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All praises to Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. We thank Him for giving us yet another opportunity to fast the month of Ramadhan and reap the spiritual blessings. We thank Him for all of His wonderful gifts upon us that we enjoy today: gift of faith, gift of life, health, family; we thank Him for this wonderful country that we call our home, where we enjoy peace and security.
Brothers and sisters,
I greet you all with a happy greeting of Eid. I pray that the Beneficent Lord grant us many more ramadhans to fast, redeem ourselves and come closer to Him. I pray that He accepts our fasts, prayers, charities, supplications, devotions and virtuous deeds in the blessed month; may He also bless us to keep the fragrance of the month in the weeks and months ahead of us.

Brothers and sisters,
We are living in difficult times. These are the times that the Prophet described as the times of fitan; crises coming one after another; crises that shake our faith and test our patience. In these difficult times Muslims need to keep alive the spirit and lessons of Ramadhan: lessons of self-restraint, patience, forbearance and compassion.

Today more than ever we are called upon to embrace the spirit of Ramadhan in face of the greatest challenges facing us today.

There are two types of challenges facing Muslims today.

First and foremost, we are faced with ignorance and extremism in our midst which have invited others to target us. We know that Islam is peace and yet the actions of many among us show otherwise; we say Islam is mercy and yet there are Muslims who don't hesitate to kill each other as well as others as if they were flies. We say Islam is discipline and self-restraint and yet we easily become impatient.
Extremism is a disease we must deal with. There is no way for us to move forward, unless we take responsibility for changing our conditions. "....Verily Allah will not change the conditions of a people unless they change their inner conditions." (Qur'an: 13: 11
The change can only come through education. Our children and youth need to be educated in the morals, character and virtues of Islam; we need to make them exemplars of mercy and compassion. We need to teach them values and principles; we need to nurture them as leaders who shall stand forth as witnesses of justice and compassion for all humanity. This is our mandate in the Qur'an.

"O YOU who have attained to faith! Be ever steadfast in your devotion to God, bearing witness to the truth in all equity; and never let hatred of any-one lead you into the sin of deviating from justice. Be just: this is closest to being God-conscious. And remain conscious of God: verily, God is aware of all that you do." (Qur'an:5:

To me extremism and ignorance are the greatest challenges Muslims face today; we need to come out and oppose and silence those who want to turn Islam into a faith that is against the world. We are the world; we are the humanity, and we are for peace. We are for peaceful co-existence with all. We are for mutual respect and tolerance.

In face of such challenges, every Muslim is challenged to be a true ambassador of Islam: to stop simply parroting the Quran and be determined to study the message, to live its lessons and practice them so that we become beacons of remembrance of God in a world sliding into materialism and anarchy.
In face of increasing Islamophobia we need to reach out to all other communities in a true spirit of good will and cooperation on projects of virtue and compassion. We need to demonstrate through our actions that we are for living in peace, in mutual respect with all the people.
Let us remember that we cannot expect justice from others unless we treat others with justice. This is the most beautiful example set by our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) and his pious caliphs for they acted justly towards all people.
May Allah help us all to respond to the Qur'anic message with faith and commitment, and may He forgive our shortcomings and failings and make us instruments of peace and good will in a world torn asunder by wars, antagonism, racism, and xenophobia.

Ramadan Kareem

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Depression is a tough emotion that makes the person feel down, empty, totally hopeless and indifferent.

Contrary to your current beliefs your depression has an end and this end may be sooner than you expect. Under the effect of depression people start to have a negative attitude towards life and to develop a negative outlook that makes them think that their problems are not going to be solved.

The first step you should take to deal with depression is to understand that your negative outlook is exaggerated and that you can get out of this mood if you followed the right advice.

The common types of depression are:

- Major Depressive Disorder: Where you experience the previously mentioned symptoms.
- Bipolar Depression: Where you experience extreme mood swings. At some times you feel really happy and in other times you feel depressed
- Post-partum depression (depression that follows childbirth)
- Winter Depression Or winter blues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD: Feeling bad during certain seasons of the year

How to deal with depression without medication

The most popular definition of depression is "A disturbance in the production of brain chemicals. This disturbance is caused by a combination of genetic tendencies and environmental factors

Depression can also be the result of a Prolonged Physiological stress or major physical changes in the body (for example, due to a disease)"

While these definitions are scientifically true still they are only helpful to the depression medication companies who manufacture drugs that can stabilize the brain's chemicals.

If you have a glass of water that has a hole at the bottom which allows water to escape. Does it make any sense to put the glass of water under an open tap in order to stabilize the water inside it?

The same goes for depression, working on treating the symptom which is the chemical imbalance will lead you no where unless you target the root cause.

The first thing you need to do to deal with depression without drugs is to examine what happened in your life in the past period.

Certainly there was a time where you weren't feeling depressed. What are the external events that happened that forced your mood to change from a state of happiness to a state of depression?

