Ghanaian Pregnant Women Take Pills To Bleach Unborn Baby Skin

THE FOOD and Drugs Authority (FDA), has warned women in Ghana against a growing trend of taking pills during pregnancy to lighten the skin of their unborn babies while they are still in the womb.According to BBC Africa, medical experts say these illegal drugs can cause birth defects, including damage to limbs and internal organs.
FDA have said using Glutathione pills for this purpose is dangerous, adding that it wants the public to know that they have not approved any product in the form of a tablet to lighten the skin of the unborn child.
The FDA also reports that this practice is growing in the African country, with pills often smuggled into inside luggage in large quantities.
“The use of these drugs has gone to an alarming stage; it is ignorance that is making people do so,” said the FDA’s head of cosmetics and household chemicals, Emmanuel Nkrumah.
“[The only things] that you take orally should be food, toothpaste and mouthwash, and not bleaching pills,” Nkrumah said.

Security agencies and the police are working together to arrest and prosecute companies and individuals in possession of the illegal drugs.

This is now a trend among pregnant women in Ghana. Due to the general fact that most Ghanaian babies are born dark, women are now taking pills while in pregnancy to lighten the skin of their unborn babies.

Medical experts however stated that these illegal drugs can cause birth defects, including damage to limbs and internal organs.
Ghana ‘s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says using Glutathione pills for this purpose is dangerous, adding it wants “the general public to know that no product has been approved by the FDA in the form of a tablet to lighten the skin of the unborn child”.
“The use of these drugs has gone to an alarming stage; it is ignorance that is making people do so,” the FDA’s head of cosmetics and household chemicals, Emmanuel Nkrumah, said at a media-sensitisation workshop on unapproved bleaching pills and products.

“[The only things] that you take orally should be food, toothpaste and mouthwash, and not bleaching pills,” Nkrumah said.

The practice is growing in Ghana, according to the FDA, with pills often smuggled into the country inside luggage at airports in large quantities.
Although comprehensive data has not yet been gathered, the body says market surveillance and stakeholder activity have helped to reveal the trend among women crosses socio-economic divides.
Security agencies and police are working together to arrest and prosecute companies and individuals in possession of the illegal tablets.

Ghana hit the headlines last month when candidates for jobs in the immigration service were disqualified from the recruitment process if they bleached skin or stretch marks, for fear they might bleed during the “strenuous” training.

Here are facts about the side effects of glutathione according to Light Skin Cure, a skincare-oriented website:

Allergic reactions – Some people may experience skin swelling or rashes on parts of the body.

Cancer-causing ingredients – Research indicates that some ingredients in most skin-whitening products, glutathione included, may cause cancer.

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Meanwhile, away from the CeeC, Tobi and Lolu's drama.

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Team MiNa are having a swell time together. 

Prove to show that snake can swallow money. See rat stealing from a handbag

‘I Was Sold To The World’ The World Killed Me – Ebony Cries To Spiritual Woman

According to a woman named Madam Adwoa Nyamekye, claims she saw the late musician Ebony Reigns’ ghost at where the accident took place and the dancehall diva sent her a message to tell Ghanaians.

In an interview on Kumasi based Nhyira fm, the woman narrated that she was on her way to church and when she got to where the accident took place—Her spirit suddenly saw that of Ebony’s and they had a conversation.

According to her, she asked what the late musician was doing there, and she replied she needs someone she can pass on a message to tell Ghanaians.

The woman indicated further that, Ebony’s spirit was crying, in pains and was just hovering around the accident scene.

“I was sold to the world and they also bought me. I died a sudden death and my spirit cannot rest but I want to rest.”Madam Nyamekye claims Ebony told her.

The woman who is in her 50’s went on to say that, she also saw the two other people who died with Ebony, Vondee and Franky Kuri, crying bitterly.

She added that Ghanaians should stop talking bad about the death and should rather be prayerful as there are more sudden deaths ahead.

Named Priscilla Opoku Kwartenng but was widely known as Ebony Reigns was born on February 16, 1997, and died Thursday, February 8, 2018, after being involved in a fatal car crash.


