HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR THIS JOB GET DETAIL

The Ministry of Labour and Productivity under Dr. Chris Ngige has debunked rumours making the rounds that it had been directed by the Federal Government to recruit thousands of unemployed youths and described the recruitment notice being circulated as a “scam”.

In the messages that had been circulated on Monday, job seekers were directed to approach any Federal Secretariat in their state to submit their Curriculum Vitae (CV) in expectation of potential employment.

The notice also gave the deadline for submission of applications as January 7th.

But in a statement signed by the Deputy Director (Press), Samuel Olowookere, the ministry denied that the recruitment notice originated from them and warned unsuspecting members of the public against falling victim of the antics of fraudsters who were using the ministry’s name to deceive the public.

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PROSTITUTES ATTACKED CUSTOMERS IN ASABA DELTA STATE

In the  business world  ‘customers  are always right they  say’  but the reverse is the case in cable point base in Asaba Delta state.

There is a report that on Saturday there was a confusion in Cable Point Base in Asaba  when prostitutes went haywire  attacked  their customers over poor pay.

One will wonder what the cost of booking a hotel room for a night  and have all the peace   is compare to bargaining with a  prostitutes for N8,000.00  for a night sex without a guarantee of having at least  8 rounds of satisfactory sex which could equate a round for 1,000.00. this could possibly make more sense.

Sincerely speaking all the trouble a man goes through to satisfy his sexual desire for N8000.00 seems enormous. Beside the lost of strength  and …, invariably  you have indirectly broken bond of affection with your children even the unborn. Studies show that men 70% of men that patronized prostitutes lose fatherhood affection for their children due to distraction from women outside.

The situation in Delta  state is  one  of the numerous cases that happen in Nigeria in recent times. One start to wonder is prostitution a legal trade? Those that harbor them do they have license?

It was learnt that the prostitutes had increase their tariff from N5,000.00 to N8,000.00. a night. Which agency modulates their tariff?  And how much tax are they paying to the Government?

According to Nigerian dailies, trouble stated when a victim went into satisfy his sexual desire  but could not part with bargained  N 8,000.00 claiming he did not know of the increase in charges

Quoting  one of the news paper  “ investigation reveals that the victim were beaten before policemen from  A-Division  came to their recuse” . The police recuse victim of prostitution from prostitutes .

The report quote the A- Division as saying “ we move into the brothel  with our men when we heard the shouting match between  the commercial sex workers and their customer and on interrogation we discover  the customer refused to pay their bill and the matter was resolved amicably.

This sounds legal and legitimate. As a matter of fact, whatever goes against the law should be treated such.    

       

     

WOMEN JAILED FOR INDECENT DRESSES

Two Moroccan women who walked through a market wearing dresses are facing charges of “gross indecency”, a rights group and media reported Thursday, sparking an outcry in the kingdom. The women were arrested on June 16 as they strolled through the open-air market in Inezgane, a suburb of the southern city of Agadir, on their way to work, said Fouzia Assouli, head of women’s rights organisation LDDF.

The women — hairdressers aged 23 and 29 — were surrounded by merchants who accused them of wearing flimsy and “immoral” clothes, the Media 24 news website reported.

Security forces intervened, wresting the women away from the angry crowd and placing them inside a police car before driving them to a police station where they were charged with gross indecency, it added.

Assouli told newsmen that a trial date has been set for July 6. Rights organisations have denounced the upcoming trial and protests are to be held later this week in Agadir and in Morocco’s commercial capital Casablanca in support of the two women. “They were dressed in a very respectable fashion,” said Bouchra Chetouani, a member of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH).

In the police report, the women were said to have been wearing clothes that were “too tight”. Article 483 of Morocco’s penal code states that anyone found guilty of committing an act of “public obscenity” such as “gross indecency” can be jailed for between a month and two years.

Supporters of the two women have launched a petition online dubbed “Wearing a dress is not a crime”. It had been signed by more than 8,000 supporters as of Thursday afternoon. “This is an unprecedented case for our region,” said Aziz Sellami, the AMDH representative in Agadir, one of Morocco’s top tourist destination which is famous for its white sandy beaches.

