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PoliticsU.K. Appoints A Minister For Loneliness by Abbeyme(op): 12:10pm On Jan 18, 2018
LONDON — Since Britain voted to leave the European Union more than a year ago, Europeans have mockingly said that the decision will result in an isolated, lonely island nation.

But Britain, in fact, already has a serious problem with loneliness, research has found. More than nine million people in the country often or always feel lonely, according to a 2017 report published by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness.

The issue prompted Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday to appoint a minister for loneliness.

“For far too many people, loneliness is the sad reality of modern life,” Mrs. May said in a statement.

“I want to confront this challenge for our society and for all of us to take action to address the loneliness endured by the elderly, by carers, by those who have lost loved ones — people who have no one to talk to or share their thoughts and experiences with.”

Mark Robinson, the chief officer of Age UK, Britain’s largest charity working with older people, warned that the problem could kill.

“It’s proven to be worse for health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day, but it can be overcome and needn’t be a factor in older people’s lives,” he said.

A former United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review last year arguing that loneliness needed addressing in the workplace.

It can be associated, he wrote, “with a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression and anxiety.”

The British report was commissioned by the Red Cross in partnership with the Co-op, a cooperative supermarket chain, and published by the Cox commission in December.

The group operates in memory of Ms. Cox, 41, a Labour Party lawmaker who was shot dead by a right-wing extremist in 2016, and who had been a prominent voice in Parliament on the issue, setting up a cross-party commission that aimed to start a national conversation and establish the scale and impact of loneliness in Britain.

A 2016 event in London celebrating the life of Jo Cox, a Labour Party lawmaker, who was killed by a right-wing extremist. Ms. Cox had set up a cross-party commission on loneliness. Credit Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The prime minister announced on Wednesday that Tracey Crouch, who is the under secretary for sport and civil society in the culture ministry, would lead a governmentwide group to build on Ms. Cox’s legacy and establish policies on the issue.

In parallel, the Office for National Statistics would help to establish a method of measuring loneliness, and a fund would be set up to help the government and charities to develop a wider strategy to identify opportunities to tackle the problem.

The Cox commission, led by the lawmakers Rachel Reeves and Seema Kennedy, said it welcomed the government’s “prompt response” to its report.

Quoting Ms. Cox, the lawmakers said in a joint statement, “Young or old, loneliness doesn’t discriminate.”

“Throughout 2017 we have heard from new parents, children, disabled people, carers, refugees and older people about their experience of loneliness,” they added.

Government research has found that about 200,000 older people in Britain had not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month.

Carol Jenkins, 64, a retired nurse from Berkshire, in southwest England, said she started to feel lonely when her son moved abroad and she downsized to a smaller house in a different county.

“It was a financial decision to move, and I didn’t really have it in me to start making new friends,” Ms. Jenkins recalled on Wednesday in a phone interview. “Months would go by without seeing my friends or family, and I felt really depressed and alone.”

Ms. Jenkins has since joined a Facebook group for Britons affected by loneliness, which, she says, has helped her to get out of the house more.

“It’s not so much about meeting people on the internet and making new friends, but it’s more of a motivational support network that gives you direction on how to cope and fix the problem,” she said, adding that she was surprised by how many young people had joined the group.

“There are so many university students who just lock themselves in their rooms for days because they feel rejected or that they don’t fit in,” Ms. Jenkins said. “It’s only a matter of time before loneliness turns into depression. And that’s where it gets dangerous.”



https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/europe/uk-britain-loneliness.html

HealthRe: Hard Drugs Affect Man Who Couldn't Get A Job In Delta by Abbeyme: 11:33am On Jan 18, 2018
Commercial Students need a faithful Science Student as a friend
PoliticsRe: Soldier Survives After Encountering An IED During Clearance Operation. Photos by Abbeyme: 11:29am On Jan 18, 2018
Congrats, Soldier!
FamilyRe: Lady With Shut Tubes Gives Birth Naturally After 3 Failed IVFs by Abbeyme:
Waoh.

This is perhaps the first good news on Nairaland this year.

I strongly think so..
CrimeRe: Walter Wagbatsoma Jailed In The UK For Money Laundering by Abbeyme: 10:59am On Jan 18, 2018
Mrkumareze:
Yes oh. We many, still considering when to strike
lol.

