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The Senate on Thursday gave Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) one week to provide evidence of payment of taxes and dividends since the end of its tax holiday in 2009.

The assembly issued the directive in Abuja when the company briefed the Senate Committee on Gas and the Senate Committee on Niger Delta on developments in the area.

The one week directive was given by the Chairman of the Committee on Gas, Sen. Bassey Akpan, when the Managing Director of NLNG, Mr Babs Omotowa, could not give details of the amount paid out so far as taxes and dividends.

Akpan also directed the company to provide details of an alleged payment of about eight billion dollars to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as contained in a report by Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).

He said that NNPC had stated in its budget for 2016 that there was no payment of dividends from NLNG.

Akpan said, “MD we need a documentary evidence of the taxes that you have paid and the dividends that you have paid from the end of your tax holiday till date.

“We must be able to substantiate the argument by NEITI that about eight billion dollars dividend has not been transferred to the Federation Account.

“The interest of Nigeria is reflected in this, a cumulative return on investment amounting to about 88 billion dollars you have remitted to NNPC but it has not been transferred to the Federation Account.

“This can be justified by the content of what you told us here that in 2015 alone you paid one billion dollars as dividends to NNPC.

“So, we need documentary evidence that this money has left your position to NNPC so we can take it up with NNPC immediately because according to NNPC, you have not paid a dime.

“So, you should submit to the secretariat all the details within one week.

“The president needs money to perform and we must help the president at the National Assembly to get the money.”

The committee chairman also directed that NLNG provide evidence of N33 billion it claimed it paid the Federal Government.

He said that the evidence of 2.1 billion dollars paid in 2015 should also be provided.

“`You presentation states that your projection for 2016 is N197 billion, we need to understand how you arrived at that with dwindling prices of gas since you say your prices are tied to crude prices.

“Also how you intend to achieve a budget of N265 billion for 2016 when you paid nothing in 2015 because these are all part of governments revenue projection for 2016.

“If you add up what should come from NLNG it adds up to almost N500 billion.

“So, we need to know how you arrived at this and we also want evidence to prove all these figures assigned to you,” he said.

Omotowa promised that the company would provide all evidence of remittances to the Senate.

He said that just as the NEITI report suggested, the company had paid all dividends due to NNPC but was not in position to monitor what NNPC or any shareholder did with their receipts.

“We will provide to you whatever evidences you want; it is not in our place to determine what shareholders do with their funds or where they have paid their money.

“I am no more a Nigerian than the NNPC is. As much as I am Nigerian, they are also Nigerians so we cannot take upon ourselves NNPC issues.

“We will give it to you as you said, NEITI has said it and confirmed it and it is very clear in their report so the same evidence we will provide to you,” Omotowa said.

In a related development, the committee gave international Oil Companies (IOCs) one week to submit details of gas flaring as well as the environment impact assessment of oil exploration in the Niger Delta region.

The Senate also requested from the IOCs evidence of social responsibility projects they were executing to alleviate the sufferings of the people in communities affected by their activities.

The Senate said that the companies must be represented by someone not lower than an Executive Director.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/01/8bn-dividends-senate-wants-nlng-to-provide-evidence-of-payments-within-a-week/

kallmemrB:
Last one is funny though

Yeah, Not far from the TRUTH.

#8 What happens to men who try to understand women's logic?

There are some things in life you'd be better off not knowing!

http://trendingnowz.com/01c5d400fde1c8

#7 This clever boyfriend demonstrates how to get out of boring housework.

"It's just too hard."

#6 The darker side of being in a relationship.

This may be how you feel sometimes as her boyfriend.

#5 If playing a harmless game might get you some, why not try?

What have you got to lose?

#4 She doesn't seem to be wearing underwear . . .

Why go out when everything you need is at home?

#3 Sound logic from Ron Burgundy.

Follow this rule and everyone wins.

#2 This is what happens when your girlfriend picks a fight with you.

Just hang in there, bro.

#1 Boobs have the power to turn heads.

She can't blame a guy for looking, if she can't even keep her own eyes off them.

vsaintchigs:
i sell akara

Lol. You can't pay me bro.

obiorathesubtle:
[color=#990100]this is the kind of unwanted pregnancy every guy wants to give a girl.. Who doesn't want to_fuck and get pregnant a girl from the bloodline of the U.S. President??[/color]

Hahahahha. A typical Nigerian mindset.

vsaintchigs:
cum make i giv u job

What do you do for a living?

