Ballon d’ Or: Shevchenko names player that has chance of winning

Former Chelsea striker, Andriy Shevchenko has said that forward, Eden Hazard has every chance of winning this year’s Ballon d’ Or award. Hazard was shortlisted for the 2018 Ballon d’Or award last week. The Belgium international has scored eight goals for Chelsea this season so far. Shevchenko, who won the 2004 Ballon d’Or award during his time at AC Milan, described Hazard as a phenomenal player, who can also win the award. According to him, Hazard is a phenomenal, fantastic player, but he wasn’t getting those 20-25 goals per season. This season he already has eight, so he’s on the road to that number. He has every chance of winning the Ballon d’Or. The 2018 Ballon d’ Or award will take place on 3rd December, 2018 in Paris. Barcelona star, Lionel Messi and Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo have both dominated the award in the past decade. The pair had won an incredible five awards each in that time frame, with Ronaldo equaling Messi’s tally last year. Source:(NAN) Awonuga Oyinlola Mary

What happens when you stop having sexx

Breakups, work, travel, ill health, emotional issues among other situations can place a stop or pause on your sex life. Whatever the reason why you stop the under the bedsheet romp, there could be consequences. This development can affect your health, either positively or negatively.Here are few things that can happen when you lose that feeling. You feel more anxious: Sexx helps people blow off steam and stress. Scottish researchers found people who abstained from sex struggling to cope with stressful situations compared with those who have intercourse at least once over a week. During s3x: the brain releases feel-good chemicals, such as endorphins and oxytocin, which help you feel more at ease researchers say. Colds and flu:less sex may reduce your exposure to germs. Unfortunately you will skip the immune-boosting benefits of a weekly roll in the hay. Researchers at Wilkes-Barre University in Pennsylvania found, people who had sex once or twice a week enjoyed 30percent boost in immunoglobulin. A (lgA), compared with those who had Sexx seldom or never.lgA is one of the body's first lines of defence against viruses. Sex is just one expression of intimacy for couples, kissing, hand holding, and giving compliments or unexpected gifts can help you feel connected with your partner emotionally-even if you are not spending time connecting physically. Depression in women: women feel more depressed the longer they go without having s3x, reports a study in the journal Archives of sexual Behaviour. But it may not be the lack of s3x that got them down. The researchers say some compounds found in semen: including melatonin, serotonin, and oxytocin-may have mood-boosting benefits for women who have unprotected intercourse.Of course there are plenty of drawbacks to unprotected s3x too.(Knowledge is power) Source:Awonuga Oyinlola

Eat to beat stubborn tummy fat!

Basically, fat tummy is caused by eating the wrong foods, heavy drinking, consuming too many calories or insufficient exercise.Also women gain a lot of weight with having children. Some of them never get to lose the fat especially on the tummy area. And this makes them unhappy, probably because they, may have lost that "skimpy" look! A bulging tummy is not only an aesthetic issue. It is also about one's health. You may have heard that excess abdominal fat increases your risk of a number of diseases, including type two diabetes, cancer, hypertension and heart condition. This could be due to the fact that when fat lies deep on the abdomen, surrounding organs and secreting toxic hormones, it contributes to the thickening of the walls of coronary blood vessels, which increases the chances of having a heart attack. The lives also suffers when you have too much tummy flab.It has to work that much harder to filter out toxic substances. Many studies have confirmed that fat deposits have direct association with disease risk, thereby confirming the dangers of abdominal fat.So, let's take a look at how you can shed the fat in your tummy area with very simple life style changes and herbs: Give your gut a rest: To achieve that flat tummy one so desires, this tips my list. And it is very simple when compare with other kinds of weight management programmes.Simply eat dinner as early as 6p.m (latest by 7.30pm) and not eat again until eight in the morning. By so doing, you'll be giving your gut at least twelve hours of rest. You will even surpass your target if you have the first meal of the day after fourteen hours of not eating or drinking. This single, simple change may be all you need to trigger a dramatic weight loss. A lot of people with perfect waistline swear by an early dinner-time.You too can drop all the weight with very little effort:no diet pills, fat burners or shakes. Limit intake of sugars and carbonated sodas: Research has also found that consuming one or two bottles of soda daily causes your waistline to increase at least five times faster than those who barely drink soda in the course of a week. It is believed that the high amount of sugar used in sodas trigger your craving for food, so you should during mealtimes. If you have that serious craving for a satisfying drink, why not go for a satisfying smoothies, fresh juices, or a glass of water with lemon zest and mint leaves? You'll be doing your body and overall health some good. Be sure not to drink too much, especially those high in fructose. Limit or eliminate all processed foods: These contain harmful toxins in the form of artificial flavors and colours, preservatives and a long list of other ingredients that can negatively affect your ability to lose body fat. Get a regular night's sleep: it is equally important to give your self a good rest. Many studies have linked inadequate sleep with weight gain, which may include abdominal fat. Also.... You can shape up and lose those unsightly bulges as fast as possible with the following herbs: Lemon, Coriander, Stellaria media (chickweed, awede), Dandelion, Basil. Source:Daily Sun, Awonuga Oyinlola

Minimum wage:Presidency gives update after meeting with labour leaders

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu,yesterday met with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ayuba Wabba, as part of efforts to convince organised labour to call off their industrial action. Shehu was at headquarters of the NLC in Abuja where he urged the labour unions to see reasons and call off the strike. The presidential aide, who issued a statement after the visit, assured that the federal government was taking steps to get the unions to call off the strike. According to him, the federal government has already accepted labour’s demands to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The Presidency on Friday stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The presidential aide revealed that the meeting between the labour leaders and the representatives of the employers of labour had been scheduled to reconvene on Oct. 4. He said: By its tripartite nature, the committee is made up of persons from the public sector, (Federal and State Governments) and the private sector made up of the largest private employer group and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA). Shehu stated that invitation letters had since been dispatched to all the participants. “At the moment, the Presidency understands that the combined leadership of the unions, having met and deliberated on the position of the government had now set in motion a process of consultations with their constituent members to determine their next line of action. “The Presidency wishes to assure that the federal government is taking every step necessary to get the unions to call off the strike,’’ he maintained. SOURCE:Dailypost Nigeria Awonuga Oyinlola

NiMet predicts thunderstorms, rains across Nigeria Monday

By Awonuga Oyinlola The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted chances of scattered rainfall and thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country today. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office (CFO) yesterday, predicted prospects of rains over the central cities like Yola, Jalingo, Mambilla Plateau, Lokoja, Markurdi, Jos, Kaduna and Bauchi during the morning hours. It predicted cloudy morning over the remaining parts and prospects of scattered thunderstorms later in the day with day and night temperatures of 26 to 33 and 15 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively. The agency predicted that Northern cities would experience partly cloudy to cloudy conditions in the morning hours. It also predicted prospects of scattered thunderstorm over the northeast, Kano, Maiduguri and Dutse in the afternoon with day and night temperatures of 34 to 36 and 21 to 24 degrees Celsius respectively. According to NiMet, Southern cities will experience rains over Enugu, Obudu, Ogoja, Calabar, Uyo, Eket, Ikom and Yenegoa with cloudy conditions over the remaining parts during the morning hours. “These conditions are likely to persist later in the day with chances of thunderstorms over most places on the inlands while rains will prevail over the coastal axis. “Day and night temperature values are expected to be in the range of 28 to 32 and 20 to 23 degrees Celsius respectively over the southern region,“ NiMet predicted. Source (NAN) Awonuga Oyinlola

The right pronunciation of 'Fasten'

By Awonuga Oyinlola English is a very interesting language, its inconsistencies add certain twist to it. As a result, the speakers are encouraged to study more and adapt to the new words coined. As if that is not hard enough, some people have to learn to use the right words in the right context. Nigerian's official language is English; an average Nigerian has to be able to speak this language in order to communicate with people from other tribes. 'Fasten'- Some Nigerians do not know the 't' in these word is silent. Even teachers who train pupils often mispronounce word and teach the young ones the wrong thing. This word is pronounced as 'fasin' not 'fasten' as commonly used 'Fasten your seat-belt-incorrect' but 'fasin' is the correct pronunciation for the term. Source: Naija.ng Awonuga Oyinlola, Balogun Oluwafemi.

By the way, How do you pronounce bathe now?

By Awonuga Oyinlola The word bathe is a very common one in the sense that almost everyone has a bath regularly.There is however an irony with bathe.The rate at which it is used is almost the same as it is mispronounced.That is why I asked the question in the topic of this lesson The problem has its root in the fact that bath and bathe are usually interchangeably used rightly or wrongly.To complicate the matter some experts say while bath is strictly a noun, bathe is essentially a verb. Indeed, in British English bath is also used as a verb while bathe also assumes the role of a noun in one or two contexts.The grammar of the word is not our focus here but we can quickly exemplify this observation: E.g She wants to have a bathe now (correct) She wants to bath now (correct now as a verb) Are you sure she wants to bathe now (correct as a verb) In bath the letter produces a long vowel /a:/, but in bathe while we also have a long vowel, it is not the /a:/ type indeed in bathe what we have is a diphthong, which is a combination of two vowel sounds. In this wise the a in bath is not to be pronounced as the /a/ you have in sea, bat and bath. It is also not the /a:/ in star, bard or pass.Rather, it is /ei/, the type you have in lait, late, waste, and freight it is thus pronounced as bEIthe. What this means is that when you want to have a bath and say you want to baf or bat you are committing double errors.You should therefore take time to further study the correct articulation of both. Source:Punch/Awonuga Oyinlola