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It is a lie, it is on-air.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed the technical suspension of the trading of shares of one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil and gas companies OandO at the Nigerian Stock Exchange over alleged infractions of the rules regulating trading. Read the SEC circular next:

Circular to the General Public on Oando Plc – SEC Release

The Securities & Exchange Commission received two petitions from Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal and Ansbury Incorporated. The Commission carried out a comprehensive review of the petitions and made the following findings amongst others;

· Breach of the provisions of the Investments & Securities Act 2007

· Breach of the SEC Code of Corporate Governance for Public Companies

· Suspected insider Dealing

· Related party transactions not conducted at arm’s length

· Discrepancies in the shareholding structure of Oando Plc. Etc.

The Commission’s primary role as apex regulator of the Nigerian Capital Market is to regulate the market and protect the investing public. The Commission notes that the above findings are weighty and therefore needs to be further investigated. After due consideration, the Commission believes that it is necessary to conduct a forensic audit into the affairs of Oando Plc. This is pursuant to the statutory duties of the Commission as provided in section 13(k), (n), (r) and (aa) of the ISA 2017.

To ensure the independence and transparency of the exercise, the Forensic Audit shall be conducted by a consortium of experts made up of auditors, lawyers, stockbrokers and Registrars.

To further ensure that the interest of all shareholders of Oando Plc are preserved during the course of the exercise, the Commission directed the Nigerian Stock Exchange to place the shares of Oando Plc on technical suspension.

However in view of the fact that it is not technologically feasible for the Exchange to effect a technical suspension except after 48 hours, the Commission directed as follows;

1. Effective for forty-eight (48) hours from today, 18 October 2017 to 20 October 2017, The Nigerian Stock Exchange should implement a full suspension in the trading of the shares of Oando Plc; and


2. Effective from 20 October 2017 and until further directive, The Exchange should implement a technical suspension in the shares of Oando Plc.

The NSE has also released its own circular on the suspension of OandO shares:

NSE Suspends Trading in the Shares of Oando Plc on SEC Directive – NSE Release

The Securities and Exchange Commission has directed The Nigerian Stock Exchange to suspend trading in the shares of Oando Plc as follows:

1. Effective for forty-eight (48) hours from today, 18 October 2017 to 20 October 2017, The Exchange should implement a full suspension in the trading of the shares of Oando Plc; and

2. Effective from 20 October 2017 and until further directive, The Exchange should implement a technical suspension in the shares of Oando Plc. A full suspension is the halt of trading activities in a listed security for a period.

A technical suspension is the interruption of price movement in a listed security for a period so that any dealings in the securities which occur during the period of the suspension will not result in any change in price, which change may have occurred had the suspension not been implemented.

In the 48-hour period commencing today, there will be no trading in the shares of Oando Plc. Thereafter, effective 20 October 2017, investors will be able to trade in Oando Plc’s shares but such trading will not result in any movement in the price of the shares.

The above is for your information and records update please.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/sec-instructs-nse-place-oando-shares-technical-suspension/

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bloodmoneyspita:
I thought the military just denied carrying out any medical outreach. so which one are you talking about, which secret outreach is this again

1.Medical outreach: You stay in your barracks or IDP Camp and people come to you for free treatment if they want.

2.Rumour Mongers and Fake News Generators: Military is invading schools to inject children.

Any sane rational person knows these 2 are different. It is like saying civilians are not in military hospitals all over Nigeria receiving treatment right now including the Southeast.

There is a link of military hospitals around Nigeria here http://www.opinions.ng/need-know-nigerias-military-outreach/.

Click the link at the bottom of the page.

And if you still don't understand it, read this :

Nigeria: Church Unveils Medical Outreach for Abuja Community

http://allafrica.com/stories/201405290883.html

Nothing new or strange about it except for people that have their own negative agenda to create panic among people.

By Rachel Stinson

Few things are more worrying than keeping your children in the care of someone else. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee when you leave your children with a babysitter, that’s why the prevalence of nanny cams and other covert surveillance tactics have been inevitable needs for the concerned parents.

