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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.

http://www.informationng.com/?p=338338

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.

 

http://leadership.ng/news/483708/reps-express-concern-mtn-fine-reduction-fg

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.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/251636

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

Two patients at a Lagos hospital were caught pants down having s*xual intercourse, disregarding the purpose for which there were there in the first place.
 
Photos of a man and woman caught pants down having sex in a Lagos hospital have emerged online and has gone viral.
 
According to reports, the patients became love birds instead of concentrating on receiving the medical treatments that brought them to the hospital and decided to treat each other in the language only both of them understood.
 
They were caught by hospital officials while they were engaged in the illicit act.
 
See another photo below;

http://www.tori.ng/news/15688/caught-in-the-act-two-patients-nabbed-having-sx-in.html

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, warned on Thursday that it would be disastrous for the All Progressives Congress-led government to fail Nigerians.

He said Nigerians placed so much hope on the APC’s government to salvage the country, a reason they fought so hard to end the 16-year reign of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Dogara spoke in Abuja when he received the Governor of Bauchi State, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, at the National Assembly.

“Our people have witnessed bad leadership, especially in the last eight years.

“It will be a disaster if we don’t save this situation,” he told the governor.

The speaker cited the case of Bauchi State, where he recalled that the support of the people for the APC during this year’s polls was overwhelming.

He added, “Everybody knows the passion of our people in Bauchi State.

“They embraced us against all odds, because they feared the kind of situation in which they found themselves under the last regime and they needed change and thank God we came with this promise of change.

“To be candid, God has set for us the platform through which we can deliver this change.

“Today, 12 of our members are all of the APC; three of our senators are all of the APC. We have a governor who with the whole of his team, are all members of the APC.

“Thank God and thanks also to President Muhammadu Buhari, who really saw the kind of love the people exhibited in the course of the campaigns. And to be candid, in his own way, he has discharged all the burden a father can do to his supporters or children.”

He called for unity among the various groups in the state and asked them to back the APC -led government to deliver the change to them.

Abubakar had earlier commended the speaker for the manner he had been able to stabilise the House in the last six months.

http://www.punchng.com/itll-be-disaster-if-apc-fails-nigerians-dogara/

We are the cause of our problems and until we cure this menace from the roots both the stem and fruits will keep getting rotten no matter how many we try to pluck off.

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- The Americans (FX)

- The Leftovers (HBO)

- The Knick (Cinemax)

- Homeland (Showtime)

- Rectify (Sundance TV)

- Empire (Fox)

- The Good Wife (CBS)

- Better Call Saul (AMC)

- Ray Donovan (Showtime)

- Marvel’s Jessica Jones (Netflix)

- Banshee (Cinemax)

There was an unprecedented variety of excellent dramas this year… as well as an unprecedented amount of them. But with the range of tone, genre, casting, styles of writing and direction — this was truly a ripe year for drama, spreading across network, basic and premium cable, and streaming as well. Here are my picks for the best of them.

(1) FARGO (FX): For its bravura storytelling, its beautiful direction, its exceptionally deep-talent cast, its wit, and its heart, Fargo in its second season is the drama to extol above all others this year. The satisfyingly complex “true” tale of crime, family, and crime families in the frigid Midwest, Fargo burst every week with vivid characterizations, zinger jokes, impeccable 70s music cues, and a rare sense of constant surprise.

(2) Mr. ROBOT (USA): The year’s most stylistically adventurous drama presented each episode like a mini-movie — the most adventurous American kind, bending narrative form in the manner of directors such as Robert Altman and the Davids Lynch and Fincher. Creator Sam Esmail compelled us to follow his unreliable narrator, Rami Malek’s Elliot, down the darkest avenues of corporate behavior, presenting an anarchist fantasy that played like reality.

(3) JUSTIFIED (FX): What a great way to end a great run. Timothy Olyphant and Elmore Leonard-channeler Graham Yost brought the Raylan Givens saga to an end with a final season that brought the show back to its deepest roots: the fundamental feud between Raylan and Walton Goggins’ Boyd Crowder. This show, with its brilliant casting and snaking storylines, never got the award-love it deserved, but it stayed true to its code of tight-lipped excellence.

(4) THE AMERICANS (FX): This was the season that tested the premise of The Americans — Russian spies living in 1980s suburbia — to its limits. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys’ Elizabeth and Philip Jennings were forced to come clean to daughter Paige (Holly Taylor), but they still have blood on their hands.