#JustAsking
SportsRe: Cédric Bakambu Becomes The Most Expensive African Player In History by Abbeyme: 10:57am On Jan 18, 2018
E ku oriire, e ku inawo ...
CrimeRe: Walter Wagbatsoma Jailed In The UK For Money Laundering by Abbeyme: 10:54am On Jan 18, 2018
NCAN, are you here??
Nairaland GeneralRe: LASEMA Rescues Woman Trapped In Mud Under Third Mainland Bridge by Abbeyme: 6:06pm On Jan 17, 2018
ewebiodun:
So it was this woman that caused that traffic on 3rd mainland thus morning inward mainland.

NHow did she get thr, probably have mental issues.....anyways nice to know human lives now matter in this country.... Good job lasema,I have witnessed those guys rescue an accident victim first hand, they are really awesome....i thought i was abroad
'In Lagos' is the appropriate word here.
Nairaland GeneralRe: LASEMA Rescues Woman Trapped In Mud Under Third Mainland Bridge by Abbeyme: 6:04pm On Jan 17, 2018
free2ryhme:
What are these rescued victims doing their in the first place
That's also my silent question.
SportsRe: NFF Signs $4m Deal With Coca-Cola (Photo) by Abbeyme: 5:09pm On Jan 17, 2018
Omooba77:
The money should be spent wisely $4m *400= N1.6 bn....One point six billion naira no be small money oooo
4 / 5yrs = $0.8b/yr

$800,000 * N305/$ = N244m for a year. ----- (Note that exchange must be at CBN exchange rate cos transfer would be done at their respective CBN account level)

Meaning about 20m /month.

That isn't so much, if you ask me.
PoliticsRe: Senate To Hold 2-Day Security Summit Next Week by Abbeyme: 3:23pm On Jan 17, 2018
Nathdoug:
LETTER TO SENSELESS CHRISTIANS Part 2
-By exMuslim Ishaku Abdul'rahman Mohammed

