The former Aviation minister under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Kema Chikwe , last weekend celebrated her 70th birthday in Abuja.
The party was attended by her family members including her husband and son Naeto C, top politicians and many well wishers who cameout to celebrate with the PDP Women leader.
See photos of the party below.
Is Titi Masha pregnant with baby No. 3? New reports suggest that Titi and her husband K1 De Ultimate are expecting their third child together after a year of trying to conceive.
Our findings reveal that Titi Masha is not only pregnant again, but is allegedly in her trimester and will be due anytime soon in the U.S.
This will be her 3rd child for the Fuji czar. Before this time there were stories that things were not really in good shape between them, some even speculated the romance were hitting the rocks.
But those who are in the know reveals this is not true as their love waxes stronger as each day passes.
A source who pleaded anonymity revealed that the mother-of-two, who runs an upscale fabric shop in Surulere has all the qualities the Fuji maestro needed in a woman and to crown it all, she is a hardworking woman.
One word for her
US President Barack Obama cries as he speaks during his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois on January 10, 2017. Barack Obama closes the book on his presidency, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters shaken by Donald Trump’s shock election. / AFP PHOTO / Joshua LOTT
Donald Trump has one big lesson to learn from outgoing US President Barack Obama — he needs to learn to be cool about crying.
“If he could squeeze one tear out during his inauguration” on Friday, “people will turn around quite quickly their feelings towards him”, British behavioural expert Judi James told AFP.
“Clearly he is going to go swanning out there with his alpha male feathers strutting, but if at the right moment he could squeeze out a tear it would have an amazing effect on people,” said the author of “The Body Language Bible”.
“I think there is quite an emotional guy in there somewhere,” said added.
Showing his emotions certainly worked for Obama, James argued.
The president has wept at least 10 times on camera since he took office, most tellingly when tears poured down his cheeks last year when he talked about the toll gun violence was taking on America.
He wiped away another few earlier this month when paying tribute to his wife Michelle and his teenage daughters in a farewell speech in Chicago.
Tears are one of the most powerful weapons politicians have in their arsenals, James insisted.
And for Trump, “crying would be ideal” to allay the worries of a world fretting about what his presidency will hold, she said.
“I think so many people are depending on Trump now that unmasking himself as quite a warm, well-meaning character with values that he has been hiding all this time” would go a long way.
For her, Obama’s tears helped show his sincerity, connected him with the public and undercut his reputation as an intellectual.
– ‘Tears show empathy’ –
“Tears help to bring him down from the pedestal. He is a bit more of a New Man. You can imagine him doing the shopping whereas up to now the US presidency has been an alpha male preserve. And it is again (with Trump).”
Obama’s comfort with big emotions was also evident when he surprised his tearful vice president Joe Biden with the highest US civilian honour last week as they prepared to leave office.
Crying specialist Lauren Bylsma, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, said it was clear that “Obama is a man that is comfortable expressing his emotions in public.
“In terms of character, we know that crying is associated with personality traits such as higher levels of empathy,” she said.
Despite his hardman image, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has also shed tears several times in public, mostly notably after winning back the presidency in 2012 despite street protests he claimed were orchestrated by the West.
Crying at the pain of others makes politicians particularly attractive, James added.
But psychologist Jean-Pierre Friedman insisted politicians well up more because they are afraid of losing power.
“Most of them are not the sensitive type. They cry the day they lose power,” said the French psychoanalyst and author of two books on politician’s inner lives.
– Danger of faking it –
They would take the loss of power “as a bereavement, or not being able to put their projects into force”.
Whatever the case, Friedman said he could not imagine Trump ever blubbing publicly. “He’s someone from another generation. Fifty years ago the attitude was ‘men do not cry’. He’s a hardened old cowboy.”
Indeed, the president-elect has ridiculed those who cried at his election victory and was famously irked by a crying baby at one of his rallies
James, however, is convinced that he is capable of shedding a tear in public.
“I think Trump could cry, but it would be more to do with self-pity or even anger”, which does not go down so well.
But tears can also be a politician’s undoing, James warned, particularly if they are seen as put on.
She pointed to the former British prime minister Tony Blair whose emotional openness was first seen as a breath of fresh air only to be later ridiculed.
“Subliminally people are very good at spotting real tears from fake ones.
“When Tony Blair blinked back the tears after the death of Princess Diana… it created a huge moment of empathy, particularly as the British royal family were not coming up with the tears. That bonded people with Blair.
“But he used the same technique a lot over the years, usually when he was put on the spot.
“We saw him do it too much, particularly over the war in Iraq. It looked like tears to order,” she added.
Rafael Nadal has progressed into the second round of the Australian Open.
The ninth-seeded Spaniard rolled to a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany’s Florian Mayer
on Tuesday in the first round of the tournament at Melbourne.
“ For me is a great victory ,” Nadal said in his on-court interview. “ Very happy to keep having chances to play here in Melbourne. Body is good, and that’s the key .”
Nadal won the 2009 Australian Open title, and he reached the final in 2012 and 2014.
After advancing to 20 Grand Slam finals from 2005-14 and winning four of them, Nadal struggled the past two years in the majors. He got to the quarterfinals in Melbourne and at the French Open in 2015, then failed to get past the fourth round in his next five major events.
He hasn’t reached a Grand Slam semifinal since winning the French Open for the ninth time in 10 years in 2014.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given president of Gambia,
Yahya Jammeh , till Friday midnight to vacate office and hand over power to the country’s President-Elect,
Adama Barrow , or be ousted by force.
Jammeh has refused to step down and has challenged the election result in the West African country’s supreme court despite his opponent being declared winner of the December 1, 2016 presidential election.
According to Thisday, Gambia’s ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) filed an application on Thursday for an injunction seeking to stop the inauguration of Barrow as President on January 19, but the Chief Justice of the Gambia, Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle refused to grant the application.
African leaders are suing for a peaceful transition in the country hoping it won’t lead to crisis.
The African Union (AU) and ECOWAS have pledged to withdraw their recognition of Jammeh as President after Thursday.
A Pakistani woman, Perveen Rafique has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for burning her daughter alive for ‘bringing shame to the family’ in what is commonly referred to as a honor killing.
18-year-old Zeenat Rafique was strangled to death and then her body burnt by her mother and her brother after she eloped without their blessing. She had lived with her husband for a month before she returned to attempt a reconciliation with her family in June 2016.
Her mother and brother then tied to a bed and set her on fire before Perveen Rafique went to police and turned herself in, offering no remorse or regret over her actions.
Zeenat’s brother, Ahmer Rafique was also sentenced to life in prison.
Some Nigerian Girls need sense sha!
A Lady who claimed to be a Virgin took to her Facebook page to ask her Follows on what she can use to break her Virginity.
Trust Nigerians, Their Comments will make you laugh non stop.
See what the Lady posted below:-
A new trend that shows menial workers dressing well to ply their trade seem to be on the rise in Nigeria as a Suya seller has been spotted wearing suit and tie.
The trend of dressing corporately to do menial jobs in Nigeria and some parts of Africa seems to be on the increase as sole proprietors have been branding and packaging their businesses to maximize profits.
A man selling roasted meat popularly known as suya, has been pictured on suit and tie plying his trade in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, as the new trend now is for menial workers to dress well in plying their trade
Few weeks ago, a street vendor named Sosu Patrick, who sells roasted food products on the streets of Accra, Ghana, was seen donning a suit, white shirt, a beaded tie of the Ghana flag colors doing his business and dressed corporately.
There is disadvantages of skipping breakfast but in most people there are causes of skipping breakfast which they don't know the long term effects of not eating breakfast, ask yourself what happens if you don't eat breakfast everyday? read this article to understand why do people skip breakfast.
• Those who regularly skip breakfast are in higher risk of serious health problems like diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
* Breakfast helps keep your blood sugar levels stable through the day.
There is a lot of confusion that not eating breakfast saves calories that you can then use throughout the day when you become hungry. This is not true. When you eat a reasonable and healthy breakfast in the morning, you are actually regulating your blood sugar levels. When you don’t eat breakfast in the morning, you may find that you get hungry much more quickly throughout the day because your stomach is empty.
• Eating breakfast helps you cut down on calories and maintain a healthy weight.
If you are looking to lose weight or maintain recent weight loss, eating breakfast is crucial. Eating a small, sensible breakfast will help you curb hunger throughout the day.
When you already have good, sustainable food in your system, you are less likely to reach for the junk you may be surrounded by while going about your daily life.
• Breakfast gives you energy.
If you skip breakfast, you will lost energy because you need all the nutrients present in a healthy breakfast to help you perform your daily task. If you don’t eat breakfast in the morning means you have waited more than 12 hours since your last meal before bed. Your muscles need glycogen for energy so you will notice that you will be tired before eating the next meal.
• Eating in the morning is important as it helps your brain by improving your concentration and productivity.
Everyone wants to be alert and attentive during the day. Certain breakfast foods have been proven to give you a brain boost and will help you perform your daily duties with a sense of heightened clarity and awareness.
• You will gain more vitamin and nutrient.
So many people who choose to skip breakfast will not get enough Vitamins and nutrients that very day by skipping the breakfast.
• Eating breakfast in the morning will make you less hungry throughout the day.
This is especially important for those who are watching their weight and want improved health. Those who eat breakfast are less likely to overeat, and thus consume more calories than necessary, throughout the day. Overeating throughout the later part of the day is the cause of weight gain.
This is said to be the $30m home of Africa’s richest man’s home, Dangote..According to Africa Cradle who were given access to,the mansion situated in Abuja is Mr. Dangote has called this place home for a good twelve years, and he said he is selling the property because he has just completed a new piece of real estate in the United Kingdom.
On his living room,he said
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your home.” I love watching television. I watch a lot of business channels, such as Bloomberg TV, which is my favourite and many others.
I look forward to the day when AFRICA will have quality media, which gives us good entertainment, and insightful information into African business trends and those from other parts of the world as well. But yeah, welcome, this is my living room.”
And this is where the wealthiest man in Africa sleeps.
“I feel bed to show you where I sleep, you know,” he said, showing us into the bedroom. “But here is where I sleep.
My wife and I try the best we can to keep this place as serene and quite as possible.” “To tell you the truth, I spend less time here than I do in my office and elsewhere where I can work. I do value relaxation and unwinding, and I have read a lot of news articles and research studies that recommend eight to ten hours of sleep.” “But why should one sleep so much? To relax? Don’t get me wrong, relaxing is good, but if you love to sleep, poverty will be your portion. Well, this is my bedroom, let’s move on.”
This is Aliko Dangote’s home office, where he does all the business if he is away from his office. “Whether you work from home fulltime or a few hours a week, setting up your home office properly is important for your comfort and productivity,” he said. “I have hosted a number of very important people here, including Bill Gates, President Goodluck Jonathan, and many others I am not inclined to mention. ”
“They say that the kitchen is the heart of the home. It is where the meals are created – it fuels the bodies, minds and souls of friends and families all over the world. Some say that while life may be created in the bedroom, it is certainly lived in the kitchen, ” Aliko Dangote said
This is where Mr. Dangote hosts most of his meetings with business associates and government officials