(5) THE LEFTOVERS (HBO): In its second season, the rich drama about loss, grief, and the unities of various kinds of families increased its outreach, exploring more characters’ points of view while giving Justin Theroux’s Kevin Garvey and Carrie Coons’s Nora Durst more challenges than two people ought to be able to endure. That they did is a measure of this show’s belief in strength and endurance. HBO, renew The Leftovers now.

(6) THE KNICK (Cinemax): This turn-of-the-century medical show commenced with harrowing scenes of its anti-hero, Clive Owen’s Dr. John Thackery trying to kick his addictions, and concluded with the show’s most shocking operation ever. In between, director-producer-cinematographer Steven Soderbergh continued to expand the series’ exploration of city politics, sexual politics, racial politics, and the belief systems of an ever-widening group of characters.

(7) HOMELAND (Showtime): Anticipating headlines out of Syria and espionage in Germany, the current season of Homeland is more scary and more disciplined in its storytelling than at any previous time since the start of its first season, and Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, and Miranda Otto as Berlin CIA station chief have given exceptional performances.

( RECTIFY (Sundance TV): This beautiful drama, whose pace and quietness is unique on television, deepened the story of accused killer Daniel Holden (Aden Young), and his family’s ardent yet always-tested support of him. It’s a measure of how vividly all the principal characters are drawn by show creator Ray McKinnon that I’d watch a spin-off of any of them, especially Abigail Spencer’s flinty Amantha.

(9) EMPIRE (Fox): This fun-filled music-industry soap-opera worked as melodrama and as satire, with superb performances from Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard. Henson’s Cookie became such a pop-culture phenomenon, the show risked turning into a mere trend, but at its best, creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong ground the show in the firm grasp of family dynamics.

(10) THE GOOD WIFE (CBS): Always willing to shake things up, show creators Robert and Michelle King decided to have Chris Noth’s Peter run for President, with all the campaign intrigue that entails, even as Julianna Margulies’ Alicia struck out on her own with a home-based law firm that turns up as least as much trouble as it does clients. Which is just the way we like The Good Wife.

(11) BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC): Spin-offs from big-hit cultural markers are most often disappointments. But in extracting Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad, monkeying with the time-line, and giving him an eccentric brother (Michael McKean), Better Call Saul took on its own tone, its own rhythm, its own distinctive set of dramatic priorities that rendered it an engrossing, completely different creation than Bad.

(12) RAY DONOVAN (Showtime): The third season gave Liev Shreiber’s strong-arm bag-man Ray a couple of flaky, dangerous new clients (guest stars Ian McShane and Katie Holmes) and frequently seemed on the verge of splitting into different shows-within-the-show: boxing drama, religious drama, a tale of abuse-survival. Yet the show ended up a unified whole, a strikingly original example of L.A. noir.

(13) MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES (Netflix): She’s got super-strength, but Krysten Ritter’s title character is no spandex-bursting superhero. She’s a wily private eye coping with a lot of emotional damage, finding brief comfort in sex with Mike Colter’s Luke Cage, but that ends up just complicating her life even further. This was the year’s most satisfyingly complex new superhero drama. (Kudos to Supergirl, though, for capturing a slightly lighter side of feminist crime-fighting with great energy.)

(14) BANSHEE (Cinemax): When I saw all the acclaim Netflix’s Daredevil was getting for its fight scenes, I thought, “Have these people not seen Banshee?” From its bare-knuckle brawls to its elaborately choreographed shoot-em-ups, this wonderfully weird saga of crime in Pennsylvania Amish country was the year’s most action-packed show.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/best-tv-dramas-2015-fargo-empire-jessica-jones-152310660.html

And Lasgidi is not among the top 10?

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Putin takes his revenge as Russian forces launched at least a dozen airstrikes against insurgent-held areas near the Turkey-Syria border where the Sukhoi SU-24 fighter jet was shot down by the Turkish army yesterday. Check it out:



Heavy bombardment hit areas controlled by Turkmen rebels, the group claiming to have shot and killed one of the pilots of the Russian jet as he parachuted out of the flaming wreckage, and attempted to kill his co-pilot.

The rebel group released a video showing them cheering and chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as they discovered the body of Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov, who will now receive Russia’s highest state honour posthumously.

President Vladimir Putin today confirmed that the surviving pilot, identified as Captain Konstantin Murahtin, had been rescued by Russian military in a 12-hour long joint operation with Syrian government forces, and taken to a Russian air base.

