₦airaland Forum

1.Team Mali bullied all their opponents with strong Physique. HOWEVER! Team Nigeria is also strong when it come to Physique as africans. plus we understand the game better in this competition. Amunike was recently commended by Fifa as the best technical coach so far.
so the decider will be technique not strength

2. we have scored more goals in this tournament than any other country. for every one goal they have scored we have a minimum of two.

3. We know how to deal with africans been africans ourselves

4. We are world champions and knows how to do it at this stage.

5. Any tournament we beat Brazil we go on to win it check Atlanta '96 . moreso having beaten the host and stubborn Mexico. Mali will just be another team to beat becos the boys are fuel to go.

6.Every time the media writes them off, they make themselves special on the field.

7. Nigeria U17 did not play Mali U17 in the African U17 championship Final.Nigeria lost to south africa at the semi final.Mali and south africa played. the final.

8. Winning U17 back to back is 100% possible.Brazil did it.Check your record.

9. Nigeria can still win U17 outside Asian continent.

10. Don't be surprise if nigeria beat mali up to 3 goals.

Source: comments by robosky02 and sammie 771 on the thread "5 reasons why Golden eaglet will not lift the trophy in chile"

If its 1st body, I have 700k for her.

Nigeria's former minister of state for information and communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, has stated that there’s a difference between a minister and a minister of state.

According to him, a minister of state functions as junior to the minister in running the affairs of the ministry and in the implementation of policies of government handled by the ministry.

He stressed that they differ in obligations in terms of operations.

“The minister covers all in the ministry while the minister of state assists him, the minister of state has his duty cut out for him by the minister because they have only one permanent secretary, hence the minister of state has to clarify with the minister before taking any decision in the aspects he is overseeing,” Nakande stated.

Nakande said when he served as minister of state for information and communications, the minister took charge of the information ministry, parastatals and agencies and functioned as the mouth piece of the federal government while he, Nakande, oversaw the communications aspect.

Controversies had emerged surrounding recent pronouncements by President Muhammadu Buhari, some of his aides and public affairs commentators in respect of assigning portfolios to ministers.


Source: http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/the-difference-between-a-minister-and-a-minister-of-state-explained.138910/

In the on-going debate on whether or not to devalue the currency in the face of Nigeria’s forex  shortage caused by the fall in the price of oil. The two different camps have argued thus:

PRO-DEVALUATION TEAM: 

They think the Naira should be devalued because as it will reduce the pressure on Nigeria’s external reserve.
They believe devaluing the Naira will make Nigeria’s product cheap for foreign buyers. There by boosting export and foreign investment.
ANTI-DEVALUATION TEAM:

They believe devaluing the Naira will cause inflation and hardship on the masses.
They believe that some businesses that depend on importation may find it difficult to survive because imported products will become expensive. Since Nigeria is an import dependent country.
From my honest point of view both teams are right and wrong at the same time. The economics behind the strength of the Naira is a complex situation because it’s like killing John to save Peter.

Here is a simple analogy to paint a clearer picture how the currency and Nigeria’s economic situation plays out.

 

Scene 1:

Mr Sunday (a hypothetical individual) got a new job and decided to invest part of his salary in a taxi business since it’s a fast moving and a lucrative business at the Lagos Airport. He called Mr Ben (another hypothetical person) an unemployed driver who is also a member of his local church and has a passion for driving. Mr Sunday employed him and bought him a Toyota Camry for the taxi business. The driver started the job in November 2013 and he made good returns for his boss. He also smiled home with good cash every month.

Lesson 1: Like Mr Sunday, Nigeria earns good money from crude oil exports when oil prices are at their peak.

 

Scene 2:

By May 2014, Mr Sunday was getting short paid by Mr Ben whose excuse was that there aren’t sufficient passengers as before, and that the car usually developed some fault most times he gets passengers. By June it got so bad that Mr Sunday was getting almost no income from the business because the car would spend weeks in the mechanic workshop, being fixed for one fault or the other.

