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Lord, God Almighty! I thank you for giving Jesus to die for my sins. I Acknowledge myself as a sinner, I humble my self before you. I am sorrowful for all the sins I have committed. I confess my sins before you: I have committed adultery, I stole, I told lies, I fought, and I killed mr. Nairaland. Please Lord forgive me. I seek for your mercy. Use the blood of your only begotten son (Jesus) to wash away all my sins. Remove my name from the book of death and write my name in the book of life. Grant to me a new life. I promise by your grace not to go back to my sins again. Grant me the grace to desist from those things that may lead me to my sins again. I thank you Lord for forgiving me. In Jesus name I pray. Amen

These foods are intelligence killers,avoid them!

The ultimate reason we eat is to achieve good health and retain it. Good health also suggests being in good mental state; because, as psychiatrists argue, there is no good health without mental health.

When we eat good foods, our bodies get nourished from the head down. Eating wrong foods — such as sugary foods — can affect the way our brain works.

Scientists say our brains need sugar every day to function. “Brain cells require two times the energy needed by all the other cells in the body — roughly 10 per cent of our total daily energy requirements. This energy is derived from glucose (blood sugar), the gasoline of our brains,” scientists say. In other words, sugar is not the brain’s enemy; rather, added sugar in foods is.

Research indicates that a diet high in added sugar reduces the production of a brain chemical known as Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Without BDNF, they note, our brains can’t form new memories and we can’t learn (or remember) much of anything. Levels of BDNF are particularly low in people with an impaired glucose metabolism — diabetics and pre-diabetics —and as the amount of BDNF decreases, sugar metabolism worsens.

What are these foods? Here are some of them:

Sugary products

The list is endless, and they include biscuits, canned and bottled drinks, canned fruits in syrups, sweetened ‘fruit’ juices, dissolvable powdered drinks, candies (sweets), cakes, dried fruits, jams and other sweetened spreads, so called energy bars, milk shakes, etc.

Experts say it isn’t that you don’t eat any of these foods at all; what they are concerned about is their percentage to the content of your entire daily meal intake, and also if your entire meal chain revolves around these foods — as is the case with some people.

A group of researchers, led by the University of California Los Angeles biology professor, Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, discovered that bingeing on soft drinks, sweets and sugary snacks for as little as six weeks may impair brain function.

The study, which was conducted on rats, is the first to show that a diet high in fructose (sugar) slows down the brain, and thus hampers memory and learning.

Gomez-Pinilla says, “Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think. Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain’s ability to learn and remember information.”

Before now, scientists had proved beyond reasonable doubts that sugar harms the body through its role in diabetes, obesity and liver problems. Another study published in Psychology Today states that overeating, poor memory formation, learning disorders and depression have all been linked to the over-consumption of sugar.

So, instead of feasting on sugary snacks, try wholesome fruits.

Junk foods

As far as some people are concerned, patronising fast food joints is status symbol and therefore a sign of “arrival.” Well, that’s very contrary to commonsense, as scientists claim that the bad fats in junk foods can actually clog up the brain and interfere with the way it sends messages. The effects are even worse in growing children, they warn.

According to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the IQs of children who ate fatty, sugary, processed foods appeared to suffer years later, while the IQs of those who ate healthy foods increased.

Again, researcher, Dr. Alex Richardson, of the University Laboratory of Physiology in Oxford and co-director of the Food and Behaviour Research Charity, said trans fats displace healthy fats in the brain.

She warns, “Every time children eat crisps, biscuits or cakes, they are filling themselves with what are essentially toxic fats. There are no health benefits to these hydrogenated fats, yet they are all that some children and adults are eating.

“They are replacing the essential fats that would make their brain and body work properly with ones that are clogging up the machinery. In layman’s terms, the brain gets thicker,” Richardson says.

Fried foods

Besides the fact that regularly eating fried foods can give men aggressive prostate cancer, scientists warn that their effects on brain function are as terrible.