He also responded by deploying one of the most fearsome weapons in the Russian military arsenal – the S-400 anti-aircraft system. The highly advanced missile system is capable of downing aircraft 250 miles away that are travelling at a height of 60,000 ft.

However, in a statement released this evening, Turkey claimed it had no idea the jet violating its airspace was Russian.

At least 12 air strikes hit Latakia’s northern countryside as pro-government forces clashed with fighters from al Qaeda’s Nusra Front and Turkmen insurgents in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A commander of the Turkmen, ethnic Turks who are Syrian citizens, said missiles fired from Russian warships in the Mediterranean were also hitting the area, as well as heavy artillery shelling.

Hassan Haj Ali, the head of Liwa Suqour al-Jabal, a rebel group operating in western Syria, also said there were fierce battles in the area, with Russian aircraft supporting pro-government forces.

Another local rebel leader, Jahed Ahmad, says the Russians appear to be taking ‘revenge’ for the plane’s downing by Turkey, a key backer of the rebels in the area.

Speaking from inside Syria via Skype on Wednesday, he says the Russian jets were providing cover for advancing Syrian ground forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies.

Speaking after his rescue, Cpt. Murahtin flatly denied there were any warnings from Turkish F16 pilots that his plane was about to be shot out of the sky, despite audio recordings of the warnings and confirmation that they were broadcast by U.S. military.



‘There was no warning, by radio exchange nor visually. There was no contact at all,’ he said. ‘The Turks did not get in touch with us.’

‘We were flying at about 6,000-metre altitude. The weather was sunny, what we call “million-by-million”,’ he said.
‘All the flight before the moment when the missile exploded was completely under my control. I could clearly see with the map and visually where the borders were and where we were.

Speaking at an impromtu press conference at the Russian Hemeimeem air base in Syria after his rescue, he claimed that there ‘wasn’t even a threat of entering Turkish airspace’.

‘If they wanted to warn us, they could have showed themselves by flying at a parallel course. But there was nothing.

‘And the missile hit the tail of our plane all of a sudden. We didn’t see it visually. To have enough time to do an anti-missile manoeuvre.’

Cpt Murahtin told of how he landed in rebel held territory where he spent several hours hiding in a forest’ before being found using his radio beacon.



He was rescued after an 18-strong Syrian SWAT team backed by six fighters from the elite division of Shia Hezbollah movement, and then spirited to the Hemeimeem air base.

After ejecting and parachuting to rebel held territory, he spent several hours hiding in a forest before being found using his radio beacon. He was then spirited to the Hemeimeem air base.

He is appealing to his commanders to allow him to remain in Syria after his close shave with death.

‘Of course, I can’t wait to return. I will ask my commander to let me stay at this airbase. I have a debt to repay to the commander.’

Wow, what an amazing soldier. It is great that he wants to stay and continue to fight. Agree of Disagree with Putin, you have to admire him for having a spine- something Obama is severely lacking.

http://rightwingnews.com/world/putin-takes-his-revenge-russia-unleashes-bombardment-on-region-held-by-rebels-who-killed-his-men/

AceRoyal:
We all know u lying or rather been economical with the truth

Politicians lie. Get over it.

If you think anyone could get ahead in politics without a few untruths, you're lying to yourself.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State on Tuesday denied reports that he removed 15 chairmen of local governments from office for defecting to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC).

Wada took to social media and wrote: “It is a lie that I sacked LGA Chairmen for defecting from the PDP. This story is not true.”

“The LGA were removed by a Kotun-karfe court about 11 months ago. The party went to the court of appeal & court order they be returned.”

“I only reinstated the LGA Chairmen as directed by the Appeal Court.”

http://africanspotlight.com/2015/11/24/i-did-not-sack-15-council-chairmen-for-defecting-to-apc-wada/

I did not sack 15 council chairmen for defecting to APC – Gov Wada

“The LGA were removed by a Kotun-karfe court about 11 months ago. The party went to the court of appeal & court order they be returned.”

“I only reinstated the LGA Chairmen as directed by the Appeal Court.

Lol. Politicians should try as much as possible to avoid telling lies and excuses.

For most couples with children, just getting through each week requires almost all of their time and energy. And it never seems to let up – just when they think things might be getting a bit easier, the next phase of parenthood rolls in and presents its requirements and demands. Add in job, home and community responsibilities, and most parents are completely tapped out by the end of each week.

