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When Did The "Gods" Start Eating Cream Crackers? (See Photo)
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Arsenal Vs Liverpool 0 - 0 - (Full Time)
Team news
Arsenal have no fresh injury worries ahead of Monday night's clash, although midfielder Jack Wilshere continues his recovery from a hairline fracture to his left fibula, and is not expected back until after the international break.
Striker Danny Welbeck (knee) is also sidelined while midfielder Tomas Rosicky remains a longer-term absentee after knee surgery.
Liverpool will assess the fitness of captain Jordan Henderson ahead of the trip to the Emirates. The midfielder was withdrawn early in the second half of last Monday's defeat of Bournemouth with manager Brendan Rodgers later revealing he had been taking pain-killers for a foot injury sustained in training.
The return of midfielder Joe Allen (hamstring) remains uncertain while striker Daniel Sturridge continues to recover from hip surgery and defender Jon Flanagan (knee) is out until December.
http://www.skysports.com/football/arsenal-vs-liverpool/preview/341207
Arsenal have no fresh injury worries ahead of Monday night's clash, although midfielder Jack Wilshere continues his recovery from a hairline fracture to his left fibula, and is not expected back until after the international break.
Striker Danny Welbeck (knee) is also sidelined while midfielder Tomas Rosicky remains a longer-term absentee after knee surgery.
Liverpool will assess the fitness of captain Jordan Henderson ahead of the trip to the Emirates. The midfielder was withdrawn early in the second half of last Monday's defeat of Bournemouth with manager Brendan Rodgers later revealing he had been taking pain-killers for a foot injury sustained in training.
The return of midfielder Joe Allen (hamstring) remains uncertain while striker Daniel Sturridge continues to recover from hip surgery and defender Jon Flanagan (knee) is out until December.
http://www.skysports.com/football/arsenal-vs-liverpool/preview/341207
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Young Lady Falls Inside Gutter Due To Bad Road In Aba (Photo)
I was in a car this afternoon along a street, when all of a sudden I saw a lady falled inside a gutter due to the bad road.this is the kind of thing we now see in Aba. Everyday, people's goods worth hundred of thousands are lost due to the rate of bad roads in this town. Please I'm urging the federal govt to come to our rescue cause the people of Aba are dying everyday due to undue hardship caused by bad roads.
Life expectancy has declined thanks to the suffery been melted upon the citizens by the state govt.
Life expectancy has declined thanks to the suffery been melted upon the citizens by the state govt.
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Photos: Is The Chief Justice Of Borno State The Tallest Judge In Nigeria?
Chief Justice of Borno state Kashim Zanna posted pix of himself on his facebook page.
https://m.facebook.com/KashimZ?tsid=0.4986291497480124&source=typeahead
https://m.facebook.com/KashimZ?tsid=0.4986291497480124&source=typeahead
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Go And Make Peace With Tinubu - FFK Advises Fashola
The former Minister thinks Fashola should make peace with Tinubu in the wake of the corruption allegations being leveled against him...
https://mobile.twitter.com/realFFK/status/635881258560679937
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Actress Mary Remmy & Hubby, Iroko TV Boss, Welcome Daughter (Photo)
Iroko TV boss Jason Njoku and wife, actress Mary Remmy have welcomed their second child, a girl. The couple already have a son. Big congrats to them.
Source : http://www.reportmusic.net/nollywood-actress-mary-remmy-and-husband-welcomes-daughter/
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Twitter Users Blast Ambode Over Report That Fashola Spent N139m On 2 Boreholes
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Wizkid Showers Fans With Cash In Ibadan (Video & Photos)
Wizkid who was in Ibadan for Star Trek showered fans with wads of cash during his performance..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pFFRsrvcas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pFFRsrvcas
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Men, What Would You Do In This Situation? (Snapshot)
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Cultists Shoot APC Chieftain's Only Son To Death
A BLOODY clash between two rival cult groups at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) over the weekend has left a student dead. Sources claimed that the incident occurred at Gondola, near Angwan Rukuba in Jos North local council, as members of a group went to the room of a member of a rival cult simply identified as Nanfwan, a diploma student at the institution’s Centre for Continuing Education.
According to the eyewitness, the rival cult members shot him four times and he died instantly. They then went close to his body, shattered his head and body with knives.
It was also learnt that the father of the deceased was an All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial aspirant while the boy was an only son.
Residents of the area were shocked at such a bloody clash because according to them, “it was the first time something like this was happening here. The hostel had been very peaceful and lively.”
Sources also hinted that the body was immediately taken to the morgue of Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Jos, from where the deceased’s relations removed it for burial on Saturday.
Police Public Relations Officer, Plateau State Police Command, Abuh Emmanuel, confirmed the incident, promising more details later.
On August 4, a combined team of the Special Task Force (STF), the police and the Directorate of State Security (DSS) in Plateau had carried out an operation at UNIJOS, Federal College of Forestry and on people on the streets of some areas known to be notorious for criminal activities and arrested 16 students believed to be cult members.
The institution’s President of the National Association of Political Science Students (NAPSS), Ogene Jude Ogbodo, had earlier said that 16 of their male students were whisked away for no just cause.
Contacted, the STF Spokesman, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, said that last week, three students were killed in the night by people believed to be cult members, and one other killed along the institution’s Bauchi Road campus.
