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According to a Chadian army officer in the Western Chad, a suspected Boko Haram female suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring several others.

“In the early morning hours, a female kamikaze and member of Boko Haram entered the courtyard of the head of Tatafiromou canton, where she detonated her vest, killing six people, including a soldier,” the officer told Agence France Presse.

The attack was confirmed by a local non-governmental organization.

The attack took place in the village of Kaiga-Kindjiria, an area on Lake Chad where attacks have escalated since the beginning of the year.

The larger Lake Chad region has seen an upswing in attacks since June 2018 — about a dozen have been carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants, usually in areas where there are army positions.

According to the United Nations, 1.8 million people have been displaced, including Nigerians in northeastern Nigeria, fleeing across Lake Chad to safety from Boko Haram. Lake Chad is located on the border of western Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger.

Cuppy who is one of the daughters of famous billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, took to her Twitter just moments ago to make the revelation which is yet known as a fact or fiction.
She wrote; “80% of Nigerian people don’t like me….good thing we have a large population.”

This has actually caused an uproar on Twitter, with people making a lot of mixed reactions to it and making it look like it’s a really big deal.

Everyone wants to be highly commended by his or her boss, this makes us happy, relaxed and more productive. In a nutshell, it makes you love your job.

However, having your boss commend you depends on you, your attitude at work will determine whether your boss gives a hoot about you or not.

So, here are 7 habits your boss will definitely love:

1. Punctuality

Your punctuality may get you a nice reputation as an employee. (executivegrapevine)
You probably have heard people saying punctuality is the soul of business. This is very true but that’s not all about it. You can also become your boss’s favorite if you’re always punctual. Every boss likes the employee that gets to work early and you can also be in his/her record book as a diligent staff member.

2. Volunteering to help

Make yourself more useful by volunteering to help others.
Being the guy that always offers to help can also earn you some good impression at your workplace. I know you have your target to meet, but helping others makes you very useful among your colleagues. However, this doesn’t mean you should start doing eye-service, trying to render helps where none is needed. You know what I mean? Good!

3. Being Accurate

Get your work done like a pro.
If being accurate sounds obvious it’s because it’s highly expected of you as an employee. Your boss loves it when you consistently get your work done like a pro that you are.

4. Communicating well

Your communication skills matter in your career progress. (madamenoire)
Ability to communicate well is one of the key qualities employers look out for in job candidates. Your boss will definitely be happy to have someone with good communication skills in his team.

5. Demonstrating commitment

Show some levels of commitment to your work.
How invested are you in your work? Are you really committed to seeing the business grow and succeed or you just see your workplace as an establishment that pays your salary in return for spending eight hours in the office every week days?

To demonstrate your commitment, always try to come up with new, innovative strategies to grow the company. That alone can endear you to your boss.

6. Following through

Always make sure you hit your target, you’ll be happy you do it. (That Sister)
Every boss likes an employees who can deliver on projects, tasks and other priorities on time. This makes your boss to assign you some tasks and let you do it unsupervised. That means he/she believes you know what to do and when to do it.

7. Being on the same page with your boss

Understand what the boss wants.
Bosses love employees who take initiative to understand and prioritize their main concerns. They like those employees that follow instructions and get things done the way they want it to be done.

In achieving success in your career you need to have a mentor, someone who has achieved the kind of success you aspire to achieve. This will position you to kick-start your journey to success.

A career expert, Dr Flo Falayi once said that ‘employees who were part of a mentoring relationship were found to have significantly higher engagement scores, more fulfilled than employees who were not’.

A mentor is someone who has experienced success and can provide guidance in relation to whatever endeavour you are undertaking.

And to develop yourself in any field of your interest, you definitely need someone who can give you invaluable guidance. Here are five reasons you should consider having a mentor.

1. A mentor will help you grow your capacity

One of the major reasons why you need to have a mentor is for you have someone who can see your potentials and make you a better version of yourself. Self-doubt is a terrible personal issue that may affect your career growth, but having a mentor will help you develop confidence and believe in yourself.

2. A mentor will push you to go farther
Having a mentor will prevent you from settling for less. To reach your career goals, you need someone to challenge and push you to go farther than you can possibly imagine.

3. Your mentor will protect you from taking wrong steps
Mentors take it as part of their responsibilities to protect and nurture their proteges from taking steps that may ruin their careers. You therefore, need to have a good mentor who will train you on how to take the right steps and make sound decisions that’ll lead to the fulfillment of your career goals.

4. Mentors will teach and advise you
In a bid to motivate and ensure you’re focused on your professional growth, mentors often push themselves to advise their proteges. They share their stories, experience and perspective to support their mentees.

5. Your mentor can be your connector
If you have a mentor that takes you to events and shares his/her network with you, it makes it easy for you to grow your contact lists that’ll expose you to many opportunities you wouldn’t have otherwise had.

When hiring managers announce vacancies, they expect a lots of candidates to apply for the positions so they can choose the applicants they considered fit for the job. This, at least is the impression most people have about job postings and applications.

But there are many things about recruitment that job applicants are not aware of. Sometimes, companies publish vacancies just for formalities. Often time, they have an internal candidate in mind to fill the position.

So, when you apply for a job and the hiring manager didn’t get back to you, one of the following factors is probably responsible for it.

1. Recruiters already know who they’re going to hire
Sometimes, before hiring managers throw a job posting open to applicants, they already know who they want to employ for the position. Announcing the vacancy is only meant to fulfill righteousness. This is usually the case when you apply for a job and you never get invited for an interview. Someone has already filled the position.

