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END OF THE ROAD. Na by force to do Valentine?

meanwhile, recession be like..

Meanwhile, dividend of Recession...

Love Machine:
I no go beat her.But she go buy me another phone or i go seize any valuables from her.Make any girl no test me reach that level.

The bolded is an evidence dt u dint read d story b4 u post d comment, or u were thinking abt Buhari's health

Scatterscatter:
Wait ooo, I am not understanding

Is this a moving Statue or we have 2 different statues.?

Check out both pictures again

U only looked, u dint read.

the first crown king of Lagos, King Ado and the legendary Prince Olofin Atekoye.

to be continued...

5. Sarcastic Fringehead
The sarcastic fringehead is a very small and slender fish that has a length of 10-12 inches. It is fearless and extremely aggressive, and it charges towards anything that approaches its burrows. This aggressive behavior is the reason behind the word ‘sarcastic’ in their name. The fringehead part is due to the appendages present over their eyes. When two sarcastic fringeheads fights, they wrestle by pressing their mouth against each other. To any spectator, this act looks like kissing.

6. Purple Frog
The purple frog is a recently discovered frog species found in the Western Ghats in India. It spends most of its life underground and only comes out for mating during monsoon. Since it remains above land only for a few week, it has got scientific recognition so late even though locals have known it for a long time. Interestingly, the purple frog is the only surviving member of a group of amphibians which evolved 130 million years ago. Their diet mainly comprises of termites. They have touch-sensitive snout through which they seek out termites and suck them using a fluted tongue.

7. Promachoteuthis sulcus
The Promachoteuthis sulcus is a newly-discovered deep-sea squid possessing human-like mouth including teeth. These teeth are actually circular folded lips. Promachoteuthis sulcus uses razor-sharp beaks to chop and chew their prey. The beaks are located inside their mouth and are not visible from outside. These one inch long creatures have eight arms and two large tentacles. Today, there is only one specimen of this creature known to men. It was caught in 2007 by the German research vessel “Walther Herwig”. This specimen is an immature female Promachoteuthis sulcus which is only 25 mm long.

8. Black swallower
Black Swallower is a deep-sea fish which has the amazing ability to consume fish that are much bigger than its size and more than 10 times its own mass. Black swallower itself is quite a small fish and its maximum known length is 25 cm. It possesses an expandable stomach due to which it can swallow large preys. Sometimes it swallows such a large creature that the prey starts to decompose before it can be digested. This releases gas in its stomach which forces the swallower to the surface of the ocean and that’s how most specimens have been collected. In 2007, a 7.5 inch Black Swallower was found dead in the coast of Cayman Islands with a 34-inch mackerel in its stomach.

Mother nature is so diverse that even today new creatures are being discovered every day. Most of these creatures are bizarre enough to open a whole new dimension of evolution. They vary in both features and size ranging from huge whales with tusks to small worms with ribbon like protrusion. While some creatures are extremely beautiful, others are odd-looking beyond reason. In this article, we have presented 20 such odd-looking creatures that you (including me) have probably never seen before.

1. Alligator Snapping Turtle
Alligator snapping turtle is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world. It is famous for its immensely powerful jaws which has a bite force of approximately 158 kgf. It has long, spring-like neck, and a thick scaled tail. The distinct alligator-like ridges on its shell inspired the name alligator snapping turtle. Due to its prehistoric looks, this turtle has earned another nickname: “dinosaur of the turtle world”. It is a master of camouflage and hides itself very well by letting algae grow on its shell. Also, it has a naturally-camouflaged mouth and a worm-like appendage on the tip of its tongue. This appendage is used to lure prey inside its mouth.


2. Strap-toothed whale
The sharp-toothed whale is a species of beaked whale. This whale species has a unique characteristic: two large tusks that grow up and over the upper jaw. These tusks (or teeth) emerge from the lower jaw and grow upwards. At the upper jaw, they bend at an angle of 45 degrees and these teeth from both sides encircles the upper jaw. Due to this form, sharp-toothed whale can’t open their mouth more than a few inches. These specially shaped teeth appear only in male sharp-tooth whales. Females of this species look the same as other whales, and that’s why they are difficult to spot. Due to restriction in the size of its prey, the sharp-toothed whale feeds mainly on squid.

