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Financial setbacks can be tough and a great source of stress. It can indeed be such a damning and hopeless situation to be in, but don’t lose hope, you can get through it and come out on top. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 smart tips to get your finances back on track after a setback.

Avoid Making it Worse

Try to avoid making it worse by falling into the trap of quick fixes because most of them are scams and will end up making you lose even more money in the process. Rather than panicking and trying to get a quick fix, try getting help from financial institutions or non-governmental organizations that have recovery programs for financial setbacks; you can also try to get help from religious or service organizations that have personal finances programs to help with recovery from financial setbacks.

Assess the Situation and Change Your Attitude

Sometimes financial setbacks occur due to circumstances beyond our control and sometime they might have been caused by carelessness, negligence or poor financial choices. Regardless of the cause, it is important to first assess the situation that led to your ‘financial downfall’, try to figure out what you did wrong and what you can do differently next time to avoid such an occurrence. Also, if you are able to assess the situation and figure out what exactly caused your financial misfortune, it will be easier for you to make a plan to get yourself out of the mess.

Changing your attitude from that of despondency to hope, determination and resolve is probably the one thing that will make properly assessing the situation and getting out of the financial mess possible. Frankly, without a positive attitude, you are destined to fail and remain in the financial mess you have found yourself in.

Postpone Making Big Decisions With Money While Recovering

It might be very tempting to want to ‘get back in the game’ and make big decisions with money to maybe even help speed up the recovery process. However, no matter how tempting it is, please don’t do it. Many times such ‘big decisions’ might weigh too heavily on your already weak finances and cause another setback. Postpone making big decisions with money until you are able to, at the very least, adjust your finances to a comfortable level and ‘acclimate emotionally and practically to your new circumstances’. The fact is that dealing with stress diminishes your ability to make smart money decisions and if you do not give yourself time, you will end up making bad investments that can regress whatever progress you have made in your financial recovery.

Adjust Your Budget and Set Realistic Goals

It takes money to bounce back from a financial disaster (well duh), so if you’ve lost everything, you would need to prioritize your spending more than ever because it is how well you manage your income that will make or mar your road to financial recovery. You also need to set realistic goals for your recovery process so you don’t end up discouraged and frustrated, and ultimately set yourself up for failure. It is advisable to be patient with yourself and not lay down any plan that will put unnecessary pressure on yourself; try to remember that stress diminishes your ability to make smart money decisions, so you need to ensure that your goals will not contribute to the stress you’re already dealing with. Be realistic about the whole process and be practical about the time you would need to fully recover. Speaking to a financial mentor or counselor (this might be a friend or family member that has either gone through the same thing or has some experience in the area) can be of significant help in setting goals to guide your financial recovery process.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/4-smart-tips-get-finances-back-track-setback/

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It has become an everyday ritual for you to kick off your day with a hot cup of coffee or tea to warm your body. When you drink water, you prefer it cold. But do you know that regularly drinking very warm water, especially in the morning has a handful of benefits? Well, if you don't, read on to discover the surprising benefits of drinking hot water!

Shed weight

If you are trying to shed a few kilos, then endeavour to drink a glass of hot water and lemon in the morning. Besides this, hot water will also help to break down the body fat.

Improves blood circulation

When you drink hot water, the fat deposits in the body are eliminated. This flushes out the toxins that are circulating throughout the body and then enhances blood circulation.

Aids digestion

Hot water can dissolve things you’ve eaten that your body might have had difficulty digesting.

Relieves nasal and throat congestion

Drinking hot water is a natural way to deal with colds, coughs and a sore throat. It helps to remove phlegm from the respiratory tract. As such, it can offer relief from a sore throat. It also helps in clearing nasal congestion.

Menstrual pains

Hot water can also help in reducing menstrual pains. The heat of the water has a calming and soothing effect on the abdominal muscles, which eventually can help to cure cramps.

Prevents premature ageing

Toxins make the body to age faster. One of the ways to get rid of toxins and detoxify your body is by drinking hot water. So, know that hot water can delay the ageing process.

Constipation

Drinking very warm water in the morning on an empty stomach can help improve bowel movements and aid constipation while breaking down foods as they smoothly pass through the intestines. This will help return your body
back to normal functioning.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/7-surprising-benefits-drinking-hot-water/

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Expecting a great fight.