In what promises to be the biggest White House scandal since intern MouthAction, President Barack Obama’s daughter, 16-year-old Malia, has confirmed that she is pregnant.

Sources say Malia is now in her second trimester. Mother and First Lady, Michelle Obama, says that although she will be a grandmother much younger than she planned, teen pregnancy runs in the family.

“On her father’s side of course. My mother-in-law had Barack when she was 18, so I see where Malia gets it from. I’m just so excited to decorate the nursery. The White House hasn’t seen a baby since oh, 1884 or so.”


For now, Malia is staying hush-hush about the father’s identity, but one thing she would say is that he is white. “My mom always hoped I would get with a nice mixed-race man like dad, but love is so colorblind. Mom was probably right though. The dad already left me for some tramp. And of course, like all white men, my baby-daddy won’t want to pay his child support. I already told him, ‘You want to keep your license so you can drive that bleach-blond tramp around in your little Jaguar, right? Better step up.’”


Despite her future motherhood, Malia is still considering her college options. “It’s not like Stanford or Berkeley are going to, like, turn me down for being a teen mother. Hello, I’m the president’s daughter. This doesn’t ruin my plans for a future at all. I can probably get a book deal out of this in a few years. MTV already offered to give me my own show, White House Baby-Momma-Drama or something stupidly titled like that. I was like, no way – that’s so white trash.”

President Obama says he is being supportive of his daughter, despite being as outraged as any father would be if his young daughter announced an unexpected pregnancy. “We’re all very relieved this little blessing happened, and thankfully in my second term.” When asked about his daughter’s ex-boyfriend, he replied, “He’s just lucky I didn’t have him erased. Don’t mess with the Commander-in-Chief, homeboy. Ever hear of the Secret Service? Regardless, we’re sure he’ll come around.”


http://nigeriana.org/485441.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

Too bad.

Don't date/marry a man/woman who will waste your destiny and you end up dying unsung and unfulfilled. I hate violence. Who will now take care of the poor kid since the mum is no more?

And again, Let it serve as a reminder of the fickleness of human life, about how the things we hold can shatter and run through our fingers like dust. About how every moment of existence is a gift. And that gift can be senselessly revoked at any moment. May her soul Rest in perfect peace!!!

Hilarious

After salvation, the most important choice you will need to make is who to marry. This choice is so important that if you miss it, you will suffer for
long, if you get it right then you will enjoy forever. A bad marriage can affect every other area of your life.
This subject is so important, so many married people are hoping to be single again so as to make the right choice. If you are single please
don't just be in a hurry to get married, you have the best opportunity to prepare for it.
For two people to come together to live in peace and harmony, they must agree spiritually, mentally and physically. Just like an elephant cannot marry an ant so also a believer cannot marry an unbeliever. If an elephant marries an ant how
would they live, if a goat marries a fish where would they meet? You must look for a Godly man or a Godly woman to marry, nothing can beat this. The devil's primary target is the family. He knows that everyone belongs to a family and if he can make two wrong people meet then he has succeeded affecting the community and nations negatively. Ignore your age and the pressure for a moment, the pressure in a wrong marriage is far worse.

God has somebody for you but you must set your priorities right. What do you need in a woman? What do you need in a man?
Marriage is not about what you want, it is about who you need, that will make you better while you make him better. It is about destiny. That is why you must know your purpose before you get married. Genesis 2:18.
You must pray before you choose. God knows the best person for you, it is only wise to seek His will. It is very easy to know God's will when sex is not involved. The moment sex is involved and you want to know His will then He will blank you out. Why? Because you have broken His first Law of NO SEX before marriage. If you have had sex in the past then you need to repent totally and stay away from each other for sometime then you can seek the face of God. Your marriage will not be hell on earth. Your marriage will be honorable in the name of Jesus Christ.

Don't marry for sex, don't marry because you are of age, don't marry because you are getting old, don't marry because you are lonely, don't marry because you need someone to support you financially, don't marry because you mistakenly got
pregnant, don't marry because you don't want to lose the person, don't marry because of family pressures, don't marry because you like the idea of marriage and admire every wedding gown you see, don't marry because all your friends are getting married. But get married because you want to fulfill destiny. Get married because you want to be a help mate. As a man, get married because you want to fulfil your purpose. God will help you in choosing, please let His will be done. Amen!