Answering this question is crucial because each person becomes depressed because of a different reason. For example a person who always wanted to be rich will certainly become depressed if he was fired or if he didn't manage to find a job for a long period of time.

If you suppress your emotions, escape from your problems instead of facing them or keep yourself busy whenever your life goes wrong then certainly you are at a risk of depression.

"Maria was a thirteen-year-old house servant. One day, receiving no response to her call, the mistress began searching the house for her. Finally, she opened the parlor door, and there was the child with her master. The master ran out of the room, mounted his horse and rode off to escape, 'though well he knew that [his wife's] full fury would fall upon the young head of his victim.' The mistress beat the child and locked her up in a smokehouse. For two weeks the girl was constantly whipped. Some of the elderly servants attempted to plead with the mistress on Maria's behalf, and even hinted that 'it was mass'r that was to blame.' The mistress's reply was typical: 'She'll know better in the future. After I've done with her, she'll never do the like again, through ignorance'".

Here, the mistress was able to take out her aggression's on the girl rather than the guilty master. I suppose we could empathize with the frustration and betrayal these wives felt, but the outlet of their aggression's often became the slave girl. Most Women in the world were quite powerless. Because the option of divorce was not readily available, the mistresses often times punished the slave women for their husbands' wrong-doings.

Here comes the question. Are you a master or a slave in your present relationship? The way you treated your partner and the way you are been treated, is it the way you really want? Is their any future hope in your present relationship?

Most times, we do lie to our-self when it comes to love issue. My brother and sister, it is your life, never take it for granted.

The idea of submission is extremely appealing to many women. "Mills and Boon" type novels are testamount to the female fascination with dominant men.

Before pursuing a Master-slave relationship there are questions to ask, questions far more profound than simply "am I submissive/dominant"?

Answer honestly when you ask yourself: Exactly which elements of an ownership based relationship appeals to me? Do I really need the level of control and discipline that such a relationship offers? Do I need a Dominant/submissive element in my life? Do I need to retain some degree of control to be happy? How much more do I think I need? Is submission/dominance my reality?

The fact is Master-slave relationships do not work for everyone, they are not right for everyone. However, the elements used to drive a Master-slave relationship can be instrumental in sustaining a good, loving and healthy relationship [including a relationship with no Dominance and submission elements whatsoever.]

Before embarking on the search for a Master or slave be very sure that your fundamental need is to be owned or to own.

Fellow Nigerians, Ebola virus don enter Lagos. Read the following please and share with your friends.

1. Ebola virus disease is caused by ebola virus which causes extremely severe haemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.

2. The symptoms start 3-21 days after contracting the virus and these include: headache, muscle pain, vomitting, throat pain, nausea , diarrhoea, and in some cases, bleeding and reduced capacity of the liver and kidneys to work.

3. A person can get the disease by getting in contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of an a bat, monkey or other infected animal.

4. The disease spreads rapidly from person to person and males who survive the infection can transmit it via sexual intercourse. This virus is highly contagious and infectious.

5. As at now, there is no cure for ebola virus disease and it kills up to 90% of those infected. There is also no vaccine right now. Thus, prevention is very important.

6. How do you prevent yourself? Stay away from areas of outbreak and notify health officials to quarantine someone who has been diagnosed with the disease.

7. Use all safety tips like gloves, goggles, face masks and the rest when you relate with those infected. This is particularly important for those who work in health institutions in areas of outbreaks.

8. DO NOT TOUCH THE DEAD BODIES OF EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE PATIENTS. THE CORPSES SHOULD BE DISPOSED OFF AND HANDLE STRICTLY ONLY BY TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

9. DO NOT TOUCH PATIENTS or have any contact with them or their bodily secretions, materials or even their utensils. Infected people MUST BE QUARANTINED AND ISOLATED FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION. ADHERE STRICTLY TO THIS.

10. Stay away from bush meat and other wildlife. This is especially important for the lovers of bush meat or those who live in forest areas and depend on wildlife for protein. Tell your people in the villages, abules and igberikos.

11. It is possible for dogs and pigs to be infected. Watch out for symptoms.

12. If you are manifesting any of the signs and symptoms, or you have just travelled to an area of an outbreak in West Africa/sub-Saharan Africa, or you are in contact with such a person, please visit the nearest medical centre.

If you have any questions, please ask. Read and share this with your loved ones. Be cautious and let's contain the outbreak.

THANKS.


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Militants have ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday. The “fatwa” issued by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) would potentially affect 4 million women and girls, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters by videolink from Erbil, Iraq.

“This is something very new for Iraq, particularly in this area, and is of grave concern and does need to be addressed,” she said. “This is not the will of Iraqi people, or the women of Iraq in these vulnerable areas covered by the terrorists.” ISIS — which also calls itself Islamic State — has declared a caliphate stretching from Syria into Iraq after rampaging through the north and west of the country.