For our Naija people wanting to know how to watch, read this http://www.opinions.ng/kwese-broadcast-joshua-vs-takam-live-free-tv-facebook/

DSTV does not have the rights to show the fight.

Unbelievable, I hope this new Arsenal boy will not end up like that. They are both from Ghana.


10 Things You Need to Know About Arsenal’s New Star Eddie Nketiah

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Privacy seems to be increasingly difficult to protect nowadays, especially online privacy. However, there are a couple of simple steps that you can take to better protect your personal information online. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 helpful ways to protect your online privacy.

Use the Right Browser Add-Ons

Downloading and installing the right browser add-ons can significantly help to improve your privacy situation. Add-ons like Disconnect, Ghostery and HTTPS Everywhere can help to block many forms of invasive tracking that can compromise your online privacy. The HTTPS Everywhere has the special feature of automatically redirecting you to the SSL-encrypted version of a website to prevent ‘eavesdropping’ and other web-based attacks that can compromise your online privacy.

Favour Apps That Have Encrypted Messaging

Apps like Whatsapp, Signal etc. deliver on their promise of encrypted communications and are some of the safest platforms for messaging and communication. They remain the best option for protecting your online privacy, especially for something as sensitive as your messages and communications with others.

Don’t Completely Fill Out Your Social Media Profile

Things like these are your personal responsibility to protect. Avoid filling out your social media profile with sensitive information like your full birth date (along with your birth year), your email address and phone number. The fact is that nobody needs to know these things at first sight; you can share such information with people as you get to know them better. Anyone who is skimming through your social media profile shouldn’t have access to these things. There is no point in sharing every single detail about your life on social media and compromising your privacy in potentially irreparable ways.

Use a Password Manager

If you don’t already know that using the same password for more than one website leaves you susceptible to phishing attacks, then you should take note of that now. Though it might not be possible to remember the different passwords of the dozens of online accounts you probably have, you can use a password manager to help with this. A password manager will not only help you remember passwords but can also help you generate strong and unique passwords and automatically fill them into log-in fields with the click of a button. LastPass is an example of a good password manager that you can get for free, you can also do some research to find others that you can use.

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Goodnuel:
na kwese you d call ordinary?? You know who get Kwese

Strive Masiyiwa

All You Need to Know About Kwesé as It Launches in Nigeria

http://www.opinions.ng/need-know-kwese-launches-nigeria/

Nodogragra4me:
Competition is very good for the consumer....Dstv now offers free internet access in Kenya through Telekom..... all because there is a kwese ...
. Just wondering what their answer would be to TStv .... Startimes already rolled out per day billing ....you can now pay for just Saturdays and Sundays when you have time for tv

You are right, the details are here http://www.opinions.ng/startimes-unveils-full-pay-per-day-subscription-options/

Getting a job abroad might be tasking but it is not as hard as you might think. There are things you need to know to put in the right effort needed to get the positive result of securing a job abroad. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 interesting things to do to get a job abroad.

Take Advantage of Social Media

Social media is one of the best channels you can leverage to find job opportunities abroad, particularly because you might not be familiar enough with the environment to use more direct means of garnering a job. LinkedIn is a great social media tool for finding and applying for jobs; Facebook’s job-finding feature can also be of great help. If you intend on selling your services to others, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can be great platforms to showcase your work and expertise for free.

Research

It’s alarming how little research people do when trying to get a job abroad. It is important to note that doing research isn’t just about skimming through travel guides, job boards or social media for job opportunities to apply for, it is about doing your homework and getting vital information on the country’s immigration, tax and healthcare policies relating to work and employment opportunities. The importance of getting this information can’t be overemphasized as it will save you from a lot of hassles and dangers, and more importantly, it will save you from being cheated in an employment opportunity.

Keep an Open Mind

You need to keep an open mind when searching for a job in another country because their work dynamics are likely to be much more different from what you are used to. It is important to take this into consideration especially when going for interviews so you don’t end up rejected for not being a ‘good fit’. Try to understand the work dynamics of your new area either by asking questions through social media channels or business community forums. You can also talk to family or friends who already work there or have worked there to get some information. This can help you get the information you need to brush up on some of the important business cultures of your new area, and it can also help to solve potential communication problems that might arise. Basically, just do your homework so you know what you should and should not do or say in the business setting or environment.

