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The temptation to binge can indeed be one of the hardest things to overcome. However, there are some useful tips that can help deal with this temptation and help you eventually overcome it. Jumia Food, Nigeria’s No. 1 online food ordering platform, shares 5 useful tips to deal with binge eating. Keep Record of What You Eat It is easier to deal with binge eating when you’re mindful of what you eat. Keeping record of what you eat in a food diary can help you do just that.   Explore…

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Having to deal with a bad  roommate can really be tiring and aggravating. However, there are ways of dealing with a bad roommate that will make the situation less of an ordeal for you. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 simple ways to handle a bad roommate. Decide to Rise Above It Dealing with a bad roommate can easily become a power struggle mired with pettiness, antagonism and immaturity. This is unnecessary and will pay you much more to make a decision to rise above it all…

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With a handful of individuals and organisations now heavily utilising websites as their databank and to do business, it can be compromised anytime especially if it is insecure. The consequences of running a website that can be breached include loss of sensitive data and customers to your competitors; it may be defaced and hackers may set up a temporary web server to perform illegal activities. On this premise, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares security tips that will help you protect your website from hackers. Keep web scripts…

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A moment of self-rediscovery was enacted in Ogoja the traditional headquarters of Northern Cross River on the 30th of September 2017 when sons and daughters of the Cross River North Senatorial Zone gathered together to stage the largest live event in recent times in the history of the area. The event nicknamed, “NORTHFEST” brought people from afar and near and from all walks of life in different attires, dancing, drumming and parading. They came from the traditional rulership, political class, clergy men, including: men, women, children, students, and farmers to…

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There is always that one person who will always have your heart. If you are thinking the statement sounds like something from a cheesy love song, you would be right. It actually is the first line of the awesome duet by Alicia Keys and Usher titled ‘My Boo’. At the time it was released in 2004, I was still a dreamy teenager …although I had already had my ‘first love’ experience and nursed a heartbreak or two already as well. In fact, I remember buying the then NGN50 pamphlet that…

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I have always been deathly afraid of ghosts. I don’t know why. As a child, the easiest way to terrify or creep me out was to suggest that a ghost was lurking around. I would literally become your slave in exchange for protection. One of my sisters really took advantage of this fear that I had. She would just simply say “Ojuju will catch you” and I’d become paralyzed or freeze in whatever position I was in, then she would get me to do whatever she wanted or stay away…

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Snapchat may have introduced stories but it was actually made popular after it was ‘copied’ by Facebook’s Instagram. Today, Instagram Stories feature is now used by over 200 million people daily. Hence, it will not be out of place to say that you need to up your Instagram Story game if you use Instagram. These tricks discussed by Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency should help. Use your phone’s camera to take pictures Do not use your Instagram app to take photos and videos because the app has a…

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South Africa is a bustling and culturally rich country on the southernmost tip of the African continent. It boasts of diverse cultures and customs, some of which are indeed interesting to know, especially for those considering a visit to the beautiful country. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 interesting South African customs to know. Touching and Personal Space There is usually a decent amount of touching when dealing with South Africans, which features the touching of arms, shoulders and hands in interactions with one another. People will…

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I knew I was studying the right course in the university when our lecturer at the time, Dr. Ekeanyanwu Nnamdi(probably the best teacher I’ll ever have) mentioned that a journalist had to have a “nose for news” and “an eye for detail”. I certainly have all of that, including an ear for the most silent whispers. I notice and hear EVERYTHING. Matter of fact, I once narrated an event to my mother – an event that happened when I was just about a year old- with so much detail that she…

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One thing seems rare in our society today, a society that is rapidly growing wide apart from real time human relation and increasingly porous in the sphere of classless co-existence…. that is the rich living for the poor. Here is a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria  epitomizing the true essence and respect for humanity. Senator Andy Uba has today proven once again to be a man of the people who is ready to accommodate  the constituent social strata of our society as he mingles with the commons,…

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