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Are Promises To Be Kept Or Broken?

By HELEN ALANABO EBIFAMINI

HOW effective can a promise be? Are there consequences for breaking a promise made to a person knowingly or unknowingly? We all know that making promises is one thing, while keeping it is another.
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SUCCESS DIET

Marriage Is Not A Mirage But A Mission Statement

By Comrade Uche Goodluck Okonji JNR.

It was shocking and devastating when I received a telephone call from my Aunty in Abuja that my Uncle Mr. Patrick Eze Okonji was among the Victims of the ill-fated Dana airline flight 992. As if that was not enough, my aunty lamented that similar thing wanted to occurred in the morning when my in-law Hon Osaai Osaai of the Federal House of Representatives boarded a plane from UK to Abuja which had difficulty in landing at the Abuja airport as a result of total black out at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on receiving this sad news, immediately, I travelled toe

WOMAN'S FORUM

Playing Politics In A True Democratic Terrain

By Gloria Omoruyi


LOOKING at the political terrain in the country, it is quite obvious Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the fact that leadership or political positions are not the exclusive preserve of men. Leadership should be devoid of gender. It should be defined in what we give and not what we can get.

BEAUTY SHOP

Giving Your Nails The Care They Need

By Gloria Omoruyi

When your Nails are in good or bad shape, they are quite visible to every one. They speak for themselves. Nails like skin really do need extra nourishing, scruffy or beaten nails don't do you justice. Here are some tips on how to keep them in shape and looking attractive.

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Women’s Involvement In Politics: Challenges And Prospects

BY juliet ANETOKHE

WHAT are the chances of women in this forthcoming gubernatorial governorship election? Are women going to deny themselves the opportunity of being involved in politics again.

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PERSPECTIVE

Looking Down On Others

By KADIRI AIWANEHI PATIENCE

No one knows tomorrow or where he/she will be in the next day or in the future to come. People in our present age look down on others saying that those they look down on, don't have anything to offer and their achievements in life is low.

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LIFE

Bad Moods Are Bad For Your Body

By SG Oboyo

A bad mood affects your body. Anger, frustration, worry and depression all impair your body's ability to heal itself. They weaken your immune system. The scientific evidence for this is overwhelming "Depressed, anxious, angry or hostile people are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease, asthma, arthritis and headaches as are happier, more relaxed individuals."

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ISSUES

Edo Guber Poll: Withdrawal Of Corps Members And Matters Arising

By Osazuwa Akonedo

Possible withdrawal of corps members from participating as INEC ad hoc staff in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state has remained an issue of contention as such withdrawal to many may wrought election malpractices that could undermine the credibility of the governorship election.

HEALTH WATCH

You Can Have A Vaginal Birth After A Cesarean Section

By TESSY OTENE

So many women who have gone through caesarean section are afraid to give birth through the vaginal which is often referred to as normal delivery in our own

CHRISTIAN DISCOURSE

Is It Biblical For Bishops To Pray Or Prophesy With Head Covered?
By DR. WILFRED OTOKUNEFOR

THE office of a Bishop is Biblical (New Testamentary) 1 Tim. 3:1-11; Tit. 1:5-9; but in the Bible, no garment is prescribed for a Bishop (This discourse refers to male Bishops). Some Church denominations have adopted, in principle, the priestly

FG Will Make Armed Forces One Of The World Best By 2020 - Air Chief



CHIEF of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, said the Federal Government is committed to making the Nigerian Armed Forces one of the best in the world by the year 2020.


He made this known in Abuja yesterday at the end of the “Annual 10 kilometer Walk/Jog for physical fitness”, organised by the Nigerian Air Force for its officers.


Umar said the leadership of the nation and the armed forces were doing their best to reposition the services in this respect.


Represented by AVM Gbolahan Adekunle, Chief of Policy and Plans, Umar said it was essential that the Nigerian Armed Forces should key into the nation’s transformation agenda.


Reports say that the exercise took participants from Mogadishu Cantonment Parade Ground through AYA; Yakubu Gowon Road; Niger Barracks and Lungi Barracks Junction.


The participants returned via the same route to the Mogadishu Cantonment Parade Ground, in Abuja.
Umar said that the preparation for the event started in March 2012.


He said in the past most of the representatives of Nigeria in most track and field and other sporting event in the World used to come from the armed forces.


“A large number of them were from the armed forces, especially from the police and the army but today, that has dropped drastically.


“We need to go back to the drawing board and ensure that armed forces begin to represent this nation again in international sport meet.


According to him, exercise is one of the indices that the Air Force uses in assessing the fitness of their personnel.


He, therefore, urged them not to relent in taking time off to exercise at least thrice a week, adding: “you do not have to wait for the Air Force because the great beneficiary of such exercise is a sound mind. ’’


In his remarks, Air Commodore Kabir Musa-Fari, Commander, 106 Nigerian Air Force Camp, Abuja, said: “the exercise was successful because it was a well planned event.”


Musa-Fari said there was a minimum level of fitness to be maintained in the military, saying: “if you are not medically fit, you could be asked to leave the service.


“It is also at the back of our mind that we must keep fit and also to meet other challenges in the course of our duty. ”


One of the participants, Group Capt. Useni Sylvanus, who came first in the officers’ cadre finishing at 47 minutes, attributed his success to constant exercise.

 

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