Assouli said the arrests of the women comes amid growing calls for “morality” to be respected in conservative Morocco, which has been frequently criticised by international groups for rights abuses. Earlier this month, pop star Jennifer Lopez sparked anger among conservatives in Morocco — and triggered much debate — for being, according to media, “scantily” dressed during a concert in Rabat that was broadcast on public television.

FIRE RAZED YOLA MARKET

Yola—An early morning inferno yesterday  razed down the 80-year-ago Yola market destroying properties worth billions of Naira with the state commissioner of police announcing arrest of some looters .

The cause of the fire which reportedly started at about 2:30 am went out of control as initial efforts to put it off were hampered by lack of access roads.

An eyewitness disclosed that the fire might have consumed about 90 percent of shops with many shop owners broken down in tears as a result of the losses suffered in the fire incident.

A shop owner, Mallam Babayola Maijimilla whose shop was also razed down said “the fire started around the middle of the market, efforts by early sympathizers to put it out were rebuffed by security operatives who denied them access into the market for fear of looting.

According to him, the situation did not get better even upon the arrival of fire fighters who found it difficult to gain access to the point of the inferno as the market did not have access roads.

Chairman, Adamawa Traders Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammad, appealed to the federal, as well as state and local governments to come to their aid, saying that they lost 90 per cent of their shops to the inferno.

Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Martins Babale, who was among the early callers at the market said the government will assess the extent of damage with a view to knowing the level of intervention.

Babale called on NEMA, corporate organizations and wealthy individuals to come to the aid of the marketers.

Similarly, the Speaker Adamawa State House of Assembly, Kabir Mijinyawa, in whose constituency the market is situated called on the traders to be patient as the government assesses the level of damage on the market.

He urged them to see the incident as an act of God even as he promised to do everything in his capacity to ensure that the marketers get succour from the government.

Commenting on the incident, the state Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Sa’ad Abubakar, said the fire started around 3 am and that no life was lost.

He said fire fighters from the state fire service, Nigerian Army, Air force, and American University of Nigeria intervened to contain the inferno.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Gazali Mohammed, has confirmed the arrest of “some looters” at Yola ancient market gutted by fire.

Mohammed who did not give the number of those arrested said adequate security measures had been provided at the scene to check activities of looters.

BOMB BLAST IN AFGHANISTAN

One person was killed and dozens wounded in two bomb blasts that shattered buildings in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday as Afghan forces fought to end a 24-hour siege at an Indian consulate in the north.

CATTLE DESTROY RICE IN ANAMBRA

Three Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of  (today) set commercial rice farms worth about N20 million ablaze in Ugbene community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.The rice fields belonging to farmers in Umualor and Umuagunwoke villages occupy about 75 hectares of land.

The residents decried that the dastardly act was as a result of their lingering feud which started last year when the herdsmen allegedly trespassed into their farms; an incidence, they disclosed resulted into open confrontation of each other with firearms.

Conducting newsmen around the smouldering scene, the farmers, some of who had tears cascading down their cheeks lamented that they took loans to embark on the agribusiness with the hope of paying back after sales.

A community leader, Mr Emmanuel Ifesinachi Okoye, lamented that “a message came to us this morning that our farm known as Area 1 was set ablaze by the Fulani herdsmen. We rushed to the scene and beheld our massive rice farm on fire. Most of us took loans to embark on the farming and that’s why there is sadness and wailing all over the community. We saw them running into the distance with their cows, and as such, we couldn’t chase after them.”

Contacted, the zonal Chairman (South East), Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Gidado Siddiki said “it is not true. Fulani herdsmen cannot do something like that. It’s those people that burnt their rice farm. We have a committee that looks into such matter in Anambra. They should go and report the matter there.”

Also, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ali Alphonsus Okechukwu, DSP, said the matter has not been tabled to him but said he’ll contact Achalla Police Division for details and necessarily actions.

The rice farm allegedly burnt by Fulani herdsmen in Ugbene community, Awka North.

POLICEMAN KILLED IN BAYELSA

The Police in Bayelsa say a policeman attached to the state Command died of gunshot wounds following a gun duel with robbers in Yenagoa on New Year day.