Female Genital Mutilation (often referred to as FGM) is a destructive operation, during which the female genitals are partly or entirely removed or injured with the goals of inhibiting a woman’s sexual feelings. Most often the mutilation is performed before puberty, often on girls between the age of four and eight, but recently it is increasingly performed on nurslings who are only a couple of days, weeks or months old.


Source: http://therightscoop.com/isis-issues-fatwa-that-iraqi-females-must-undergo-genital-mutilation/

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Throwing your toothbrush out after 3 months seems like a short time, but think of the germs, viruses and bacteria it is exposed to daily. The bristles become frayed and worn with use and cleaning effectiveness will decrease. Toothbrushes will wear out more rapidly depending on factors unique to each patient.

No lies, How long have you been using yours?

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Before exploring outer space people used to think that the earth was flat and that you could fall off its edge if you ever went that far.
The same goes for everything else that we don’t understand. People usually try to associate all unknown facts with things they are familiar with and love is no exception to that rule.
Even though learning about the psychology of falling in love can help you understand why you fall in love and why you love someone but not the other still the majority of people prefer not to read about it and to just think of love as a mysterious process that has no rules.
Love at first sight exists simply because many of us have been through it before. This article is going to explain to you why you might fall in love with someone at the first sight.

Why Do We Fall in Love?

In most cases, we fall in love to compensate for our unmet needs, when we find someone similar to us, when we find someone who reminds us of a close person we love (like one of our parents for example) or when someone meets our unconscious criteria. The unconscious criteria is simply a list of traits that should be found in a person before we can fall in love with him.

Love at First Sight

If you understood the previous points then you may have already guessed why we sometimes fall in love with someone at the first sight. We fall in love at the first sight when someone meets most of our unconscious criteria at the first meeting.

For example if a guy had dark skin and really loved his mother then it’s very likely that his unconscious criteria will include items such as 1) She should have dark skin and that 2) She should be as kind as my mother. Of course it’s not that simple; the criteria can be very complex and can include hundreds of items but I am just simplifying the idea in order for you to easily get it.
What will happen if that guy met a girl who has such traits? What if in addition to all that she was attractive as well? Most probably that guy will develop an instant crush on her, or as we say, love her at the first sight.

People who fall in love at the first sight usually believe in false ideas like "the one" and "soul mate". By just understanding how love at the first sight works you are actually helping yourself in getting over such false beliefs.
Now the question that may have popped into your mind is “Why do I sometimes find someone who is absolutely fantastic, has many good traits but i still never love him at the first sight?”.

The answer is simple: either because he didn’t match your criteria at all or because you are looking for traits that can’t be noticed at the first meeting. That’s why people who care much about physical appearance are more likely to experience love at first sight than others. Because many items in their criteria is dependent on appearance ,which is something that can be noticed quickly, they usually fall in love at the first sight.
The earth is not flat and love is not that mysterious. Read a lot and seek answers so that you can remove these mysteries from you life.

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Strong families recognize that there are benefits and pleasures to be gained from time and activities together. They value the family bond and make special efforts to preserve time together for family activities and interaction. By spending pleasant time together, families build a reserve of good feelings and are able to cope with personal and family crisis more effectively. Strong families are deeply committed to the family unit and to promoting the happiness and welfare of each other. Family commitment comes from an active involvement in setting and carrying out family goals. Families work to spend PRIME time together. They don't just take advantage of spare time to devote to the family; they actually PLAN for quality family time.

Family unity encourages families to create daily routines as well as special traditions and celebrations which affirm members, connect them to their family roots, and add fun to ordinary family events. Family unity includes time that family members spend together - both quality and quantity. Family unity means maintaining family identity and togetherness and balancing family priorities with support for individual needs. Family unity produces strong family bonds and freedom for individual self-expression.

BENEFITS IF FAMILY UNITY

Strong families recognize that there are benefits and pleasures to be gained from time and activities together. They also realize that they have contributions to make to the family and its members and some obligation to do so. They value the family bond and make efforts to preserve time together for family activities and interaction.

- Families that value unity will, from time-to-time, evaluate the time and energy allocated to family, and when necessary, make needed adjustments.
- By spending pleasant, positive time together, families build up a reserve of good feelings. When trouble comes, it has to be shared with the family and resolved.
- What families do together does not matter so much as that they do something together that is mutually planned and enjoyable. As a general principle, it is probably a good idea to strive for a balanced activity program, including active and inactive, physical and mental, old and new, at home and away, work and play. Spontaneity, humor, wit, and fun are goals to strive for.
- Family unity includes time that family members spend together, both quality and quantity. It means maintaining family identity and togetherness, balancing family priorities with support for member needs, producing strong family bonds, and freedom for individual self-expression.

A quality that constantly appears in strong families is a feeling that they can depend on each other in "good" times and "bad" times. The sense of knowing that someone is always there for you helps individuals develop a well balanced self-esteem and a sense of individual worth. This security can come from a diverse variety of family structures. Families can provide unity and support in a nuclear or extended setting. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are all an important part of the family structure that can provide love and support systems for the family.