Lesson 2: Just as transport business has it peak and rough period, crude oil also has it peak and rough period too. As the car develop faults during the down time so does Nigeria’s reserve fall during bad economic period.

 

Scene 3:

By July, Mr Sunday took a painful decision by taking a large pay-cut  to buy brand new parts for his taxi in other to save the business. He got positive results for some months until his driver came up with another excuse, saying that police men, road safety and LASTMA officials were demanding too much bribe, which affected his weekly returns. Mr Sunday believed Mr Ben since they are both members of the same church.

Lesson 3: Like Mr Sunday who feels financial hurt each time he replaces spare parts for his car, so do Nigerians feel the pain each time we devalue the Naira. As Mr Sunday sees some positive results for a short while after replacing the parts, so does Nigeria see some positive results after a devaluation (FPI, increased exports, foreign investments e.t.c).

Just like the case of Police and LASTMA, which Mr Ben gives as excuse, Nigerians also notice that after the devaluation prosperity does not really reflect in the lives of the masses, there are still some sort of economic complaints.

As Mr Sunday trusts Mr Ben because they are both members of the same church, so do Nigerians trust their leaders that they will drive economic policies for the interest of the nation. Which may be true.

 

Scene 4:

By December 2014, the car developed another major fault. Mr Sunday is now getting frustrated but he has no choice but to withdraw from his savings to fix the car, since the business peaks in December, which is the holiday season. Mr Ben delivers well enough during Christmas and New Year but yet Mr Sunday is not satisfied because he had invested more than he gained.

Lesson 4: Now Mr Sunday is getting frustrated, as regular repairs is eating a huge chunk of his regular income. Same way regular devaluation has caused the ANTI-DEVALUATION team and many Nigerians worry because it is eating a huge chunk of the buying power of the Naira.

 

Scene 5:

After the 2015 New Year Holiday, Mr Sunday discussed his dissatisfaction in the business with his wife Mrs Sunday. And how he plans to replace his driver. His wife quickly responds “No don’t sack him o, do you want the church members to see you as a wicked man? You know that man’s family depend on this taxi business. Why not talk to him and give him a second chance, but if he doesn’t change then sack him”

Mr Sunday summons Mr Ben to his home. Mr Sunday expresses his disappointment, telling him that he can no longer condone the fact that Ben could not manage regular taxi driver challenges by himself and he had to always make him spend more.

Mr Ben knowing that his boss’s dissatisfaction has reached the ceiling, quickly apologised and promised that year 2015 will be better.

Mr Sunday didn’t stop there, he went further to tell him that if anything got damaged in the car in the following 3 months, Ben would be accountable for it. Mr Ben reassured him that everything was going to be fine.

Lesson 5: Like Mr Sunday rightly suggested to his wife that he will sack his driver and get a new driver since the current driver couldn’t deliver profits., same way it has been suggested to the Federal Government of Nigeria to remove fuel subsidy and invest that money in other economic sectors that will yield productivity for country.

Like the Mrs Sunday who is more concerned about what church members will say than the success of the family business, so is our Government more concerned about what the masses will say about a newly elected government when they buy fuel for a higher price, thereby causing hike in prices of goods in a country that depends so much on imported fuel. The government is more concerned about pleasing the masses in other to secure re-election. Therefore they leave fuel subsidy untouched.

As Mr Sunday made it clear that Ben will be responsible for any form of repair that shows up within the next 3 months, this can be likened to President Buhari and Prof Osinbajo saying that the Naira will not be devalued any more.

 

Scene 6:

Three weeks later, one rainy night, Ben ran the car into a power distribution pole by the road and damaged the car. Knowing that his boss will be mad at him, he submitted the car at the mechanic and went on to borrow money from the taxi union.

Now the pressure became real on Ben as he has to settle his boss every week and also pay back the debt. He couldn’t meet up with cash to service the loan he collected from the union. Three months later the union seized the taxi from him.

