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When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." "Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts." "To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness."

Hey person, you ain't seen nothing yet, the ink of your tatts (tattoos) will seep into your damn bloodstream and you gonna know that the Word of Jehovah God never faileth! Did ya say you wanna take the bleeping tatts off your damn face, eh? What about the countless people you influenced with you useless lifestyle, who is gonna get rid of their tatts from their bleeping bodies, eh?

Leviticus 19:28 King James Version (KJV)

"Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord."

IkennaDavid1:
I am not even bothered by the results.. What beats my imagination more is the DOUBBLE STANDARDS of APC, both the leadership and followers.
They are quick to applaud Rotimi Amaechi for using AAC to give Wike a good fight, but these same people supported the suspension of Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun for anti-party activities

Say the truth no matter the outcome. I non dey support Amaechi or APC but he has been fighting and failing for the good of APC, APC had no candidates in Rivers State that is the reason he supported AAC and their plan was if the AAC wins Awara will defect to APC but God non allow them.

AMOSUN and OKOROCHA case is different APC had governorship candidates in their state but they choose to go against the party because their preferred candidates are not the flag bearers. AMOSUN and OKOROCHA for the crooks they are contested for Senate under APC, why dey non contest under the parties dey supported for governorship. If na be Buhari or Oshiomole we go use AMOSUN and OKOROCHA as scape goat in the anticorruption campaign, instead of Senate na jail we go send them to.

Say the truth no matter the outcome. I non dey support Amaechi or APC but he has been fighting and failing for the good of APC, APC had no candidates in Rivers State that is the reason he supported AAC and their plan was if the AAC wins Awara will defect to APC but God non allow them.

AMOSUN and OKOROCHA case is different APC had governorship candidates in their state but they choose to go against the party because their preferred candidates are not the flag bearers. AMOSUN and OKOROCHA for the crooks they are contested for Senate under APC, why dey non contest under the parties dey supported for governorship. If na be Buhari or Oshiomole we go use AMOSUN and OKOROCHA as scape goat in the anticorruption campaign, instead of Senate na jail we go send them to.

Nobody is begging they are just following the Bible.
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Preys don't pray, they flee or fight!

Driving from Abuja to Kaduna in broad daylight is now more dangerous than living in Syria.

Watching soccer game with friends in the evening can now be a life taking endeavour.

Voting in an election is now a high risk venture that could land you in a bodybag.

Taking a stroll in the cool evening is now likely to get you kidnapped by the police and shot dead if you refuse to surrender your money.

Driving to work is so hazardous your vehicles get damaged by bikes and commercial drivers if you are lucky, and a journey to the hospital or mortuary at the hands of robbers in traffic.

Your children going to school now requires constant prayers for their school building not to collapse.

Sleeping in your own homes at night is now as deadly as being on a battlefield because you could be hacked to death in your sleep.

The government takes your wares, houses, cars and money at will.

Government officials will make the simplest of tasks so difficult for you that you curse the day you were born into Nigeria!

Then the heat, so blistering because there are no trees for shades and no electricity to power your air conditioners!

Are you not tired of being the prey and just praying?

When trouble began in heaven, there was war not prayers!

You have become so docile they don't even wait to kidnap or rob you in the night, they now do so in broad daylight!

The government see you as toothless lambs they are not even bothered to respond when you are murdered enmasse!

When will the majority summon up the courage to defeat the few predators?

When will you be tired of this daily rape? Are you going to fight or flee? Staying to die is not a natural option, it means you have been totally conquered!

Are you ready to fight for your right to peace and lives or you love being prey? �

Don't pray!, preys don't pray! �


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Has he been found? Na so Castro disappear since 2014 for boat accident. Ghana artists and disappearance...

He never finish for OKOROCHA and AMOSUN, if I be them I go dey look for where to go rest because APC go use both of them take do scape goat. EFCC dey arrange their case files.

AMAECHI non try him non fit deliver APC for either elections. APC was beaten hands down in Rivers.

Hope say na you wan drive am because if you wan give someone for hire purchase your money go loss

So I had an abusive girlfriend, who abuses me physically and emotionally. On this platform I have been asking people to stay clear of abusive relationship.

I had to move to another city to avoid her. I failed to take my own advise and had to pay with a scar. I let this girl come to my new place last month after many pleas and promises of how she is a changed person.

She wanted to stay long but after three days I saw she hasn't changed but only got worse. I asked her to leave after arguing back and forth she left. I blocked her phone number.

2 days ago she just showed up on my door pleading, I told her there is nothing to plead about because I non dey do again. She can spend the night but leave the next day. Next day she said she can't leave because of no transport fare that I should give her. I non get....

Another argument, she was eating when I told her to be quick because I wan comot and i can't leave her in my house since I won't be returning till Monday.

Before I could raise my head from the phone I was using na black out. The girl don throw the ceramic plate she was eating with at me. I put my hand for where the plate landed and saw blood, I non fit shout I carry my self go pharmacy, treat myself and before I return I non know how she take leave.

I hope say she non go come again....

I don learn my lesson and I hope you too don learn from my story make u for non experience same thing....

Once beaten twice shy! Use ur head...

This is Mesut Ozil, great player of Germany national team and his famous look alike Enzo Ferrari. Enzo died in 1988 while Ozil was born that same year - 1988.

Enzo was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur

Treasured4eva:


She started as a terrible girlfriend and ended as a bad wife.

She's a very bad tempered woman that doesn't regard or respect me and that's where the problem lies.My only crime is that I wanted respect from her.

