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Prime Time News Nigeria: 8 TYPES OF BAD HANDSHAKES TO AVOID.

2. THE WET SHAKE. The single most efficient way to make a very bad first impression is offering a cold, wet handshake. Always hold your beverages in your left hand and keep your right hand free for handshakin especially during networking events. 3.THE TERMINATOR SHAKE. This painful hand shake can be an instant turn off. Crushing someone's fingers or twisting your wrist so that your hand is on top is a sign of dominance. Your grip should be no harder than what you would use to turn a door handle. 4.THE PUMP HANDLE SHAKE. There's no need to grab someone's hand and repeatedly pump it up and down. Send your hand in for the shake,pump one or two times,hold for a second, then release. 5.THE LOOK-AWAY SHAKE. If you've ever shaken hands with someone who's looking around the room for their next introduction, you've experienced the look-away shake. Never let your eyes wander, no matter how tempting the distraction. Make the all-in connection between eyes and han

Ask anyone if they've ever had a bad handshake and you'll most likely get a laugh and a vivid description. It's surprising how long we remember a bad one. Yet since we shake hands so many times in the normal business week, why do so many people shake hands badly? According to Entrepreneur. Com you have one shot at a first impression, so don't ruin it up with one of these bad handshakes. 1. THE LIMP SHAKE. This handshake gives the impression that you're shy,uninterested or lack self-confidence. Apply moderate pressure when shaking someone's hand. When in doubt, try to mirror the other person's grip.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments. 1. MAJ - GEN . ABOYOMI GABRIEL OLONISAKIN " Chief of Defence Staff ". 2. MAJ - GEN . T .Y. BURATAI " Chief of Army Staff ". 3. REAR ADMIRAL IBOK-ETE E KWE IBAS " Chief of Naval Staff ". 4. AIR VI CE MARSHAL SADIQUE ABUBAKAR " Chief of Air Stall ". 5. AIR VICE MARSHAL MORGAN MONDAY RIKU " Chief of Defence Intelligence ". 6. MAJ - GEN . BABAGANA ( rtd ) " National Security Adviser ". The new chief of Defence Staff, Maj-Gen. Olonisakin (N/6901) hails from Ekiti state. Until his appointment,he was the Head of the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command in Minna,Niger State. The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen. Buratai hails from Borno State. Until his new appointment,he was the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force which has its headquarters in Ndjamena. Maj-Gen. Buratai has previously served as Commander

Laid off? Lost a friend? Broken up with your Boyfriend? Here's just what you need to bounce back. 1 For when you're feeling fearful , but you know fear is destructive within itself . "Maybe there's something you're AFRAID TO say someone you're AFRAID TO or Somewhere you're A FRAID . IT''s Gonna Hurt . It's Gonna hurt because it MATTER S ". 2 FOR WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE , BUT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP TO BE HEALTHY AGAIN . " Progress IS impossible without Ch ange , & t hose who cannot Chang e their minds CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING ". 3. FOR WHEN THINGS DON'T EXACTLY GO YOUR WAY , BUT YOU MUST PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER AGAIN . " I hope you live A life you're PROUD OF . IF you find you're not , I hope you have the strength . TO START ALL OVER AGAIN ". 4. FOR WHEN   FAILURE STRIKES , BUT YOU MUST DEVELOP A NEW WAY OF T

There are strong indications that the Islamic sect Boko Haram has forged a strong operational alliance with the ruthless Islamic State as  the two bodies have released a joint video for the first time on Saturday . This is the first video recording since Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last year. The video showed the picture of a suspected Nigerian soldier in a kneeling position surrounded by three terrorists with AK47 assault rifles. Later in the video,the body of the soldier was shown headless. Mail online reported that the audio message,which was  entitled "kill and be killed",was read by an unidentified spokesman for ISIS. The audio message releases through the militants' vast social media channels was read by an ISIS spokesperon who also threatened further voilencce against Christian and Jewish communities.

The Deputy senate president ,Ike Ekweremadu,on Thursday said the Boko Haram insurgency had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekweremadu said the former president Goodluck Jonathan administration had almost rolled back Boko Haram and its activities in the North-East.