If you want to stay relaxed and enjoy your day or focus on the big meeting without worrying about what is happening at home, here a concerned parent’s guide – how to spy on your babysitter?

Nanny Cams – One of the best ways to spy on your babysitter is by using ‘’nanny cams’’. These small hidden cameras for sale can be placed in your home, for example, it can be placed on the lamp, TV, digital clock or even in a doll, where you can watch your babysitter. Some of these systems have live feeds that you can access from any location. To be effective, they must be placed in almost all the rooms available such as the living room, dining room, kitchen or baby’s bedroom to get a bigger picture.
For many concerned parents, the best thing you can do is to play back what happened during your absence. In fact, many security systems include cameras with live feeds you can watch from any location you are, provided you have an internet connection. This allows you to check on your children during a break at the meeting, even without calling home.

GPS Tracking Devices – GPS tracking devices can be purchased or rented to see if your babysitter will go to the playground or have lunch with your child where he or she says it is. The GPS can be put in a diaper bag or even somewhere in your child’s clothes to ensure safety.
Man Power – You don’t need technology to check on how well your children are being cared for. Many responsible parents use the human resources available to them by either depending on neighbors to watch them regularly or leave them occasionally. If you can pop in during the random lunch break or between meetings, then you not only see how well your children are doing, but you will get a real picture of how your nanny behaves when she expects you to be away.

Audio Recorders – Although it is not as revealing as the hidden nanny cam, an audio recorder can still offer some insight into how your babysitter and children communicate. Harsh language and yelling are never good, and this is an excellent way to find out if your babysitter has a mean streak. Audio recorders are also small and easy to hide, just make sure you have enough battery life and memory to record the whole time needed. It’s an easy way to find out if it’s time to look for a new sitter who has more patience.

Conclusion – There is no better way to ensure your children are with the best babysitter possible than to conduct a thorough screening, invest time in building a relationship with your child’s caretaker, and foster a secure communication model with your kids.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/concerned-parents-guide-spy-babysitter/

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TSTV which launched on October 1 has explained that it is ready to start selling its decoders across Nigeria on November 1.

Speaking on the issue TSTV Managing Director/CEO, Dr Bright Echefu explained thus:

“Commercialization of our decoders will resume officially on Nov. 1 and by that time, every part of Nigeria would have TSTV decoders for people to buy.

“We are releasing about one million which can go round and our target for the first quarter is one million units.

“In every quarter we will bring one million units and we are targeting four million units within the next one year.

He also explained steps his company is taking to avoid commercial sabotage:

“We don’t want a situation where someone would pick our decoders and dump them somewhere.

“That is why we are very careful because of competition.

“ We have received well over 6,000 applications and it has been overwhelming processing these people; but so far, we have been able to accredit more than 748 dealers and we have received applications from more than 3,000 of them.

“That is why we have not commercialized our services even though we are the ones losing because we have enough decoders to cover the whole of Nigeria.

“But it will be unfair with all the money put in for us to give decoders out and those decoders don’t get to the end users,’’ Echefu added.

Meanwhile, DStv the market leader for pay-TV in Nigeria has announced its subscribers can now suspend their subscription on their decoders for up to 2 weeks.

The company explained the process goes thus:

You can suspend your DStv accounts while you are away on holiday for up to two weeks at a time.

To do this, you need,
• A scanned copy of customer’s ID card,
• Duration for suspension (between 7-14 days)
• Minimum of 7 days credit in account by date of disconnection

Request should be sent to suspension@ng.multichoice.com at least 2 days before the start of the suspension. You can also visit our branches to request disconnection.

Despite the disappointment of many Nigerians with the failure of TSTV to start sales of its decoder immediately after launching, its emergence has led to DSTV increasing channels in its free bouquet, new channel offerings on GOTV and other attempts to retain subscribers.
StarTimes, the second company in Nigeria’s Pay-TV space in terms of subscribers is also offering 3 extra days on 1 month subscription as well as reversing some changes it had made to viewing Ligue 1 matches on its Sports Life channel for Basic subscribers.