Since Israel withdrew its military forces and settlers from Gaza in 2005, the relationship between the Palestinian territory and Israeli authorities has been, to say the least, fraught. This map does a great job laying out that relationship and how, from an aerial view, it looks.

The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA) built this very detailed map of Gaza in 2007, so many of the specific figures and designations may be dated, but in broad strokes the map displays many of the most important and enduring features of Israel-Gaza:

Here are a few of the most important features.

• There's a serious Israeli blockade of Gaza. You'll notice Israeli fences, boundaries, and supervised crossings all around Gaza. Israel heavily controls the flow of goods through these channels, including food, medicine, construction materials, and the like. The state reason it does that is to limit Hamas' ability to resupply itself militarily; for instance, Hamas and other militant groups often home-build rockets that get fired into Israeli towns and cities. These restrictions also severely affect civilians. To deal with the military and civilian effects of the blockade, Hamas built well over a thousand tunnels out of Gaza — mostly into Egypt. Israel's stated reason for the ground incursion into Gaza is shutting down tunnels into Israel built for attacks, but it also may want to shut down Hamas supply tunnels into Egypt.

• There used to be a lot more border crossings into Israel. The map shows five border crossings out of Gaza, but the majority of the crossings (per the UN) are closed today. Erez, in the north, and Kerem Shalom, in the south, are the big ones today. These are the places where Israel lets through the goods and persons that are allowed to cross the blockade, and they're occasionally shut down for security reasons.

• The Rafah crossing into Egypt is the only above-ground way in or out not controlled by Israel. Between the border fence, Israel's control of the water outside of Gaza, and the Israeli crossings, the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the south is the only real way to get out. That's why it's a big deal that the Egyptian military is restricting access to it and shutting down the tunnels that go under it: it's very hard for Hamas to circumvent Israeli restrictions otherwise.

• The fishing limits have a huge impact on the Gaza economy. Though Israel has withdrawn from Gaza, it still sets many of the terms for the Gazan economy by virtue of its blockade. The fact that Israel controls where Gazans can fish is a big part of this. Though the map correctly displays the permitted fishing zone at six nautical miles, Israel sometimes reduces it to three. Even the six mile boundary excludes the best fishing grounds; Gaza's fishing industry has collapsed since Israel imposed it. Catches are under 50 percent of what they were about 10 years ago, and 95 percent of Gaza's fishers and their families depend on foreign food aid. It's a microcosm of how Israeli restrictions on the Gazan economy and shipping have such a massive effect on life in Gaza even without Israel.

• The border fence shows how this conflict persists even when there isn't an invasion. Israel uses the border fence, as it does in the West Bank, to prevent Palestinians (including militants) from sneaking into Israel. It's quite effective at that; as we saw just before the current invasion, Hamas operatives looking to strike in Israel are forced to dig under the fence, which can be risky and unreliable for them. However, there are zones near the fences that Palestinians cannot enter, according to the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, without risking Israeli fire — and sometimes death. Between December 2013 and March 2014, about 55 civilians were injured on the border and four were killed. Israeli authorities say they were trying to sabotage the fence.

The point here is that this invasion and war doesn't come out of nowhere: even when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn't at full war levels, there's always a slow burn of violence, provocations, and counter-provocations.


Source: http://www.vox.com/2014/7/18/5915549/gaza-israel-map-blockade

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Think what a remarkable, unduplicatable, and miraculous thing it is to be you! Of all the people who have come and gone on the earth, since the beginning of time, not ONE of them is like YOU!

No one who has ever lived or is to come has had your combination of abilities, talents, appearance, friends, acquaintances, burdens, sorrows and opportunities.

No one’s hair grows exactly the way yours does. No one’s finger prints are like yours. No one has the same combination of secret inside jokes and family expressions that you know.

The few people who laugh at all the same things you do, don’t sneeze the way you do. No one prays about exactly the same concerns as you do. No one is loved by the same combination of people that love you – NO ONE!

No one before, no one to come. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren’t meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind.

Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.

No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

Share your uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!

See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it inform you and nudge you and inspire you! YOU ARE UNIQUE!

A true friend may have many different good qualities, but the basic qualities that all good friends share with one another are the most important.

Although true friendships can begin very quickly, they do take time to build into lasting and valuable relationships. Many people have said good friends are hard to find and even harder to keep, but everyone needs good friends even if they are far and few between.

If you have a few good friends, you are lucky, and if you take a closer look at the qualities that your friends have that make them true pals you will find that they share an essential group of traits, values and beliefs that all add up to honesty and good character. People can have many good qualities, but the traits that your true friends have are all tied together by a core of basic qualities that all good friends share with one another.

But maybe these are the reasons why our friendships are so valuable. The option is always there to back out at any time, and yet, with the really, really authentic ones, we never do.


Because at the end of the day — after the breakups and divorces and estrangements — we choose the companions we want in our lives, and they are the ones worth sticking around for.

