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Sources: USMNT forward Rubio Rubin signs with Liga MX side Club Tijuana
The 21-year-old American forward will be hoping to revive his career after two tough years that have included injuries and little playing time
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Money Rituals, Magun, Love Potions: We can not confirm or deny if these three traditional practices are real
There are reports of persons whose sexual organs have been wedged together because of 'Magun" and men who got their wealth through rituals.
Millenials may be a bit eager to deny it but the truth is that Nigerians are more spiritually-inclined than many cultures.
In modern times, that spirituality is translated into religion, which is why pastors have more money than regular, hard-working members of society and there’s a church or a mosque on every other street.
Way back, traditional religions provided answers to our most pressing questions and situations. Depending on the tribe or locale, Nigerians had a system of beliefs based on using the physical or natural to affect the supernatural.
The pastors of the times were the dibia or native priest. Instead of prayers and fasting, they would prescribe fetish practices to solve problems and remedy scenarios.
As Africa Magic Yoruba may have shown you, some of the practices were downright nasty and desperate, and depending on what you want to believe, the aftermath could be disastrous.
Here are 5 such practices that have made it with us into the present.
(1) Love Potions:
Before Bollywood and Mexican Tele-Novellas, the idea of love and intimate relationships had been romanticised in our culture, mostly because they could blossom into different things.
Like the saying goes, it takes two to tango, but sometimes, one person just wants to sit down and plug the music in their ears.
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This is where love potions come in. If you’ve seen a Nollywood movie or two, you know how this works. The interested party goes to a priest who gives him/her a fetish, talisman or substance to make the other person fall in love with her.
Sometimes, she needs to make vegetable soup and pour the potion inside of it. Other times, all it takes is for the unlucky object of her affection to see her with the talisman applied on her face and he is hitched forever.
Love potions used to be the cause of many marital disputes in the past, and even now, there are many who claim that they are still used by persons who want another to fall in love with them in the hope that they will get some sort of financial security or just pride.
The problem is that, at least in the depictions we’ve seen, the kind of love that love potions bring is extreme.
(2) Magun:
“Magun” loosely translates into “don’t mate” or “do not climb”. That alone should give you an idea if what it does. The fetish has been used for years to discourage women from being promiscuous in relationships and nab spouses who have extra-marital affairs.
Parents would take their daughters to native priests who would ‘install’ the fetish in their daughters to prevent them from having sex before marriage.
Husbands would also do it to prevent their wives from having intercourse outside their marriage.
When one has sex with a woman who has magun, the results can be hilarious and deathly.
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Sometimes, the philanderer supposedly begins to crave water, when he finds it, he drinks until his body can take no more. It is also said that the magun makes some men take to their heels until they’re exhausted and pass out.
There is another variant where the sexual organs of the woman and her lover are wedged together until they find someone, usually a priest, who has the antidote.
Recently, there have been reports of incidents where lovers are wedged together, supposedly because of magun.
3) Money Rituals:
The pursuit of wealth is a natural instinct that everyone, at some stage or the other, begins to come to terms with. Most times, wealth comes from hard work or just sheer luck. But for one who is impatient and too anxious about their chances, the easy way to wealth often involves traditional practices.
There are many tales of persons who suddenly stumble on wealth through means that you can only call diabolical.
The biggest evidence you will get that money rituals exist is from Nollywood, but in reality, many would swear that they have seen or know of someone who makes money through blood rituals.
There are many ways by which money rituals are said to work; in some cases, it takes joining a cult and taking a blood oath.
That oath means the member is sworn to secrecy and whatever they need to do to make money must be done.
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Sometimes, the ritual in the term “money ritual” becomes all too real. Many young men and women have been caught with human body parts and other substances ostensibly to be used for rituals.
In the South-West, it is believed that people naturally have their own fortunes. But if you are not careful, someone with sinister motives can use your fortunes for their purposes by giving you fetishes in food or doing something as basic as rubbing your head.