Dear Nigerian Christian,
If you saw my first letter you would have known that I used to be a Muslim but now a Christian. I have been in hiding because, anyone born a Muslim and converts to Christianity has a death sentence on his head. It is even worse now that they know I have decided to reveal their hidden agenda to the Nigerian Christian who stupidly voted Buhari, a known jihadist as president.
In that letter I told you about the subtle ways president Buhari is going about his islamization agenda. In this part I will explain, with Islamic teachings why our president is making some of his moves without caring about the feelings and sensibilities of Christians in Nigeria.
So much has happened since my last letter and God willing, I will continue to educate you as things unfold. Please pray for me cause the forces of darkness are arrayed against me for telling the truth. And if you ever hear that I get killed don't weep for me. Just know I have finished my race and am with the Lord Jesus. The same Jesus I rejected all my life as Muslim. The same Jesus I called a prophet of Allah who is a little lower that the false prophet Mohammed. To Jesus alone be all the praise, glory and honor for saving me from the satanic cult called Islam. I now worship this same Jesus and will do so till is expire.
Have you noticed that whenever any Christian, occupying a high position in any government agency is removed only muslims get to replace him or her?
200 military officers were retired recently and guess what? They were either southerners or Northern Christians. As far as the northern Muslim is concerned, if you are a southerner you are a Christian. And being a Christian means you are the worst creatures of Allah. Now you may ask, why is that important?
By 1914, the ottomans of turkey began a propaganda that presented the Armenian Christians as a security threat. So what did they do? In 1915 they retired all Christians from the Turkish army. Once they Christians were disarmed they started killing the Christians. This is how turkey became almost one hundred percent Muslim country. For those who do not know. Remember the seven letters to the seven churches of revelations 1-3? All those churches were located in today's turkey. Islam has wiped out Christianity from turkey. This was the exact model that Hitler used in Germany to wipe out six million Jews.
I want to advice Niger delta never to disarm. There is what we call in Islam, the treaty of hudaibiya. This is the peace agreement that their prophet, Mohammed had with the meccans. the peace treaty was to last for ten years but Mohammed, seeing that the meccans had relaxed, launched a military campaign two years into the peace treaty and that was how Mecca fell to Islam. This was Yar A'dua's plan when he gave the militants amnesty. Had he lived longer the amnesty would have been stopped. Buhari actually thought that the militants had fully disarmed hence he stopped the amnesty. I guess Jonathan, by the leading of the Lord empowered them even more militarily before he left. Mohammed said, war is deception.
In my last letter I told you about the useful idiots. The GMD of NNPC Mr Kachikwu was just relieved of his position and guess who replaced him? Another Muslim. Now they have started instituting corruption charges against him. One down more to go. Soon Amaechi will go too. Almost every Christian is out of government. All the military chiefs are muslims. Custom, immigration etc are all headed by muslims now. Yet my fellow senseless Christians still cannot see what is happening. Did you know that the new IG of police is also a Muslim? Do you know how many senior officers were retired just to pave the way for the new IG? Guess the first thing he did? Accused the former IG of stealing 24 police vehicles. Thank God that alarm was proven false but they never give up. They must find some frivolous charges against him. Just wait and see.
Again, during the elections you would have been familiar with the grandest deception called the #bringbackourgirls led by a Christian Mrs Oby Ezekwesili in collaboration with other Northern women. Do you know that the female principal of the chibok girls college has now been appointed to the position of commissioner of education in Borno state? Since when do secondary school principals get appointed as the commissioner of education in a state where you have university and polytechnic lecturers, VCs and Rectors? Madam Oby's Muslim Vice was first appointed as chief of staff by El Rufai of kaduna state and guess what happened next? Buhari just appointed her MD of NPA. What did the useful idiot Christian. Oby get? Nothing. Where are the so called missing girls? Still at large but they used it to deceive you to voting out a Christian president.
Talking about a Christian president. Do you know that in Islam it is forbidden for a Christian to hold a position of authority over muslims? Since they could not deny the achievements of our christian president Dr Goodluck Jonathan they spun a huge propaganda around corruption. He was vilified as the most corrupt president Nigeria ever had. The press had a field day reporting monumental corruption under Jonathan. They knew the only way they could get the attention of the Nigerian is to mention corruption and we all fell for the deception hook, line and sinker. I will be naive to say there was no corruption under GEJ. No government in the world can claim to be corruption free. Yet it was made to look like Jonathan had stolen the wealth of the nation and crippled the economy. Buhari made huge promises that got people ecstatic. He was seen as the Messiah. Nigerians refused to see the economic growth under GEJ. Even when Nigeria was rated as the 3rd and 1st fastest growing economy in the world and Africa no one paid any heed to it. Nigeria became the no 1 investment destination in Africa yet it seemed like it was all fairy tale. Today, just one year after GEJ we are no longer in the list of growing economies of the world. The effects are everywhere. The Nigerian economy is almost grounding to a halt. And guess what? They have now spun another propaganda that what we are experiencing now is the effect of the misrule of GEJ. Again, Christians are buying this crap and swallowing it like a hot plate of delicious food. Eight months into the Buhari regime, the bureau of national statistics release a report that over 4.5 million Nigerians have lost their jobs under Buhari. Time will fail me to expatiate.
Have you noticed how Christians and muslims are treated when it comes to corruption cases? They go to the media to convict people of corruption and when they eventually take them to court and the court gives a verdict they don't like the disobey the court order. Mr Fani Kayode was in detention for over sixty days. You were told that it was because of corruption. How many muslims have been so treated? As far as I know. Only Dasuki is getting that treatment but again that is understandable. It was Dasuki, then a very junior officer that arrested Buhari during the babangida coup that overthrew Buhari in 1983. Muslims don't forgive. The god of Islam requires muslims to take vengeance unlike our God that says vengeance is mine.
The most unfortunate part of this is that we Christians use our values to judge muslims yet we know absolutely nothing about their values. We don't know anything about the tenets of that religion. Mohammed was a very vengeful person. He killed all those who made fun of him. Even those who criticized him. That is why Buhari cannot stand criticism.
We have seen in the news how innocent Christian women were killed by muslims and our dear president has been silent. Whole communities are being wiped out by Muslim Fulani herdsmen yet no word from your president. The latest is that farmers will now pay for protection while Buhari is now going to use the military to protect Fulani herdsmen and their cows. Buhari is now protecting murderers against innocent Citizens of the country yet you still can't see anything wrong? Do you know what they have just introduced? It is called the jizya. Jizya happens to be the Islamic protection tax payable by Christians and Jews so they don't get killed. Muslims don't pay jizya. It may not make sense to you now but soon you will be told to pay protection tax. They may call it whatever but it is the jizya. And since only Christian communities will be attacked only Christians will have to pay.
Am going to stop here and update you as things unfold.
Yours in Christ
Abdul'rahman Mohammed
Please copy and share on all your social networks. Christians must wake up
PoliticsRe: Senate To Hold 2-Day Security Summit Next Week by Abbeyme: 3:20pm On Jan 17, 2018
What is important is how much would be shared. Security vote must be decimated...
CelebritiesRe: Kemi Olunloyo Reconciles With Pastor David Ibiyeomie; She Now Attends His Church by Abbeyme: 2:29pm On Jan 17, 2018
Nice one
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Omasan Mabiaku Delivers A Native Doctor, Destroys His Shrine In Delta by Abbeyme: 10:25am On Jan 17, 2018
ok
CelebritiesRe: Davido & His Girlfriend, Chioma Avril Rowland At Owerri Club (Photos) by Abbeyme: 9:02am On Jan 16, 2018
Chioma, chop the money.

