5 EXERCISES YOU SHOULD BE DOING WAY MORE OF
You're all about multitasking when it comes to your job, your to-do list, and even your free time (seriously, who just watches TV these days?). So why shouldn't your workout—and your body—benefit from the same smart shortcuts? Make these five moves a part of your routine to guarantee that you're getting the most from your workout.
GRODY STDs YOU CAN GET WITHOUT HAVING SEX
Terrifying-but-true fact: You know you don’t necessarily need to have sex to get an STD. We talked to Alyssa Dweck, M.D., an ob-gyn in Westchester, New York, and coauthor of V Is for Vagina, for the information you need to know to stay disease-free.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STDs AND STIs?
Back in junior high school sex ed class, you probably learned to group conditions such as herpes, chlamydia, and genital warts under the term STD, meaning sexually transmitted disease. But in the past five years or so, these three consonants have increasingly been replaced by STI, which stands for sexually transmitted infection. More and more ob-gyns seem to use the latter term when they discuss conditions like herpes and chlamydia with their patients. And if you've Googled the topic lately (no judgment!), you're probably seeing STI a lot more than you used to.
5 HOPEFUL TIPS FOR SHEDDING ALL OF YOUR PREGNANCY WEIGHT
Does it feel as difficult to shed those post-pregnancy pounds as it did to go through labor? According to new research conducted by the University of Chicago, you're not alone. In fact, the study found a full three-fourths of women were still heavier a year after giving birth than they were before they became mothers.
PAKISTANI TEACHERS NOW TRAINED TO KILL IN DEFENSE OF THEIR CLASSROOM
Armed to the teeth with handguns and assault rifles, these are the Pakistani teachers trained to kill in defence of their classrooms. Following a government announcement that teachers in Peshawar, Pakistan, will be armed and receive combat training to 'engage' terrorists, this is the first group pictured to undergo their instruction. The initiative is a response to the December 16 tragedy in which a group of terrorists stormed the city's Public Army School, massacring 145 people, including 132 schoolchildren.
FAYOSE ADMITS OWING EKITI WORKERS N7.5BN
Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose has lamented that the state government needed the sum of N7.5 billion to settle arrears of entitlements of public servants in the state. He admitted that he sometimes does not know where to start which gives him sleepless nights. The governor was speaking in Ado Ekiti yesterday while inaugurating some projects to mark his 100 days in office. According to him, the entitlements included August and September 2014
2015 ELECTIONS- A TEST FOR NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY —EU
An electoral observation team from the European Union (EU) has described the February 2015 general elections in Nigeria as a test for the country's democracy. The EU team also stressed the need for electoral justice, urging Nigerian voters to remember that violence does not change the results of elections. The EU’s chief observer, Santiago Fisas, made the comments at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He disclosed that the observer team would be looking at the entire process over an extended period with
BUHAIRI BEATING JONATHAN IN AIT POLL DESPITE ONGOING PROPAGANDA DOCUMENTARY AGAINST HIM
An online poll set up by African Independent Television (AIT), a television station which belongs to one of President Goodluck Jonathan’s closest friends, has further underlined his unpopularity as the opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, is currently defeating him by at least 75 per cent.
MORE THAN 500 SOLDIERS STRANDED IN MAIDUGURI
More than 500 soldiers who fled from Monguno as Islamist insurgents attacked the town three days ago are now stranded in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The soldiers fled from Monguno after Boko Haram fighters sacked their military base, sending soldiers and thousands of civilians on the run last Sunday.
BUHARI WILL INHERIT BAD ECONOMY SAYS EL-RUFAI
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Tuesday said the party’s presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would inherit a wrecked economy if elected as president in February. El-Rufai said he too would inherit a bankrupt state after the governorship election if he is elected as the chief executive officer of Kaduna.
NIGERIA IMMIGRATION EARNS N12BN FROM E-PASSPORTS
The Nigeria Immigration Service said on Tuesday that it generated N12.2bn from the issuance of e-passports to citizens in 2014. This was just as it inaugurated an electronic platform to block revenue leakages and enforce accountability and probity in government transactions. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr. David Parradang, who said this during the inauguration of the e-platform system in Abuja, stated that the service generated
NIGERIA FG AND STATES TO CUT COST OVER OIL SLUMP
The Federal Ministry of Finance, the commissioners of finance and accountants-general of the 36 states of the federation have begun moves to reduce the high cost of governance in the country following the continuous decline in crude oil prices in the international market. The need to prune expenditure, according to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is necessitated by the persistent drop in oil prices, which has continued to have a negative impact on the revenue of government.
AFENIFERE ENDORSES JONATHAN FOR SECOND TERM
The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan’s bid for a second term in office. It gave its endorsement at a meeting its members held with the President at the residence of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, on Tuesday. Jonathan told reporters after the meeting that he had come to pay homage to the leader of the Afenifere.
POLICE ACCUSE IMAM AND OTHERS OF N30M FRAUD IN NIGERIA
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Adeniji Adele, Lagos State, has accused an Imam, Abdullateef Abubakar, of conniving with two other suspects at large to dupe an Abuja-based businessman, Olalekan Adeshina, to the tune of N30m. Source gathered that the victim had been consulting the imam, who lives on the Binuyo Street, Ita-Faaji area of the state for special prayers since 2012. It was
85-YR-OLD COMMUNITY LEADER BEHEADED IN BENIN
Aruogba village in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has been thrown into confusion following the murder of an 85-year-old community leader, Goodluck Uwumahongie, by unidentified gunmen. It was gathered that the late octogenarian was shot several times by the attackers before he was beheaded in Irhirhi, a nearby village, where he had fled to, following a land tussle. The headless body of the late community leaders was said to have been found
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