What are you saying. You married someone who was terrible during courtship and you expect her to be virtuous in marriage. YOU PLAYED YOURSELF. CAN YOU GIVE WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE?

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UNKNOWN to most Nigerians,what they read in the newspapers, watched on screen concerning the violence that trailed last Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the South-South was a child’s play compared to what really transpired on ground. Clearly, the leading challenge was armed uniformed men, not only harassing and intimidating them, but also snatching ballot boxes and assisting politicians to disrupt and rig elections. The bullying was so much that in some places, voters simply decided to stay off the polling units. They remained in their homes rather than go out and be killed, shot or injured by armed men, as was the case with some persons. Many swore that the uniformed men they saw were men of the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Police Force, but the Army authorities had come out forcefully to deny that its men were responsible. It said the armed men on rampage during the elections were not genuine soldiers.

The brave women of Rivers However, the women of Okirika in Okrika local government area and Ogu in Ogu/Bolo local government area, both in Rivers state, unarguably the heroines of March 9 polls in the geo-political zone, in the early hours of last Saturday, resisted the armed soldiers that visited their communities to snatch ballot materials. This was barely two days after the invasion of the palace of the Amanayabo of Okochiri Kingdom, HM King Ateke Tom Armed personnel obviously at the behest of politicians stormed the communities to hijack electoral materials before and after voting, but they stripped half-naked and formed a human shield to thwart attempts by members of the armed forces to cart away the materials. They could not shoot the women and had to retreat, following their strong resistance. The courageous Okrika women not only shielded electoral materials at INEC office in the community, they also provided security for the Commission’s ad-hoc staff in the voting centers. What propelled the women was their discovery that the invasion of the Amanayabo palace last Thursday by soldiers was chiefly to intimidate him and prepare grounds for the rigging of March 9 elections in the area. HM Ateke Tom was not in the palace when the armed personnel struck, but when leaders of the community got information that politicians, who sponsored the raid on their king’s palace, had also concluded arrangement to send soldiers and thugs to cart away election materials from the INEC office in the local government, mothers and daughters mobilized to mount surveillance . Some political strategists said the monarch, a former leader of the Niger Delta struggle, is one of the influential vote influencers for Governor Nyesom Wike. An informed source hinted, “The killings by soldiers at Abonnema during the Presidential and National Assembly elections at the instigation of a particular political party is still very fresh in the minds of the people, so to save their children and husbands despite political divide, they decided to take urgent steps to protect the materials before distribution.” “Women power” “That is the reason they mobilized to the place and behold at about 3.00 am, March 9, the Army came and the women, who lay on the ground in their numbers, barricaded the entrance, preventing the Hilux carrying the soldiers from gaining access to the INEC office.

The source told Saturday Vanguard, “Some of them actually undressed half- naked and lay on the ground when they saw soldiers coming; they also intensified their freedom songs and dancing, which perturbed the soldiers.” “The women also protected INEC ad-hoc staff by taking them to alternative routes without going through the main road where soldiers mounted siege. Okirika women also stationed themselves in each of the wards to safeguard the electoral materials. “Due to what happened last Thursday when armed military men ransacked Ateke Tom’s residence, the chiefs came up with the idea of falling back to women. Both elderly and young women came together to protect electoral materials. “Early this morning (last Saturday morning), at about 3.00 am, four vans of armed soldiers wanted to have access to the local government area when the women saw them, they lay on the floor half naked chanting.

The soldiers had no choice than to leave,” our informant asserted. Confrontation between Ogu women and armed personnel In addition, Ogu women in Ogu local government, who saw the effectiveness of “women power” in Okrika on Saturday night, stayed back after voting at the collation centre and resisted soldiers, who later came to cart away ballot papers. An observer familiar with the Ogu episode, disclosed, “On the February 23 presidential election, the military, police and APC stalwarts allegedly hijacked electoral materials of Ward 6, 7, 8 and 9, disenfranchising the electorate in the affected areas though the election was cancelled. “Towards the governorship election, on March 7, the military invaded Ogu town in Ogu/Bolo area, they ransacked the homes of PDP male leaders and arrested many. Few hours later, the Ogu women mobilized themselves and demonstrated against the indiscriminate arrest by the military.

“On that same day, March 7, female youths of Okrika had programmed a peaceful protest over the hijack of electoral materials by security agencies and over militarization of the local government. As the rally was progressing, the military invaded Okochiri and their target was King Ateke Tom’s palace. They arrested five persons after several gunshots. “On March 8 at about 5:43pm, the military with several gunboats prevented passengers and boat drivers from accessing the waterways, which meant that people could not go out and in and out of Okrika via sea route.

However, the land route was accessible with military occupation. “On that same day at about 8.00 pm, the women mobilised themselves to the local government council to protect the electoral materials. There was confrontation between the military and women but they were not perturbed after several gunshots by the military. “The women spent the night, singing and dancing and at a point the soldiers stopped them from singing, which they obeyed.

On March 9, INEC dispatched electoral materials to various wards without any military or political party hijacking the materials. Though allegation was rife that armed men hijacked election materials going to Isaka town, which is part of ward 7 via the sea route. “The voting process in Okrika was very peaceful and after the election because of the role of the women, and thereafter, the women mobilized back to the collation centre. The military was uncomfortable with their attitude, and at a stage, they started shooting, but the women refused to move. “The armed men that came that night at the collation centre were not with name tag, no rank, some covered their faces with scarves and their vehicle number plates were blank.

