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Often people find they forget the what they read
or where they put things. Here are some ideas
for you to practice and naturally improve your
memory.
• Make a Fist
If you are facing problems recalling things at
work get a stress ball. Clenching your fist, if
done in correctly, can improve your memory
skills. Those who are right-handed should make
a fist of their right hand before they try to recall
a piece of information. Hold that position for
about 45 seconds. The process is reversed for
those who are left-handed.
• Crossword Puzzles
Solving crossword puzzles on a daily basis will
help keep your mind fresh and sharp. This helps
avoid memory loss and brain disease. You can
choose a level to suit you, work on them while
travelling or in your leisure time. Playing chess
can also improve your IQ level.
• Writing it Down
Write down things you need to remember like
passwords, phone numbers, etc. Writing
increases the modality and improves your
memory. You can also keep a journal.
• Sleep Well
You need proper sleep to keep your mind
healthy. Sleep plays an important role in
maintaining your memory. Sleeping will
reorganize your memories and fight stress which
increases your energy level.
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• Meditation
Meditation plays a very important role in keeping
you fit. It increases memory level and
concentration power and secretes feel good
hormones which help relax your body and give
you peace of mind. Spend 10-15 minutes
meditating daily.
• Eat Healthy
Keeping a healthy lifestyle improves the
functioning of your mind and helps you increase
memory. Eating seasonal fruits and dry fruits
help improve memory. Almonds are well known
for their memory increasing abilities. Chewing
gum also helps improve memory.
• Visualize
Visualizing is one of most effective ways to
remember something. By developing a detailed
visual image of information that is important to
you, you can more easily recall that information.
• Smell, touch, taste, hear, and see it
Involving all your senses while you encode
memory can make your memory stronger. That’s
why you can recall the smell of mom’s cookies
as if she made them just now. By shaking hands
and looking in the eyes of people you meet you
can more easily remember their name. `
• Take Time to Laugh
Laughing is considered the best therapy for
overall growth. When you laugh it triggers certain
areas in your brain to secrete endorphins which
make you more positive and intellectual
throughout your day. It is well known for
relieving stress and helping you improve your
memory. Start laughing more often and increase
your memory power.

