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Work Permit. International students are allowed to work on and off campus during studies. After graduation students are eligible to work for a period of 1-3years.

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Canada’s high academic standards and rigorous quality controls mean that you’ll be earning a high-quality education that will open doors for your future and benefit your career over the long term. A Canadian degree, diploma or certificate is globally recognized as being equivalent to those obtained from the United States or Commonwealth countries.

Affordable Education

The quality of education and living standards in Canada are amongst the highest in the world, but the cost of living and tuition fees for international students are generally lower than in other countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. As such, Canada is often the preferred choice for students attending college or university.

Multicultural Society

With almost all of the world’s ethnic groups represented in Canada, it’s hard not to find ethnic foods and recreation activities associated with specific cultures. In fact, your international student advisor can help you get in touch with any number of ethnic clubs and associations for you to join while you’re here.

Exciting Campus Lifestyle

Canada’s post-secondary campuses aren’t only wired with the latest in sophisticated technology, but countless other modern amenities as well. From Olympic-quality sports facilities to public concert halls and art galleries, Canada’s post-secondary campuses offer you enormous possibilities for learning and leisure. Plus, you’ll have incredible opportunities to meet like-minded individuals and gain valuable experience through student-run governments, radio, newspapers and businesses.

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Under Canada’s highly dynamic and hands-on academic environment, you will not only acquire knowledge and skills in analysis and communication, but you will also learn how to express yourself, demonstrate your creativity, and develop your self-confidence! Teachers and professors are always available and eager to help with lessons, and studies fuse academic excellence with interaction and collaboration in the classroom.

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Be part of the 1,000 entrepreneurs to receive funding from AYEEN 2017

The Africa's Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria (AYEEN) is back again this year with much more benefits for you. Registration is now open! Don't procrastinate!.According to Victor Kiam "Procrastination is opportunity's assassin"

The organisation whose primary focus remains facilitating the development of start-ups and emerging businesses with funds to stimulate their business operations has decided to increase the pool of beneficiaries this year. In 2016, five hundred beneficiaries were awarded monies in the tune of millions of Naira.
Most beneficiaries had their businesses in Agriculture, E-commerce, Technology, Education, Manufacturing and Food Processing.The call to entry for AYEEN 2017 has begun and we bet you do not want to miss this lifetime opportunity to pitch your idea before a well sort panel of experienced and international judges. The states in focus for the regional screening will be Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Calabar, Asaba and Kaduna. 

The empowerment program recognised as one of the biggest in Africa and rumoured as the largest will take three phases: Pitching of ideas, Entrepreneurs profiling and finally, Beneficiary awards. The qualified entrepreneurs will articulate their ideas for a chance to win grants, single digit interest loans, business makeovers, financial analysis, coaching and mentoring. The peculiarity of the program is, there is no ultimate winner rather there are 1000 winners.

Open this:  https://youtu.be/YZDmhCnlY6w

Africa's Young Entrepreneurs since inception has been a tool of advancement to Nigerian entrepreneurs with over 1.4m A.Y.E Members who are entrepreneurs from start ups to large turn-over SME's. A.Y.E is pushing the frontiers in recognising and showcasing entrepreneurs in their respective sectors. 

Building sustainable enterprise is one of the core objectives of Africa's Young Entrepreneurs.

Register now by clicking www.ayeen2017.com and follow the step by step prompts. 

For further information or partnership in different categories, send a mail to joy@ayeonline.org or call 070 00 44 44 44

See below for testimonial videos of past beneficiaries
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UPDATED: Osinbajo in crucial close door meeting with Okorocha, Sanusi

Professor Yemi Osinbajo - the acting president of Nigeria, on Wednesday, February 8, met with Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi II at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Both of them met behind closed doors.

BREAKING: Osinbajo in crucial close door meeting with Okorocha, Sanusi

Vanguard reports that when approached by the State House Correspondent to speak on his mission to the Villa, Sanusi however declined saying simply “you can just report that I came to the Villa.”

