He is Igbo! We're Nigerians; there's hope.

This piece was written by my learned friend "Francis Egu", trust me he is a good writer, infact i am beginning to suspect that the letter written to Jonathan by OBJ was written by him, i think he was paid....lol just saying.... guess what, Francis is my friend, but i have never set my eyes on him......funny huh? its a long story, and we've come a long way.. just read on jare;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME : Birthday Prayer!

Hello y'all join Ur prayers with mine and thank Baba God for making me see another day like this... I've always been thankful to Him... i remember when i was growing up, AT SOME POINT,  i usually celebrated my birthday on the 22nd of November instead of 21st of November, or sometimes i celebrated it on the actual day 21st, i was confused about my birthday, this happuned especially when i was in school or alone with my dad(GOd rest his soul)...... my dad didnt even remember whether it was 21st or 22nd.... this continued untill i did my First Holy Communion, my sponsor (aunt Bridget) told me that it was on the 21st not 22nd. i smiled sheepishly and shook my head.....so since that day it got stuck in my head that it was 21st.

If i start to write about the many stories ive encountered on my past birthdays, you will laugh......but anyways no time at all for that.....Another Birthday is here, so i will Thank God and ask Him for His abundant blessings, why dont you join me? ;

Thank you, God, for giving me another year of life.
Thank you for all the people who remembered me today
by sending cards, and letters, gifts and good wishes.

Thank you for all the experience of this past year;
for times of success which will always be happy memories,
for times of failure which reminded me of my own weakness and of my need for you,
for times of joy when the sun was shining,
for times of sadness which drove me to you.

Forgive me
for the hours I wasted,
for the chances I failed to take,
for the opportunities I missed this past year.
Help me in the days ahead to make this the best year yet,
and through it to bring good credit to myself,
happiness and pride to my loved ones,
and joy to you. Amen.

Did i hear somebody say amen? oh ok

Effective Ways to Get Rid of Dark Elbows & Knees!

Share this so you can easily find it on your page.Dark knees and elbows are probably the easiest to treat. With these home-made skin bleach tips and solutions, say goodbye to these dark skin spots..... Ride on

My Boyfriend Proposed But He’s Already Married!!

Please peeps who does this shit?? A fellow, NEB reader sent this to me this morning, thought i could help!

My boyfriend and I have been together since 2007 and living in my house for most of that time. There is no doubt in my mind that he loves me and I do love him. We’ve kinda talked about marriage, but I get the distinct impression it’s not something he really wants but he will do it if it’s necessary for us to stay together. He mentions that he does not have much to bring to the table and needs to finish getting his finances together..... Read on....

Shhh! World’s most stunning libraries captured in new book that will leave you lost for words.

The 320-page tome features libraries of all sizes from the world's largest - the Library Of Congress in Washington - to the tiny late medieval library of Trinity Hall in Cambridge.
The oldest library featured in the £48 book which has survived with its fitting intact is the Malatestiana Biblioteca in Cesena in Italy, which dates back to 1452.

'Libraries have been held in such high esteem for hundreds of years and have often had a huge amount of money spent on them for different reasons.
'For some it was a case of personal pride while for others their library was a symbol of cultural importance.
'Some libraries are a place to store books while some are sheer works of art.
'Libraries are like living rooms in cities - warm places that anyone can go to to work and to learn - they are very egalitarian.
'In contrast, the internet, the main threat to public libraries, is quite undemocratic because to access it you need a computer and a connection.
'A lot of people think books are on their way out but interestingly there are more books being printed now than ever before.
'Public libraries might be being closed in Europe but in other parts of the world like China they are being built.
'In fact, one of the first things any country wanting to establish itself does is build a national library.
'My hope is that this book will becomes the one people will reach for for information on the history of libraries for many years to come.'
The Library is published by Thames and Hudson and costs £48.
See more photos below....

How to Make your Relationship Long-lasting

Hello peeps here is a lil tip;

Don’t you ever wonder why some people stick together when they know damn well it ain’t gonna work? If one person wants something completely different, then the relationship can’t really function.  Relationships and marriages that has gone down the hill or have broken up because of miscommunication  or a big rush on settlement.  I would hate for a man that I’m dating to change his mind or to end it over a petty argument.......... continue reading....

How I Learned To Stop Being Desperate And Wait My Turn For Marriage

Hey swithrts its been long i posted stuff on here......well ive been on this long wonderful vacation....and now i'm back, relax and learn....

