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INGREDIENTS – Ukazi leaf – Spinach – Smoked Turkey (meat) – Oxtail (meat) – Dry Stockfish (fish) – Smoked Fish – Shrimp – Periwinkle (where available) – Dry, Ground Crayfish – Bell Pepper – *Spicy* Hot pepper (Scotch bonnet or Jamaican Pepper) – Palm oil – Onions – Bouillon cubes PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH 1. Thoroughly clean, season and boil your meats by placing in pot with little or no water. Liquids from the washed meats should be enough to get a good boil going. You want to ensure that you have enough broth from this assortment of meats to prevent from using ordinary water however, do so sparingly.  Why is this? Over-watering meats strips meats of added seasoning and the broth which emerges are less concentrated. Per meats: You may use alternatives. We chose smoked turkey, oxtail, stock fish and smoked fish for a wide variety. Note: Clean & shred Smoked Fish (we used catfish), remove th...

Ewedu soup recipe - How to make ewedu soup Ewedu soup is a tasty Nigerian soup popular in the western part of the country and indigenous to the yorubas, a popular ethnic group in Nigeria. It's a mucilaginous and very slimy draw soup made from jute leaves, also known as ayoyo or saluyot leaves ( corchorus olitorius ). In the average yoruba home, ewedu isn't served alone. It's often served with stew or gbegiri and accompanied by either Amala or Eba (Garri) . Personally, i enjoy eating ewedu with peppered buka stew garnished with sharki, fuku, pomo and accompanied with soft amala....Yum!. How to make Ewedu soup • Prep time:  15 minutes • Cook time: 15 minutes • Total time: 30 minutes • Region:      Western Nigeria Things you'd need • Ijabe (Traditional broom whisk) Or Blender Ingredients::: • 1 bunch Ewedu leaves   • 1 cup water • 1 tsp. potash • 1 tsp. locust beans • Salt to taste Directions::: Step 1; Pluck the...

For middle-aged women who aren’t counting calories, how much exercise does it take to keep off extra weight? According to a new study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association , roughly an hour per day. Though current recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services suggest that a weekly 150 minutes (or half hour five days per week) of moderate exercise—activities like hiking—is enough for weight maintenance, after up to 13 years of follow-up with more than 34,000 women in this latest study, researchers found that maintaining a healthy weight required more than double that amount of moderate physical activity . What’s more, for women who were already overweight, exercise on its own wasn’t enough to help them get back down to a normal range body mass index (BMI). Examining the impact of exercise alone, only women who were at a normal BMI at the study’s onset were able to maintain their healthy body weight—and they did it throug...

All great men have been nurtured in the laps of women.  As the famous saying states, “ Behind every successful man there is a woman .” It is either the touch of a loving mother or the embrace of a devoted wife which propels man to the summits of success.  Men are moulded in the shadows of ideal women. The ideal woman is the nucleus of the family.  She keeps bonds strong.  Whilst the father is busy earning the daily bread, the ideal woman as a mother at home wraps the children in a blanket of love and affection.  She tends to their needs and feeds them the love children so ardently desire.  When the mother sits to worship her loving Creator, she positions her child next to her on the prayer mat.  The child observes the mother inquisitively.  As the days pass, the child begins to imitate her actions.  A time comes where the child falls into prostration himself.  Before the mother falls to the ground in the presence of her ...

Primary transmission of the Lassa virus from its host to humans can be prevented by avoiding contact with Mastomys rodents, especially in the geographic regions where outbreaks occur. Putting food away in rodent-proof containers and keeping the home clean help to discourage rodents from entering homes. Using these rodents as a food source is not recommended. Trapping in and around homes can help reduce rodent populations; however, the wide distribution of Mastomys in Africa makes complete control of this rodent reservoir impractical. When caring for patients with Lassa fever, further transmission of the disease through person-to-person contact or nosocomial routes can be avoided by taking preventive precautions against contact with patient secretions (called VHF isolation precautions or barrier nursing methods). Such precautions include wearing protective clothing, such as masks, gloves, gowns, and goggles; using infection control measures, such as complete equipment...

What’s most striking about the 15 women in our new ranking of the World’s Greatest Leaders is how strongly they exemplify a new model of leadership. It’s a model in which leaders must influence a wide range of groups over which they have no direct authority, while those groups typically command much power of their own through their access to information and their ability to communicate with practically anyone. That kind of world demands a new kind of leadership, and while plenty of men on the list have mastered it, every one of the women has done it. And that’s no surprise. Am I really saying that women on average are just better at this kind of leadership? Yes, that’s what I’m saying. Many of the women on this list hold no direct authority over anyone. Johnetta Elzie promoting peaceful protest in Ferguson, Missouri, human rights activist Beatrice Mtetwa in Zimbabwe, leadership apostle Frances Hesselbein – none of them can be effective by giving orders. Even the t...

Mo Abudu, a 50 year-old Nigerian media entrepreneur and talk show host, is the founder of Ebony Life TV , a fast-growing black African multi-broadcast entertainment network, which showcases informative and entertaining programmes that portray Africa at its best. Abudu, who has been described by international news outlets as ‘Africa’s Africa’, is keen in her resolve to rewrite Africa’s story. And it’s time you took notice. In a recent email interview, she recounts her entrepreneurial journey and reflects on the lessons she has learned along the way. My passion to help change the narrative about Africa began to grow as far back as when I was a teenager living in the UK, schooling in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, a town that had just a few blacks at the time. As I have said many times in the past, here, I had to learn to stand up for myself, to defend my identity and my race in an environment where you continually got asked the most ridiculous and mind-boggling questions like ...