According to Iweha, all the arrested student suspects were currently being investigated, while those not directly involved would be released and those found culpable handed prosecuted.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/cult-members-kill-jos-varsity-student/
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Singles And Sex: How Do I Say No When My Hormones Say Go?
Sincerely, I understand the pressure for sex that singles go through. There are many forces yelling and yearning for sex that come against singles;
1.Your hormone get hungry for sex because of the physiological changes your body go through from time to time. Its much even stronger when you are in your ovulation season. For those who don’t know, ovulation is when females produce eggs that are ready for fertilisation by the male spermatozoa and ovulation usually takes place between 7-12 days after the menstrual cycle if your monthly period is regular.
2.It is tough when you are ‘due’ for marriage but yet single. It is a different experience for those who have chosen to be eunuchs (celibate) for the rest of their lives. At least you would have counted the cost before deciding so. But not so for those who for no choice of theirs are waiting for when God will bring their partner their way and they can walk the aile with their God-given partner and subsequently get sexual satisfaction from their spouses.
3.It is tough when sex is the price you have to pay to sustain your sex-demanding fellow single partner. When your partner (or both of you don’t) does not even blush because you lack values and bereft of Christian virtues, anything goes.
4.It is tough when sex is the price you have to pay for promotion at your work place. If you happen to work in a perverse work environment where sex is part of the KPI (Key performance Index) considered for promotion, you got to be able to hold your head when others have lost theirs. I pray God set you free from bondage of such employers or bosses.
Also, if the following are your habit you will have a formidable pressure for sex to contend with;
A. Habit of watching porn– If you are in the habit of watching blue films (or porn films) you are sowing a very evil seed in your heart and in a short time the seeds you sow will germinate into hormonal charge for sex. What you watch will create an indelible picture in your heart and in no time you want to begin to practise what your eyes have captured. There is nothing bad with the internet or television, it is what we watch or do with them that matter.
B.Habit of dressing seductively-Your dress is a reflection of your person. Many female singles wear clothes that present them as sex objects in the name of fashion. You wear clothes that reveal your privates and you wonder why ‘’flies’’ follow you. One day a young lady told me; ‘’I can barely walk any where without all kinds of guys throwing passes at me for affairs’’. Well, I knew her well and I told her to change her clothes that often pop up her cleavages and see if that experience will continue. Ofcourse they stopped following her. The more attractive you present yourself, the more you are under the pressure of people demanding sex from you.
C.Habit of Touching each other– If you are in the habit of touching each other seductively, then you will have temptation for sex to contend with. Touching is the preliminaries to the main the main event (sex). Once you participate in preliminaries, it may not be easy to say no to the ‘main event’.
D.Habit of staying together for too long in a lonely place– Its good to spend time together with your fiancee or fiance but spend time together for the right reasons and not for the wrongest of reasons.
Haven highlighted some of the sources of pressure for sex that singles encounter, my focus in this piece is for those that fall in category 1-3 above. How do you say no when your hormones are demanding for sex and your Pastor kept drumming it in your ears that it is fornication, as the Bible calls it? Does your Pastor know what you are going through? Not sure if God also knows?
Friends, God knows what you are going through and that is why Apostle Paul says;
“But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them to remain even as I am;but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion’’
1 Corinthians 7 Vs 8-9
Ok, from above scripture, marriage seem to be the solution to burning with passion right? But how do you hold yourself before you marry is what is our subject. So, how do you say no?
HOW TO SAY NO
Let us look at practical things you can do that can help you to say no when your hormones say go;
1.Feed Your mind– The greatest battle man face in life begins from the mind. Our minds influence and inflame our thought and thought pattern. Subsequently thought becomes action and action become habits. The mind is 100% gabbage in gabbage out!
There two types of mind that operates in every human being;
1.The Carnal Mind– If you are yet to be regenerated, that is, you are yet to believe in the Lordship of Jesus, your mind will be carnal.
This is mind that is set on the things of the flesh. When you live according to the dictates of your flesh and hormones you have a carnal mind. And a carnal mind leads to only one place, DEATH- Romans 8 Vs
2.The Spiritual Mind– This is the mind available to those who live on the things of the Spirit. What are the things of the Spirit? Having a functional relationship with God will give one an insight into what God wants and how by His help we can fulfil God’s plans. God’s plans are written in His Word in the Bible. An understanding of what God wants and what Christ lived and died for will help fine tune ones spirit to focus on the things of the spirit. If you focus on the things of the Spirit you will have a spiritual mind and ultimately have life and peace- Romans 8 Vs 6-7
The Spiritual mind serve the law of God while the Carnal mind serve the law of sin- Romans 7 Vs 25
All kinds of conflict will be going round and round your mind if you have not given your life to Jesus and you have not matured through the Help of the Holy Spirit. So, you need to surrender your life to Jesus by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and then form the habit of feeding your mind with the Word of God as regularly as possible.
1.Feed Your spirit– After you have given your life to Jesus by accepting Him as your Lord and Savior, you need to feed your spirit regularly with the Word of God and by constant fellowship. Oh dear, you got to stop this your Sunday Sunday reading of the Bible. You got to form the habit of reading your Bible as regularly as possible. Man (and woman) dies first spiritually before physical death. Physical death is when your heart stops pumping blood, spiritual death is when your spirit is no longer in sync over time with the Holy Spirit! While physical death can be sudden or gradual. Spiritual death is usually gradual!
