7 surefire ways social media can ruin your life

7 surefire ways social media can ruin your life
ON April 13, 2017

Social media has become a part of our daily life and many of us cannot do without it. What you don’t know is that your addiction to social media is affecting your lives negatively. Read on to know how social media can ruin your life.

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Overthinking emoticons
Some persons while interacting or chatting with someone, and they share an emoticon; they begin to give all sorts of meanings and interpretations to it. It is funny that Just because of an emoticon, they get themselves all worked up and worried. Why? It is just an emoticon.
Checking/updating every second
You have become so attached to

Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat that you are checking and updating them every second. The day you don’t access your accounts because you don’t have data, you become hysterical and irrational. It is not a matter of life and death.
Bragging about likes, followers and comments
The number of likes, followers and comments you have has become a thing to brag about and show off. The rule is that the more followers you have, the more traction and engagement you get. True, you do not have to boast about it. Some people go as far as buying likes, followers and even comments.
Posting without thinking
Many of us have converted social media to an abuse platform. A place where we criticize and troll people. As a result, more and more people are in trouble because of what they shared and said on social media. Presently, a popular US based Nigerian journalist Kemi Olunloyo is being charged to court because of the content she shared on social media. Always, think before you share.
Making up just because you want to share pix on Instagram
This is peculiar with girls. They do not have anywhere to go but they dress up, apply makeup and take beautiful pictures just to post on Instagram or Facebook. It is ridiculous.
Staying Up Late
We all do this. We spend hours flying from one social media platform to another. Meanwhile, we are very sleepy but we still continue browsing. Surprisingly, they sleep off while on twitter or WhatsApp. Hence, many of us don’t get enough sleep because of social media.
Seeking social media validation
Seeking social media validation can lead to depression. This is because you wait for others to give you approval for your life activities. If you don’t get the desired response, you become depressed. You should stop seeking social media validation and live your life.

Amaechi demands N2bn compensation from Fani-Kayode, Fayose’s aide

Amaechi demands N2bn compensation from Fani-Kayode, Fayose’s aide

- The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has given Fani-Kayode and a media aide to the governor of Ekiti state, Lere Olayinka, seven-day ultimatum to retract statement they made against him
- Counsel to the minister, Lateef Fagbemi, is demanding N500m from Fani-Kayode as compensation for the alleged malicious posts by the former minister on his twitter handle on April 14
- The lawyer in two separate letters, each relating separately to Facebook and Twitter posts by Olayinka, is demanding the sums of N750m as compensation for each of the posts
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and a media aide to governor of Ekiti state, Lere Olayinka, to publicly apologise and pay him the sum of N2n for linking him to the seized Ikoyi N13 billion.

The minister, who made the demand in separate letters dated 14th April, 2017, through his lawyer, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) also gave Fani-Kayode and Olayinka seven-day ultimatum to meet his conditions.

Amaechi is demanding N500m from Fani-Kayode as compensation for the alleged malicious posts by the former minister on his twitter handle on April 14.
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied owning the Ikoyi property where the sum of N13 billion was found.
He is also demanding two separate sums of N750m totaling N1.5bn from Olayinka as compensation for the alleged “malicious” posts by the Ekiti state governor’s spokesperson on his Facebook timeline and twitter handle on April 14, The Punch reports.
The counsel to the minister also warned that there would be stiff legal actions should Fani-Kayode and Olayinka fail to adhere to the demand over the alleged defamatory acts.

The lawyer in his letter to Fani-Kayode, said it was wrong for the former minister to assume that Amaechi owned the flat and the money found in it.
Fagbemi said Fani-Kayode should have verified his facts from the Land Registry, where there were proper records of property owners, in order ascertain the ownership of the property in question before making the allegation.

The lawyer accused Fani-Kayode of refusing to verify his facts in order to achieve a malicious aim.
According to Leadership, he quoted the offensive aspect of Fani-Kayode tweets as: “The $43 million is Rotimi Amaechi’s. He owns the flat it was found in (sic) too. NIA’s story is fake news! NIA does not keep cash in minister’s flats.”

He said Amaechi neither owns the house where the cash was found, adding that the claim by Fani-Kayode was unfounded.
The letter reads in part: “Our client neither owns the cash nor the house where the cash was found and your story and claim are unfounded. As a matter of fact, our client does not own any house in Lagos State not to talk of keeping cash in one and your story is preposterous.

“Your twitter rant of 14/04/2014 at 04.16 was viewed by your 316. 000 followers, re-tweeted 1,209 times and made a favourite by 434 followers as of the time of writing this letter today at 7.15pm and the list is increasing by the minute and same has satisfied all the conditions needed for a successful defamation case against you.

“We have our client’s mandate to state to you unequivocally that the said twitter publication constitutes libel, and is defamatory of him as same (the claim) is aimed at impugning our client’s character and credit in the eyes of right thinking Nigerians and foreigners.”

The lawyer gave Fani-Kayode a seven-day ultimatum to tender apology to the minister and that such apology be carried by five national dailies, threatening to sue the former minister the demands were not met within seven days.
Besides, the lawyer in two separate letters, each relating separately to Facebook and Twitter posts by Olayinka, demanded the sums of N750m as compensation for each of the posts.

It was learnt that Fagbemi quoted Olayinka as stating in the posts: “The Osborne Towers, a luxury residential complex in lkoyi, Lagos where EFCC said it found $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 on Wednesday is owned by the Minister of Transportation. Rotimi Amaechi.”
He also accused Olayinka of falsely making adulterous imputation against his client, who he stated “contracted a valid statutory marriage within the Marriage Act, which prescribes a ‘one-man one-wife’ union".