Mr Asinim Butswat, a DSP, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a five-man robbery gang had attacked and robbed one Evelyn Patrick at Agudama area of Yenagoa on that fateful day shooting dead one Mr Victor Abule, 23, in the process.

He explained that as the robbers tried to escape, they were engaged in a gun duel by a police officer, who shot dead one of them.

“A police officer confronted the armed men and shot dead one of them as they were escaping.

“The officer sustained gunshot wounds and he was rushed to the hospital where he eventually died.

COUNCILLOR BEATEN IN OREDO EDO STATE

Councillors in Oredo local government area were on Monday beaten up and chased out of the council secretariat by suspected thugs.

The thugs invaded the council secretariat to allow acting chairman of the council, Mrs. Sweet Ikponmwosa, return to office.

Mrs. Ikponmwosa was last Thursday suspended over inability to pay salaries, administrative incompetence and failure to account for Internally Generated Revenue since she assumed officeThe door to her office was locked and armed policemen who were present to prevent escalation of the crisis searched workers who resumed for duties.

However, the presence of policemen did not stop the hired thugs from descending on the councillors.

Office of the acting chairman was forced open and the clothes of the House Leader, Ernest Edebiri, was torn to shred.

GUNMEN KILLED MEN IN NASARAWA

Suspected gunmen attacked two settlements in Udeni Ruwa District, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nararawa state, on Sunday night, killing 12 people.

Five of the victims drowned while trying to escape to the hinterland.

A witness, John Ogah, in an interview on Monday, claimed the attackers were herdsmen who invaded Okpaya, a riverine village. That could not be independently verified by this newspaper.

Mr. Ogah said the attackers touched a part of Udeni Ruwa, and killed eight persons, five from Okpaya and three others from Udeni Ruwa.

According to our source, a family of five drowned in the River Benue.

My brother, it is unfortunate, Fulani people attacked Okpaya, killed five of our people, burnt down the entire village on their way and attacked some persons in Udeni.

“They killed three people and all of us from Okpaya ran to neighbouring villages. The most annoying part is that a family man, lost his wife and three children while they were on their way to Loko through a boat.”

The police in the state are yet to confirm the incident, but residents of the area say the local police stationed in Udeni Ruwa had visited the scene.

Mr. Ogah explained that the attackers invaded Okpaya village at night, at about 11:00 p.m. Sunday night. He said the entire village was razed by the attackers.

Udeni Ruwa district is the boundary between Nasarawa and Benue states.

Following the incident, residents from nearby villages of Ogoboh, Akum, Kpandera, Akpanaja and Amaku are now living in fear.

Already, some have relocated their children and their aged relatives to neighbouring communities.

FACEBOOK CEO APPLAUD COMMENT ON DEVICE

When his weeks-old daughter Max is old enough to understand it, Mark Zuckerberg will have some stellar advice for her. After one of his fans mentioned that she'd like her granddaughters to date nerds who could potentially become successful tech entrepreneurs, Zuckerberg responded that it'd be even better to be the nerd. Hell yes.

As Mashable  the Facebook cofounder and CEO has had ample time during his paternity leave caring for Max to do what so many of us do with a few free moments: post photos and comments to Facebook. In a status update yesterday, Zuckerberg shared his personal challenge for 2016, to "build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work. You can think of it kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man." Ambitious, but we have a feeling he can pull it off.

One admiring grandmother, Darlene Hackemer Loretto, responded with the comment "I keep telling my granddaughters to date the nerd in school, he may turn out to be a Mark Zuckerberg! Thanks for FB, I've reconnected with family and many old friends and classmates" — a well-intentioned message, but one that Zuckerberg quickly (though sweetly) shut down. 

"Even better would be to encourage them to *be* the nerd in their school so they can be the next successful inventor!" Zuckerberg replied, to the tune of 23,000 likes. Boom. You don't have to date the nerd; you can be the nerd you wish to see in the world. (Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician who is fluent in three languages, certainly seems to have heeded that advice.) 

"I do encourage them [my granddaughters] to do well," Loretto clarified on her own Facebook page afterward. "I said it once to them in jest and NEVER did I think anyone would even see this, let alone get the attention it has gotten." When Zuckerberg chooses to respond to your FB post, though, you can be sure you'll get noticed.