‘’For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter’’Romans 7 Vs 5-6
‘’And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit’’Galatians 5 Vs 24-25
Everytime you are online and you go and read gossips and all kinds of websites or blogs that pollute your mind and spirit, you are not helping your Spiritual growth. That is why you think sex and indulge in sex even when some of you don’t want to!
1.Avoid staying too long together in a lonely place and at odd times-Yes you are in courtship. Yes your family know the two of you together. Yes everybody know the two of you together but the truth is that both of you are not yet couple. So, you cannot indulge in what God approved for couples. The more you avoid staying together in a lonely place and at odd times, the more you are able to avoid fornication!
2.Dress well– My dear, dress like a Christian that you profess to be. These your revealing tops often send a wrong message about your person and your intention. Stop visiting your fiance and wearing clothes that are seductive. Men (without self-control) are moved by what they see!
3.Keep your courtship short– It is common practise that some people in marriage intended relationship go through long courtship. This long courtship sometimes is self-imposed because you want to have a talk of the town wedding, you keep your courtship long while working out the wedding finance. It is not advisable that your courtship exceed 6 months for people who just knew each other and 3 months for those who have known each other over a considerable long time. The longer your courtship, the stronger the temptation for sex!
4.Deliberately Keep yourself Busy– The busier you are the less you think of sex. When better positive things occupy your mind, you have less time to consider the dictations of your hormones.
Friends, happy are you if you take to these golden advise in the above write-up. God did not forbid sex for mankind. It is who we do it with and when, that we should watch!
Source: http://adegboyegailori.com/singles-and-sex-how-do-i-say-no-when-my-hormones-say-go/
Lalasticlala, thank you.
1.Your hormone get hungry for sex because of the physiological changes your body go through from time to time. Its much even stronger when you are in your ovulation season. For those who don’t know, ovulation is when females produce eggs that are ready for fertilisation by the male spermatozoa and ovulation usually takes place between 7-12 days after the menstrual cycle if your monthly period is regular.
2.It is tough when you are ‘due’ for marriage but yet single. It is a different experience for those who have chosen to be eunuchs (celibate) for the rest of their lives. At least you would have counted the cost before deciding so. But not so for those who for no choice of theirs are waiting for when God will bring their partner their way and they can walk the aile with their God-given partner and subsequently get sexual satisfaction from their spouses.
3.It is tough when sex is the price you have to pay to sustain your sex-demanding fellow single partner. When your partner (or both of you don’t) does not even blush because you lack values and bereft of Christian virtues, anything goes.
4.It is tough when sex is the price you have to pay for promotion at your work place. If you happen to work in a perverse work environment where sex is part of the KPI (Key performance Index) considered for promotion, you got to be able to hold your head when others have lost theirs. I pray God set you free from bondage of such employers or bosses.
Also, if the following are your habit you will have a formidable pressure for sex to contend with;
A. Habit of watching porn– If you are in the habit of watching blue films (or porn films) you are sowing a very evil seed in your heart and in a short time the seeds you sow will germinate into hormonal charge for sex. What you watch will create an indelible picture in your heart and in no time you want to begin to practise what your eyes have captured. There is nothing bad with the internet or television, it is what we watch or do with them that matter.
B.Habit of dressing seductively-Your dress is a reflection of your person. Many female singles wear clothes that present them as sex objects in the name of fashion. You wear clothes that reveal your privates and you wonder why ‘’flies’’ follow you. One day a young lady told me; ‘’I can barely walk any where without all kinds of guys throwing passes at me for affairs’’. Well, I knew her well and I told her to change her clothes that often pop up her cleavages and see if that experience will continue. Ofcourse they stopped following her. The more attractive you present yourself, the more you are under the pressure of people demanding sex from you.
C.Habit of Touching each other– If you are in the habit of touching each other seductively, then you will have temptation for sex to contend with. Touching is the preliminaries to the main the main event (sex). Once you participate in preliminaries, it may not be easy to say no to the ‘main event’.
D.Habit of staying together for too long in a lonely place– Its good to spend time together with your fiancee or fiance but spend time together for the right reasons and not for the wrongest of reasons.
Haven highlighted some of the sources of pressure for sex that singles encounter, my focus in this piece is for those that fall in category 1-3 above. How do you say no when your hormones are demanding for sex and your Pastor kept drumming it in your ears that it is fornication, as the Bible calls it? Does your Pastor know what you are going through? Not sure if God also knows?
Friends, God knows what you are going through and that is why Apostle Paul says;
“But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them to remain even as I am;but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion’’
1 Corinthians 7 Vs 8-9
Ok, from above scripture, marriage seem to be the solution to burning with passion right? But how do you hold yourself before you marry is what is our subject. So, how do you say no?
HOW TO SAY NO
Let us look at practical things you can do that can help you to say no when your hormones say go;
1.Feed Your mind– The greatest battle man face in life begins from the mind. Our minds influence and inflame our thought and thought pattern. Subsequently thought becomes action and action become habits. The mind is 100% gabbage in gabbage out!
There two types of mind that operates in every human being;
1.The Carnal Mind– If you are yet to be regenerated, that is, you are yet to believe in the Lordship of Jesus, your mind will be carnal.
