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   By: Pelumi Ero-Phillips Every 13 minutes, a woman dies from breast cancer. This is very heartbreaking but it is a reality that occurs. I pray that none of us is a victim of this. But, do you know that black women are more likely to die from this disease? Even though breast cancer isn’t commonly diagnosed in black women younger than 45, they are more likely to die from the disease if eventually they are diagnosed. However, as a black woman, you have friends that can help you fight this deadly disease.  Your friends are powerful anti-cancer drugs in the fight against breast cancer. Keeping an active social circle and hanging out with those that make you happy can help reduce your chances of getting breast cancer. This is because stress and isolation may have the power to increase tumor growth in the breast. Aside from hanging out with friends, there are also ways you can help reduce your risk of getting breast cancer. Fish oil may help reduce your risk.   I definite...

   By Pelumi Ero-Phillips Is the slum a good place to live? This question will be answered in different ways by different people depending on their experience and outlook to life. Slums in Lagos can be found in Ajegunle , Amukoko, Agege, Makoko( across the third main bridge), Ori ile, Sari Iganmu, Badia, Bariga, Ijeshatedo/Itire, Ilaje, Iwaya. The slum is most  times found in the urban or sub urban areas of a city  where housing quality is low and living conditions are poor.  The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by people from the lower economic profiles. But regardless of all these the slum has produced quite a number of talents in the world.  The slum might not be a good place to live but does it mean as individuals we leave it dirty and not good enough for cohabitation just because no one has made an attempt to make the place conducive for living? These past few weeks I saw a lot of things my e...

 Ero-Phillips Pelumi,  Lagos Source:  The PUNCH NLC members protesting The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said the worker's union will surely embark on a three-day Nationwide strike if the Federal government fails to come round to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning protest organized by the NLC.  Wabba, who spoke in an interview with Channels TV 'Sunrise Daily', stated that the workers' union embarked on a two-day protest against the ongoing ASUU strike not just a show of solidarity, but because the strike directly affected the NLC.  He said, " The two-day warning strike is to call for attention for the issues to be resolved promptly. The next level is a three-day national warning strike if nothing has happened after the protest to show our grievances ". " We are not on a solidarity action, we are affected directly ".  The NLC had organized the two-day protest after a s...