Introduction This post was inspired by the news I read, that a popular Nigerian Nollywood actor is set to divorce his wife for giving birth to an albino baby. (License:CC BY-SA 3.0 by Ferdinand Reus. Wikimedia

Introduction In primary school, we were taught that photosynthesis is a process whereby green plants use sunlight to synthesize their own food and nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. In those days,

Introduction From the Maitatsine riots of 1980 to the insurgency of Bokoharam since 2009 till date, religious fanaticism has been a catalyst for bloodshed in Nigeria. Some scholars define religion as a

Introduction Decapitation (cutting of the head) could easily be termed as the most gruesome way any human being could be killed, but it has been established that cutting a cockroach’s head may not be such

Introduction The Ebola Outbreak was a nightmare to mankind (License: Public Domain]: Pixabay Between the years 2013 and 2015, Africa suffered the biggest outbreak of Ebola virus disease ever recorded in

Introduction and General Overview It takes a whole lot of metabolic activities for the human body to survive. From breathing to eating, walking and every other human activity to happen, the body must

According to medical experts, over 2 million people in the United States become ill every year with antibiotic resistant infections, and an estimated 23,000 people die in the process. Image Source: Pixabay

Although it is clearly written on most tobacco products that “smokers are liable to die young”, humans have refused to totally drop the habit of smoking, because after all, Shakespeare once said that nothing

He tries to keep himself from crying, but the tears betray him yet again. They roll down his face till they come spreading across his lips, a salty tang of bitterness. Image source: Pixabay He picks up

This is my entry for the Supernatural Writing Contest hosted by @jerrybanfield I have lived with this secret all my life, and I never knew that I was ever going to share it. Maybe telling this story is

Microwaving is probably one of the most convenient ways of preparing food, but the price we pay for that convenience may be life-threatening. Image source This life-threatening danger of microwave was

When I walked into the class this morning, I saw a girl flipping frantically through the pages of a biochemistry textbook. She looked visibly frustrated as she tried to reconcile what she had on her notes

Paracetamol is the world’s most popular pain killer, but it could also potentially trigger the most dangerous kind of liver disease. In the hectic world we live today, it is almost impossible for one to

Some days ago, I found myself in a beer-parlor kind of setting where someone was vehemently arguing that “too much sex and masturbation” will make his friend go bald quickly. Because of this, I decided

‘You think I am stupid and senseless? I must look like such a fool to you!’ He barked at the top of his voice. He had been pacing around with a clenched fist and raging eyes ever since she broke the news

“Shake that booty baby! Shake that booty, flash your sexy smile, entice him with your charming smile, and he’ll feed from the palms of your hands all the days of his life. ” lintvwotv.files.wordpress.com

The mind and the body have a much deeper connection than we understand. Although the mind and the body are different, whatever happens to one affects the other. The mind controls our moods and the things

There she will sit and nurse Her "tiny little bag of bones" Living for him and nothing else And cursing her father’s heart of stone His mouth, in her nipple; will always stuck Reminding her a

It's officially my first Friday on Steemit, and I'm super excited about it. I've met some really amazing people here, and I've learnt a lot within these few days. Happy Friday beautiful Steemians, thanks

In Nigeria where I come from, food is a culture. Both men and women are encouraged to learn how to cook, not because we can’t eat out, but because we love to enjoy our local meals in the comfort of our