The night vigil of the women was fruitful because it did not give them chance to distort election results. In a viral video, men in military uniform were seen scaling the fence of the collation centre, but the women resisted them. Military attack to browbeat HM Ateke Tom- Community leader In Okochiri kingdom, the indigenes, last weekend, threatened to invoke the gods of the land against the armed men that desecrated the palace of HM Ateke Tom. A community leader told Saturday Vanguard, “The entire episode was to intimidate the monarch, who they see as one person that could tell the youths of Rivers state the direction to go.” “They had sent emissaries to him, but he told them that as a traditional ruler, he cannot take sides with any political party. However, they see him as a pillar for Governor Nyesom Wike. He was in the house when they came, the plan was to frighten and even kill him. “The soldiers did not come with search warrant but broke into the palace, forcefully entered rooms and took away phones, wrist watches, laptop and drives. They shot the husband of one of the workers and took his corpse away. “The politicians, who sent them, believe that by doing these, the monarch and his people will be scared and that will give them room to do whatever they want to do on March 9, “he asserted. The community leader added, “They also alleged that he knew about the death of a certain former council chairman and close associate of a powerful APC leader in the state, Chief Monwan Etete from Andoni, you can see the length they went to fabricate things against him. Our monarch is not from Andoni and does not know the former chairman in question.” “Even if investigation is being carried out over the death of somebody, is it the job of soldiers, where are the police,” he queried. PDP, APC involved in violence, vote buying Reports from other parts of the state showed that just like the 2015 elections, the March 9 polls was heavily marred with intimidation of political actors, INEC officials and voters. It witnessed the same political imbroglio, where thugs snatched ballot boxes at will and results manipulated to favour one particular party. However, it has been a reversal of fortunes from the 2015 scenario. The major challenges that generally marred the governorship and state assembly elections were ballot snatching, vote buying, violence. PDP and APC, which backed the candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Awara Biokpomabo, perpetrated the acts, basking on the advantage of federal might. In Ikwerre local government, leaders of PDP started paying voters, and providing drinks and biscuits at the polling units. The PDP did their magic at the polling units, whereas the APC exerted its federal might to hijack collation process with security operatives having their back.

At the state collation center in Bori, Khana local government area, security men invaded the area and ordered the electoral officers to doctor results of the election. The suspected uniformed invaders of the Bori collation centre shot one Dr. Ferry on the leg, causing panic. The collation centre in Isiokpo, Ikwerre local government area also witnessed a bizarre incident. In a viral video clip, a collation agent of PDP in Ikwerre claimed that security men chased him away from the collation room.

The party agent also claimed security men, who aided a political party to manipulate the result, locked him out. In Andoni where a former council chairman, two relatives were murdered and another APC chieftain beheaded on the eve of the presidential elections, and an aide to Wike, a woman, Emilia feared murdered on eve of the governorship, it is hard to imagine that election held in the area. It was, therefore, not surprising when reports came that some persons took INEC ad hoc officials hostage in Andoni and compelled them to write results for a political party. In Ogu, headquarters of Ogu Bolo local government and home to Senator George Sekibo, it was a carnival of sorts for PDP, as every extended family, better referred to as compound has a catering point where heavy pots of rice were on fire waiting for voter to thumbprint, albeit voluntarily for PDP and return to food and palm greasing.

The script worked until collation point when trucks of military men invaded to hijack materials, but met a brick wall of resistant community women, who threatened going naked in protest to deter the APC- backed soldiers from hijacking genuine votes of cast by enthusiastic PDP favored voters.

At the peak of the process, security men sponsored at the prompting of APC invaded some of the collation centers where the PDP were already holding sway and hijacked the process, not without intimating PDP agents and vulnerable INEC officials. It was not clear at what point SARS and military imposters crept into the process.

In Abua/Odua local government area, PDP leaders allegedly hijacked all the result sheets for the election, while APC insisted that nobody should distribute the ballot boxes and papers for voting. In Emohua local government, a known PDP stronghold, APC leaders, we gathered, had used hoodlums to hijack materials meant for some wards, including Ward 6 and went to unknown places to conduct the poll. The hijackers reportedly moved materials for over eight wards to the home of an APC leader in the local government for thumbprint. Despite the unmistakable rebuttal of the Nigerian Army, men in military uniform coerced electoral officers to manipulate the results of the election.

In Delta, military strategy impinged voting process in riverine areas In Delta state, security agents, particularly soldiers deployed for the elections in riverine Warri North local government area, slowed down the electoral process with their queer strategy. The soldiers insisted that all boats to the various wards should leave at the same time. So wards that had their materials ready had to wait in the river for officials of INEC that were still sorting their materials. Finally, when all materials were ready, they moved in a convoy.

This put strain on electorate in several units that had to wait several hours for arrival of materials. The military apparently applied this strategy due to limited personnel to cover the elections in the riverine area. There were cases of what could pass as vote buying in some units in Warri and others parts of the state, as politicians gave voters N1, 000 each. Also conscious of the fact that police were on the hunt for vote buyers moving with huge sums of money on the day of the election, politicians also decided to entice voters with food items.

At some of the polling units visited, cooked rice made with palm oil, popularly known as Banga rice served in disposable food packs alongside soft drinks and bottled water were given to electorate on the queue While some politicians and community leaders gave out the food to voters, irrespective of political party they voted for, others shared them to only persons who voted for their preferred candidates.