There may be few vivid cases to show that this is real but who can argue when so many people have confessed to gaining their wealth through rituals in the past.
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Finance: What US presidents looked like when they were young
Photos of US presidents from when they were young.
It's hard to picture what American presidents were like before they left their marks on domestic and foreign policy.
Here we've collected old photos of US presidents to give a little taste of who they once were.
Not every president is listed since photography wasn't widely used during the United States' earlier history. The photos are shown in reverse chronological order — starting with current US President, Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump as a child.
The photo caption reads: "Who knew this innocent kid would grow into a monster? #TBT #Trump"
Barack Obama with his grandparents, Stanley Armour Dunham and Madelyn Dunham, in New York in the 1980s.
George W. Bush sits between his parents George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush in Rye, NY, 1955.
Bill Clinton spent his childhood in Arkansas.
George H. W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team, in 1947.
Ronald Reagan, then a 27-year old actor, in 1938.
Here's Jimmy Carter at age seven in 1932 in Plains, Georgia.
Gerald Ford on the University of Michigan football team, 1933. The team won two national championships and his teammates voted him MVP. A fellow football player remarked that his teammates "felt he was one guy who could stay and fight for a losing cause."
Source: The Michigan Alumnus, Volumes 79-80.
Richard Nixon played the violin in his high school orchestra.
He could also play saxophone, accordion, and piano. Later when president, he presented Duke Ellington with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on the musician's birthday, and then both played and sang 'Happy Birthday' for him.
You can see a clip of Nixon playing "Happy Birthday" for Ellington here.
Source: History.com, The White House Historical Association
Lyndon B. Johnson at his family home in the Texas hill country near Stonewall, Texas, 1915.
After finishing a year of college, he taught at a primarily Mexican-American school in southern Texas. Recalling the experience after he signed the Higher Education Act of 1965, he said, "I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor."
Source: History.com, " target="_blank"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966."
John F. Kennedy swimming in the backstroke event for the varsity swimming team at Harvard, where he was a student, 1938.
U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife-to-be Mamie Geneva Doud, 18, pose on a Sunday morning in November 1915, one month after their first meeting.
Postcard photo of Harry S. Truman taken in France during World War I. On the other side of the postcard it said, "Given to John A. Hatfield in France in 1918 – returned to Harry S. Truman in January, 1962."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt playing with a bow and arrow circa 1890.
Three years later, his father took him to meet then-president Grover Cleveland, who told FDR: "My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be president of the United States."
Source: PBS
Herbert Hoover at the age of seventeen when he was attending Stanford University.
He entered the university in 1891, the year the school officially opened, and he attended with free tuition, according to AP.
Calvin Coolidge, then-Governor of Massachusetts, milks a cow at his father's home in Vermont, July 14, 1920.
Then-Senator of Ohio Warren G. Harding at age 33 in 1889.
He opposed the League of Nations and supported high tariffs, but otherwise didn't take many strong stands on issues while in the Senate.
Source: History.com
Woodrow Wilson, circa 1875. Wilson's diplomatic actions during and after WWI have left their mark on virtually all US foreign policy from the end of that war to today.
Theodore Roosevelt ranching and hunting in the Dakota Territory in 1885.
When he was younger, TR had a weak heart and was advised by a doctor from going up the stairs too quickly. "Doctor," he replied, "I'm going to do all the things you tell me not to do. If I've got to live the sort of life you have described, I don't care how short it is."
William Howard Taft's class photo from Yale College, 1878.
Not only did Taft become president, but he was also later the Chief Justice, which makes him the only person to hold the highest seat in both the executive and judicial branches of US government.
Source: History.com
William McKinley, aged 15, circa 1858. He enlisted in the Union Army as a private after the Civil War began, and ended with the rank of brevet major.
An early and undated photograph of Grover Cleveland. He's the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Benjamin Harrison, probably photographed during his college years, circa 1850.
His grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was elected president (although he died from pneumonia 31 days into office) and his great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison V, was one of the Founding Fathers.
Chester Arthur, then a young lawyer, before his marriage to Ellen Herndon in 1859.
A few years earlier, he successfully represented a black woman, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, who was denied a seat on a streetcar in New York City due to her race. This helped lead to the desegregation of all New York transit systems in 1865.
Source: History.com
James A. Garfield, circa 1847. His father died when he was two years old, and so he earned money for school by driving canal boat teams.
Source: The White House
Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife on their wedding day, December 30, 1852.
Later, he was nominated to run for Congress while he was still in the Army during the Civil War. He accepted, but would not campaign, saying: "An officer fit for duty who at this crisis would abandon his post to electioneer… ought to be scalped."
Source: The White House
When he was younger, Abraham Lincoln would read anything he could get his hands on. Occasionally, he would walk for miles to borrow a book he hadn't yet read. Here he is in his 30s when he was a member of the House of Representatives.
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Monchi reveals why Roma snubbed Daley Blind offer
The Netherlands international was linked to a move to the Italian side towards the end of the transfer window but the club opted for Jonathan Silva
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Finance: United is cracking down on people with emotional-support animals in the wake of peacock incident (UAL)
United Airlines has updated its requirements for emotional-support animals.
- United Airlines has adopted tighter regulations for emotional-support animals.
- The new rules will go into effect on March 1.
- Service animals are not subject to the new regulations.
United Airlines announced on Thursday that it will institute tighter regulations regarding emotional-support animals.
"In an effort to better balance protecting our employees and customers while accommodating passengers with disabilities, we are expanding our existing policy regarding emotional-support animals," the Chicago-based airline said in a statement.
The new policy, which will go into effect on March 1, comes days after a passenger attempted to bring a peacock on board one of United's planes as an emotional-support animal. Delta Air Lines announced last week that it will also tighten regulations for emotional-support animals.
United's current policy requires passengers to provide 48-hour notice and a letter from a mental health professional.
Starting March 1, United will require 48-hour notice, an "enhanced" letter from a mental health professional, confirmation that the animal has been trained to behave properly in public, and an acknowledgment of responsibility for the animal's behavior. The airline will also require a health and vaccination form signed by the animal's veterinarian.
According to United, customers whose documentation has already been approved will not be subject to the new policy. However, any additional reservations will be subject to the new requirements.
Those traveling with service animals will also not be subject to the new regulations.
In addition, the airline also published a list of animals that have been banned from the cabin of its aircraft. The list includes hedgehogs, ferrets, insects, rodents, snakes, spiders, reptiles, sugar gliders, non-household birds, exotic animals, and animals that have not been properly cleaned or that carry a foul odor.
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Finance: Apple investors are holding their breath ahead of earnings (AAPL)
Investors will be watching for the company's guidance around sales of the iPhone X.
- Apple shares are flat ahead of earnings.
- Investors will be watching for the company's guidance around sales of the iPhone X.
- Watch Apple trade in real time here.
Apple is set to report earnings from its holiday quarter after the bell on Thursday, and investors are sure to be watching the results closely.
Shares of Apple are little changed at $167.46 in the hours before the report is set to cross the wires. Wall Street is expecting adjusted earnings of $3.84 per share on revenue of $87.302 billion, according to Bloomberg data.
GAAP earnings have been a bit of a hiccup for other tech companies that have reported earnings lately, as the new tax law has forced many companies to absorb one-off costs. Facebook reported a beat across every earnings measure except for GAAP earnings on Wednesday and saw its stock drop about 5% before recovering.
BMO Capital Markets made a splash on Wednesday when the firm issued a rare downgrade of the stock. BMO said it was concerned that the high price of the new iPhone X, which will be included in the earnings report for the first time, is driving down demand and stretching the pricing limits of the smartphone.
Shares of Apple have lagged so far this year, and are down 2.68%, compared to a gain of 7.57% by the S&P 500 Information Technology index.