If you’re in that position, you probably know how easy it is to lose track of the ‘couple’ part of your life. If you’re looking for ways to build a strong marriage in the midst of the chaos of daily life, these are suggested ways to stay connected with your spouse even when life gets crazy:

 

(1) Establish your marriage as the primary relationship in your family.

If you value your marriage and want to keep it strong, set a priority to establish it as the centre of your family life. You won’t be taking anything away from your children; instead, you’ll be adding to their sense of security and helping them understand what it takes to create a lasting marriage.

 

(2) Control your family’s schedule, rather than letting it control you.

Many couples don’t think carefully about the time and energy required to participate in sports, lessons, clubs, and volunteer work. As a result, those activities end up devouring most of the family’s resources. Yes, you and your children are going to be involved in activities, but you don’t have to be involved in every activity. So sit down with your spouse and decide what’s reasonable in terms of your family’s time, energy and resources.

 

(3) Make time to talk every day.

When things get busy, it’s easy to go for days without talking about anything other than pick-up times and errands. So be intentional about talking with your spouse for 15-20 minutes every day about what’s going on in both of your lives. Ideally, establish a set time to do this – in the morning, right after work, before bed, or whatever works for the two of you.


(4) Go to bed at the same time.

Go to bed at the same time every night if possible but at least several times a week. Going to bed together allows you to talk and unwind and paves the way for sex and intimacy.

 

(5) Make love regularly.

Yes, it takes some time and energy, both of which are in short supply. But it’s critical if you want to stay connected as a couple. And it doesn’t always have to take a lot of time – while a long romantic interlude is great, sometimes a quick romp provides all the connection you need!


 
(6) Do some everyday tasks or errands together.

Once children come along, couples often divide and conquer the tasks of everyday life. She gets stuff from the market and runs by the children’s school; he drops off the dry cleaning and picks up a refilled cylinder of gas. It’s efficient, but boring. So once in a while, do some of those tasks together. Ask a relative or friend to watch the kids for a couple of hours while you run some errands. Then do something fun on the way home, like stopping for a glass of wine.

http://leadership.ng/style/476239/ways-to-build-a-strong-marriage-even-when-life-gets-crazy

Lol

Handsome Ghanaian actor and father of two, Majid Michel says he admires working with the duo of Nadia Buari and Genevieve Nnaji. He also added that he has a crush on US-based singer, Rihanna.

“I really love acting with Nadia Buhari. Nadia is one of my favourites because of her deep understanding of the act. She really understands all the tricks of what acting is all about. She understands her character very well, so, it makes something called the feedback loop, it’s an acting term; it makes it easier for you as an actor. In Nigeria, I like to work with Genevieve. For my female celebrity crush, she is not an actress but a music star. Her name is Rihanna,” the actor told Encomium magazine in a recent interview.

Continuing, he said, “I know Rihanna is a bad girl but God brought me here to make her good.”

Majid, who has been married for about 10 years, shared the secret of his successful marriage.

“You need information about marriage. You need to take a test on marriage. Marriage is the only institution you get your certificate before the test. You need information before you get into marriage. Love does not keep a marriage; divorced people will tell you that. What happens to; I love you, but we used to be in love. Love does not keep a marriage and sex is not a glue. Love and Sex never keep a marriage.

“It is knowledge and understanding. You need to know about marriage, you tell a girl or a guy I love you, but do you love marriage? They’re two different things. If a guy tells you I love you, and when you tell him let’s get married, he is running away, because love and marriage are different. Marriage is an institution, telling somebody a vow is not a marriage. It is a building that both of you are going to be in. The key element is knowledge, because knowledge is information and you need to have lots of information about marriage, then you understand these information, you comprehend them and you tell yourself; I am ready to do it. Not because I love her, but because I am ready to help her achieve her dreams.

“I’m ready to make our dreams come true with her. She is your help to accomplish your purpose. We stop making babies and grownups believe the first thing you need is a girlfriend or a boyfriend. That is not what you need; the first thing you need is the presence of God. Not a man or a woman, it is not about relationships, it is about God. The aim and the target has been lost, the reason and the purpose of our existence has been lost,” he said.

Source: Nigeriafilms

speedyGonzales:
is this fake news? because it sounds like fake news! in-fact is stinks, well, I hope Putin's spies from the KGB are not feeding him bullshit!

Its not a fake news bro.

