Bomb blast in Abuja

Suspected Boko Haram members yesterday  evening detonated an improvised explosive device at Kuje market around the police station in Abuja killing scores of people. Details later...

Ladies; Should the size of the engagement ring matter in saying Yes or No?

This Article was written by the Adejoro Olumofin the Relationship Consultant aka "Doktor" Mofin

Ladies, should the size or price of the engagement ring matter? If your man isn't financially equipped or doesn't know the "rock" / ring of your dreams and yet proposes would you accept or decline? This article is inspired by an interesting story I heard from a close friend about a guy who proposed to his 2 year girlfriend with a ring which could be referred to as a "Full Stop" or a "Dot ring" i.e the rock was so small & displeasurable to her.

 She accepted the ring but didn't wear it often or put the standard ring finger picture on social media. After a few weeks her boyfriend got angry and confronted her about not posting the ring out there or telling anyone, she lashed out and said this isn't the ring of "my" dreams.

They got into a fight which eventually led to their breakup. My question; Does the size of the ring or rock matter in saying yes to your man? This issue requires a situational approach or solution as we all have different personalities, family background, or orientations. Psychologically and in my opinion a ring should serve as a symbol of love or an interest in starting a new life with another person, the price of the ring should be based on ur pocket or account at the time, if a big or small ring comes it's the gesture / idea that someone wants to spend the rest of their life with you that matters.

Most guys want to give their lady a big rock but what if there are more pressing issues like rent, business projects, health issues ; will a man leave these things or empty his account for a Big Diamond Rock? As a couple you can always upgrade your ring in time as you grow financially.

Social media and competition amongst friends has made it a " sine qua non" I.e an essential for ladies to have a big rock, some ladies have been proposed to change the way they walk or place their fingers a certain way so the world can see, if that ring was very small/tiny/cheap would u walk and put your hand in a way that will blind our eyes? Do what works for you in your own clime. Don't pass on a good man because of a variable which can be made a constant in time.

Trial of Nigerian Treasury looters to commence soon - Buhari

President Buhari today said the trial of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. He said this at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa.

"Those who have stolen the national wealth will be in court in a matter of weeks and Nigerians will know those who have short-changed them." he said

He added that things in Nigeria have degenrated "We have really degenerated as a country. Our national institutions, including the military, which did wonderfully on foreign missions in the past, have been compromised. But we are doing something about it.

The military is now retraining and morale has been resuscitated. As Petroleum Minister under Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo in the 1970s, I could not travel abroad until I had taken a memo to the Federal Executive Council asking for estacode. Now, everybody does what he wants. That is why security-wise and economically, we're in trouble," he said

Billionaire daughter, Temi Otedola shares lovely new photos

Temi, the beautiful daughter of oil magnate Femi Otedola shared these lovely photos on Instagram. More photos after the cut...

Naira Depreciates Further To 225/$ At Parallel Market

The Nigerian currency, the Naira, on Monday depreciated further, trading at N225 to the dollar at the parallel market.

Similarly, the currency was traded at N341 to a pound sterling while one Euro was traded for N243.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, learnt that the poor showing of

naira at the parallel market did not affect its official N197 price to a dollar at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Commenting on naira’s drop in value, Dr Evans Osabuohien, an economist, told NAN that the recovery of the American economy was responsible for the appreciation of the dollar against other currencies in the world.

Osabuohien, who teaches at the Department of Economics and Development, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, noted that like Nigeria, the global economic challenges also affected currencies of most African countries.

He specifically identified Kenyan and Ugandan Shillings among the worst in currencies’ depreciation in the continent.