By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD.

The chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. Mike Okiro has said that the sum of N8.6 billion naira would be required for the recruitment of 10,000 police personnel into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

Okiro, who is a former Inspector-General of Police, made the disclosure at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Police Affairs at the National Assembly in Abuja yesterday.

The public hearing was conducted to address issues of extra-judicial killings and high profile murders; kidnappings and welfare of officers, among others.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari sometime in 2015 issued a directive that 10,000 police personnel be recruited to reposition and strengthen the country’s police force.

According to Okiro, a breakdown of the financial implication for the recruitment exercise shows that 339,473,092.50 will be for overhead, 1,892,891.25 for advertisement and 1,167,000.00 will be for technical resources.

179,000,000.00 will be for the renovation of training institutions, 3,489,750,000.00 for feeding, 2,835,441,000.00 for allowances and salaries, 1,013,550,000.00 for accoutrement and 118,290,000.00 for teaching aids.

Arms and ammunition for shooting range 450,000,000.00, teaching allowance 61,266,281.00 and 117,958,719.00 for monitoring and evaluation.
The total figure is 8,607,788,983.75.

Okiro said that the exercise intends to recruit 7,500 personnel as Police Constables, 500 as Cadet Inspectors, 500 as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and 1,500 various ranks under professionals cadre.

He, however, pointed out that the recruitment exercise is partly dependent upon the readiness of the Police Training School and Collages.

“As at today, the institutions are undergoing renovations and they are about 65 per cent completed,’’ Okiro said.

He added that the Police authority had assured the Commission that by the end of June, 2016, they would be 100 per cent completed and ready to commence training.

Okiro, however, said that the selection of the most suitably qualified candidates for recruitment into the various ranks and cadres shall be completed by June 30, 2016.

“The training of selected candidates is expected to commence in the first week of July 2016,’’ Okiro stated.

Earlier, Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who declared the event opened, assured that the parliament would provide legislative backing toward measures aimed at addressing national security challenges.

The Speaker said that the recruitment of more qualified police personnel is aimed at curbing the perennial insecurity in the country.

“To this end the Nigerian people are demanding for transparent process in the recruitment of the men and officers and adherence to the principles of federal character which is enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended,’’ Dogara said.


http://www.leadership.ng/news/491825/n8-6bn-needed-recruit-10000-policemen-okiro

I’m 28 years old and been married for 2 years with no kid.

My husband best friend who has been away for years came to Nigeria on the 3rd of this month for a project and I don’t know why but he was so caring and always complimented me even when my husband failed to notice my new hair or look. He had this beautiful girlfriend who always came to see him

On my birthday which was the 12th ,my husband traveled to England for what he called an urgent business deal leaving his friend and I. I didn’t plan on celebrating it but he forced me to go out to dinner. He said his girlfriend was going to be there. We went to the venue and he started telling me about their escapades in the University .

I was cool with it till he said my husband had a girl he wanted to marry but he couldn’t because she was Igbo. My hubby and I are yoruba. When I asked where she is now, he said she lives in London and has remained single since then.


I was heartbroken because I know my husband has been visiting the UK a lot and he never told me about her. He said I was his first love. I believed because we got married 8 months after we met.

I didn’t know when I started crying and we went home. I don’t know what happened but we slept together and it was after it was over I realized I made a big mistake and confronted him.

He laughed and said it was ok and told me it was a mistake and he would never ever tell anyone. My husband came back 4 days ago and I just couldn’t confront him and ask about his first love since I know what I did with his friend.

I was starting to push my fling to the back of my mind last week my hubby’s friend asked to borrow some money from me. I told him I didn’t have the money he was asking for which was 500k. He said it wasn’t a loan, he said it’s either I give him or he tells my husband what we did. He said I didn’t deserve his friend anyway and called me cheap.

I’m confused and can’t tell any of my friends because I don’t trust them. I also don’t know if to confess to my husband first before he blackmails me. Knowing my husband, it will be over and since I don’t have a kid, there is nothing tying him to me. Also I am not from a rich home though my husband spoils me a lot. Should I just pay his friend or tell my husband first? Please don’t judge me.

http://www.tellyouall.com/she-slept-with-her-husbands-friend-now-he-is-blackmailing-her/

Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has commended a taxi driver who knocked down two armed robbers who attacked and robbed a lady of an undisclosed sum of money in Accra on Saturday morning.

