
Toheeb Babalola
Journalist at Freelance
|| Freelance Journalist || Multimedia Storyteller ||Ft: @thecontinent_ @globalvoices @intpolicydigest @AfricaDemocracy @PremiumTimesng || Best AFYMP'23 Fellow
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2 months ago |
dubawa.org | Toheeb Babalola
Claim: A WhatsApp post claims that toilet paper can cause a urinary tract infection. Verdict: Misleading! Experts and studies suggest women should wipe from the front backwards. Early this year, a post was shared on WhatsApp, a meta-messaging platform, claiming that toilet paper causes “urinary tract infections” in women. The post was circulated as a precautionary message, urging women to “stay healthy.”“Take note that toilet paper causes UTIs for women.
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Mar 16, 2025 |
ripplesnigeria.com | Toheeb Babalola
Funkẹ Alimi, 58, and her family were living at Yemẹtu – an infamous neighbourhood in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria. A dirty river clogged with plastic bottles, used styrofoam, and human faeces encircled the community, causing stagnant water. Majority of the houses around the river lack toilets, and residents rely on it for both solid and liquid waste. One morning in August last year, Alimi had an unusual attitude throughout her body, making it difficult for her to eat her breakfast.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
htsyndication.com | Toheeb Babalola
Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- On Monday, the Oyo State Government inaugurated a 14-person committee to oversee the coronation ceremony of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abimbola Owoade, as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The committee includes the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Musibau Babatunde; the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatunbosun; the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Ademola Ojo; and the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
premiumtimesng.com | Toheeb Babalola
On Monday, the Oyo State Government inaugurated a 14-person committee to oversee the coronation ceremony of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Abimbola Owoade, as the new Alaafin of Oyo. The committee includes the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Musibau Babatunde; the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Wasiu Olatunbosun; the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Ademola Ojo; and the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
premiumtimesng.com | Toheeb Babalola
On Monday, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde presented the Staff of Office and certificate of appointment to the Alaafin-elect, Abímbola Owoade. Mr Makinde made the presentation during a special event held at the governor’s office, Secretariat Agodi Ibadan. The new Alaafin, alongside high chiefs and religious leaders from Oyo town, graced the event.
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This was negligence on the part of the @KanostateNg and its counterparts in failing to prioritize the welfare of their athletes. How much would it cost the state Govt to book local flights (to and fro) for 22 athletes and management? Yet, they spend billions on political crises

Your children, smiling, informed you that they would be traveling to represent the State at the National Sports Festival in the Southwest, only to return home with their corpses. May God console the parents of the 22 Kano State athletes who died while en route home. RIP Champs

Your children, smiling, informed you that they would be traveling to represent the State at the National Sports Festival in the Southwest, only to return home with their corpses. May God console the parents of the 22 Kano State athletes who died while en route home. RIP Champs

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