It will be recalled that Sanusi had been very critical of President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies one of which was the decision to borrow $30 billion from external sources.

He had also consistently spoken out on the illiteracy of Northern Nigeria, asking the stakeholders to convert mosques to schools.

Also, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State was seen leaving the office of the Acting President. He also didn’t speak with Reporters.

In a similar vein, the Emir of Kano, yesterday, urged the elite to wake up to their leadership roles.

He said there is failure in some sectors because of the inability of the leaders to set their priorities right.

The Emir also said those in position of authority should focus on providing education, healthcare for the people instead of dreaming of owning runways and having mega cities.

According to The Nation, the Emir spoke in Abuja yesterday when Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello was given an award by Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris as the Most Security-Conscious Governor in Nigeria.

The emir said: “My advice to His Excellency is to remind him that to whom much is given, much is expected. For all of us in positions of authority, whether governor, emir, police commissioner, the president, chairman of local government; we must remember that over 170 million Nigerians were created by God and when God chose us and put us in these positions, it is not because he does not love those not given the positions.

“If there is anything that has destroyed this country, it is people thinking that offices are for themselves and their families but it is not. We were given offices for those who are not in office; we were given office not to sleep so that they may sleep. We were given office so that you can go hungry so that they may eat.

“You were given office so that you stay awake fearful of what may happen to them so that they may sleep in peace. People who think that they are in office to enjoy, to have sound sleep, to have a comfortable life are the worst leaders ever. So, I say to the governor and myself and to all of us who have a responsibility, the prophet of Islam has one Hadith about leadership that is very frightening.

“He says, it is a trust and on the Day of Judgment, it is a source of humiliation and regret. Everyone must remember that there would be a day that we will account for these privileges. On that day, if you did not serve those people, you would regret and wish that you never had that office.”

The Emir also said there is need to address what he described as silent violence like poverty, hunger, lack of healthcare and other social amenities..

On security he said: “How would you blow up mosques because you want to establish an Islamic system?

In Southern Kaduna, we have people who lived together for decades and centuries killing each other because they have constructed fake identities – settler and indigene – and because of genuine lack of enforcement of the law.

Every time there is crisis in Southern Kaduna, people die, there is a tribunal, there is a report, culprits are identified and nothing happens.

So, these small instances utterly lead to conflagration and therefore, it is important to address them at every point in time.”

We cannot merge with PDP - AP chairman

Ahead of the 2019 general elections Mohammed Nalado, the national chairman of the Accord Party (AP), has dismissed reports that the party is in merger talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Nalado who doubles as chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in a statement in Abuja said even if there was a meeting where PDP and leaders of other political parties discussed merger or alliance, the AP was not part of it and cannot be part of the deal.

‎He said: "The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Accord Party has not contemplated any alliance or merger with any party as being insinuated in the purported media report. The AP will continue to play its role of a responsible opposition party in Nigeria by offering constructive criticism to the ruling APC on policies that affect the people of Nigeria.

‎"We are poised to going into the 2019 elections as lone political party, campaigning vigorously, winning the elections and providing sound leadership to Nigerians on the basis of our manifesto."

The AP chairman also called on the National Assembly to make laws that would uphold party supremacy ahead of the polls.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the PDP has commenced talks with smaller political parties for a merger.

Parties like Labour Party (LP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and five other political parties are being approached by the PDP

The parties want to align forces to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general election

Fayose praises Osinbajo for sending Onnoghen's name to Senate

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commended Prof Yemi Osinbajo, acting president, for saving Nigeria by sending the name of Justice Walter Onnoghen to the senate for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

Fayose said Osinbajo saved Nigeria from unnecessary tension

Fayose said: “The action of the acting president has saved the judiciary in particular and Nigeria in general from unnecessary tension.”

Fayose noted that the country’s institutions can only remain strong if there is no interference.

“It is better to build strong institutions that will run on their own than to rely on strong leaders.