 Flt Lt Rawlings also praised a soldier who intervened after the driver’s action.

“The boldness exhibited by the taxi driver was truly heroic and patriotic. At the risk of his own life he confronted these armed men, damaged his taxi in the process and ensured they did not escape the law. We should all applaud his courage. The two men deserve national recognition for their bravery,” the former President said.

The robbers shot and wounded their victim, reportedly a sales girl of Koala Supermarket. The driver rammed into the fleeing robbers who were on a motorbike and pushed them into a drain.

Even in their wounded state the robbers continued shooting till an armed soldier who chanced upon the incident intervened and ensured the arrest of the two robbers.

The victim who sustained gunshot wounds on the leg is undergoing treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.

http://m.myjoyonline.com/marticles/news/rawlings-applauds-taxi-driver-who-stopped-armed-robbers

Heaven straight.... Destination Heaven!!!

How transient is life, fleeting, it's pleasures.


We reject every destiny waster and every untimely death in Jesus name. Amen.

Do you know that majority of women who find it difficult to get married and those who get married but after a short time they are sent away by their husband are ladies who think of themselves as beautiful?


They feel too big and even pretend to be what they are not. It’s complicated! Read this exposé…

Have you heard women complain about that there are no serious men to marry these days? According to these women, who are often in their late 20s and 30s, men just want to date – not to settle down.
But these ladies fail to understand that real men are very particular when it comes to choosing someone for a serious relationship that could possibly lead to marriage.

A woman can be beautiful, intelligent and ambitious, but all these good virtues can be nullified by one or two negative traits. The following are some of the traits affecting such ladies:

1) The ‘Socialite mentality’.
The ‘socialite mentality’ is a disease that seems to have afflicted most 20-something year old ladies. Signs of this malady are manifested by sudden realization that they are the ‘hottest’ in their area.

The infected wear skimpy clothes, and capture their ‘amazing’ outfits on android phone and proceed to post these pictures on social media for attention.

Ladies, if you want to capture attention and earn the respect of  people, go the Lupita Nyon’go way. Explore your talents, develop your ideas and work relentlessly until you break a record. Then the men leading equally successful lives will come for you and have you for keeps.


2) Anti-family.
Any responsible man holds his family with highest regard. He will go out of his way to create time for his parents and take very good care of them at all cost. Before considering a lady for a serious relationship, a man will first try to ascertain her view towards family.

If she disrespects her parents, lives oblivious of her siblings and talk down on people then she is considered anti-family. In the guy’s mind the lady will make a poor wife..just play with her and move on.

There is also a crop of ladies who are so close to their fathers/mothers yet raise ruckus whenever the guy wants to spend some quality time with his family, especially his mother. Trying to compete with a guy’s mother for his attention is a crazy idea.


3) Lack of ambition.
If you wish to have a guy consider you for marriage, then you should at least get focused with your life. Get your priorities straight, have ambitions, work towards achieving your goals and take your studies or job seriously. If all your ‘future plans’ happen to be on where the next coolest party is then don’t expect any guy to take you seriously.

Practice moderation, striving to be responsible and industrious. Every man wants the assurance that the lady he is getting hitched to is hardworking so she can effectively run things when he’s not around.


4) Extreme materialism.
Since the days of the cave men, women only mate with those who can provide and protect their families. However, it’s totally wrong to stick with a guy just because he can afford to sustain your expensive lifestyle only to disappear when his cash flow recedes.

It’s easy to spot a gold-digger. All she wants to do is hang out in fancy places, buy new clothes, shoes, phones, etc., etc. When you are together, you never get to have any meaningful conversations.

Once a guy realizes you are for his possessions, he re-strategizes. You become his trophy girlfriend. He may buy you a nice dress and shoe, maybe phone, but it ends at that. You can’t be a wife.


5) False sense of importance.
Such a lady has a bloated ego and false sense of importance. She thinks she is doing a guy a favor by being with him. He is, therefore, expected to be grateful that he should provide whenever she asks.