Every single adult has had a crush while
growing up, so if you have a crush or you
had one before there is nothing to be
ashamed of, I had crushes too when I was a
teenager, from a cute Indian actor(vikem of
sunita) to one fine looking guy back then in
high school,(smiles).he never knew!!
Some crushes die naturally without much
trouble, while others could linger on and
become overwhelming.This is why you need
to be armed with the right information to
help you recognize and deal with it . A lot of
teenagers have been swept away by
crushes and have ended up with so many
regrets. Experts say it takes about 4months,
for a crush to die, sadly the aftermath of
some crushes end with a baby, an abortion
or a dented reputation.
so what is a crush…
A crush can also be called infatuation, and
it’s defined as a brief but intense feeling or
a state of being carried away by
unreasoning passion for someone, especially
someone unattainable. As teenagers, it is
quite natural to be attracted, drawn, to
admire, or to be fond of an opposite sex. It
actually a sign that you are growing
emotionally and socially,however this
powerful but real feelings has to be handled
properly so as to reduce the overwhelming
mental, emotional effect and regrettable
mistakes it tends to bring.
To help us understand better, I have
classified crushes into different types
Crush on a celebrity, a star icon- you
don’t really know them,you just tripping from
a far,as such there is a degree to how it
really disturbs you emotionally. Just by
entering into a teenager’s room, you could
almost tell what and who he or she is fond
of, by the posters on the wall, the type of
song on his or her phone or ipads, the
dressing style, hair style or cut, mannerism,
etc
Crush on someone known but way out of
your league , like a big sister/ brother figure,
your school teacher, your sister’s husband,
your Pastor, a nice married man/married
woman in church or in the neighbourhood, a
blood relative…Because these set of people
are most time symbols of respect,
protection,care and authority it very easy for
an innocent admiration of them to gradually
lead to a crush, This category of crush is
more dangerous because this people here
are accessible and known to you, they are
also much older and experience, some of
them could take advantage of your
naiveness, hence you make decisions base
on a crush(rush), and you are left to face
the consequences long after the crush has
faded.
Crush on someone known but within your
reach- like your classmate, school mates,
Church member, family friend. Etc. This
type is very common among pre-teens and
younger teens, It could also be
dangerous when not managed well by the
adolescent.
crush on a total stranger- or somebody
you may or may not have had any
conversation with, or someone you may or
may not have seen.For instance via
Facebook, twitter, installation. etc. This type
is almost similar to the crush on a celebrity,
only that this person isn’t a star or a icon,
what makes this type particularly dangerous
for teenagers, is security of life and
properties it threatens. Many teenagers
have invited strangers to there homes or
have agreed to meet up with a Facebook
friend somewhere and never lived to tell
their stories, all because they thought they
where in love.
HOW DO I KNOW IT’S A CRUSH
1. It thinks only about self and not others
2. It is blind to reality, very unreasonable
and irrational
3. You break rules and deep personal
values to satisfy it
4. It is breaks up at any slightest irritation
5. It’s based on feelings
6. It wants sex now
7. It’s attracted to the container,and not
the content. Ie,the looks, the charisma not
character, emphasises on beauty.
8. A shallow knowledge about the person,
or a vague idea of the persons weakness
and strength, i.e, you don’t know the person
real name, yet you claim you are in love
9. Attracted to more than just one person
10. Can’t eat or sleep, persistent thought
about the person, fantasy like thought
11. Makes you overly possessive,
obesesive, in secured and over jealous
12. It doesn’t last, makes you sick and
desperate
13. Sometimes thrives in secrecy and
dominated by anxiety, fear, insecurity, and
uncertainty
14. All about flattery, lies and insincerity
15. its fades with time,
How to handle crush
First you must know what love is, when
you know the original, you can easy detect
a counterfeit
So what is love?
1. Love is patient
2. Love is kind
3. Love is not boastful
4. Love is not proud
5. Love does not envy
6. Love is not self seeking
7. Love is not easy angered
8. Loves does not keep records of wrong
doing
9. Loves endures all things
10. Love sees the best in everyone
11. True love wait
12. You don’t fall in love, you grow in love
13. Love is not a feeling, it is a decision
14. Love doesn’t lie
So when you think that you actually in love
with that guy or attracted to that girl, cross
check with the above list…. Love is patient,
if this guy really loves me he would be
patient, and if I love him I would be patient
enough to finish up my studies and wait till
the right time…. If he keep pressurising
me to go out with him, or have sex with
him then he isn’t being patient, therefore he
isn’t expressing love but mere crush… which
wouldn’t last and I would be left heart
broken.
Prioritize your interest . What is of
importance to you now, arrange them in
order of priority. And stick to it, no matter
what. Rehearse it on your head. I remember
writing it somewhere in my diary when I
was a teenager.”I have no time for boys
now’, it really helped me to remain focused.
What are your dreams?. Let that be your
mental image. What do you see yourself
becoming in the next 3to 5years?..when you
meditate on that often, it’s will become part
of you, you will be to busy mentally pursuing
after your dream.
distract your crush feeling with
something else, instead of taking time
thinking of a particular person, get involve
with social and religious activities. train
your mind to think of new ways to improve
yourself, mentally ,academically, spiritually.
don’t be idle ,engage your mind.
Ask your self some
sincere questions ,What do I like about this
person in question, apart from his gifts and
her pretty body? most time our reasons are
so shallow. when you get to observe your
crush real character you might be become
disinterested in him or her very soon. So
give it time before rushing into a
relationship with a crush.Time is the acid
test that really differentiate infatuation from
real love.
Don’t hang out alone with someone you
are crushing over, have other friends, as you
begin to relate with others you find out that
this person isn’t all that,premature intimacy
is dangerous
Talk it out , find somebody, a trusted
adult, your parent(if you are close to
them) about how you feel, they have been
there before. Every adult has been through
a crush before.. So you haven’t sin by
crushing over a person. You just need to
align your thought properly so you won’t be
distracted, with the right help and time
the crush feeling will wane off.
Parents please don’t dismiss, ignore,
criticize or embarrass your teen when you
notice they are having a crush.If you have
been directly confided in by your teen, see it
has an opportunity to bring them
closer, reinforce good values in them, and
provide the adequate emotional support for
them as they grow, share your personal
stories with them, they most time come to
their senses with less mistakes. if you
succeed in this aspect, your teen will find
you approachable always,rather than hiding
secrets from you.
Tell God. Pray about it. As simple as it
sounds, it works. God is love he created you
and your emotions and he knows how you
feel. Somehow, he will help you figure out a
way.
As I conclude, i would like to share a short
story of a teenager like you, she started
dating her boyfriend because she felt they
where in love, they did lots of stupid things
together, after 4months,she said they got
bored of each other, and decided to break
up. she discovered that her boyfriend wasn’t
as good looking as she thought, in fact she
said he was the ugliest guy she has ever
seen, that feeling was mutual, because her
boy friend after the breakup, told all his
friends how awful and dirty she
was. This news broke her down, she
couldn’t believe her boyfriend would ever
betray her like that, guess what happened
next…………to be continued next month…