Here is an unspoken truth: A man can feel when a woman he is dating is desperate. She is so desperate to get married that she actually looks right past him. She may have never even asked herself how he actually feels about getting married. Why? Because she cannot see beyond her own desire to be married, like all of her girlfriends. Continue reading......

He Is Not Going To Marry You

I was led by the Spirit and just thought i should address some of y'all;                                                         

Both of you started a Relationship 3 years ago, and he proposed to you. When the rent of your apartment expired, he asked you to move into his own instead of renewing your rent since both of you have agreed to get married.

You have been living with him since then, going to Church, Praising the Lord and all.

Now you call EGES calling God, God, God, giving me the impression that you love God enough to live for Him. And then you tell me the reason why you called is to know how to deal with your Fiance that has been very unfaithful to you, and I ask myself what is there to be faithful to you about? You have been so unfaithful yourself living with a man you are not married to, he has been having sex with you, while the next minute he watches you go to the corner of the room to speak in tongues. He has seen how unfaithful you are to God, and knows if you can't be faithful to God, you can NEVER be faithful to him. He hasn't carried CHURCH on his head like you have, and probably doesn't see any reason why he should, since those around him who do so have not found anything so CAPTIVATING about God to give their all to Him.

HE IS NOT GOING TO MARRY YOU. There is nothing trustworthy about you. He is probably looking for EVERY WAY to throw you out now. I hope it won't come as a surprise to you when he does!

For most of you Ladies in Abuja who carry Church on your head, yet do UNSPEAKABLE and SHOCKING things in the dark, I speak GRACE, GRACE to you. May the GRACE of God seek and sort you out. Did i hear u say Amen??

Vote To Make A Better Nigeria!!!

The United Nations and partners want to hear from YOU! MY World is a global survey asking you to choose your priorities for a better world. Results will be shared with world leaders in setting the next global development agenda. Tell us about the world you want, because your voice matters. - click on this link: http://www.myworld2015.org/?partner=orol2013
  
 And Vote now!!!

Investment bank intern, 21, on £45,000 worked 'until 6am for three nights in a row' before he was found dead in his London flat

A young student has died in mysterious circumstances while employed as an intern at a top investment bank – amid claims he was asked to work punishingly long hours.

The body of Moritz Erhardt was discovered on Thursday evening as he neared the end of a seven-week internship with the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s investment bank division.

The 21-year-old – understood to be from Germany – had joined  Merrill Lynch earlier in the summer hoping to forge a career with the firm.

Paid interns at the bank normally earn £45,000 a year pro rata - around £2,700 a month.

Yesterday it was claimed Mr Erhardt may have suffered a fit or seizure. However internet forum users said he may have been working ‘all-nighters’ during his stay with the company.

Many banks are known to encourage their young students to work late into the night and in the past there have been claims those keen to impress have put in long hours with very little sleep.

On one site, called wallstreetoasis.com, many posters insisted Mr Erhardt regularly worked long hours and added: ‘One of the best interns at BAML – three all-nighters, didn’t turn up, colleagues went to find him.’

Mr Erhardt had been living in the Claredale House student accommodation flats in Bethnal Green, East London. The apartments are rented out to hundreds of interns during the summer months.

Another poster on the wallstreetoasis.com site added: ‘It is absolutely true – he was found dead in the shower by his flatmate. Intern at BAML who went home at 6am three days in a row.’

Do I Need To Sleep With This Man To Get My Husband A Job"? - Confused Person

Kindly help publish this so that comments from your blog readers like me will help give me a direction and possibly soothe my conscience.

We got married 2 years ago and everything was going really smooth as planned until he lost his job. I wasn't working at that time so I decided to get a job to sustain us and our 1 year old twin girls. he tried all he could to get a job to no avail.

I met with one of my boss' friends who owned an oil company and told him about my husband and he agreed to help. As we went back and forth in this regard, he told me he had to have his way with me in order to assist me! I was so furious, I walked away in disgust! What was this world turning into - so you can't help the opposite sex without expecting "something" back?

He still comes to see my boss from time to time and told me on one of those occasions that the offer was still open and the deal could be sealed as soon as I consented.

This is where I need urgent help! The job I have is not enough to sustain us month-on-month. Should I give in to pave way for my husband to get the job or just wait in agony as he continues his job hunt?

Please advise me.

Confused Comfort

Beyonce is Not Pregnant

Jay-Z has something to say about those pesky pregnancy rumors going around.