3. Gharial
Of all the living species of crocodiles, gharial is the second largest in length. It is a fish-eating crocodile found in the northern Indian subcontinent. It is known for its extremely long and thin jaws. Male gharials develop a bulbous nasal growth at the tip of their snout when they reach sexual maturity. This nasal growth resembles an earthen pot, locally known as “ghara”, and it is the inspiration behind its name. Gharials spend most of the time in the water and only visit land to bask in the sun or to lay eggs in the sandbanks. The population of gharial declined 96 – 98% in the past 70 years due to overhunting. It is now listed under Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.


4. Shoebill
The shoebill is a very large stork-like bird with huge a bulbous bill in the shape of a shoe. The bill is straw-colored with erratic grayish markings. The shoebill is quite tall and its height is in the range of 43 to 55 inches. It has an amazing wingspan ranging from 7’7″ to 8’6″. The shoebill hunts its prey in a lurking fashion. It stands still like a statue for a long period and launches a violent strike upon spotting a prey. The shoebill builds a nest with their mate to raise babies. Although they rarely raise more than one chick, they hatch 2-3 chicks. The younger chicks are kept as the backup in case the elder one is weak or dies.

Lalasticlala

Never put your banana in the refrigerator!!!

This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes.

But energy isn’t the only thing a banana can help us keep. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

DEPRESSION:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and make you feel happier.

PMS:
Forget the pills – eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

ANEMIA:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

BLOOD PRESSURE:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

BRAIN POWER:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

CONSTIPATION:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

HANGOVERS:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

HEARTBURN:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

MORNING SICKNESS:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

MOSQUITO BITES:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

NERVES:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system..

Overweight and Pressure at work Place? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

ULCERS:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

TEMPERATURE CONTROL:
Many other cultures see bananas as a ‘cooling’ fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has FOUR TIMES the protein, TWICE the carbohydrate, THREE TIMES the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, ‘A BANANA a day keeps the doctor away!’

Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time!

https://m.facebook.com/TimeforLearning/photos/a.228232823899808.62356.225468254176265/548241228565631/?type=3

-The world's former fattest woman has lost 260kg and now is looking for a lover
- The woman, aged 40, who was bed bound now spends most of her time in a gym

Catrina Raiford known as the half-tonne woman or the fattest woman in the world has shed half of her weight. The 40-year-old hit the international headlines after half of her home had to be bulldozed away so that emergency workers could take her to hospital on a flatbed truck.

Completely immobile because of her staggering 470kg weight she developed breathing difficulties and spent days lying in her bed, eating and surfing the internet.

Recalling the past days Catrina said: "I was in bed for so long that now I've lost the weight, I just want to be free.
It was the worst time of my life. I just wanted to die. Each day I'd just eat and go online from morning to night."
Back in the day she used photos of slim women to chat with men over the internet.

But an embarrassing incident with a bulldozer made her to embark on a strict diet and go in for sports.

More than a year after first sharing her story Catrina moved from California to Texas and became a regular visitor of a local gym.
Inspired by her progress, she plans to lose even more weight, have excess skin cut off and reshape her figure. She joined a number of dating sites including Black People Meet and Tinder.

Now she is hoping to find a love of her life and start a new life."Being bulldozed out of my house was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. But it was also the thing that saved me. Now I'm a new woman," Catrina said.

lalasticlala, mynd44

malachytochukwu:
Don't tell me that you have those things on your cv. I have screened cvs a number of times and believe it when they say that employers spend less than 6seconds on a cv. You see situations where about 4 cvs or more have exact "career objective " ..then you wonder where they copied it from.

HR, I still insist what u wrote only work in principle, not practicable in Nigeria. Besides, i got my GOOD job without a CV. CONNECTION is what matters most in Nigeria.

BTW spending less than 6 seconds to scan tru a CV shows how UNSERIOUS re. What will u check within dt fraction of time?

CENSUS my foot. When its supposed to have been conducted since 2015, another excuse from one of failed agents of d kunnu sipping, gworo chewing, burukutu drinkng, Shepherd from d Sahara desert daura

ibibiofirstlady:
But they should fulfil their order just like I did so that some of us can get our reward.

The truth is nobody wants to put his money in MMM again. It has gone for good.

SweetJoystick:
I called my former room mate yesterday who has 600k trapped in there, he was almost crying on the phone. Dude with a wife and 3 kids. How he wan take hope? Funny thing he still had hope of getting his money back. He pledged 600k a day before the freeze in December, 2016.

