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Today is democracy day, just want you to share your opinions!

Is democracy really worth celebrating? Yes or No, pls bak ur point up wit a good reason

Happy children's day!

greatgod2012: The fact is that, a single lady who agrees or accepts to date a married man knows shes causing distraction in someone else's marriage, and whatever one sows is what the person reaps, even in multiples, so, when the lady finally settles down, somehow, sometimes and anyhow, someone will also cause distraction in her marriage too. Its not a curse, its called "karma" and this karma is immortal, always alive, active and agile to repay everyone accordingly.

Not until we treat others the way we want them to treat us, things cant be normal and we cant get there.
May God help us all.

True talk!

The problem is dat most ladies in society today ar afta already made products, dey ar dependent, dey love money and dey ar not ready 2 workhard, jst wanna av it d easy way, in so doing using dia body( wat dey av) 2 get wat dey don't av, dats why dey spend more on dia looks, makeups... Jst 2 deceive Men! D question is why should you go afta married men. Most pple don't see it as a big deal, dey see it as a mutual benefit, you satisfy im nd he lavishes money, gifts on you, which shouldn't be d case!

Infidelity as caused lotta brk ups, divorces, deaths in rlationships nd marriages 2day, nd smtimes I dnt blame d Men cos dey jst can't help it, dey ar moved by wat dey see nd we ladies aint helping

LADIES, BEFORE YOU DATE A MARRIED MAN YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS:

1. The only thing he wants from you is sex, After
Cumming he will be gone. He will only sweet talk you
again when he needs some sex.

2. He can spend a day with you touring beautiful places but at the end of the day he will go back to his wife and kids who will be missing him.

3. He is never going to leave his kids and wife because of you. He will only be fooling you all the time with words like “I will marry you,I will build for you a house, I will buy for you land, I will take you to the driving school, I will buy for you a posh car” and many more different lies.

4.Keep it in ur minds that ur not the only one he sleeps with apart from his wife.If he can cheat on his wife with u then can’t he cheat on you with some other lady?Seriously he does.He spends his time n money on other babes just like the way he does with you.

5. He really loves his wife that is why he married her,
he can’t divorce her and he can’t marry you. You are
just his side dish to take off his stress. So his loving
you is for fun and temporary.

6. He will dump you after using you for some other
fresh babe; he won’t fulfill what he promised you.Those will be lies that he told you just to soften your heart and to get what he wanted.

7. Getting pregnant won’t fully trap him; He has his
real kids and wife at home that he can show to the
friends and relatives. You and your kids will be hidden.

8. His property and money are his,children and his wife. It’s very hard to get a share on his property.

9. You will never be part of his future, so stop wasting
your time and energy. Cease serving your body to him because he gives you some money, because he promised you something…

A real lady works hard and gets her own money, pays
her bills and a man with a lot of dime should just be a
BONUS. Be wise dear Ladies. Get out of that sexual
network. Stop wasting your time with married men.
Love guys of your level who have true love for you.

caseless: thay can run, but cant hide. Tell dem britain is not nigeria where they can be celebrated and given presidential pardon at last. Justice must take its course....

What is good for da goose is also good for da gander.....

Hack d idiats to death......pls

Abi naw, make dem kill dem 2, simple as abc

Na so, dnt tink dia is much action goin on in dos states, d boko haram group ar undercover running for dia lives, jst op peace will be restored and in time. Cos once d SOE is ova, am pretty sure dey will want to avenge odas death, by striking again.

D NEF will do a great job by calling dem 2 order, but unfortunately I don't tink dat will be d case, cos dey ar d ones benefitting from d state of unrest in d country jst to heap more pressure on d leadership of dis country and sum of dem ar d ones funding dem

mekaboy: Yea its a good idea, those that are not based in borno state must have run away. Those doing the killing now are those who live within.

The problem is that the army go after them on uniform and its not easy. The should have armed military men on civilian clothes.

I think they would have sent spys into borno to gather intel on these guys before the SOE.

Unfortunately, the amy is already infiltrated.

The should search the govt house and lodge, if possible the governors residence. There could be a number of them sheltered there.