“Look at what is happening in the United States, judgment was delivered and no one waited for President Donald Trump to speak before obeying the judgment. That is how things should run in a normal clime,” he said.

In a statement issued on Thursday by Lere Olayinka, his spokesperson, and made available to NAIJ.com, Governor Fayose noted: “If President Muhammadu Buhari had listened to wise counsel, things would not have degenerated to this sordid extent.”

The governor added that those who out of their own selfishness foisted the position of Acting CJN on Nigeria for the first time in the history of the judiciary in the country will answer for their conspiracy one day.

Fayose maintained that he and other Nigerians that insisted on the appointment of Justice Onnoghen as the substantive CJN did not do that for the latter as a person, but with an aim to uphold the sanctity of the office of the judiciary, which is the last hope of the common man.

“Five days ago, I called on acting President Osinbajo to do the needful by simply sending Justice Onnoghen’s name to the Senate as recommended by the NJC and I am glad that Professor Osinbajo, who himself is a lawyer, listened to Nigerians and saved the judiciary from crisis.

“On this one, Prof Osinbajo has shown that he listens, unlike President Muhammadu Buhari that has ruled the country like a military dictator. I salute the acting president.

“Like I have maintained, we didn’t fight for Justice Onnoghen as an individual. What we fought for and still fighting for is the oneness of Nigeria and the sanctity of the judiciary,” he said.

Foreign affairs minister Onyeama finally joins APC

- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the federal government was aware of the suffering in the country

- He also emphasised President Muhammadu Buhari's resolve to fulfill the promises he made during campaign in 2015

The minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) claiming that Nigeria’s current troubles were initiated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Foreign affairs minister Onyeama said the APC was poised to changing Nigeria

Accompanied by friends, supporters and well-wishers to a ward in Enugu where he registered, accused the PDP of destroying the country with impunity in 16 years before the emergence of the APC in power.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onyeama noted that the federal government was aware of the hardship in the country and working assiduously to remedy the situation.

According to the minister, President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to his promise of change especially as his administration has initiated new ways of making the masses benefit from government.

Onyeama said: “What we are facing today is a backlash of the wrongdoings of the PDP.

“They held sway for 16 years and looted the treasury dry and it will not be too easy to clean up the rot they foisted on the nation.

“President Buhari is working for you. He is working for us and very soon we shall get there.”

While urging Nigerians to support the APC, he claimed that the current administration was made up of technocrats committed to rebuilding the nation.

In his address, the chairman of the party in the state, Ben Nwoye, agreed that the APC revolution had spread to Enugu state with residents embracing the party.

Currently, he said, the party has about 50,000 new members in the Enugu East senatorial district alone while another 900 members were recently registered across the state.

“We now have former legislators at both the state and the National Assembly and other influential faithful who defected from the PDP to our great party,” Mr. Nwoye said.

The fight against corruption must be holistic - NLC (photos, video)

On Thursday, February 9, members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and its sister association, the Trade Union Congress to the street of major cities in Nigeria in a protest against the government.

The unions lamented among other things the high cost of living in Nigeria and the hardship faced by many Nigerians currently.

They also demanded for good governance at all level of government.

Among those who championed the protest was the national president of the NLC Ayuba Wabba.

Wabba who spoke during the protest said: "Comrades we have said it over and over again that we are here to fight those in government that are engaged in corrupt practices."

"We have said it in one ministry and we are going to follow it ministry by ministry, National Assembly, the judiciary, the states and the local government areas," Wabba said.

He added that the issue of good governance and salary payment must be made priorities by the federal, state and local governments.

See photos from the Abuja protest below:

Acting president Osinbajo meets protesting NLC members in Abuja (photos)

Acting president Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, February 9, met with a delegation of protesting Nigerian Labour Congress members at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Acting president Yemi Osinbajo receiving the 18-Point Demands from the NLC President, Ayuba Waba and the Trade Union Congress President, Bobboi Kaigama. Photo credit: Abayomi Adeshida

The protest which was organized by the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) was also held simultaneously in Lagos state.