A study by researchers at the University of the Basque in Spain, published in the journal Food Chemistry, revealed that compounds released from common cooking oils significantly increase the risk of neurologic degenerative diseases and a variety of different cancers. They conclude that toxic compounds from fried foods cause cancer and deteriorate brain health.

Diets rich in French fries, crispy fried shrimp and classic fried chicken, among numerous others, could only land you in hot water, even if metaphorically.

In the United States, for instance, many schools have cut out fried foods in the café, all in a bid to help kiddies’ brain power. Instead, they serve baked chicken, baked chicken wraps, strawberries, peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots and kale.

Experts also recommend alternate food preparation methods such as roasting, steaming and broiling.

Salty foods

Before now, scientists had made us know that too much salt and too little exercise are hard on the heart. However, new research suggests that they can be hard on the brain, too.

A three-year study of more than 1,200 people, led by Carol Greenwood, a nutrition scientist and interim director of the Baycrest Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied and Evaluative Research in Toronto, has linked a salty diet and sedentary lifestyle to cognitive decline in old age.

In fact, scientists say salt affects your brain the same way hard drugs do!

Of course, we don’t cut off salt from our diets totally; rather, what we need is a balance between things. A physician, Dr. Louise Chang, notes that the iodine in iodised salt helps the body make thyroid hormone, which is critical to an infant’s brain development.

So, a little salt is essential to good health. “Healthy adults should consume salt and water to replace the amount lost daily through sweat and to achieve a diet that provides sufficient amounts of other essential nutrients,” Chang counsels.

Others brain killers

Other brain-killer foods to avoid include processed protein such as found in hot dogs, salami, sausages and processed meats; nicotine, as found in cigarette; alcohol, processed foods and artificial sweeteners.

You are advised to eat your foods as naturally as possible.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/healthwise/these-foods-are-intelligence-killersavoid-them/

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i tot u were d one who fabricated the word "friggatriskaidekaphobia" until i google it and found out you were correct. Man, d name self nah war.........lol! May God help us....

If you don't believe in any of these satanic superstitions, definitely nothing will happen to you. Its all about your faith. Your faith will set you free. Greater is HE that is in me than the superstitions that are flying about in the world.....

Mailafia weeps, says life goes on

The crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) recorded high-profile casualties yesterday with the sack of nine ministers including four from states whose governors formed the break-away faction of the ruling party.

Also, two of the fired ministers were first nominated into the cabinet by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who Presidency foot soldiers accuse of stoking the PDP crisis while at the same time appearing to be spearheading mediation efforts.
President Goodluck Jonathan announced the cabinet changes during the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja yesterday, according to Information Minister Labaran Maku.

Those affected are Olugbenga Ashiru (Foreign Affairs), Ruqayyatu Rufai (Education), Shamsuddeen Usman (National Planning), Hadiza Mailafia (Environment), Amal Pepple (Lands, Housing and Urban Development) and Ita Okon Bassey Ewa (Science and Technology).
Others are Erelu Obada (State for Defence), Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi (State for Power) andBukar Tijani (State for Agriculture).
The dismissals came after a lull in persistent rumours of imminent cabinet reshuffle since last year.
Maku, who spoke to journalists at the State House in Abuja, said the president fired the nine ministers to “refocus the government to inject new blood” into his administration.

But sources in the political circles said there was more to the dismissals than that, saying the president was looking to bringing in ministers who could stand up to the seven governors opposed to Alhaji Bamanga Tukur’s leadership of the PDP.
Senator Danladi Sankara, who is among leaders of the ‘New PDP’, said the sacking of ministers was done to scare the defectors into submission, but vowed that they would not give up. Sankara, from Jigawa State, spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa last night.
Four of the removed ministers are from states whose governors are in the ‘New PDP’, namely Rufai from Jigawa, Usman from Kano, Kuchi from Niger and Pepple from Rivers.

For their part, Ashiru and Obada are loyalists of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who Jonathan’s foot soldiers accuse of running with the hare and hunting with hounds in the PDP crisis. The seven ‘rebel’ governors are known to be very close to Obasanjo, but he formed an elders committee that is trying to mediate in the dispute.

