Augustine Miles Kelechi, popularly known by his stage name – ‘Tekno’, surprised a female fan few days ago with a N500,000 transfer. The Pana crooner had taken to his Instagram page, posting a...
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Sweet, spicy, oily, leafy, slimy….there are so many flavours, textures and smells to Nigerian food that is not replicated in any other country in the world, and should you be lucky enough to...
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We watch hosts on cooking shows and see them going through a number of fancy looking dishes without looking harried…and you wonder how you cannot get through a simple meal of rice without...
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A research published in the British Journal Heart has revealed that daily consumption of egg the risk of heart disease. A group of Chinese scientists, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group,...
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The bitter leaf plant, scientifically known as Vernonia Amygdalina is a bitter herb found and consumed in tropical climates. In West Africa, besides being used for ethnomedicinal properties, the biter leaf plant is...
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PRESS RELEASE MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018 The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), together with the Regional Platform for Central African Producers Organisations (PROPAC) and the International Institute for...
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Why would anyone want to eat anything made from a leaf called bitter leaf? If you’re asking this question, then you’ve clearly never tried the BITTER LEAF SOUP known to Nigerians as ofeonugbu/obe ewuro,...
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Fitfam, Keto dieting and Veganism are some of the trends that show that people are being more deliberate about weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. It is no news that section like...
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The House of Representatives has called on its Committee on Health Care Services to investigate the Sale and Consumption of Artificially Ripened Fruits and report its findings back to the House within four...
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More and more, people are looking to natural foods and sources for health remedies, preventive and curative treatment of different rampant illnesses. What is particularly interesting besides the ‘discovery’ of super foods, is...
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Mango is a tropical fruit which grows in Nigeria, with up to ten species growing locally. These stone fruits offer flavours ranging from rich to sweet and tangy from fruits which could be...
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Wine drinking goes back a long way in time, from biblical times, where Timothy advises that it settles the belly, to monks who took it in moderate quantities and attributed their longer life...
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A lot of our favorite foods actually have interesting stories about them that would blow your mind – all facts! Some are actually not the fruits we believe them to be, and historically,...
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SO, WHAT IS ZOBO DRINK? Zobo is a beverage made from the brewed or infused sepals of the hibiscus sabdariffa flower made with a selection of food spices, sweeteners or flavours and consumed...
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When it comes to top Nigerian chefs, a few names readily come to mind. Amongst these top of mind personalities, the name Tolu Erogbogbo would definitely crop up. A mouthful – but not...
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Probiotics – the good kind of bacteria – can be found in fermented dairy products, in some scientifically modified and fortified fruits and vegetables – fruits and vegetable juices, dried fruits, fermented vegetables,...
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Before the advent of sweets, chocolates, processed snacks and sugared confectioneries and beverages, healthy Nigerian snacks had been in existence and they were prepared using local food items. These snacks were made using...
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Many of our local foods, spices, beverages, staples and spices like pap, garri, palm wine, iru, etc, that we consume are actually excellent sources of probiotics. These foods are processed using African traditional...
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Vegetables are essential to the body, however, in consuming these gifts of nature, you should ensure whilst enjoying them, you’re getting the most out of them. For some vegetables, the only way to...
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Anorexia nervosa, mostly referred to as ‘anorexia’ is one of the three related eating disorders – Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, and Binge-Eating Disorder. A person is considered anorexic when they restrict their food intake...
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Veganism is considered the strictest form of vegetarianism, in that vegans stay off all animal by-products –their meat, eggs, milk, honey…anything that is a byproduct of an animal. People choose the vegan route...
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Veganism and vegetarianism are two terms which we usually understand refers to people going the green route. Sometimes, they are used interchangeably, but do they even mean the same thing? Veganism is actually...
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Prof. Simon Irtwang, Chairman, Technical Committee on Yam Export, on Tuesday said yam exporters were finalising processes to export another consignment of yam to the United States of America and United Kingdom. Irtwang...
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Fats are one of the main classes of food, alongside proteins and carbohydrates. They are made up of molecules called triglycerides. Fats all have a similar chemical structure consisting of three zigzagged fatty...
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