FINAL LIST OF 2016 HENNA BALL/TOZALI PEOPLE'S AWARD RECIPIENT AND NOMINEES

 HENNA BALL/TOZALI PEOPLE’S AWARD NIGHT “CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND PHILANTHROPY” 2016

Coming up 8^th October, 2016 at the International Conference Centre Abuja.

Tozali Big Heart Award recipient

Her Excellency, wife of the President Mrs. Aisha Buhari

Governor of the Year Award recipient

His Excellency, Bindo Umaru Jibrilla, the Executive Governor of Adamawa State.

Tozali Most Outstanding Legislators Awardee

Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume

Tozali Most Outstanding Legislators Awardee

Hon. Nicholas Ebomo Mutu

Tozali Women of the Year Awardees

Hon. Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim

Hon. Aisha Jubrin Dukku

Hon. Hadiza Bala Usman

Hannatu Musawa

Saudatu Mahdi

Obiageli Ezekwesili

Tozali Most Relevant Pet Project Recipient

Her Exc. Haj. Salamatu Tanko Al-Makura

The wife of Nasarawa State Governor

Tozali Bride of the Year Award Nominees

Farida Salisu Yusha’u

Nusaiba Bashir Kurfi

Zainab Abdulaziz Yari

NOTE: Dear readers, as difficult as it may seem, now it’s your turn to select the TOZALI BRIDE OF THE YEAR most deserving bride among the nominees.

TO VOTE:

Send your vote to our office or send the name of your choice via text message to our phone number. You can equally vote via our Facebook page, blog or website.

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Tozali Fashion Icon Award Nominees

Hafsat Al- Makura

Fatima Goje

Fatima Abubakar

TO VOTE:

Send your vote to our office or send the name of your choice via text message to our phone number. You can equally vote via our Facebook page, blog or website.

Address: Suite 1, Ground Floor, Kebbi Hotel Office Complex, Plot 70 Kur Muhammed Way, Central Business District, Abuja

Phone: +234 816 632 0145

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Tozali Young Entrepreneur Award

Hajara Umar Yaroson and Halima Grema (H&H) 

Kannywood Best Actor/Actress Award Nominees

Hadiza Gabon

Jamila Nagudu

Rahama Sadau

Dear readers, please vote to enable one of these three Kannywood Actresses to win. The choice is yours to make, and the voting platform is same as above.

Best Actor Recipient

Adam A. Zango

 Tozali Philanthropist Award Nominees

Jaiz Foundation

Tozali Designer of the Year Award

The floor is very open for all the designers and fashion house to be part of the show. Your presence at the show qualifies you as a nominee and a potential award winner, so grab this opportunity and register with us.

Tozali Best Makeup Artist Award Recipient

Dezeita Beauty

Tozali Best Photography of the Year Award Recipient

Maigaskiya Photography

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Benefits of Crying

Many people, especially men, have been made to believe that there is something shameful or weak about crying. First, why do we cry? There are very many different reasons why people cry. Some cry for joy, others cry for sorrows. Unexpected good fortunes can make someone shed tears of joy. One can also shed tears of regret if lack of patience has led one to miss some very good opportunities. Loss of loved ones through death can also be a reason to shed tears. Deep disappointment by trusted one, especially a valued partner in a relationship can be a cause for shedding painful tears.

While men are often encouraged to be men and hold themselves from expressing sorrows openly through crying or shedding tears, women are encouraged to cry it out; some cultures even condemn women who do not cry often enough. But is it necessary to cry at all? What will happen if one decides or trains himself/herself never to cry no matter what happens? Are there health and psychological benefits to derive from crying?

Most of us have had good reasons to cry from time to time, though some of us are like a rock and never or hardly ever cry. But really, we should cry sometime. Why? Because, believe it or not, crying is actually healthy for us in numerous ways. Check OUT WHAT CRYING DOES TO US.

1. Stress relief: Yes, crying actually helps us to relieve stress. Crying can help people deal with many different kinds of stresses, “pressure, frustration, sorrow or anger any negative emotions.”

2. Toxin removal: Did you know that all tears are not the same? Several studies have shown that tears brought about by stress are different biologically from tears brought about by cooking with onions. Also, tears that are brought about by stressful situations contain some toxins that are within the body, which means those tears are helping the body to get rid of those toxins. No, no one wants to cry over a bad situation, but at least the tears are helping the body by shedding toxins.‎

3. Lubrication: This one is obvious. Tears help to lubricate the eyes, keeping the eyes functioning better by not allowing them to dry out.

4. Irritant remover: All those tears not only lubricate the eyes, but they also help to remove any kinds of irritants in the eyes, such as grit, dirt, sand smoke or whatever. If you need to clean your eyes, try a good cry.

5. Feeling good: Crying actually releases endorphins into the body. Endorphins are hormones that can help to ease your mood, even put you into a better mood.

6. Blood pressure: Crying itself doesn’t necessarily lower your blood pressure, but holding back those tears can build up stress, which actually heightens blood pressure. So don’t act like a tough guy who never allows himself to cry, because you’re only hurting yourself.