Women with food carts and makeshift stalls strategically positioned themselves at various polling units from where they dished out the food items to voters after exercising their civic duties upon close supervision by agents and party members of politicians. However, security operatives at the respective polling units watched helplessly as the politicians had their way with the exercise. A police officer told one of our reporters at a polling unit in Ethiope East, “It is not a crime to share food to people at the polling unit, what is crime is when they share money to voters, which is vote buying.” Soldiers, thugs scared daylight out of C’Riverians The major challenge of the March 9 elections in Cross River State was the presence of large number of solders on the streets and collation centres wielding guns and weapons of war as if the state was in a warfare. Residents of the state woke up the day preceding the election to observe the presence of a large number of soldiers mounting roadblocks, searching vehicles and frisking pedestrians.

Frequent stops and delayed movement was the order of the day and going by the topography and expansive nature of Cross River, the frequent stops made movement somewhat clumsy and strenuous for those who travelled to the Central and Northern part of the state, a distance of over 400 kilometres. In one of the check points, a soldier wielding a gun close to the vehicle conveying some journalists to the community asked if they were policemen and when they said ‘journalists”, he looked closely at the vehicle and asked everyone to step out.

He then took time to search the bags in the vehicle and searched the journalists, as if they concealed some dangerous items in their bags and pockets. Apart from the soldiers, thugs loaded in unmarked vehicles were everywhere driving and shooting sporadically in some areas. The gunshots often sent people running in different directions. It was difficult to ascertain which party they belonged and this brought untold fear into the hearts of many people, including reporters.

In Ijom ward Ugep, Yakkur local government area, which is ever volatile, at about midday when voting was in progress, a clash erupted between APC and PDP supporters, which sent everyone, including INEC staff, voters and journalists scampering in all directions for safety. The shooting was so fierce that the voters and INEC staff did not show up again in the polling unit. The polling materials were scattered all over the polling unit, but surprisingly, officials announced result from the particular unit at the collation centre, casting doubt in the process. There was no case of anybody shot dead, but some security personnel illegally detained people in makeshift detention centres.

A commercial driver, who gave his name as Oleka said soldiers, who mounted roadblock along the road detained him for four hours at a provisional detention centre in Akpet Central Apparent in all the centres visited was vote buying. Virtually all the major contenders were involved in this business. Money openly exchanged hands and supporters of the parties freely distributed rice, salt and cooking cubes to sway voters to cast their ballots for the candidates of their parties.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/okrika-ogu-bolo-women-strip-form-human-shield-to-stop-soldiers-hijacking-ballots/

It can be hard to find that special someone. Fortunately, history is here to help. Whether you are looking for “the one” or want to become a real Casanova, these dating tips are guaranteed to help you out. (Disclaimer: Not actually a guarantee.)


10. Use A Fan For Subtle Flirting

Fans have been around for thousands of years but became a hot fashion accessory in 18th-century Europe. Ever resourceful, women realized that the fan could be used for more than just appearances, and soon enough, they started using a secret “fan language” to flirt with their male admirers.While you might think that using a fan to communicate would be rather limited, there were actually over 30 messages that women could convey to the men fortunate enough to learn this “language.” For example, hiding the eyes behind an open fan simply said, “I love you.” Carrying the open fan in the left hand expressed a desire to talk while twirling the fan in the left hand warned the man that they were being watched.

9 Find A Partner At The Marriage Market

In the Histories, Herodotus writes of an ancient custom in Babylonian villages which ensured that everyone found a partner, including the poorest men and the ugliest women. They went to the marriage market, where men would bid for their new wives.It started off as a regular auction. The best-looking women would go first, as they got the highest bids, meaning that they typically married the wealthiest men. Things switched when the auction got to the women who were considered ugly, crippled, or too old. The auctioneer would pay participants to take them as wives. Each bid got lower, and the winner was the man who accepted the lowest bid. The money was paid from the profits from auctioning off the beautiful girls. This way, every woman found a husband, and the poorer couples also gained a dowry.The market was open to all, even people from other villages. Fathers weren’t allowed to marry their daughters to the people they wanted, and bidders had to provide a backer who would guarantee their intention to marry. In case things didn’t work out, every sale came with a money-back guarantee.

8 Share A Secret Language

Privacy has always been an issue for new lovers. In the olden days, it was even harder for lovebirds to evade the watchful eyes of their parents, who were always there to make sure no funny business was going on prior to marriage. A clever way to continue saying sweet nothings to each other, even with the parents in the room, was to learn Morse code. This tip comes courtesy of Thomas Edison, who employed this strategy to woo his second wife, Mina Miller. The couple met soon after the death of Edison’s first wife, Mary. Mina’s father, Lewis Miller, was also a renowned inventor. He developed the first front-mounted combine harvester.Even though Mina was 20 years old when her relationship with Thomas began, and Edison was 39, the two were still wary of public displays of affection around her parents. That’s why Edison taught her Morse code, and according to him, he also proposed to her using Morse code.

7 Don’t Get Drunk In Front Of The In-Laws

Impressing the parents of your beloved might not be that important nowadays, but it used to be vital, since historically, the bride needed her father’s permission to marry. That being said, a good suggestion might be to not make a drunken fool of yourself in front of your would-be in-laws. Nobody knew that better than Hippocleides of Attica. Back in the sixth century BC, Cleisthenes, the tyrant of Sicyon, wanted to marry off his daughter, Agariste. Instead of simply accepting a bride price, he organized a competition to find the best suitor. His call was answered by 12 of the most eligible bachelors in the Greek world. The suitors went through challenges such as chariot racing and wrestling to prove their worth. By the end of the competition, Hippocleides became Cleisthenes’s favorite to win his daughter’s hand in marriage. However, at a banquet in the suitors’ honor, Hippocleides got very drunk and started acting like an idiot. At one point, he did a handstand and started kicking his legs in the air in rhythm with the music. An angered Cleisthenes told Hippocleides that he “danced away his wife.” Agariste married Megacles, instead.