Charly Boy and publisher of Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore joined the protest which began from Maryland to the Lagos state secretariat in Ikeja.

In Abuja, some workers gathered at the Unity Fountain, to commence the march against what they call the effect of poor governance anti-corruption.

Among those who met with the acting president are Tunde Aremu, the deputy NLC president; Ayuba Wabba, the NLC president; and Baba Gaigama, the TUC president and representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).

Government officials present at the interaction includes Ibe Kachukwu, the minister of state for petroleum resources; Senetor Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment.

See more photos below:

Acting president Osinbajo meets protesting NLC members in Abuja

Acting president Osinbajo in a group photograph with minister of labour Chris Ngige and NLC president Ayuba Wabba

Cut off hands of looters – NLC tells FG

- NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, advocates for those found guilty of corruption to have their hands cut off so that Nigerians can identify them as those who stole public funds

- Wabba says it is unfortunate that a few individuals have stolen the nation’s common wealth

- The labour leader calls on Nigerians to voice out against corruption because they are at the receiving end

NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, decries that a few individuals who have stolen the nation’s common wealth have not been brought to justice.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the government to cut off the hands of those found guilty of looting public funds to serve as deterrent to others.

The NLC president, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, made the statement at a protest rally for good governance at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Thursday, February 9, according to the Nation.

He said when the hands of such people are cut off, Nigerians will be able to identify them as those who stole public funds and who are responsible for the current economic recession in the country.

Wabba decried that a few individuals who had stolen the nation’s common wealth have not yet been brought to justice.

The labour leader said government must prove to the world that it was serious to win the fight against corruption and recover all stolen money.

He said: “We must not allow a situation where few, because of their interest will hold the system to ransom. We are demanding increase in electricity supply and they are saying pay more tariff. We are demanding increase in minimum wage and they say they are going to be paying in percentage. We should not be tired.

“Why should somebody steal one billion naira and walk the street free. We are demanding that they should be named and shamed. We are also demanding that one of their hands be cut off so that when we see them, we will know that they are people that has stolen our money.

“So, let us not be tired. Not to pay salaries and pensions is criminal. Not to increase our wages in this condition is corruption and so, we must demand good governance and support the fight against corruption.”

The labour leader called on Nigerians to voice out against corruption, adding that they were at the receiving end because there is near absence of good governance and corruption is also fighting back very badly.

Charly Boy, Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore on also joined NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to protest corruption and bad government in Nigeria.

Charly Boy who was one of front-liners for the Monday, February 6, protest in Lagos says he understands the challenges this country is facing from decades of wasteful wickedness; insensitive leadership.

According to him bad governance is a failure of the governed just as much as it is a failure of political leadership.

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Delta state governor allegedly earmarks N350 million for Ibori’s welcome party

- Governor Okowa of Delta state has allegedly released the sum of N350 million to celebrate the return of former Governor James Ibori

- The governor allegedly released the huge sum as a form of appreciation to James Ibori who helped the governor into power in 2015

- The welcome party is set to come up on Sunday, February 12

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has allegedly ordered the release of the sum of N350 million for the celebration and welcome party of ex-convict and former governor of Delta state, Chief James Ibori.

According to an investigative report by Sahara Reporters, two sources in Delta state, one of them a senior government official, said that Governor Okowa released the funds in order to ensure that the reception for Mr Ibori, scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 12, at James Ibori’s hometown of Oghara, would be a huge event.

Delta state governor allegedly earmarks N350 million for Ibori’s welcome party

Recall that Ibori returned from the UK on February 4, after serving a concurrent 13-year jail term for money laundering and was reportedly visited by some top politicians in the state including Okowa.

An anonymous official of the Delta state government reportedly disclosed that Governor Okowa decided that the state government must bankroll the events formally welcoming ex-Governor Ibori back to the state. The source said the governor’s decision was also “a way to show gratitude to Chief Ibori, who single-handedly made sure that he won the 2015 governorship election.”