And if we’re really lucky, they possess these qualities:

1. A good friend is a friend you can trust.
A true friend won't try to steal your girlfriend or boyfriend, your job or your personality. They won't gossip about you constantly or try to damage your reputation. They will let you know when they're concerned and do their best to stick up for you when you're in trouble.

2. A good friend is honest.
A good friend may not share every detail of every second of their life, but they do try to be clear about their intentions. This means that they try to present an accurate picture of who they are and of different situations. When something doesn't seem right, they let you know.

3. A good friend is supportive of you and your goals.
Sure, your friend may think you're cool, but are they on the same page as you? Do they know what you want most out of life? A really good friend will know what makes you tick and help you become the person you want to be. They won't try to change who you are or drag you into situations that make you uncomfortable or put you at risk of losing something that matters to you.

4. A good friend sticks with you in good times and bad.
Loyalty is a quality almost everyone lists when asked what they look for in a friend. A loyal friend will stick with you when your new play is a flop, when you bomb the SATs or when your parents get divorced. If you move or switch schools, they'll do their best to stay in touch with you.

5. A good friend accepts you for who you are, even when you're being a butthead.
In friendship, being accepting goes hand in hand with being loyal. A true friend rolls with the punches as you grow and change and know how to deal with your quirks and faults.

They are also patient with you when you make mistakes -- even big ones -- and learn how to forgive you when you hurt them. In other words, they treat you as you'd like to be treated, even when you aren't at your best.

6. A good friend is fun, unique and interesting.
OK, this is a given, and probably the reason you became friends in the first place. But there's a lot to be said for chemistry and shared interests.

7. Forgiveness
You can’t move forward in a relationship when one person is hung up on the past. But being a best friend is more than just forgiveness; it’s about compassion for the other person.

She forgives you because she believes you have the capacity to be better next time.A best friend understands that you both have flaws and grows with you to embrace them.

8. A good friend is attentive and adaptable.
A good friend is at least a fairly good listener and notices how little, day-to-day things affect you. They can't read your mind, but chances are they can usually tell when you're happy, sad, excited, shocked or upset. If they're aware that they're doing something that annoys you, they try to change their ways or at least talk to you about it.

9. Sensitivity
Sensitive people make good friends because they often see life on their own terms which allows them to understand the thoughts and feeling of others.

10. Humor
Life is better when approached with a good sense of humor and people that are happy and outgoing are a lot more fun to be around than someone who is depressed, moody and sees the empty half of the glass all the time.

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Less than 24 hours after Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, was impeached by the state’s House of Assembly, the ex-governor has spoken on his removal.

Speaking through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, on Tuesday, 15 July, 2014, Nyako said he had accepted his fate but asked his traducers to be mindful of God’s judgment.

It could be recalled that the former governor was removed from his post after the Adamawa lawmakers deliberated on a report submitted by an investigative panel that probed allegations of financial misconducts against him.

The committee submitted its report to the House on Monday, 14 July, 2014.

It was gathered that seventeen of the 25 members of the Assembly adopted the report of the panel after Speaker Umaru Fintiri read the report on the floor of the House.

According to reports, the panel found the governor guilty of all the 16 allegations of gross misconduct leveled against him by the House.

According to the statement released by Nyako’s spokesman moments after the state lawmakers pushed him out of power, the governor stated: “Praise be to Allah, we accept what has happened. This is the judgment of man; we should all remember that there is God’s judgment in the hereafter.

The ex-governor also commented on the resignation of his deputy, saying that it remained a nullity because it did not follow constitutional procedure.

The statement read: “We wish to state categorically that Section 306 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as Amended requires that the deputy governor resigns not to the House of Assembly but to the governor.

“As of the time the supposed resignation was said to have been tendered in the House, Murtala Nyako was the Governor of Adamawa State.

“No such letter was written to him, none was received by him and none was approved by him. It should therefore be known that in the eyes of the Law, the deputy governor has not resigned. Bala James Ngillari is still the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State.

“This clarification is necessary to avert another subversion of the Constitution since the other processes relating to the impeachment saga have all been in contravention of the Constitution and the Law.”

The statement also cautioned that the continued abuse of the constitution and the laws of the land might spell doom for Nigeria’s democracy.

Speaker of Adamawa House of Assembly, Umaru Fintiri, has been sworn into office as the new Acting Governor.

It would be recalled that Bala Ngilari, who has been recently served with impeachment notice along with his boss, Murtala Nyako, resigned from his position on Tuesday.

According to report by PremiumTimes, the Speaker of Adamawa State Assembly, Umaru Fintiri, read Ngilari’s resignation letter at the plenary on Tueady and which was approved by the lawmakers.

It was gathered that the sitting in the House was conducted amidst high security presence in the area, both on the roads and inside the complex.

The deputy governor was accused of extra-budgetary expenditure. The duo is also investigated in regard of fraudulent diversion of funds, intended for workers in the state.