Yh! D army is infiltrated, cos some of dem as in d northern military men may also av family members among d boko group, so its not gonna be easy on dem, dey'll do everytin dey can 2 support dia family members, showing dem escape routes etc, but d tin is if dey show a family member d way out its lyk showing 50 Boko boys d escape routes, cos dey are always in groups!

I'll suggest sss, who understand dia language, dress lyk dem wif guns and weapons of mass destruction hidden wit dem, pretending to be one of dem, u'll be surprised au dat will work out.

mekaboy: It seems like the BOKO HARAM members are actually living among the people. The kill and go back home .

My tot exactly! I don't think dey can all be eliminated, but d SOE is a good idea

Stardom Took My Marriage - Actress, Bukky Wright

A lot has been said and written about this beautiful Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright. From her controversial love life to one scandal to another, yet this star actress has never wavered but continued to thrill her fans.



Undoubtedly one of the most talented and beautiful actresses in the Nigerian film industry, Bukky Wright cuts the image of your ideal sexy figure with the right curve at the right places, despite her age (She was 45, March 2012). Bukky is very much at home with any given role. This mother of two whose full names are-Oluwabukola Sekinat Ajoke Wright bares it all in an interview.

Excerpts:

»Many negative stories have been written about you in the past, how do you react?

Yes, as a human being, having blood running in my veins, I feel bad. But usually, I just think about it for a few minutes and I move on.

»At what point in your life did you resolve not to be bothered about such stories, especially on the current marriage controversy?

When some stories are written about you so many times, it gets to a point that you won't be bothered about them again. I just feel perhaps, they want to sell their newspaper.

As a human being, I always say that life and business are like a race. If you want to win a race, you don't look back or worry about what anybody is talking or writing about you.

»What about the issue of your marital status, that you are now married to a man without officially being divorced your previous marriages?

I am sorry. I don t want to talk on that issue. It is one issues I don t want to speak on.

»Could you recall any particular negative story that had been written about you in the past which you cannot forget inn hurry?

I don't think about my past but my present. It's just like writing a story and producing it. Once I'm through with it, I forget and begin to think about another one. Also, it is like aYoruba adage that says; "Eni to su ni ogbagbe eni to ko o ni gbagbe", meaning the man who harms may forget but the victim doesn't forget easily.

If you believe that you can spoil the reputation of anyone with impunity, then you should realise that what goes around comes around. In those stories, I will tell you that I remember one that said 'Bukky Wright is a lesbian' and 'Gbenga Daniel Beats Wife over Bukky Wright'.

»If those stories did affect you psychologically, how long did it take to get over them?

It affected me psychologically for some time, but I later overcame it and moved on. Having weighed the pros and cons of it, I just concluded that after all, they didn't say I was a thief.

»If you believe you are not what they claimed you are in those stories, what action did you take?

They've written worse things about others, so I always say that if they could write such things about other people, then let them go ahead and write whatever they want about me.

»If you are to write your autograph, what events or incidents will occupy prominent chapters?

Okay, my parents, my children and people that I had contact with while growing up. I would also talk about people that have tried to make or break ♍Ƹ̴.

»You must definitely have experienced some setbacks in your career and in life; when specifically was this?

As a human being, you sometimes get yourself involved in something and feel like; oh! God, 1 shouldn't be here. At some point in life, you sit down and think of some mistakes you've made in life. But as a human being, you think over it and move on.

»Earlier, you talked about your parents, your children and some other people that you've met on your way up in life, but you never mentioned the father of your children, why?

That's why I said you might have met some people that would try to make or break you.

»Could you share with me some fond memories of your relationship with the father of your children?

Oh! Fantastic! It is because he gave me what a lot of people in life will not be able to get with millions of dollars, that's why he cannot be in my black book.

»What was that?

I mean my two kids.

»If he did that for you, why did you part ways?

It is not every relationship that you are into that will last forever.

»What did you learn from that relationship while it lasted?

I learnt that whatever you do, whosoever you are and whenever you find yourself in, just thank God.

»How tough was it when you had to pathways?

It was very tough, no woman in her right senses will pray for such a thing. But there are some situations you find yourself in life that you can't help. No woman would like to leave her first love for another man. A lot of women out there would have tried to make their marriage to work but when they don't work out well, what should they do?