The source reportedly said: “Chief Ibori not only saw Senator Okowa through all the hurdles in the PDP governorship primaries but made him the governor of the state right from his prison far away in London. Before now, the governor had always vowed to give Chief an elaborate reception for standing behind him politically.”

The commissioner of Information in Delta state is yet to confirm this report but an official at the Ministry of Information reportedly confirmed to Sahara Reporters that the state was playing a big role in the forthcoming reception for Ibori.

Meanwhile, governor Okowa has said Chief James Ibori should be more concerned with his family now that he has returned from prison rather than politics.

Okowa stated this in reaction to claims that the former governor of Delta state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and acclaimed political godfather was planning to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

How we were humiliated, victimized by Dangote’s company – Truck officer revealed

Editor’s note: In any recruitment process, both the employees and employers usually want trust to be the key factor in engaging either at entry or managerial level. However, in this piece , Ganiyu Akeem, the NAIJ.com contributor explains how he and other Truck Officers employed by the company were hired and left stranded.

In April 2015, the company announced both in print and electronic media a Truck Entrepreneurship Scheme that sought to empower graduates financially. The scheme entails eventual ownership of a truck each by every successful employee (Truck Officer) who was able to cover 400,000km with the truck.

We excitedly applied for this offer with the required documents, and were eventually shortlisted. Thereafter, we went through the first training process that lasted from June to October 2015 at Obajana (Kogi state), Ibese (Ogun state), and Ikeja (Lagos state).

Thereafter, there was physical background confirmation of our residences and that of our guarantors by Background Check International (BCI), a company in Lagos, whose staff visited our homes and that of our guarantors from November 2015 and January 2016.

On February 2016, 200 (two hundred) of us got phone calls to report to Obajana plant for immediate commencement of duty. The impromptu manner with which we heeded this call from this ‘reputable’ company cost most of us our current jobs then. Yet after training, we were asked to go back and wait for their call.

In March 2016, an agreement form covering the scheme was sent to us via email to complete and send to the High Court for legal endorsement. This, we promptly did at our own cost. It is noteworthy that the agreement provided a monthly remuneration of N60, 000 for every Truck Officer including a performance bonus of N90, 000 on meeting the monthly target.

In April 2016, we got a call to report to Ibese plant to process our documents and commence work. This we did, and after training, we were asked to go back and wait for their call.

In May 2016, we got a call asking us to report to Ibese plant for immediate commencement of duty, some reported on 12th while some resumed on 13th and we were allocated one truck each to supervise. Later on, the trucks we each handled increased to four, then to six for those in Ibese and seven for those in Obajana.

On 2nd June 2016, the management summoned us to a meeting to announce the cancellation of the entrepreneurship scheme. They issued us an appointment letter saying we were automatically staff of the company. However, the letter stated that our appointment would be confirmed permanent after six (6) months. It further stipulated a monthly consolidated salary of N60, 000 and unspecified performance bonus.

On that same month (June 2016), another 200 (two hundred) Truck Officers were added to our number and were deployed to Obajana plant and the same appointment letters were issued to them.

In September 2016, about 400 (four hundred) Truck Officers were further employed, 200 were deployed to Obajana plant while 200 were deployed to Ibese plant.

In December 2016, instead of issuing the first batch of Truck Officers confirmation letters, our management introduced a new form of daily truck reporting, saying it was meant to be used as our Key Performance Indicator (KPI). Though grossly disappointed, we obediently adjusted to this new development which officially commenced in Ibese plant In January 2017.

On Sunday 8th January 2017, a Truck Officer, Oyelami Adekunle Ismael, slumped and died on duty in Ibese plant, and all our management did was to ask some Truck Officers to accompany the corpse with an ambulance to his hometown with a paltry sum of N50,000 (fifty thousand naira).