Guys, please it’s rather draining to date a lady who is convinced you were sorely created to serve her. She will expect you to drop all your plans and run to her side whenever she wants. Since she believes that she can get any man on the planet, whenever you fight she is inclined to issue ultimatums.

A guy who wants to settle down with a lady that will bring peace into his life should go for someone who is humble. She should be able to associate well with you, whether you spend on her that day on not.


6) Selfishness.
When a lady is selfish a real man will know; she doesn’t care how much you earn and how much you have to work to earn that money. All she’s concerned about is buy this for me, buy that for me. Such a lady can never be a good wife. Even if she’s dating a married man he will soon run away from her.

Ladies, over to you. Live right if you want the right man to take you serious and keep you as a wife.


http://nigeriacamera.net/many-beautiful-ladies-cant-get-married-or-stay-in-marriage-see-reasons/

Psalms 37:3-7(AMP)
KEY #1. TRUST IN THE LORD
Verse 3 – “Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on his faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.”
God wants us to consider him faithful enough to see us through every situation of life. Even when God seems so far away, when our situation seems hopeless, we ought to keep trusting him confidently. Trusting him enough to obey every single word he instructs us, no matter how foolish it might seem. Just like Peter after toiling all night and caught no single fish, Jesus showed up and asked him to let down his net, Peter thought it was a waste of time but he trusted his word and obeyed “at his word”, you know what happened afterwards [Luke 5:1-7]. Trusting in God means relying on his integrity, strength and ability. We are assured of dwelling in the land and feeding on God’s faithfulness when we trust God unconditionally.


KEY #2. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD
Verse 4 – “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.”
A dictionary defined the word “delight” as “a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment”. Take note of the phrase “high degree”. Until you come to a point in your walk with God when you get crazily passionate about God and his affairs, you just haven’t started. David said “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord” [Psalms 122:1]. The bible records that “David danced before the Lord with all his might…” [2 Samuel 6:14]. David danced so passionately till he almost went Naked and his wife Michal despised him. David was called a man after God’s own heart because of his passionate love for God. A lot of us are too cool and calculated about our service to God. We are very careful not to be mocked by people especially in this era when the world is going really crazy. We are more concerned about not being accused of being too religious. God wants us to get crazy about him and he has promised us when we do, he will give us the “desires and secret petitions of our heart” it’s that simple. When you make God your priority he will make you his priority.


KEY #3. COMMIT TO THE LORD
Verse 5 –”Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.
I always liken this to a parent who usually commits their little child to a day-care or childcare center in the morning before going about the day’s business. They often do so with the trust and assurance that their child will be fine and safe. That’s exactly how God wants us to relate with him. He said “casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you” [1 Peter 5:7] But the challenge we have is we decide the aspects of our lives we choose to commit to God and feel certain other areas are our personal business, but God is so interested in ALL our affairs and always wants to be a part of our daily lives. Like every responsible parents wants to always be there for their kids and wants to know their challenges, worries, needs and all, that’s how God wants to be with us. Even when we fall into sin, God still wants us to come back and confess and sincerely ask for forgiveness. He said “… I have loved thee with an everlasting love…” [Jeremiah 31:3]. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” [Romans 8:38-39]


KEY #4. REST AND WAIT PATIENTLY IN THE LORD
Verse 7 – “Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for him and patiently lean yourself upon him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass”.
This is about the most challenging requirement from God to every believer. A lot of times we are always in a hurry and want quick answers and solutions. We always want it now! We need to understand that God’s ways are not ours. God’s time is always the best. Often times he may not show up when we want him to, but the fact remains he’s never late. Anytime God shows up is always the right time. We only need to align ourselves with God’s will for us. His will is always good and perfect. Let us not be in a hurry to seek alternatives, like the Israelites who urged Aaron to make them an alternative god (golden calf) after they ran out of patience waiting for Moses to come down from the mountain. [Exodus 32:1] No matter how long it takes we must wait on the Lord because he will always eventually show up.

As you obey the word of the Lord, I wish you a blessed 2016.

Mature couples don’t “fall in love,” they step into it. Love isn’t something you fall for; it’s something you rise for.
Falling denotes lowering oneself, dropping down and being stuck somewhere lower than where you started. You have to get up from falling.
Love isn’t like that — at least not with people who are doing it right. Immature couples fall; mature couples coast. Because love is either a passing game, or it’s forever. Love is either wrong, or it’s right. A couple is either mature or immature.