Ever wonder why some students read very
hard every semester but surprisingly fail
their exams at the end of it all?
Such students read almost every day and
night and are perceived by their mates as
hardworking students who deserve to
succeed academically;
however, their poor grades keep surprising
them and everyone else.
If you study hard and your grades seem
not to reflect your hard work, then its time
you stop working hard and start working
smart.
Here are some reasons why some students
study hard but fail.
1. Upholding hard work while neglecting
smart work
Hard work is good but hard work when
done smartly is far better and produces
greater result.
Hard work starts with reading and ends
with more reading.
Students who uphold hard work while
neglecting smart work believe they must
read every note, text-book, handout and all
materials they can get to be able to pass.
On the other hand, smart work involves
reading and settling back to self-examine
whether what is being read is really
required for passing exams.
Students who seem to read less but still
perform excellently well have been able to
combine smart work and hard work. They
are able to smartly figure out what they
need to read to pass. They know they
don’t have to read all the textbooks in the
library to be able perform well.
2. Not knowing when it’s enough
Studying saps energy. When you become
tired while reading it is important you take
a break, take a walk or go watch TV
before returning to your books.
Most students read hard and fail because
they stay glued to their books even when
they’re exhausted and need rest. In such
condition everything they’ll be reading
stops making sense but they continue
nonetheless.
3. Having difficulty prioritizing what’s
important
Not all courses or subjects are read the
same. Seemingly difficult subjects or
courses should be given higher priority.
Also, courses that are prerequisites are
more important than electives and thus
must be given more priority as we study.
4. Focusing on “I don’t want to fail”
instead of “I want to pass”
This is a mind game. Winners always
focus their minds on winning.
From personal experience, I see that most
students who read more than others but
still fail do their read out of fear.
They afraid of failing hence they often say
things like: “I don’t want to fail”. Fear is
their motivation.
The solution to is to focus our minds on “I
want to pass” so I’ll read.
5. Putting their books first and themselves
second
They read all day and night while they
forget about the need to take care of
themselves. Haven’t you seen those who
read from the first day of resumption to
the last week of lectures only to fall sick
in the week of exams? They stress and
wear themselves out.
6. They read all the time instead of at
‘their right time’
There is often the ‘right time’ to read for
every student. This is often the time of
the day when you are able to grasp and
understand more as you read. For some
their right time to read is at night.
Students who read hard and still fail read
at all times even when it’s not necessary.
At the end of the day, they are perceived
to be serious and hardworking students
but they have no results to show for their
labour.
If this issue affects you I hope this write-
up helps you to understand how you ought
to adjust.
Are there more reasons why some
hardworking students fail despite their
rigorous studies? Tell us about it.

Once a group of 500 people were attending a
seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and
decided to do a group activity. He started giving
each person a balloon. Each person was then
asked to write their name on it using a marker
pen. Then all the balloons were collected and
put in another room.
The people were then let into that room and
asked to find the balloon which had their name
written on it within 5 minutes. Everyone was
frantically searching for their name, colliding with
each other, pushing around others and there was
utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their
own balloon.
Then, the speaker asked each person to
randomly collect a balloon and give it to the
person whose name was written on it. Within
minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker then began, "This is happening in
our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for
happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other
people. Give them their happiness; you will get
your own happiness. And this is the purpose of
human life...the pursuit of happiness."

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Everything that God made valuable in this world
is well covered and hardly to see, find or get.
1. Where do you find diamonds?
Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
2. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the
bottom of the
ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful
shell.
3. Where do you find gold?
Way down in the mine, covered over
with layers of rock and to get them, you have to
work hard &
dig deep down to get them; "Your body is
sacred & unique" You are far more precious than
gold, diamonds and pearls, and you
should be covered too." if you keep
your treasured mineral just like gold, diamond
and pearls, deeply covered up, a reputable mining
organization with the requisite machinery will fly
down and
conduct years of extensive exploration.
First, they will contact your government (your
family), sign
professional contracts (wedding) and mine you
professionally
(legal marriage). But if you leave your precious
minerals uncovered on the
surface of the earth, you will attract a lot of
illegal miners to
come and mine you illegally. Everybody will just
pick up their
crude instruments and just have a dig on you.
Keep your bodies deeply covered so that you
only invite professional miners to chase you.
Your body is so precious that is why God call it
HIS Temple. Please add value to your life.