Pick a Company and Apply Directly

A direct application to a company of your choice might just be more beneficial to you than waiting for social media posts on available job opportunities. This is because there are a good number of companies that first consider the applications in their database for job openings before deciding whether or not to post on social media or job boards. Therefore, you might want to consider applying directly to these companies so that your resume and applications letters will be in their system for referral anytime there is a job opening that you qualify for.

Build Your Language Skills

When trying to get a job in a new area, it is important to ensure that you can speak their language with professional and working proficiency. Without this language skill, you just might end up getting turned down regardless of how much experience you might have.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/5-interesting-things-get-job-abroad/

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See StarTimes New Pay-Per-Day Subscription Options http://www.opinions.ng/startimes-unveils-full-pay-per-day-subscription-options/

TSTV has changed the industry even without launching sales. We need this kind of thing across other aspects of life in Nigeria especially electricity.

It seems there is a war within the station, some OAPs, listeners and their fans. Very interesting.

While we had reported earlier that Murphy Ijemba has made the switch to Max fm 102.3fm, a fallout of this was not mentioned.

Kubanji Direct hosted by veteran journalist Jones Usen popularly known as “Citizen Jones” has been discontinued on the new music-centric successor to Radio Continental 102.3 Fm, MAX Fm. There seems to be no room for Citizen Jones and his programme which focused on discussing current affairs especially politics.

Many loyal listeners were left wondering what happened last night as the programme failed to air at 7pm, its time of broadcast. Instead, it was Murphy Ijemba and his crew doing their thing which many fans of Kubanji Direct would have found to be rather different to the mature discussion they are used to.

Another big change is the discontinuance of Continental Sunrise in the morning on the new Max fm. It does seem that TVC Communications owner of the station is focused on capturing the youthful demographic and is determined to make MAX Fm be known for music as much as Radio Continental was known for talk.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/murphy-ijemba-displaces-citizen-jones-kubanji-direct/

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Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA World Best Player Men’s award for the 5th time a few hours ago equaling the record held by his arch-rival Lionel Messi.

An interesting aspect of the process of voting for the winner of the award is that Nigeria’s national team captain, Mikel Obi actually voted for Messi.

Was Mikel influenced by friendship? Super Eagles players have gotten used to Argentina players over the years having played World Cup games and friendly matches. In fact,they are set to play a friendly next month.

Whatever the cause, Messi and his fans like Mikel may have to wait for next year for him to win the award.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/ronaldo-won-fifa-best-player-award-despite-mikel-obi-voting-messi/

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kay29000:
Tangerine and Orange are both Citrus fruits...someone could have grafted a branch from a tangerine tree to the orange tree. But this reminds me of one of my hens that suddenly started developing cock features...it now looks exactly like a cock, but still lays eggs.

Where are the pictures now?

Where is the Nigerian student now?

Hungry for some Indian food? Visit some of these top spots to whet your appetite for fine Indian cuisine. Jumia Food, Africa’s leading food ordering app, shares 5 top spots in Nigeria for the best Indian food.

Spice Route

This is a great restaurant to get some of the best indian food ever made. It’s a great place to have authentic Indian cuisines while relaxing and enjoying nice and soothing music. It has really nice decor and is a great place to hangout with friends to enjoy a decent and delicious Indian meal.

Gurunar’s Viceroy Restaurant

This is another great restaurant that brings a taste of India to Lagos. The restaurant specializes in carefully prepared Indian dishes, including what is referred to as a ‘Tandoor Special’. It also provides vegetarian specials as well as continental dishes to continuously whet your appetite and delight your tastebuds. In addition to the restaurant, Gurunar’s also has a corporate conference room and banquet hall for conducting important meeting, retreats or special events. It also offers private dining and is very good for business meetings.

Zaika Indian Cuisine

The restaurant is located at Victoria Island and offers a unique dining experience for locals and foreigners. Zaika offers the best of Indian dining and complements its impressive offering with new Indian recipes to add some innovation and creativity to the mix. The best part is that the restaurant also has a delivery service that helps to bring its delicious cuisines right to your doorstep. In addition, the restaurant also has vegetarian and non-vegetarian options to cater to all tastes and it is famous for its ‘exotic spices, delicate and fine cuisine’.