This is mind that is set on the things of the flesh. When you live according to the dictates of your flesh and hormones you have a carnal mind. And a carnal mind leads to only one place, DEATH- Romans 8 Vs
2.The Spiritual Mind– This is the mind available to those who live on the things of the Spirit. What are the things of the Spirit? Having a functional relationship with God will give one an insight into what God wants and how by His help we can fulfil God’s plans. God’s plans are written in His Word in the Bible. An understanding of what God wants and what Christ lived and died for will help fine tune ones spirit to focus on the things of the spirit. If you focus on the things of the Spirit you will have a spiritual mind and ultimately have life and peace- Romans 8 Vs 6-7
The Spiritual mind serve the law of God while the Carnal mind serve the law of sin- Romans 7 Vs 25
All kinds of conflict will be going round and round your mind if you have not given your life to Jesus and you have not matured through the Help of the Holy Spirit. So, you need to surrender your life to Jesus by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour and then form the habit of feeding your mind with the Word of God as regularly as possible.
1.Feed Your spirit– After you have given your life to Jesus by accepting Him as your Lord and Savior, you need to feed your spirit regularly with the Word of God and by constant fellowship. Oh dear, you got to stop this your Sunday Sunday reading of the Bible. You got to form the habit of reading your Bible as regularly as possible. Man (and woman) dies first spiritually before physical death. Physical death is when your heart stops pumping blood, spiritual death is when your spirit is no longer in sync over time with the Holy Spirit! While physical death can be sudden or gradual. Spiritual death is usually gradual!
‘’For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter’’Romans 7 Vs 5-6
‘’And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit’’Galatians 5 Vs 24-25
Everytime you are online and you go and read gossips and all kinds of websites or blogs that pollute your mind and spirit, you are not helping your Spiritual growth. That is why you think sex and indulge in sex even when some of you don’t want to!
1.Avoid staying too long together in a lonely place and at odd times-Yes you are in courtship. Yes your family know the two of you together. Yes everybody know the two of you together but the truth is that both of you are not yet couple. So, you cannot indulge in what God approved for couples. The more you avoid staying together in a lonely place and at odd times, the more you are able to avoid fornication!
2.Dress well– My dear, dress like a Christian that you profess to be. These your revealing tops often send a wrong message about your person and your intention. Stop visiting your fiance and wearing clothes that are seductive. Men (without self-control) are moved by what they see!
3.Keep your courtship short– It is common practise that some people in marriage intended relationship go through long courtship. This long courtship sometimes is self-imposed because you want to have a talk of the town wedding, you keep your courtship long while working out the wedding finance. It is not advisable that your courtship exceed 6 months for people who just knew each other and 3 months for those who have known each other over a considerable long time. The longer your courtship, the stronger the temptation for sex!
4.Deliberately Keep yourself Busy– The busier you are the less you think of sex. When better positive things occupy your mind, you have less time to consider the dictations of your hormones.
Friends, happy are you if you take to these golden advise in the above write-up. God did not forbid sex for mankind. It is who we do it with and when, that we should watch!
Source: http://adegboyegailori.com/singles-and-sex-how-do-i-say-no-when-my-hormones-say-go/
Lalasticlala, thank you.
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8 Places Where Men Can Get Wife Material In Nigeria
Before i go ahead to list these places,i must state emphatically that women are women. I know plenty of people in great relationships that have met in places like pubs and dance clubs. same goes for super markets and sidewalks. there are skanky bitches every where and there are awesome chicks everywhere so the list does not apply 100%.
Nevertheless,in my opinion,i have meticulously sieved out great places where men can have a real good chance of meeting ladies who will most likely make good house wives and mothers and while some may sound realistic to you,some may sound odd and outright funny but i will try my best to give a concise and brief reason why i chose these places so lets take a ride.
1.The food market: You will likely see ladies who are well groomed in kitchen affairs in the food market especially in the section where great experience is needed in deciphering good food items from bad ones and of-course a lady who understands how to stock the kitchen will have a good idea of how to make good meals and the way to a man's heart stil remains through his stomach.
2.Catering Schools: Trust me,most ladies in catering schools are definitely interested in learning the kitchen tricks and i can't stress it enough that a lady who knows how to cook very well will definitely make her husband happy.
3.The mid-week religious gathering: Yes you will be wondering why i chose the mid-week. The truth is that any lady can go to church on Sundays or to jumait service on Fridays but it takes a lady who is really close to GOD or have the love for GOD to go to religious gathering during the week when she can as well be at home watching telemudo and a lady who loves GOD will surely love her family.
4.Marriage classes : Make no mistake about this,a single lady attending marriage classes is definitely interested in making her future marriage secured and when you find any single and searching lady in this meeting please go for her and you will most likely never regret it.
5.BRT BUS TERMINAL: I know this will come as a surprise to many people but it may interest you that waiting to get into a BRT bus most times requires lots of patience and a lady who can be patient enough to wait in line for a BRT bus to show up will most likely be patient with her hubby through trying times lol!
6.Mama put joint:Yes very very funny but think about it.Many ladies prefer the effizy of going to big time fast food joints just to form butty and would rather prefer to eat pizza in these restaurants whereas the worms in their belly are yearning for good amala with gbegiri and ewedu soup with choice meat or any decent meal.So if you see a lady in mama put restaurant innocently swallowing her amala please pay attention to her because she is likely to be a down to heart zero-effizy and humble lady which are good qualities of a wife material.
7.Nairaland food,family and religion section: This is very realistic because the internet is one place where you can be yourself and on nairaland forum we have various sections you can visit uninhibited so if you see any single lady viewing the family,religion or food section asides front page topics then she is truly religious,family oriented and naturally inclined to food matters so tell me if such a lady will not make a great wife?