Ultimately, it is the public that benefits from this competition as these and other companies jostle for their loyalty.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/tstv-start-selling-decoders-november-1-dstv-introduces-paused-subscription/

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Your flight was scheduled for 10 am. But you are still in traffic or held up somewhere as at 9:30 am. You are gasping for breath fearing the worst. You arrived at the airport past 10, low and behold the flight had taken off! What will you do? Well, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, got you covered as we share the things you should do.

Do not panic

Keeping calm can be hard when you miss a flight. What such circumstances really require is logical problem solving, a frame of mind best achieved when you are calm. This will enable you to direct your mind towards fixing the situation.

Ask the airline staff about your options

Depending on the reason why you missed your flight, you should reach out to the airline staff about your options before accepting your fate. You can make your decision based on their advice. But remember that you have favourable options if the reason for missing your flight was not your fault.

Check the departure boards

If your trip is very important that you cannot postpone or reschedule it, you can buy another ticket. Prior to this, check the departure boards to see which available airline is flying to your destination.

Reschedule your flight

After you have done everything humanly possible to travel and there is no solution, it is advisable that you reschedule your flight. This is even cheaper than booking an entirely new flight.

Make the call

Missing a flight is more painful if you are on a business trip. Nonetheless, endeavour to control the situation by letting whomever you are meeting know that you have missed your flight and you will not arrive on the agreed date. Kindly apologise and reschedule the meeting.

Learn from them mistakes

Mistakes do happen. But these same mistakes will happen repeatedly if we do not learn from them. So, whatever the reason for missing your flight may be, endeavour you take pragmatic actions to prevent them from occurring again.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/6-things-miss-scheduled-flight/

cristianisraeli:
shove your opinions abeg

am only warning all mods to learn from jarus

nothing lasts forever...learn your lesson

and you if you are a mod right now..you would ban me..but guess what you are not and if you everly get to be a mod like you want do badly..keep banning people or creating tribalistic threads as a mod and dont leave a good legacy.you would get fired at last and have your balls in your hands.so na you know

Still lame, what makes you think moderators think it is a big deal to stop being moderators that they have to learn from anybody?

Even Seun would have figured this out ages ago. He needs moderators to help manage the community than they need him.

She should have waited for him to be released from jail.

Jarus:
Looks like you were thinking being a mod on Nairaland is one such achievement? Have you seen my CV before?

Compare me with Nairaland owner, not mod.

I wonder O...

cristianisraeli:
stop licking p**ussy

jarus was a tribalist and bad for business

nobody cares how many years anybody have spent on nairaland..are they paying people?

instead people spend the money to get news and post on nairaland

yes we have kids on nairaland..but stop licking ass

all mods should learn from jarus.he is no longer a mod on nairaland and he is nobody

i respect only God and my parents and i fear only God and my parents

nothing last forever..you need to see how dead jarus forum looks

Your post is very funny about being a moderator issue. Apparently, you use Nairaland to be a moderator. Even Seun that owns the site would not bother his head about titles.

Hopefully in a few years from now, you would read this post and realize how lame it is.

This should be clearer

Gernot Rohr informed Nigerians in an interview with a radio programme in Lagos that he would be leaving Nigeria after the Aiteo Cup final in Lagos. Little did we know that it would be immediately after the game ended last night.

However, Opinions.Ng’s Editor-in-Chief was incidentally heading for Paris and took this picture with the Super Eagles technical adviser, who was on his way to Bordeaux, his base, after leading Eagles to qualification for Russia 2018.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/see-moment-jarus-met-gernot-rohr/

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Inter Milan captain, Mauro Icardi became only the 5th player to score a hat-trick in the Milan derby tonight as his team defeated city rivals AC Milan 3-2 at the San Siro to take them just 2 points behind league leaders Napoli who they meet next Saturday.

Inter dominated the first half and led at halftime with a 28th minute goal by Icardi. However, AC Milan came out in the 2nd half very aggressive and Suso equalized with a superb short from outside the penalty area. They pressed to take the lead but they gifted possession to Icardi in their own half and he punished them with a 2nd goal after a bursting run and pass to Ivan Perisic who duly obliged with a run and cross that the Argentinian finished exquisitely in the 63rd minute.

AC Milan felt hard-done but kept playing well and Giacomo Bonaventura stole-in on the far post to poke the ball across the line despite Inter’s goalkeeper Handanovic’s best attempts. The game was tied at 2-2 in the 81st minute. The feeling was that the game would end in a draw like the last 2 derbies. However, Icardi had other ideas and after being brought-down by Ricardo Rodriguez in the penalty box from a corner, he duly converted the resultant penalty kick to complete a famous hat-trick.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/mauro-icardi-hat-trick-takes-inter-past-ac-milan-derby/

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The importance of personal finance knowledge to young adults cannot be overemphasized. It is important for young adults to equip themselves with essential personal finance knowledge to help secure their financial future. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 money tips for young adults.

Know Where Your Money Goes

One common thing with young adults is the complaint of not being able to account for how quickly their money ‘disappears’ from their bank accounts. A good solution to this is for young adults to pay more attention to exactly how they spend their money, or where their money goes. The best way to do this is to have a budget, and to be disciplined enough to ensure that the budget guides every single Naira that is spent. Once this is done, young adults will soon realize just how much of an impact small and seemingly ‘manageable’ changes in spending will have on their finances; it will then be easier to better manage expenses and keep recurring monthly expenses as low as possible.

Start Saving for Retirement Immediately

Because of the way compound interest works, the sooner a young adult starts saving for retirement, the less principal will be needed to be invested to end up with a reasonable retirement amount. This will make it easier for a young adult to be able to call working an ‘option’ rather than a ‘necessity’ much sooner than expected. Therefore, young adults should ensure they have a good retirement scheme going as early into their career as possible.

Understand How Income Taxes Work

As a young adult, even before you get your first paycheck, it is important you know how income taxes work. This is so that you will be able to properly calculate if whatever starting salary you are being offered by a company will be enough to meet your financial goals and obligations, after taxes and the like have been deducted. Thankfully, there are plenty of online calculators that can help with this if your math skills are not so great. Paycheck City is one of such online calculators.

Learn to Be Responsible With Your Money Early On

There is a popular saying that goes along the lines of ‘if you don’t learn to manage your own money, others will mismanage it for you’. There is no financial tip more important than this one. You simply need to learn to be responsible with money and take better control of your financial future. Learn to read a few basic financial books to better understand how money works, and use that knowledge to make money work for you. If you understand how money works and know what you are doing with money early on in your life, you will be able to avoid having to lament unnecessary ‘stories that touch’ to friends and family when things inevitably go awry with your finances.

Source: www.opinions.ng/4-money-tips-young-adults/

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FortifiedCity:
You are blowing unnecessary grammar. Even Obaigbogbo cannot cover buhari's corruption and incompetence with big big grammar.

You say foreigners in diplomatic circles kini Kan kini Kan?
Oga na person wey wear shoe no where the shoe dey pinch am.

Buhari is like a Size 40 shoe being worn by a foot that should normally wear size 44 which in this case are Nigerians.

The best thing is to pull off the shoe and be free from the pain.

LOL, if the man continue to dey get foreign backing, to remove am go dey difficult.

The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has selected GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) (www.GE.com), a leading global provider of transformational medical technologies and services, as a long-term partner to revitalize healthcare infrastructure in the Northern States, with the signing of a one-of-a-kind strategic partnership agreement this week in Abuja

Under the framework agreement, designed to bring GE’s global capabilities in improving health system and patient outcomes across the globe, NSFG and GE will explore several areas for collaboration across primary, secondary and tertiary care facilities including: the establishment of new diagnostic medical centres; primary and referral care offerings such as relevant technologies to modernize health clinics; training and skills development for health workers and operations and evaluation support.

Further, in line with the 2016 Federal National Health Policy and reflecting NSGF’s mandate to accelerate sustainable healthcare across the nineteen Northern States, the alliance will explore a range of public-private partnership models.

Speaking at the signing, Borno State Governor and Head of NSGF, Governor Kashim Shettima said, “Today, we execute the framework agreement between the Northern States Governors Forum and GE for the transformation of the healthcare sector in northern Nigeria. We are proud to have a partner like GE, a leader in the healthcare space and we look forward to reaping the benefits of this partnership soon. We appreciate GE’s commitment to increasing accessibility and affordability of healthcare in Nigeria”.