7. Bad hormones: Not only does crying help in a round-about way with blood pressure, but it also helps with other cardiovascular problems, and also with potential problems with the gastrointestinal systems, bones, muscles and more. How is this? Tears shed bad hormones from the body, hormones that could potentially affect all these different parts of the body in negative ways.

8. Nose cleaner. Tears actually help to keep the insides of the nose clean of bacteria and irritants. How is this possible? Quite simple! The tear ducts actually runs down and connect to the inside of your nose, and whenever you shed some tears, some are sent down into your nose. Not only are you crying on the outside, but you’re also literally crying on the inside, at least.

9. Infections: Tears contain a chemical known as lysozyme, a natural anti-bacterial that works to keep infections from happening in one’s eyes.

MATRIX INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, GOMBE

Matrix International Academy, Gombe, is a new school well entrenched in the UK national curriculum for England alongside the Nigerian curriculum. It possesses a structure which is predominantly conducive for international intellectual learning and is intricately equipped to fit this purpose. It is set in a safe location, well accessible to the general public and protected by very experienced security personnel.

The school is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to impart knowledge of the highest standard to produce a well-rounded education to children from 1 to 16 years. In other words, caters for nursery, primary and secondary children.

The staff are qualified, dedicated and experienced in academic and administrative matters. They love children and seek to bring out the individual talent of each child and develop them to believe in themselves enough to surmount and surpass whatever challenges they may encounter in life.

Matrix International Academy, Gombe, is equipped with facilities that set them apart from several other schools in the sense that a lot of research has gone into the production of the entire school.

What the school provides for the children:

BRISTISH/NIGERIAN CURRICULUM: We operate a hybrid curriculum that enables the school to achieve the best aspect of teaching and learning to ensure that visual, auditory and kinaesthetic modes of learning are adopted to identify which mode of learning specifically applies best to each individual child, ensuring that every child understands in-depth the concept being taught.

ISLAMIYYAH: The school operates a well-researched Islamic programme that allows each Muslim child to understand and appreciate the Islamic religion/doctrine and also learn the Arabic language at no additional cost.

CONVENIENT CLOSING TIME: The school system is planned to run a convenient closing time to ensure that working class parents can comfortably and conveniently leave their children at school and pick them up at the close of work. This allows parents to know that their children are safe rather than worry about their safety/wellbeing in the hands of hired helps.

SERENITY: The school is deeply entrenched and protected by a sense of peace and quiet that allows for easy assimilation and understanding/comprehension of what is being taught.

SWIMMING FACILITIES: The school possesses a swimming pool which will be made available to all students as research has shown that swimming, being a life skill, should not be a skill only available to a few. Swimming is a lesson taught to every child at no additional cost.

CLEAR SPEECH: All students of Matrix International Academy, Gombe, shall within a very short time speak clearly and confidently with no accent to better appreciate their abilities and to have no limit to what they can achieve.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES: The school shall teach French, Arabic and Mandarin to all students in its Language class to enable students confidently and conveniently communicate in some of the languages spoken in many parts of the world.

FEEDING: It is the pride of Matrix International Academy, Gombe, to feed all the children. The school has a fully equipped state of the art kitchen with chefs, sous chefs, pastry chefs of the best experience on hand to feed the children throughout the school (nursery, primary, and secondary school day/boarding) at no additional cost to ensure children are fed at the right temperature and at the right time. There will be no need for packed lunches. This is a great assistance to parents.

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY: The school possesses a media room that allows for indepth research to be carried out by the students while they are in the library. This allows them to research whatever they have been taught in the library and make notes by themselves from what they have inferred.

ELECTRONIC TABLETS: Each student in the secondary school shall be given an electronic tablet which contains every subject, from mathematics, physics, literature, chemistry, economics, to history, to mention a few, embedded with a voice operated teacher that ensures that every child understands every topic in every subject. This is also at no additional cost.

PROJECTOR: In view of the visual mode of learning that will work alongside the auditory and kinaesthetic modes of learning, projectors are made available in all classes, ensuring that children connect with what they are being taught through visual aids. The popular Chinese phrase ‘Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I’ll understand’ has shown that visual mode of learning helps students appreciate what they are being taught better when used in conjunction with the other modes of learning.

DAYCARE FACILITIES:  Research has shown that children are actually very smart from when they are born. Matrix International Academy, Gombe, caters to children from the age of one. This is an advantage to the children because they learn how to speak quicker, as they interact with their peers, they sing rhymes, they get trained on toilet etiquettes quicker and parents enjoy their company even better. They are well looked after by adults who are dedicated and love children.

SPORT FACILITIES: The school possesses state-of-the-art sporting facilities for badminton, basketball, volleyball, lawn tennis, athletic tracks and a swimming pool, to ensure that the students learn as many skills as possible and be fit and healthy as well.

CLASSROOMS: All the classrooms are spacious, well ventilated and fully air conditioned.

BOARDING HOUSE: The boarding house is a conducive home away from home, conveniently furnished with comfortable beds, also fully air conditioned. Both the male and female hostels are under the supervision of a mature mentor who ensures that they are well looked after.