6 Be Practical

Sometimes, you get better results by showing your practical side. That’s a lesson we can learn from the ancient Egyptians, who, as far as we can tell, did away with fancy courtship rituals and complicated ceremonies. If a woman moved her stuff from her parents’ house into a man’s house, that meant they were married. There was typically a prenuptial agreement in place between the husband and the wife’s father, which outlined who got what in the event of a breakup. Divorces also seemed to be a straightforward affair, particularly for that time period. Couples were expected to stay together for life (and beyond), but in the event of a split, they divided their possessions, and the children went with the mother. This didn’t apply in the case of adultery, which was heavily frowned upon and carried severe punishments (even death).None of this is to say that a practical marriage had no room for love or romance. Vizier Ptahhotep wrote The Maxims of Ptahhotep, a collection of wisdom to be passed down to newer generations. In it, he advised husbands to “love [their] wife; feed her and clothe her well; make her happy.” Some of the earliest examples of romantic literature came from Egyptian inscriptions in which men praised the beauty of their wives.

5 Spend Some Quality Time Together

History has never been shy about making it clear that a woman’s place was at home, taking care of the household while the man went out and did things. However, Teutonic women firmly believed their place was next to their husbands, even during war. They followed the men from skirmish to skirmish. They would perform tasks such as feeding the men and tending to the wounded but would not hesitate to take up arms when the need arose.Plutarch writes of Roman legionaries invading a Teutonic camp and being pushed back by women wielding swords and axes, who endured wounds and slashes with “undaunted resolution.” This kind of determination led to the rise of the Latin phrase furor Teutonicus, a ferocity in battle shared by both Teutonic men and women. The chastity and devotion of Teutonic women was another trait evoked by historians. The Teutons were virtually wiped out by Romans at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC. Valerius Maximus wrote that the women pleaded to become sacred servants of Vesta instead of slaves. When their request was refused, they committed mass suicide.

4 Try Love In A BottleThe Love Potion

People who hadn’t managed to snag that special someone could resort to a little chemical assistance in the form of a love potion. Almost every culture in existence has its own food or drink or behavior which is meant to increase libido, make people fall in love, or even cure impotence. There are valid reasons for this: Some of the ingredients used in aphrodisiacs genuinely have positive effects. Even those that don’t work could still cause some improvement thanks to the power of the placebo effect.In a medieval book on plants and animals, Albertus Magnus informs us that a concoction of periwinkle mixed with leeks and earthworms, pulverized and sprinkled over food, can strengthen the love between a man and his wife. He also warns us that the same mixture thrown into a pond would kill the fish.Marigolds were a popular ingredient during the Middle Ages and were used in many love potions. Certain Native American tribes preferred wild columbine. Jimsonweed was used throughout parts of India, which was especially dangerous, as it is a toxic plant, part of the nightshade family.

3 Write Your Feelings

Some people might have problems expressing themselves and would be better suited to writing their feelings down in a love poem. For inspiration, they could turn to the most romantic civilization in history: the Vikings. We might think of the Vikings as having been all about the pillaging, but their poems and sagas are filled with stories of true love, particularly love that follows the couple into death. Njal’s Saga is an example. Njal’s wife is offered amnesty, but she chooses to die by his side to keep the promise she made when they got married. In the Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus records the passionate song of Hagbaror before being hanged and after learning that his wife killed herself so that they could be together in the afterlife: “So let the encircling bonds grip my throat in the midst; the final anguish shall bring with it pleasure only, since the certain hope remains of renewed love.”While the sagas exalted the love between husband and wife, courting an unmarried girl was downright dangerous. Salacious poems suggesting that the writer had intimate knowledge of a girl would greatly tarnish her honor and diminish her value as a wife. These practices could result in death, as the girl’s father or brothers would feel obligated to defend her name.

2 Exchange Gifts

One of the best ways to grab someone’s attention is with a thoughtful gift. Throughout history, material possessions have almost always been at the heart of marriages. Some cultures had a bride price or bridewealth: The groom had to pay money, land, or wealth to his future wife’s family. Other cultures had a dowry: The bride’s father had to contribute toward the groom’s family. As marriage customs loosened up a bit, gifts between lovers became more common and more sensual, even without a commitment to marriage. Renaissance Italy was a period where such gift exchanges were common. Woven belts or girdles were given to young women, and they often featured provocative or romantic imagery, as they were associated with fertility. Brooches, pendants, and combs were also frequent choices for gifts.

1 Dissect A Woman To Learn Her Anatomy

This helpful tip comes from 19th-century French novelist Honore de Balzac. One of his lesser-known works was a treatise named The Physiology of Marriage, which uncovered the secrets of a loving, successful marriage. Among the many useful pieces of advice offered in the book, Balzac cautions us that marriage is a science and that a proper man should dissect at least one woman prior to marriage in order to study her anatomy.Balzac believed that we all have a certain amount of energy. While most men used that energy for their jobs, women didn’t know what to do with theirs. Therefore, the husband would be well-advised to tire out his wife with constant work so that she didn’t fall prey to her passions or caprices. Balzac also warned men against letting women drink plain water, for some reason. He recommended water lightly tinged with Burgundy wine.Despite his keen insights into marriage, Balzac married late in life, aged 50. This was 20 years after he wrote The Physiology of Marriage. He died five months later

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I'm an orphan, my parents left a building behind. I left the house at 26 this January. I was too comfortable there, I didn't pay rent, I didn't have a job cos I was living off the rent I collected from tenants. I had to leave to find my own.

The Nigerian President pays rent (as at 2017, 78 million naira) of his official residence, in Aso Rock, Abuja. No one knows the owner of the building he pays the rent to. #HistoryVille

Ejimagift:
Empty chest beaters. Go ahead and bomb pipelines and watch hunger kill your region. North has agriculture and the south west has sea ports and oil in ondo/lagos. The niger deltans will suffer the consequences of IYC nonsense.

See fool. North has agriculture, most of the things we eat in South-South we can plant in our backyard and those we can't plant we can import because we have seaports(PortHarcout,Warri, Calabar etc.). The only reason the south west and the north are ganging up against the Southeast and Niger Delta is because we can live without them but they can't live without us.

Lagos is what it is today because they have the only functional seaport in the country. Let the seaports in the Southeast and Niger Delta become functional, Lagos population go dry up. Not forgetting that all the companies that are in Lagos use there as their office their money comes from the SE/ND.

My challenge to the leaders of the SE/ND make our seaports functional and let the games begin.

Not forgetting I will never forgive Goodluck Jonathan for developing the SW/North and leaving his own region to decay.

The Dubai Police Force has the largest collection of luxury cars in the world that includes the Rolls-Royce Wraith, Bugatti Veyron, Aston Martin One-77, McLaren MP4-12C, Porsche Panamera, Ford Mustang GT, Chevrolet Camaro SS and even a Bentley Continental GT.

These super-cars equipped with the latest technology, such as advanced cameras and computers that are directly connected to the control centre,were launched to help improve the public image of the Dubai Police Force.

Double wahala for dead body....

Do you wonder why the British Pounds has greater value than Chinese Yen, Euro, US Dollar and Japanese Yen?

The modern British Pounds is backed by the most valuable commodities, not gold and manufacturing industry like other powerful economies.

The most valuable commodities in the world, is the skeleton and muscle of the UK economy. In plain sight, it is called the “Common Wealth”

The factories in China’s Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai alone is greater than all the factories and banks in the whole of UK.

Have you ever wondered why the Pounds didn’t fall even during and after the Second World War which saw most of British structures and factories destroyed?

Why Britain has one of the most costly tax regime in the world, this further discourages entrepreneurs both from UK and outside from investing inside UK, yet they don’t bother.

Most luxury and classic cars are manufactured by German companies, also heavy duty machines....yet Pounds is higher than Euro

USA is home to more than 40% of Global brands worth trillions of dollars such as GM, GE, Coca Cola, Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, HP, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs etc

Remember Euro is the currency of big economies like Germany, Switzerland, Netherland and France

Britain has no natural resources in commercial quantities, very small landmass and surrounded by water.

China and Russia has the largest landmass, also abundance of natural resources underneath.

All these facts are not hidden, yet Africans are not worried. Medical Health is free for all UK citizens.

A new report said Cobalt is the new gold because electronic gadgets would soon become greater in number than anything made by man. All the vital parts and chips in our gadgets from phones, computers to headphones is made with cobalt.

Congo has the highest world deposit of Cobalt.

No African Leader ever asked the essence and achievements of the Conference of Commonwealth nations. This is comprised of former British colonies, and the focus is on African governments of former British colonies.

In 2015, the Financial Times published an article that stated the natural resources under the African continent is estimated to be worth 3.6 trillion dollars but 90% of that resources is controlled by their former colonial masters.

AllahKaduna Nzeogwu

In the course of my job I shuttle between Port Harcourt and Warri. If I use any of the transport companies it's 2k. If I use the sienna busses at the town park it's 1.6k but if I stand at the express it's 1k.

Being infected by parasites sounds like something that happens to other people in faraway places. However, parasites that infect humans are far more common than you might think. A lot of them have no symptoms, either, so people can go years without knowing they are infected.

Possibly up to 60 percent of the world’s population has at least one parasite in them right now. That’s right, there’s better than a 50/50 chance that you have one right now. Here is a list of ten of the most common asymptomatic parasites that could be nearer than you might think.



10 Tapeworms


Do you like your steak rare? Well, tapeworms (Taenia solium or Taenia saginata) get into human hosts from raw or undercooked meat. These tape measure–shaped parasites can grow up to 15 meters (50 ft) long. They like to live in people’s intestines and are transferred from animals, mostly cows and pigs. This happens either through the consumption of infected meat or unwashed vegetables.

If a tapeworm larva is eaten, it can grow into a full-blown adult that feeds off of the intestinal wall. This little guy can live in a human gut for nearly 30 years. People can grow old with their parasite. How cute. The tapeworm’s eggs, which can develop into cysts on organs, can be much more dangerous. If the infection is just the tapeworm (or worms), symptoms can be rare or do not appear at all. It will happily live unnoticed for years.

9 Liver Flukes

Liver flukes are parasites that infect the bile ducts and liver. They are one of a number of flatworms that breed in freshwater snails. One way they can infect humans is through the consumption of freshwater fish that share the same environment.

These flat-looking parasites can cause few symptoms in humans. Therefore, someone can be infected without ever knowing it. Mature flukes will eventually cause chronic inflammation of the bile ducts, which often leads to gallstones. While the majority of cases are found in developing countries, there have been cases in Hawaii, California, and Florida.



