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KINGinVALHALA3:
And those avengers, abi na scavengers where boastful that Buhari cancelled his trip to rivers because of their mere threat.
The Buhari my father told me about and I have also come to know can never be moved by threats from some street criminals.

Get well soon my dear and amiable president.

that's what they want Nigerians to believe

Oke Ako community in Ikole Local government area of Ekiti State, was on Friday night thrown into mourning, wailing and gnashing of teeth, as suspected killer herdsmen invaded the town, leaving in its wake, two dead men and several others wounded. Eyewitness told journalists that the incident in which the entire village was sacked occurred at about 8:00 pm on Friday. A woman, who identified herself as Mrs Grace Olofin, had during in a telephone chat alleged that the killer herdsmen invaded the community in large numbers, caught the people of the community unawares, adding that the invaders were armed with dangerous weapons like automatic guns, bows, arrows, swords, matchetes, hacking and mauling their victims with reckless abandon. Olofin further alleged majority of the villagers had to scamper for safety in the bushes to escape the onslaught of the killer herdsmen, who according to her were hacking the hapless villagers with their deadly weapons. She said the invaders had shot sporadically into the air and killed one Lekan Arosanyin and a yet to be identified person, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries and were said to be receiving treatment at a private hospital in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

Brain Facts That Are Just Plain Weird


Some of these brain facts have been around for a while and some are brand new, but I think you’ll find at least a few of these mind-blowing.


40. The human brain is not solid. It’s soft and squishy similar to the consistency of soft tofu or soft gelatin. And it’s very fragile. ( 49)


41. One half a brain is a good as a whole one. When surgeons perform a hemispherectomy, they remove or disable half of the brain to stop seizures. Shockingly, patients experience no effect on personality or memory. ( 50)


42. Think you’re in control of your life? Think again. 95% of your decisions take place in your subconscious mind. ( 51 , 52 )


43. The brain in your head isn’t your only brain. There’s a “second brain” in your intestines that contains 100,000 neurons


44. Some scientists believe zombies could be real and that it’s possible a mutated virus or parasites could attack our brains and rapidly spread throughout large populations causing essentially a “zombie apocalypse.” ( 54 , 55, 56)


45. A blood-brain barrier protects your brain from foreign substances. But it doesn’t work perfectly. The nicotine in smoke rushes into the brain in a mere 7 seconds. Alcohol on the other hand takes 6 minutes. ( 57, 58 )


46. Prescription sleeping pills don’t put you to sleep. They put your brain into a state similar to being in a coma essentially bypassing any restorative value of sleep. ( 59)


47. Our brains crave mental stimulation . Men especially would rather receive electric shocks than sit quietly in a room and think! ( 60)


48. Over 140 proteins in the brain are negatively impacted by exposure to electromagnetic frequencies — the kind emitted by your cell phone, electronics, and other electrical devices. ( 61)


49. Although pain is processed in your brain, your brain has no pain receptors and feels no pain. This explains how brain surgery can be performed while the patient is awake with no pain or discomfort. ( 62)


50. Few facts about the brain are as weird as the story of Albert Einstein’s brain. The pathologist who performed Einstein’s autopsy kept the brain in a jar in his basement for 40 years. ( 63 ) Eventually he made a cross country trip with the brain in a Tupperware container to deliver it to Einstein’s granddaughter. You can read the full story about one of the most bizarre road trips ever in Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain .

Facts About Memory



It was once thought our brain recorded memories like a camera, but this is not how memory works. Our memories work less like a digital recording and more like listening to live improvisational jazz...


36. Memories are shockingly unreliable. Emotions, motivation, cues, context and frequency of use can all affect how accurately you remember something. ( 42)


37. Memory is more of an activity than a place . Any given memory is deconstructed and distributed in different parts of the brain. Then, for the memory to be recalled, it gets reconstructed from the individual fragments. ( 43)


38. Your brain starts slowing down at the ripe old age of 24 but peaks for different cognitive skills at different ages. In fact at any given age, you’re likely getting better at some things and worse at others.



39. If you were drinking and don’t remember what you did last night, it’s not because you forgot. While you are drunk your brain is incapable of forming memories. ( 48)

rheether:
And she doesn't even have breast

shoro niyen

Brain Myths Debunked



Rapid advancements in neuroscience means information gets outdated fast. That’s one of the reasons there’s a lot of misinformation floating around about the brain. Here are some well-accepted brain “facts” that have been proven to no longer be true.