Though Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi already has a strong challenger in Jonathan’s cabinet (Minister of State for Education Nyesom Wike), the sacking of Pepple could give Wike the chance to be elevated to a substantive minister in the cabinet, an analyst said.
Governors in the Abubakar Baraje-led PDP faction whose ministers were not affected by yesterday’s cabinet changes are Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa). It was not clear yesterday why Jonathan retained the ministers from the two states.
Sokoto has no minister at the moment, following the removal last month of Youth Minister Inuwa Abdulkadir, a loyalist of Governor Aliyu Wamakko of the ‘New PDP’.

A source close to one of the ‘rebel’ governors said already two strong Bamanga-led PDP politicians from their state have been cozying up to the Presidency in the hope of grabbing the state’s ministerial slot.
Daily Trust learnt that a similar scenario is playing out in other states controlled by the ‘New PDP’, as Tukur faction politicians move to upstage ministers known to be close to the defecting governors, or too weak to challenge them.

Regarding the removal of Mailafia, who is from Kaduna State, a source said this was done to appease southern Kaduna leaders who had been agitating for some political “balancing” given that they lost the governor’s slot with the death of Governor Ibrahim Yakowa.
Jonathan is likely to appoint someone from the southern zone to replace Mailafia, who hails from the other part of the state, the source said.
‘Not political’ But responding to questions from journalists yesterday, Maku said there was no political undertone to the dismissals of ministers, saying “this has nothing to do absolutely with any other factor other than having come two years into his administration, he’s refocusing his government to inject fresh blood to achieve greater service delivery to the people of Nigeria. That is the only reason for it.”

He added that “cabinet reshuffle is part of a systematic public administration. I believe what the president has done is simply to address the issues of retooling his government to achieve greater service delivery.
“I believe as he (Jonathan) explained to us, he has studied the way his government has worked, he has set targets for the next two years and what he is doing is to adjust his cabinet to realise the objectives of his transformation agenda. That is exactly the reason he has come out with these changes at this time.”
He said pending the appointment of substantive ministers for the affected ministries, Jonathan asked Maku to supervise the Defence Ministry, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Viola Owuliri to supervise Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Education Nyesom Wike to supervise Education, Minister of State for Niger Delta Dickson Darius Ishaku to supervise Environment and Minister of Solid Minerals Musa Sada to supervise Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
Also, Communications Technology Minister Omobola Johnson is to supervise Science and Technology, while Minister of State for Works Bashir Yuguda is to supervise National Planning.
Minister of Power Chinedu Nebo is to take full responsibilities of the Power Ministry pending the appointment of a minister of state, while Minister of Agriculture Akinwumi Adesina is to take full charge of the Agriculture Ministry pending when a minister of state is appointed.
Maku said the president would send to the National Assembly a list of ministerial nominees to replace the sacked ministers.

Meanwhile, former Environment Minister Malaifia spoke to journalists shortly after the FEC meeting where her removal was announced. She became emotional and shed tears, intermittently pausing while responding to journalists’ questions on how she felt about her removal.
“I have been part of the government. I owe a lot to it. We’ve been honoured to serve and we’re moving out honourably, and I think that is important. Life goes on. Many have come and gone without honour,” she said.

Asked if her removal came as a shock, she said: “No! If you’re wise enough, life is a cycle where from the day you come in, you should know there is an exit. Isn’t it? And every Wednesday I come here hoping one day there will be a cabinet reshuffle. I’ve been grateful to you all. I’ve enjoyed working with all of you. And please, support the government’s programmes, the Great Green Wall in particularly, new map and so on.”
‘Political vendetta’

In his reaction to the cabinet changes, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State, Alhaji Farouq Adamu Aliyu, said the sudden removal of Education Minister Rufa’i was politically motivated.
He told Daily Trust the minister was removed because the governor of her state, Sule Lamido, was in the vanguard of opposition to Jonathan’s ambition for re-election.