Did u say he pledged, or he paid- PH? those are 2 different things to MMMers.

useless and crzay and marrd set of people. still find it difficult to blv dt a RCCG senioor pastor is d VP an currently d acting president od ds zoo

Mayflowa:
Does the wife wanted the marriage saved but doesn't know how. The couple should see a marriage counselor. People are surprisingly oblivious of their role as a spouse in marriages. Counselor helps to bare out anger, douse tension and direct a feasible path for the couple.

Ure still speaking from theory. No two events in marriages are d same. Even marriage counselors are also learning on d job as most of them also have problems with their marriage that cannot be managed. Besides, how many MC do we have in 9ja and ao many visits them?

extwoo:
So people get lonely in marriage

Pray u dont be a victim. The key is treat ur spouse as ur best friend, and vice versa.

OP, what u copied only work in theory, which @|$0 made me conclude dt ure still single. In practice, nothing u wrote works. Once d marriage starts falling apart, little could be done..Moreso, there are things that happened that.leads to u isolating ur spouse, most of which u cant help.

E.g, My friend's wife is too heady and bossy and because she can cater for herself, finds it impossible to say sorry for any wrong she does. Rather she hibernates and stop giving him attention.for as long as she wants to punish my friend. Now, after sevral attempts to save d situation continuously hit d rock, my friend is.moving on with his life, though they still live together but nothing conjugal btw them again.

Buahri should not think of plagiarizing this speech in 2019, becos dt last was his last.

space booked

Gambia’s army chief General, Ousman Badjie said he recognized new President Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief and would not fight a regional force poised to depose Yahya Jammeh.
“We are going to welcome them with flowers and make them a cup of tea,” Badjie told Reuters in an interview today.

“This is a political problem. It’s a misunderstanding. We are not going to fight Nigerian, Togolese or any military that comes.”

Badjie had initially pledged loyalty to Barrow after the stunning announcement of his victory in the 1 December election.
He made a volte face again after Jammeh challenged Barrow’s election.
The army chief was seen yesterday in the streets of Banjul jubilating with the people after the swearing-in of Barrow in Dakar Senegal.
His pledge of loyalty to Barrow came as Jammeh prepares to leave the country, although he missed the 4pm deadline given by ECOWAS. Some reports said he was writing a last note before he departs to Guinea Conakry on exile.

Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/gambia-army-chief-backs-barrow-says-will-welcome-flowers-make-cup-tea/

Adeosun, ...

Every Patriot in Africa should read this article; penned by US-based Zambian media practitioner and author. He is a PhD candidate with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Journalism, and an M.A. in History.

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture.

In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and innovations.

Africa is the trailblazer. Some still call it “the dark continent” for the light that flickers under the tunnel is not that of hope, but an approaching train.

And because countless keep waiting in the way of the train, millions die and many more remain decapitated by the day.

“It’s amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die,” the man next to me said. “Get up and do something about it.

When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year’s Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst-ridden.
I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist.

“My name is Walter,” he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat.

I told him mine with a precautious smile.

“Where are you from?” he asked.

“Zambia.”

“Zambia!” he exclaimed, “Kaunda’s country.”

“Yes,” I said, “Now Sata’s.”

“But of course,” he responded. “You just elected King Cobra as your president.”

My face lit up at the mention of Sata’s moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S.

“I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s,” he continued. “I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent Zambians.” He lowered his voice. “I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off.” He smirked. “Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga.

From my patio I saw it all—the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.”


“Are you still with the IMF?” I asked.

“I have since moved to yet another group with similar intentions.
In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Kenya to hypnotize the Raisi

I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt.
Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars.

We’ll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater.”

“No, you won’t,” I said. “King Cobra is incorruptible. He is …”

He was laughing. “Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.”

Quett Masire’s name popped up.
“Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank.
It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do.”

At midnight we were airborne.
The captain wished us a happy 2015 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles.

“Isn’t that beautiful,” Walter said looking down.

From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably.

“That’s white man’s country,” he said. “We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth.
We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia or lake Kenya .
I grinned. “There is no Lake Zambia or lake Kenya
He curled his lips into a smug smile. “That’s what we call your countries . You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake.

We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels—crumbs. That’s your staple food, crumbs.
That corn-meal you eat, that’s crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta / omena are crumbs.
We the Bwanas (whites) take the cat fish.
I am the "Bwana" and you are the "mtu".
I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs.
That’s what lazy people get—Zambians, Kenyans , other Africans, the entire Third World.”

