21 WAYS TO FLATTEN YOUR BELLY

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A toned, flat tummy is a goal many of us strive to achieve, but endless crunches and ditching all your favorite foods isn't the right way to do it. Fortunately, a flat belly can be attained just by incorporating small changes into your day. Here are 21 simple ways to flatten your belly.

“First it was coconut milk, then coconut water, and now coconut oil—and I think a big part of the recent popularity is that it's natural, not synthetic, which is so appealing,” says Francesca Fusco, MD, a dermatologist at Wexler Dermatology in NYC. Coconut oil, unlike mineral oil (another proven highly effective moisturizer)

PROBLEM SOLVING GUIDE FOR YOUR BODY

When you look at your body, are there certain areas that displease you? A spot of flab here, a sag there? Here are some spot-exercises worked out by expert Barbara Pearlman exclusively for Bazaar, 3 each for 5 specific problem areas. If you follow them faithfully every day, you’ll shape up not only in spots, but all over as well—and in only 2 months.

1. No More Sleeping With Your Make-Up On

What on earth happened to your lashes? And look at those black rings under your eyes. Wouldn’t it be easier—on your eyes and everybody else’s—if you took off your make-up at night? Better for your skin, too. For stubborn mascara, there is Very Effective Eye Makeup Remover. For the rest of your face, Skin Deep Milky Cleanser. They have only take a minute or two, and Elizabeth Arden makes them both.

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Word had been going around that Banky W had traveled to New York to start a short course in Directing and Film making at the New York Film Academy. The course is said to be about 3 months, and after that who knows? Banky W might begin the rival the likes of Clarence Peters and Kemi Adetiba.

HOUSE OF MALIQ Magazine launches new website www.houseofmaliq.com and to celebrate the magazine’s new phase, Ice Prince Zamani and Nollywood actress Lisa Omorodion, are both featured as the cover stars for their September 2014 issue.

According to the magazine, Ice Prince Zamani is not only one of the biggest rappers in

Ifeoluwa Otedola who says she prefers people referring to her as Dj Cuppy instead of Femi Otedola’s daughter has showed off her new customized trainers from Nike. Ife is one girl who knows how to spend the ‘money’. Lol

WHY DO PEOPLE CHEAT, HAVE SEX OUTSIDE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS?

Cheating is one of the most unforgivable sins in a relationship.

Interestingly, cheating seems to be the other of the day with many people having cheated at least once or twice in every relationship.

While some people cheat by lying, others are guilty of being stingy while most go all the way out — having sex with another person while in a relationship with another.

A Pastor claimed to have killed more than 7000 people from various parts of Kenya while on a satanic mission.

47-year-old Samuel Mwema Muli, who converted and became a pastor said he began his horrible acts in 1992 , which broke his home apart after he killed his 8-month-old son which made his wife quit the marriage.

His confessions were taken by Kenya new site, Standard Media.

Here is his story:

Samuel Okorie, a 29-year-old Nigerian living in Brookline, Pennsylvania, has been arrested by the police for assaulting a 21-year-old woman and abducting her from a West Liberty Avenue gas station.

Okorie, who lives in the 1600-block of Fallowfield Avenue, was reportedly taken into custody on Sunday following the incident.

For stealing meat from his neighbour’s pot, a man has been beaten to stupor by an angry mob in Asaba, Delta.

The meat-thief, identified as Sylvanus was reportedly caught while trying to swallow the meat he stole from his neighbour’s pot of soup, after which, he was beaten black and blue by an angry mob.

Oh wow, Iyanya Mbuk is set to release the biggest collaboration of the year!’

The good guys at NET, report that kukere star, is trying to secure a duet with sexy American rapper, Nicki Minaj.

As a matter of fact, talks have allegedly reached an advanced stage between both camps, they say.

Following the death of their father, who was accused of witchcraft, three children were almost lynched by youths, who are residents of Unyenge, Mbo LGA, Akwa Ibom.