It is noteworthy to say that we made effort by sending mails twice to our management to book a meeting with us in order to discuss our issues but it all proved abortive as we got no response. Also worthy of note is that our enterprising actions led to the revival of more than 500 (five hundred) non- operational trucks to become operational.

On Saturday 4th February 2017, we were suddenly summoned by our management via Whatsapp social media to report to the plant for a very important meeting. To our surprise, military men were stationed at strategic positions around the plant. It was then that they started distributing termination

Letters (printed on ordinary A4 papers as against the company’s official letter-headed papers) to us, asking us to submit our identity cards and other company belongings, saying nothing about our severance dues and allowances if any.

We hereby implore all well-meaning Nigerians and the general public to come to our aid so as to bring this draconian and tyrannical method of management to an end in this country, and thus save the Nigerian youth from undue humiliation and victimization.

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What is misophonia?

Misophonia? Have you ever thought that your negative emotions and feelings can have scientifically proven name? In addition to this, scientists have conducted misophonia research study and found out misophonia cure or some kind of a relief to misophonia disease.

What is misophonia?

This article will be useful for those who have an itch to find misophonia relief.

Misophonia Definition!

So, what is Misophonia? It is a psychological intolerance to a range of sounds which occur in our surroundings. Fortunately, precisely because of its psychological component, this sound sensitivity disease is easier to cure than, for example, constant noise in the ears.

What is misophonia?

Misophonia research study

Unfortunately, today due to its novelty, the disease has not been studied in detail. Though, it was revealed that only certain unbearable sounds from the environment can cause an unexplained outbreak of uncontrolled anger. This is so-called selective sound sensitivity syndrome.

The term "misophonia" was introduced by Paul Hawks from Emory University, who has studied this phenomenon, along with an expert in the field of audiology Marcia Johnson. She found out that many people have an aversion to certain sounds, especially those that are inevitable during a meal. First, she defined this state as "sensitivity to soft sound".

What is misophonia?

There isn’t an accurate data on the number of people suffering from misophonia. But we can assume that this phenomenon is much more common than it seems to be. Last year specialists from the University of South Florida - Monica Wu and Eric Storch conducted a study involving 483 students - 20% of them had signs of misophonia. However, the representativeness of the group is questionable: more than 80% were women, plus all participants were promised extra credit in psychology.

Experts say that origins of this disease should looked for at the neurobiological level, where there is some predisposition, which leads to misophonia symptoms - such aggressive behavior.

What is misophonia?

Incredible sensitivity to sound

Misophonia may occur not only due to the fact that the neighbor behind the wall will begin to organize disco party at midnight. People, suffering from hypersensitivity to sound, could get colleagues with violent cough, chewing misophonia, eatig misophonia or the sound of turning pages.

Misophonia disorder causes significant changes in the individual's life style. Suffering from misophonia people almost unconsciously are trying to shut out all noise of the outside world. It is not an exaggeration to say that misophonia leads to constant desire to be alone with yourself.

As it has already been mentioned, doctors can not help in this situation, because misophonia diagnosis is a white spot in any medical dictionary.

What is misophonia?

Misophonia treatment

So, if you notice that your beloved person suffers or gets angry from making some sounds, try to reduce or avoid these sounds in his presence. It doesn’t matter what it is - clanking of dishes, the sound of a vacuum cleaner or your mobile phone tune.

Many people suffer from unpleasant certain sounds since childhood, for example, chalk scratch on board or the sound of chewing of food. A condition when certain sounds can literally make you crazy, is believed to be called misophonia.

This phenomenon remains incomprehensible to ordinary people. As a rule, misophonia develops during adolescence, and some sound over the time can become more and more unbearable. You can get extreme sensitivity to sound.

The sensations experienced by people with misophonia can be very unpleasant. For example, many people are attempting to get rid of nose sneezing people or chewing gum fans because this drives them round.

What is misophonia?

