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Vice President Osinbajo has been doing a house-to-house campaign for the 2019 presidential election. He has been popping-up in suburbs of major cities like Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and others.

His latest visit was at Ipaja yesterday, and as you can see next, he almost scored a goal...

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Sleep deprivation is a pressing problem for many Nigerians, according to Dr. A. Adefemi, who gave a lecture on World Sleep Day in to warn Nigerians of the importance of sleep for their physical and mental health. As noted by Dr. Adefemi, sleeping the recommended number of hours (between seven and nine hours per night) is necessary to keep heart disease, obesity, and fatigue at bay. Resting well ensures more than our own health; it also reduces the likelihood of road and other accidents, which can occur more frequently when we are tired, sleepy, and unfocused. If you find that you aren’t sleeping as much as you should, or you wake up feeling fatigued instead of refreshed, ask yourself if your bedroom might be the problem. How can you optimise its design, to enhance the feeling of sleepiness and sleep in line with your body’s natural circadian rhythms?

How Comfortable is Your Bed?

One of the most important features of a well designed bedroom for sleep, is a comfortable bed. Not any old mattress will do. You need to pick one that is the right firmness for your sleeping position. For instance, if you sleep on your back or stomach, a firm mattress will keep back pain at bay. If you are a side sleeper, a bed made of memory latex foam will ensure all your pressure points are equally supported. This will stop you from waking up frequently to change positions. If you already have back or shoulder pain, a topper mattress will provide extra support and pressure relief. Clearly, buying a mattress is not a decision that should be made impulsively. Research and professional advice are key.

Why is Darkness Essential?

Your room should be completely dark and cool, since your body’s circadian rhythms help you feel sleepy in dark environments. Moreover, as you begin to fall asleep, your body temperature drops, so staying cool can help you nod off more quickly. If light is entering your bedroom from the street or from other areas of the house, the solution is the use of blackout curtains, which will ensure complete darkness in your resting space. These curtains come in a variety of colours and styles, so you can easily find the perfect match for your design tastes.

Silence is Key

If you live in a noisy area or your bedroom is in a noisy part of your home, consider making a change to your set-up. In order to feel truly rested, you need to reach all the relevant stages of sleep, including deep sleep (the most restorative phase, during which the body produces Human Growth Hormone – which is important for building and maintaining healthy tissue in the brain and other organs of the body). To reach deep sleep, you need to stay asleep, waking up no more than once during the night. Noisy surroundings can make you wake frequently, which interferes with your natural progression through each sleep cycle.

A well designed bedroom for sleep is one that is dark and silent. A comfortable mattress is also important, as is avoiding stimulating foods before bedtime. Design is important but it isn’t everything. You should also aim to follow a strict bedtime routine, keep gadgets outside the room, and consider relaxing exercises or meditation before sleeping. Not only will you feel more vital every day, but also avoid the health problems caused by sleep deprivation.

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Simple Tips to Enjoy a Good Night’s Sleep

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Forbes has recently named the world’s most powerful CEOs for 2018 and below is a review of how this great men all started, some got there fast, some not that fast but a summary of how they arrived here could place us on the lane of encouragement…

Jeff Bezos, 54 (Amazon)

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Jeff Bezos who in July 5, 1994 founded Amazon an online marketing site originally made for selling books and later on diversified into selling music and videos. Today, Amazon don’t just sell these alone but almost any kind of consumer goods you can think of. Bezos purchased The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million, Bezos has being the only man with a net worth to surpass $150billion for the past 3 decades that Forbes have being following up the richest Americans. As of today 3rd of January his net worth is $127.6 billon.

Larry Page, 45 (Alphabet)

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Larry Page the CEO of Alphabet, but before then, he attended Stanford University, there he met Sergey Brin who he co-founded Google with and launched after raising $1 million from well-wishers in 1998. By 2000 Google has indexed one billion Internet URLs. Being the first CEO of the company until 2001 and later assumed the position again in 2011. As of today Page net worth is $48.9B.

Mark Zuckerberg, 34 (Facebook)

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Zuckerberg founded today’s top social media website originally for students to match faces with names in 2004 at the age of 19 and launched it for public use in 2012. By the year 2018, the Facebook CEO faced a lot of critics from the members of the public after revealing that Facebook shared users’ data with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, not only that, in the same year the company suffered from a cyber-attack. That attacker had access to 50 million user’s accounts according to Facebook. Today Mark’s net worth is estimated to be $50.8B today.