Prime Time News Nigeria: COURT BARS SUDANESE PRESIDENT FROM LEAVING S'AFRICA

A South African High Court in pretoria on Sunday issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,from leaving the country over alleged war crime related charges. The  presiding judge,Justice Hans Fabricius,while postponing the hearing of the case till Monday (today) ,urged the south African authorities to "take all necessary steps" to prevent Bashir from leaving. The order was made upon a request by the international Criminal Court demanding the arrest of Bashir,who was first indicted in 2009. ICC had accused the sudanese president of crimes against humanity and genocide during the Darfur conflict which claimed hundreds of lives and displaced millions of people. The United Nations said about 400,000 people died and more than two million fled their home since rebel took up arms in 2003. Al-Bashir,who was sworn in this month for another five-year term,had arrived in Johannesburg,South Africa on Saturday for an African Union summit,chaired by the

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that 'all man are created equal',he was not seeking to describe man's endowments,but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that man do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies,minds and characters. He was asserting that,despite variations and differences,they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must,however,ask of what real value are political and legal equality to a man who has no bread to eat,no clothes to wear,no roof to shelter him,no chance to earn a livelihood? What we understand as a democratic society must providd for its citizen's minimum status as a member of that society,that keeps him from becoming a beggar,outcast or outlaw and that offers him some protection in his deprivation,losses and fears. In our time,the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare,ran

Though assumption is the lowest level of knowledge ; it  is stil a form of knowledge,and knowledge is key. Assumptions are the foundation upon which interpretations and conclusions are built. Everything in life operates  in under certain assumptions. We make management decisions based on the assumptions we hold about how management ought to  function and how people ought to be governed. For some of us ,we consciously imbibe assumptions  and principle about life and consciously decide based on them;for others,it is unconsciously but potent all the same. Our assumptions will either drown us or help us soar through life.   We have always seen life as an immense mansion with many rooms. Some roots lead to wealth others to the opposite. Ultimately ,we decide where we end up; and life,thus far,has proved that not everyone of us decides well. We all behave differently where we have different levels of understanding,and behave the same way where our understanding is the same. We ea

The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that 2,537 candidates from 28 political parties will contest election to fill the 469 seats in the senate and the House of Representatives in the Saturday election.

The Director of defence information ,Maj . Gen. Chris Olukolade,has said the troops of the Nigerian Army have captured Gwoza,the headquarters of the Islamic Caliphate,declared by the Boko Hara insurgents in the North-East. Olukolade said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the  city fell to a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian Air Force on Friday morning. Several ground forces were deployed from Madagali in Adamawa state and Bama in Borno for the crucial operation to reclaim Gwoza,which the insurgents captured and renamed Darul Hikima last year. Olukolade said the troops had earlier sacked the terrorists from several communities around Gwoza before the final onslaught on the town reputed to be the strongest Boko Haram enclave in the country. google.com, pub-7591058367659259, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0

A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till april 22 and 23, all the suits challenging the eligibility of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,to contest in the march 28 poll. By implication,the court will not make any judicial pronoucement on Buharis eligibility till after the march 28 and April 11 elections.

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President Goodluck Jonathaan . On F riday , said he had lived up to his campaign pledge to Nigerians that he would make the power sector a priority for his administration. Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II power station in Ogun state. The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project.    "I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority," Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party chiefs from ogun state and leading traditional rulers. Jonathan said although it was capital intensive to make a difference in the power sector, his administration had been tackling it headlong.      He said the short interface between public ownership of power sector to private sector would soon be over. With that session over,the president said Nigerians would begin to take power for granted in the next two years. He said,"the interface between 100% ownershi

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday doused fears of another postponement of the general election , saying the polls date would not be changed . He stated this at the Naval Dockyard,Victoria Island,Lagos.during the commissioning of four new vessels to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Navy. The President,who expressed satisfaction at the ongoing war against the BOKO Haram sect, emphatically said the military will rout the terrorists,thereby providing conducive atmosphere for elections to be conducted in the northeast part of the country. Jonathan assured Nigerians that the areas currently dominated by the terrorists will be liberated before the elections, just as he reiterated his administration's commitment to improving the capacity of the Armed Forces. He restated his commitment to the unity of the nation adding that the federal government has placed premium on national security,including food security and employment generation. According to the pres

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a motion to summon the Chairman of  the Independent National  Electoral Commission,Prof. Attahiru Jega,over the postponement of the earlier scheduled February 14 poll. The motion,which was moved by House Deputy Majority Leader,Mr Leo Ogor ,failed in a voice vote at the session presided over by speaker,mr Aminu  Tambuwal. Ogor,who is from  Delta State ,had told the House that INEC Postponed the elections to march 28 owing to security challenges. But,he noted that there was still the need to hear from Jega on whether INEC was really prepared for the elections on the rescheduled date. "Mr speaker,we have to invite the INEC chairman to know how prepared they are for the elections," he stated. When Tambuwal put the motion to vote,it failed in a resounding voice vote. The motion failed about the time Jega appeared before the Senate to answer questions on the readiness of his commission for the elections. while the motion

The Defence Headquarters has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the military institution. The Defence Headquarters made the comment in a statement posted on its facebook page while reacting to a statement credited to the former president that the General elections were postponed to enable the president to use the service chiefs for tenure extension . The defence authorities accused the former president of politicising serious national security and military issues. It was said that while Obasanjo's intentions remained unclear,his motives for making such utterances were less than noble. The statement stressed that Obasanjo's claims were false. It was also said that it was rather surprising that Obasanjo opted to ignore the assurances by the Defence authorities in a statement that the military would continue to be a political. The military said that while it had the desire to accord some respect to Obasanjo and his views,the statemen