Millennials don't seem to share the same reservations as Wall Street. Young investors on the trading apps Robinhood and Stockpile are loading up on shares ahead of the report.
Learn more about what to expect from Apple's report here.
Finance: Apple investors are holding their breath ahead of earnings (AAPL)
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EFCC Chairmanship: Senate has powers to reject Magu – Court
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EFCC Chairmanship: Senate has powers to reject Magu – Court
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Coalition for Nigeria: What Obasanjo said during registration [Full statement]
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NUT threatens strike over salary arrears, infrastructural decay
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NUT threatens strike over salary arrears, infrastructural decay
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Stop using our name for your political movement – Group tells Obasanjo
Stop using our name for your political movement – Group tells Obasanjo
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Finance: Millennials are loading up on Amazon ahead of earnings (AMZN)
The e-commerce giant is expected to post revenues in excess of $58 billion for the holiday quarter.
- Millennials are extremely bullish on shares of Amazon ahead of its earnings report Thursday afternoon.
- Users on trading apps Robinhood and Stockpile are buying up shares quicker than their older peers.
Amazon is scheduled to report fourth quarter earnings after the closing bell Thursday.
Wall Street expects the e-commerce giant to post adjusted earnings of $1.83 per share on revenues of $59.836 billion for the holiday quarter.
Wall Street analysts have a bearish target of $1,403 for the stock — 2% below the $1,439 price where shares were trading Thursday morning — but millennial retail investors are much more bullish, data from multiple trading platforms show.
On Robinhood, the trading app popular with millennials, young investors are buying shares of Amazon 44% more than they are selling them.
"Investors who live in tech hubs appear to be even more optimistic,” Dr. Sahill Poddar, Data Scientist at Robinhood told Business Insider. "Those based in Silicon Valley and Washington State, where Amazon's research facilities and headquarters are located respectively, are buying 66% more than they are selling, while investors in the rest of the U.S. are only buying 30% more than they are selling. This could be related to positive news regarding Amazon Go and Amazon's move into healthcare."
Amazon is also the most popular stock on the app Stockpile, which allows users to buy fractional shares of expensive companies, for both millennials and older investors. Investors there are buying shares 16 times more often than they are selling.
The internet is abuzz ahead of Amazon earnings. StockTwits, a platform where users discussing almost any equity or cryptocurrency send upwards of 200,000 messages a day, said messages around Amazon stock have doubled in daily volume as the company’s earnings report approaches.
“In January, sentiment for Amazon has been about 85% bullish but has started trending up into the low 90s since the start of the week going into earnings,” Garrett Hoffman, senior data scientist at the StockTwits, told Business Insider. “We saw this upward trend starting to build towards the end of last week, even before Amazon announced the Healthcare news.”
Shares of Amazon have gained 30% since the company’s last earnings report — or $206 billion of market value.
You can track the price of Amazon stock in real-time on Markets Insider here>>
Finance: Millennials are loading up on Amazon ahead of earnings (AMZN)
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INEC To Begin Electronic Collation, Transmission Of Results
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INEC To Begin Electronic Collation, Transmission Of Results
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Omotola Jalade Ekiende: Check out actress' really hot pre-birthday photo shoot
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde turns 40 this February and she has already started celebrations with the release of a cute pre-birthday photo shoot.
This February, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde will be celebrating her 40th birthday and she's got a very hot pre-birthday photo already.
The beautiful actress dropped the very cute photo on her Instagram page on Thursday, January 1st, 2018 where she looked all shades of sexy and as usual brought her class to front gear.
"Welcome to My Month People ! The #Omotola4pointO Month," she captioned the photo.
Back in January 2018, the mother of four announced that she would be turning forty on February 7th, 2018. And to mark the birthday, she revealed that a number of events have lined been up to mark her birthday.