The lawyer warned that the demand will increase with time if Olayinka fails to retract the statement and publication immediately.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has given a 14 day ultimatum to Governor Nyesom Wike, Governor Ayodele Fayose and Femi Fani-Kayode, to
apologise to the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi for linking the Ikoyi $43m to the minister.

The APC in a statement on Monday, April 17, by the state chairman, of the party, Chief Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, described the accusation as an attempt to tarnish the image of Amaechi because he collaborated with other patriotic Nigerians to oust the PDP regime from power, The Punch reports.

The party maintained that apart from his Abuja residence, the minister does not have any single plot of land in any part of the country.

the deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, Timi Frank, faults the party's leadership.

All hail King Efe, Nigeria’s latest super celebrity

Nigerians haven’t gotten Efe’s Big Brother Naija win
- The crowd that trooped out to welcome him at the airport is testament to this
- People could barely contain their excitement at his return.

Efe, winner of BBNaija is being treated like a king

Ever since he emerged as the winner of Big Brother Naija, Efe Ejeba has been treated like a king. On his return to Nigeria with Bisola, the airport literally erupted!

Efe and Bisola with airport officials
As soon as they made an appearance under heavy guard, people could not contain their excitement as chants of Warri filled the air.

IMO INDUSTRIAL PARK TO GULP $2BN – OKOROCHA

IMO INDUSTRIAL PARK TO GULP $2BN – OKOROCHA
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Rochas Okorocha
Imo industrial park to gulp $2bn – Okorocha
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monday said that the construction of Imo Industrial Park located at Asa community in Ohaji/Egbema Area of the state would cost N 2 billion dollars.
Okorocha, who made the disclosure when he visited the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Owerri, said the park would stimulate economic activities in Imo, when fully developed.
“The Imo Industrial Park, which will include a gas plant at Asa in Ohaji, is the brain child of my government.
“It will be constructed under public/private partnership agreement and a foreign firm will fund the project with over $2 billion.
“Though the project may not be completed before 2019, but my appeal is that whosoever that will succeed me should support the project and see to its completion because the project will stimulate economic activities in Imo,” he said.
The governor, who listed various developmental projects he embarked on since assumption of office, said that his vision was to turn the state to one of the best for business in the world.
“When I assumed office as governor in 2011, most governors who visited Owerri usually did not like to pass a night in Owerri because the hospitality industry and the environment was still not up to acceptable international standard.
“Today, we receive hundreds of letters from groups requesting government’s approval for them to hold their programmes in Owerri,” he said.
According to him, the state can now boost of a lot of world class hospitality firms.
“Government is planning to organise three months training for the hospitality workers on ways to enhance their service delivery,” the governor stated.
On agricultural programme, Okorocha said that mega farms would be established in each of the 27 local government areas, while each commissioner, schools, churches, and professional bodies would be encouraged to set up farms.
He also said he would expand the executive council members to enable him realise the concluding programmes and projects already listed by his administration.
He said that after the urban renewal projects, from September 2017, he would commence the construction of 540km of rural roads spread across the 27 local government areas of the state.
Okorocha appealed to illustrious sons and daughters of Imo to invest at home, saying, “bringing your investments home is a better way to develop Imo and address the problem of unemployment and insecurity”.

UNICEF donates 1,000 doses of meningitis drugs to FCT

UNICEF donates 1,000 doses of meningitis drugs to FCT

Published April 6, 2017

meningitis patient undergoing  treatment.

The United Nations Children’s Fund has donated 1 ,000 doses of drugs to the Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board for the treatment of Cerebrospinal Meningitis currently ravaging certain parts of the country.
The Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr . Rilwanu Mohammed , disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday .
He explained that the drugs had been distributed to all general hospitals and teaching hospital in the territory .
According to him , the World Health Organisation also donated three stereotyping machines to carry out screening for CSM in FCT.
He told NAN that those machines were distributed to Maitama General Hospital, Jabi Medical Centre and University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada .
The secretary urged people living in Abuja to desist from self medication and report when they notice any sign of meningitis to the nearest hospitals .
Mohammed said that so far , six persons had died out of 10 suspected cases recorded in Abuja Municipality, Bwari and Kuje area councils.
He said he had exhausted the vaccines given to FCT but awaiting additional stocks from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency for the continuation of immunisation against meningitis .
He said his board had carried out immunisation in all the 22 Internally Displaced Persons ’ camps in Abuja because of their vulnerability to the disease .
The secretary enjoined residents of FCT not to panic, saying that the government was committed to tackling the spread of CSM in Abuja . (NAN )

If this is your case kneel down lemme pray for you (funny photo)

Gobe! Pastor beats up wife, sends her packing from their matrimonial home (photo)

that a pastor of the Living Faith Church aka Winners chapel, Benin City, Edo state, allegedly brutalised his wife of many years.

According to a post shared on Facebook by Philip Odin, a woman was beaten up by her husband who happens to be a pastor of one of the Winners chapel branches in Edo state.
Beauty Wilson was reportedly beaten up by her husband who happens to be a pastor
The pastor identified as Matthew Wilson, reportedly beat up his wife and sent her packing after seizing her phone.

Sharing the story sent in by the victim's sister, Philip wrote:
" Her name is Beauty Wilson. Her husband is a Pastor with Winners chapel, Ugonoba Branch in Benin City. Attached are her pictures. You can reach her brother via 080xxxxxxxx. He has seized her phone and drove her out without her 3 kids.
He also pull her hairs off over a very minor issue. This isn't the first time. He told her not too long ago that he would kill her and marry another woman. He almost carried out that threat today.
The husband's phone no is 070xxxxxxxx. His name is Pastor Matthew Wilson. I can be reached also on 080xxxxxxxx. She is my sister. "

Meanwhile, she was present when women marched against gender-based violence in Ogun state, recently: