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Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Which sports burn the most calories?

Get moving and feel the burn with these calorie-busting activities to enjoy as part of a healthy lifestyle or a weight-loss program.

The top five calorie-killers include cross-country skiing, step, skipping, running and boxing. Personal trainers recommend two to three 45-minute sessions a week in order to see results.

Things can get fraught when your good old boy crew has to make room for your lady love. Here's how you can balance the most important relationships in your life.

When you need a nice, smooth whiskey after the long work week or when your girlfriend has been stressing you out and you need to talk about anything -anything! -other than your relationship, your buddies are there for you. While you may not be tagging them in Instagram posts as your #besties, your guys know you best and they're there for you when you need them, regardless of how serious or silly your ask may be.

Indonesian Navy and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries blow up the illegal fishing vessel the MV Viking in the waters of Tanjung Batumandi, Pangandaran, West Java, on March 14, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Image by: ANTARA FOTO / REUTERS

Indonesia sank 34 impounded foreign boats, the government said, the latest bid to deter vessels from illegally fishing in the world's biggest archipelago nation.

The Federal Government has asked Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country to immediately provide meters to Nigerians, insisting that it would no longer condone the situation where people pay for meters and fail to access them within a reasonable time-frame.

A GROUP of polygamists have spoken out about their lives in a bid to teach people that monogamy isn’t for everyone.

In a new video, one man and three women who are in a polyamorous relationship, explain how they live their lives.
Dating website Relationship – which caters to swingers, polyamorous couples and “ethical cheaters” – launched the footage as part of their #AcceptLove campaign.

South China’s city of Shenzhen plans to build three waste incineration power plants in the next three years. One of them will be the world’s largest, which is able to dispose 5000 tonnes of garbage daily.

According to Wang Guobin, the director of Shenzhen City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau, the biggest plant alone can handle one third of Shenzhen’s garbage and will be put into use in 2018.

Established in 1971 from the facility left behind by the old University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, boasts being the alma mater of many prominent Nigerians. Many of them are indeed captains of industries.

But age is fast telling on the institution, especially its physical infrastructure. Little wonder, many students are complaining about the state of facilities in the 45-year-old institution situated in the Sango area of the sprawling city. Indeed, from the unoccupied lands, hostels to the laboratories, it is a litany of fear and anguish for the students.

Nigerian celebrity blogger, Uche Pedro has won the award for Favourite African Blogger at the 2016 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (KCAs).

Pedro, the founder of BellaNaija blog, was declared winner at the Awards ceremony held on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Photo: Adulterous Mother Of 3 Dies In Lover’s House

An official of the Lagos State University, Samuel Ambe, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his lover, Mata Jidonu.

Thirty-two-year-old Mata was married to a lawyer, Sunday Jidonu, for whom she had three children.

It was learnt that the suspect worked at the Department of Works and Physical Planning of the university.

Yemi Alade who turned a year older yesterday, celebrated in SouthAfrica with friends and some celebs in the industry. Those in attendance include Dbanj,Tiwa Savage,Toke Makinwa, Ebuka .

His sister said the family 'decided to embalm him like this because he was a very happy person' Reuters

THE family of a man shot 15 times held a bizarre funeral where he was propped up in a chair in their living room with his eyes open.

Grisly footage of Fernando de Jesus Diaz Beato, 26, emerged online after the Puerto Rican's murder earlier this month.

Jacob Ikilo, a security guard at a filling station at Eyaen village, on the Benin-Auchi Road, the Nation reports.
Pa Jacob is receiving treatment at the Male Orthopaedic Ward of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), where doctors are battling to save his right wrist.

Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble are reportedly on the verge of splitting up.The momager, 60, has been dating the 35-year-old music executive since last summer, following her split from ex Caitlyn Jenner, and she's allegedly paying him $20,000 a MONTH to help take care of her and the kids.

US OK! Magazine has made the shocking claims and alleges Corey, who works for Justin Bieber, is getting 'restless' and wants more cash.
A source told the publication:

You can tell just by their lifestyle choices.

Happiness is meant to be shared, but sometimes the happiest people are too busy living to tell the rest of the world how they got there. Talking about how great life is can also quickly go past humble to just bragging, especially around others who may not be having the best of times.

China has said it seeks more crude oil exports from Nigeria in spite of the recent changes in oil prices.

Mr Zao LingXiang, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
``But the total amount of export to China was only about one million barrels in 2015 that was just 1.3 per cent of Nigerian annual oil export.

Government at all levels have been advised to introduce sports as a tool to attack insurgency operations in the troubled North-East region of the country.

Speaking at the First Regional Redeemer’s Day in Maiduguri, the Coordinator of Redeemer’s Heritage Schools, Pastor (Mrs.) Fadeke Adediran said the relative peace been enjoyed in the region as a result of military action would be fast-tracked if numerous sporting activities are introduced in the troubled region.

The mother bathes her newborn in a puddle outside her makeshift tent in Idomeni, Greece (Picture: Getty)

A shocking image has emerged showing a refugee mother washing her newborn baby in a puddle.

The mother was forced to wash her child using the puddle water outside her tent in the Greek border village of Idomeni.

The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II is pictured with his new bride Wuraola Otiti Zynab Obanor..

African top stars, Obafemi Martins, Asamoah Gyan and Demba Ba failed to score for their respective Chinese Super League clubs Shanghai SIPG and Shanghai Shenhua in a derby which ended 1-1.

The widely travelled Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins and Demba Ba featured for Shanghai Shenhua, while Gyan was on parade for the hosts Shanghai SIPG.

WATCH: Driver intentionally knocks over delivery man in racial attack

A video showing a white man in a bakkie intentionally knocking down a black pizza delivery man on a motorcycle whom he refers to among other things as “a one pizza k****r” – and recording it - is causing a major stir on the social media.The incident appears to happen as they are pulling away from a traffic light both turning right.

The video footage posted on Facebook shows the delivery man lying on the tarred road after he is struck by the vehicle.

Turkish television pictures showed burnt-out vehicles including a bus. File photo
Image by: STRINGER / REUTERS

Ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion on Kizilay square, a key shopping and transport hub close to the city's embassy area.

A explosion ripped through a busy square in central Ankara on Sunday, killing several people and wounding many more, according to local media reports, which described it as an attack.

Turkish television pictures showed burnt-out vehicles including a bus.

In furtherance of strategies designed to prevent electoral violence and ensure a smooth conduct of the Rivers State Supplementary elections slated for Saturday, 19th March, 2016, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has directed the AIG in charge of Zone 6 Calabar, AIG Adisa Baba Bolanta to relocate to Port Harcourt on Monday for pre-elections preparations with a view to ensure conducive environment for free, fair and credible election.

Charles Dickens was a piker. He settled for “A Tale of Two Cities,” but when it comes to an age of foolishness, America thinks big. Through seasons of light and darkness, hope and despair, our presidential holy war is unfolding as a Tale of Two Front-runners.

One front-runner says outrageous things. He willy-nilly insults everybody from his rivals to whole religions. He never apologizes, even after boasting about his penis on live television.

Nigeria U-17 Women’s team, the Flamingoes, humiliated their South African counterparts 6-0 on Saturday, in the first leg final round of the qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup later this year.

Bala Nkiyu’s girls scored all six goals in the first half. Rasheedat Ajibade netted four times, while Yetunde Fajobi helped herself with a brace.

PHOTOS: Ooni of Ife's wedding venue decoration

The Ooni of Ife His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi is wedding his bride Wuraola Zainab Otiti today in Benin city. Check out the decoration at the wedding venue.

South Sudan lets fighters rape women as payment, the UN rights office said Friday, describing the country as "one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world."

"The assessment team received information that the armed militias... who carry out attacks together with the SPLA (South Sudanese army) commit violations under an agreement of 'do what you can and take what you can,'" the rights office said in a new report.

Culled from Punch

Nothing irks a busy hardworking wife more than to think that while she is busy making a living to carry her own share of the family’s burden, her husband is busy romping in a steaming session with the maid.

But despite how this may look like a story line from a Nollywood movie, more often than not, in real life, the issue pushes many marriages to the edge of the precipice.

Most petrol stations no longer sell fuel in gallons, just cars. So, Nigerians are now forced to take their generators in order to get fuel . Bad !

FG apologizes over nationwide blackout

The federal government has apologised to Nigerians for the nationwide blackout.

The FG claimed the situation was caused by gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalisation of power infrastructure.

British man gives 4-star review to his night in jail in viral Facebook post

A British man gave four stars to his night behind bars.

Christian Willoughby posted a Yelp-style review of the Grimsby Police Station after getting locked up for what he described as a “misdemeanor” on a March 9 Facebook post.

“I've given this place 4 stars,” wrote the pert perp on the Wednesday morning post, alongside six photos of his cell that he said he took on an cellphone.

18 people were this morning burnt to death at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, following an explosion that occurred this morning around 11:45am at the premises of the Bank located at Calabar Road by the Millennium Park.

There was a mild drama at Ejigbo Police Division after a pregnant wife ran to the station in tears seeking police protection to prevent her husband from further beating her over sex in Lagos State, western Nigeria.
In response, the police arrested the man and committed him to sign an undertaking not to beat her again before he was released on bail,PM News reports..

A claustrophobic passenger had risked the lives of all 130 passengers and flight crew on a China Southern Airlines flight when he opened an emergency door to "get some fresh air" moments before take off.

Prof Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and poet

Nigerian playwright and poet, Prof Wole Soyinka has canned the mentality and believe among majority of Nigerians that the National Association of Seadogs (aka Pyrates Confraternity) which he jointly formed with 6 others, 64-years ago is a secret cult.

The University of Ibadan graduate reprimanded those who believe the Pyrates is a cult, saying that they are ignorant of the association’s objectives.

Beach view of Hua Hin, Thailand (Photo/File)

Viral photos of dozens of Asian tourists, at first assumed as Chinese, frolicking naked inthe surf of Hua Hin, have stirred up a storm in Thailand. Some Thai people gave the"Chinese tourists" a dig about their immoral behaviors on the social media.

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Genevieve Magazine, Betty Irabor has advised parents to be cautious and to think twice before posting their children's photos online, as they could unknowingly be putting their children at risk. Below is what she wrote:

With obesity on the rise despite its various health implications, Martins Ifijeh looks at why the malaise is becoming widespread and how it can be curbed

With well over 1.4 billion people in the world known to be overweight and over 500 million said to be obese, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) global statistics, it is no doubt a public health problem that needs to be tackled head on.

Kenya's first gay music video - swiftly banned by the country's film board - shows a well-toned young man, naked apart from his underpants, leaning over his tattooed male lover in bed.

Two pretty young women exchange kisses on a park bench, one putting a ring on the other's wedding finger, as the vocalist sings: "I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to."

The song "Same Love" was originally recorded by American hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis during the 2012 campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Washington State.

President Muhammadu Buhari has demoted top civil servants who tampered with figures in the 2016 budget.

Vanguard reports that at least 184 top officials were transferred to lesser establishments over the budget padding saga.

It was gathered that 22 top officers from the Budget Office of the Federation were affected in the mass deployment.

Groom (third left)

An Indian bride beat up her groom and called off the wedding after he turned up drunk to their ceremony and passed out on International Women's Day.

Ranjeet Kumar Kamat blackened her would-be husband's face with soot and threw a garland of shoes around his neck when he began calling out for beer during the wedding rituals,Gulf News India reports..

The park of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners in the Berger, Mile 2 area of Lagos was in turmoil on Wednesday after a mechanic, identified only as Oshare, reportedly stabbed his friend to death and injured several others.

PUNCH Metro learnt that trouble started in the park around 11am on Tuesday between Oshare and the friend, identified as Rasta, after he (Rasta) allegedly urinated beside a stationary truck.

Woman Paid For Mother’s Funeral By Charging Men £350 To Date Her

A woman paid for her mother’s funeral by charging men £350 a head to date her.

Marlene Cowens, 44, has been raking in a cool £5,000 each year since she signed up to a specialist dating website. Men pay up to £350 for just an hour or two in Ms Cowens’ company, which is at a cinema or restaurant.

The lovely couple took some time out to go sailing and fishing. Ciara said it's her fist fishing experience.

A young Afghan boy's dream of meeting superstar Lionel Messi has been crushed after it emerged a trip to visit the footballer in Barcelona will not go ahead.

Murtaza Ahmadi, 5, endeared himself to millions when he was pictured playing football in his home village in a homemade Messi kit made out of a filthy old plastic bag.

A South African woman has been found guilty of kidnapping a two-day-old baby in 1997. Police accused her of fraudulently claiming to be the girl's biological mother since snatching her from a hospital in Cape Town.

The 50-year-old woman was arrested last year after suspicions were raised when there was a similar-looking girl at the child's school.

DNA tests then proved that the two girls were sisters, police said.

A landmark new study has found that getting children's sleep patterns sorted out before age five helps them perform better at school.

The Australian study, carried out by Dr Kate Williams from QUT's Faculty of Education, looked at 2880 children from birth to the age of six or seven, who were all participating in the Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), a large-scale study that looks at the development of 10,000 children and families from across Australia.

Grilled chicken salad with avocado, bacon and banana and minty ginger pesto

Ingredients

Pesto
Handful fresh mint leaves
1 garlic clove, peeled
15ml (1 tbsp) freshly grated root ginger
60ml (4 tbsp) olive or avocado oil
60ml (4 tbsp) lemon juice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Other ingredients
6 chicken breast fillets
30ml (2 tbsp) lemon juice
6 rashers streaky bacon
Mixed spice for chicken
Oil, for frying
2-3 gem lettuces, washed, leaves separated
2 firm avocados, peeled, cut into wedges and tossed in lemon juice
2 large bananas, sliced and tossed in lemon juice
1 packet instant noodles
2 spring onions, finely sliced

A high-profile poster girl for America’s pro-gun campaign has been shot in the back by her four-year-old son after he found her pistol in the back seat of her truck.

Jamie Gilt was wounded just a day after she sparked controversy boasting about her boy’s prowess with guns on Facebook .

Says AGF usurping powers of NCC

The House of Represen-tatives Committee on Telecommunications is insisting that the initial N1.04 trillion fine imposed on MTN Communications Nigeria Limited for failing to disconnect 5.2 million unregistered subscribers on its network must be paid in full, instead of the reduced penalty of N780 billion.

The Nigerian Communica-tions Commission (NCC) slapped the N1.04 trillion fine on MTN last October, but later reduced it to N780 billion and gave the network provider till December 31, 2015 to pay up after the company had pleaded for leniency.

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