Baby mama loading
Car TalkRe: Kawasaki Reveals Futuristic Superbike With Incredible Shape-shifting Tech by Abbeyme: 9:00am On Jan 16, 2018
Hmmm.

Hope Buhari pikin is not reading this news
CelebritiesRe: Tony Okoroji On 'One Man' Protest At Lagos Court (Photos) by Abbeyme: 2:55pm On Jan 15, 2018
Noted
PoliticsRe: "We Won’t Return" - Abducted Chibok Girls Say In New Boko Haram Video by Abbeyme: 2:50pm On Jan 15, 2018
They have eaten vegetable.
FashionRe: Makeup Transformation Of A Lady With Vitiligo. Before & After Photos by Abbeyme: 10:28am On Jan 15, 2018
Iya FUNKE.... shocked shocked


Haba

BTW,
Who removed the MOET on the table behind her and place a glass cup. wink
That person is wicked!

shocked
CrimeRe: Nigerian Man Who Murdered His Cameroonian Girlfriend Faces Trial In The US by Abbeyme: 10:27am On Jan 15, 2018
Is that Eczema on the front side of his face??
CrimeRe: Nigerian Man Who Murdered His Cameroonian Girlfriend Faces Trial In The US by Abbeyme: 10:19am On Jan 15, 2018
NCAN are hereby rendered jobless as far as this post is concerned
CelebritiesRe: LAX Explains Why He Performed In His NYSC Uniform by Abbeyme: 10:16am On Jan 15, 2018
Anything u like u do. Na your cloth!

You wear cloth, dem dey talk... you no wear cloth, we go talk.
Abeg, wear cloth
BusinessRe: Nigeria Attracted $6.8bn Investments In Nine Months – NBS by Abbeyme: 10:15am On Jan 15, 2018
Where are the investments na....

And where is the said report??
Christianity EtcRe: Daddy Freeze Slams RCCG 50-Day Fasting & Prayer by Abbeyme: 1:23pm On Jan 12, 2018
Talkative
PoliticsRe: Photos Fom Handshake Across The Niger In Enugu by Abbeyme: 1:00pm On Jan 12, 2018
tesppidd:
no am from livers but riving in ragos.
but my mom is flom lomania.
although I visit rondon every rast month of the yeal.
Lol.

I gerrit
Car TalkRe: 2019 Ford Edge ST Revealed (photos, Details And Price) by Abbeyme: 12:58pm On Jan 12, 2018
kobosmart:
one of my uncles wey dey beg us for money get this motor
You can crack joke for Africa en
PoliticsRe: Photos Fom Handshake Across The Niger In Enugu by Abbeyme: 12:54pm On Jan 12, 2018
tesppidd:
Lubbish event
Are you from Calabar??

No offence meant
PoliticsRe: Photos Fom Handshake Across The Niger In Enugu by Abbeyme: 12:53pm On Jan 12, 2018
metronaijadotng:
in pictures: Roll Call: Governors Mimiko, Ohakim and Jang, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, Cheif Adebanjo, Obi of Onitsha, Rep of Oni of Ife, Prof Pat Utomi.

http://www.metronaija.ng/photos-mimiko-ohakim-ifeanyi-ubah-obi-onitsha-prof-pat-utomi-handshakeacrosstheniger/
Sorry, I cant locate these ones in the pix.
Perhaps not all are in the same snapshot.
PoliticsRe: Photos Fom Handshake Across The Niger In Enugu by Abbeyme: 12:51pm On Jan 12, 2018
What about the chest-baring women. Have they left the venue??
PoliticsRe: Governor Ambode Sacks 3 Commissioners, Appoints 5 New Ones by Abbeyme: 4:49pm On Jan 11, 2018
3 minister shake-up might be minor in Nigeria. But this is major in Lagos

Gba bee.

Itesiwaju Eko, lo jewa l'ogun
BusinessRe: N5m Goods From Cotonou Destroyed As Boat Capsized At Bonny Jetty In Rivers State by Abbeyme: 4:20pm On Jan 11, 2018
Kpele
Christianity EtcRe: Why Do Thousands Of Churches Differ In Doctrine Yet They Read The Bible - Freeze by Abbeyme: 7:07pm On Jan 10, 2018
If its freeze, then its controversial

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