Eyong Ebai, General Manager for GE Healthcare in West & Central Africa said, “We are delighted to partner with the Northern States Governors Forum on this landmark agreement that sets the path towards a range of efforts that will contribute towards the attainment of universal healthcare coverage in Northern Nigeria. Over the past five years, GE Healthcare has executed on its localization strategy by building a strong local footprint, capacity building and several initiatives to help healthcare providers in delivering better, more holistic healthcare for the people of Nigeria. We look forward to delivering on the next stage of our growth plans in Nigeria.”

With over 40 years in Nigeria, GE is focused on partnering with public and private health providers to increase access to affordable and quality healthcare. In 2012, GE Healthcare and the Nigerian Ministry of Health signed a 5-year agreement for the government to leverage GE’s technologies, solutions and domain expertise to help upgrade the country’s medical facilities and contribute towards health infrastructure modernization. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, GE remains firmly committed to deepening these collaborations to strengthen Nigeria’s health system.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/latest-african-news/?pr=50265&lang=en

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FortifiedCity:
Which job? Travelling the whole world and leaving this country in the hands of his nepotisitic and corruption hungry brothers

Foreigners in diplomatic circles are often more enlightened about Nigeria than Nigerians. He must be doing something right to have received such recognition.

FortifiedCity:
Buhari is not fighting corruption. ..Period.

The United Nations just congratulated him for a job well-done.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) greatly appreciates the solid commitment shown by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in confronting corruption in his own country and across the African Union.

In a July decision, the African Union unanimously endorsed the appointment of President Buhari as its anti-corruption champion. The Nigerian President, who has introduced a zero tolerance policy on corruption in his own administration, is expected to lead an African Union summit on anti-corruption next year.

This appointment is a welcome recognition of President Buhari’s own efforts against corruption in Nigeria, and a sign of Africa’s determination to rid itself of a crime that blights development and progress.

UNODC remains a staunch ally of Nigeria and the African Union and expresses the hope that fighting corruption will lead to greater economic growth and prosperity for all African people.

Nigeria, along with dozens of other countries, will take part in the Seventh Session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption, to be held 6-10 November. The conference brings together over 1,000 representatives of member states, academics, anti-corruption practitioners, and civil society to discuss how to tackle corruption.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/latest-african-news/?pr=50277&lang=en

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At least these ones are not fighting like P-Square.

While there are millions of talents in Nigeria, many of them remain undiscovered due to lack of resources and funds to get published. For some that struggles to publish their works, promoting and getting words out about it becomes a challenge, so they remain like every other person who are yet to even get creative.

Chidi and Chika Nwaogu, idential twin brothers and computer programmers, are attending to this challenge through Publiseer, a startup that focuses on helping Nigerian writers and musicians publish their works everywhere for free. Having co-founded two successful and globally recognised startups in the past, the twin brothers are set to take on the publishing industry.

According to Tech Gist Africa, “The company is built upon the belief that every good work deserves to be published and released to the wider masses. To achieve this belief, they created their platform that allows artists and authors to publish their works online for free.” So far, Publiseer has published over 60 books and musical albums on 400 online stores across 100 countries, including Holla, a song by Klever Jay.

According to StartUp Beat, a Colombian technology news blog, “a Nigerian startup under the name of Publiseer provides authors and artists a chance to have their work seen by the rest of the world. The platform allows said artists and authors to publish their work on Amazon, Play Store and Apple store – free-of-charge.”

The platform was given a 4.5 rating of 5 by Tech Next, “I will give this startup a 4.5 rating of 5, seeing the innovation is another good step in the digitisation of Nigeria, and is also timely and almost altruistic, although time will tell if it will be truly beneficial to the Nigerian creator.”

“Publiseer is providing a very valuable service that would be useful to many. With millions of aspiring authors and artistes in Nigeria, who have not been able to get themselves out there as a result of lack of funds, the platform has a lot of potential of making a name for itself and being a go-to place for publishing within a short period of time,” reads Founders Africa.