Peppercorn Avenue

This is a fine dining restaurant with great decor and nice ambiance located at Lekki Phase 1, off Admiralty way, Lagos. The restaurant serves mouth-watering and delicious cuisines that are authentic to India and Thailand. It boasts of excellent chefs, secret recipes and an impressive variety of appetizers, salads, sauces and grills that are sure to leave you enamored.

Indigo Indian Restaurant

The Indigo Indian restaurant is a lovely restaurant located at Victoria Island, Lagos state. It’s a cool place with comfortable decor and an inviting ambiance. It’s a nice hangout spot for friends, lovers and is an even great venue for business or power lunches. The restaurant offers fine and authentic Indian and Srilakan cuisines that is sure to take your taste buds on a memorable adventure. Its atmosphere is quaint and cozy, and it is a great place to go to enjoy Indian cuisines when in Nigeria.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/5-top-spots-best-indian-food-nigeria/

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While many are speculating that former AC Milan legend, George Weah might be the next president of Liberia after the country’s run-off election, one of his former club’s old players, Kakha Kaladze has already won his own election as the new Mayor of Tblisi, the capital of Georgia.

The 39-year old played for Milan between 2001-2010 winning 2 Champions League during hi stay there. He was also captain of the Georgian national team 83 times. He retired from football in 2012 while playing for Genoa to join politics full-time in his home country.

His career as a politician has been quite successful after joining billionaire tycoon Bidzina Ivanishvili to challenge then-president Mikheil Saakashvili. Ivanishvili’s coalition surprisingly won the election in 2012 and Kaldze became a member of Georgia’s Parliament. He was also appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy. He maintained both positions until July this year when he decided to run for the position of Mayor of the capital city Tblisi, an election he has now won.

We are tempted to ask if AC Milan is a training ground for footballers that have interest in becoming politicians in the future. Time will tell if this is a trend or just coincindence.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/former-ac-milan-star-kakha-kaladze-new-mayor-tblisi/

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“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.”

With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, on behalf of the World Food Prize Foundation, setting off an atmosphere of festive celebration at the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines.

Accompanied by Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, and John Mahama, former President of Ghana, Adesina took elegant steps to the podium to receive the award – the world’s highest recognition for food and agriculture, with his wife Grace and his two children, Rotimi and Segun, and a large and distinguished crowd cheering him on. Representatives of the Nigerian Government, Purdue University, his alma mater, friends, associates and Bank staff were among the well-wishers who came in out in large numbers to celebrate the African agriculture icon, known as “Africa’s Norman Borlaug (http://APO.af/fTuEw7).”

In line with his avowed commitment to a new deal for youth empowerment, Adesina pledged devote the US $250,000 prize money to a fund in support of young African farmers and agriculture entrepreneurs, or “agripreneurs.”

“And so, even though I don’t have the cash in my hand, I hereby commit my $250,000 as a cash prize for the World Food Prize award to set up a fund fully dedicated to providing financing for the youth of Africa in agriculture to feed Africa,” Adesina said.

“We will arise and feed Africa. The day is coming very soon when all its children will be well-fed, when millions of small-holder farmers will be able to send their kids to school,” Adesina said.

“Then you will hear a new song across Africa: ‘Thank God our lives are better at last.’”

The President of the World Food Prize Foundation, Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, paid tribute to Adesina, “whose breakthrough achievements have impacted millions of farmers and those living in rural poverty in Nigeria and throughout Africa, and whose leadership holds great promise for uplifting millions and millions more across that continent.”

In a speech at the colourful ceremony, the Vice-President of the United States of America, Michael Pence, commended the Laureate in a speech read on his behalf by Mark Green, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

“As our global food system is stretched, and the need to feed more people grows, agricultural transformation will require persistence from leaders like you in driving change and capitalizing on public- and private-sector expertise,” Pence said.

The Vice-President described Adesina’s devotion to the cause of fighting global hunger as admirable, and deeply needed, and on behalf of President Donald Trump, extended heartfelt congratulations.

“The United States is and remains committed to food security, and we will continue to work with leaders like you to find innovative ways to end global hunger,” he said.

