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So, despite the prayers of all our men of god and prayer warriors, Ebola somehow found its way into Nigeria. It is not my place to judge the efficacy of prayers or if the men of god should review their status as people with access to heaven. I mean with all the 10% gate fees these men of god collect, we should expect more, but I am more concerned about earthly issues.
For example, the Federal Government has announced that it will start checking the body temperature of people coming on certain flights into the country. Why are they checking for high temperatures? Because a fever is one of the early symptoms of Ebola. Other symptoms of Ebola include, weakness, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, rashes, red eyes, vomiting, hiccups, internal and external bleeding and muscle aches. (To be clear, if you experience any combination of these symptoms you should immediately go to a hospital. Ebola patients who survive usually get early treatment.)
This article is about how a healthy person avoids being mistaken for an Ebola patient and have his or her hustle truncated for a long time. Because the moment for example, your temperature is detected as being high, you will be immediately quarantined and observed/tested for Ebola. And you know Nigerians. Even if it turns out to be a wrong call and it was your laptop that created the heat and you are allowed to go after a few days, Nigerians will avoid you for the next three months. Neighbours will ban their children from going to your house.  The church committee you are on will suddenly start having meetings behind your back. Your wife may suddenly decide to go and visit her cousin for a while. Your relatives, in anticipation of your eventual demise will begin quarreling over your property as if you didn’t exist.
Yes, fear of Ebola is understandable and even expected, but we are the lords of stigma and will judge you for even being suspected of Ebola.
If you ever thought that anyone cares about you in Nigeria, stop it. Now! We are not America that flies one citizen alone on a plane from Liberia to receive the best care at home. You must take matters into your own hands to avoid all the things that can raise your temperature or make you a suspect at an airport.
1.      Do not sleep on the plane. Getting off the plane looking groggy or red-eyed can lead to profiling. A health officer from the Ebola team will pull you aside for questioning and with social media, within two minutes your family and entire community will hear on Facebook and Twitter that you are being tested for Ebola. Even if all the health officer did was ask you one question before letting you go.
2.      Do not take too much alcohol before flying or landing. This gives off at least two symptoms of Ebola: red eyes, and weakness.
3.   Do not be a glutton and eat everything offered on the plane. You do not know what you will go and eat or drink that will make your stomach run. And in these days of Ebola, once Nigerians see you go to the toilet many times, they will be the first to tell airport officials that you seemed to have diarrhea on the plane and they suspect you have Ebola. Eat only what you know please. And drink only water. You can eat well when you get home.
4.      Do not slouch or walk sluggishly as you leave the plane. Walk upright. March if you have to. Sing songs. Show signs of strength and vitality. Anything that will make them not suspect you have Ebola.
Now, one consequence of the Ebola scare is that you may become paranoid and suspect every passerby of having the virus. Sometimes extreme worry can stress you out which can in turn reduce your immunity and make you have headaches and all. Then you start really freaking out and go to the hospital because of the headaches which you think might be Ebola. Even though the doctor will tell you it is only stress, people will hear that you freaked out and went to check if you had Ebola, and then the stigma will begin. That kind of stigma takes months if not years to disappear.
So, how do you put your mind at ease about being exposed to the virus? I do not suggest that you stop touching people altogether, but if you are that kind of thorough person who hates loose ends, here are ways to politely avoid touching people in public:
1.      If you are a northern woman this is easy. Just say you do not shake hands with men. When you meet women tie your veil in such a manner that your hands are hidden from view. Make exaggerated gestures with your head to distract them. Say hello but quickly add that you are in a hurry.
2.      If you have nail polish, use it often. Always tell people you want your nail polish to dry. If there is anything we respect in this country, it is the right of nail polish to dry undisturbed.
3.      Tie a bandage around your hand before you go out and tell people you have a fracture. They will not attempt to shake you and will even feel sympathy for you. In fact some will go as far as invoke the healing power of da lord  to cure you. This one has a downside: as the overzealous person is trying to pray for you, he or she may end up trying to touch you, lay hands on you. Quickly inform them that your own man of god has it covered and you don't want to Bleep up that prior prayer. Walk away quickly. 
4.      For people who are stubborn, pick your nose exaggeratedly just before they want to take your hand. No one wants to shake someone who has just finished digging into their nose.

May fear of the virus not find us and permanently truncate our hustle.

