed out that Sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution allow foreigners to acquire Nigerian nationality through registration or naturalisation, once the legal requirements are met.

However, the senior advocate did acknowledge an area of concern in the law where gender inequality still exists.

“A woman married to a Nigerian man can be registered as a citizen, but the same privilege is not extended to a man married to a Nigerian woman. This reflects the patriarchal nature of the law. It should be urgently amended,” Falana said.

The debate has triggered reactions on both sides of the Atlantic, as Nigerians at home and abroad continue to challenge outdated gender provisions in legal frameworks.

Lagos Reporters will continue to track developments around diaspora citizenship rights and constitutional reforms affecting Nigerian identity.

No Smoke Without Fire by John Michaelson
You set the scenes, devise your ponzi schemes,
Then sit back and watch and wait to hear the screams,
Of the puppets you control and manipulate, it seems,
Pandering to their egos and meaningless dreams,
That you force feed them from behind your fascist regimes,
To the point where their existence is squalid and dire.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Greedily carving and starving all the resources and land,
Burning your identity into its flesh to brandish your brand,
Leaving carnage in your wake that you will never understand,
Until you’ve contaminated natures DNA down to its last strand,
And overpriced organic food is systematically banned,
Leaving us all to fend for ourselves, knee deep in your mire.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Then you ply us with alcohol, sugar, tobacco and prescription pills,
That you promise will cure us of our misfortunes and ills,
But instead, they rob us blind of our faculties and skills,
So we can no longer think for ourselves, and we march to your drills,
Governed and controlled by the doctrines penned by your quills,
Sealed by your hot wax stamp with you as its master and sire.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Illegally funded by your megalomaniacal donors and bribes,
You spruik your worthless speeches drafted by your marketing scribes,
To round up your sheep and build your comatose tribes,
Anaesthetised by your false promises and egocentric vibes,
Dependent on commissioned drugs the pharmacist prescribes,
Until we can no longer distinguish the truth teller from the liar.
There’s no smoke without fire.
You preach world peace and equality wearing a bullet proof vest,
Then go home and count the weapons you’ve amassed in your war chest,
And expect us to mindlessly march and fight for you at your behest,
With the sole reason to support and sustain your senseless quest,
For artificial power and profit from conflict that only you can invest,
We’re incapacitated and disabled behind your trip wire.
There’s no smoke without fire.
Conceited oligarchs of this world hiding in your country club cult,
Inconsequentially underestimating the masses, causing pain and insult,
The time has come for your reign to expire so we can change the result,
Which has already started with awakened souls, joining hands to revolt,
Who will not be silenced by your propaganda, but our voices are not a tumult,
Armageddon is upon us, will shout your town crier.
There’s no smoke without fire.
No longer can we bear to be overshadowed by your suffocating shade,
And foolishly follow you down a path from which you have strayed,
We need to emancipate that which you have conquered and slayed,
And free our own minds from being subconsciously brainwashed and played,
Nor live in your world any longer where we’re scared and afraid,
From the feelings and yearnings of our souls, a new paradigm will transpire.
There’s no smoke without fire.
We will celebrate as we watch your disinformation and misinformation burn,
So we can finally trust our instincts and intuition to feel what we learn,
Never again to be judged or measured by what we own, or what we earn,
You need to join the ride or step aside, for now it is our time, our turn,
For where we take our world and our future from here is not your concern,
It’s time for us to attune our frequency to a consciousness much higher.
There’s no smoke without fire.
~John Michaelson~