“Without fear of any contradiction, Professor Ruqayyah can never be one of the worst ministers in the country for her to be removed in this way but because president wanted to pay Governor Lamido back, he sacked the minister,” Aliyu said.
“President Jonathan is paying Lamido back. Lamido is in the vanguard of fighting Jonathan’s ambition and this is one of the immediate consequences of their actions.”

Also, president of the Civil Rights Congress, Malam Shehu Sani, said the sacked ministers were “victims of political chess game and vendetta. President Goodluck’s government is becoming vindictive and punitive. The President is behaving like a wounded lion going after anything and everything against his path. It is unfortunate that Ministers are sacked for politics rather than for non-performance.”
Wike ‘surprised’

Soon after the cabinet changes, Mrs Rufai handed over to Wike at a brief ceremony in Abuja, where Wike said her removal came as a surprise.
He said his anticipation was that if the cabinet was to be re-shuffled “one of us may have gone to another ministry but not this [sack].”
Wike said, “You could see that even the President was not himself.” He promised to continue with the reforms in the sector pioneered by the former minister.

For her part, Rufa’i thanked President Jonathan for the opportunity given to her to serve, and said she would be returning to Bayero University Kano where she left as a lecturer to resume academic work.
Her last engagement was a breakfast meeting earlier yesterday with the Director General of UNESCO Ms. Irina Bokova who is in Nigeria on a three-day working visit to commission an ECOWAS regional office.

source: http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/5334-ministers-fired-in-target-of-rebel-govs

The 28-year-old woman was searched during a routine pat-down

A Canadian national has been arrested in Colombia after trying to board a flight to Toronto with a phony pregnant belly stuffed with cocaine, police say.

The tourist caught the attention of a policewoman at Bogota's International Airport who allegedly asked her how far along she was.

She reacted aggressively, which aroused the suspicion of officials who went on to search her.

This year, nearly 150 people were caught with drugs at Bogota's airport.

About a third of them were foreign nationals, according to the Colombian authorities.

'Delicate touch'
The Canadian national had entered Colombia at the beginning of August and was about to board a flight to return to Toronto, when a policewoman asked her how long she had been pregnant.

"[The Canadian] didn't like the question, which made the official suspicious. Instinctively, she then very delicately touched the lady's belly, realising it was too hard and extremely cold," said the deputy director of Colombia's police anti-narcotics section, Colonel Esteban Arias Melo.


The latex belly was stuffed with cocaine
The woman allegedly said she was seven months pregnant.

After performing a body search, the police found two sealed bags stashed inside the latex belly, which contained 2kg (5lb) of cocaine.

Colombian authorities say the Canadian national will be charged with drug trafficking, possession and production and could be sentenced to between five and eight years in prison.

The drugs would have had a street value of around $60,000 (£38,000), Colombian police said.

Government officials say 874 foreigners are currently being held in the country's jails, the majority on drug charges

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Andyblaze: RUBBISH! MR ABOKI SHUD USE THIS CHANCE AND MAKE MONEY. SUE PUNCH FOR USING UR COPYRIGHT ACCOUNT WITHOUT PERMISSION. AM A LAWYER INNIT

your reasoning amazes ♍Є. You reason upside down! Iڪ Mr Aboki his original name, Does nairaland mgt even know whom the said Mr. Aboki Iڪ; Isnt nairaland a public forum? Does any public utterance has any copy right law...?

Most people know Sean Hyman from his regular appearances on Fox Business, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television, but what they don’t know is that Sean is a former pastor, and that his secret to investing is woven within the Bible.

Perhaps that can explain why, despite his uncanny ability to predict precise moves in the stock market, Sean is often laughed at for his unique stance on investing.

For example . . . a few months ago Sean appeared on Bloomberg Television. At that time, Best Buy (BBY) was dropping to all-time lows of $16 a share. Sean predicted the stock could go down to $11 a share, and would then quickly rebound to $25 per share, and after that would rally to $40 per share over the next year.

Another commentator on the show actually mocked Sean for his stance, saying “$40 on Best Buy? If that’s the case Apple (AAPL) is going to $1,500. That’s the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!” (Editor’s Note: At the time, Apple was trading at $650 per share).