All these girls that are looking for rich men to marry how much money have they made for themselves? Or is it only the duty of a man to make and spend money? Until they get to 50 I believe that their opinion will change and they should know that you can't get what you can't give.

Djicemob: Lol. it seems okrika is the best around here.

Same here. It's feel more lovely to find out that you're the only one wearing that particular dress.

I seriously doubt if she is your mum! But if she is then you need to make a move far away from her reach and make something good with your laugh. Try your possible best to be greater than your step siblings. And be more steadfast in prayers because there is nothing too Big for God.

No 7 IS SO TRUE . I don't know if it's like that for others but I somehow feels embarrassed but then I think it's childish to feel that way because anybody can go to market and buy anything just as I did and if a woman don't want to see another woman wearing the same clothe she wore to a function she has three options which is: is either you make your own dress and do the design too, or you choose to buy and wear OKIRIKA or don't wear anything at all. But u can't stop others from buying that same clothe from the market.

'IKO MMIRI' In Igbo Language.

chuxyz: na wa o. So no be trousers be the koko again? How come i still see about 90% of girls putting on trousers 95-98% of the time? Don't you think skirts make you look more appealing to the eyes?

Trousers have never been the koko for me maybe for others. But it's not that I don't like wearing trousers but gown is more preferred to me. And skirt is something I can't use my money to buy which means am not a fan of skirt.

Please where is your shop in Lagos?

I will go with gown today and everyday. There is this charisma and charm that I feel within me when ever am on gown. And I think guys love it more when their girl is on gown. I only wear leggis when I want to either go to market or any thing of that sort but apart from that I rock my gown always. Wearing gown makes u look more decent, beautiful and lovely', that's what my bros told me. That reminds me I get more admirers when ever am on gown . Lol. But that's the truth.

It depends on the age of the person bed wetting. If the person is above 15 the only possible cure is DELIVERANCE

cyril83: The bread winner of otuoke is only suffering from heart disease caused by excess drinking of ogogoro but i heard he's stable now.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. I just can't control it.

That first pic na man woman be that abi na real woman? Because he looks more like a man clothed in heavy but dirty makeup.

With Full confidence, God on your side and love in your heart you can conquer everything. Even the sight of love can melt the mountains. Long life to them who have found real love.

I don tire for this woman abi this lady.

Determination is the father of all success. Am inspired.

Amen.

Thanks too.

lakad4u: really appreciate ur writeup..kudoz

mrking3: Damn!!! How time flies! This isn't the Nkiru Sylvanus I know that acted Spanner or Green snake with Aki! Looking so over blown!!! Wonder what Rochas did to this Lady?

You follow me saw wetin I saw. Lol. Yes she has changed a whole lot but as for wondering on what Rochas did to her na u sabi oo.

Oh how I love teaching . Have always said that I will like to be a teacher, lecturer or anything in the education field and to the Glory of The Greatest Teacher of All Times am gladly studying English Edu that means my ambition is on the verge of accomplishment.

One of the enigmas about stuttering is that most
people who stutter when talking don’t stutter
when singing. Actually, it is often thought that no
one stutters when they sing, but I have observed
a few exceptions. Of many people who I have witnessed them singing, a handful have
stuttered occasionally when singing, particularly
when starting to sing. Nonetheless, stuttering is
very rare when singing.
An acceptable theory of stuttering has to account
for this phenomenon. Therefore, I am going to
explain from the perspective of my theory why
people who stutter don’t stutter when they sing
and what the difference is between speaking and singing.
When singing, the subconscious intent is to produce a voice
that contains a sequence of varied vocal tones. This
sequence makes up the melody of the song. The melody of
a song is developed in the brain. As this is done, the motor
area of the brain sends signals to the muscles of the larynx
so that they will vibrate with the right pitch and rhythm. If
you want to see this for yourself, sing a song silently. If you
become aware of what happens in your throat, you will
sense that your vocal folds are prepared to vibrate, even
though you want to remain silent. The brain sends these
signals automatically whether you are singing silently or
aloud. Singing is all about voice and melody. When the
song contains lyrics, nothing changes. The speech sounds
are formed automatically without any thought or effort.
Singing works this way for almost all people.
For the fluent speaker, speaking and singing are created in a
similar way from the same exact anatomical structures. The
same signals to vibrate the same vocal folds are
subconsciously sent from the brain. This creates intonation,
the speech equivalent to melody. Intonation becomes
speech sounds as the mouth moves automatically. This can
happen because fluent speakers are not aware of the words
they are saying. For people who stutter speaking and
singing are done differently. When speaking, the focus of
attention for people who stutter is the words. In one way or
another, they are concerned with saying words and “getting
them out”. Intonation takes a backseat as the brain tries to
control word formation. Subconsciously, the brain is busy
sending signals to lips, tongue, jaw, etc. Instead of the
mouth automatically shaping the voice (intonation) into
speech sounds, the voice becomes a vehicle for pushing
out already formed speech sounds and words. For people
who stutter the processes of speaking and singing are done
very differently. For people who speak fluently, they are
almost identical. And to the best of my knowledge stutterers or stammeres happens to be the best singers. They don't know how to speak well but singing is one thing they love doing though the case differes from human being to the other but to the ones I have come in contact with they are the best. A good chorister will confirm what I have just said.