The incident took place on the Kumasi-Sunyani highway, with two other persons also losing their lives. Her one-week memorial comes off on Sunday, February 18, at the St. Martin de Porres School in Dansoman, Accra.

Monkey Steals N70Million Cash From Nigerian Senators’ Farm House – Shehu Sani

Mr. Sani said about N70 million belonging to the group was claimed to have been carted away by monkeys in a farm house. .
Adamu’s removal was announced in a letter read by the presiding officer, Ike Ekweremadu, shortly before the end of the plenary on Wednesday. .
The letter signed by the forum’s Public Relations Officer, Dino Melaye, noted that Mr. Adamu was removed for ‘financial mismanagement and misadministration.’ .
Responding to questions on why the senator was removed, Mr. Sani said the financial mismanagement borders on a N70 million belonging to the forum. He said the money was rumoured to have been carted away by monkeys in a farm house. .
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“There are some things some of my colleagues will not say but I’m not used to holding back. When we assumed office, Senator Ahmed Lawan tendered the sum of N70 million to the 8t Senate. .
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That N70 million was money gathered from the 7th Senate. It was handed over to northern senators of 8th Senate. .
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The rumors going round, which I don’t know whether it’s true but I believe other senators know, is the fact that there were allegations that some monkeys raided the farm house of some of the executives of the northern senators forum and carted away some of these money. .
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I think, this country is becoming a huge joke. First of all, it was the rodents that drove away the president and then we now have snakes consuming about N36 million and now we have monkeys raiding farm house. So, they don’t want this to be said but I believe that we should be very clear.”

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5 Influential Ways to Turn Failure Into Success

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There’s hardly a person in history that hasn’t seen failure in life. People fail in life and it hurts. It can cut them deep, leaving you with no one but your sorrows to wipe your wounds off. Usually, when we fail at something we can’t seem to see through the pain to find out why it happened.

However, failure is evolutionary – it helps us to grow, mature, and reach a deeper understanding of life as to what we want and why we want it. It is basically the real secret towards success.

Quite frankly, if you were to succeed in every endeavor, you’d become arrogant and a narcissist. Failure helps you to become a better person, expanding your mind while deepening our hearts. As much as it can hurt at times, without failure, it would be difficult to appreciate our successes.

If you have faced failure recently, it is okay. You need to believe in yourself and in the fact that failure isn’t the end of it all, it might be the right beginning. Of course, there are several ways to turn each failure into a success.

Here are 5 ways to turn your failure into success:

1. List the reasons you failed

Everyone has dreams and ambitions they want to see fulfilled when they’re striving for success. So when you fail, you need to see those reasons again. Have a look at them and think, “Do I still want this dream to be a reality”’, and if the answer is yes, do not give up. If you don’t have a strong enough reason why you need to succeed, failure will be likened to an atomic bomb, leveling your hopes and your dreams in its wake. However, when you have a strong reason, nothing will stand in your way.

2. Acknowledge your mistakes

A responsible individual will always own up to their mistakes, as it is important to acknowledge where you faltered. If you don’t own them, you can’t possibly redeem them in order to achieve success.

There’s no reason to hide the fact that you failed. Puffing your chest out and blaming others or your circumstances is a sad little charade that doesn’t last long. You don’t really have to apologize for the choices you’ve made, but you do need to recognize them as they are to avoid such choices in the future.We are product of the past but we don’t have to let our mistakes define us.

“Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.” – Dale Turner

3. Learn from your mistakes

When a person fails and tries to get over it, he may tend to ignore all the things he did that led to the failure. After reviewing your failure, acknowledge your mistakes and only then can you learn from them. As they say, “The only way to fail at failing is to learn nothing from the experience.”

This is good practice, as long as you don’t blame yourself pointlessly.  Don’t dismiss your failed experiments but learn from them. Write down and remember everything you know you could have done better because it will motivate you to improve the next time.

4. Consistency is key

Consistent action creates consistent results. You can try as hard as you want but strength doesn’t come from what you can do; rather doing the things you once thought you never could.

Whenever you let yourself fall down, you have to learn to dust yourself off, get up, and move forward. Repeat this process until you’re at the point where you wanted to see yourself. Consistency is highly undervalued yet what you do every day matters more than what you do every once in awhile. Always remember to “Try, try until you succeed.”