That means they are not meant together because the will of God will always come true. If the will of God says you will remain as husband and wife forever, no one can decide otherwise, I don't blame anybody for whatever happens to him or her.

»Were you heartbroken when it happened?

Oh Yeah! I was heartbroken, I know every woman out there prays to have a good home and pray to have a husband to call hers.

»How many times have men broke your heart?

Many times, and it doesn't have to be through relationship alone. You could be heartbroken by some experience you suffered in the hands of some friends. As long as you live, you will be heartbroken one way or the other.

»You later had another shot at marriage, were you under any pressure to go into it?

As I said, each time you fail, you keep trying your best.

»Perhaps, there is something you did not do right in those two relationships as a wife?

Yeah! Probably!

»What are those things?

I can't say anything because I don't know, I know I tried my best but I guess my best was not good enough. But I tell you one man's meat is another man's poison.

»What was it you did wrong that you wish you could go back and correct?

No human being is perfect, but I will tell you that I have done my best in my life and in my career. No human being will tell you that he or she has made a mistake in his or her marriage. If I have to say my side of the story, it is the right one I will tell you. And if you meet the other person, he too will tell you the right thing he thinks he has done. So, what I think 'I did right might be wrong and vice versa.

»Maybe your in-laws never loved you?

I'm not going to apportion blame this time around. But I will say if I was still married to the father of my children, there wouldn't-have' been that household name called 'Bukky Wright' today. This I know for sure. So, I see it as God, wanting me to go somewhere else and do something else.

»So, It will be right to say that you sacrificed your marriage for stardom?

I didn't purposely do that, but it has happened. And there is nothing I can do about it. That is why I keep saying that the will of God will definitely come to pass.

»Sometimes, it was reported you adopted the name Wright. So, what is the real name of your biological father?

I am happy that my father was alive at the time the story came out. And he was never bothered. He told my mother that he was not bothered because she never told him she had me for another person. And my father never in his lifetime disowned me as his child.

»What message do you have for your fans?

I appreciate "them all and thank them for their steadfastness despite all the bad reports. You are all great.

http://m.naij.com/news/35273.html

Gunmen kill security operative in Maiduguri

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members, Saturday, shot and killed a security official suspected to be a personnel of the Department of Security Servies (SSS)  at Ajilari/Gomari airport ward of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

Four people have been killed in the area this week, including a General Manager of a petrol station.

Our Correspondent gathered that the gunmen who came on foot wearing (Baban Riga) flowing gowns, with AK47 rifles hidden underneath, ambushed the security officer and shot him dead before they fled without being arrested.

A resident of the area who did not want his name in print for security reasons, told our Correspondent that the gunmen laid ambush on the security personnel at about 7:22pm.

He said, “we were sitting at the frontage of our house around 7:22pm when we heard gunshots close to the house, we immediately ran into our homes for safety, and just this morning we learnt it was an DSS officer that was shot dead”. He stated.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/gunmen-kill-security-operative-in-maiduguri/

Wizkid's Baby Mama Finds Love

The mother of singer Wizkid's little son Boluwatife, Oluwanishola Ogudugu, a graduate of Houdegbe North American university in Cotonou, Benin Republic has moved on months after being dumped by the singer.



We learnt Shola met Wizkid few years back after a concert he staged at her school.

One thing led to another, she got pregnant before things finally fell apart.

The dark skinned beauty who resides with her parents in Magodo is now rounding off her NYSC program somewhere in Lagos. Shola is the same age with wizkid (23)

She gave birth to Boluwatife over a year ago. Though Wizkid denied the paternity of the child but DNA test proved him wrong.

Shola has since moved on with a new guy who works with an ISP in Lagos.

Wizkid on the other hand has found love in the hand of Omotani, a girl from a wealthy US-based family.

http://m.naij.com/news/35272.html

Some posts hia got ♍Ƹ̴ laffing, anywae I tink our presido is trying.

galadima77: very soon i'd post my own pix....

You mean prom pix!

byvan: Interpretations of the igbo pet names.

Joanna-my penis

Jenny-the man with the fair penis ,my giant joystick.

Ifyalways-my scrotal sac

Very lovely name you guys got
I call him sugar.