How do you know? How can you tell if your relationship is in it for the long haul or the two-month plummet everyone predicted behind your love-obsessed back?

First, it should be easy, from the beginning to end. There are no passionate fights with passionate make-up sex. There’s no obsessive calling, texting or worrying.
There’s no real drama. Because drama is for kids. Drama is for people who don’t know how to have a relationship — who live by idealistic, preconceived notions that love must be wild and obsessive.

Love is easy. It’s the easiest thing you’ve ever done. It’s the calmest place in your life, the safest blanket you’ve ever worn. It’s something that happens naturally; it doesn’t need to be fought for day in and day out.
When you love someone, and he or she loves you, and there’s no doubt to his or her feelings and no doubt to yours, that’s peace of mind. A peace of mind you’ve never had before.. the kind that humbles and revives you.

A mature relationship lives by this peace of mind; immature ones drown in it.

Immature relationships ask questions; mature relationships answer them

Immature relationships are all about doubts. Does he love me? Is she cheating on me? Will we be together in two months?

Mature couples don’t need to ask questions. They already know the answers, and they don’t need reassurance from their partners.
They are comfortable and secure and free of doubt because mature love isn’t about all those small questions, but a comfort in knowing the big one is answered.

Immature relationships leave you wanting something; mature relationships give you what you need.

There’s a void in immature relationships, an apparent absence and incessant worry that something’s missing.
It eats away at you when you go to sleep or leave each other for just a few hours. It burns dimly when you’re together, but you wave it off with sex and constant chatter.

Mature relationships have no void. There are no empty spaces or tiny cracks. There is never a feeling that something has been taken away or is leaving with the other person.
The love between the two mature people fills every crack in the fiber of their being they didn’t know they had.

Immature relationships are striving to be one complete person; mature relationships are okay being two.

Immature relationships are formed by two incomplete people. They are two halves trying to make one whole.
They are two people looking for something that can’t be found in another person. They dominate each other, force themselves together and make one flawed mesh of a human.

Mature couples never strive to be one. They are two individual people looking to make two better people. The love between the two of them isn’t about making both of them whole again, but more individual.
It’s about pushing each other to pursue their passions, interests and become the best person possible.

Immature relationships lose their drive; mature relationships make you more motivated.
We all get wrapped up in love. It’s easy to spend days in bed and weekends in the hazy world of blankets and kisses.
But eventually, that smothering love is replaced with motivated love — a type of love that comes when you want to make a life with someone and work hard to get that life. Immature couples never get to this.
They never feel that motivation to leave each other only to come back more successful and more determined to make a life for the two of them.

Immature relationships fight over text messages; mature relationships are always face-to-face.
Fighting is natural; texting is not. Mature couples do not spend their days bickering over a screen.
When they have something to work out, they do it face to face — where the meanings can’t be misconstrued by emojis and auto correct. Immature couples fuel their relationship with incessant bickering and lengthy messages.

Immature couples see long texts as evidence of their “relationship” and find comfort in spending hours hiding behind their phones. They argue just to argue; mature couples fight for their future.

Immature relationships are about trying to find yourself; mature relationships already know themselves.
Relationships are only for two complete people looking for companionship, yet many incomplete people look for it to complete them. This is when mature relationships and immature ones split.
You can’t have a healthy relationship with two unhealthy people. When you’re trying to use someone to complete you, you’re creating an incomplete relationship.

Immature relationships are threatened by everyone else; mature relationships enjoy meeting other people.
There are always going to be people in your life, pasts to each person and surprises behind closed doors.

Mature couples, however, do not feel threatened by strangers and past lovers. They are confident in their love and their partner’s love.

Immature couples find threats in everyone. They’re delusional and paranoid because their love is superficial. They do not have a strong enough foundation to effortlessly glide past all the distractions and threats.
Immature relationships live by preconceived timelines; mature relationships let everything happen naturally
There’s no right or wrong time to move in together. There’s no specific year to get married and definitely not a timeline for your life together.
When you’re in love, things happen at their own pace. You feel things, and you follow your heart.
Immature couples, however, don’t have those feelings, those instincts and those effortless moments. They make up rules and guidelines and assume time is the only thing that makes or breaks their relationship.