Knowing the consequences of what he had done, Ben ran away from home. Leaving his wife and kids. Ben’s wife came crying at Mr Sunday’s house about her missing husband who has been absent for two days. Mr Sunday took a day off work and went to complain to the chairman of the taxi drivers’ association about his missing driver and his car.

The chairman let the cat out of the bag and Mr Sunday was astonished at what he heard. The chairman reported that:

 

Ben is a lazy driver who spends almost the whole day drinking and womanising when his colleagues are at the airport waiting for passengers.
 

FRSC has arrested Ben several times because he drinks and drive.
 

Ben carries over load in other to make profit because he comes late to work, therefore police men use that opportunity to extort him.
 

The chairman narrates how Ben borrowed money from Union to repair the damaged vehicle.
 

Mr Sunday knew he had been a fool all along because he was not addressing his problems from the real root cause. He had entrusted his business in the hands of the wrong man because he was a member of his church. Does that recover his lost investment?

 

Lesson 6:  The pressure fell on Ben because he his not a productive driver. In other words, he is ‘bad market’. This is why Mr Sunday had to use his savings to fix car problems in the first place. Same way pressure is likely to fall on Nigeria’s reserve, as our major source of income – oil, is not productively managed well enough to meet the needs of the country.

Ben went bankrupt because he was not productive enough to service the loans and also pay his boss. Guess what may happen to Nigeria if our reserve eventually hits ground zero, all because we depend so much on oil and it’s not generating enough income to run the nation.

At the end of the story Mr Sunday investigated the root cause of his problem. He now knows that the car is not the problem, neither is it the police who collects bribe. But he knew his problem at the late hour.

 

Scene 7:

Now let’s twist the story this way. What if Mr Sunday had continued to replace the car’s spare parts and didn’t tell Ben that he would be held accountable if any more damage is done to the car?

This is what is most likely to happen: Mr Sunday will keep spending until the business makes him bankrupt and he would not have money to keep the business running.

Lesson 7: This is more like saying: “what if Nigeria keeps devaluing the Naira just to ensure we do not exhaust our reserves; and keep foreign investment coming; and also keep exports moving”. The devaluation may lead to Hyperinflation, resulting into economic recession.

Now we can see now that Devaluing does not solve anything because it has been done before and it didn’t solve anything in long term.

And if we decide not to devalue and we fold our arms and do nothing, we put our reserve under pressure and we may still hit the same end point as devaluation.

 

Solution: Change the driver of the economy – Oil. The political fear of the government that inflicting the pain of changing the driver of the economy may bring strong criticism from the opposition party, causing them to lose support for the next election should be shunned.

The best way to solve a problem is to know the root cause of the problem. The root-cause of the Naira problem is not to Devalue or do nothing, it is production. If Nigeria can tap into other source of wealth generating income in the country our currency will be fine even if we devalue it or not.

I am glad our leaders know this now, it is knowledge to know a thing but it is wisdom to know how to apply that knowledge to get desired results.

My question is this: ‘Is Nigeria doing what is required in other to diversify?’ I will quote what the CBN governor said recently.

What we are trying to concentrate on right now is how to improve and deepen the foreign exchange market by improving supply of foreign exchange into the market.

And to do so, we are trying to encourage people to export and earn your export proceeds and use your export proceeds to import whatever you need to import.

We are also concentrating on how to reduce the import of items that we can produce in the country today,”

 This is more like the solution I am looking for. But I will like to hear more from the CBN governor on how he wants to archive this.

What sector his he looking at? Agric, mining, textile, chemical e.t.c?

What plans does the government have for stakeholders who are already in those sector?

Considering the current state of the economy how does the government intend to financially support indigenous businesses in Nigeria to begin exportation?

Considering the fact that oil is currently cheap, don’t you think investing fuel subsidy funds on other productive sectors of the economy will be beneficial?

 

My position as an Investor:

I will still hold my Dollars just in case the government’s reason for not devaluing the Naira is that they want to boost other sectors of the economy for export ends up as just LIP SERVICE. They will end up killing the Naira if they do nothing.

And if CBN comes back tomorrow to devalue the Naira. It’s still a win-win situation for me. And they lose because they end up killing the Naira by devaluing.