The Purdue University Glee Club and multiple award-winning all-female Nigerian signing group Adunni and Nefertiti set the mood of the evening with musical performances, followed by the star act: Omawumi, a popular Nigerian vocalist, who had flown in from Lagos for the occasion. The infectious rhythms of Adunni and Nefertiti and popular songs of Omawumi soon moved Adesina and his wife to get up on the dance floor, where they were joined by Obasanjo.

The evening was capped by an elegant award ceremony dinner in the Capitol Rotunda.

Under President Adesina’s leadership, the AfDB is accelerating agricultural development through its Feed Africa Strategy (http://APO.af/Qs73cE) with planned investment of US $24 billion over the next 10 years. The World Food Prize also recognizes Adesina’s work over the past two decades with the Rockefeller Foundation, at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Source: Opinions.Ng

By Tony Ogunlowo

The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the scenes. Will it be the incumbent (if he decides to run again!) or somebody else?

The Bible lists Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Envy, Lust, Sloth and Wrath as the 7 Deadly Sins to avoid during our time in life and other religions have similar requirements.

For a President to effectively rule a diverse country, like Nigeria, he (or she!) needs to avoid the following 7 Deadly Sins:

1, The North-South palaver – As long as there is still Nigeria there will always be the debacle of the North-South divide.
Like two jealous lovers you can’t do one thing for one region without doing something equal for the other.
Over the years it’s become very petty and silly: the Presidency is rotated so that if you have a Northern President you must have a Southern Vice-President and in the next government it must be rotated to feature a Southerner as President and Northerner as Vice-President – whatever happened to electing the right person with the right qualifications to do the job regardless of what region they’re from?
Again the Northern and Southern elders will dictate to the President on who gets the most ministers, budget allocations and federal installations. There’s nothing wrong in wanting the best for your region but things should be allocated on merit: for instance why appoint someone to head a ministry they’re not qualified to head because you have to bow to the whims of either a Northern or Southern elder or the quota system? Or why situate a nuclear research facility, for instance, in a region where the people are only interested in goat herding?
To summarize, the country cannot be ruled effectively by bowing to the demands of the North- South gangs all the time.

2, Religion – Just like the North-South palaver, religion plays a key part in the running of the nation and should be steered away from: politics and religion don’t mix but funny enough, in Nigeria, they do. If you have a Muslim President then the Vice-President has to be a Christian and if the President is a Christian then the Vice President, without a doubt, will be a Muslim- Nonsense! Another outdated pro rata system that should be consigned to history. Again this prevents the right candidate from getting the job – and getting the job done!

The President’s hands will also become tied because of religion: a Muslim President making policies that will affect Christians will face a backlash and if a Christian President does anything that will upset the Muslims he’ll be in trouble.

No politician’s hands should be tied because of religion: policies should be fair and applicable to all irrespective of their religious affiliations: for instance some protestant churches are getting out of control in the country and the Muslim President and government is powerless to say or do anything for fear of upsetting the Muslim-Christian code.

3, Kleptocracy - The mere fact the President has the sole ATM card to the nations’ bank account is not an excuse to loot it dry – thou shall not steal!

A President is the custodian of these finances and must ensure that they are distributed fairly – and honestly – to the various apparatus of government that require the funds and not divert them to private bank accounts in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands!

Even though some believe ‘corruption is not a crime’ it is as pilfered funds cause untold suffering for the masses who are supposed to be the beneficiaries. Therefore to re-iterate again – thou shall not steal (or let those beneath you steal, not even 10 %!).

4, C.Y.A aka ‘Cover Your Arse’ aka ‘Blame Your Predecessor’ – Every President does it from Nigeria to America or Croatia to Sudan: every incumbent will blame his/her predecessor for everything going wrong in an attempt to cover their own backsides! If a President is going to keep on passing the buck then he or she is in the wrong job! As a President you’re elected to fix things and not spend your entire tenure blaming your predecessor! The buck stops with the President! What’s the point in having a surgeon come in to operate on a patient but can’t (or won’t!) because he’s too busy criticizing the last doctors work? Operate and fix the patient first, for that’s what you’re paid to do, and moan later!

5, Cronyism – For any President to be elected, anywhere in the world, he or she will need the support of political godfathers, cronies, hangers-on etc. who’ll lobby behind the scenes to get him into office. Once in office they’ll call in the favour and start making outrageous demands of the President: they want to be first in line for lucrative contracts or ministerial appointments. Any President should learn from Donald Trump – use them and dump them before they become a nuisance! Every President should learn to control his cronies: not favour one over the other or let them control him.