8.Her work place: Definitely ladies who have groomed themselves to be financially independent and busy doing one thing or the other rather than jumping from one place to another with different guys are likely suitable as wife materials.
I guess i have tried and you are free to add yours.
Nevertheless,in my opinion,i have meticulously sieved out great places where men can have a real good chance of meeting ladies who will most likely make good house wives and mothers and while some may sound realistic to you,some may sound odd and outright funny but i will try my best to give a concise and brief reason why i chose these places so lets take a ride.
1.The food market: You will likely see ladies who are well groomed in kitchen affairs in the food market especially in the section where great experience is needed in deciphering good food items from bad ones and of-course a lady who understands how to stock the kitchen will have a good idea of how to make good meals and the way to a man's heart stil remains through his stomach.
2.Catering Schools: Trust me,most ladies in catering schools are definitely interested in learning the kitchen tricks and i can't stress it enough that a lady who knows how to cook very well will definitely make her husband happy.
3.The mid-week religious gathering: Yes you will be wondering why i chose the mid-week. The truth is that any lady can go to church on Sundays or to jumait service on Fridays but it takes a lady who is really close to GOD or have the love for GOD to go to religious gathering during the week when she can as well be at home watching telemudo and a lady who loves GOD will surely love her family.
4.Marriage classes : Make no mistake about this,a single lady attending marriage classes is definitely interested in making her future marriage secured and when you find any single and searching lady in this meeting please go for her and you will most likely never regret it.
5.BRT BUS TERMINAL: I know this will come as a surprise to many people but it may interest you that waiting to get into a BRT bus most times requires lots of patience and a lady who can be patient enough to wait in line for a BRT bus to show up will most likely be patient with her hubby through trying times lol!
6.Mama put joint:Yes very very funny but think about it.Many ladies prefer the effizy of going to big time fast food joints just to form butty and would rather prefer to eat pizza in these restaurants whereas the worms in their belly are yearning for good amala with gbegiri and ewedu soup with choice meat or any decent meal.So if you see a lady in mama put restaurant innocently swallowing her amala please pay attention to her because she is likely to be a down to heart zero-effizy and humble lady which are good qualities of a wife material.
7.Nairaland food,family and religion section: This is very realistic because the internet is one place where you can be yourself and on nairaland forum we have various sections you can visit uninhibited so if you see any single lady viewing the family,religion or food section asides front page topics then she is truly religious,family oriented and naturally inclined to food matters so tell me if such a lady will not make a great wife?
8.Her work place: Definitely ladies who have groomed themselves to be financially independent and busy doing one thing or the other rather than jumping from one place to another with different guys are likely suitable as wife materials.
I guess i have tried and you are free to add yours.
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Photo: Workers Protest Factory Closure, Beg AMCON
The workers of Multi-Trex Integrated Foods Plc, an agro-allied company, say the closure of the factory by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is affecting their well-being as the management is unable to pay their salaries.
They appealed to AMCON to re-open the factory in a peaceful protest held on Tuesday outside the company premises on Kilometre 29, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Warewa, Ogun State.
The workers said they were ready to work so that the firm could pay the loan it owned AMCON, as well as their 11-month salary arrears.
The protesters, who displayed placards, lamented that the closure had brought hardship to them and their families.
The placards read, ‘AMCON please settle with our management and save our posterity’, ‘Save our families from hunger and increasing debt’, ‘We are willing to work, AMCON please reopen our factory,’ among others.
PUNCH Metro learnt that AMCON shut down the company on June 26 following non-payment of a loan obtained by the company.
It was gathered that the corporation in 2011 bought the loan from the Skye Bank Plc, which had given it to the company.
Our correspondent learnt that the measure, which was said to be in line with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria, had denied Multi-Trex of accessing loan from other banks to continue with its operation.
The acting finance head of the firm, Mr. David Obijole, however, said the company was still servicing the loan when AMCON bought it.
He appealed to the corporation to allow for dialogues between it and the management of Multi-Trex to enable the factory to re-commence production so that it could repay the loan.
He said, “AMCON was supposed to buy non-performing loans from banks. But our company’s loan was still performing when AMCON bought it over from the Skye Bank Plc.
“One of the challenges now is that we need working capital which some banks are willing to give us, but for the restriction by CBN which bars any bank owing AMCON above N5m from accessing loan from local banks.
“We have foreign investors who are ready to pay AMCON and invest in cocoa that we produce in our company, but the closure is discouraging them. Since the government is clamouring for diversified economy, especially through agricultural sector, we urge the corporation to give us a consideration and reopen the factory for normal production to commence.”
The Head, Human Capital and Administration Services, Mrs. Mobola Sanya, said no fewer than 200 workers had been retrenched, while 50 others had to go on compulsory leave because of the closure.
She said, “The company has been handicapped since 2011 when AMCON bought over our loan facility.
“The company has not been able to access working capital thereby unable to pay back the debt it is owing AMCON. This has led to mass retrenchment of over 200 workers of the company and 50 other employess have been sent on compulsory leave without pay.
“About 70 staff members have not been paid salaries for 11 months. This has brought hardship to the affected workers and their numerous dependants with attendant loss of revenue to the country through export and foreign exchange generation.”
http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/workers-protest-factory-closure-beg-amcon/
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NOUN Students Threaten School VC In Face-Off, Issue 7-Day Ultimatum
Students of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have issued a seven-day warning to the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe, over some demands or face damning consequences.