ELECTRICITY: The school runs on 24 hours electricity.

CLINIC: The school possesses a mini clinic, which is equipped with paediatric nurses experienced to deal with all ailments that may arise and an ambulance to transport the children quickly to a registered hospital in the case of further health requirements.

Important Nutrients Every Woman Needs

Everyone’s nutrient needs are not exactly the same. While most people benefit from the same vitamins and minerals, others don’t. Research has shown that a large percentage of women need more nutrients than men or even their fellow women. The reason is because a woman’s body goes through different things throughout her life. Here are some nutrients that are important for women to get.

1. Folic acid

Folic acid is especially important for women of child-bearing age, but all women benefit from this vitamin. For women of child-bearing age it’s an important vitamin because it promotes healthy pregnancy. Lack of folic acid can result in neural tube defects that lead to cerebral palsy. In addition to taking a prenatal vitamin for folic acid, you can get folic acid from leafy green vegetables and avocado.

Iron

Iron is important for growth and development. Deficiency of iron can result in fatigue, insomnia, and lack of concentration. Iron stores and carries oxygen around the body. Women lose blood on a monthly basis during menstruation, which results in iron loss because iron travels through the blood. It’s important that women make sure they get enough iron during this time to replenish what is lost. Good sources of iron include red meat, broccoli, kidney, beans, and liver.

3. Calcium

Calcium is an important mineral for keeping bones and teeth healthy and strong. It’s needed throughout life and even more so as we age because around age 35 we begin to lose calcium. Calcium is also a factor in staying slim and reducing PMS symptoms. Good sources of calcium include milk, cheese, spinach, kale, almonds, and black beans.

4. Vitamin D

Vitamin D is an important vitamin that many people don’t get enough of. If you want to know you are getting enough, you can ask your doctor to check your levels. Most people get vitamin D from the sun, but it’s not always as easy as that. A supplement is a good idea if you avoid the sun or live in a place where you don’t get too exposed to sun. Vitamin D is beneficial for mood, breast health, and the absorption of calcium, which is important for bones and teeth.

5. Magnesium

Magnesium is involved in many of the chemical reactions that happen in the body. It is an important nutrient for nerves, muscle tone and keeps bones strong. Magnesium can help to prevent cardiovascular disease and regulate blood pressure. Sources of magnesium include pumpkin seeds, spinach, black beans, halibut, and almonds.

6. Vitamin E

Vitamin E, which is found mainly in fatty foods like oils, nuts, and seeds, is a powerful antioxidant. It fights free radicals, the unstable oxygen molecules that are formed as a result of normal metabolism and exposure to strong ultraviolet rays, air pollution, and cigarette smoke. Vitamin E is the key for strong immune system and healthy eyes and skin.

A woman over age 19 needs 15 milligrams of Vitamin E each day, so make sure you snack on almonds or sunflower seeds and add them to cooked whole grains, salads, and steamed veggies. A nut butter sandwich on whole wheat or whole grain bread is also a perfect snack.

7. Omega-3 Fatty Acids

One of the good fats, omega-3 fatty acids is another essential nutrient every woman needs. Omega 3’s help reduce blood pressure, inflammation and lower your risk of numerous chronic diseases including heart disease and cancer. Every woman needs 1.1g of these good fats per day. Wild salmon, non-white tuna, halibut, herring and sardines are all excellent sources of omega 3 fatty acids.

8. Potassium

Potassium plays a significant role in transmission of nerve impulses, normal muscle contraction, and fluid balance. It also serves to promote healthy and strong bones, and it’s essential for energy production. Many foods are rich in potassium. All meats, chicken and red meat, and fish like salmon, sardines are great sources of potassium. Some other sources include fat-free yogurt, sweet potato, spinach and broccoli. Potassium-rich foods can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke. A woman over age 19 needs 4,700 mg of potassium each day.

9. Vitamin C

Vitamin C is an important nutrient for maintaining a healthy immune system. It is a powerful antioxidant that can help ward off cell damage. Vitamin C is also crucial for the production of collagen, the essential part of the connective tissue that helps keep skin, muscles, and other tissues healthy. Women 19 and older need 75 mg of Vitamin C per day. Sweet red pepper, oranges, strawberries are some of the best sources of Vitamin C.

10. Fibre

Fibre helps promote normal bowel movements and prevent other intestinal problems. Women 19-50 years need 25 grams of fibre per day, and women 51 and older need 21 grams each day. Some of the best sources are fruits and vegetables, whole-grain breads and cereals, and whole grains like millet, quinoa, barley, wild rice and cracked wheat. Fiber-rich foods help reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Vitamins and minerals are needed by everyone, but women need to be sure to get certain ones because they go through pregnancies, menstruation, and even dieting that can deplete the nutrients that are needed the most in their systems . It’s important to get vitamins and minerals from food sources whenever you can. Don’t rely on supplements alone to give you what you need. A supplement is an addition to what you’re already getting as kind of a safeguard.