6, Tribalism – Tribalism is way up there with religion and the North-South palaver but on a different scale. A President from the South, for instance, might be a Christian or a Muslim but his ethnicity plays a major rule: is he Yoruba or Igbo? If he’s Yoruba what part of Yoruba land is he from? Just like with the North-South palaver his policies will be seen to be influenced from what tribe he’s from: a Yoruba President can’t pass certain laws that will affect the Igbos or Hausas because he’ll be accused of tribalism (even his fellow Yoruba people from other sub-tribes will accuse him of tribalism!) As a result some tribes become a law unto themselves as the President will be scared of being accused of tribalism.

7, Indecision – A President can’t be indecisive hoping a problem or situation will go away or that people will forget. Take the Chibok girls’ kidnapping fiasco for instance, if the then President had been more decisive those girls could have been home within days, not weeks, not months and most certainly not years! When action needs to be taken a President can’t afford to be indecisive whether that involves removing a minster, clamping down on terrorists’ or ordering military action against subversives. No problem or situation will ever go away unless it’s dealt with swiftly. So any President who thinks such will go away is in for a shock.

So there’s my version of the 7 Deadly Sins a Nigerian President should avoid, of course there are things that didn’t make the list like complacency, nepotism, buffoonery and quite a few others…but we’ll leave that to later!

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/7-deadly-sins-nigerian-president-avoid/

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ddddon:
Please how many Premier League matches do you guys snow. Honest answer please , I am planning on getting one. And plz quote me when responding so I can get a quick update.

They show 1 per week.

ThankYouGod:
TStv will be better than this. I am waiting for TStv on November 1st. We need more competition though.

You may be right about TSTV being better.

Kwesé launched in Nigeria on October 19 and in the highly competitive pay-TV market, these are the things you need to know about this new entrant that looks like a strong contender for the market leadership position with DStv.

1. It has 3 Different Platforms

Kwesé can be watched via the traditional dish and decoder, with the Kwesé app on Android and iOS and the streaming device called Kwesé Play (only in South Africa for now).

2. The Kwesé app Gives You Free Channels to Watch

You get to watch some free channels if you download the Kwesé app on your smartphone. These channels are currently available in Nigeria, ITV Network, KTN News, Spurs TV, LFC TV, CITY TV, Arsenal Media, Kwesé Free Sports Africa, Kwesé Free Sports.

3. You can watch Kwesé Free Sports on Terrestrial Television

Kwesé Free Sports is available on UHF 32 if you are in Lagos and on digital platforms where their partners DMS formerly DBN are available. They only break from Kwesé a few times in the morning and evening, so you can watch some premium content like 1 English Premier League match per week and Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam totally free.

4. Price of Decoder and Dish

The Kwesé decoder alone goes for N 5,740 and the decoder plus dish and installation costs N10,960.

5. Subscription Plans

Kwesé has 3-day for N990, 7-day for N1,850 and 30-day plan going for N6,275.

6. List of Channels

The following are Channels Available on Kwesé (may change as time goes on)

Series & movies

Kwesé Prime
Kwesé Stories
Kwesé Movies 1
Kwesé Movies 2
Kwesé Movies 3
AMC
Viceland
Passion
African Movie Channel Series
Zee BollyNova
Zee Bollymovies
African Movie Channel
True Series & Movies
CBS Reality
E! Entertainment (Coming Soon)

Sport

Kwesé Sport1
Kwesé Sport2
ESPN
NBA
Liverpool TV
E Sport TV

Factual & Lifestyle

Kwesé Know
Kwesé Inc.
Odisseia
DTX
Animal Planet
Discovery Science
iDX
Travel Channel
FLN
Fashion One

Kids Channels

Kwesé Kids
Dreamworks
Toonami
Cartoon Network
Boomerang
POP
CBeeBies (Coming Soon)
JimJam

Music

Revolt
HIP TV (Coming Soon)
Trace Africa
Trace Mziki
Trace Gospel
Box Africa

News & Business

CNN
BBC World News
Sky News
TVC News
AfricaNews
Al Jazeera
Bloomberg
CNBC
France 24
DW

Faith

Dove TV
Hillsong
EWTN
FLOW TV
ITV

Free To Air (FTA) – National broadcaster

NTA International
FTA – KFS
Kwesé Free Sport
Kwesé Free Sport Nigeria

7. Ownership

Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa owner of Econet Wireless also own Kwesé and he is determined to have it become the leading pay-TV in Africa already launched in 13 countries.