Immature relationships judge you on your past; mature relationships help you carry it.
We all have a past, and in many cases, one we’re not proud of. We can’t help what happened to people before we knew them. All that matters is how they are now. Immature couples, however, refuse to see beyond the past.
Mature couples don’t just accept one another’s pasts but want to help heal the wounds. They look beyond the mistakes and the flaws toward the beauty in the future together.

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The federal government yesterday disclosed that the balance of the loot recovered from the late former Head of State ,General Sani Abacha, as at the end of November this year is $26, 000, 389 million and £19,000, 033 million.

Briefing State House Correspondents yesterday after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom ,said the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, disclosed this to the council.

“We were also briefed on updates on Abacha loots in Council. The Accountant General of the Federation reported that the dollar account as at November 2015 ending has a balance of $26, 389, while the pounds sterling has a balance of £19, 033, 000.00, That is where we are today,”he said.

On his part, governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, also disclosed that drop in the oil prices has caused serious pressure on Nigeria’s reserve which currently stands at $29 billion.

“The CBN governor gave an update on monetary policy measures on foreign exchange strategy and he told the Council the challenges being faced by many countries as a result of the global economy recession. He also reported that the drop in the oil prices has caused serious pressure on Nigeria’s reserve which currently stands at $29 billion.

“The deduction of cash reserve ratio from 25 per cent to 20 per cent . The measure on forex market and BVN considering the introduction of debit card for travellers instead of cash exchange demands to reduce cash for illicit businesses, and also looking at option to diversify the economy away from oil ,” he said.

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba in his own briefing said the Accountant General of the Federation reported to Council that the ECA stood at $2.257 billion as at the end of November, 2015.

http://leadership.ng/business/484183/abachas-loot-balance-26m-19m-fg

Pride goeth before a fall, couple of months ago Jose Mourinho was hassling a Female doctor that was doing her job, his fall has been longtime coming. He's too proud and arrogant. He felt invincible but now he has been demystified. Now that he is in the job market, Sharks of Port Harcourt will certainly find his experience useful ...lolz

And again, Ivanovic, terry, hazard, fabregas, costa etc, they were the ones running the revolt against Mourinho and they contributed immensely to see that he was fired.

Meet The Real Santa: Oil Tycoon Gives $100,000 Christmas Bonus To Each Of His 1,400 Employees

Hilcorp, a private oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Texas, is in the news for its unprecedented generosity towards employees. To celebrate an excellent year, CEO Jeff Hildebrand gave the entire company staff huge bonuses – $100,000 to each of the 1,381 workers! It seems Santa is real after all.


“It’s just a true gift,” said receptionist Amanda Thompson, who has worked at Hilcorp for the past 10 years. “And I think myself, as long as everyone else is not going to give any less than one hundred percent each day.” With this kind of rewards, it’s really no wonder that the company was included in the FORTUNE list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, for the third year in a row.

“Mr. Jeff Hildebrand, and our president Greg Lalicker, they are such amazing motivators,” Thompson added.

“Somedays I just kind of look down the hall and say I can’t believe these are my bosses and they’re the best.” She explained that Hildebrand and Lalicker had promised their employees a sizable bonus if Hilcorp’s size could be doubled in five years, and they kept that promise once that goal was reached. “We were all able to celebrate and enjoy that life changing day together,” she said. “We cried with happiness for each other, and hugged. Surreal. It was a surreal day it was a dream come true. It was likely a day that many people won’t experience in their lifetime and we did it all together.”

 
Source: Oddity Central.

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The House of Representatives has expressed concerns over the controversy and implications of fine imposed on one of the major telecoms firms, MTN.

The lawmakers also said the process leading to the reduction of the N1.040trillion fine by the federal government was not satisfactory.

The House Standing Committee on Communications said the process was flawed on the grounds that the National Assembly that is constitutionally saddled with the power of the purse was excluded from being part of the process.

Besides, the Committee regretted that the fine and the accompanying error in its multiple reductions has dealt a huge blow to the country’s image among the comity of nations, with uncomplimentary remarks about the error at international fora.

The Committee also expressed reservations over the N6.2billion budgeted for Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration out of which the Commission said it has spent about N3.5billion.

The Committee was mandated by the House to investigate the current impasse in the telecommunication sector.

