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By Animasahun Boluwatiwi,Gbadebo Kanyinsola and Mustapha Kafilat Urethral Infection commonly known as Àtòsí among the Yorubas is a sexually transmitted infection. The infection can be contracted by both the male and female genders. The infection affects the urethra which is the tube that drains urine from the bladder. The major cause of urethral infection is unprotected sex and the common symptoms of the infection are itching,pains during urination, yellowish discharge and stomach discomfort. In an interview with Tile Toko correspondents, Mrs Ibitoye Oluwatobi, a medical scientist at the Health is Wealth Laboratory & Diagnostic Centre, Ikorodu, Lagos State explained the causes, symptoms and the treatments for the infection.  “The major medication for the treatment of urethral Infection is antibiotics” “To get the intensity of the infection's in a patient, tests are carried out. A cotton swab is gently inserted about 3-4 inches (2 centimeters) into the ur

2023 GENERAL ELECTION: POWER FOR THE PEOPLE AGAIN Democracy is one of the lenient system of government where people are govern by the collective decision of the majority through electoral processes.  Having the right to vote and be voted for is really the best system every nation could benefit from because of the absolute power vested on the common man to choose the leader of their choice who will better represent and protect their interest. As a result of the nature and characteristic of this system of government, the vote of an individual, even the most insignificant man of the society becomes an active tool in deciding the fate of the country.  The vote of even the uncommon man can determine the leader of the country, challenge the status quo, and kick out an existing individual who is not making any positive contributory effort in moving the country ahead, but only driving it back to the land of uncertainty and obscurity. Saturday, February 25, 2023 general election in

By Tolulope Onifade, Oyebade Olamide, Adeniyi Olamide and Ajiboye Demilade.  Agbowa Ikosi is a land that is in constant communion with their gods and goddesses in ensuring the well-being and tranquillity of their community.  A total of 16 deities represent the traditional powers that oversee the community. Each of them have specific periods assigned for their celebration by their devotees. The most popular and prominent of them is the celebration of the Agbo Remireke diety. It is celebrated every 3 years and it usually starts on the 25th of December and ends on the 9th of January.  The Agbo Remireke celebration has gradually progressed into the status of a festival. It is described as a festival of unity and reunion of the people of Agbowa at home and in diaspora. In an interview with our correspondents, the custodian of the Agbo Remireke deity, Oloye Olamishode Agbomabiwon, the Òsókó of Agbowa Ikosi land, stated the importance of the festival to the communi

By Olanrewaju Aminat Olawunmi,  Cyril Endurance Favour and  Adeniyi Gbemisola Mary Two brothers were arraigned before an Ikorodu magistrate court for allegedly raping a 13 year old girl. The brothers, Solomon Nweze,18years and Solomon Swaruna,20years were arraigned on a three-count charge of sexual inducement, defilement and rape. During the hearing, the Investigating Police Officer Inspector Adeshina Olamilekan said the defendants lured the victim (name withheld) on her way back from school to their residence at ojokoro village, Agric Ikorodu, Lagos State where they forcefully had carnal knowledge of her in turns. He said The unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor is contrary to and punishable under the criminal law of Lagos State, Nigeria 2015. The defendants however pleaded not guilty,stressing that the victim was just a familiar face in the neighborhood. The chief Magistrate, P.A Osuji ordered the defendants be remanded in prison custody pending further investigation. The

By Yahaya Sodiq and Ibukun Mercy. Out of concern for the women folks, Joseph Olabisi, a student of Arts and Design department of Lagos State University of Science and Technology, formerly Laspotech, has creatively sent a message to the society using an aesthetic piece of art, which he named, "Used and dumped" This solo, feminine-structured guitar of moral value is attention driving with lot of curiosity.  According to the artist, he spent about two hundred and fifty thousand naira in making the artwork and it worths more than money to him. Speaking with our correspondent, Olabisi expressed the message behind the work of art as an interpretation of what happens to those he described as "the meet, greet, smile and have sex generation. "Don't let them be playing you like guitar and dump when they are tired of playing, otherwise you run the risk of feeling used and dumped like a new guitar" He said. Speaking on some of the ma