8. Russia 2018 World Cup and EPL Broadcast Rights

Kwesé Free Sports has exclusive free-to-air rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and the English Premier League. Although this means they can only show one EPL match per week.

9. Great for NBA and American Football Fans
If you love the NBA and the NFL (American football) you will find Kwesé Sports has you fully covered. It is the exclusive broadcast partner of the NBA and NFL in sub-Saharan Africa.

10. Availability[/b][b]

Kwesé is available across Nigeria, you can go out and get your dish and decoder right now if you want. Visit their website to learn more.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/need-know-kwese-launches-nigeria/

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About 1 month, usually about 3 weeks. You can apply for a new code after 6 weeks. Do you normally receive letters in your area?

uruba23:
When you don't want to be critical of government that you are part of,this what happens Mr Joes kubaji direct(aka Baba Prologue) ,oga wale Pow Pow(aka car washer n worry killer),Barrister Ubani(know your right) and Debbie news paper review (aka your time starts now)are what draws me to the radio station not one yeye music

Was it government criticism that led to the closure of TVC Africa? The group is not making enough money and they want to become more profitable. No matter how much Music they play, they would still discuss political issues. Charlie Boy started the mass promotion of his Mumu don do on Wetin Dey. Wetin dey is stilll on, they even extended the time.

Reference:
He left Brilla ?. What happened.

Yes he did, read what happened here ---> http://www.opinions.ng/brila-fm-sacks-murphy-ijemba-sean-amadi-others/

Starting and managing a business requires quite a lot of effort and as an entrepreneur, if you are looking to increase productivity and organization consider using these great apps for small businesses. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 of these great apps for SMEs.

Google Drive

With Google’s Drive app you can easily transfer and edit files between computers and even smartphones without the stress of always needing a flash or external memory to facilitate the transfer. The Google Drive software is a fully-featured office suite and a full cloud drive that provides a platform for you to store any file type through either a virtual drive app or a web interface. A nice perk to using the Google Drive software is that you a get a cool 5GB of storage for free.


Evernote

This app is designed for note taking, organizing and archiving. It allows users store, organize and share text, photos and voice notes. It’s a great app for entrepreneurs to keep track of their brilliant ideas generated either through meditation or brainstorming sessions. The app has a growing list of very useful features and supports majority of the popular operating system platforms. It also offers online synchronization and backup services.



Skype

This app is practically communication and videoconferencing royalty. It is an effective, excellent and popular software that is used to transmit photos and files of any size, share your computer screen and call a group of up to 25 people, as well as send text messages. Skype is free to download and works on all devices and operating systems. The business version of Skype starts at 5 dollars per user per month and it integrates with Microsoft Office and also allows you hold online video meetings and calls with up to 250 people.


PayPal

Considering that business will need a payment platform to receive payments, PayPal is a convenient payment platform that lets you link your bank accounts to your PayPal account, which helps make receiving and making payments as quick, painless and stress-less as possible. With PayPal, you can also attach PayPal’s card reader to a smartphone, tablet, PC or other device and use it as a portable register. Typically, for making and receiving payments PayPal charges 2.7% per swipe for mobile and in-store payments, 3.5% plus 15 cents for manually entered sales, and 2.9% plus 30 cents for online payments and invoicing.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/4-great-apps-small-medium-scale-enterprises-smes/

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Wonder whether you're eating too much salt? The more salt you consume, the higher your blood pressure and excessive levels of it in your body over time can increase your risk of osteoporosis (a disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue) and other chronic conditions, so it's important to restrict your daily intake to no more than a teaspoon's per day. In line with this, we reveal 6 side effects of eating too much salt.

You are always using the toilet

Whether at night or during the day, frequent urination is a key sign of excessive salt intake, but it can also be a symptom of a number of other conditions, from an overactive bladder or urinary tract infection to type 2 diabetes. While it's usually nothing to worry about, see your doctor if you notice a change in your normal urinary habits.