I am holding my hard assets in agriculture just in case CBN comes out real and does something to really boost export. This will give a boost to the Naira.

It’s intelligence to understand complex things but it’s only divine wisdom to understand complex things by the knowledge of simple things. Wisdom is profitable to those who use them.

 

 Source: http://nairametrics.com/a-taxi-drivers-guide-to-understanding-the-current-state-of-nigerias-economy-and-the-naira-devaluation/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

V6? I offer 550k, where is it for inspection?

How many bodies?

Who is the animal ? A street dog found a new born baby after he was thrown in the street by his mother.

The dog took the new born baby in his mouth without hurting him and put him in front of one house and went a way."

The baby is alive and in good health, Thank God

http://dafemoritz..nl/2015/10/photos-see-what-dog-found-in-garbage.html

Hello house, when submitting your CV at their branch, who does one submit to? The gateman?

Why is ds baby going after 5months? I'm. Interested

Price is?

Its not new that Igbos have suffered political marginalization, injustice and had their rights tampered on. I'm Yoruba, I want freedom for them. #Givemyigbobrothers their biafra. Its obvious the forceful marriage isn't working. I don't think it canbe sustained anymore.

AN OPEN LETTER TO General Buhari, General Obasanjo:

If they want a Biafra Republic, let them separate from the rest of Nigeria. The Igbo youth have started a revolution the Yoruba and Hausa youth have long be scared of facing. It will take such a revolution to CHANGE Nigeria. Jobs, education, quality of life has diminished in Nigeria. As a Social media influencer and community activist, I know that social media will take this into a new direction. We have a freedom of speech and expression in the Nigerian constitution. The world will hear their VOICES. The youth own Nigeria. They have constantly been told by their teachers that they are the future of Nigeria but yet none are in government or gainfully represented. President Jonathan's CONFAB was an example. No youth was represented, only old recycled leaders got the 12 million naira for a short useless job and two even died there. I had the opportunity to leave the country again. They are stuck over there. 3 First Class U.S degrees and no opportunity to work in the meaningful area I wanted. Now the FDA and CDC are using my talents when the Fed Ministry of Health and NAFDAC could do the same. My pension is here in the USA since I graduated at 22yo making $50,000 as a pharmacist to up to $125,000 in Canada 2012 in a 27 year career not adding my Journalism and PR salaries, two degrees I funded with my pharmacist salary. My social security statement says my monthly payment is now $25,000 a month if I were 65yo today. Imagine what I would get in 14yrs. These youth have no jobs nor will they see a pension. If they do, many may lose it to the same kind of thieves who stole the N10B Oyo state pension. The EFCC already destroyed that case with corruption in the civil service not dealt with. We only see the EFCC successfully prosecuting fraudulent youth. Many are stuck in Nigeria and then u complain they are resorting to internet fraud, money rituals or brazen armed robberies as a means of survival. Let us learn from Burkina Faso and Sudan. Northern and Southern Sudan are thriving separately. Even North Korea and South Korea are two totally different countries. This is not the Ojukwu era you President/Generals lived. This is their own era. Let them find their way. Free them. Lets not forget that many Igbos were slaughtered in Northern Nigeria when the #‎BokoHaram‬ insurgency started in 2009. Many perished in church explosions. #‎RIP‬ to their people and families.

To the Biafrans, please say NO to violence.
It is well with you!

#‎MadamKOO‬
Twitter/IG @HNNAfrica

Kingsley1000:
i have known this chick for 2months now,we chat frequently on watsapp,she always feel excited and comfortable chating with me,but whenever i bring the issue of dating(taking our friendship to next level i.e meeting her),she always feel cold and reluctant,and try to avert and distort the topic


sometimes,she tell she is outta the town or busy

or that her dad is that strict type,that he will strangle her if he finds out she is dating..

the girl is 20 and 3rd yr student

why is it that she doesnt want to meet me?