Warren Buffett, 88 (Berkshire Hathaway)

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Buffett has always been a lover of business. He almost skipped college to dive into it if not for his father, even while in college he sold door-to-door magazines, Coca-Cola bottles and even bubble gums, at age 11 he bought shares from the new York Stock Exchange for he and his sister. Warren Buffett owns a wide variety of businesses through his massive conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B). He grew the failing New England Textile Company into a booming enterprise, He began buying shares in Berkshire from Seabury Stanton, the owner, whom he later fired in 1964. According to Forbes, today he can boast of $80.4B net worth.

Jamie Dimon, 62 (JP Morgan)

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Jamie Dimon who I once heard could not afford to take his then girlfriend (present wife) out for a date which she funded is today the CEO of JP Morgan, one of the big four of America bank. Dimon worked for BankOne before JP Morgan bought the bank in 2004 and by the last day of 2005 was named the CEO, by same date 2006 was named President and Chairman. As of 1/4/19 his net worth is 1.2 billion U.S dollars.

Jack Ma, 54 (Alibaba)

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Jack is China’s wealthiest man who had a very funny and interesting career start. He had to take the annual china’s exam into college and made it at the fourth trial, in 1995 he traveled to the US to get more information about the Internet, he noticed that China had no presence online, then he designed a funky one and in 3 hours of launch got the attention of an investor. Ventured into web design through the aid of his US friends, a company he called China page. In 1999 Alibaba was born which he became the CEO of the group having subsidiary like Alibaba.com, Taobao Marketplace, Tmall, eTao, Alibaba Cloud Computing, Juhuasuan, 1688.com, AliExpress.com and Alipay. Today, his net worth hits $32.6B.

Doug McMillon, 52 (Walmart)

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Doug McMillon has been the CEO of Walmart since 2014. In 1984, he started out as an hourly summer associate in a Walmart distribution center while In high school, in 1991 he returned after finishing his MBA in the University of Tulsa for a buyer training program and later took the post of a buyer and a merchandiser. In 2005 he was the president of Sam’s club a subsidiary of Walmart and in 2014 he became the CEO of Walmart. In summary he worked for Walmart for more than four decades before being appointed as the CEO of the company. His net worth is estimated to be $60 million.



Tim Cook, 58 (Apple)

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Tim cook has been working for Apple Inc since 1998, initially as an Assistant Vice President. From 2009 to 2011 Tim played the role of Chief Executive while Jobs was away on a leave of absence for health reasons, due to the fact that Board of Directors approved Jobs third absence leave in January 2011, leaving Tim to handle apple day-to-day activities. Six weeks to Jobs death in 2014 he resigned from CEO to chairman while Tim takes up the position where he made many changes on the company.

Elon Musk, 47 (Tesla)

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Elon Musk, born in South Africa is a co-founder and CEO at Tesla, which was founded in 2003 overseeing all product design, engineering and manufacturing of the company’s electric vehicles, battery products, and Solar Roofs. Elon is also the co-founder, CEO and lead designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), where he oversees the development and manufacturing of advanced rockets and spacecraft for missions to and beyond Earth orbit, with the goal of creating a self-sustaining city on Mars – according to Tesla, Previously, Elon co-founded and sold PayPal. Today his net worth is $21.2B

Ma Huateng, 47 (Tencent)

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After leaving his job, Huateng co-founded Tencent in 1998. By February 1999 Ma and his team launched a software similar to ICQ an Israeli messaging software, with a Chinese interface and a slightly different name – OICQ and within a very short time was hit over a million users. Ranking highest in china as at that time. Today one of his app Wechat has about 1 billion users, he actually met his wife online through one of his app. He is first Chinese to enter Forbes’ top 10 richest men list. As of 4th of January 2019 his net worth is estimated to be $35.2B according to Forbes.

Source: World’s Most Powerful Ceos In 2018

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Happy New Year! The holiday is finally over and it’s a great time to sit back and take a moment to set some good financial goals that would help you achieve your overall goal for the year. Before you go into setting your financial goals, you would want to state out other large and small goals, as they would serve as a guide to setting your overall financial goal.

Now let’s get started on setting the financial goals.

First you would need to;

Budget and allocate

Building up a budget cannot be over emphasized. It is the starting point of any financial plan. As stated earlier, state out what it would cost to achieve your small and large goals. While building a budget on how much your goals would cost, ensure you allocate a certain percentage of your monthly income to each goals after excluding your daily expenditure. Budgeting would help you manage your money, limit impulsive splurges and excesses, and help you achieve your overall goal.