The platform has been reviewed by Disrupt Africa, Innovation Village, Tech Moran, Inventive Africa, The Spirited Hub, Page One and a host of others.

Source: www.opinions.ng/meet-nigerian-identical-twins-set-create-revolution-music-literature/

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maxwell60:
Op just ignore those fools flooding your post with senseless comment as usual because they are senseless and they are drowning in Ignorance. This fish is called a Baracuda.

Thanks.

See the video of Falcao and the Peru players:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bovS3srFym8

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Falcao has entered Match Manipulation Mess (MMM)

Radamel Falcao is in the middle of a match manipulation scandal after he was caught on camera communicating with opposing Peru players apparently telling them to leave things as they were in his team’s 1-1 draw on Wednesday which guaranteed Colombia’s qualification and Peru’s ticket to an intercontinental play-off against New Zealand.

There were a lot of permutations and calculations on the night as South American (CONMEBOL) teams as well as those under CONCACAF completed their World Cup qualifying round.

Falcao admitted to telling Peruvian players to play for the 1-1 draw after he got word of other results that could affect both team’s chances of qualifying for Russia 2018.

Renato Tapia one of Peru’s players Falcao spoke to told Panamericana TV: “In the last five minutes, the Colombians approached us. They knew what the situation was in the other games. So we managed the game as we needed to… I spoke with Radamel, who told me we were both qualified, but it’s football and we play to win.”

It is unclear whether the Peruvians followed Falcao’s advice because a winning goal would have seen them qualify directly for the World Cup while the Colombians would have dropped into the play-off spot.

A heavy defeat for Colombia in that match would have favoured Chile who lost 3-0 to Brazil and got knocked-out of the Play-off zone on goal difference by Peru.

There are rumours that Chile may ask FIFA to sanction both Colombia and Peru or ask for a replay. However, Vice President of Chile's Football Association, Andres Fazio Molina said to Blu Radio on Thursday: “it is a baseless rumor, no measure will be taken against Peru and Colombia.”

FIFA may have to come-up with stricter rules on this kind of thing as it obviously goes against the spirit of fair-play as they have also been suggestions that Mexico might have been influenced on the pitch to allow Honduras win their game 3-2 to get an intercontinental play-off spot against Australia from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) at the expense of the United States who lost 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/radamel-falcao-match-manipulation-mess/

I was once guilty of the overpacking part. Travel light, have access to funds not necessarily cash though when you travel.

It is quite easy for first-time travelers to make mistake upon mistake on their first travel experience. However, there are some tips that can help first-time travelers avoid these repeated mistakes. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 mistakes that first-time travelers make and how to avoid them.

Using a Travel Agent For Everything

This might seem like the safe option but it can also make the whole process more expensive. While it is nice to have the ‘safety net’ of a travel agent, you can generally limit your use of their services to booking your flights and maybe taking advantage of their accommodation packages. Aside that, you generally can try to look after everything yourself, all you really need to do is be willing to ask questions from people that have traveled before, travel forums or even help desks to guide yourself the rest of the way. Once you do this, it will much easier for you to continue rather than having to rely on a travel agent all the time.

Being Scared of the Locals

This might not be the best idea for a first-time traveler because it makes him/her stand out even more and be easily identified as a ‘Johnny Just Come’, which can be quite disadvantageous for said first-time traveler. It is best to be open and free, especially when you are visiting a foreign area. Of course, this doesn’t mean you should neglect the use of common sense and throw basic caution to the wind, but don’t over do it by thinking everyone is out to get you. If you’re open and friendly, you can even make one or two friends among the locals that will guide you on the basic things you need to know about life there.

Don’t Be Too Hard Yourself for Being Scammed

It’s only natural that if you’re new to a place, you are likely to occasionally get scammed while adjusting to how life works there. It’s okay, no matter how smart or careful you are, it will happen sometimes. There’s no easy way around it so just roll with the punches and learn whatever lesson that needs to be learned to avoid it happening again. Being scammed doesn’t mean you should be so hard on yourself and become hyperactive and super distrustful of everyone around you, you’ll exhaust yourself living that way. Just let the experiences make you wiser, learn from them and be better for it.