Everything that God made valuable in this world
is well covered and hardly to see, find or get.
1. Where do you find diamonds?
Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
2. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the
bottom of the
ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful
shell.
3. Where do you find gold?
Way down in the mine, covered over
with layers of rock and to get them, you have to
work hard &
dig deep down to get them; "Your body is
sacred & unique" You are far more precious than
gold, diamonds and pearls, and you
should be covered too." if you keep
your treasured mineral just like gold, diamond
and pearls, deeply covered up, a reputable mining
organization with the requisite machinery will fly
down and
conduct years of extensive exploration.
First, they will contact your government (your
family), sign
professional contracts (wedding) and mine you
professionally
(legal marriage). But if you leave your precious
minerals uncovered on the
surface of the earth, you will attract a lot of
illegal miners to
come and mine you illegally. Everybody will just
pick up their
crude instruments and just have a dig on you.
Keep your bodies deeply covered so that you
only invite professional miners to chase you.
Your body is so precious that is why God call it
HIS Temple. Please add value to your life.

K

Fearless

Progressive Change Man of the Week Award
Goes To Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Of
Rivers state parameters used 40 face book
groups and and 2,000 visitors on
www.progressivechange.com.ng
Amaechi was born in Ubima, IkwerreLocal
Government Area of Rivers State to the family of
late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mrs Mary
Amaechi. He was raised in Diobu, a densely
populated neighbourhood in Port Harcourt and
had his early education at St Theresa’s Primary
School from 1970 to 1976. He earned his West
African School Certificate in 1982 after attending
Government Secondary School Okolobiri.
Chibuike received a Bachelor of Arts degree
(Honours) in English Studies and Literature from
the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he
was the President of the National Association of
Rivers State Students (NURSS).
He completed the mandatory National Youth
Service in 1988. He thereafter joined the
Services of Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited
owned by Dr. Peter Odili, the former Governor of
Rivers State where he worked until 1992. He is
married to Judith Amaechi and they have three
boys.
Amaechi cut his early teeth in politics as
secretary of the now defunct National
Republican Convention in Ikwerre Local
Government Area of Rivers State. Between 1992
and 1994, he was Special Assistant to the
Deputy Governor of Rivers State and also a
member of the Board of West Africa Glass
industry as well as Risonpalm Nigeria Limited.
He was the Rivers State’s Secretary of
the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) caretaker
committee after in 1996 during the transition
programme of General Sanni Abacha junta.
In 1999, he contested and won a seat to become
a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly
to represent his constituency. He was
subsequently elected as the Speaker of the
House of Assembly. Amaechi was elected the
Chairman of Nigeria’s Conference of Speakers of
State Assemblies. He was reelected into the
State House of Assembly in May 2003 and was
also re-elected as the Speaker. In 2003 when the
National Assembly moved to hijack the
legislative functions of the State house of
Assembly as enshrined in the constitution, he
and his colleagues took the matter to Nigeria’s
supreme court and the court gave a judgment
that the control and supervision of local
government is the prerogative of the State House
of Assembly.
He contested and won the People’s Democratic
Party primary for Rivers State Governor in 2007.
His name was substituted and he took the case
to highest court in the land, the Supreme court.
He became Governor on 26 October 2007, after
the Supreme Court pronounced him the rightful
candidate of the PDP and winner of the April
2007 Governorship election in Rivers State.
He was reelected for a second term of four
years in April 2011.His administration invested in
infrastructure development, construction of roads
and bridges sticking to the vision of connecting
all parts of the state by road. The governor is
also committed to urban renewal and
modernization of transportation services as his
administration is building a monorail to provide
mass transportation within the city of Port
Harcourt. Some power plants projects
(Afam, Trans Amadi, Onne ) are also ongoing or
nearing completion to improve power supply in
the State. Chibuike Amaechi holds the National
honour of the Commander of the Order of the
Niger (CON), is a Christan Catholic and a knight
of St Johns.
On 6 March 2014, he gave a speech criticizing
the institutionalization of corruption by
President Goodluck Jonathan , saying “The
response of the regime to corruption is to
imprison those exposing corruption. The impunity
in corruption is extended to the punishment of
those who fight corruption.”Specific allegations
included “$20 billion is alleged to have gone
missing at the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) just as both fuel and
kerosene subsidy have become questionable.”
Amaechi in 2015 was among the major leaders
that where instrumental to Gen Muhammadu
Buharis presidential election victory, with the
president on his neck Gov Amaechi stood strong
refusing to bow to the powers of the Federal
Might, for this he was unanimously named the
Lion Of the South South, the Rock that cannot
be broken, the bringer of change, He also has
been choosen by many as their mentor. He is
truly a Man that should be celebrated people
from the north, south, east and west voted for
him to become The Progressive Change Man Of
the Week, it was very easy coming to a
conclusion that he is the winner, Truly he is a
man greatly loved by Nigerians.