Tabernacle

Just wondering who is underestimating her.

Choosing a choice of course to study is not just because you like the course but you have to make sure that you can do very well in that particular field. And that after school you can accept any job opportunities that comes with it knowing that you will be happy doing it. I myself loved and wanted to study Mass Com but then I love English Language and loved teaching with a passion as well. In fact teaching and making research is one thing I cannot do without. So after making enquiries about the two courses and their job opportunities after school I decided to go with what I love doing most which is English language. Some people advised me against it with so many reasons but then It's only me that knows truly what I want and no one else can give it to me except me. The mere thought of having to go through rigorous study of Mathematics in mass com is big enough to give me carry over(s) because seriously am not too good in it and repeating classes is one thing that I hate. Am not proud saying it but it's better to do what you are good at and be happy doing it. Am happy studying English Edu and Not Mass Com because it's what I love and I don't have any problem with it and there is no regrets whatsoever. So the choice is yours at a large extent. You are the one to do the course and not your advisers, whatever challenges you will meet on the way is entirely your problem to handle and solve. It's one thing to choose a course of study and it's another thing falling in love and be happy with it. Don't be like some of my friends that went to study bio chemistry only to run away in second year. If you know the one that your passions burns for and that with consistent practice you will measure like others into it, then go for it. University is not akara and bread so whichever one your are going into you must be up and doing unless you don't want to come out with a good grade. No course is easy, every one is on its own..

I no so.

bigemmmybig: Hmmmm i hope so o

Thanks for the info.



But then I strongly believe, "THAT THE SICKENESS OF THE EGYPTIAN IS NOT AND CAN NEVER BE FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD"

NONE OF THE ABOVE

It's really a bad thing to sleep in the church. I have seen so many people doing that and I have caught myself doing that too. Even today I wanted to do same but then I suddenly remember that am in the church. It's either that I was stressed out on Saturday, or I didn't go to bed early or maybe the sermon is either too long or not lively. These are the few things that makes me wanna sleep in the church. I believe other people will have their own reasons. And I know also that so many people do sleep in the church but it will be very hard for them to admit it.

jnrbayano: What do you wanna hear?

Whatever you have to say.

A lady can miss her period and there are many things which might lead to that apart from pregnancy. And they are emotional stress, hormonal imbalance, excessive weight loss although low body weight has also been proven to cause missed or irregular period, obesity, illness and infection of any type. Whichever be the case your friend should visit the hospital for a proper medical checkup if she is sure she is not pregnant.

BRAV0O: Is it normal for a lady to misses her period like this month and be expecting it next month? Pregnancy test proof negative, pls more enlighten to this...

It's the duty of the wife to take care of the kids including bathing them, but then the husband can also help out depending on what is keeping the wife busy. If she is sick or maybe not around and there is need to bathe the kids the husband can do it without waiting for the wife to return although it's not by force or a must. Need I remind u that helping your wife with some of the house chores is also a way of telling and showing her that you love her. Love between married couples is not all about having sex, buying and sharing gifts or maybe telling her that you love her. Showing it with your actions is also part of love remember that actions speaks louder than words. Yes the wife is to take care of the kids am not disputing that fact but the husband helping out in house chores when the need arises is not wrong in anyway. (I no some people will say something against my opinion but I really don't care. I have said my own.).