Reports surfaced on Friday that Beyonce is expecting her second child, and now New York radio station Hot 97′s Program Director Ebro has Jay-Z’s side of the story. Ebro revealed that he sent a congratulatory e-mail to the rapper over the weekend, and Jay-Z’s response to him was that the pregnancy rumors are indeed false. Watch the video below to hear Ebro’s statement.

Meanwhile, Beyonce took to the stage in Milan on Saturday without mentioning the pregnancy rumblings. In fact, the 31-year-old performer flaunted her famous figure in a skintight jumpsuit (and some other revealing outfits) and danced the night away.

Signs You’re In A One-Sided Relationship

You can be in a one-sided relationship and not even know it because A) You want to see what you want to see and B) The guy you’re seeing puts in just enough effort to give you the hope he’ll commit, eventually. But here’s a truth about men: they’re either all in immediately, or they never really are. Here’s how to know if you’re the only one taking your relationship seriously.

 You’re always the first one to bring up an issue

If there’s a problem between the two of you, you’re clearly unhappy and bumping heads, you always have to be the one to bring it up. In other words, you’re the only one who cares enough about the relationship to want to resolve problems.

He gets annoyed when you bring up an issue

He immediately rolls his eyes, or makes you feel that you’re burdening him when you want to talk about an issue. This is because he doesn’t care what the benefits could be of overcoming your issues—he’s not that invested anyways.

He doesn’t know what’s happening in your life

If you really think about it, he has no idea what a day in your life looks like. He has no idea how mean your boss is, or that you go to yoga during your lunch break. The most basic, common things about you—he doesn’t know. And that’s either because he’s a terrible listener or doesn’t make you feel comfortable talking to him.

When you ask him to hang out you feel you’re asking for a favor

You find yourself nervous to ask him to do something with you, as if you’re asking your teacher for a hall pass! He always makes it seem like he’s doing you a favor by coming along with you to things.

He has dumb reasons for not calling you

Okay so there wasn’t good cell reception at the hotel he was staying at for the weekend. But there was a perfectly good landline he could have called you from…He’s been crazy busy at work, but you know he stopped to eat lunch or go to the bathroom; he could have texted you. Yet, if there is an excuse why he couldn’t get in touch, he takes advantage of that excuse.

You only spend time together at home

When he is in the mood to go out, he does so with friends. But when he’s with you, he just wants to be lazy, stay at home, have sex, watch TV and go to sleep. Essentially, he doesn’t think you’re worth his effort of putting on a happy face and rallying for a night out.

You’re the only one making kind gestures

You buy him thoughtful gifts, plan fun dates, and make him nice meals all the time. And he hasn’t once reciprocated.

You’re never together on the holidays

He won’t come see your family, and always has some excuse why it’s for the best you don’t come with him. He refuses to change his traditions or patterns in order for the two of you to be together. Preserving his life as it was before you is more important to him than building a new life with you.

I Met My Guy Through A Friend But I Don’t Seem To Understand What He Is Up To!

This is from a NEB Reader:

I have been dating this guy for a year and 4 months now. He's 35 and I am 25. No doubt he’s caring and nice but the truth is, we've never met before. He was introduced to me by a friend. For the past 16 months things have been going smoothly. He planned coming home last Xmas but couldn't make it due to work issues. He wasn't given vacation permit. My family and his are aware of the relationship.What we are waiting for, is for him to come home.

To cut the long story short,my problem and fear are these: He has never used the word Love to me. He says he will use it whenever we see. Secondly,each time we have an issue, I am always the one calling his attention. What he does is to ignore me. No effort to know what the problem is and I try to resolve it. I see myself fighting to keep this relationship,no effort on his part. I don’t want to be that person. Presently,we are having issues and for two weeks he hasn’t called. I tried calling and texting but to no avail. I don’t know what to do. In as much as I appreciate him.I don’t wanna look desperate. I need your candid advice.
Thanks!

Everyone Thinks My Man Is Ugly Including My Mum & This Is Really Tearing Me Apart!