In a letter made available to Naij.com and signed by the students’ representative, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, the students discussed series of issues, askijng the school head to take actions as soon as possible or face the unpleasant events that might follow his negligence.
The letter reads:The Vice Chancellor
National Open University of Nigeria,
14/16 Murtala Muhammed Way,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Sir,
. STUDENTS HAVE RIGHT
It is with deep respect and all sense of honor, duty and responsibility that we write to your most respected office, on the deliberate and calculated attempt to deny students of National Open University of Nigeria the right to develop their leadership, analytical, social and administrative skills through a well coordinated student association.
Since the establishment of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), the management has thwarted several moves by students to form a student union like it is prevalent in other universities across the world. You have done so without providing any reason as a defense for this unlawful decision. We say it is unlawful because, it violates section 40 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which clearly states that:
‘Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons, and in particular he may form or belong to any political party, trade union or any other association for the protection of his interests’.
As a result of lack of Student Union in the Open University, the students of this noble University has been looked down upon by the society and their voice lost among comity of students. They have been disregarded, disrespected and looked down upon as less students among both academic and none academics alike. We have been denied a chance to speak for our institution when other students are speaking. This is a grave injustice against the students of this institution.
While students are yet to fully understand the rationale behind the decision of the management, we are not unaware that one of the cogent reason that birthed this discouragement of student union is the fear that a Union of Students will vigorously checkmate perceived injustice and abuse of students’ rights in the University, but that is not enough justification. We wish to remind the management that, it is a well known fact that, a university is a place to acquire knowledge. One of the major skills to acquire in the university is the academic skills. But beyond academic skill, there are others skills that must be developed in the university which if properly acquired, would go a long way in helping students after graduation to properly connect with the society and possess all relevant skills to excel in life.
Those other skills cannot be developed by reading books, they can only be developed through a vibrant student association, where students are required to formulate ideas, engage in intellectual discuss, lead, socialize, develop both political and administrative skills as well as communicate and interact with student leaders from other institutions.
That the management of Open University fails to understand that a Student Union will advance and enhance students’ managerial, analytical, intellectual, political and administrative skills remains a puzzle.
Furthermore, it should be recalled that, the idea of establishing an Open University in Nigeria was strongly influenced by the success of other Open Universities across the world, but it appears suspicious to us why the management of Nigeria’s Open University copied all but deliberately ignored the idea of a Student Union.
The UK’s Open University has what it calls Open University Students Association (OUSA). According to the evidence contained in the documents at our disposal, the UK Open University Students Association played a vital role by popularizing the university through its numerous events, brand items, magazines, advocacy on media and many other activities.
In addition, there exist Students Association in India and China Open Universities. They followed the path of UK Open University, having realized the outstanding role played by their Students Association in ensuring student awareness and shaping public perception about the institution, plus adding value to the quality of management’s policies.
These are facts that the management will struggle to crumple into the waste basket since evidence on this abound.
Consequently, we demand that the management of NOUN provides cogent reasons for their violation of the Nigerian constitution in whose territory the university operates. We are disturbed that a group of learned people who ought to be advocates of the Rule of Law have resorted to all forms of efforts in their quest to cripple justice in their favor.
We must therefore inform that, this is a new era at the university in which justice, transparency and accountability will be our guiding principles.
It is an era of change, and this change will not leave without paying a visit to NOUN. We demand that the management of NOUN reverses its illegal policy of no-students union within 7 days or we shall be left with no alternative but to seek other peaceful means of asserting our rights as Nigerians citizens. It must be noted that, students have right, not one conferred on them by the university, but one which they posses as humans, conferred on them through the universal declaration of human rights and then the Nigerian constitution.
Should the management fail to follow the path of honor, the students shall not hesitate to ensure fairness and justice for itself through all peaceful means.
Finally, we are the major stake holder in this university and as such, we owe ourselves the duty to protect its image through all legal means. We shall not continue to keep silent in face of abuse of our fundamental human rights.Thank you.
Abdulrazaq O Hamzat
President
Congress of Noun Students.
https://www.naij.com/529844-noun-students-school-vc-face-off-issue-7-day-ultimatum-face-consequences.html
Lalasticlala, Seun
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Nigeria Spends N16b Yearly Importing Tomatoes
The Federal Government yesterday said Nigeria spends N16 billion yearly on importing tomatoes.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sonny Echono, who puts the country’s domestic demand for tomatoes at 2.3 million tonnes, said the country only produces 1.8 million tonnes yearly.
Echono, who spoke at a workshop on “Development and application of post-harvest handling model for horticural Crops” in Abuja, added that 750, 000 tonnes of tomatoes is lost to post-harvest.
He said: “Horticultural crops, because of their delicate nature face tremendous post-harvest challenges. In Nigeria, specifically, tomatoes has the highest priorities with domestic demand of 2.3 million tonnes of fresh production annually, national production of 1.8 million tonnes, waste of over 750, 000 tonnes and an import bill of N16 billion to make up for shortfall in local production.
“Post-harvest losses have been estimated to range between five and 20 per cent for grains; 20 per cent for fish and as high as between 50 and 60 per cent for tubers, fruits and vegetables.”