29. The popular myth that we use only 10% of our brains is flat-out wrong. Brain scans clearly show that we use most of our brain most of the time, even when we’re sleeping. ( 35, 36)


30. There is no such thing as a left-brain or right-brain personality type. We are not left-brained or right-brained ; we are “whole brained.”


31. In spite of what you’ve been told, alcohol doesn’t kill brain cells. It “only” damages the connective tissue at the end of neurons. ( 37)


32. The Mozart Effect has been debunked. While listening to certain kinds of music can improve memory and concentration , there’s nothing unique about listening to Mozart. ( 38)


33. You may have heard that we have more brain cells than there are stars in the Milky Way, but this is not true. Best guess estimates are that we have 86 billion neurons and there are 200-400 billion stars in the Milky Way. ( 39)


34. It’s often said there are 10,0000 miles of blood vessels in the brain when it fact that number is closer to 400 miles. Still a substantial amount! ( 40)


35. Contrary to prevailing medical belief, having high total cholesterol is not bad for your brain. In fact it actually reduces your risk of dementia. ( 41)

The Effects of Modern Lifestyle
on Our Brains



Our modern lifestyle is changing our
brains. There’s some evidence it’s not all
for the better.



21. Our brains are getting smaller. Over
the past 10-20,000 years, the size of the
average human brain has shrunk by the
size of a tennis ball. ( 26)



22. We are not getting smarter. Since the
Victorian era, average IQs have gone
down 1.6 points per decade for a total of
13.35 points. ( 27 )




23. Multitasking makes you
less productive. When you multitask , your
brain simply rapidly toggles back and
forth between tasks. This results in
decreases in attention span, learning,
performance, and short-term memory.
( 28)



24. Surprisingly, millennials (aged 18 to
34) are more forgetful than baby boomers.
They are more likely to forget what day it
is or where they put their keys than their
parents! ( 29)




25. We’ve always compared the brain to
the most advanced technology of the day.
It’s been compared to a clock, a
switchboard, a computer, and most
recently to the internet. ( 30, 31)




26. Our
attention
spans are
getting
shorter. In
2000, the
average
attention
span was 12 seconds. Now it’s 8 seconds.
That’s shorter than the attention span of
the average goldfish which is 9 seconds.
( 32)





27. Brain cells cannibalize themselves as a
last ditch source of energy to ward off
starvation. So in very real ways dieting
can force your brain to eat itself. ( 33 )




28. Your brain’s storage capacity is
considered virtually unlimited. It doesn’t
get “used up” like RAM in your computer.
( 34)




MORE COMING SOON

Does Brain Size Matter?


With some things size matters, but with the brain, bigger doesn’t always mean better or smarter.


17. In general, men’s brains are 10% bigger than women’s, even after taking into account larger body size. ( 22)


18. Albert Einstein’s brain weighed 2.71 pounds (1,230 grams) — 10% smaller than the average of 3 pounds (1,400 grams). ( 23) However, the neuron density of his brain was greater.


19. Neanderthal brains were 10% larger than our homo sapiens brains. ( 24 )


20. Humans don’t have the biggest brains. That honor belongs to sperm whales with 17 pound brains. ( 25)

Human Brain Facts by the Numbers


The most complex entity known resides between your ears. Here are some of the fascinating facts and figures about the human brain.


1. The typical brain is about 2% of a body’s weight but uses 20% of its total energy and oxygen intake. ( 2 , 3 )


2. Your brain is 73% water. It takes only 2% dehydration to affect your attention, memory and other cognitive skills. ( 4, 5)


3. Ninety minutes of sweating can temporarily shrink the brain as much as one year of aging. ( 6)



4. Your brain weighs about 3 pounds. Of that, the dry weight is 60% fat, making your brain the fattiest organ. ( 7)


5. 25% of the body’s cholesterol resides within the brain. Cholesterol is an integral part of every brain cell. Without adequate cholesterol, brain cells die. ( 8 )



6. No one knows for sure, but the latest estimate is that our brains contain roughly 86 billion brain cells. ( 9)



7. Each neuron connects with, on average, 40,000 synapses. ( 10)


8. A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses all communicating with each other. ( 11)



9. All brain cells are not alike. There are as many as 10,000 specific types of neurons in the brain. ( 12 )


10. Only 5 minutes without oxygen can cause brain damage. ( 13)


11. Babies have big heads to hold rapidly growing brains. A 2-year-old’s brain is 80% of adult size. ( 14 )



12. As any parent can attest, teen brains are not fully formed until about the age of 25. ( 15)


13. Brain information moves anywhere between 1 mph and an impressive 268 miles per hour. This is faster than Formula 1 race cars which top out at 240 mph. ( 16, 17)