@steg,amu is penis.

Lmao! Dats weird

i call mine sweet mango

jennykadry: Oke amu or unu'ku amu

can you please interprete for dos of us who do not understand igbo.

you all av one word in common 'AMU', i'll love to know d meaning, it must be a special word!

what pet name do you call your hubby/spouse?

As a man what pet name do you call her and what does she calls you?

As a woman what pet name do you call him and what does she calls you?

Let's kip it rolling! And pls be sincere.

Doctors Carry Out World’s First Life-Saving Face Transplant

Polish doctors have carried out the world’s first life-saving face transplant, weeks after a 33-year-old man was disfigured by a machine in a workplace accident.

“It is Poland’s first face transplant and also the first in the world done to save the patient’s life,” Anna Uryga, spokeswoman for the Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology in the southern city of Gliwice, said.

The man, an employee at a stonemason’s workshop and only identified as Grzegorz, was severely maimed on April 23, when a machine used to cut stone ripped out a large chunk of his face.

An attempt to reattach it failed – though it saved the man’s vision and and a part of his face – and because of the breadth and depth of the lesions “his life was on the line”, Ms Uryga said.

Doctors were lucky to find a donor within two weeks, a man in his thirties whose family immediately agreed to the operation. The heart and liver of the deceased man were also donated to two other people.

A team of doctors at the centre – the only one licenced to perform face transplants in Poland – performed the 27-hour facial surgery on May 15, with the patient’s full consent.

“He and his family approved the action plan and the associated risks. He was even enthusiastic,” head doctor Adam Maciejewski told reporters.

Now, a week later, “his condition is still serious because it was a huge operation but he is breathing on his own. Unable to speak, he is communicating via head and hand movements,” the doctor added.

Polish media published a photograph of the man flashing a thumbs-up from his hospital bed, with thick black stitches encircling his face.

“The patient will be able to eat, breathe and see. In eight months’ time, he should have full facial motor control.”

French doctors carried out the world’s first successful face transplant in 2005 on Isabelle Dinoire, a 38-year-old woman who had been mauled by her dog.

Since then, over 20 other transplants have been carried out worldwide, including in Belgium, Spain, Turkey and the US.

http://www.hopefornigeriaonline.com/doctors-carry-out-worlds-first-life-saving-face-transplant/

frederal: GEJ, u have my vote; and I promise to be fisher of men for u come 2015. I understand u are a human, u are not perfect; looking deeply, I've seen ur sincerity to transform this nation. But why do these people expect you to solve problems that took them 38yrs to create, in barely 4yrs. I LOVE U, GEJ

U must come from south south, wonder ђã†̥ he'll say dis tym around, last election he ad no shoes...

Mods please recommend for FP https://www.nairaland.com/1300897/president-obamas-1979-prom-photos and https://www.nairaland.com/1300873/photos-president-goodluck-jonathan-ghanaian

Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos

From left: Greg Orme, Kelli Allman, Barack Obama and Megan Hughes at Allman's parents' house in Honolulu

Tucked away in someone else's shoe box of adolescent artifacts, there might be a picture of you in garish clothes, your arm around a high school squeeze. The President of the United States is no different. These previously unpublished photos, obtained exclusively by TIME from Obama's schoolmate Kelli Allman (née McCormack), show a 17-year-old Barack Obama on the night of his senior prom.

Barry spent his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii studying, shooting hoops and goofing off with his friends. Greg Orme, a fellow varsity basketball player, was Obama's constant companion.

"They were like brothers," says Allman. On prom night, the pair double-dated. Obama and his date Megan Hughes, a student at the Hawaii School for Girls at La Pietra, joined Orme at Allman's house, where the two couples sipped champagne before going to the dance and then an after-party. "It was a really fun, happy time. We were all cracking up, and everyone was smiling," says Allman. "It was pretty typical from there out as far as what happens at prom: the dinner and the dancing and the photos."

http://m.naij.com/news/35067.html

PHOTOs: President Goodluck Jonathan And Ghanaian President, John Mahama At Achebe's Burial


President Goodluck Jonathan and Ghanaian President John Dramani Maham both attended the burial of Prof. Chinua Achebe in Anambra State.