8 Hookworms

Two kinds of hookworms that can infect human hosts are Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. Hookworms make an interesting journey through the human body. They enter through the feet and can sometimes leave itchy rashes at their entry point. They will travel along the bloodstream until they can enter the lungs. Once in the lungs, they irritate lung tissue enough that the infected host coughs them up into their mouth. If even a little bit of that bloody, wormy phlegm gets swallowed, the hookworm is happily in its desired home: the small intestine.

This is a parasite that has been particularly prominent in some communities because it can be transferred from person to person through poop. If infected stool isn’t managed properly or is spread in soil, it can infect others easily. Therefore, now that we have better sanitation practices, hookworm infection has diminished, but it hasn’t disappeared.

It has been argued that the American South was left in an economic lethargy because of hookworms. For about 300 years, nearly 40 percent of the population was infected. If someone is heavily infected with hookworms, it can cause lethargy and mental incapacity. Therefore, with so much of the population infected, the South didn’t have the ability to keep up with its wormless neighbors. Otherwise, there are very few symptoms.

7 Pinworms

Pinworms are a parasite that can spread very easily. They are generally the most common parasitic infection in North America. They live on the human anus, so it takes just one scratch, and then anything that person touches can be covered with pinworm eggs. If someone swallows an egg, they become infected.

There are generally very few symptoms; sometimes it’s just a mild irritation, which encourages the infected host to scratch their butt and keep spreading the eggs. Mostly, pinworm infections are found in children, but they can easily infect anyone who has been exposed to them.

6 Ascariasis

Ascariasis is a roundworm infestation that attacks the small intestine. It usually spreads from exposure to human feces or uncooked meat, however it can also spread via human-to-human contact. Usually, it has few symptoms, unless the host has a large infestation of these roundworms.

Children are the most likely to display symptoms, and they’re often at a higher risk of getting infected with ascariasis because of their tendency to put their hands in their mouths. They can suffer bloated stomachs and pain as a result. Mostly though, the little roundworms just live in your stomach until they are ready to be pooped out.



5 Echinococcus Granulosus

Our canine besties can give us a parasite that will slowly grow inside humans for years without symptoms.

Echinococcus granulosus mainly infects dogs but can also get inside humans who have been exposed to canine feces or have even just petted a dog. It is a tapeworm-like larva that will create cyst-like lesions in the liver or lungs.

4 Trichinosis


Trichinosis is a roundworm infestation that usually occurs after eating undercooked or raw meat. It is mostly found in boar or pig meat. So if you’ve been hankering on having a medieval feast with your chums, make sure to cook that boar all the way through.

Once the trichinosis larva is in the intestines, it will develop into a mature worm, which will produce more larvae that can go through muscles and other body tissues. If a small sample of larvae is swallowed, the infected host might never know that they have trichinosis. However, a large infestation causes intestinal pain and diarrhea.

3 Dientamoeba Fragilis

This single-celled parasite is fairly mysterious. Not only do scientists and medical professionals not know how it is transmitted, but they don’t know if it produces any symptoms in human hosts. It might cause diarrhea and abdominal pain in some cases, but mostly, it is asymptomatic.

There have been some connections with pinworms, and it is conjectured that transmission comes from eating the eggs, but really we don’t know much about this pervasive parasite. We do know that Dientamoeba fragilis can infect large populations without anyone knowing they have a parasite in them.

2 Microsporidia


This group of single-celled parasitic fungi can infect a huge range of creatures, and humans are among them Unless the human host is weakened in some manner (such as being immunocompromised), the fungi can exist asymptomatically and harmlessly. These spore-forming parasites often live in fish.

Microsporidia were originally considered to be protists. However, their genomes resembled fungi more than other eukaryotic organisms, and they are now classified as such.

1 Toxoplasma Gondii
This parasite might be one of the most famous, partly because it can be found in nearly a third of the world’s population and partly because it might alter someone’s brain, which sounds like something out of a science fiction novel. Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite aims to be in the gut of a cat. How it gets there is fascinating. It will infect rats and mice that have been exposed to cat feces. Then it will travel to the brain and pretty much take over the rodent’s natural fear of predators, turning it into attraction. The rodents, instead of running away like they normally would do, instead seek out cats and promptly get eaten. The parasite has then succeeded in its goal of ending up in a cat’s gut.

Where it gets weird is that Toxoplasma gondii can also infect humans. There are generally no symptoms unless the person infected is pregnant. However, the parasites might also try to change the brain chemistry of their human hosts, potentially leading to schizophrenia and suicide. At least one scientist attributes Toxoplasma gondii with political dissent and higher rates of car crashes. This, however, hasn’t been accepted by mainstream scientists. But maybe next time you forget to pay your bills or walk into traffic, you can blame your cat’s parasites.

Hannah Storrs is a freelance writer. She is based out of Montreal, QC. If you like her work, you can find more at https://www.hannahstorrs.com/

Facts: Now you understand why...

Still on #ChangingTheNarrative. Fun facts about Igbos and Igboland. - Hope For Nigeria

1) Finding a bungalow in #Onitsha is like looking for a fish in a desert

2) #Onitsha has more multistorey buildings than a combination of Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Ondo all put together.

3) #Owerri has the most concentration of hotels, clubs and bars per square meter in Nigeria

4) #Onitsha is the most densely populated city in Nigeria outside Lagos

5) #Enugu in 2014 made the list of Most resilient cities in the world and the first in Nigeria.

6) #Owerri and # Aba have the most organized city masterplan, initiated by former governor Sam Mbakwe of old Imo state. Sadly Aba has been left to rot, due to bad governance.