Asking some lady you have never "met" out? Take it easy and meet with her on a friendship note first. Before thinking of taking it tothe next level. Stop all picture-based assumptions

zayyan85:
Which state r u called for?

Just about to start the documentation. Had the interview in lagos tho

rukeh:
I applied,you called me and said you were going to get back to me but till now have not heard
from you.

Did u do any documentation with workforce?

prettywendy:
Hello pls wat are we to print d guarantor form A and wat again.pls urgent

Pls, can u share ur contact? Av some questions. Thank you

ignis:
I was sent a mail and called to resume tomorrow @ Sterling bank. .. Am yet to know how much is the salary.
I don't want to leave my current job and find out that the pay is less.

Hello pls....did u eventually resume? How much is the pay?

tziz:
Thnx for d insight brov.
I asked dis because d operator in Diamond bank i met for the t.bills told me i'll receive an email frm d bank after d debit, buh i havnt gotten any mail frm dem till nw... Wantd to knw if dis is normal.

What rate did diamond bank give you pls?

Pls house, got an invited slated for monday. What I got was "sequel to your application blah blah lblah, pls who knows what kind job they are recruiting for?

lakefist:
How much are u selling?

4k

Eze2000:
I'm interested. couldn't reach u on the specified line. is d modem still available?

Mine is available tho

President Muhammadu Buhari
will remain in charge of Nigeria's oil portfolio in his new
Cabinet, rather than trust anyone else with the source of
most of Nigeria's revenue, he told Reuters on Tuesday.
"I intend to remain the minister of petroleum resources,"
Buhari said, adding that a minister of state would oversee
the day-to-day issues of the petroleum sector.

Source: www.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0RT2T820150929

stevemims:
Breaking news: Chief Olu Falae
freed. Source: vanguardnews. biltommy where you see your own o.

Not interested in the news anymore

Full news coming soon.

BoboYekini:
I asked GtBank to bid at their rate. And they bid at a miserly 6.55%! 182days. Do these accounts officers get a commission for misleading/misinterpreting customers' requests? First time around the lady said they were unable to treat my instructions along with the batch, now this.

So sad. I would call back my cash if I were in your shoes. Nonsense

A glass of lemon water to start your day could keep the doctor away…

Why do I say that?

Because according to Hippocrates “All disease begin in the gut” and modern research has been conclusive that an unhealthy gut leads to a myriad of diseases like diabetes and obesity.

Drinking this in the morning helps your gut by stimulating the production of hydrochloric acid, a critical ingredient needed by our stomach to digest and expel waste because it is rich in vitamin C.

And guess what? There are 28 more benefits that I want to share with you.

As recently as a few years ago, I would start my day by drinking a cup of coffee to “wake myself up”.

It was a habit that lasted around 7 years until I replaced coffee with juice this year.

I did not know that too much caffeine can lead to an early death so I had to cut it off my regular diet.

I heard about the benefits of drinking lemon water in the morning through my wife’s friend who was also into juicing, she told us about how good it is for our digestive system so I decided to research on this and found out it had even more benefits so I thought it was proper to share this with you.

I have to admit, I still drink coffee but only on occasion when I’m with friends but it is nowhere near the amount I was drinking before which was about two large cups a day.

Anyway back to the topic…


1. A Post-Workout Drink
If you are tired of spending a fortune on Gatorade, this recipe that includes lemon, lime, water, sea salt, and honey/natural sugar could be a good and more affordable alternative.
One thing people don’t realize when they workout is that their body becomes very acidic after an intense workout. Lemon is a great neutralizer of that high acidity inside your body.

Tip: You can also replenish loss fluids during workouts by drinking lemon water instead of just plain water to improve muscle endurance (particularly for running).

2. Alkalizes the Body
Nutritionists like Gareth Edwards say that has a great alkalizing effect on the body because “minerals in it disassociate to make it alkaline” as it gets absorbed by the body.
Even though lemon is acidic by nature, when it enters the bloodstream, “the alkalizing salts override the presence of acids” during the metabolic processes that happens when it enters the bloodstream.