FG Releases N200bn For Second Quarter Projects


The Federal Government on Thursday released N200bn for the second quarter capital projects.

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed the release in a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Paul Nwabuikwu.



The N200bn brings the total capital release for both the first and second quarters to N600bn.

The 2013 budget made provision for an aggregate expenditure of N4.987tn, representing an increase of 6.2 per cent over the N4.697tn appropriated for 2012.

This is made up of N387.97bn for statutory transfers; N591.76bn for debt servicing; and N2.38tn for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, of which N1.717tn is the provision for personnel cost, while overhead cost is to gulp N208.9bn.

Similarly, a total of N1.62tn was provided for capital expenditure in addition to the N273.5bn budgeted for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.

The gross federally collectible revenue is projected at N11.34tn, of which the total revenue available for the Federal Government's budget is N4.1tn.

According to the statement, the prompt release of funds will ensure progress in the execution of capital projects captured in the budget.

Of the N400bn released for the first quarter, Okonjo-Iweala said N335bn had been cash-backed, while 65 per cent of the cash-backed portion had been utilised by ministries, departments and agencies of government.

The statement also said that a total of N72.7bn had so far been paid to the Federal Ministry of Power to cover various items necessary for the implementation of the Power Roadmap.

The amount, she said, included the sum of N45bn paid to workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria as part of the power privatisation programme and the sum of N5bn paid for the Multi Year Tariff Order.

"Other beneficiaries include the Power Ministry headquarters, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, National Rural Electrification Agency, National Electricity Regulatory Commission, National Power Training Institute, National Electricity Liability Management Limited/GTE and Bulk Trader," the minister said.

A breakdown of the N72.7bn shows that N59.089bn was paid in the first quarter, while N13.733bn has so far been paid for the second quarter.

President Goodluck Jonathan, who signed the 2013 budget amidst reservation, had sent an amendment supplementary version to the National Assembly to address grey areas in the one earlier passed by lawmakers.

The grey areas include reduction in personnel cost; reallocation of capital expenditure by lawmakers and reallocation of the budget for the SURE-P.

The Finance minister had in a presentation on the 2013 budget said the government remained focused on critical economic and social sectors driven largely by private sector activities.

To achieve this, she had said N497bn was allocated to key infrastructure, including power, works, transport, aviation, gas pipelines; the Federal Capital Territory; human capital development i.e. education and health, N705bn; and agriculture/water resources, N175bn.

Okonjo-Iweala had said, "We recognise that Nigeria's infrastructure deficit remains one of the binding constraints to growth in the economy. Therefore, our strategy is to prioritise infrastructure investments in the budget, and also to leverage additional external financing for infrastructure investments in the country.

"For example, the budget 2013 has some important infrastructure projects in the transportation sector, such as the second Niger Bridge."

http://m.naij.com/news/35117.html

Boko Haram: 90 Women, Children To Regain Freedom


No fewer than 90 women and children being held in connection with activities of the Boko Haram sect are to benefit from the first phase of the presidential directive on release.

A top Defence source, who disclosed this to one of our correspondents, said that the military had compiled names of those that would regain freedom.



He said, "I can say that between 90 and 100 women and children would benefit from the first phase of the exercise.

"We are not keen on detaining anybody and we cannot disobey the order of the commander-in-chief. Whenever we get the order to release any detainee, we will do so."

The source said the decision of the government was designed to send a signal to Boko Haram that the Federal Government had not foreclosed the option of amnesty as a solution to the insurgency.

He stressed that with the decision to set free the women and children, the government expected the sect to accept the offer of dialogue, adding that more detainees would be released from time to time based on the outcome of the negotiations between the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Reconciliation and the insurgents.

The source stated, "Others will be released later but I think everything depends on the outcome of the negotiations between the Amnesty Committee and the militants.

"You know, this thing is political, so it is difficult to put a number to all the people that would benefit from the exercise."

President Goodluck Jonathan had on Tuesday directed the Defence Headquarters to release some terror suspects from detention, especially the women and children.

The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail that the directive followed a request by the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Reconciliation for their release.

Olukolade had stated, "Consequent upon the directive of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, the Defence Headquarters will be releasing from detention a number of persons being held in connection with terrorist activities.