Tag it and Save it

Now that you have your goals stated out, it’s time you became intentional about it. Rather than saving all your money in one place, tag it and start a target savings plan. Financial institutions have been able to make saving easier and more rewarding such that, you can have up to 10 savings plan on the same account. For instance, you could tag a savings plan travel and another, new car and another, house rent. This way it’s easier for you to view the possibilities of achieving each goal and also reduce the temptation of spending from your target savings since you might not be able to touch it until when you need it. Another advantage of target savings is that you get a reasonable interest for saving.

Start Investing

If investing was not your thing in 2018, it should be your financial goal this year. About a decade ago, investing was quite over whelming with so many risks and uncertainties involved. Now, investing is a lot easier, simpler and safer such that you don’t need a professional investment banker to take absolute control over your investment. With financial institution in Nigeria, you can now start an investment plan in the comfort of your home, track your progress and earn more money.

Make room for Miscellaneous

Depending on how broad or narrow your savings plans are, you can and should have some room to save for miscellaneous that can be used as an emergency fund when the time arises. You don’t want to break your target savings for rent for instance to repair your car. In this case, no amount is too small to save, but ensure you allocate a specific amount daily, weekly or monthly for this purpose.

Educate yourself

You want to achieve more with your money, learn from successful people who have mastered the art of making their money work for them. Learn more about different types of investments plans, learn more about

Finally, while all these goals would help you achieve your smaller and bigger goals, you need to stay disciplined to your savings and investment plans to be able to achieve your goals.

Source: Financial Resolutions in 2019: Tips to Achieving your Goals

The holiday is officially over and it’s back to work season. For some people, resuming soon is quite exciting to them as they have been able to analyze, forecast and plan their career for the year. While this is true for some, it is quite the opposite for some others who are just getting over the holiday hangover.

If you are uncertain about what your career goal should be or yet to set them, you should consider setting the following goals among others that may not be listed here as your career goals for 2019.

Improve your Skill Improve your Worth

More often than not, there is always room to learn more on any job. Apart from the fact that the world is evolving really fast and you have to stay abreast in order not to be left behind, participating in a nurturing and evolving existing skill would have a positive effect at work. For what it’s worth, you would feel more accomplished, gain confidence, feel encouraged to learn more, and a higher sense of purpose when you are able to put your improved skills to work. That way, you have improved your professional credibility and self-worth.

Read a career-related book

Reading would take you to place you have never been before. – Popular Proverb

Setting a goal to read at least a book a month is a good way to get started with increasing your knowledge about anything. When selecting the type of career books to read, ensure you read books by successful people in your professional space. This way you get to learn not just by the books but have an idea of the how they overcame some challenges that you may or may not experience on your professional journey. You would also get to know the professional skills they had to improve on and personal habits they had to develop to achieve some goals at work. Not all you learn would be applicable to you right away, but it would be relevant to you someday.

Aim to Network

Networking is here to stay and is now vital to your professional survival. The need to stay connected has gone beyond having some friends on Facebook. Networking transcends meeting people across social media platforms, it is now building a community or a team for yourself both offline and online. When you attend a seminar and other social events, meet new people in a different professional space from yours, this way you get to have a team of professionals in a different career path that would be of help to you in future.

Stay away from your comfort zones

Most importantly, stay away from your comfort zone. If you would like to grow and achieve more, you would need to get out of your comfort zone often. This year, try new things, read on things that do not relate to your profession, take more risk, go an adventurous trip, and take a vacation to somewhere different from your usual comfort vacation destination.

If you could be committed to at least three of these goals, then you are in for an amazing and productive 2019.

Source: Career Goals for 2019: Things You Must Not Miss out when Setting your Career Goals

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For those of us earning salary we know what it is like like to face January after Christmas and that's why there are tip for Surviving January: Getting over the Money hang-over

Amazing to see Wizkid land top search with his stunt.

If this song tops trends for Songs in 2019, we have lost decency as a people.

Google is the global search engine of choice and you can get insights into a society by what its people seek to learn on it. The search engine has released the trending searches on its platform for 2018 with the following lists that it says: "are based on search terms that had the highest spike this year as compared to the previous year."