A gigantic test of wills is rocking the All
Progressives Congress just 12 days to the
inauguration of President-elect Mohammadu
Buhari as Nigeria’s substantive President.
Impeccable sources within the party told
SUNDAY PUNCH over the weekend that some
ex-governors, Buhari’s associates and mutinous
party members from the South-West are trying
to whittle down the influence that the national
leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will
have on the incoming government.
Tinubu, the party’s undisputed leader in the
South-West, is widely feted as the force behind
the merger of all the major opposition parties in
the country which led to the emergence of the
APC as Nigeria’s major opposition party.
On several occasions, Buhari, who defeated
President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28
presidential elections, winning 15,424,921 votes
to Jonathan’s 12 853,162 votes, has also
acknowledged the efforts of the former
governor of Lagos State, fondly referred to as
Jagaban by his admirers.
However, multiple sources within the party told
SUNDAY PUNCH that the relationship between
the duo might have become strained in recent
times as some forces within the party are bent
on making Buhari to see Tinubu in another light.
Some powerbrokers within the party, some of
whom are trusted by the president-elect, are
said to be mounting pressure on him to
reassess his ties with the APC national leader.
These powerbrokers are also said to be
questioning Tinubu’s and the South West’s
contributions to Buhari’s election victory.
Recently, at a public function, the Oba of Lagos,
Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, gave indications of the
strained relationship between the duo, even as
he asked people to pray that Tinubu’s “labour”
would not be wasted.
“All Lagos residents should pray that the labour
of Tinubu should not be in vain. A lot of things
have been happening now. Some people have
been telling Buhari all sorts of things. Awujale
(Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland) and I have
decided to meet Buhari because Lagos and
South West states must benefit from the
General Buhari administration,” he said.
Reliable sources within the party however told
our correspondent that the gang up against the
party leader started before the party’s victory at
the elections.
One of the sources, who spoke on the condition
of anonymity, told SUNDAY PUNCH that those
opposed to Tinubu within the party first moved
against the national leader during the APC’s
national convention in June last year.
According to him, some ex-governors and other
high-ranking members of the party backed a
former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva,
against Tinubu’s candidate, Chief John Odigie-
Oyegun.
The source, who is an associate of the national
leader, said, “Even before Buhari emerged as
the party’s presidential candidate, some people
in the party, particularly the governors and some
ex-governors, wanted another candidate as
chairman. They were totally opposed to Odigie-
Oyegun who was Tinubu’s choice. They believed
that if they succeeded in getting their man as
the chairman, they would have more control of
the party, but they failed.”
The source added that the same scenario
played out during the party’s presidential
primaries. “It is not a secret: initially, the same
group of people in the APC were totally opposed
to Asiwaju’s choice of Buhari. They wanted
either former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar or
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State.
When you look at it critically, their choice of
these candidates then was not based on any
fundamental reason but just to oppose Tinubu
and gain more ground in the party. It is funny
that some of them who now move around with
Buhari were totally against his candidature as
APC’s flag bearer,” he said.
But the source ended his chat with our
correspondent by saying, “We are optimistic
that Buhari and Tinubu will manage their
relationship well. They will not allow anyone to
come between them.”
Another source within the party cited an
incident during Buhari’s February Chatham
House event in London as an example of the
high level intra-party politics playing out within
the party.
The source said both camps jostled to take the
credit for producing the speech delivered by
Buhari at Chatham House knowing that the
speech would give the then APC presidential
candidate a huge mileage within the
international community.
The source said just before the event, a senior
party member who is also a former governor of
a South-West state, had rushed in to write the
President-elect’s speech. The said ex-governor
also presented the speech to the president-
elect.
He said, “Not knowing that a speech had been
prepared, the national leader asked if Buhari’s
speech was ready. He was told that the ex-
governor had written it and given it to Buhari.
Tinubu was not happy because he knew nothing
about the speech despite being one of the
party’s top strategists. He asked that the
speech be sent to him as a condition for him to
attend the event. When he eventually got it, he
turned it down because he felt the speech did
not represent Buhari’s and the APC’s ideals
properly.
“He then asked a team of experts to write
another speech for Buhari. Asiwaju had to
explain to Buhari why he felt the initial speech
written by the former governor was not good
enough.”
Asked why some of the party leaders appeared
to be vehemently opposed to Tinubu, the source
said, “Most of the people that have a grouse
with our national leader believe he is too
controlling and he’s not allowing them have a
say. But they can express their grievances
through better ways,” he said.
But as the inauguration day draws near, sources
say the selection of ministers and top
government officials for the new government is
the newest phase of the battle of influence that
is rocking the party.
The source said, “The battle has now shifted to
the selection of Buhari’s new cabinet. Many of
those opposed to Tinubu in the party have
presented themselves and others as candidates.
(Some of these people are from the South-
West).
“There is another sub-group made up of
northerners, mostly, Fulanis. They have been
touting themselves as Buhari’s closest
associates since he won the elections. We’ve
heard them say that the North was the
dominant factor in Buhari’s win and that even
though the South-West voted for him, the North
donated the majority votes.
“But they are making a mistake because if
President Jonathan had won all the South-West
states, Buhari’s victory would have been hard to
come by. They also forget that it was on the
platform of the APC that Buhari emerged
President. If not for the merger, Buhari wouldn’t
have won. He tried to win on the platform of
the CPC in 2011, but it wasn’t successful.
“Having seen that their tactics of spreading bad
rumours about Tinubu to Buhari is not working,
they are now playing the ethnic card to divide
them. Sadly, some of our ex-governors from the
South-West and South-South have joined them
to play this ethnic card.”
When asked how the national leader of the
party was fighting back, another highly-placed
source within the party said Nigerians should
wait for the list of ministers.
“We are not in government yet but some people
are making trouble underground. Anyway, the
ministerial list will put them in check. They are
following Buhari all over the place and trying to
cause disaffection between him and Tinubu but
it will yield nothing. Unfortunately for them,
Buhari is not likely to have ministers of states
so it narrows their chances of getting
appointments. Some of our party members
particularly from the South-West are in for a
surprise when the ministerial list is out.”
Contacted on Saturday, a former National
Publicity Secretary of the defunct Congress for
Progressive Change, one of the parties that
formed the APC, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said
Tinubu was bound to have opposition from
within the party due to his political influence.
He reminded those who were challenging his
authority in the party that the former Governor
of Lagos State was one of the arrowheads of
APC’s formation and the party’s victory at the
2015 general election.
Fashakin said, “In any gathering of human
beings, you are bound to have people showing
disapproval and disaffection about others; that
is normal. The APC is not an exception. It is
usually like that. Some people will say ‘what is
his own? He is having too much influence. Is it
only him?”
He, however, asked those who were opposed to
Tinubu to consider the positive roles he had
played in the party.
“During the electioneering, the PDP knew the
people that were strategic to its electoral
misfortune and the need to go after such
individuals. One of them was Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu. Did you see the hate
documentary that was produced and aired to
disparage him at that time?
“The individuals talking now (against Tinubu)
were not put under such scurrilous attacks. Did
they experience such? Whatever they may say,
when the history of APC is written, you cannot
wish away what Tinubu has done,” Fashakin
added.
A former Minister of Petroleum and Energy,
Professor Tam David-West, one of Buhari’s
biggest loyalists, also told SUNDAY PUNCH that
there was nobody in the APC, no matter how
influential he might be, that could influence the
incoming President’s decisions.
He said, I don’t want to comment on it because
I know it is not possible. Nobody can influence
General Buhari. I know him.”
When contacted, the Director of Media and
Publicity in the APC Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Mr. Garba Shehu, described the
moves by the individuals as a party issue. “It is
a party issue, speak to Lai Mohammmed,” he
said.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr.
Lai Mohamed did not pick the calls made to his
phone neither did he respond to the text
messages sent to him by our correspondent.
Copyright PUNCH.