Mr. Echono, who was represented by the Director, Agribusiness and Market Development, Engr. Jatto Ohiare, said N717 million is spent by the country in importing citrus.
Echono said the horticultural sector is faced with problem of processing and post-harvest handling, adding that 1.53 million tonnes of citrus production is lost yearly.
He added that government is working with private sector to tackle post-harvest challenges.
He said: “Citrus has national production of 3.48 million tonnes, contributing about 29.71 per cent of the world’s production and 81.93 per cent of Africa’s total output. However, 1.53 million tonnes of citrus production is lost annually as waste while an annual import of N717 million has been recorded.
“The government of Nigeria among other activities and in partnership with the private sector is tackling this through the establishment of the Staple Crop Processing Zones where horticultural crops processing plants are being built and associated clusters of producers identified and assisted with necessary inputs/infrastructures.
“The establishment of two export crop handling, preservation and conditioning centres.”
Source: http://monitor9ja.com/2015/08/nigeria-spends-n16b-yearly-importing-tomatoes/
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sonny Echono, who puts the country’s domestic demand for tomatoes at 2.3 million tonnes, said the country only produces 1.8 million tonnes yearly.
Echono, who spoke at a workshop on “Development and application of post-harvest handling model for horticural Crops” in Abuja, added that 750, 000 tonnes of tomatoes is lost to post-harvest.
He said: “Horticultural crops, because of their delicate nature face tremendous post-harvest challenges. In Nigeria, specifically, tomatoes has the highest priorities with domestic demand of 2.3 million tonnes of fresh production annually, national production of 1.8 million tonnes, waste of over 750, 000 tonnes and an import bill of N16 billion to make up for shortfall in local production.
“Post-harvest losses have been estimated to range between five and 20 per cent for grains; 20 per cent for fish and as high as between 50 and 60 per cent for tubers, fruits and vegetables.”
Mr. Echono, who was represented by the Director, Agribusiness and Market Development, Engr. Jatto Ohiare, said N717 million is spent by the country in importing citrus.
Echono said the horticultural sector is faced with problem of processing and post-harvest handling, adding that 1.53 million tonnes of citrus production is lost yearly.
He added that government is working with private sector to tackle post-harvest challenges.
He said: “Citrus has national production of 3.48 million tonnes, contributing about 29.71 per cent of the world’s production and 81.93 per cent of Africa’s total output. However, 1.53 million tonnes of citrus production is lost annually as waste while an annual import of N717 million has been recorded.
“The government of Nigeria among other activities and in partnership with the private sector is tackling this through the establishment of the Staple Crop Processing Zones where horticultural crops processing plants are being built and associated clusters of producers identified and assisted with necessary inputs/infrastructures.
“The establishment of two export crop handling, preservation and conditioning centres.”
Source: http://monitor9ja.com/2015/08/nigeria-spends-n16b-yearly-importing-tomatoes/
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This Crippled Man Decides To Work Instead Of Begging (Photos)
Many in his situation do beg. But this young man decided to work... Nice one..
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https://mobile.twitter.com/fati_ifunanya/status/636171079342493696
https://mobile.twitter.com/fati_ifunanya/status/636171079342493696
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Passenger Caught Stealing From Another Passenger's Bag (Photos)
According to our blog reader (eyewitness) who was in G.AGOFURE MOTORS heading to Warri from Lagos that the robber was caught in the act.
The story line is this;
He is a passenger and was arguing that he must sit at the back sit with his friend who is much younger than him
THE ROBBER
He even refuse a lady to sit at the back. So he sat close to his gang to provide shield for him while he search the bags of passengers close to him.
The woman of the bag he was searching, started hearing noise and looked back only to discover that the guy (thief) was holding her towel
And argument started, the guy was arguing that the towel belonged to him and so the driver stopped the bus
The guy just opened the door and started running but the driver chased him and push him down before other people supported him
Luckily, there were police around and the guy was arrested at Ibafo Ogun state.
We are at ibafo divisional hq now because we were robbed closed.
We have also discover his other gang and has been taken inside the station also..
source
http://www.reportnaija.com/2015/08/photos-passenger-caught-stealing-from.html
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Devil Made Me Insert My Fingers In 8-Year-Old Girl's Private Part - Pastor, 67
A 67-year old pastor and grandfather, Felix Adebayo, has been nabbed by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 10-year old girl in Ubiane community, Aviele, Etsako West local government area of the state.
The suspect who was arrested on Thursday last week, was paraded on Tuesday at the Command’s headquarters in Benin, alongside 35 other suspects arrested for various crimes.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, who paraded the suspects, said the detained cleric unlawfully had carnal knowledge of the little girl when she was sent to collect a mobile phone from his apartment.
“He carried the child and started whatever he felt like doing,” Onwochei said.
However, Adebayo who claimed to be a pastor, confessed to his crime, but blamed the act on the handiwork of the “devil.”
“I have a wife. I do not know what happened that led me to insert my hand in her private part. It is the devil,” he said.
Earlier while addressing journalists in his office, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Adegbuyi, announced that a total of 117 suspects were arrested between July and August for various crimes.
A breakdown of the figure shows that 35 suspects were apprehended for armed robbery; 20 for kidnapping; 33 for cultism; 10 for unlawful possession of firearms; 6 for murder and 13 for rape and defilement.