You are constantly thirsty

If you often find your mouth gets drier and your thirst is unquenchable, chances are you could be taking too much salt. Like frequent urination, constant thirst can be a sign of other conditions such as type 2 diabetes, so make sure you get it evaluated by a doctor.

Your ankles swell

An excess of salt in your diet can lead to swollen ankles. Swollen ankles can be caused by water retention as a result of eating too much salt, but other conditions can give rise to swollen ankles.

You crave salty, savoury food

If you find yourself craving salty snacks, you could well be consuming too much salt. You will enjoy your food so much more if you cut your salt intake to acceptable guidelines.

You get frequent mild headaches

If you suffer from frequent mild headaches and have no idea what's causing them, you might want to reduce your salt intake. An overload of salt in the diet can lead to dehydration-induced headache symptoms. If cutting down on salt has no effect, your doctor will be able to help you figure out the cause.

Hinder kidney performance

A diet high in too much salt can actually slow the performance of your kidney. Too much salt can increase the amount of protein found in your urine. More protein in your urine is a major risk factor for kidney disease.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/6-side-effects-eating-much-salt/

If there is a country whose citizens may be called 'Elephant people', it is Thailand. Elephants are often kept as part of households in rural areas and the giants have learnt to live with humans, helping with farm work and transportation. Of course, there are still elephants in the wild and one of them got stuck in a river and could not get out for a day before villagers managed to rescue it with an effort that involved probably every adult male available at the Thung Saleng Luang National Park.

See the video of the rescue next:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khEPx7ToZbE

Pretty cool, the elephant though extremely exhausted is reported to have recovered and has been returned to the wild. Hopefully, it has learnt its lesson and will stay away from rivers except for when it wants to drink water after all 'an elephant never forgets'.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/amazing-see-video-villagers-thailand-rescued-elephant-trapped-river/

IloveTrump:
turkey was suppose to be part of Asia, why Europe. Thats a country I can't never step my foot in even with free visa. I just have this heebejeebies when ever I heard about a Muslim country. I can never stay in the north o. I remember , when I was going to abuja through road, I notice how my heart was hipping when we got to auchi and when we got to kogi I nearly fainted as soon as we gotten to abuja I started praying to God that he should safeguard me in this Muslim state.
Thank God that Putin and Trump are christian o, if not. At least the two world power are Christians so that to checkmate and bomb any Saudi Arabia and turkey country that are persecuting christian.

Making the decision to become an entrepreneur is a fearless step from being an employee of a business to the leader of your own business. One of the first challenges they are likely to face is that they no longer have line managers to set goals and deadlines for them. Therefore, the responsibility of inspiration and motivation becomes their personal task. This is where some entrepreneurs fall short. As such, these insights shared by Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, will help them stay motivated.

Set goals and values

Entrepreneurs must have personal goals and core values. They must write them down, read them daily and even memorize them. These should serve as a regular reminder about their purpose for becoming entrepreneurs.

Have a plan

Running a business without a plan can easily make them lose focus. They should evolve both short-term and long-term plans. This will help them have a clear understanding of what they want to accomplish and how they want to achieve it.

Have a ‘me’ time

Entrepreneurs are very busy people. As such, it is possible that they will be consumed by work.  So, they should endeavour to set personal time during which they get out of the rut.

Think of themselves as captains

Entrepreneurs are the captains of their ships and nobody will navigate that ship for them except they do. So, they should take solace in the fact that they own the business and they have to make painstaking efforts to run it.

Connect with other entrepreneurs

This is not to say that you need to copy what others are doing. Instead, share ideas and get to know what keeps them motivated. This will definitely make them feel like they are on the right track with the support of other like minded entrepreneurs.

Reward themselves

Being a business owner does not mean they should not reward themselves. As such, they should be prepared to reward themselves for accomplishing their set goals.

Sleep

They should never underestimate the value of a good night sleep for personal motivation. A night of sound rest will re-energize them and significantly boost performance.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/7-things-entrepreneurs-can-stay-motivated/

StarTimes have a New Social Media Handler and She is Hilarious

http://www.opinions.ng/startimes-new-social-media-handler-hilarious/

biacan:
When you guys are ready to talk just let the queen NO

Huh?