3. Asthma Treatment
Lemon has been listed in countless home remedies lists as one of the best natural treatments for asthma that’s because it is rich in vitamin C, an antioxidant that fights free radicals which causes smooth muscle contraction and airway constriction, both symptoms of asthma. It also helps clear out mucus from air vessels.

Tip: Don’t just rely on lemon for treatment, if your doctor prescribes an inhaler by all means use it just in case you have asthma attacks. Lemon is only meant to provide you with the dietary supplement you need to fight this condition.

4. Balances Blood Sugar Levels
Lemon is rich in a compound called Bioflavonoids which gives this fruit its yellow color. This same compound also naturally stimulates the production of insulin in our body that in turn balances our blood sugar levels which can help people who have diabetes.


5. Balances pH levels
When our pH level increases it means our body is becoming more acidic which makes it more prone to diseases such as high cholesterol and diabetes. A great way of balancing pH levels is drinking water infused with fresh lemon juice to alkalize the body and lowering acidity levels.

6. Brain Food
This little yellow fruit is rich in potassium which is considered brain food.

7. Caffeine Replacement
Lemon is a natural energy booster, even more so if you add honey to it. I’ve said earlier in this article that I was a chain coffee drinker who gulps down 2 large mugs a day and I’ve replaced it lemon water with no regrets whatsoever.

8. Detoxifies
If you’re haven’t heard about “The Master Cleanse”, this is basically a diet that consists of only drinking lemon water mixed with honey, cayenne pepper or maple syrup for an extended period of time.

This method may not work for everyone but I’d like to point out that this method takes advantage the citric acid present in lemon that will help flush toxins from the colon, gallbladder and liver that otherwise would be absorbed by the body.
A similar effect can be had by drinking this first thing in the morning before any meals.

9. Dissolves Phlegm
Citric acid present in lemon will dissolve phlegm. In addition to that it is rich in antioxidants like Vitamin C and K that help fight off cough and colds.

The traditional concoction involves combining lemon with warm water and honey. Warm water in a way sooths irritation (at the same time is a decongestant) caused by cough. William Sears says that honey is a very effective at dissolving phlegm, more effective than cough syrups.


10. Fights Cancer Cells
Remember about the compound Bioflavonoids I was talking about earlier, it turns out that this also works as an antioxidant that fights cell oxidation and free radical damage which are the main culprits of cancer. Theresa Chung who wrote “The Lemon Juice Diet” went as far as saying that it can help prevent cancer. It also contains pectin that according to Vijaya Kumar have been known to protect the intestines from cancer.

11. Heart Food
Potassium found in lemon is vital for the function of our heart, it does not treat any ailment but it helps in preventing heart related illnesses like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and irregular heartbeat.

12. Helps Hydrate Our Lymphatic System
According to Dr. John Douillard, the lymph system largest circulatory system in our body, twice as large as the arterial system, it is responsible for flushing out waste and toxins out of our system. Keeping it hydrated is important to our overall health.
Actually, water alone is enough to hydrate the lymph system but I added lemon here because it helps in alkalizing thus balancing acidity levels.

13. Helps Treat Constipation
This combo is great as a home remedy for constipation. Water helps lubricate the digestive system and soften stool. Citric acid found in lemon induces bowel movement that will flush out undigested waste from the colon.

14. Helps Treat Scurvy
Scurvy for those who don’t know is a disease that is a direct result of vitamin C deficiency. Sailors are most prone to this disease because of their extended mission trips on sea that often outlast their produce supply. Lemon water is the treatment of choice for this ailment because it is rich in vitamin C. Water is great as masking the sharp flavor thus allowing them to drink this concoction in large amounts.

15. Improves Digestive Health
A cup of warm water before any meal in the morning will help break down waste and flush out to toxins from the gut. That’s because at a molecular level, lemon is similar to your saliva that encourages the liver to produce bile – a fluid needed by our intestines to dispose waste and toxins.

Tip: Warm lemon water should be the first thing that goes in your stomach in the morning, before having breakfast or any other liquid.