The siblings, 14-year-old Shedrack Esin, 10-year-old Israel Esin and 7-year-old Miracle Esin, were attacked after their father, Mr. Etim Esin, was killed by some unidentified persons on Monday, 8 September.

A lady, Oluwabunmi Adeola Oladokun, and an unidentified man, were shot by gunmen on the morning of Friday, 12 September in Orisumbare area of Idimu, Lagos.

Oladokun was on her way to work in Victoria Island around 5:30 a.m, when she got shot and died on the spot.

“African literature can be cool, fun and sexy; it should speak to every aspect of people’s lives” so says Ainehi Edoro ofBrittlepaper.com. She talks about art, her unshakable commitment to African Literature, and how the women are taking over the African literary scene. She is the Leading Lady for the week; be inspired!

NIGERIA MAN JAILED IN IRELAND FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS

A Nigerian man and his Costa Rican lover have been jailed in the United Kingdom for smuggling over €67,000(N14, 114, 514) of cocaine hidden in the soles of their shoes.

The pair, 37-year-old chef, Gerly Juarez, and 44-year-old Nigerian hematologist, Kingsley Edward met on an online dating website. Juarez, the mother of three, claimed that Edward bought her the shoes and told her to wear them as they set off for a holiday in Ireland, while he wore an identical set.

The Genevieve Pink Ball Foundation breast cancer awareness event started in Lekki, Lagos this morning with several celebrities turning up to support the worthy cause.

Participating in the run are Nollywood actresses, Genevieve Nnaji and Funke Akindele. Others sweating it out are TV personality, Tolu ‘Toolz’ Oniru, Toke, Kemi Adetiba, Toke Makinwa, Fade Ogunro, Osas Ighodaro, Lynxxx and others.

They will run from Lekki to Ikoyi and back for the Run/Walk/Cycle event.

See photos below:

Three Nigerian men resident in India will be deported after being caught in crime, the New Indian Express reports.

According to the Indian police, Oladapo Obasoto Olatunbosun,Dickson M Dickson and Abiodun Oluwagbemiga Oyekunlewere arrested for cheating and online fraud in Chennai three years ago and will now be sent back to their country.

Benjamin Adekunle, a retired Civil War hero, popularly known as ‘Black Scorpion’ is dead.

According to his wife, Folake, he died this morning in Lagos.

Born in 1937, the Asipa of Ogbomosho, Brigadier Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle underwent secondary education at the Government College Okene (in present day Kogi State).

A group of highway oil hijackers, which include fake military officers, has been apprehended by the operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad after five operations.

Officers of the Lagos State Police Command arrested the six-man robbery gang whose members disguised as military and highway traffic task officials to hijack and divert trucks conveying petroleum products.

Mary Shipstone was shot in the head by her father

An estranged father gunned down his seven-year-old daughter from his car before turning the gun on himself.

Mary Shipstone died in hospital after being shot in the head by her father as she returned home from school on Thursday afternoon.

What do you get when you put two of the world’s biggest pop stars on stage together?

An explosion of wonderfulness and excitement and BIG tunes – well, that’s what happened when Nicki Minaj casually joined Beyonce on stage in Paris last night.

While unfortunately we weren’t there to enjoy it, Nicki kindly shared quite a few pictures of the special moment.

Oscar Pistorius could be spared jail over girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp’s killing, despite yesterday being found guilty of blasting her to death.

The Paralympic sprinter was convicted of culpable homicide – the equivalent to manslaughter – and bailed in a dramatic trial that has captivated the world.

A 17-stone woman is accused of breaking into her neighbour’s house and raping him while he slept.

Chantae Gilman is accused of creeping into her neighbour’s Seattle home, climbing on top of the 31-year-old and forcing him to have having sex.

Police documents claim the man, who had crashed out in bed at his home after a party, said he woke up to find 26-year-old Gilman on top of him.