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A NEW mum has given birth to twins – who
have two different fathers.
The incredible case was revealed after the
woman, identified only as T.M., named her
current boyfriend as the father of her twins.
But T.M. admitted before maternity papers were
signed that she had actually slept with a
different man a week after she believed she
conceived with her boyfriend.
A paternity test was carried out and it was
revealed that the two men had each fathered
one of the twins, who are now toddlers.
Now the woman’s original partner only has to
pay out child support for one of the children.
Passaic County Judge Sohail Mohammad made
the ruling in the paternity case on Monday, the
New Jersey Law Journal reported.
Paternity tests showed the woman’s former
boyfriend was almost certainly the father of one
twin – but wasn’t the father of the other.
Now he only has to pay out $28 – around £18 –
per week for his daughter.
Judge Mohammad said he found just two other
court cases of a woman giving birth to twins
from separate dads, which occurs in one out of
every 13,000 reported paternity cases involving
twins.
It seems medically impossible, but a woman can
give birth to twins with two fathers when she has
sex with two different men in the same week.
In a process known as heteropaternal
superfecundation, the rare incident occurs when
a woman releases two eggs during her menstrual
cycle and different men fertilise one egg each.
It is a more common occurrence when the same
dad fertilises two eggs during separate
incidences of sex.
Amazingly, it is also possible for a woman to
give birth to twins who have been conceived
weeks or even months apart, if she continues to
ovulate even after she has become pregnant, in a
process called superfetation.
It is claimed that superfetation is common in
some species of animals, but is extremely rare in
humans.
In 2009, Todd and Julia Grovenburg of Fort
Smith, Arkansas, conceived an additional child
while already pregnant with a baby conceived
two and a half weeks earlier.
Both healthy babies were delivered through
Caesarean section on December 2, 2009, when
Julia, 33, became one of only 11 women ever
reported to conceive while already pregnant.
“It’s common knowledge and written down in
medical books that you can’t get pregnant while
already pregnant,” Julia said.
“But somehow, after years of trying to conceive,
I became the exception to the rule – getting
pregnant twice in two weeks.”