Because of this problem people often lose friends and often quarrel with others. There isn’t any official misophonia treatment or misophonia cure, so many people with misophonia also often have other disorders such as phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder and manic-depressive syndrome.

Speaking on misophonia causes – they aren’t investigated. Sounds unbelievable?

What is misophonia?

Here are a few ways in which you will be able to help people suffering from misophone. Misophonia relief:

• Learn their triggering factors (annoying sounds). Talk with a close friend or colleague suffering from this syndrome, and do your best to avoid these sounds.

• Listen, sympathize. This is a very unpleasant condition and is caused by strong emotions often lead to the fact that people are mad because of the feeling of your own powerlessness, can become nervous and emotionally exhausted.

• Mind your manners. Actually it is just disgusting to hear people blowing their noses in public places, snaping their fingers or slurping chewing gum. If you have to resort to such things, please do it in the bathroom or another secluded location.

What is misophonia?

• Reassure them that on their problem appears more and more information. You can go to the doctors, there are web sites on this topic. Due to the fact that more and more people learn about this condition and tell their stories associated with it, the hope is that the misophonia disorder discussions will only expand.

We can recommend you to turn off all the annoying sounds. For example, when you go to work in noisy places (dance clubs, bowling centres), you can tend to listening to music on headphones, or installong decorative fountains or aquariums with boiling water.

What is misophonia?

HYPNOSIS as a means of misophonia treatment

Hypnosis can also help you reprogram your brain and switch off inappropriate and unwanted reaction to certain sounds. Hypnosis is the most effective way to influence instinctive responses issued by your mind in response to certain external stimuli (in this case, specific sounds).

Hypnosis allows us to quickly and effectively change the associations formed in our mind, and our notions of pleasant or unpleasant sounds. Just imagine how wonderful you will feel when you can be relaxed in perceiving the sounds which earlier irritated you! You will be able to distance yourself from those sounds that really are not worth such attention.

Hope that now you see what is misophonia meaning and you have seen and noted some ways of misophonia relief and misophonia cure.

Tales of the housewives of Nigeria: The shopaholic

Read the phone conversation between Bola, a shopaholic and Mary, her best friend in this economy.

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List of top federal road projects for 2017

The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on his appeared before the Senate on Monday, February 6, to defend his ministry’s budget in the 2017 budget proposal.

The ministry has N564.2 billion for the three sectors, out of which works gets N311.5 billion. These federal road network are to foster the economic growth. Here are 25 major roads projects for 2017.

1. The construction of second Niger bridge at Onitsha

2. Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja (Sections I-IV) in FCT

3. The rehabilitation of Enugu-Port Harcourt dual carriageway (Sections I-IV) in Enugu, Abia, Rivers states

4. Rehabilitation/reconstruction of the Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan expressway in Lagos/Oyo states

5. Construction of Loko-Oweto bridge in Nasarawa, Benue states

6. Reconstruction of outstanding sections of Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Sagamu road in Edo, Ondo, Ogun states

7. Rehabilitation of Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene road section I: Odukpani-Itu bridgehead

8. Rehabilitation of Ilorin-J’ebba-Mokwa road

9. The dualisation of Sapele-Ewu road in Delta, Edo states

10. The dualisation of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road in Lagos, Ogun states

11. The rehabilitation of Hadejia-Nguru-Gashua-Bayamari road in Jigawa, Yobe states

12. The rehabilitation of Ilorin-Kabba-Obajana road in Kwara, Kogi states

13. The rehabilitation of Yola-Mubi road

14. The rehabilitation of Owerri-Umuahia road in Imo, Abia states

15. The dualisation of Yenagoa Road Junction-Kolo-Otuoke-Bayelsa Palm in Bayelsa state

16. The rehabilitation of Damaturu-Biu road

17. The rehabilitation of Apapa-Oshodi expressway in Lagos Phase I & II

18. The dualisation of Suleja-Minna road

19. The construction of Bodo-Bonny road with a bridge across the Opobo channel in Rivers state, access road to Apapa, Tin Can Port, NNPC Depot (Atlas Cove) to Mile 2