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Former President,Olusegun Obasanjo on monday left his guests at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta with bated breath when he tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card in their presence. The guests,who are leaders of the PDP from Obasanjo's ward arrived his former residence in Ita Eko,where he registered, visited the ex-president to express their concern with his recent utterances against the government of President Goodluck Jonathan and what he considered as the President's role in the postponement of the general elections from february to march . Obasanjo had alleged on Saturday that Jonathan had a 'grand plan' to scuttle democracy in the country through the poll shift,accusing the President of trying to win the presidential poll 'through hook or crook'. The guests in Abeokuta had told the former Head of State that they had come to plead with him to stop his criticisms of the incumbent President. They also informed him of the feelers that they were

The Director , Naval Information , Commodore Kabiru Aliyu , has said the Federal Government has procured four warships for the Nigerian Navy. Aliyu,whose comments were contained in a statement on Sunday, said the four warships would be inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Victoria Island,Lagos. He said the new ships would enhance the Navy's operations against contemporary security challenges especially on the nation's maritime domin. Aliyu said the exercise was unique because this was the first time the Navy would take delivery of four warships at once. The Naval spokesman said the gesture only demonstrated the efforts of the government to reposition the Navy to meet contemporary challenges.

Following likely loss of cases against the eligibility of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Thursday night on how to push for criminal charges against the former Head of State. The governors were yesterday in Abuja frantically looking for evidence against Buhari to stop him from contesting the march 28 presidential election. Some people,it was learnt,might be instigated by governors to write a petition to the IGP,Suleiman Abba urging him to look into allegations of forgery and perjury against Buhari. The PDP had said that Buhari claimed to INEC that his west Africa School Certificate was with the military authorities but that with the latter denying that it had the certificate,Buhari has committed perjury. The governors,it was further learnt,May also ask the IGP to revisit the PTF report.

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The council of state on Thursday rose from a seven-hours meeting,advising the Independent National Electoral Commission to go ahead and perform its constitutional responsibility of conducting the 2015 elections. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state told state House correspondents that INEC told the council that it was ready for the conduct of the election. He said security chiefs also expressed their readiness but raised issues about some local governments currently under the control of the Boko Haram sect. The implication,he said,is that elections will not hold in the affected areas. But Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State claimed that the council advised INEC to consider all the inputs made during the meeting with a view to taking a decision it will announce to Nigerians later.

POVERTY ! Can anyone who has not really been poor know what poverty is?  I really doubt it. How can anyone who enjoy three square meals a day explain what poverty means? Indeed,can someone who has two full meal a day claim to know poverty? Perhaps,one struggles really hard to have one miserable meal in twenty-four hours. Poverty and hunger are cousins. The former always dragging along the latter wherever he chooses to go. If you are wearing a suit,or a complete traditional attire,and you look naturally rotund in your apparel, you cannot understand what poverty entails. Nor can you have a true feel of poverty if you have some good shirts and pairs of trousers, never mind rhat all these are casual wear. Indeed,if you can change from one dress into another and these are all you can boast of,you are not really poor. A person begin to have a true feel of what poverty means when,apart from the tattered clothes on his body, he doesn't have any other,not even a calico sheet to keep away

The military authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in Maiduguri,the Borno state Capital,following Boko Haram attack on the city. The Defence Hq said in a tweet on its twitter handle on Sunday that the curfew was imposed to enable troops pursue fleeing Boko Haram fighters' who attacked the town. "Curfew is imposed on maiduguri with immediate effect till further notice as pursuit of retreating terrorists begin" The tweet read. It was stated in an earlier tweet on Sunday morning that troops were repelling simultaneous attacks on Maiduguri and Mongonu by the insurgents. It was added that the military had launched a co-ordinated  aerial and ground operation against the insurgents. "Troops are repelling a simultaneous attack on Monguno and Maiduguri by Terrorists" . It added that " co-ordinated Air and Land OPs being conducted now". The attack is coming barely 48 hours after military sources hinted of a major operation to flush out the Boko Har

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof.Attahiru Jega,has assured Nigerians' that its database is well fortified and cannot be hacked as alleged recently. The INEC chairman made the adsertion on Friday evening during a Town Hall meeting hosted by BBC media action's 'Talk Your Own radio' programme,held at protea Hotel,Asokoro,Abuja. Bulletin released by the commission on Saturday said that the INEC Chairman who answered various questions from participants said, 'I can tell you from our own integrity test and from our own knowledge of the security features that we put in place,it is virtually impossible to hack into our system. It does not stop people from trying but we believe they will not succeed. Hacking is possible if your data is online; our data is not online' When asked on the possibility of a staff compromising the data,Prof Jega was quoted to have replied that, 'we have taken stringent measures to ensure our data cannot

