He is a University of Jos trained physician but developed interest in alternative medicine where neither drugs nor surgeries are used in treating patients with arthritis, stroke, vertebral pains among others. Dr Ikechukwu Odikpo spoke with EMMA OKEREH in Abuja. EXCERPTS:

What a South Florida family of psychics did for 20 years was criminal fraud, federal prosecutors say. But the Marks family's defense team says it was something very different — religion, free speech and a sincere belief in spiritual healing.

Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled on Thursday in an annual gory religious ritual as the mainly Catholic Philippines observed near the end of the Lenten season.

Bali knows how to party. But what’s more, the Island of the Gods knows how to bring people together to have a good time and be healthy while rallying behind important causes.

A new study suggests that eating chocolate can help you stay thin. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego found that people who frequently eat chocolate have lower body-mass indexes than people who don’t. Other evidence indicates that chocolate can also ward off strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes. So here are 11 reasons to indulge in some s’mores this summer (no word yet on the health benefits of marshmallows) …