See what was trending on Google in Nigeria in 2018

People
1) Alexis Sanchez
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
3) Meghan Markle
4) Stan Lee
5) Philippe Coutinho
6) Atiku Abubakar
7) Tosyn Bucknor
Avicii
9) Aisha Abimbola
10) Sylvester Stallone

Losses
1) Stan Lee
2) Tosyn Bucknor
3) Avicii
4) Aisha Abimbola
5) Billy Graham
6) Aretha Franklin
7) Ras Kimono
Mac Miller
9) Stephen Hawking
10) Kofi Annan

Lyrics
1) One Ticket ( Kizz Daniel Ft. Davido)
2) God's Plan (Drake)
3) In my feelings (Drake)
4) Fake Love (Duncan Mighty ft. Wizkid)
5) Assurance (Davido)
6) Nwa Baby (Davido)
7) Man's Not Hot (Michael Dapaah)
Girls like you (Maroon 5)
9) Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky)
10) This is Nigeria (Falz)

Movies
1) Black Panther
2) Avengers Infinity War
3) Acrimony
4) Venom
5) Deadpool 2
6) King of Boys
7) Wedding Party 2
Rampage

News
1) Osun Elections
2) Ekiti Elections
3) PDP Presidential Primaries
4) ASUU Strike
5) NLC Strike / Minimum Wage
6) Offa Robbery
7) Kaduna Crisis
Lagos APC Primaries
9) Royal Wedding
10) Atiku Running Mate

Questions
1) How to check Jamb result
2) How to write a Business Plan
3) Who is leading in Osun Election
4) How to check BVN
5) Who is Prince Harry
6) Who is the richest Musician in Nigeria
7) How to write a CV
How to dance Shaku Shaku
9) Who is Atiku's running mate
10) Who is the president of Croatia

Songs
1) Fever (Wizkid)
2) Assurance (Davido)
3) Science Student (Olamide)
4) Motigbana (Olamide)
5) Nwa Baby (Davido)
6) One Ticket (Kiss Daniel ft Davido)
7) Gbona (Burna Boy)
Manya (Wizkid)
9) Soco (Wizkid)
10) Fia (Davido)

Sporting Events
1) Russia 2018
2) English Premier League 2018
3) 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN 2018)
4) Winter Olympics 2018
5) Wimbledon 2018
6) US Open 2018
7) Wrestlemania 2018
Champions League
9) Community Shield 2018
10) Anthony Joshua vs Parker

Sports people
1) Alexis Sanchez
2) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
3) Philippe Coutinho
4) Emmanuel Eboue
5) Fred
6) Anthony Joshua
7) Jorginho
Unai Emery
9) Willian
10) Didier Drogba

There you have it folks, hot trending topics Nigerians could not get enough of in 2018.

For More: See the Trending Searches on Google in Nigeria for 2018

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The month with several months is finally here! January, the first and somewhat the toughest month for so many, especially salary earners is regarded as the longest months of the year. This is not because it has no more than 31 days than any other month because it doesn’t but, because some of us got carried away in the festivities of the holiday that it has become quite difficult to get over the spending handover.

If you are a salary earner and you find yourself wondering how to survive the many days in this month with the little you have left, then here is how to get started.

Track and Curb

This is the very first thing you should start doing. No matter how little you think you have, it can be sufficient enough to tide through the month if you want it to be. Start by becoming accountable for every Naira you spend. You shouldn’t stop at that, you should also begin to cut down on your excessive spending. Now is not the time to spend on your wants or cravings. This is not the time to even buy the best deals on products you don’t need because there will be a lot of discounts, but try and ignore them all if you want to survive the month financially.

Switch things up

There’s no better time to become creative with how you spend and the things you spend on. This is the ultimate DIY season for your meals, laundry, minor room renovations, and minor repairs among others. If you pay premium on your cable TV, you should try something lesser for this month or go on a cable TV fast. The same applies to internet subscription. Try a lesser plan and spend less time on the internet. This is the time to switch things up and enjoy the simple things of life that cost nothing, like the time spent with friends and loved ones rather than the time spent online.

Avoid online stores

As stated earlier, this is the discount and promo season. More items would be up for grab at a lesser price. You would also agree that it is easier to buy items with your card online than buying with cash at hand at a physical location. Therefore, try as much as possible to avoid online stores at this time of the year.

Seek help

To be honest, not everyone would be able to tide through this month without external help. But
that should not become overwhelming if you find yourself in this category. There are financial
institutions that offer payday loans that would help you sort the bills when they become
overwhelming.

Finally, tiding through this January is totally up to you and your plans, and we advise that you
should be intentional about it.

Source: Surviving January: Getting over the Money hang-over

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I hope it's not part of the new helicopters they bought?

I'm sure they will budget billions for the maintenance of the helicopters, but some people will sit around that money and make others risk their lives.


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Helicopter is a jet abi?


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NoGender:
You must not comment on every thread sir. Dont quickly draw conclusions.

Even if you are not suicidal, your thread is sick.

tayebest:
Don't let depression terminate you! try speaking to somebody near you!!!!!

No mind am, from their posts we shall know them. Self-consumed individuals that have been brainwashed by social media and content being shared all over.