This is from a NEB reader:

I am currently in a relationship with a guy who is 11yrs older than I am. I am 20 and he is 31, the age is actually not the problem as my dad is 16yrs older than my mum.
My relationship is just perfect,we both love each other dearly, that is something we are both very sure of, he wants to get married to me any time soon, even though I objected to it at first because I am so much in love with my education, and don’t want to be a liability to any man. I am currently a 200l law student, but right now I am just so into him that I want the marriage even more than him, he is also willing to wait a few more years(say like 2yrs).
My problem actually is his looks, according to my friends, my aunt who knows him and my MUM. They all feel he is UGLY. My problem actually is my mum, I love her so much i don’t want to disappoint her. She is friends with him on Fb, we rarely talk about him, but on a particular day she mentioned that he was Ugly. I am really worried as this is a problem to me.To be sincere, most times, I also hate him for this reason, and always ponder how I even accepted him let alone fallen in love with him. I actually never said yes to him, I just fell in love with his personality.
Now my problem is how do I tell him that everyone thinks he is ugly? How do I tell him my mum,siblings, aunt who he so cherishes think he is ugly? How on earth will this sound to his ears? What do I do, should I just put all this behind me and go on with wanting 2 marry him? And face the fact that I will be mocked by friends and family? He has a great future, he is focused,responsible,determined, but if not for the saying that no one is perfect I would have said he is a “perfect gentle man”.

Please I need your advice.

Family catch incredibly rare six-tentacled octopus during Greek vacation… then bash it to death and serve it up with a slice of lemon before discovering it is only the second ever seen...

Hmmmmm.........
A US citizen told how he caught and ate an octopus on holiday - only to discover it was the second rare six-legged specimen ever found.
Mechanical engineer Labros Hydras, 49, pulled the creature - dubbed a ‘hexapus’ - from the sea as he went snorkelling in Greece.
He and his son followed local tradition by smashing it against a rock to kill it and then took it to a nearby taverna to cook.
The chef refused to cook it for him because it was so rare and told Labros he should have let the octopus live.
But the father-of-two, who was born in Greece and now lives in Washington D.C., fried it for his supper anyway and served it up with a slice of tomato and lemon.
After finishing it off he decided to check out what the chef had said - and felt sick when he realised what he had done.................Ewwwwwwwwwest i cant even think of eating it....*pukes*.........see more photos after the cut...

GIRL-CHILD MARRIAGE: SOURCE and EFFECTS; A NO CRY TO IT!

On Tuesday, 17th July 2013, Senate Constitutional Review Committee proposed a removal of section 29[4](b) of the constitution, which deals with manner of renunciation of citizenship, which states that a married woman shall be deemed to be of full age.......... continue reading!

Beauty beyond borders: have you seen the hidden wonders of both North AND South Korea?

Amazing right??

It's the REAL thing: How tastier 'Mexican Coke' made with cane sugar has become a hit among those in the know!!

A version of Coca-Cola which is made with real cane sugar, rather than high-fructose corn syrup, has become the beverage of choice among trendy New Yorkers.
The U.S. uses the cheaper sweetener in its sodas because of government-imposed importation laws that make sugar more expensive here than in any other country.
But fans of Mexican Coke, as it is often called because it is bottled south of the border, say that this 'purer' soda is superior in both taste and quality - even if it costs a little extra....... Wow i would love to taste dis.......*winks*

British woman dies trying to swim across English Channel for charity!

Susan Taylor got into “serious difficulties” in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world as she approached France on Sunday.
The 34-year-old accountant from Barwell, Leics., undertook the challenge to raise money for Diabetes UK and Rainbows, an East Midlands children’s hospice.
She had previously completed several other open water challenges, swimming the length of Lake Coniston in the Lake District, swimming at the Olympic rowing venue and completing a relay swim across the English channel in the past year alone.
She predicted that her English Channel solo swim would be “tougher than Everest”, however.
After covering herself in goose fat in preparation for the ordeal, she set off at about 1am but became ill just a mile off the French coast.
"She was then air lifted by helicopter to a hospital in Boulonge. Susan tragically passed away.
"Thank you for your messages of support. Please respect the family's privacy whilst they come to terms with what has happened. If you would like to leave a sign of respect please feel free to donate to her fund raising page."
Susan was raising money for Diabetes UK and the Rainbows Children's Hospice in Loughborough.
A police source in Boulogne-sur-Mer said: "She was swimming from Britain, and was well-supported."

The woman who will never grow up: 3ft tall Laxmi weighs just 3 stone and dresses in children's clothes but is actually 20 years old

She has watched her friends grow into young women but Laxmi Yadev has not changed since the age of five.
Now 20 years old, Laxmi is still only three feet three inches tall, weighs just three stone and wears clothes meant for six-year-old children.
A rare genetic disorder meant Laxmi stopped growing 15 years ago and she is resigned to living the rest of her life as a woman trapped in a child's body.