14. Your brain generates about 12-25 watts of electricity. Contrary to popular belief, this is not enough to power the average light bulb of 60 watts. ( 18 ) Related articles on Be Brain Fit — Balance Your Neurotransmitters to Take Control of Your Life Brain Plasticity Means a Better Brain At Any Age



15. The average brain has around 50,000 thoughts per day and 70% of them are believed to be negative. ( 19, 20)


16. More than 100,000 chemicals reactions take place in your brain every second. ( 21)

WATCH OUT FOR MORE

These brain facts dispel many brain myths that linger from the past. Learn how the brain works, for better (or worse). All facts have original references. The study of the human brain has been called the last frontier in science. The field of neuroscience is still in its infancy, but is exploding — rapidly turning yesterday’s brain “facts” into today’s brain “myths.” Experts agree there is more we don’t know about the brain than we currently know. ( 1) Here are some of the most interesting brain facts backed by science. Some will fill you with awe. Some will make you pause and think. Others will make you realize what an imperfect “machine” we’ve got running the show. We think at least a few of these will … Blow. Your. Mind.

The Federal Government will harmonise
tuition fees in all federal universities to
stop arbitrary charge of fees by some
university authorities. The Minister of
Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made
this known in Abuja on Tuesday. “Since the
protests started, we have summoned the
authorities of the universities and sat
down with them and we are going to
harmonise everything. “Because, I think it
is N45,000 that is the maximum that
should be charged. I know in some places,
there has been other arrangement. “But the
ministry would harmonise everything and I
believe there will be no more protests over
fees. Universities of Lagos, Ibadan and
Port Harcourt were recently shut down
following students’ protests over increase
in fees, lack of water and power supply on
the campuses. Adamu said that the
Federal Government was discussing with
management of the affected universities,
adding that efforts were also ongoing to
introduce harmonised fees for all federal
universities. Adamu, who decried the
excessive fees charged by private tertiary
institutions in the country, explained that
the government does not have the power
to regulate fees in that sector. “First, I will
agree with you that they charge exorbitant
fees. But I wish I had the power to do
something about it. If I had the power I
would stop them. “But I think the thing is
being treated like a market where you buy
what you can afford. But I do believe the
government should intervene. On the
industrial peace that has prevailed in the
education sector since the inception of the
Buhari administration, Adamu attributed it
to partnership with the unions. He stressed
that the government would strengthen
partnership with all the unions in the
sector to sustain the existing industrial
harmony. “ASUU and the other unions are
very patriotic people who are concerned
about the state of education in Nigeria.
And most of what they do is motivated by
this belief. “So, as far as I am concerned,
they have got fellow travellers in this
administration. “I believe the president and
his ministers are really passionate about
education. And they would want to do
everything to make education succeed. “
ASUU and the administration are going in
the same line. So, we would not have a
ground to disagree. “We are not waiting for
unions to strike before we go to them. So,
we are already making the approach to all
the unions. So, I think there would be no
strikes. The minister pledged government’s
commitment to release N200 billion
annually for the implementation of the
NEEDS Assessment Report, to enhance the
quality and standard of tertiary education.
He added that fate of tertiary education
depended on the full implementation of the
NEEDS Assessment Report, which
according to him, “this government is
committed to deliver’’.

http://www.punchng.com/fg-harmonise-university-fees/

dubemnaija2:
A law shld be passed that Anyone caught doing jungle justice shuld be hanged


This is just unacceptable

you won't feel the pain till your stuffs gets stolen.

Shamstiel:
Dat lady looks deformed.

pray God keep you alive as she is then we'll see how you look

Shamstiel:
Dat lady looks deformed.

pray God keep you alive as she is then we'll see how you look

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godson36:
Buhari why this order... You should have leave them to solve their own matter....

When they were living peacefully, they said Nigeria is a zoo. They won't support the federal Government..

When the story change and peace is fading away in their Region, they start calling on Federal Government to help them.. Hypocrite

WITH THIS NEWS, I STILL EXPECT SOME ILLITERATE TO ABUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

shoro niyen

freecocoa:
Please spare us the rubbish, your God is nothing but a myth invented by men, therefore he can't do squat.

type it again and you'll see what He can do

today at 7:45 pm Manchester city will face Real madrid. From my point of view, I think the match will be tough. what's your say?

BornnAgainChild:
You forget to add kondom for those wey no fit hold body

you sure you born again?