The birthday celebration which will be a five-day event kicks off on the 7th of the February with a 'Give And Let Give To Widows And Orphans' event. This would be followed by Couples Retreat themed "Reciprocative, Respect, Mental Health And Avoiding Slavery In Marriage" on the February 8th, 2017.
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As part of the five-day event, there will be a Renaissance Trip To Trace The Beginning Of Slavery on February 9th, 2018 which will be followed by a Symposium on "Mental Slavery And The Emancipation Of The Black Race" on February 10th, 2018. The climax of the 5-day event will be on Sunday, February 11th, 2018 with a ball themed "The Omosexy Ball."
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is one of the most talented actors to have come out of Nollywood, from her debut in 1995, the beautiful actress has gone to become not just one of the best but most influential celebrities of our time.
She has in her two decades of acting gotten nominated and also won a number of awards, most recently was the ‘Best Actress' award by the Nollywood Travel Film Festival in Toronto, for her role in the movie, ‘Alter Ego.’
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is married to pilot, Captain Mathew Ekeinde and they are blessed with four lovely children.
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Racism? 3 Turkish nationals arraigned for murder of young Nigerian man
The deceased who was studying at a school in Cyprus, was reportedly kidnapped from his vehicle.
A court in Cyprus has arraigned three Turkish nationals for the murder of a young Nigerian man, Kennedy Toomwabwa Dede.
The deceased, 28, was studying at an academic institution in Famagusta before he was killed. He was found dead in the Çanakkale Pond according to the police.
Law enforcement officers confirmed that Dede was kidnapped and murdered on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. He was reportedly attacked by eight people who forcefully took him from his car.
The presiding Judge Gökan Asafoğluları gave an order for the accused, Zekeriya Kurucu, 22, Ozan Korkurt, 18, and Burcu Çelik, 16, to be held in police custody while an investigation is carried out.
In addition, the police has successfully apprehended four other suspects, Nidai Sanli, Onur Kurkurt, Simge Dagdur, and Aydan Sel in connection with the death of the Nigerian man.
Kennedy Toomwabwa Dede's death is one in many cases of deaths that have come to African migrants in the European countries mostly facilitated by racism.
Nigerian woman laments about racism in Germany
In Germany, a Nigerian mother, Abiemwense Audrey Osa, has lamented over her son's terrible experience at a racist German school which saw him discriminated against because he is African.
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The woman made her concerns known via a post on Instagram, Naij News reported.
In her text, the disturbed mom called for an intervention at the Linden-Grundschule Elementary School, where a teacher named Mrs. Schulz advised pupils in her class to stop interaction with the victim, who is the only African native in the institution.
This was after she showed her class a video of Africans going through sufferings known to their continent.
According to Osa, this treatment has discouraged her child from visiting school.
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Ethics In Society: Family and the 21st century dilemma
The family of today has been thrown into a state of dilemma, but it still lives in a state of denial.
There is an issue that has befallen the family in this very century; it has lingered for long and it has received the least attention in the society.
The family of today has been thrown into a state of dilemma, but it still lives in a state of denial. One cannot overlook the fact that kids of today are turning into something else and this could go a long way in destroying the hopes of tomorrow. There is a great issue of negligence on the part of parents, but the wind of survival seems to have taken its place in families, therefore, destroying the ethics which it was formerly built upon.
Paternal Decline.
It is obvious that in the past few years, there has been a decline in the activities of men folk in their homes and society. Men have degenerated from their office place to sit comfortably in the other room, while women run multinationals, and obviously are the pillars of their family. On the other hand, the idea of feminism and the slogans: wonder women, giant on heels, women are taking over, and so much more are hawked all over the air, social media, and right inside our homes.
Feminist advances
Taking a step back, it could be agreed that the society was formerly fashioned in such a way that there were duties assigned to each person, although it could be agreed that at a point, there came this imbalance that led to maltreatment of women which still takes place till date. But a step farther back will show women being held in high esteem in the various communities; they championed their course through their different social groups and units.