16. Improves Eyesight
Being rich in vitamin C also has a positive effect on your eyesight as this will help prevent eye conditions like macular degeneration and cataract.

17. Improves Our Immune System
Lemons is rich in nutrients like bioflavonoids, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, citric acid, folate and pectin that boost our body’s immune system and immobilize free radicals – the cause of most ailments.

18. Increases Metabolism and Promotes Weight Loss
It is a little known fact that drinking 8 glasses of water (8 ounces per glass) each day actually boosts your metabolism or how much your body burns calories by 30%. This is based on a study done by Michael Boschmann of the Franz Volhard Research Center. Lemon adds some flavor to water which will help you drink more plus it has pectin which suppresses appetite.

Tip: Most of the pectin and dietary fiber is found in the white pity part under the skin, make sure to eat this as well.



19. Kills Worms
Parasites like worms thrive in an acidic environment by drinking something bitter like lemon mixed in water helps in flushing them out.

20. Lowers High Blood Pressure
A citrus fruit, like lemon is rich in vitamin C that helps in thinning the blood, in addition to its antioxidant properties. Another mineral found in this fruit that helps lower blood pressure is potassium that flushes out excess sodium.

Tip: if you suffer high blood pressure it is important that you keep yourself hydrated throughout the day because the lack of water tells your body to go into preservation mode which means it will hang on to every last drop of water your body has, the effect of that is thickening of the blood – another cause of high blood pressure.

21. Lowers Stress Levels
One thing that gets depleted when you’re stressed is vitamin C so the next time your stress levels go up, take a break and replenish that lost vitamin C with a cup of warm lemon water.

22. Prevents Bad Breath
It helps two ways here. First by killing the bad-breath-causing bacteria in your mouth and second, by flushing away toxins in your liver that when overworked releases bad smelling substances to the bloodstream, lungs then out the mouth.

23. Radiant Skin
Its antioxidant properties help you get more radiant skin from the inside out by repairing damaged cells, flushing out toxins and killing free radicals that can ruin our skin.



Source: http://www.juicingwithg.com/benefits-of-drinking-lemon-water/

tziz:
Oh mhen!!!
I havnt had time to step into the bank lately. Pls tell, wen is d next auction date? And pls is der any advice u can giv to me since dis is my first time doin TB. I wanna lodge 1.6m into TB with Diamond Bank for 182days cos dats my prefferd bnk. Pls tell me too wen is d best time to go for the registeration for d next bid.. Tnx.

U can send them a mail, I think becos u would be buying from the secondary market, u can go anytime.

My sincere and candid suggestion to the
Federal Government of Nigeria goes thus:
A Senator of the Federal Republic earns
Thirty Six Million Naira (#36,000,000:00)
per month.
If this is divided into two (2) which is fifty
percent (50%), the Senator collects
Eighteen Million Naira (#18,000,000:00)
per month and the remaining balance of
#18,000,000:00 can be used to employ 200
Nigerians who will earn Ninety Thousand
Naira (#90,000:00) per month.
200 people multiply by 109 Senators =
21,800 employees. This invariably means,
200 Nigerians can live comfortably on half
of monthly income of just one Senator.
A Honourable Member of the Federal
House of Representatives, earns Twenty
Five Million Naira (#25,000,000:00) per
month.
If this whooping amount is divided into
two (2) which is also fifty percent (50%), a
Honourable earns Twelve Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Naira (#12.5m) per
month.
The remaining balance of #12.5million can
be used to employ 135 Nigerians who will
earn Ninety Two Thousand, Five Hundred
Naira (#92,500) per month.
135 Nigerians multiply by 360 Honourable
Members in the Green Chamber (Federal
House of Reps.) = 48,600 employees.
Meaning that, 135 Nigerians can live
comfortably on half of a monthly income
of just a Honourable Member.
By analogy, it means that, this present
administration under President
Muhammadu Buhari can actually employ
70,400 Nigerians that will earn #90,000
and #92,500 respectively, from the
supposed reduction of monthly income of
109 Senators and 360 Honourable
Members in Nigeria.
Same could go for States.