"The move is in furtherance of the Federal Government position in response to requests by the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Reconciliation.

"The measure which is in line with presidential magnanimity to enhance peace efforts in the country will result in freedom for suspects including all women under custody."

Meanwhile, Amnesty International has urged the Federal Government not to use the state of emergency in the North-East zone as an excuse to commit human rights violations.

The international organisation, in a statement on Thursday by its Deputy Director for Africa, Lucky Freeman, said many people had been killed and arrested since the state of emergency was declared.

It said, "President Goodluck Jonathan must order the military to respect human rights and the rule of law; the military is not above the law.

"The government has an obligation to ensure the safety of all Nigerians, firstly by addressing the attacks from Boko Haram, but also by eliminating the human rights violations carried out by the very state security forces who are supposed to provide protection.

"Several people have reportedly been killed and hundreds arrested since a state of emergency was declared in the northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on May 14. The military reportedly claim those targeted are suspected members of Boko Haram."

But Olukolade denied the AI's allegations.

He said, "The allegation is untrue, unfair, malicious and unfounded. You cannot describe somebody found in a terrorist camp or in such an environment as indiscriminate arrest.

"This is the mindset of people who have made up their mind to discredit the military and this ongoing operation. The operation was planned with adequate consideration of the citizens' rights.

"It is unfair, malicious. Untrue and I must say that we have done very well in this operation. We have observed the rules of engagement."

The President had on May 14 declared a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states with the aim of flushing out members of the Boko Haram sect.

At least, 2,400 people have fled the region for neighbouring Niger Republic, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

http://m.naij.com/news/35115.html

₱®ÌИСΞ:
[size=18pt]they are both doomed[/size]

And who says you are not!

@post, got only one sentence for dem both: Enjoy whiLe it last

JohnnyPalmer: NOS 1, 4 and 10 does it best for me. Having grudge wit someone is lyk letting dat person live rent-free in ones lyf. Forgiveness is also d 1st step in moving on. Nice write-up @ OP!

Ya'rite bout d 4giveness part, but I personally like no 10 d most, no mata wat a little child won't stop until he gets wat he wants, at times suffer injury, at times cry but dey won't stop. Persevearance is d key!

Life Lessons We Can Learn from Children

We’ve all heard those old adages, for generations people have recognized the wisdom children inherently possess. There’s “you have to crawl before you walk,” and “from the mouth of babes.” While these are some of the more popular ones, there are plenty of lessons we can learn from the little ones. If you have children, watch your kids they’re trying to tell you something. If you don’t have children, think back to your younger days, when you weren’t so tainted.

1.Forgiveness

Have you ever watched children play together? Sure they get into fights, fall out, end friendships and then two minutes later they’re best friends again. Now of course adult transgressions can be a little bit bigger than not sharing your candy but almost everything can be forgiven. Sometimes we’re so hell-bent on holding a grudge that we miss out on some great relationships. It’s ok you can be their best friend again.

2.Believing anything is possible

If you’ve ever asked a young child what she wants to be when she grows up you’ll likely get a list of at least five careers. And the thing is they believe that all those things are possible. It’s only with age, experience and adult mentalities that children begin to think maybe all these things aren’t possible; and it’s an attitude we carry to the grave. It’s this same attitude the prevents us from reaching all of our goals.

3.Trusting and loving unconditionally

Unfortunately some children grow up in environments that aren’t rosy and peachy keen. Sometimes there’s abuse, drug use etc. You know the horror stories; and while this isn’t the case in every situation, most times children remain loyal to their parents, hoping that the situation will get better. Please, don’t get me wrong I’m not saying you should tolerate any type of abuse in your adult relationships but if it’s anything short of physical, verbal, emotional or psychological abuse try to trust that person, reminding yourself that you love them.

4.Honesty

You remember “Kids Say the Damnest Things”? A majority of the hilarious things those kids said was the God’s-honest truth. And that’s why it was so funny. We laughed at the realness of the kiddie comments. But in reality there was a message in that show, not that we should tell the truth to make people laugh; we should tell the truth because there’s a lack of honesty in the world today, everybody’s sugarcoating or out right lying about something. Just keep it real.