Adegbuyi who commended members of the public for giving useful information to the police in its effort to combat crime, assured that officers and men of the command are ready to confront and tame an expected rise in crime in the ember months.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/08/26/pastor-67-arrested-for-defiling-girl-10-in-edo/
The suspect who was arrested on Thursday last week, was paraded on Tuesday at the Command’s headquarters in Benin, alongside 35 other suspects arrested for various crimes.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, who paraded the suspects, said the detained cleric unlawfully had carnal knowledge of the little girl when she was sent to collect a mobile phone from his apartment.
“He carried the child and started whatever he felt like doing,” Onwochei said.
However, Adebayo who claimed to be a pastor, confessed to his crime, but blamed the act on the handiwork of the “devil.”
“I have a wife. I do not know what happened that led me to insert my hand in her private part. It is the devil,” he said.
Earlier while addressing journalists in his office, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Adegbuyi, announced that a total of 117 suspects were arrested between July and August for various crimes.
A breakdown of the figure shows that 35 suspects were apprehended for armed robbery; 20 for kidnapping; 33 for cultism; 10 for unlawful possession of firearms; 6 for murder and 13 for rape and defilement.
Adegbuyi who commended members of the public for giving useful information to the police in its effort to combat crime, assured that officers and men of the command are ready to confront and tame an expected rise in crime in the ember months.
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/08/26/pastor-67-arrested-for-defiling-girl-10-in-edo/
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Economic Growth Falls To 2.35% - National Bureau Of Statistics
Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product plunged to 2.35 per cent in the second quarter of 2015, compared to 6.54 per cent in the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
The country’s economic growth rate for the second quarter represents a 40 per cent decline from the 3.96 per cent recorded in the first quarter of this year.
The GDP is a measure of economic activity which captures the value of goods and services that a country produces during a given period.
The Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer, NBS, Dr. Yemi Kale, while releasing the GDP report for the second quarter of 2015 on his Twitter account, said, “Real GDP grows by 2.35 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 from 3.96 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 6.54 per cent in Q2 2014.”
He said oil GDP grew by -6.79 per cent in the second quarter compared to -8.15 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.14 per cent in the second quarter of last year.”
Kale said, “Electricity, gas, steam, etc grew by -11.61 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -27.92 per cent in Q1 2015 and -20.57 per cent in Q2 2014. Manufacturing grew by -3.82 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -0.70 per cent in Q1 2015 and 14.01 per cent in Q2 2014.
“Industry grew by -3.31 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to -2.53 per cent in Q1 2015 and 8.97 per cent in Q2 2014. Accommodation and food services grew by -8.97 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to 26.66 per cent in Q1 2015 and 23.86 per cent in Q2 2014.”
Public administration grew by -10.64 per cent, compared to -12.53 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 1.17 per cent in the second quarter of last year, while mining and quarrying grew by -6.62 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -7.91 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.32 per cent in Q2 2014.
Non-oil GDP growth fell to 3.46 per cent in the second quarter, compared to 5.59 per cent in the first quarter of the year and 6.71 per cent in the second quarter of 2014, the NBS said.
http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/economic-growth-falls-to-2-35/
The country’s economic growth rate for the second quarter represents a 40 per cent decline from the 3.96 per cent recorded in the first quarter of this year.
The GDP is a measure of economic activity which captures the value of goods and services that a country produces during a given period.
The Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer, NBS, Dr. Yemi Kale, while releasing the GDP report for the second quarter of 2015 on his Twitter account, said, “Real GDP grows by 2.35 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 from 3.96 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 6.54 per cent in Q2 2014.”
He said oil GDP grew by -6.79 per cent in the second quarter compared to -8.15 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.14 per cent in the second quarter of last year.”
Kale said, “Electricity, gas, steam, etc grew by -11.61 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -27.92 per cent in Q1 2015 and -20.57 per cent in Q2 2014. Manufacturing grew by -3.82 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -0.70 per cent in Q1 2015 and 14.01 per cent in Q2 2014.
“Industry grew by -3.31 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to -2.53 per cent in Q1 2015 and 8.97 per cent in Q2 2014. Accommodation and food services grew by -8.97 per cent in Q2 2015 compared to 26.66 per cent in Q1 2015 and 23.86 per cent in Q2 2014.”
Public administration grew by -10.64 per cent, compared to -12.53 per cent in first quarter of 2015 and 1.17 per cent in the second quarter of last year, while mining and quarrying grew by -6.62 per cent in Q2 2015, compared to -7.91 per cent in Q1 2015 and 5.32 per cent in Q2 2014.
Non-oil GDP growth fell to 3.46 per cent in the second quarter, compared to 5.59 per cent in the first quarter of the year and 6.71 per cent in the second quarter of 2014, the NBS said.
http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/economic-growth-falls-to-2-35/
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Yemi Alade Flaunts Long Legs & Purple Hair For Exquisite Magazine (Pics)
Fresh off her MTV MAMA Awards win for Best Female Act, Yemi Alade covers Exquisite Magazine. On the cover she is rocking her signature bun which she is rocking in purple, with an Ankara bandeau top and white jeans.
Inside we see the pop star rocking a range of looks which include a silver bandage dress and a black crop top and skirt worn underneath a white blazer.
Gotta say she is looking FROSH!
See loads more pics after the jump
ARE YOU FEELIN’ IT?
SOURCE: http://www.that1960chick.com/2015/08/25/yemi-alade-serves-long-legs-purple-hair-for-exquisite-magazine-are-you-feelin-it/
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