7)#Anambra state has the best urban and rural road network of any state in Nigeria

: For the past 10yrs, #Anambra, #IMO, #Abia, #Enugu, are the leading states in WAEC, NECO and JAMB, and are also the leading states with NYSC pass out

9) #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta presently have the most PhD holder and Professors in Nigeria

10) By premium times report, #IMO, #Anambra and #Delta are the leading states for law admission for the past 5yrs, while #Imo, #Anambra, #Delta and #Enugu are leading for medicine admission

11)#Anambra #Imo and #Enugu have the highest cut off mark for admission into federal unity schools and colleges, yet these states produce the most graduates from those colleges. For Anambra, it is 139, Imo 138, Enugu 134,

12) In 2017, #igbo students dominated the list of graduates in Engineering and medicine departments in covenant university.

13) In any city, town or village you enter outside #Igboland in #Nigeria, after the indigenous language speakers, the next are the #Igbos

14) #Igbos are the largest diaspora #Nigerians in any country in the world except in the Uk, where the #yorubas hold sway.

15) The University of Nigeria Nsukka, has the most influential alumni of any university in #Nigeria

16) #Owerri has the highest concentration of beautiful girls of any city in #Nigeria.

17) #Onitsha main market in #Anambra state and #Ariaria market in #Aba #Abia state remain the biggest commodity markets in West Africa.

18) #Igboland has the biggest and most influential Football and Nollywood stars in #Nigeria

*19) #Onitsha houses the highest concentration of multi-storey apartments per square meter in #Sub-Saharan #Africa*

20) In 2018, the National Inland Waterways Authority(NIWA), reported that 60 Per Cent Of Cargo In #Nigeria Goes to #Onitsha

21)#Portharcourt, #Owerri, #Enugu and #Asaba airports are the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th busiest airports in #Nigeria respectively.

22)#Uli airport in present-day #Anambra state was the first indigenously built airport in black Africa. Built by the #Biafrans during the civil war. Though a makeshift airport, it served its purpose during the civil war but was destroyed after the war.

23) #Imo Airport is the only indigene built and the first state-owned airport in #Nigeria. Built from contributions and donations from Indigenes (then #Imo and #Abia). Initiated under the leadership of Sam Mbakwe, but officially commenced operation in 1991.

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ASABA-AT least 12 Staff, Ad hoc workers and security personnel sent to Warri North Local Government Area of the State to conduct the Saturday Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the Area are reportedly missing after a boat conveying them to Koko, Sunday morning capsized.


The INEC Resident Electoral Commission, REC in Delta State, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe who confirmed the boat mishap, however said both staff and ad-hoc workers of the Commission were not involved in the mishap.


Omorogbe said: “I understand that my staff members are not involved, they were all safe and the ad-hoc staff were safe. The actual details have got to me right now. And I don’t think the mishap affected the materials because it happened later in the day, from what I know”.

The Vanguard gathered that the boat was also conveying election materials and about 20 persons, adding that the boat capsized around Ebrohimi community creek in Warri North Local Government Area of the state.

A security source who pleaded anonymity, said the incident happened when the victims were returning to Koko, the headquarters of Warri North at the end of the exercise on Saturday.

The source who declined comment on the number of casualty, said 12 persons were missing as at press time, adding that rescue team has been despatched to the Area with a view rescuing the victims.


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The candidate of AAC in Rivers State elections is being rigged by the APC led by Amaechi to take over from the PDP and Wike. If he wins he we then decamp to APC.

A Nigerian man got the shock of his life at the surprise party he threw for his girlfriend. At the party which was attended by their close friends, the girl accepted the proposal of another man at the party, as in the man asked if she will marry him and she said yes, in front of her brithday organizing boyfriend.

Twitter user @tife_fabunmi who shared the story online, wrote

''So my colleague at work threw a birthday party for one babe yesterday and another guy proposed to her at the same party. She said yes.

One more. Niccolò Machiavelli's(the father of modern political science) brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft. THE PRINCE

UGHELLI – THE prevailing peace that characterized the governorship and house of assembly elections in Delta State, was marred when unidentified gunmen stormed some polling units and shot persons suspected to be members of a rival political party. The incidents occurred during the collation of results in some polling units in Ughelli South local government area of the state.

One person was reportedly shot dead while scores of others sustained gunshot wounds amidst several others who received various degrees of matchete wounds. Though the identity of the dead could not be ascertained as at press time, the victim was shot dead at Iwhrekan community while others whom were equally attacked, were ambushed at Oviri-Olomu and Ovwookpokpo communities.

Confirming the incident, a source at the Ughelli Central hospital, said a gunshot victim was rushed to the hospital alongside several others who received cuts on their bodies. Speaking on the incident, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the area, said all those attacked are members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Meanwhile, the PDP Delta Central campaign chairman, Chief Fred Majemite, has described the elections as peaceful amidst massive turnout of voters. Speaking at Ekuigbo town hall were he voted, Majemite said: “What happened in the last election would not happen again, so this time around the people are ensuring that their votes count.” On his part the Ughelli North II APC candidate, Chief Jaro Egbo, lamented the poor turnout of voters and expressed confidence in emerging victorious at the polls. He said: “The voting response is very low, where you have about 1000 registered voters, and you have votes less than 200 or 300, you will see that they are not up to 30 percent but am hopefully I am going to be the next lawmaker representing the constituency.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/03/breaking-gunmen-open-fire-at-polling-unit-in-delta/