5.Expecting the best from people

A lot of kids make friends so easily because they don’t come equipped with the cynicism we cling to. Sometimes we can miss out on what people really do have to contribute because we’re so caught up on what we think they might do to offend us. If we went into new encounters with a positive, open mind we’d see and experience the best in people.

6.Not taking ourselves so seriously

Kids do some truly outrageous things and instead of being mortally embarrassed by their foolishness, they just laugh. We need some of that in our lives. There will be moments where you just need to let go and laugh. If you spend your life avoiding silliness at every cost you’re not enjoying the fullness of life and the intense satisfaction that comes when you laugh at utter nonsense.

7.Ask Questions

Children have this, often annoying, habit of asking questions, unceasingly. While it might get on your nerves, that’s how they’re learning. Somewhere around the middle school, teenage level we start to think it’s “uncool” to admit we don’t know something. So the practice of asking questions goes out the window. And we adopt a “fake the funk” method. It’s a dangerous, potentially embarrasssing lifestyle that can be completely avoided if you ask questions.

8.Be Teachable

Speaking of faking the funk, some of us are so sure we know everything about everything that we’re not willing to listen to what anyone else has to say. One of the best things about childhood is that children are willing to listen and take advice from people who’ve been there before and have something to offer. Sure the brains of  young children are still developing and need to be filled with something, but that openness in attitude  plays a big factor.

9.Asking for what you want

Have you ever been around a child who made some type of outrageous request? While you knew you weren’t going to grant that ridiculous wish, you had to admire their “moxy.” Kids are used to hearing no but somewhere along the line that word becomes a personal attack. So much so that we just stop asking for what we want or need because our fear of rejection has become so strong. Even if you don’t get what you want, you still have to try, people will respect that. And after all, the worst they can tell you is no.

10.Perseverance

In order to make it in life kids have to be equipped with an amazing sense of determination. Children fail repeatedly when they attempt a new task, crawling/walking, potty training, learning to read, riding a bike all present countless challenges; yet as children most of us surmounted them, because we thought the end goal was so worth it. Tap into some of your childhood determination and apply it to your adult journey.

Life Lessons We Can Learn from Children

We’ve all heard those old adages, for generations people have recognized the wisdom children inherently possess. There’s “you have to crawl before you walk,” and “from the mouth of babes.” While these are some of the more popular ones, there are plenty of lessons we can learn from the little ones. If you have children, watch your kids they’re trying to tell you something. If you don’t have children, think back to your younger days, when you weren’t so tainted.

1.Forgiveness

Have you ever watched children play together? Sure they get into fights, fall out, end friendships and then two minutes later they’re best friends again. Now of course adult transgressions can be a little bit bigger than not sharing your candy but almost everything can be forgiven. Sometimes we’re so hell-bent on holding a grudge that we miss out on some great relationships. It’s ok you can be their best friend again.

2.Believing anything is possible

If you’ve ever asked a young child what she wants to be when she grows up you’ll likely get a list of at least five careers. And the thing is they believe that all those things are possible. It’s only with age, experience and adult mentalities that children begin to think maybe all these things aren’t possible; and it’s an attitude we carry to the grave. It’s this same attitude the prevents us from reaching all of our goals.

3.Trusting and loving unconditionally

Unfortunately some children grow up in environments that aren’t rosy and peachy keen. Sometimes there’s abuse, drug use etc. You know the horror stories; and while this isn’t the case in every situation, most times children remain loyal to their parents, hoping that the situation will get better. Please, don’t get me wrong I’m not saying you should tolerate any type of abuse in your adult relationships but if it’s anything short of physical, verbal, emotional or psychological abuse try to trust that person, reminding yourself that you love them.

4.Honesty

You remember “Kids Say the Damnest Things”? A majority of the hilarious things those kids said was the God’s-honest truth. And that’s why it was so funny. We laughed at the realness of the kiddie comments. But in reality there was a message in that show, not that we should tell the truth to make people laugh; we should tell the truth because there’s a lack of honesty in the world today, everybody’s sugarcoating or out right lying about something. Just keep it real.