Source: http://news.naij.com/69766.html

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I had just moved out of my parents house and was sharing a room with my "friend". I had no idea he smoked weed, despite his suspicious movements and signature weed scent (abi na odour?).
Barely two weeks after moving in with him, my worst fears were confirmed as he started bringing home his weed smoking buddies and they would occasionally roll a wrap and smoke it right there in the room or mix the weed with beans or spaghetti.
Being a very curious person I always wondered what made them happy after smoking, so I decided to find out for myself (wrong move).

It was a very hot day in February, a Saturday I think it was, my friend was out as usual. I searched everywhere for his stash but couldn't find it so I decided to go and get mine. I arrived the weed joint all sweaty and nervous, half expecting to get mugged but nobody seemed to be aware of my presence there, they were all on different planets all expect one I concluded that he must be the seller so I approached him and the following conversation ensued:

Me: how far?
Weed seller: I dey
Me: I wan buy weed
Weed seller: how many parcel?
Me: parcel ke? Iro oo, na just small I need
Weed seller: laughs really hard. bolo leleyi sha (meaning this guy is a dunce oo)
Apparently, a parcel of weed is that small wrap, I didn't know that. I thought it was something very large.
I gave him 1000naira and he gave me a tiny wrap of weed with a white paper, I was surprised when he gave me 900 as change. I couldn't believe weed was that cheap.

On my way home, I decided not to smoke it but mix it with beans because I thought that it will be better that way (another wrong move).
Long story short, I cooked beans and added the whole weed, ate it and called my friend, I told him ogbeni, I just ate weed oo and nothing happened to me this one that you people will eat and be feeling funky, I don chop am oo. My friend was like, ehen you be strong man oo.
I decided to take a quick nap before doing laundry, I woke up about 20 minutes later on the floor, I was banging my head on the floor, and I couldn't stop, my heart beat was so audible and fast, everything was extra bright and extra loud.

After a few minutes of head banging, I was able to get up from the floor, I felt as if I had just gained access to a part of my mind that I never knew existed previously. It was scary and cool at the same time. I could feel the blood flowing in my veins (you have to experience it to believe it. Though I strongly advise against it). I felt so uncomfortable in the room, it felt like I was in an oven.

Suddenly, a voice in my head wisphered ogbeni bo aso e joor (off your clothes), I obeyed. The voice came again oya sa re (now run). That was when I realized that the weed had taken effect, so I decided to take a shower to see if it will calm me down, but the water felt so hot on my skin so hot I ran out of the bathroom.
I called my friend to see if he could help me make sense of what was going on but he laughed at me, he asked me the quantity of weed I took and I told him I used a whole parcel, he said guyyyyy you don eff up! If you no sleep in the next 30mins, you go mad oo. Go chemist make you go explain yourself.
By this time things had escalated, I had a severe itch at the back of my head that wouldn't go away no matter how hard I scratched and I was convinced that the beating in my chest was an evil spirit that could only be killed with a punch.
I ran to my neighbor - Champion and told him, Champion e jo e fun mi lese laya(champion pls punch me in the chest). ti e ba gbami lese laya mo ma ku oo (if you don't punch me I will die oo).
He hissed and walked out having had enough of such nonsense from the boys in the boys quarters.

The voice in my head came again - iwo na o de gba ara e lese laya abi o ti fe ku ni (why don't you punch yourself in the chest or do you want to die?) I punched and punched but there was no difference.
The house was getting hotter, the voice in my head was getting louder, the itch in my head was getting worse, and the evil spirit in my chest was getting louder.
Then came the voice again - oya ma sare lo (start running). So I started running but on getting outside in the sun, I felt so cold I was shivering but that didn't stop me from running (I would have given Usain Bolt a run for his money on that day).
On getting to the chemist, I realized I was bare footed, I told him I had a severe headache I needed something to make me sleep immediately. He gave me the drug and I chewed it right there in his presence.
Next I asked him to give me a drug for evil spirit, that was when he realized something was wrong with me and chased me out.
I got back home and tried to sleep but my heart beat wouldn't let me, so I ran back out this time around to a nurse in the area, first thing she asked was - kilode o wo bata ni? (why don't you have your shoes on?
I told her Jackie Chan ti gba bata lowo mi (Jackie Chan collected my shoes). I was finally able to explain my situation to her and she took me in, tied something around my elbow and injected me directly in the vein.
I passed out immediately only to wake around 1 or 2am in the middle of the night with the worst kind of hunger I have ever felt in my life. I ate a whole loaf of butter field bread in one sitting without butter or tea.
I came home to a hero's welcome, my friend told me e be like say your head no carry am but e go better make you try am once more so you go dey use to it.
The following day while the house was empty, I packed my Ghana must go and like the prodigal son in the bible I went back home to my parents.
It's been a few years since that experience but the lesson I learnt is an unforgettable one. My curiosity hasn't gotten me in trouble again and my circle of friends have since changed.


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To get close to God, we must experience God. We must feel God’s presence in our lives, feel the changes in our body, our attitude, the way we see and experience the world. We must experience that feeling deep inside our person: that God is real and tangible.