“Consistency for me is everything.” – Alexei Navalny

5. Don’t lose your confidence

Failure can shake anybody’s confidence. That’s completely human. But remember, confidence is your biggest asset in your daily routine which can lead you to improved mental well-being as well. Remind yourself that you have the strength to rely on and weaknesses to improve. Everybody falls down from time to time as long as they’re human. That doesn’t mean you can’t pick yourself up and run a marathon. Regaining your confidence after facing a devastating failure can be the strongest thing a person can do. If you can do that, you can do anything.

Sometimes failure keeps you stuck in your old ways and you need support to help get past your bad habits. For that matter, you need tofind someone you can rely on for support. It could be a friend or a mentor or anyone who has experienced what you’re going through presently so they can point you in the right direction. Failure is the only way you can grow and evolve, because ultimately, failure is an opportunity to do better.

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Do you often procrastinate? Are you doing it now by reading this article? If yes – awesome, continue reading.

Most of us consider procrastination the biggest troublemaker and productivity killer. You see it as a vice, consequently, you try to overcome its effects, kill the procrastination beast and cheat with all the possible means.

But what if it’s not quite so? What if procrastination can virtually lead to productivity? Have you ever thought about this aspect? Many outstanding productive people, in fact, were chronic procrastinators. How did they manage to achieve success? What tips did successful people use to beat procrastination?

Here are five unusual tips from hard-core procrastinators that will help you boost your productivity level:

1. Victor Hugo: Lock away your clothes

The author of Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and many more tremendously famous novels was beating procrastination with the most extraordinary and radical means. One episode from his life is the most illustrative here.

Hugo started writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame quite close to the deadline – in the fall of 1830. While the deadline was in February 1831. His preparation was thorough, but he did not feel like writing. Thus, he did something that didn’t leave a choice – he got naked and locked away his clothes.

The aim of all that was to avoid temptations of going outside. Hugo had nothing to wear but a shawl. And for many months, this rag (as his wife claimed) was his daily uniform. Did it work? Absolutely. He finished the book weeks before the actual deadline.

2. Gerhard Richter: Create a crisis

Gerhard Richter, world known German artist and procrastinator, got millions with his paintings. For example, Abstrakis Bild was sold for $20,802,500 at Sotheby’s.  How did he manage to procrastinate and, at the same time, complete paintings of photos, abstracts, “blur” photo paintings, and many more works of art?

It’s striking that he actually wastes time on garden and not on his paintings. In one of the interviews, Richter described his daily routines:  “I could spend my life arranging things. Weeks go by, and I don’t paint until finally I can’t stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost don’t want to talk about it, because I don’t want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself.

It is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. You have to find the idea.” Thus, his secret strategy to become more productive is a simple crisis.

“Chance determines our lives in important ways.” – Gerhard Richter

3. Bill Clinton: Take criticism seriously, not personally

The 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, was described as a “chronic procrastinator” by Time magazine. Could you believe that a two-time Grammy winner may be addicted to postponing? Clinton had weeks or sometimes months to make comments on the drafts of his speeches, but, eventfully, it all ended with cut-and-paste in the end.

Even his Vice President Al Gore called Clinton “punctually challenged”. However, despite all the criticism, he managed to never give up. The key secret to productivity is the way you perceive criticism, according to Bill Clinton. If you take it too personally, you won’t be able to resist the feeling of deficiency that finally leads to the inferiority complex. Therefore, keep your cool when you are criticized. Then, you have more chances to stay productive.

4. Franz Kafka: Try to wake up the night productivity

The Czech writer worked as an insurance clerk and it was the time to existential thinking. The novelist though didn’t put his ideas into action. After Kafka had been promoted, he had more time and procrastination infected him for good.

His routine day after work, as he mentioned it on one of his letters, looked like this: “Lunch till 3:30 … sleep until 7:30 … ten minutes of exercises, naked at the open window … an hour’s walk … then dinner with my family.” There is nothing about writing though. When did he actually write? Beginning from approximately 11 p.m. and continuing up to 6 a.m. Not the perfect system, for sure, but that’s was the most productive time for Kafka. It appears that he spent most of the daytime napping.