Prime Time News Nigeria: PDP Youths' set APC office ablaze

Youths' suspected to be supporters of the People Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday set ablaze the campaign office of  All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Barr. Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar in retaliation of the attack on President Goodluck Jonathan and vandalization of PDP billboards and posters in Bauchi

The Defence Headquarters website has been  hacked. The site defenceinfo.mil.ng was hacked into in the early hours of Friday. However,the Defence Headquarters' said its information blog site has been restored. According to a statement signed by Major Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence information, "The site was defaced at the front end. However,the hackers could not infiltrate the database of the site" "Preliminary investigation shows that the attack was from the end of the site's host. One Ima Sadiq who posed as the hacker has been knocked off and normal activities on the channel has resumed." "Apparently,the blog site was targeted because of its role as a major channel for disseminating information on military and security activities in the nation's counter-terrorism campaign",he said.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday made a surprise visit to the troubled northeast,which is in the grip of escalating Boko Haram violence that threatens next month's election. An AFP reporter in the Borno State capital,Maiduguri,said the president arrived in the city shortly before 3:00 pm(1400 GMT) and was met at the airport by the state governor Kashim Shettima. He was accompanied by the chief of defence staff,Air Marshal Alex Badeh,military top brass and the national security advisor as well as about 200 soldies. The visit-Jonathan's first to Maiduguri since March 2013-was shrouded in secrecy and came after a previous trip to the restive region in May last year was cancelled. Jonathan had planned to visit the remote town of Chibok,also in Borno,after Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 girls from their school in a crime that shocked the world. The cancellation,reportedly for security reasons,dealt Jonathan a further blow in his perceived woeful handling of the kid

Often have we heard the terms 'the common people', 'the man in the street',and 'people at the grassroots'. These terms are so commonly used nowadays that one is not exactly sure what the various speakers' mean in the different instances. What do these terms mean? Who is the common man? Let us approach the issue from this standpoint: if there are 'common people',then there should be others who are not common. If we take this logic a little further,we can reason that 'uncommon people' are not found in the street,and are not 'in the grassroots'. This line of reasoning would be difficult to sustain because we all use the streets; even those who regularly travel by air do walk along the streets. And,of course,no one ever lives at the level of 'grassroots'. The more rewarding approach is to consider the word 'common' as a term implying the generality of the people. This line of approach would suggest

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The United States Government has said there are no signs that Nigeria will disintegrate before,during or after the February general elections. While explaining that Nigeria is facing 'big challenges' the US Ambassador to Nigeria,Mr James Entwistle,stated that the promble at stake were surmountable. According to the American envoy,Nigerians should 'throw out of the window' the idea from 'some think-tank or somebody outside the (US) government' stating that Nigeria would fall apart in 2015. Entwistle spoke in Lagos on Thursday during an interactive session with journalists on the recent donation of a US naval ship,christened NNS Okpabana,to the Nigerian Navy. The US diplomat said,'I have been plagued by the question (on Nigeria's possible disintegration in 2015) and I have gone back to look and I can't find any government report that said Nigeria would disintegrate in 2015. Maybe some think-tank or somebody outside the government said it; I don't

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Dear Great People of our nation, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all ad we enter the New Year today. As we mark the beginning of this New Year,2015, a new nation is being born. A new nation is beinb born because of the foundations we have all laid,working together for the good and progress of our dear fatherland. 2. I join you all in thanking God Almighty who has brought us this far,for continually Bestowing his Grace upon us and for guiding our great nation safety through all the challenges of the past year. 3. This year,as in the year past, I reaffirm my commitment to work to ensure a secure future for our dear country and the generations yet unborn. 4. Last year,we celebrated our hundredth year of nationhood. The year brought us further progress,challenges and fresh opportunities. 5. We have contended with the normal challenges of nation-building and the unusual challenges of terrorism. 6. But we have continued to vigorously confront those who seek to destroy the bonds of

All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate Gen Muhammdu Buhari yesterday asked Nigerians not to lose hope because change is imminent in the country. He said 2015 is a year of change for the nation,which the forthcomi g elections would bring. Gen. Buhari listed a five-point change agenda which he would implent-if elected president. He pledged to change the nation's debilitating dependence on crude oil to earn revenue. Gen. Buhari,who explained the change he has envisioned for the nation in a New Year message,pledged to provide mass employment,adequate security,fight corruption,improve infrascptructure and good health care. A statement by Director of Communications Buhari Campaign Organisation,Mr. Dele Alake,said : "I have unshakeable faith that 2015 will be the year of change. Now some of you have asked me: what exactly does 'change' mean? "I have taken time to explain this at different opportunities,but on this special day, let me remind you in f