The Bible promises that if we seek God, he will come to us. God wants to be in our lives but we must be willing to turn away from the things that are not from God. Sin separates us from God. The things that are acceptable and pleasing to the world around us are not pleasing to God. In order to get closer to God we must move away from the things of this world.

If we truly want to find God, we must be willing to do the things that God wants us to do. If we do this, we can start chipping away at the things that separate us from God.

Searching for God is like searching for a treasure. We don’t wait for someone to show up at our door and hand us a treasure. We go look for it. We are willing to do what it takes to find it. We may not even know exactly what the treasure is but we know it has great value and, therefore, are willing to do the things necessary to find it.

If you are truly interested in finding God or getting closer to God, then be ready to make the changes that are necessary.

Simply follow the steps listed below. These are the things that God has told us to do to strengthen our faith. Experience the closeness that God wants us to have with him and the changes that that closeness brings to our lives.

Step 1: REALLY Want To Get Closer To God.

We must first understand that we are criminals in God’s eyes. We have broken his Law over and over again throughout our lives.

Have you ever told a lie? If so, then you are a liar.
Have you ever stolen anything, even if it’s small? If so, then you are a thief.

If you have committed these sins then you are a lying, thieving, adulterous, blasphemous, murderer and must stand before a righteous and just God when you die.

Step 2: Pray In The Morning

Start your day out with a prayer and, if you have time, read God’s word.

For those who may be new to praying, here are some things to cover:

Thank God for getting you through the night and giving you this new day.
Ask God to help you to keep from sinning. Ask him to show you when you’re doing something wrong and give you the will to stop. (When you get the message, don’t excuse it away; listen.)
Ask God to remind you that he is there for you to help you through the difficulties of the day.
Ask God to come into your life and give you the faith to find him.
Say The Lord’s Prayer.

Step 3: Ask God To Help You During The Day.

If you are tempted to sin, ask God to help you. Read his word. Remove yourself from the tempting situation. If you face troubles during the day, ask God for help. Turn your worries over to him.

Step 4: Pray At Night

If you didn’t have a chance to read God’s word in the morning, do it at night. Is it very important to read God’s word. This gives you a chance to find things out for yourself rather than relying on things you’ve heard about The Bible and about Christianity. It will also give you a chance to see God’s word in context so that you have a more complete picture.

Before you go to bed, pray. Below are some of the things to include:

Thank God for getting you through the day and being there for you when you needed him.
Ask God to forgive you for the things you did wrong during the day. List them and ask for forgiveness and ask God to help you turn away from these sins and stop doing them.
Ask God to protect you in your sleep so your dreams are pure. The Devil will try to tempt us when we are least able to defend ourselves (H.A.L.T. = Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired).
Ask God to come into your life and give you the faith to find him.
Say The Lord’s Prayer.

Step 5: Ask God Te Help You Stop Sinning.

This is an absolutely key element in truly getting closer to God. Sin separates us from God.

There is a difference between falling into sin and diving into sin. If we are chasing after sin, then we have not turned over our hearts to God. Our hearts and our desires still belong to this sinful world.

The difference between someone who knows God and someone who doesn’t; is that the person who doesn’t know God will justify his sin. A person that knows God, knows that they’ve done wrong and need God’s forgiveness.

A four-time world player of the year, Argentina's Lionel Messi is gifted with talents that most footballers can only dream of. What makes him special is that he possesses not just one or two but a combination of special skills that give him an edge over just about everyone.
Although he hasn't played brilliantly in every game of this World Cup, Messi's talents have been on display on Argentina's road to Sunday's final against Germany. Here are five traits that explain what makes the Argentina captain so difficult to stop.

[b]SPEED[/b]
There are plenty of players who could outrun Messi in a 100-meter dash. But running with the ball is a different story. Messi can control the ball at close to top speed, making him an excellent dribbler. Also, it's his acceleration rather than his top speed that cuts up defenses. Few defenders can keep up when Messi revs up from standstill, creating space for his left-foot shot.

BALANCE
Like former Argentina great Diego Maradona, Messi uses his short stature to his advantage. His low center of gravity enables him to make quick turns and to stay on his feet when challenged. Often, the only way to knock him off balance is to foul him. Defenders at the World Cup have been taking turns tackling Messi to spread the risk of getting booked around the team.

ACCURACY
Messi is one of the world's top free-kick takers, striking the ball with impressive accuracy with his magic left foot. Almost always he hits the target or just misses it - you rarely see Messi blast a free kick five meters over the crossbar. In Argentina's final group-stage match, Nigeria gave Messi two free kick opportunities near the penalty area toward the end of the first half. He elegantly curled the first one over the wall, but goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama was well-positioned and stopped it. By the second free kick, Messi had fine-tuned his aim, and struck the ball perfectly inside the post. Enyeama jokingly asked the referees during the break to not give Messi any more free kicks.