BABIES JOINED IN HIP

The anticipated joy of a young poor Fulani mother has been converted to distraught and confusion after the babies she gave birth to were found to be joined in the hip area.

The event occurred in Tondo of Miya in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi.

The young mother, Adama Sani, gave birth to the babies at home before they were taken to The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital.

Adama is looking up to well meaning Nigerians and other members of the international human community to come to her aid and find a medical solution for the separation of the two bundles of joy she laboured to give birth to.

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PETROL STATION GOES INTO FLAME

A filling station in Amuko, Nnewi in Anambra State was on Monday gutted by fire.

This is coming barely two weeks after a gas plant exploded, killing eight persons in the industrial town.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports, however, that no life was lost in Monday’s incident.

The fire reportedly started at about 6:20am when a truck was discharging fuel while the manager was also dispensing petrol to customers at the same time.

An eyewitness said: “As this was going on, one car drove into the service station but the car sparked-off fire as the driver made attempt to start his engine after buying fuel

“Efforts put up by the manager and some security men manning the filling station could not stop the fire, which later spread to the vehicle.

The fire could have been controlled if fire fighters were around early.”

Two adjoining residential buildings were partially burnt, while roadside retail traders who displayed their goods were also affected.

The Sole Administrator of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, and a member of the state House of Assembly, Amala Anazodo, were among the early callers at the scene.

Confirming the report, the Acting Director in the state fire service, Innocent Mbonu, said no life was lost but that properties worth millions of naira were damaged.

“The Nnewi fire truck is under repairs and so we had to move our trucks from Awka, which caused the little delay,” Mbonu said.

Also contacted, the state police spokesman, Ali Okechukwu, said the command had commenced investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire.

Dr GOODLUCK JONATHAN NAME INTERNATIONAL MAN

The African Sun Times, Africa’s number one and largest newspaper in America, has announced Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as its International Persons of the Year.

The categories the newspaper has chosen this year include International Person of the Year, African Statesman of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year, Pan-African Person of the Year, Diaspora Person of the Year, Most Influential Person of the Year Under 40, and the African Tourism Ambassador of the Year.

“Dr. Jonathan, who shocked the whole world by swiftly calling current Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and conceding his defeat in the March 29 Nigerian presidential election, thereby stopping the predictions of violent bloodshed in Nigeria, and keeping his words that he would not allow the blood of a Nigerian to be shed to further his political ambitions.  President Jonathan must be applauded for creating a solid foundation for the growth of democracy in Africa.  The world has started to recognize President Jonathan’s courageous act,” the newspaper wrote.

APPEALING SEPTUPLETS (PICTURE)

Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to this septuplets 18 years ago
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appealing growing and more favour , more pictures

Another set of seven children born in 2002 with their sister.

NO MORE SUBSIDY IN PMS IN NIGERIA

The Federal Government has officially ended the subsidy on premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol. The latest Petroleum Products Pricing template, issued by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency does not contain the usual subsidy component.

The PPPRA is the government agency that regulates the prices of petroleum products in the country and its template has always offered insights into how the pricing of these products are determined by the regulators.

As of December 28 last year, the official pricing template for petrol by the PPPRA showed that the Federal Government subsidised the product by N6.45 per litre. The Expected Open Market Price at that time was N93.45, which was N6.45 higher than the then retail price of N87 per litre.

On the revised template, the Estimated Open Market Price set by the regulator is now N84.78 for NNPC fuel stations and N85.1 for stations run by other oil marketer companies.

The EOMP is the summation of the landing cost of petrol and subtotal margins. Such margins include transporter’s cost, dealer’s charge, bridging fund, administrative charge, etc. Our correspondent said that the EOMP, therefore, is the true cost of the product.

Before the release of the revised template, the EOMP was usually higher than the retail/pump price of petrol at filling stations. The difference between the retail price and the EOMP was what the Federal Government paid as subsidy to oil marketers.

However, the new EOMP is lower than the retail price of N86.5, which was set by the Federal Government as the amount at which petrol should be sold nationwide. The implication is that Nigerians are paying an extra N1.4 for the commodity whenever they buy PMS at non-NNPC run petrol stations and N1.22 extra for every litre of petrol bought at NNPC-run filling stations.

