Category: Columnists

By Kayode Oseni This is one herb that though can be found in nearly all continents of the world, its properties differ in accordance to the clime in which it grows. But wherever it grows, it gives the particular healing properties the people living in that clime needs. Thus mistletoe from Asia may not be […]

By Kayode Oseni Someone asked me recently: How come different herbs are purported to cure the same ailments, are the herbalists scamming us? As preposterous as the question may be, it allows for further clarification on the issue. Not only is there diversity in Nature, but each different species has a purpose. We know that […]

By Kayode Oseni We all agree that we want to be at ease, all the time, or at least most of the time. Alright then, let’s see how to achieve that. I postulated that maintaining harmony within our body is the surest way to being at ease and enjoying good health. How are we supposed […]

By Abdu Rafiu From Edo to China with love – A promise fulfilled (Dr. (Mrs.) Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu, a university teacher, continues her fascinating account of her inexorable journey to China to lecture in Chinese universities. She departed Nigeria on 06 April, 2003). In July 2006, I relocated to Jiangxi Province. During my first lecture […]

These days, many people around the world have greater choice in health care than ever before. Now, we can easily call on our family physician on phone rather than meet him in the hospital, or go online for some Alternative cures rather than looking around for some Natural Cure experts. Among the Alternative Therapies now […]

From the very beginning, man instinctively knew that he must eat. But the knowledge of what to eat wasn’t something that came instantaneously, rather it took some trial and error approaches before knowing which food is good and which is bad. Some made him sick while others made him more energetic. Gradually, he learnt to […]

By Itse Sagay 1. Introduction Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel highly honoured to be invited to give the 2018 Convocation Lecture of this great institution. I thank the Chancellor, the Chairman and Members of Council and Senate for this high privilege. The title of this lecture was deliberately chosen to express and articulate my […]

File photo: This photograph was taken at the occasion sometime in 2018, where President Muhammadu Buhari validated the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election; declared the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who won that election, a former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; conferred on him posthumously the GCFR National Honor usually reserved […]

I was so happy when the news broke on Nigeria that good times are coming back again. I have joy in my heart. No, I am not referring to happy times in terms of more material abundance, or cheaper food and housing. That will be elementary, rudimentary happiness. While one is entitled to be happy, […]

By Tunde Odesola Clothed in the gold and black stripes of a tiger, the honeybee is a commando in flight. Were it human, its life would’ve been the personification of tragedy. Being an insect, however, the bee life is the ‘insectification’ of a sweet-bitter existence because the bee is the soldier that falls on its […]