On the Erroneous fine reductuon, Chairman of the Committee, Saheed Fijabi (APC, Oyo) said it was an embarrassment to Nigeria.

 

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It's easy to focus on the business itself when you're considering growth strategies. Our personal lives are connected to our business more than we give it credit. It is easy to act as if everything is separate, but the truth is that each aspect of our lives bleeds into each other. Your business affects you personally, and your personal life affects your business.

If your business is struggling, it may be time to check out your personal life and its effect on your business. The following five personal habits will hurt your business:

1. Lack of rest:
Without proper rest, you will take twice as long to do the same projects within your business running on a good night's sleep. A tired mind is a slow mind, yet at times we entrepreneurs burn the candle at both ends leaving no room for rest and recuperation.

Stop wearing the badge of busyness. Rest to be more productive, creative and efficient. Take your business to the next level by getting the rest that your body and mind need.


2. Poor personal finances: 
A lack of control over personal finances will rob your mind and your business. When your mind is worried about money, it is not free to be the creative entrepreneur you could be. Expanding personal expenses makes more of an impact on your company than just mental. It can become tempting to raise your salary, taking money that could be used for expansion.

Regain control over your personal finances, and your business will grow and prosper.

3. Relational problems:
Problems with relationships -- especially serious problems -- could close the doors on your company. Taking energy from working on your business, relational problems will suck the life right out of you. The more intimate the relationship the more problems will affect you emotionally, mentally and physically.

Take time to repair relationships that need to be repaired, and remove toxic relationships. Fix your business by fixing your personal relationships.

4. Lack of exercise:
Many entrepreneurs are notorious for ignoring their bodies. Lack of exercise will reduce your physical and mental stamina. Confidence takes a hit when you aren’t staying physically active as well. With all the physical and mental health benefits of exercise, it is crucial that you do it. Exercise can be intimidating if you haven’t been physically active, so start slow -- but stay consistent.

Make time to exercise to help your business break through barriers and maintain growth over time.

5. Struggling with boundaries:
Lack of recognition between a concern and a responsibility will cause many entrepreneurs to become burnt out and frustrated. When boundaries are not in place, the world sits on your shoulders causing overwhelming pressure.

Remove the mental roadblocks by focusing on and fixing what is your responsibility and leaving concerns to the people that are responsible for them. Free your mind and your business by having firm boundaries in place.

Working on these five habits will help to transform your company and take it to the next level. Though mastery will not happen overnight you can make massive improvements by a little bit of focus. If you recognize a specific habit to being the biggest culprit use a bulk of your energy in fixing that specific habit.


Remember: Change your habits, change your business and change your life.

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The New Nigeria Development Company (NNPC) owned by the 19 northern state governments has disclosed plans to commence exploration of oil and gas in the lake Chad area in North East.

Addressing Journalists shortly after the Company’s Annual General Meeting in Kaduna, the Board of directors Chairman, Alh. Bashir Mohammed Dalhaturegreted that the insecurity in the North-East has affected the take off of the exploration.

The NNDC said, “oil and gas blocks have been discovered in the North, but for security challenges in the North-east exploration will have gone far.”

“But we have since re-engaged our people to be totally committed to the oil exploration and exploitation of both oil and gas resources. We believe that will spring boot revival of economy in the region,” he said.

Asked when the exploration will commence, the NNDC’s board chairman said “we are commencing the exploration within the year 2016, because we are talking with technical partners that would help us explore the resources.”

According to him, the company was able to post profit despite political instability and the activities of insurgency in northern parts of the country.

He said the continuous decline in government revenue  which resulted in reduction of foriegn reserves as well as devaluation of  the naira posed challenges to the operations of the NNDC.

He said despite the tough operating environment and the continuous security challenges, the company remained resolute and focused in realizing its objectives.

The chairman said the operating income of the company increased by 42 percent from N651.2 million to N923.9 million while a 73 percent increase was recoded in operating profit before tax  from N137.2 million to N237.2 million.

He said further increases were recorded in earnings per share of 87 percent  from 16.7 kobo to 31.2 kobo and 4.4 percent net assets per share from 14.1 to N18.5 when comoared with results of the preceding year of 2014.

http://leadership.ng/news/482732/north-begin-oil-exploration-next-year