Russia, America and Europe are the initiator, coordinator and sponsor of ISIS. Who supply the arms to ISIS? Who are those buying cheap oil from ISIS which they use to sustain their operations? Are you people not surprised that it took france less than two hours to locate ISIS training camp in syria after Paris attack? Don't you think ISIS group breach the terms of agreement by attacking paris?

May God save the third world countries from western hypocrisy, and imperialistic mindset.

Jezyfreezman:
Satanist Vampires Claiming saints are just too many in this new face of this our beautiful world..... Rebel evrywhere

They freely dropped weapons to the rebels in Iraq, Libya and Syria. Supported them with all they need and training. They never hide this. They never hide their support to these rebels. French President confirmed supporting Syrian rebels. And who are the rebels?

When the media captured US dropping arms to ISIS, Washington said it was a mistake. They are funded by selling their crude from captured oil fields. The question is, who buys the crude?

They keep saying they will cut their access to funds which tells us they know where the funds are coming from, but do nothing yet. When I heard cameron repeating the same statement of limiting their access to funds after Paris attack, I said to myself, same old story.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday dropped a bombshell when he alleged that the dreaded Islamic State (ISIS) is being funded by 40 countries including some members of the G20 countries.

Putin who spoke at the ongoing G20 meeting in Turkey said he had shared intelligence with the other G20 member states, which reveals that ISIS finances the majority of its terrorist activities with support from these countries and that, surprisingly, the countries include a number of G20 countries.

He said, “I provided examples based on our data on the financing of different Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) units by private individuals. This money, as we have established, comes from 40 countries and there are some of the G20 members among them.”

In addition to discussing the need to stop the flow of donor money to ISIS, Putin also reiterated the need to stop the illegal oil trade by ISIS.

“I’ve shown our colleagues photos taken from space and from aircraft which clearly demonstrate the scale of the illegal trade in oil and petroleum products. The motorcade of refuelling vehicles stretched for dozens of kilometres, so that from a height of 4,000 to 5,000 metres they stretch beyond the horizon,” Putin added.

The Islamic State makes about $50 million a month from selling crude from captured oilfields in Iraq and Syria, according to Iraqi intelligence and U.S. officials.

A report by Business Insider said: “Oil sales — the extremists’ largest single source of continual income — are a key reason they have been able to maintain their rule over their self-declared “caliphate” stretching across large parts of Syria and Iraq.

“With the funds to rebuild infrastructure and provide the largesse that shore up its fighters’ loyalty, it has been able to withstand ground fighting against its opponents and more than a year of bombardment in the U.S.-led air campaign.”

Putin, who also addressed the press at the conference, went on to stress that an international coalition was needed to more effectively counter the terrorist group, noting Russia’s readiness to support the fight against ISIS.

“Some armed opposition groups consider it possible to begin active operations against IS with Russia’s support. And we are ready to provide such support from the air. If it happens it could become a good basis for the subsequent work on a political settlement,” Putin said.

“We really need support from the US, European nations, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran,” the Russian president added.

Reports suggest that the Russian intelligence analysis of the 40 nations funding the ISIS terror machine were relayed to diplomats attending the G20 summit – but were not released to the media, nor the general public.

“We will keep you updated if/when the names of the ISIS supporting states are leaked,” Putin said.

Members of the G20 group of advanced countries are gathered at Antalya, Turkey, in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, which claimed more than 129 lives, with over 300 injured.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

http://leadership.ng/news/475170/isis-funded-by-40-countries-including-g20-members-putin

IF MEN WERE GOD!

“Once INEC announces the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan, we will immediately shut down the Port Harcourt International Airport and all land and sea borders in Rivers State to prevent Rotimi Amaechi from escaping. We will arrest him”

“Does he (Amaechi) think we don’t know that he is planning to run away? But he and his cohorts will not succeed. All they can do thereafter is to lock themselves inside the Government House and at the appropriate time, we will go there and pick them up one after the other. - Nyesom Wike, Feb 22, 2015.

When Nyesom Wike made the above arrogant statements, he felt he was god or a demi-god in Rivers state. Now, the Almighty in His Infinite wisdom, mercy and favour has turned the tables around, and put Amaechi in charge of air, land and sea not only of Rivers state, but of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Now, the one who was to be prevented from traveling is now in charge of Air, Land and Sea in Nigeria.

Food for thought brethren:
Do not blow your own trumpet, do not exert power unnecessarily over others, especially the innocent. When in a position of power guard you mouth with humility.