Mog1987:
Enugu u disappointed me on this ,honestly am proud to come from ebonyi state. Even d Fulani herdsmen knows they can't try this in ebonyi, because ebonyians are warriors and can die defending their father lands.

story for the gods

next please

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[quote author=ucheheart post=45003136]What abt bad economy, fuel scarcity, inflation, devaluation of the naira, corruption in high places and the worst of them all, unending heat from the sun?[/quote

those are secondary.

The world may not be a very good place to live in but then, nobody wants to die either. So while you are busy mounting the whole pressure of the world on yourself, you should learn to slow down and take things slow. We all know the world we live in is filled with trials and tribulations, beautiful moments and perhaps moments considered gory; all in all, we have to make the most out of it and learn to live life to the fullest. Without trying to be offhanded and spooky, does being so depressed at the outturn of things ever change the resulting events? No man can add a day to his destined years by worrying but you can sure add a grey hair to the hairs on your head. One irony of life is that people do all they could to look older while growing in order to command respect, but after a certain stage in life, these same people try their best possible to look younger than their real ages. There are a number of factors responsible for making people. And subsequently, we would be addressing them in the following list of five factors:




1. Worrying:


It may be true that one may not be able to shake off the incessant thoughts about life and its dealings, struggling to make ends meet seems to be the predominant thoughts for most people. Doing this overtime makes most people become worked up. In the process, depression and other things may set in. People who worry constantly tend to lose their youthful look overtime and add a score to their ages in the process.




2. Strenuous work:


While hard work may be linked to success, it does not translate to success. Engaging in strenuous work could make you look twenty years older than your real age. This could be proved by running into your old school mates who probably pass for your mother now. While being active may make one agile, there is the tendency for one’s skin to lose its elasticity in the process.




3. Poor nutrition:


Certain kinds of foods promote youthful and healthy look. Basically, you are what you eat. What you eat reflects what your skin is going to look like. There is every tendency for you to look older than your real age due to poor nutrition. Eating foods that boost your immune system helps enhance your complexion.


4. Inadequate rest:


Many people feel they could cheat nature by going about their everyday work like robots. Fatigue can drain the color off someone’s face and could make a person look older. Not only would inadequate rest make the face dull, it would make bags grow under your eyes.




5. Relationship stress:


Many women look older than their ages after going through series of heartbreaks. In marriages, some women lose their youthful vibe because of the constant stress they go through as a result of bad or broken relationships.

Genevive Nnaji, who is said to be getting married soon. reporter got into a steamy conversation with miss Nnaji where she revealed she haven’t had any se.xual pleasure for the past ten years and that is one of the major reasons she wants to settle down. ”I have been single for so long, it hasn’t been easy..even when dbanj came along with his thing that wasn’t long..he kept saying NO LONG THING..NO LONG THING..never that was he meant till i saw it,it was even shorter than his harmonica… We couldn’t settle down, luckily for me, I have found a man now to spend the rest of my life with”

sinaj:
Pishures pls













You should see a Doctor, here is not a hospital.

Better still you would av posted this on the other pregnancy thread, there are lots of experienced people there to advice you better.

sinaj:
Pishures pls
You should see a Doctor, here is not a hospital.
Better still you would av posted this on the other pregnancy thread, there are lots of experienced people there to advice you better.

sinaj:
Pishures pls













You should see a Doctor, here is not a hospital.

Better still you would av posted this on the other pregnancy thread, there are lots of experienced people there to advice you better.

pregnancy thread help me post it if there is any.

anyway it was a copied thread. Trying to help people in similar condition.

In a mail written to Laila Ijeoma, the pregnant woman lamented about how her boobs keep getting bigger and bigger nonstop. According to her, the rate at which her boobs are growing is quite frightening and it is becoming a great source of concern to her. Read her mail below:




”Please i need help. this is not funny any more. My breast is beginning to frighten me. I am 14 weeks pregnant (my first pregnancy) and my breast has grown past size 44 and with a very strong texture . Even though I am fair, my aureola is expanding at an alarming rate and has turned pure black and my nipple are erect and hard and painful non stop I am naturally busty and normally i wear size 34 cup.

I have never seen any thing like this my entire life. I am seriously worried and it seems to be getting bigger every morning. The weight is also a problem. I strain to stand straight and my back is aching terribly. My husband has been supportive but i know he is worried too though he tries to mask it often. i am slim and slender and I now look absurd. I had to keep changing bra size every 2 weeks and I still have a long way to go in my pregnancy as I just entered my 2nd trimester. I like to be free when am at home but my elder sister told me to wear bra always and I have started wearing them even to bed but its not helping. please does anybody know what I can do to stop this breast from growing.”

Hmm.Wow! Any doctor in the house?