On the extra amount paid by consumers for the commodity, the Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy, NNPC, Mr. Bello Rabiu, while explaining the template, told our correspondent that the negative subsidy would be remitted to the Petroleum Support Fund in line with the PPPRA guidelines.

He said, “The savings under such a regime could be domiciled in the PSF as a buffer to fund future subsidy (if any) that may arise during high oil price regime or invested by the industry in supply and distribution efficiency improvement projects such as decongestion of Apapa area, Single Point Monitoring in Port Harcourt and Warri, complimentary rail services, inland waterways, etc.”

The PPPRA, after getting approval from the Federal Government, had announced last Tuesday that retail filling stations belonging to the NNPC would from Friday, January 1, 2016 sell petrol at N86 per litre, while other oil marketers would sell the commodity at N86.5 per litre.

The Executive Secretary, PPPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, while announcing the new price of PMS in Abuja, had told journalists on Tuesday that the reduction in the price of the commodity was due to the implementation of the revised components of the petroleum products pricing template for PMS and House Hold Kerosene.

He said the template would be reviewed on a quarterly basis as it was geared towards ensuring an efficient and market-driven price that would reflect current realities.

Ahmed had said, “Since 2007, while crude oil price had been moving up and down, the template has remained the same. This made it necessary for us to introduce a mechanism whereby the template would be sensitive to the price of crude oil.

“However, the template is not static, as there would be a quarterly review and if there is any major shift, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources would be expected to call for a review, either upwards or downwards. If there is no major shift, the price would continue from January to March 2016. In addition, there would be a Product Pricing Advisory Committee that would be set up to advice the PPPRA concerning movements in the price of crude oil.”

On why the NNPC sold at a lower price than other oil marketers, Ahmed explained that it was due to the fact that it was cheaper for the corporation to import products, compared to the independent and major oil marketers.

Some oil marketers had told our correspondent that although it was possible to sell PMS at a “reduced price”, Nigerians might not be ready to absorb future fluctuations or modulations in the pump price of petrol.

The Corporate Affairs Manager, NIPCO PLC, an oil marketing firm, Mr. Lawal Taofeeq, said, “It is possible, but the issue that government needs to understand is that, should there be fluctuation in price, are Nigerians ready to absorb it? If the price of crude oil should go up again, will Nigerians be ready to pay the resultant increased cost for petrol? Thus, there is need for adequate education in this matter.”

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on December 27 last year, had told journalists in Kaduna that the government was currently not paying subsidy on petrol.

“Today, there is no subsidy; we are selling the product at N87; in January, we will look at what the trend is, we will announce (a new) price if that is less than N87; we will announce it and if it is more than that, we will have to announce it,” the minister, who also doubles as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, had said.

http://www.punchng.com/fg-officially-stops-petrol-subsidy

FOREIGNERS STRANDED AT CALABAR

758 foreigners stranded at the Calabar sea port following the breakdown of a vessel conveying them from Gabon to Benin Republic have been evacuated by road to their various countries.

The Nationals from Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Guinea were forced to terminate their sea journey in Calabar when a passenger vessel –Emiliana-Carneiro made an emergency berthing at the port when one of the engines malfunctioned and a leakage on the floor of the ship was observed.

Over 10 buses conveying the passengers were escorted by Immigration, police and other security agents.

While in the port facilities, the state government through its humanitarian outfit, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) provided them with food, water, blankets, toiletries and health needs for the sick and pregnant women.

The Director General of the agency, Mr. John Inaku, who spent time interacting with people wished them a safe transit through the state and the country to their various destinations.

He emphasized that the actions of the governor was a testimony of his magnanimity and sensitivity to the needs of people without an iota of ethnic, racial or color bias.

The Special Adviser to Governor on Special Duties, Mr. Victor Odo in his comment said that he was pleased with the dexterity of the management and staff of SEMA in the administration of the essentials to the stranded passengers.

Reacting Mohammed Buhari (36) from Niger said that the gesture of the Cross River State Government was overwhelming and that the negative pictures painted about Nigeria abroad lacked merit and truth.

He described Nigerians as friendly, accommodating and sensitive to the wellbeing of human beings.

Abdulsalam Isa (69)said that he was surprised that the state and the country of Nigeria could be so hospitable contrary to the wrong notion he had hitherto held.

According to him, even though it was not the fault of the Nigerian Government that they made an emergency birthing in Calabar, it did not deter the government from showing humanitarian gestures and love by their approach and dexterity to their situation.

Other passengers who spoke with our correspondent said that though they were angry with the development which caused them to miss the celebration of the yuletide with their families the action of the government and people of Nigerians has calmed their nerves as their interaction has portrayed the people of Nigeria as wonderful, friendly and accommodating.

www.today.ng/news/national/60373/758-stranded-foreigners-at-calabar-sea-port-travel-by-road

RIVERS PEOPLE WILL DECIDE WHO LEAD THEM

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has predicted that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state would in the next 31 days suffer “a political tsunami”.

Making a veiled reference to his case against the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Peterside charged his supporters yesterday to get ready for a rerun of the governorship poll in the state.

He spoke at the state APC secretariat during the celebration of his birthday and that of his running mate, Mr. Honorable Asita, stressing that the days of manipulation of election results were over.

The governorship candidate maintained that the people of the state would vote according to their conscience, explaining that he was humbled by the crowd that came to congratulate him and Asita on their birthday. Both Peterside and Asita share the same birthday of December 31.

We are not afraid if there is a rerun today in Rivers State. We look out for the best; we will look out for change in infrastructure development and change in empowerment.

“If you put the candidates of the major political parties and their manifestos side by side, definitely the people will go for a man of character, a reliable candidate that can realise the dream of our founding fathers.

“People will also look out for the make-up of our team; we do not have a team that is populated by militants and killers. The electorate will go for a team that has people with good character, a team that can make Rivers people to be a stakeholder in the governance of the state.”

Peterside later received over 120 defectors from the PDP led by a former governorship aspirant, Bekinbo Soberikon, and urged them to tell their friends to join the APC’s moving train.

But in a swift response, the state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, said the people of the state would not allow the same set of people that brought Rivers to its knees economically back in power.

He described Peterside’s claim that a political tsunami would soon hit the PDP as an indication that the APC governorship candidate was only trying the will of the people, adding that Peterside and his co-travelers would be disappointed.. The turn of event in the last few days make one think that the PDP as a party is not getting it easy fighting the course of survival  we want to thank God for Taraba State, one can still believe that the court is the fencing ground for the common man. 

RESOLUTION AND EXECUTION 2016

Welcome to 2016 a brand new year it is a common practice that a good number out there make out long list of resolution but before long those resolution is/ are thrown into a bin. Get advice from people with time of experiences over the keeping and executing of  year’ resolution. Richard of virgin is one of such great men of our time. Now,  It’s New Year’s Resolution time. If you are still debating whether to set one, then pick up a pen and go for it. If you are wondering how to stick to your resolution, I have one simple tip: write it down and rehearse over time.

The simple act of writing down your resolution will make it far more likely to stick. Possibly  you could let other people know, that can help too. But ultimately your resolution is for you – consider it a positive change you are determined to make in 2016.

Here are 10 simple steps for making a list that you will be able to stick to:

1.            Write down every single idea you have. No idea is too small, and no idea is too big either. Every achievement starts with an idea.

2.            Always carry a notebook. You need somewhere to write your ideas down, and while using a folder on your phone is better than nothing, a piece of paper is far more memorable.

3.            Find a list method that works for you. Doodles, bullet-points, charts what suits you best?  Some combination of short phrases and scribbled pictures works could be of important.

4.            Make a list of small, manageable tasks to complete every day. Cut your day up into chunks, and you’ll get lots more done. As much as you can reduce time wasting on a task.

5.            Mark off every completed task. There are few more satisfying things than ticking off a job well done.

6.            Make your goals measurable so you know if your plans are working. There’s no point setting targets if you don’t know if you are hitting them.

7.            Set far off, outlandish goals. Resolutions shouldn’t just have short-term endpoints. What do you want to have achieved in five years’ time? How about 50 years? At time resolution will have to transcend a year calendar. Just stick to it

8.            Include personal goals in your lists, not just business. There’s no real separation between work and life, it’s all just living. The same goes for lists.

9.            Share your goals with others. You can help motivate each other further and hold each other to account. But remember that, in the end, you are doing this for yourself.

10.          Celebrate your successes then make new lists of new goals. Let the cycle continues as you make more and more progress.

Your resolution should go around your eating habit stop those killing food and opt for some healthy foods.

You may also have to check and avoid those things that trigger your anger. We will love to hear from you

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READ THE FULL TEXT OF BUHARI'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE

Welcome to the beginning of a New Year of the continuation of CHANGE in our beloved nation. I am aware that Nigerians have experienced a number of significant hardships over the past months. Living in the State House has not alienated me from your daily sufferings. I am aware of the lengthy queues at fuel stations and of the difficulties businesses have faced in acquiring foreign exchange.

These challenges are only temporary; we are working to make things better. When I presented myself to you as a presidential candidate and asked you to vote for me, I wanted to be a leader who keeps his promises. I wanted to be a leader who restores the people’s hope in those elected to serve them. I wanted to be a leader who initiates positive and enduring CHANGE.

I am still totally committed to being that kind of leader. Unforeseen circumstances and other distractions notwithstanding, I shall still do my utmost best to keep every promise I made to Nigerians during my election campaign. In the past seven months since our inauguration on May 29, 2015, my administration has focused on laying the right foundation for the CHANGE you voted for during our historic presidential election. Nigerians will in due course begin to enjoy the fruits of all our ongoing work.

The effective and efficient implementation of our 2016 budget proposals will address many of the socio-economic issues that are of current concern to our people. One area in which Nigerians, especially those in the northeast, have already begun to experience major CHANGE is in the war on terror. I commend our Armed Forces for significantly curtailing the insurgency which has ravaged the northeast of Nigeria over the past few years.

However, there is still a lot of work to be done in the area of security. Our Armed Forces will maintain, consolidate and build on their successes in the war against Boko Haram and violent extremism. This government will not consider the matter concluded until the terrorists have been completely routed and normalcy restored to all parts of the country that have been adversely affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

Our crackdown on corruption will continue to be vigorously undertaken. I urge the courts to support our efforts and help in the recovery of stolen funds by speedily concluding trials and showing that impunity no longer has a place in our country.

There is much work to do in other areas as well and I have charged all my ministers and other appointees to ensure that Nigerians experience positive changes in their lives in 2016. We must reduce our country’s reliance on oil. We must diversify our economy.

And we must do all we can to promote job creation. Our challenges are many but our determination to succeed is strong and unshaken. So too is our confidence in God. I wish you all a very”

Happy New Year.

MUHAMMADU BUHARI

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DARIUS ISHAKU WON IN APPEAL COURT.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday reversed the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had on November 7, 2015 sacked Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party and ordered the All Progressives Congress’ governorship candidate in the state, Aisha Alhassan, to be sworn in in his stead. This happened to be  one of the judgments in resent times that has attracted opinion from many works of live  

In the lead judgment read by the presiding Justice of the five-man bench, Justice Abdul Aboki, the appeal court held that Alhassan and the APC had no legal right to challenge the alleged improper conduct of the primary which produced Ishaku as the PDP’s candidate.

Alhassan and his party had approached the tribunal challenging the declaration of Ishaku of the PDP as the winner of the April 11 poll with 369,318 votes against their 275,984 votes polled by them in the election.

In its judgment on the petition, the Justice Danladi Abubakar-led tribunal had, in its judgment on November 7, sacked Ishaku on the grounds that he was not duly sponsored by his party as required by law and ordered that Alhassan be issued a new Certificate of Return and be sworn in as governor.

The unanimous judgment of the tribunal held that the conduct of the primary which produced Ishaku as the governorship candidate of the party failed to satisfy the provisions of sections 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act 2010.

The tribunal anchored its judgment on, among other grounds, that the PDP’s primary was conducted in Abuja instead of Jalingo, the state capital, without approval by INEC and that the party failed to give the notice for the conduct of the exercise within at least 21 days before the date fixed for it.

But the tribunal had dismissed the other leg of the petition which alleged over-voting and substantial non-compliance of the conduct of the poll with the Electoral Act