Source: https://newsofnigeria.com/candid-advice-and-suggestions-to-fgn-by-bawa-dangana/

(CNN)—Nigeria's capital city of Abuja is about to get a new heart: a brand new World Trade Center complex.
The development is expected to open to the public early next year after the completion of the first phase of construction. It will join a network of 323 locations in 89 countries, started in 1970 with the inauguration of the first World Trade Center in New York City.
Funded by local and foreign financial institutions, as well as private investors, to the tune of 200 billion Nigerian Naira, or just over $1 billion, the WTC Abuja will be the largest
mixed-use development in West Africa.
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Well connected
WTC Abuja has been under development since 2010, on a lot spanning over six million square feet in the Central Business Area of the capital.
The location offers easy access to the city center and the airport, with a dual-carriage highway surrounding the site and a new light rail system currently under construction.

For business tenants, though, the most important connections will be those with the global network of 750,000
entrepreneurs that make up the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).
"One of the missions of WTC Abuja is to improve trade relations between Nigeria and the rest of the world," Vinay Mahtani, CEO of the site's developer, Lagos-based
Churchgate Group, told CNN. "For example, it will enable international businesses to
make investments in our community. Ties will be forged between government agencies, non-governmental organizations and international corporations, and the additional business that is captured within the walls of the World Trade Center will provide tax revenues to government which can be used to improve the welfare of the people."

A city made to be capital
Abuja is Nigeria's capital city, a role for which it was purposely built starting in 1976, much in the same way as Brasilia for Brazil and Canberra for Australia.
Its physical location in the middle of the country is a good metaphor for its neutral role of unity.
It is now the fourth largest urban area in Nigeria, with impressive growth rates.
Abuja replaced Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991, although the coastal city remains the largest in the whole of
Africa, when considering its massive metropolitan population of 21 million.
After a recent revision in the way it measures its GDP, Nigeria now boasts Africa's biggest economy, having surpassed South Africa with a 2014 estimate of $568 billion.
With strong growth rates in recent years, Nigerian economy is flourishing, even though its reliance on oil exports
-- the country is Africa's largest producer and the sixth in the world
-- makes it susceptible to the volatile nature of that market.


Construction challenges
Initially projected to open in 2013, the WTC Abuja has gone through various design phases, and construction itself hasn't been free of challenges.
"For example certain areas of the project have had to be redesigned as we repositioned ourselves in order meet the ever-changing consumer and market needs. We have also
faced logistical issues such as congestion in the ports, which has meant our building materials arrived at site behind schedule," said Mahtani.
Construction is now nearing the end of the first phase, which comprises the residential and commercial towers. The former will offer luxury apartments with modern amenities,
while the latter will accommodate businesses of various sizes, with offices ranging from 100 to 1,440 square meters.
The buildings, at 24-storeys each, are set to define the capital's skyline: the Commercial Tower is the tallest office building in Abuja, while the Residential Tower is the tallest
residential building in Nigeria.
Future phases include the construction of a shopping mall and a 37-storey hotel, which will be among the tallest skyscrapers in the continent.

Upsides and downsides
Nigeria, which has attracted the largest amount of foreignInvestment capital in sub-Saharan Africa since 2007, is set to gain international prestige from the development: "There is
no doubt that Abuja and Lagos will benefit tremendously from high end commercial and residential real estates,"
Adekunle Salau, Ernst & Young Advisory Leader for West Africa, told CNN. "My expectation is that if this is executed to plan, Abuja will
be able to host world class conferences and compete favorably with Johannesburg and Cape town for international events.
"It may also moderate the cost of hotels and rents in Abuja, but more importantly it should add significantly to the economic development of the capital, creating employment
in the service and retail sectors.
"The downside is that it can also be artificially priced,thereby continuing heat up the already high cost of Abuja properties and secondly, the amenities may not be developed to the
quality expected from the WTA brand," said Salau.




Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/07/africa/world-trade-center-abuja-nigeria/index.html

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