5.Expecting the best from people

A lot of kids make friends so easily because they don’t come equipped with the cynicism we cling to. Sometimes we can miss out on what people really do have to contribute because we’re so caught up on what we think they might do to offend us. If we went into new encounters with a positive, open mind we’d see and experience the best in people.

6.Not taking ourselves so seriously

Kids do some truly outrageous things and instead of being mortally embarrassed by their foolishness, they just laugh. We need some of that in our lives. There will be moments where you just need to let go and laugh. If you spend your life avoiding silliness at every cost you’re not enjoying the fullness of life and the intense satisfaction that comes when you laugh at utter nonsense.

7.Ask Questions

Children have this, often annoying, habit of asking questions, unceasingly. While it might get on your nerves, that’s how they’re learning. Somewhere around the middle school, teenage level we start to think it’s “uncool” to admit we don’t know something. So the practice of asking questions goes out the window. And we adopt a “fake the funk” method. It’s a dangerous, potentially embarrasssing lifestyle that can be completely avoided if you ask questions.

8.Be Teachable

Speaking of faking the funk, some of us are so sure we know everything about everything that we’re not willing to listen to what anyone else has to say. One of the best things about childhood is that children are willing to listen and take advice from people who’ve been there before and have something to offer. Sure the brains of  young children are still developing and need to be filled with something, but that openness in attitude  plays a big factor.

9.Asking for what you want

Have you ever been around a child who made some type of outrageous request? While you knew you weren’t going to grant that ridiculous wish, you had to admire their “moxy.” Kids are used to hearing no but somewhere along the line that word becomes a personal attack. So much so that we just stop asking for what we want or need because our fear of rejection has become so strong. Even if you don’t get what you want, you still have to try, people will respect that. And after all, the worst they can tell you is no.

10.Perseverance

In order to make it in life kids have to be equipped with an amazing sense of determination. Children fail repeatedly when they attempt a new task, crawling/walking, potty training, learning to read, riding a bike all present countless challenges; yet as children most of us surmounted them, because we thought the end goal was so worth it. Tap into some of your childhood determination and apply it to your adult journey.

Gov Akpabio Bags Best Governor In Africa Award


Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has bagged the best Governor in Africa Award from an Accra-based Africa Development Magazine, for his development strides in the state.



Presenting the award in Accra, Ghana, renowned Ghanaian Professor, Walter Alhassan, described Governor Akpabio as an icon of democracy and a good example of what leadership should represent.

He said that available and verifiable facts singled out Chief Akpabio as a pride of Africa, worthy of emulation.

Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Soma Brown recounted the numerous achievements of the Akpabio administration in Akwa Ibom State, but particularly noted the free, compulsory and qualitative education policy; free medical care for pregnant women, children and the aged; and the massive infrastructural investment as key reasons for the award conferred on Governor Akpabio.

Receiving the award, Governor Akpabio, represented by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, thanked the magazine for considering him for the global honour.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/akpabio-bags-best-governor-in-africa-award/

Atiku Urges Nigerian Leaders To Imbibe Good Management Skills

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that Nigerian will never be taken seriously among the comity of nations unless its leaders embrace good management practises in all their dealings.

Atiku who spoke when management of the Nigerian Institute of Management, NIM, paid him a visit in Yola, Adamawa State capital said: "If we want to be taken seriously in the comity of nations, it is high time we embraced good management practises in all our dealings as individuals, organisations and a nation because good management practices breed good governance and a working economy."

He maintained that efficient management of man and materials has been identified as a key factor to the success and continued survival of any organisation and sustainable national development.

He said: "Just like efficient management of both men and materials is critical and key to every organisation's continued survival in business, it is even more germane to a nation's economy and general outlook.

"Management is life and we cannot divorce it from our daily lives as individuals beginning from the home front to our businesses, leadership positions in both private and private organisations and the nation. Since we cannot but continue managing at different levels always, we have no choice than to embrace good and efficient management."

Atiku commended the NIM for its contributions to nation building.

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Atheist:-D:
No 2 men are similar in all the mentioned attributes. A needy man will want a needy woman and a distant man would want a distant woman.

It is all about balance. You need to get a balance on all the mentioned above and find the right man with the right balance too.

I agree its all about balance, but its almost impossible τ̅☺ get d right balance