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OPEN LETTER FROM MANCHESTER UNITED
FANS TO CHELSEA FANS
Dear Chelsea fans,
Congrats on winning your 5th league title but
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Aston villa won their 5th league trophy in
1900(115yrs ago)
Sunderland did it in 1913(102yrs ago)
Arsenal did it in1938(77yrs ago)
Everton did it in1939(76yrs ago)
Liverpool did it in 1947(68yrs ago)
Man u did it in 1957(58yrs ago)
Winning 5 league trophies isn't any achievement
that
hasn't been seen before so please stop worrying
our
ears with the noise of being league champs.

Universities including privately owned
institution lecturer engage in different act.
In some students handbook under the title:
professional ethics committee code of
conduct for staff and students, lecturer
where advised”not victimize student for
sex, ethnic, religious or personal reasons.
In same vein student where warned not to
offer money,sex,or other enticement. In
exchange for higher grade or alternation/
forgery of record/document. nothing is
usually said on the punishment to be
meterd out on defaulting lecturers .but
emphasis is made on student who is
involved in any kind of examination
malpractice.
This thread is for us to share our
experiences or maybe a possible way of
overcoming it.wud just mentioned few lies
while you add yours.
1: IF YOU SLEEP WITH ME YOU WILL
HAVE AN “A” IN MY COURSES: This
usually happen to year one female student
especially, lecturers tend to catch them
young. when lecturers do this the tend to
pave way for some gehs wey don spoil
from house come, dem go just continue to
dey sleep with lecturer till dem
graduate.sure way to pass#use wat you
got to get what you want.
2: SO SO PERCENTAGE OF CLASS
ATTENDANCE: Na this one the pain me
pass.some lecturers sha dem wicked oo
.imagined a student who attends clasess
regularly, do assignment, write test,write
exam, some of this lecturers end up not
using attendance or assignment. I
remember when we use to pay for
lecturers assignment which was always
compulsory,after all this they still fail you.
3: IF YOU DON’T BUY MY TEXT BOOK NO
EXAM: I remember one baddo lecturer in
Unical with a nickname; shapely bend
down .(lol). I say that man go buy
80leaves write all the students name with
their passport and telephone number, with
about 500 hundred student in a class
although we became less as the semester
progress. You will have to go to his office
On your own for the text boook and he will
tick your name, with that he was able to
select the girls he will sleep with.
4: GO AND READ THIS AREA OF
CONCRNTRATION: At the end you go read
taya and not even one question will come
out from there.
Abeg guys, Please drop your comment
about your Lecturers??

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In 6 Months, Nigerians May Stone Buhari
Apostle Suleiman in the interview with Punch
newspaper, made a disturbing statement
concerning the president elect, Muhammad
Buhari.
Hear him.
“Let me say this to you. In the next six months,
people may stone Buhari. The reason I’m saying
this is because the expectation is too high.
Nigerians expect Buhari to put gold on their
tables. Two, the large chunk of followership
Buhari has are youths and young people and they
are impatient. Young people don’t believe in
progressive change, they want change.
When they say change, they see a new picture.
And Buhari has been talking from the two sides
of the mouth. During campaign, he told us Boko
Haram would be a thing of the past. Now, you
are President-elect, you are saying people
shouldn’t expect a miracle. Are you a pastor? If I
wanted a miracle worker, won’t I bring a Mallam
or a miracle worker?
When you were being voted for, we were not
voting for a pastor, so don’t tell us about
miracles. Like I said, Jonathan will be seen as a
hero very soon because that’s the Nigerian story.
Anybody who they feel is not doing well, get him
out. The next few minutes, they miss this
person. If by September, there is still a blink in
power, people will start abusing Buhari. You said
you were going to do this.
Two, who are Buhari’s footmen, the large chunk
are ex-PDP people and of course you know,
many are still defecting. Nigerian politicians are
the most shameless people (I know); they can’t
bear hunger. They are defecting now to lobby for
offices. If you should check the people around
the man, it gives you an idea of where the man
is heading. If you check the agenda, listen to
their campaign, it wasn’t about issues, it was
about personality. Change this man! And I
wanted us to talk about what the issues are,
brainstorm to make things better.
I heard he had a five-hour meeting behind closed
doors with President Jonathan. He has now seen
the reality of how deep the issues are and it has
now dawned on him that the man sitting there
was actually managing to survive. That is one
thing about leadership. When the ball is passed
to you, you realise it’s deeper than you think. So
I do not see change in Nigeria. The only change I
see is we have a breath of fresh air, a new
government. To say there will be instant change
in Nigeria, I doubt. We are praying as Christians
and believers. It doesn’t matter what the enemy
is trying to do in Nigeria, as believers, we know
that the will of God will be done.”he stated.