A man has been arrested after he allegedly cooked his girlfriend’s dog and FED it to her for a romantic meal.

Ryan Watenpaugh is said to have turned his ex-girlfriend’s Pomeranian pooch into a dish and served it to her before sending a gloating text message telling her what he had done.

A perverted stalker raped a pregnant woman then forced her to BREASTFEED him.

Kevin Gibbons, 50, subjected the woman and another victim to horrifying sex crimes.

He was jailed yesterday for 25 years, by a judge, who described him as "manipulative, controlling, obsessive and domineering".

A 29-year-old man, Fabian Oladele, who escaped from a prison during a jailbreak, has been re-arrested for robbery.

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. He specialised in robbery and diversion of trucks. He was arrested by the SP Abba Kyari-led Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Tragedy: Scores die as Synagogue church building collapses

TRAGEDY struck yesterday following the collapse of a part of a multiple storey building inside the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, leaving many worshipers dead, while others were critically injured.

The incident at the Lagos based church, reportedly happened at 12: 45 pm.

The Managing Director, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, Joe Hudson has said Nigeria is blessed with vibrant and talented youths who have the skills to turn the country to an industrial giant.

Hudson further stated that Nigeria has the potential to rule the world given the abundance of human resources and talents abound in this country.

A Nigerian medical student returning to school in Ukraine tells the story of how he nearly died at the hands of Egypt Air officials who wrongly routed him to Moldova, never gave him food for days and called him bloody Nigerian before deporting him back to Lagos

We serve you the story as written by JOSHUA KUNLE ABDUL-AZEEZ, the student who is lucky to be alive and whose ordeal should interest Nigerians.

In a very competitive environment where opportunities are few, some women are taking the bull by the horn, carving a niche for themselves in male-dominated vocations writes Eric Dumo

There are many things that make her thick. Apart from standing at a staggering 6feet and having a plum built, Gladys Famous is a giant in many ways. Venturing into a vocation largely the preserve of men, the Edo State-born young woman has been able to make a name for herself in her Ijede, Ikorodu neighbourhood by dishing

He may be football’s archetypal bad boy, but Mario Baloteli proved he’s not too cool for school by posting a heart-warming good luck message to youngsters heading back to class this week.

The Liverpool striker took to his Instagram account to send the message: “Hi kids, today starts school in most countries. It’s like the beginning of the season in football. It’s therefore time to start giving Your best as this helps shape your future. Good luck!”

arriage is the only institution that brings two people together and gives them only one future. It is sacred, and the way it works has not yet been understood by many people going into it. Many homes that have gone sour today did so because their foundation was faulty, most of the time because of ‘bad’ choices of who to marry, hence the need to know if parents’ involvement in the choice of their children’s life partners is a plus or minus.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake, BBC Africa reports.

Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete had acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet door, but in the “belief that there was an intruder.”

She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill Reeva Steenkamp.

About four years ago, Dokun Adewusi, a 39-year-old from Abeokuta, Ogun State, thought of delving into the business of selling cars. Wanting to take after his friend who was also in the business, he said the huge profit being made attracted him to it, but he did not seek for advice from his friend before embarking upon it. Unfortunately for him, the first time he made a trip to Cotonou to buy a secondhand vehicle for resale in Nigeria, the car was impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service and he made a loss.

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Oh wow, Iyanya Mbuk is set to release the biggest collaboration of the year!’ The good guys at NET, report that kukere star, is trying to secure a duet with sexy American rapper, Nicki Minaj. As a matter of fact, talks have allegedly reached an advanced stage between both camps, they say.

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Oh wow, Iyanya Mbuk is set to release the biggest collaboration of the year!’

The good guys at NET, report that kukere star, is trying to secure a duet with sexy American rapper, Nicki Minaj.

As a matter of fact, talks have allegedly reached an advanced stage between both camps, they say.