Underestimating Costs

It is best to travel with the mentality that everything over 'there' is likely to cost more, especially if you are traveling to a town or city as opposed to a village. As much as you are trying to be conservative, it is much better to get to your destination and have more than enough rather than having less and getting stranded, which can be particularly disadvantageous to you as a first-time traveler.

Packing Way Too Many Things

It might be tempting to over-pack if you’re a first-time traveler, but please do your best to overcome this temptation. It is best to pack lightly so you will be able to easily respond to any sudden instance or situation during your travel. Over-packing is not very safe for you and can weigh you down, therefore, it is best to avoid it. Try to only pack the items you absolutely - and the key word is ‘absolutely’ - cannot do without.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/5-mistakes-first-time-travelers-make/

bestower:
it's called..... baby tilapia.

If this is a baby, how will the adult be? Fear God nah.

Tweetysparkles:
tis fish has eaten all the fishes in the river that is y is big *sigh ( eja ni eja je sanra ) fish chop fish fat

This fish would attack human beings in water sef.

Do you know its name? Would you buy this at the market? What would it cost to buy something like this?

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/can-identify-monster-fish-seen-yaba/

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We caught a huge fish on camera yesterday on Herbert Macaulay Way and wondered: what kind of monster is this?

Hati13:
Ethiopia has also a great History with lots of achievements like the Axumite obelisks, Lalibela churches, Gondar castles, Harar wall and many others.

Ethiopia is the oldest independent state in Africa and one of the oldest in the world. Civilization started here (980 BC) before there was in Greece (700s BC).
- Damat
- Axumite
- Zagwe
- Solomonic dynasty Christian Ethiopia (Abysinnia and Habesha by foreigners)
- Adal
- others......

The Axumites were once among the most powerful state in the world at it's peak alongside the Roman, Persia and China. They colonized Arabia and conquered Sudan, southern Egypt, Yemen and southern Saudi Arabia. They were close at destroying the Kaaba of Saudi Arabia.

Ethiopia has her own alphabet and was never been colonized by foreign forces in our 3000 years History. We managed this by our forefathers blood and bone in defeating enemies like Ottoman Turk, Egypt (twice), Mahadist Sudan and Italy (twice).

We are also the 2nd nation to adopt Christianity as the official religion of the state. The 1st mosque in the world was also built in Ethiopia.

The Axumite empire during King Ezana (4th century AD) and Abysinnia empire during emperor Zara Yacob (15th century AD) can match any state in the world.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44 come and learn.

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child

EmPOWER girls: emergency response and resilience planning

11 October 2017

This International Day of the Girl Child comes at turbulent times, with the world facing the rising challenges of forced displacement, climate change and violent extremism.

Whether caused by armed conflict or natural disaster, humanitarian crises always hurt women and girls the most – they account for more than 75 percent of the refugees and displaced persons at risk from war, famine, persecution and natural disaster. They are also vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation, during conflicts and in refugee camps.

The theme of this International Day — “EmPOWER girls: emergency response and resilience planning” — resonates with UNESCO’s commitment to promote the protection of girls from conflict and violence and to strengthen their resilience, while ensuring their full participation in mediation and negotiation processes.

This is the goal of landmark United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, to increase women’s role in decision-making for conflict prevention and resolution.

Seventeen years later, empowering girls and women is essential to the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda promises to leave no one behind – this must start with girls whose needs are greatest.

Working with Member States and partners, UNESCO is leading forward the Education 2030 Framework for Action, to nurture education as a force to transform socially, economically and politically the lives of girls and adolescents. In 2011, I launched UNESCO’s Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education, “Better Life, Better Future”, to educate adolescent girls as a catalyst to break cycles of poverty and foster greater social justice. Across the world, the Partnership has provided adolescent girls with knowledge, values and skills, creating positive benefits for families and communities, today and tomorrow.

No society will flourish and no peace agreement will be lasting without empowering girls in peacebuilding and reconstruction. It is time to put this imperative at the heart of all of our efforts in addressing fragility, conflict and violence. This is UNESCO’s message today.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/unesco-no-society-will-flourish-without-empowering-grls

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