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Public speaking is a skill that every
entrepreneur must master. If giving
a speech fills you with fear it can be
hard to represent your business
well. Fortunately, Richard Branson
has some advice…
It might come as a surprise that the Virgin
Founder is not a fan of public speaking. “I
loathe making speeches, and always have,”
he admits in a recent entrepreneur.com
blog. “I deliver a lot of them these days, but
it’s almost as true today as it was when I
first spoke in public as a student some 50-
odd years ago.
“Back then, my school was having a contest
in which we had to memorize a short
speech and present it to the other students.
If we stumbled at any point, we were
“gonged,” which ended the speech. I
remember being scared half to death when
my turn came and I had to stand in front of
my classmates; I still break out in a cold
sweat just thinking back to the excruciating experience.

But it’s not just the nerves that affect him,
the Virgin Group founder says that he’s
never particularly enjoyed public speaking.
“As is the case with everything else that I
haven’t particularly enjoyed doing, for a long
time I didn’t do it terrible well,” he admits.
“Over the years, however, I have become
much more practiced at giving speeches,
though it still makes me a bit nervous.”
Fortunately, Branson has picked up some
advice and inspiration from brilliant writers
and public speakers. Here’s what he has
learnt…

Use your imagination
The late Gavin Maxwell, the author of “Ring
of Bright Water” and other novels, once
gave me some wonderfully helpful advice on
speechmaking. His technique requires
practice, but it can be effective.
Here it is: When you need to speak in front
of a crowd, close your mind to the fact that
you’re on a stage with hundreds of people
watching you and instead imagine yourself
in a situation where you’d be comfortable
speaking to a group. For example, imagine
that you’re in your dining room at home,
telling a story to friends over dinner. I know
it sounds a little corny, but try it. This trick
has certainly removed some of the anxiety
for me.

Practise, practise, practise
I am a huge fan of Winston Churchill, who
is universally recognized as one of the
greatest orators of all time. However,
Churchill only achieved this status after a
lot of hard work. The former British prime
minister claimed in his memoirs that he
averaged an hour’s preparation for every
minute of a speech.
Like Churchill, I found that if you practise,
practise, practise, then practise some more,
that will gradually mitigate the fear of
public speaking, no matter how debilitating.
Repeat the speech until you are even
hearing the phrases in your dreams, and it
will be much easier to deliver.
Churchill also once said: “A good speech
should be like a woman’s skirt: long enough
to cover the subject and short enough to
create interest.” Take this advice to heart.
Even highly gifted speakers like Churchill
would never ask an audience to listen for
more than 25 minutes or so. Extending a
presentation beyond half an hour will
stretch any group’s attention span.

Prepare
Mark Twain, who along with Ernest
Hemingway is one of my favorite American
authors, was also a highly acclaimed public
speaker and, like Churchill, enjoyed
speaking about speaking. Twain was aware
of the common misperception that in order
to be a great speechmaker, one must be
good at speaking off the cuff. Twain
addressed this in 1899 when, speaking at a
dinner given in his honor at London’s
Whitefriars Club, he said: “Impromptu
speaking – that is a difficult thing . I used
to begin about a week ahead, and write out
my impromptu speech and get it by heart.”

Another piece of astute advice from Twain,
which I have mentioned before, makes me
feel a lot better about my own qualms. He
once insisted that “there are only two types
of speakers in the world: 1. The nervous. 2.
Liars.” So if you’re nervous, you’re in good
company.

I earlier shared the picture of Captain Oni who
died on Sunday while defending gallantly the city
Of Maduguiri from falling into the hands of Boko
Haram
The idiots were repelled, unfortunately Captain Oni
did not make it
He paid the supreme price so that me and you
can sleep and snore
I was told by those who knew him that he just got
married and left behind, a pretty woman who was
his wife and a beautiful daughter who will never
see him again
OMG! This is so sad and heart wrenching
Captian Oni's death is one of the compelling
reasons we need to support our Military as they
battle to finally put an end to the Boko Haram
Narrative
When future generations and our unborn children
ask what kind of men and women these soldiers
who have died in the North East were, who gave
so much of their lives to the service of the people
of Nigeria and , we will be able to boldly say how
special they were, to put their own lives at risk for
such a noble mission of building peace in Nigeria
May the blood of Captain Oni and other unknown
heroic soldier that has been shed so untimely,
contribute to the building of lasting peace to the
people of North East And Nigeria in General .