The smile vanished from my face.
“I see you are getting pissed off,” Walter said and lowered his voice.

“You are thinking this Bwana is a racist.
That’s how most Zambians , Kenyans respond when I tell them the truth.
They go ballistic.
Okay. Let’s for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside.

Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?”

I said
"There’s no difference.”

“Absolutely none,” he exclaimed. “Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits.
After they were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me.
We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.”

I gladly nodded.

“And yet I feel superior,” he smiled fatalistically. “Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person.
The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education.
I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he’s a riffraff.
Tell me why my angry friend.”

For a moment I was wordless.

“Please don’t blame it on slavery like the African Americans do or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization.
And don’t give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.”

I was thinking.

He continued. “Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.”
I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst.

“You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy,” he said. “When you rest your head on the pillow you don’t dream big.

You and other so-called African intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of you only going for leadership; just to fill their own stomach and steal from poor.

It is you, and not those poor starving people, who is the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state.”

“That’s not a nice thing to say,” I protested.

He was implacable. “Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy in your minds.

Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street of Nairobi selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away.

I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? And on kenya l saw women as bricklayers. Where are these intellectual men ?

Are the Zambian or Kenyans engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher, or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Or sort out the drainage system to make Biogas or rivers purification systems.

Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years or more of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use?

What is the school there for?”

I held my breath.

“Do you know where I found your intellectuals? They were in bars quaffing.
I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Calling themselves policy makers

Zambian , Kenyans , other African intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don’t. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.”

He looked me in the eye.

“And you flying to Boston and all of you Africans in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to their country.

You don’t care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters live there.
Many have died or are dying of neglect by you as democratic government .
They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own preventive measures. To much immoral .

You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked—oh, I have a PhD in this and that so what?
What next? Handouts from IMF ? Then repay?

I was deflated.
“Wake up you all!” he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. “You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes, and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories.

All those dissertation papers you compile should be your country’s treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.”

He paused. “The Bwana has spoken,” he said and grinned.

“As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that?
The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better.
You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.”

He tempered his voice. “Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident.
Become innovative and make your own stuff for God’s sake.”

At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand.

“I know I was too strong, but I don’t give it a damn. I have been to Zambia , Kenya , other African countries and have seen too much poverty.”

He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. “Here, read this. It was written by a friend.”

He had written only the title: “Lords of Poverty.”

Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling.

I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring

I remembered some who have since passed—how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet.

They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery.

I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and intercontinental hotel, safari park Kenya and Central Sports in Lusaka

Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations.

We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque.

We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall.

Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals.

But the intelligentsia is not solely, or even mainly, to blame.

The larger failure is due to political circumstances.
Knowing well that King Cobra , Kenyatta, and others will not embody innovation at Walter’s level let’s begin to look for a technologically active-positive leader who can succeed them after a term or two.

That way we can make our own stone crushers, water filters, water pumps, razor blades, and harvesters. Or dig our own boreholes without IMF involve.

Let’s dream big and make tractors, cars, and planes,
or, like Walter said, forever remain inferior...

A fundamental transformation of our country from what is essentially non-innovative to a strategic superior African country requires a bold risk-taking educated leader with a triumphalist attitude and we have one in YOU.

Don’t be highly strung and feel insulted by Walter. It is like shooting the messenger.

Take a moment and think about our country.

Our journey from 1963 has been marked by tears. It has been an emotionally overwhelming experience.

Each one of us has lost a loved one to poverty, hunger, and disease.

The number of graves is catching up with the population.

It’s time to change our political culture. It’s time for Zambian , Kenyans and other Africans intellectuals to cultivate an active-positive progressive movement that will change our lives forever.

Don’t be afraid or dispirited, rise to the challenge !

Sent by a friend through whatsapp

SHAINGIIII Indeed...

Omisore should borrow a leaf from this

nevilbot:
Stop commenting on what u don't know and misleading people with your ignorance passing fictions as fact.

The German constitution does not av term limit and Merkel did not make any attempt to change any constitution. She contested for primaries in her party and was nominated with abt 95% of d vote without any rancour last December. If u must know she will still win d main election cus dia is no credible opponent contesting against her. She will keep contesting for as long as she wants till she loses or resigns cus d constitution allows it and it was not Merkel that changed it.

I live in Germany so that's d fact. Stop misleading people on nairaland

Does that change d fact dt shez running for the 4th term, as she openly disclosed last November?