“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt

5. Leonardo Da Vinci: Start several things at a time and make notes

An artist, mathematician, sculptor, writer, inventor, military engineer, Leonardo Da Vinci, is an outstanding figure in history. But despite the success he achieved, he was never focused on one thing at a time.

During his lifetime, he managed to complete only 20 paintings. The Virgin of the Rockstook him 13 years to put the final changes.  While his most illustrious work The Mona Lisa – as many as 16 years. The reason for that was his multi-tasking capacity. He was an incredibly broad-minded and all-round personality with so many genius plans. Toimprove a willpower, he had a rule book where he had more than 7,000 pages of notes.

His procrastination wasn’t already a secret for his benefactors. And some of them threatened him with bankruptcy in order to have his work done at last.

What if procrastination can be a way to extreme productivity and perfectionism? And still, you have structured procrastination as an option and a solution.

Would you use any of these tips to boost productivity flows? Comment below!

The best tricks to keep your self motivated.

I was a madman at one point in my life.

I used to wake up each morning, crazy, obsessed to succeed. I solved science problems in my mind at the mornings when my mother served me breakfast. I was dribbling a basketball in the school breaks.

When people doubted (and, sometimes, getting to the point when they insulted me), I came home and whispered to myself “we will see. we will see. Wait and we will see. Just wait...”

When I listened to motivational music, I beat myself. Not literally. But I was getting so pumped that I was hitting my chest out of the adrenaline.

You are probably thinking that I am crazy. The truth is, even now, as those memories pass my mind they all seem like madness to me.

But it is that same madness that made me beat the odds and win 6 International Science Olympiad medals, 5 National Basketball Championship gold medals and get admitted to the University of Cambridge.

Over these years, I learned that motivation consists of two facets:

THE SOURCE

You cannot be motivated if you do not have a source for that. Period.

Ask yourself this: what do you want?

What is your dream that each day when you wake up your eyes glitter with the notion of your dream.

What is it that makes you breath, that makes you eat and sleep, and LIVE!

What is it that makes you run, and when your legs are dead, crawl to the finish line?

What is that goal that you are holding in your heart which is so damn important to you that you will NEVER give up?!

Live for it…

THE FIRE

BURN!

Burn your inside with motivation. You have a dream, a notion, now all you have to do is kindle it: do activities that “make your brain” remember what you are fighting for.

1. Listen to motivational music. This can be anything in your taste. My favorite is “Lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it…”
2. Posters. I woke up each day as the wall of my room told me: “Sep 9, 2013” the date when a close person doubted me pretty bad.
3. Self-talk. Only you can get inside your head. Talk to yourself and don’t think of sounding crazy.
4. Watch motivational videos. YouTube is a great start.
5. Read posts. Realizing that you are not the only one who faced obstacles can be motivating.

BURN YOURSELF!

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How you can get better at small talk

1. Become a parrot - don't go telling me some people are born with the gift of gab. It's a white lie. If you want to be good at small talk, talk a lot, like a parrot. Always be ready to say something or give a comment. Yeah.
2. Watch a lot of movies and listen to a lot of music - they are great conversational topics of course! Did you see Spiderman homecoming? Oh how awful that film is.. Blah blah blah, twenty minutes and you're still talking.
3. Learn the art of elaboration - there are some awful people out there that I call the k people, whatever you ask them, how was your day?, whats up?, how are you doing?. They always say fine or okay. Don't do this, learn to elaborate your responses, input stories and give others the full detail.
4. Hang out with parrots - ah! There is no place like home with friends talking about anything and everything. So hang out with any talkative that you can find, put in that practice. They will infect you with their parroting skills.
5. Ask interesting questions - like what's the most interesting thing that happened to you today? Tell me the movie you watched that you didn't want to end? What's the Craziest idea you've ever had?
6. Have backup questions - awkward silence are stubborn bastards, they love happening so don't fight them. Prepare instead! Have 2-4 backup questions in case Mr awkward silence shows up.
7. Read a lot of books on social skills - seriously this will almost change your life.
8. DO everything you learn in the books - trust me, if you do this, your social life won't be the same