It is as a result of this battering by men, made families and culture porous and vulnerable to the poisoning of the society through the feminist ideology, concocted by the said Western thinkers. The said ideology is now being stretched beyond its boundaries, leading to wrecking of homes, society and the rational mind.
Women are indeed taking over, but where and how? It is obvious that the men folk, to their greatest nightmare, have been swept off their feet, and under the carpet by women who mean business in and out of the cooperate world. Women have been discovered to compete with men, in and outside offices, as business women. It is said that when a woman means business, she puts both her body and soul to work.
Which way Africa?
Africa is hoisted upon its culture and tradition, but it seems that a lot of its ethics are being watered as the years go by; this is vivid with the activities of the younger generations. The question usually asked could come in different forms: where could this thief of a child come from, why is the boy so rude, why can’t my child pass her exams, or where could she have learnt to dress like a whore.
There is only one answer to these misguided questions: where were their parents all these while. There is another slogan which must not be over looked: the 21 century woman and the working mother or even the 21 century parents. Most western society go through the pains of encouraging women to work, pay unemployed mothers and encourage women to take turns at work; it is because they know how depressing it could be to stay idle.
Strange homes.
Unfortunately, it is not the case in Nigeria, where both parents are barely known by their children. It is too obvious that due to the condition of the country, women have abandoned their children for the boardroom or making money. These children are as good as orphans because they grow up under the tutelage of a nanny who does not know her left from her right. They are not being monitored or guided; they have so many questions to ask, but end up asking the wrong person.
On the other hand, these children grow up to be misguided youths and adults who never discovered themselves; they struggle with personality issues, complex problems, and they lack sense of belonging. Some of these children are abandoned in school till late hours; they end up as victims of abuse and abductors. There is a serious problem with child obesity in Nigeria, because of the inability of most parents to monitor what their child eats.
The main unit of the society is the family: the child has role models in place which would fashion his growth, development, and he is offered all the good privileges of life. This is no longer the case, since parents now choose money over their child’s welfare. The highest sacrifice a parent can offer a child is attention, but parents are too glued to their phones to help their kids with their assignments or answer a bothering question.
These children suffer rejection, and on the other hand, end up in the wrong peer groups. Parents ought to be their kid’s best friend, unconditionally. It is because of this neglect that schools or examination institutions record mass failure after exams, cultism, and social vices. There is the multiplication of lesson centers or home tutors. These children are not after anything, but in pursuit of self discovery which their parents have failed to help them out with.
Africa as a whole is becoming more swallowed up by the craze of religion and churchianism, and as a result, some parents pay more attention to their pastors or church activities than their children. A parent’s first call of duty is their children. Due to over religiosity, some parents don’t teach their adolescents or teens about reproduction and the conditions of growing up, and as a result, most social vices recorded are from the church. It is time parents get back to being parents, and not money chasers.
It is not about giving your child the best comfort: the best ride, the most expensive school or even the world, it is about spending quality time with them.
Written by Udemezue, Oluoma.
Udemezue, Oluoma loves to read and write; she also enjoys movies and meeting new people. Oluoma believes that life is nothing without a little touch of romance, thriller and reality. Contact: udemezueoluoma@yahoo.com, Instagram- oluomaudemezue, and Twitter- @Udemezueoluoma.
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CHAN: Maikaba tips Nigeria to lift trophy
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CHAN: Maikaba tips Nigeria to lift trophy
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Media consultant challenges Obasanjo to public debate over Buhari
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Media consultant challenges Obasanjo to public debate over Buhari
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Normal hyperactive children or a childhood disorder?
Tunji’s mother is becoming worried that he is very restless and is always jumping up and down the house from morning till evening. She initially downplayed her worries, after all, everyone says boys are always very active and troublesome. However, Tunji’s teacher also reports that he never sits in one place and he frequently disrupts the class because he is too restless.
The teacher is finding it difficult to cope with Tunji in class and has recommended that they should do something about him. Thus, the worried mother is now presenting in clinic, even though her friends have told her she is only worrying over nothing.
While some level of hyperactivity is common in children, often referred to sometimes as bundles of energy, it is also true that in some instances the level of hyperactivity is so severe that normal functioning is difficult and parents, caregivers and teachers struggle to cope. In such instances, it may be wise to have an evaluation by a child psychiatrist to ascertain if the child is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
It is a disorder that is common in children, usually affecting boys more than girls, which is caused by chemical abnormalities in the brain. ADHD affects the ability of the brain to concentrate and pay attention, while also causing the child to be restless and impulsive. It specifically affects the parts of the brain that we use for planning, concentrating on tasks, self-control and problem-solving; thus resulting in the problems we see in children who have ADHD.
What are the major features of ADHD?
It is characterised by three types of problems: Impulsivity; Hyperactivity and Inattention.
So the child has significant problems with impulsivity, as they have a tendency to speak before thinking, will frequently interrupt others and keep blurting out answers….even before you complete the question. This impatience makes it difficult for them to do well in school as they are frequently in a hurry to answer the question and will therefore jump to an answer, before understanding the question properly. This negatively affects their academic performance.
Hyperactivity is another common type of problem among children with ADHD. They are very restless and usually all over the place. It appears as if they never get tired and very frequently, their caregivers and parents are completely worn out and exhausted all the time. They are also prone to accidents due to their carelessness.
Lastly, inattention is the last category of common problems that they usually display. They have trouble completing any task or their homework, they are easily distracted and so have a tendency to jump from one task to another – without completing any. They also make careless mistakes with their school work because they find it very difficult to concentrate and sustain attention on a given task for more than a few seconds.
How is ADHD different from just a hyperactive child?
A normally hyperactive child, will exhibit such tendencies on an episodic basis, but can calm down and focus on tasks. Additionally, some children may be hyperactive at home, but are better behaved when they get to school or are outside the home. Whereas, for children with ADHD, these symptoms are present all of the time and regardless of the setting: whether they are at home, in church/mosque or school…the symptoms are always present. And the severity of the symptoms makes it very difficult if not impossible for the parents or teachers to cope, without help.
What can be done for children with ADHD?
The first step is to seek expert evaluation and assessment from a child psychiatrist. If the diagnosis is confirmed, then there are medications that can be used to help such children to calm down and focus better on tasks. The treatment usually achieves very fantastic results and the drugs are not addictive and they are safe to use for a long time.
Usually the symptoms also improve as the child grows older into adulthood. In addition to treatment, parents and school teachers will also be given an explanation about what is happening, so they can better relate and cope with the situation.
So, if you have a child or you know one with hyperactivity problems and these other symptoms, seek an evaluation with a child psychiatrist nearest your location in order to receive expert care and help the child to improve their academic performance and attain their full potential. And if the child does not have ADHD, it would be re-assuring to confirm that is the case.
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How to achieve Orgasm
Orgasm, is the climax of s3xual excitement, which comes with intense muscle tightening around the genital area, this is experienced as a pleasurable wave of tingling sensations through parts of the body; which leads to a feeling of complete fulfillment after a s3xual activity or experience.
There, however, could be physical or emotional reasons you are not experiencing a s3xual climax; with the right diagnosis and possibly a s3x therapy you can learn how to orgasm and have a satisfying s3xual relationship.
Some people feel the issue of not having orgasm is absolutely for women only, this is wrong because, both men and women experience this problem. The good thing, however, is that, help is available for both s3xes. While some women may have difficulty achieving orgasm, men also can have orgasm difficulties as well, especially if there are physical or emotional issues at play in the relationship.
The reasons some people cannot have orgasm or climax during s3x, include; Not having anorgasm at all, having a delayed orgasm; taking a long time or needing a lot of stimulation to achieve orgasm, not having a satisfactory orgasm, delayed ejaculation and ejaculation without orgasm
Some potential causes of these problems in women and men could be as a result of problem/ problems in the relationship, boredom in the bedroom, emotional or physical trauma, like rape or abuse. Others include, health conditions that affect nerves or hormone levels, being shy or embarrassed about s3x.
Another explanation; the physiologically aspect; this could be that they are not getting the right stimulation. If either a man or a woman is used to achieving anorgasm with his or her own hand; masturbation, someone else’s touch and body part might seem strange and this could hinder s3xual climax or orgasm.
If you are experiencing difficulty achieving anorgasm, seeing a s3x therapist may help root out the reason and get the right treatment. A s3x therapist can also help determine if you are having a physical problem, and recommend that you see a physician.
To help identify the problem, a s3x therapist will ask about your s3xual history. Be prepared for topics to include a frank discussion of your current partners, masturbation practices, and the nature of your symptoms. A s3x therapist will also ask about your expectations of s3x and what you want to achieve in your s3x life.
If there is a medical problem, your doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment. And if the cause is psychological, working with a s3x therapist can help.
For the female orgasm, a woman should learn how to orgasm by herself and realise exactly what kind of stimulation it takes, including whether she needs to fantasise in order to have anorgasm.
For men, the process is similar. Part of the solution is the same for men and women when it comes to s3x; you have got to talk about it with your partner. If you want to achieve multiple orgasms or just feel uninhibited in the bedroom, you have to be open about your wants and needs.
While it could be normal to be embarrassed to talk about these intimate issues or be afraid of your partner’s reaction, you have to open up. If you can’t relax because of some unresolved problem between you, even if it is because the house is a mess; you must address it if you want to have a satisfying s3xual experience.
Talk about what you want, what you like, and what you need because if orgasm difficulties are affecting you, they are also affecting your partner. Talking about s3x and intimacy will only bring you closer together, and help ignite the fireworks you are looking for in the bedroom.
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Killing of 7: Gov Ortom slams curfew on Gboko
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Hong Kong To Follow China In Banning Ivory Trade
Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday voted to ban ivory trade from 2021, a local media report said.
“The decision follows a similar ban in mainland China, which came into force at the end of 2017,’’ World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said, adding that the decision was a “significant step.”
Report says the market for ivory in Hong Kong is one of the biggest in the world, with direct links to large-scale elephant poaching in Africa.
WWF noted that high demand for ivory in the special administrative region had led to a poaching crisis in Africa.
“About 20,000 elephants are killed illegally every year,’’ the organisation said.
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Sack Cabals In Your Cabinet, Sagay Tells Buhari
Minna – The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack those he described as ‘cabals’ in his government.
Sagay accused them of being the clog in the wheel of progress of the Buhari administration.
The Constitutional Expert expressed his opinion in an interview, Wednesday, shortly after he delivered the convocation lecture of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Gidan-Kwano, Minna, Niger State.
He said: “The cabals are not just holding down this government and giving this government a bad name, they have no business being in the Presidency and that is why they should be fished out and flushed out before it is too late for this government.”
Prof Sagay who, however, declined to mention the names of the cabals insisted that “they are not helpful to the President and the government; everybody is complaining about them.”
On the Maina saga, he explained that those behind his recall to the civil service should also be identified and punished because the matter was still very fresh and had not been swept under the carpet.
The trouble with the former chairman of the presidential task force did not start with the President Buhari administration, Sagay pointed out, but assured that the government was determined to bring the problems to an end to the satisfaction of all Nigerians.
Apparently worried by criticisms of the Buhari administration by Nigerians as a result of hardship in the country, he advised that “Nigeria should stay with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.”
“Buhari and Osinbajo have absolute integrity; if we don’t make use of them now, I don’t know when next we will have leaders like them,” he said.
The President, according to Sagay, should be firmer in decision-making, stating that if Nigeria must get to the Promised Land, the government would have to introduce some dose of autocracy or firmness.
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