NAN

Today's News Headlines - 11/8/2015

VANGUARD

*Buhari cancels govt delegation to Hajj, to save $1m

*Chieftaincy titles for Tinubu, Obasa, others at coronation of new Ayangburen's

*Maltreatment of robbery suspect: Nigerian army to punish erring soldiers

*Federal teachers protest unpaid salaries

*Nigeria not a rich country ' Buhari

*Court adjourns Amaechi's suit challenging probe of his administration

*Gov. El-Rufai bows to defiant beggars

*NNPC's audits marred by irregularities, lack due process ' NRGI

*Soyinka to Oshiomhole: You've not let us down

*Crisis rocks YABATECH: Drama as EFCC reacts to petition against Rector

*Pollution: Lagos declares war on violators

TRIBUNE

*Buhari's emergence saved Nigeria from the precipice 'Aregbesola

*No FG delegation to 2015 hajj 'Buhari

*Ooni's transition to be officially announced tomorrow 'Oba Adereti

*Jonathan was caged 'Soyinka

*Osun stakeholders drag Aregbesola before EFCC, submit petition

*APC inaugurates 7-man screening committee for governorship aspirants

*PDATED: WAEC withholds results of 13 debtor states

*4 killed as youths protest over unpaid salaries in Akwa Ibom

*Buhari names Itse Sagay as head of advisory committee on war against corruption

*Buhari queries Finance Ministry over diversion of fund for railways

*Majek Fashek admits drug addiction

*FG summons 10 state commissioners for emergency meeting over flooding

*WAEC 'partially releases' results of 95,373 students

*Court to decide ex-Ondo Deputy Governor's fate over impeachment on Thursday

*Gunmen kill travelers, remove body parts in Plateau

*14-year-old who stabbed Nigerian teacher in UK jailed 11 years

*Only 38% of students had 5 credits as WAEC releases results

*30 yrs after 1985 Golden Eaglets players beg Buhari to redeem promises

*Man shot during Ferguson protest in critical condition 'Police

*US consulate in Turkey targeted, 8 killed in attacks

*Zimbabwe's Mugabe rages against killing of Cecil the lion

*Obiano donates N10m to Ose-Okwodu market fire victims

DAILY TRUST

*Delinquent bank debtors: How are the mighty fallen!

*2015 dissolution of LGs: A challenge for Buhari

*Buhari's gradual breach of electoral agreements

*Buhari's War On Corruption: Nigeria Petroleum Minister Appointment Vital To

Overhaul Corrupt Oil Industry

*Buhari wants NNPC to be sole importers of petroleum products ' Emefiele

*Being a celebrity has made me more cautious - Aramide

*Literature is an avenue to table sensitive issues

*Nigerian farmers are losing lands to Niger authorities

*1985 coup: How I led soldiers to pick up Buhari ' Col. A. Aminu (rtd)

*Kogi governorship: APC rakes N137.5m from 27 contenders

*Buhari's appointments vindicated our stand ' S/East APC

*PDP not yet an opposition party ' Prof. Nwolise

*We are sad over crisis in party, says PDP

*Abuja: Settlers, residents seek special recognition from FG

*Unethical standards worry Sokoto Civil Service chair

*Group seeks end to youth restiveness in N/Delta

*Kuje NASFAT founding woman leader dies

*Bakalori irrigation farmers suffer rice, wheat glut

*Kano emir inaugurates social reform c'ttee

*32,000 candidates for Unilag's post-UTME, says official

*Amnesty Office commences payment of ex-agitators' stipends

CNN

*Universe is slowly dying,' scientists conclude

*Stop treating Trump like a Kardashian

*ISIS claims Iraq suicide bombing

*Mali siege: Soldiers free hostages; 12 reported dead

*Obama's Iran nuclear deal rhetoric

*Typhoon Soudelor kills at least 24

*Blast hits checkpoint near entrance to Kabul airport

*7 charged in Pakistan child abuse case

*Native American: 'We are all children of this Earth

*At least 21 die in massive typhoon

*South Korea vows North will pay 'harsh price' for landmine deaths

*Xiaomi and Foxconn are pouring billions into India

*Meet Alphabet - Google's new parent company

*Iran holds final, secret hearing in journalist trial

*Adobe is latest firm to boost US maternity benefits

*Two dead after stabbing at IKEA store in Sweden

*Buffett does his biggest deal ever: $37.2 billion

PM NEWS

*Place Nasarawa under security surveillance, Maku tells Buhari

*Ugbo, only Yoruba town with huge crude oil deposits

*Ooni of Ife to be formally announced dead on Wednesday

*Collect bribe, face wrath of the law ' Taskforce Boss

*Nigeria to conduct census in 2016, spend N273 billion

*3-year old, two others murdered over bitter leaf in Edo

*Nigerian Army vows to punish soldiers for maltreating robber

*Buhari queries diversion of $1billion railway loan

*Sagay heads advisory committee on War Against Corruption

*Ali Baba, Gordons, Bovi, Others Set For Isoko Comedy All Stars Show

*Nigerian Navy Faces N200m Suit Over Seizure Of Vessel

*Buhari and the enthronement of meritocracy

*Buhari congratulates Nigeria's special athletes

*Bayelsa: Mass defection hits PDP as

*Fake 'Assistant Editor' of The News arrested in Abeokuta

*I do not influence who EFCC, others probe, Buhari tells PDP Senators

*Wike spent N5bn to slander Buhari, says APC

*S.African medical technician invents device to punish rapists

*Properties worth millions destroyed as 'fire guts popular Osun market

*APC chieftain sponsors weddings of 7 female IDPs

*Open university students complain over non-participation in NYSC

*Arsenal performance not convincing, says Wenger

*Alade market traders get 60-day ultimatum to vacate

*PH Refinery: Nigeria's fuel importation to drop by 40%

*Buhari should probe Alex Badeh's speech, says Reps member

*INEC acting-chairperson is Buhari's in-law, says Fayose

*N120m Fraud: El-Rufai orders fresh audit of civil servants

*FRSC confirms 14 dead in Ebonyi auto crash

BBC

*Japan restarts Sendai nuclear plant

*Australia sets new emissions target

*China sets yuan at three-year low

*Thai king treated for water on brain

Firefighters battle Portugal wildfires

*Nigeria sets up anti-corruption team

*I feel at home at Swansea - Ayew

*Legionnaires' outbreak widens in NYC

*Child abuse tool gets government data

*Pellegrini pleased at 'important start

*Hostage texted before Texas murders

*McIlroy '100% ready' for US PGA

*Man shot at Ferguson event charged

*Deadly bomb blast hits Iraq city

*Vandals killed Cecil the lion - Mugabe.

