Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Sebeccly - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month



For the third time in a row, Sebeccly has rolled out her breast helplines, social media and online information centre. The cancer information centre is a cancer information resource, whereby callers can make enquiries on breast health and cancer. Callers are educated on cancer screening guidelines,provided with available cancer information and facilities available. Callers with breast abnormalities are free to walk in to our office for a free consultation/checks and are referred to an approved institution.

info@sebecclycancercare.org
Breast helplines 0810-205-6467, 0808-107-6764

The breast helplines will run throughout October 2013, 10am-2pm while the email and social media run throughout the year, 24/7

Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Nigeria I See




The Nigeria I See

Share with us your dreams of a better nation

Its Nigeria’s 53rd anniversary - the celebration of the independence of any nation should mark a progressive development in all indexes of growth in the said nation. That may not entirely be the story of Nigeria. Year in and out, we have read countless articles of how things are not working out in the country. Usually, it is the same story; no power, unemployment, bad roads, corruption, tribalism and insecurity. But that is not all there is to us. Our independence should celebrate who we are; our strength, unity in diversity, our rich culture and heritage. We should beam the light and embrace us as we are while forging ahead. Yes, nothing may be working but e go better.

Muttallab aside, (Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is the 23year old wanna be terrorist who failed to detonate a bomb to blow up a US Northwest Flight 253 with hundreds of passengers on board traveling from Amsterdam-Schipol airport to Detroit, Michigan, USA), we still have many great men and women who have done us proud as a nation.

We have the likes of Soyinka, Achebe, Ben Okri, Ola Rotimi and Chiamanda Adichie  who have done us proud in the literary world. Just this year, we became African sports champion after a team of home based players beat other world class players to win the African Nations Cup. The list is endless.

There’s always something to smile about no matter how dark the clouds maybe. Though it hurts that over fifty years since the colonial masters left, we are still grappling with many self afflicted problems. While some quarters hold that corruption is the main cause of our problems, others say we shouldn’t have gotten our independence when we did. Our leaders today simply do not share the ideals and values of our freedom fighters and over fifty years, we can’t beat our chest yet to a job well done.

In our hypocritical nature, we hide under the blankets of religion. Even that is no longer working and has equally backfired in our faces. Truth be told, the average man may not see a reason to celebrate because nothing has changed and the future looks bleak.

But we must move on. Giving up is not even an option. What is the Nigeria you see? Share with us the Nigeria of your dreams for publication in the upcoming October Independence Anniversary edition of TIMELESS Magazine.

God bless