Within a few weeks, Sean would receive the last laugh.

Best Buy dropped down to $11.20 a share and has since rebounded to $30 a share, continuing its path to $40 . . . exactly as Sean predicted. (Ironically, Apple has dropped down to about $400 per share).

During a recent private dinner with Sean, once he’d blessed the food, I wasted no time asking him what his secret is for investing so successfully.

I expected Sean to say that it was his years of experience at Charles Schwab or perhaps one of the complicated algorithms he uses for timing the stock market.

So when Sean responded that his secret to investing was the Bible, I was thoroughly shocked.

Yes, I knew Sean was a Christian (anyone who spends more than 1 minute with him will pick that up!). However, people usually keep their faith separate from things like . . . investing.

But not Sean.

For Sean, the Bible is his FOUNDATION for investing.

He explained to me how there is actually a “Biblical Money Code” woven into Scripture.

Sean says it is this Biblical Money Code that took him from making a mere $15,000 a year to now giving away up to $50,000 a year. Sean also credits this code with helping him turn his father’s $40,000 retirement account into $396,000.

Certain investment titans, Sean says, such as Warren Buffett and John Templeton, have already used this code to amass billions.

What Sean had to say impressed me so much that I asked him to put a presentation together that reveals how anyone could use this “Biblical Money Code.” (Click here to watch it now)

I’ve personally watched this presentation several times and it is already spreading virally.

During the video, Sean uses the teachings of King Solomon, Jesus of Nazareth, and the Apostle Paul to show how anyone can get out of debt . . . make sound investments . . . and morally build substantial wealth.

Sean even reveals a “debilitating ‘financial sin’ that blinds many . . . and could be costing you up to 41% of your life savings at this very moment.” What’s so deceiving about this sin is how innocent and safe it appears at first.

And at the end, he finishes up with his “12-12-12 plan for investing.” This is a simple step-by-step plan to go from being a saver, to an investor, to a philanthropist.

read more here: http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNews/Financial-bible-Hyman/2013/07/08/id/513894/?promo_code=141BA-1

watch video here:
http://w3.newsmax.com/newsletters/uwr/video_money_codea.cfm?promo_code=141BA-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=18faPpcDyLQ

bandol: where is Mr. Aboki now? if Nairaland is like facebook, i would have posted this on his wall......

moyinoluwabun: get details about NIMC but for INEC, the salary no be correct one ooo. Everythiing na 70k. Make d wise choice

that Iڪ immaterial. Guys, stay put ₣ǑƦ there aя̩̥̊ε better days ahead. Congratulations to Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊ all. May GOD grant Ɣ☺U̶̲̥̅̊ τ̲̅ђe wisdom to excel in the new job.

greatgod2012: And that is why it is advisable to always make sensible comments.
One never can know, it is Mr aboki's time today, it may be some other posters tomorrow.

that's true!!!!

thats a cool one.............. for Mr Aboki. so these people do read Nairaland posts..

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Hnmm! I comment ♍y reserve ohº°˚˚˚°ºº°˚˚˚°º‎​o sorry! I reserve ♍y comments!

i knew this would get to the front page...! once there are evidences against the Judge, there's no point beating about the bush. Let him face the music!

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frday: 5021 wants to make me to ve HBP.I ve survived 4100.I need message from INEC. HR now.

the message will come lik thief in the night. Cool down and hope in GOD.

It Iڪ well with you guys. Keep hopes alive. though I don't have any information; yet I am convinced that the month of september won't pass before your letters will get to you.

TMA on point!!!!!!!!!!!

is this not the same man they said he wanted to islamise osun state. its now glaring that the man is neutral

in addition, it is high time Seun developed Nairaland phone application and enable chatting platform.

Oh what a depraved society!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hollandis: sttupid thread that should end in the gutter

we knw Ɣ☺Your type! Bad belly.

7months and guess what, the seven months were like 3yrs. I really feel for those who are still waiting and I pray that GOD will have mercy on them.

I hope this Iڪ true!