Banks reduce withdrawal limits on ATMs

In the new arrangement, all ATMs that were enabled for domestic and foreign transactions have been restructured to limit Naira cash withdrawal at ATMs from N150,000 per day to N60,000 per day while foreign currency is $300 per day.


The new arrangement has separated traditional ATM from MasterCard credit card where the former has now been deactivated and can no longer be used for transactions abroad.

Henceforth, a single ATM card serves for transactions for both domestic and abroad.

Also, the restructured cards now have spending limits on POS/eCommerce (online shopping) at $300 (about N60,000) per day. Before this, the limit was N2 million per day.

In a communication to the customers, the bank explained:

“In view of the increased difficulty in sourcing foreign currency to settle international transactions on Naira MasterCards, we have reduced the daily international spending limit on your Naira MasterCard to $300.This means that you can only spend up to $300 daily when using your Naira MasterCard for international payments via POS and online.

“You will, however, continue to have the option of paying for medical bills, school fees, mortgages and credit cards using Form A, as these are eligible transactions for foreign currency. Simply visit any GTBank branch to complete a Form A along with the required documents to make these payments.”

These developments came on the heels of Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) statement on Sunday that all legitimate requests for foreign currency for eligible transactions, normally referred to as “invisibles,” such as remittances for school fees, student maintenance allowances, BTA, PTA, medical and other eligible transactions, shall be fully met at the official/interbank exchange rate.
A statement from the CBN added:

“The CBN hereby directs all authorised dealers in foreign exchange in Nigeria to henceforth treat as top priority all legitimate demand for foreign exchange for eligible transactions.

“The CBN once again advises individuals that wish to source foreign currency for such eligible transactions to approach their banks with their legitimate demand as the CBN has made adequate provisions of foreign currency for all such legitimate and eligible purposes.

“Furthermore, holders of Naira denominated debit and credit cards shall continue to have access to the use of their cards at ATMs in any part of the world but subject to the annual limit of $50,000. ATM withdraws shall continue to be a maximum of $300 per day.”

Vanguard

WAEC withholds results of 13 states, releases results for May/June 2015 SSCE exams

True to its threat few weeks ago, the West African Examination Council has withheld the 2015 WAEC Senior School Certificate Examination results of students of public schools in 13 states following their state government's failure to pay the fees meant for their registration.

WAEC had on July 27 threatened to withhold the results of public students from 19 states following the failure of their state governments to pay their WAEC registration fee.

Announcing the release of the results in Lagos on August 8th, WAECs head of National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, said the number of the states owing WAEC had reduced to 13 as 6 states out of the 19 earlier announced have addressed their debt. He added that that a total of 1,605,248 registered for the May/June 2015 WAEC, while 1,593,442 sat for the exam. 864,096 candidates were males while 729,346 candidates were females.

Novena Relentless Expo dealers

Students!  even as the school authority has suspended over 12 students they are still carrying chukuli to the exam hall without fear,  risking being suspended,  For 2 semesters. And those that have been suspended that

(Photos) Brenda Got Novena Girls Praying For Her Kind Of Man

Brenda on the right looking at her cell phone

While the excitement and jubilation was still on as final year students finished writing their last paper,  the school gate opened as a convoy came through

Novena Examination Bad luck for some students Read Why

This is really a bad luck for those student who carry chukuli, bomb, micro chips expo or any name you call it, my simple

Mr & Miss Novena Pageant in Grand style

 Out going Mr & Miss Novena

Miss Wonderful & Mr Tega

Originally  Bridget is the Miss Novena we all know but according to the beauty pageant law which says if the winner of the contest is found wanting, not living

See the Mr & Miss Ebony Novena, more pictures from the pageant

 Left for me, Mr Mass communication would have made it to the last round because he was exceptional, but the judges had their reasons.
More pictures below

SARS Shot the leg of an indigen, their patrol van vandalised

According to eye witness account on what really ensured, a group of Amai indigens were at a bar along Amai-Obiaruku road drinking and chatting whenSpecial Anti-Robbery Squad invaded the bar and started harassing them looking for one excuse or the

Dolapo Oni Weds Prince Adegbite Sijuwade - Photos.

Tv Girl Dolapo Oni is on everybody's lips.

She married the son of the Late Ooni of Ife,Prince Adegbite Sijuwade in a beautiful ceremony in Lagos.

Check out the lovely pics.
Happy Married life to them.

Beautiful people!