20. The construction of Agaie-Katcha-Baro road

21. The rehabilitation of Sokoto-TambuwaI-Jega-Kontagora-Makera in Sokoto/Kebbi states

22. The rehabilitation of Abakaliki-Afikpo road in Ebonyi state

23. The rehabilitation of Akure-Ondo road in Ondo state

24. The rehabilitation of Aba-Azumini-Opobo road (Aba-Azumini section) in Abia state

25. The rehabilitation of Wukari-Mutum Biyu-Jalingo-Numan road section I: Wukari-Mutum Biyu road in Taraba state

Call it Karma or better still What goes around comes around

On March 9, 2010, something happened which given the state of Nigeria right now, can best be described as the mother of all ironies.

Late Yar'adua and Goodluck Jonathan

The Nigerian president in that year was Umar Musa Yar'Adua and he had been sick and away from the country for a while. The then vice president, Goodluck Jonathan, was made the acting president and the entire country was confused about the exact state of Yar'Adua's health.

Then an opposition leader, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), joined the growing number of Nigerians to call for the removal of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

According to the This Day article dated March 9, 2010, President Buhari maintained that the only viable option out of the present political logjam in the country was for the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) to declare the president incapacitated and have him impeached.

Buhari, in 2010, said Nigeria should not have been in the situation it was in the first instance because the constitution had made it clear on how an ailing president could be succeeded.

Insisting on Yar'Adua's impeachment, he said the refusal of the council to follow constitutional provisions with regards to the illness of the then president had thrown Nigeria into crisis and he argued that the 1999 Constitution was clear on the issue of succession when an incumbent president is incapacitated.

Buhari, who is the president now, said all this when he received members of the National Unity Forum in Kaduna who paid him a solidarity visit.

Goodluck Jonathan was not spared, as the former military ruler criticized what he described as "extra-constitutional measures", the measures applied by the National Assembly to empower Goodluck Jonathan as the acting president when the constitution already had a solution to the problem.

Below were his words from March 2010:

"Political expediency won't remedy this kind of problem because if the Executive Council of the Federation had acted in accordance with the constitution, by invoking the necessary sections to declare the President incapacitated, we would not have found ourselves in this present situation.

"As you can see, adopting extra-constitutional measures have not addressed the problem. If it had, we would not have been subjected to the raging debates and controversy going on. So, we must go back to the constitution.

"The Executive Council of the Federation must do the right thing because once we start moving away from the constitution, then we are inviting anarchy.”

Looking back at 2010, from 2017, it is indeed ironical that President Buhari is now receiving treatment in another country, and he has placed his vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, as the acting president?!

EFCC invites Arik Air Chairman for questioning

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited the Chairman of trouble airline, Arik Air, Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide on Wednesday February 8, 2017 to answer a series of questions.


Confirming the event, Arik Air in a statement by its spokesman, Adebanji Ola disclosed that EFCC only visited to have a meeting with the chairman.

  “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, 8 February 2017 visited Arik Air’s head office,” his statement disclosed. 

He said further,

 “They held a brief meeting with Chairman of Arik Air, Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide after which the Chairman visited their Ikoyi, Lagos office for further discussions and to respond to their enquiries. Having satisfactorily answered the query, the Chairman later left the EFCC office.” 

The airline has been facing numerous challenges in recent months ranging from delayed payment of workers salary, debt to aviation fuel suppliers, delayed and cancelation of flights amongst others.

Everything that you have brought to our attention will be addressed - Senate president addresses TUC/NLC protesters

Today, a nationwide protest organized by the Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress TUC held in Lagos and Abuja. At the Abuja rally, protesters made their way to the National Assembly where the were addressed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki who said,

 'We feel your pain! We hear your words! Everything that you have brought to our attention will be addressed. The exchange rate is high, the tension is high -- the only thing that has stayed low are your salaries'.