PATIENCE
Patience is perhaps an underrated virtue for a football player, and it's one that has served Messi well in the World Cup. Every opponent has come with a plan to stop him, by closing down his space and tackling him as soon as he touches the ball. As a result Messi has looked out of the game for long periods. But instead of hanging his head and getting frustrated, Messi keeps looking for openings, patiently awaiting a moment when defenders take their focus off him for just a split second. That's when he strikes. Against Iran, that moment came in injury time when he scored his second goal of the tournament. Against Switzerland, it happened in extra time as he set up Angel Di Maria's winning goal with a piercing run down the middle.

INTELLIGENCE
Messi also stands out for his ability to read the game, mapping out paths to the opponent's goal in his mind before the opponent does. That's key to understanding why he's such a prolific scorer. Knowing by instinct where a gap will open up for a quick pass or shot gives him an advantage over others, though it can also complicate things for the team. Sometimes Messi lets chances slip away by being too smart for his Argentina teammates, who aren't in sync with him to the same degree as Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez at Barcelona.

Source: http://www.supersport.com/football/world-cup-2014/news/140712/Five_reasons_why_Messi_stands_out

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The most valuable and expensive World Cup ever will earn billions of dollars for FIFA, millions for the competing countries and thousands for the more than 700 players selected.

From its near $4.5 billion in revenue from broadcasters, sponsors, hospitality and licensing deals, FIFA distributes just over $400 million to the 32 national federations taking part in the tournament.

Here is how some of that money breaks down:

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FIRST PRIZE

The winner between Germany and Argentina in the final will get $35 million in prize money paid to its national federation, which can spend the money as it chooses.

That's $5 million more than the $30 million Spain took home from South Africa four years ago.

The runner up gets $25 million (up from $24 million in 2010), while the third- and fourth-place teams get $22 million and $20 million, respectively.

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PLAYERS' SHARE

FIFA lets national federations choose how to reward the 23 players on their squads.

The German federation last year promised all 23 players a 300,000-euro ($408,000) bonus for winning a fourth World Cup title.

That is the equivalent of a few weeks' basic wage for the German players who are employed by wealthy European clubs like Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

PRIZE POOL

Prize money for the other 28 federations who are eliminated before the semifinals stayed at the same level as in 2010.

Quarterfinalists get $14 million, round of 16 losers get $9 million and those which failed to advance from the group get $8 million.

How do they spend it? Four years ago, FIFA acknowledged it did not know if the $8 million paid to North Korea would stay within football there.

In addition, FIFA paid $1.5 million in advance to each of the 32 federations to prepare for the tournament — an increase of $500,000 from the 2010 tournament

That should have helped pay for training camps before arriving in Brazil and settle some player bonus issues which have traditionally dogged World Cup teams, especially from Africa.

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PAY TO PLAY

As usual, problems over paying bonuses exposed the financial problems of African federations and a fundamental distrust many players have for elected football officials.

Three of the five African teams — Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria — were distracted by payment issues.

Cameroon's squad arrived a day late after refusing to board a plane, forcing their federation to take out a loan to ensure players got paid.

Ghana's government flew in $3 million in cash — after Brazil's government waived laws on moving currency — to avert a threatened strike by players who were reportedly promised between $75,000 and $100,000.

Nigeria players canceled a training session before its round of 16 loss against France to ensure its bonus payments were upheld. They were promised $10,000 each for every group stage win, and could have earned $102,500 in total for winning the title.

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FIFA PROMISE

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said it was "sad" that bonus issues distracted from the football.

He pledged that, in the future, FIFA will seek written agreements from federations that players are contracted to receive their money before arriving in Russia in 2018.

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CLUBS' SHARE

Clubs who released the 736 players taking part in the World Cup will also get their share of FIFA's revenues.

FIFA has set aside $70 million to distribute at a rate of $2,800 per player per day that each was on World Cup duty. The money is shared between each player's current club and any other he played for in the two previous years during qualification matches.


Source: finance.yahoo.com/news/world-cup-cash-paid-teams-180403804.html

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I’ve learned- that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I’ve learned- that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.

I’ve learned- that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I’ve learned- that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I’ve learned- that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I’ve learned- that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.

I’ve learned- that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something.

I’ve learned- that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.

I’ve learned- that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I’ve learned- that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I’ve learned- that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I’ve learned- that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I’ve learned- that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I’ve learned- that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I’ve learned- that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I’ve learned- that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I’ve learned- that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I’ve learned- that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I’ve learned- that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up.

I’ve learned- that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I’ve learned- that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I’ve learned- that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

I’ve learned- that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I’ve learned- that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

I’ve learned- that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.

I’ve learned- that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned- that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned- that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I’ve learned- that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.

I’ve learned- that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.

I’ve learned- that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I’ve learned- that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I’ve learned- that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I’ve learned- that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I’ve learned- that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I’ve learned- that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I’ve learned- that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I’ve learned- that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings, and standing up for what you believe.

I’ve learned- that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.


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