2. Discrimination exists
There’s no doubt about this, even when employers try to downplay it. In Nigeria, the HND-BSc certificate is still an issue. This is a form of discrimination that is based on the kind of degree you’re presenting for a job application.

Apart from this, there are other forms of discrimination like age barrier, over-qualification and employment gap issues. These are some of the discriminatory practices among employers.

3. Most CVs go to the trash can unread
See, here’s the truth. Some hiring managers don’t have the time to look at every job application they receive. And in a country like Nigeria, where the unemployment rate is high like a mountain, a hiring manager may receive one thousand applications for just one opening.

If a company assigns only one person to sort the applications, some would have to be ignored except the company uses Application Tracking Systems (ATS), even with that, the hiring manager would definitely ignore other CVs and dump them in the trash can once he/she finds some candidates with impressive CVs.

4. Jobs are filled via networking
According to Brigette Hyacinth, a social media influencer and career coach, 85% of all jobs are filled via networking and it’s better for applicants to be networkers than job seekers.

Adegbite Oreoluwa, the country manager of careers24, a job board that recently went under in Nigeria also supports the claim that, it’s easier for applicants to get job through networking than applications. Oreoluwa in an interview with Pulse in February 2019, said getting jobs in Nigeria is still largely through referrals.

5. If there’s impending layoff
If a company is recessed and there’s a plan to downsize, the management may decide to hire entry level workers to fill some positions. However, if the recruitment is conducted before the layoff, the hiring manager in a bid to protect the image of the company won’t feel obliged to tell you about the impending layoff.

Source: withinnigeria.com

What you eat determines how you will look. Unhealthy diet won’t only make you sick but also make your complexion dull. Eating the right diet improves your health and makes you look beautiful.

Here are 5 foods that can make you look beautiful:

1. Strawberries

To slow down those inevitable signs of aging, try adding in more strawberries to your diet. These juicy little snacks are high in vitamin C, which can actually prevent fine lines and wrinkles. They contain alpha hydroxyl oil, which is gentle on teeth enamel, but removes stains.

2. Bananas

If you’ve been feeling low on energy, try peeling open a banana. They are rich in vitamin B6, potassium, and folic acid. These nutrients improve blood flow to your brain, so not only will you be quick-witted, you’ll feel happier. Bananas can also give you softer, smoother skin. Try rubbing a mashed banana on your face or legs before shaving to soften the hair follicles and give you a smoother appearance.

3. Carrots

Next time you hit the beach, be sure to pack the carrots. Carrots contain carotenoids, which reduce your skin’s sensitivity to UV rays. Still, pack the sunscreen, but your afternoon snack can add a little more protection for your skin. Try pairing raw carrots with hummus or guacamole for an easy snack on the go.

4. Red bell peppers

Red bell peppers are high in antioxidants, which repair skin and hair cells, giving you a more youthful appearance. Try tossing some chopped red bell pepper in your next salad or egg scramble. The crisp, sweet flavor pairs well with almost anything!

5. Avocado

As if you need another reason to adore avocado! We all know it’s insanely delicious, but it can also keep your skin looking young. Avocados contain the fatty acid oleic, which helps skin retain moisture, giving it a softer, younger look.

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, dissolved a 13-year marriage between Mr Monday Adiri, and his wife, Dominica, on the grounds that she called him an impotent man.

The petitioner, Adiri, a 43-year-old clearing agent, alleged that Domnica called him impotent and moved out of their matrimonial home with their two-year-old daughter.

The President of the Court, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, while delivering judgment, held that since the petitioner insisted on the divorce after several interventions, the court was left with no option other than to grant his wishes.

Koledoye pronounced the union dissolved.

“The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Monday Adiri and Dominica dissolved today, both of you henceforth cease to be husband and wife.

“Each of you should go on his or her separate ways unmolested, the court wishes both of you well in your future endeavor.”

Koledoye granted Dominica custody of the only child of the marriage, aged nine, and ordered Adiri to pay N5, 000 monthly for the child’s feeding.

He also ordered Adiri to pay N250,000 in damages to the respondent for the injury she sustained when he hit her head on the wall.

Earlier, Adiri said: ”my wife embarrasses me in the public. She tells anyone who cares to listen that I am not the biological father of our daughter. She calls me impotent.”

“I came back from work and discovered that my wife had moved virtually everything in the house including my furniture, electronics, gas cooker, kitchen utensils among other items.

“When I could not reach her, I called her brother who told me that she had relocated to their family house that if I am still interested in marrying her, I should come and see their family.

“Dominica told her family to return the bride price that she was no longer interested in marrying me, I initially refused to accept it since I am not in the position to collect it.

Making her submission, Dominica, denied all the allegations.

She accused her husband of infidelity.

“I noticed that a particular woman used to call him, on that fateful day, the woman called as usual and my husband was not in the room, so I picked the call, I discovered that the woman is my husband’s concubine.

“I told the woman that I was the wife of the owner of the phone, she quickly ended the call when she discovered that she was not talking to my husband.

“When my husband got into the room and discovered that I had answered his call, he got angry with me.

“Monday, who is looking for an excuse to dump me, ordered me to leave his house or I face the consequences claiming that I am too old for him but I am just a year older than him.

The 44-year-old businesswoman said that she relocated temporarily to her village for treatment due to an assault.

(NAN)

by Jennifer Yusuf

Breaking…
A son-in-law to former vice president Atiku Abubakar, and Presidential candidate of the PDP in the February presidential elections, Abdullahi Babalele, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of money laundering.

Babalele was arraigned on a two-count charge before Justice Nicholas Oweibo at a Federal High Court in Lagos. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

For many job seeking graduates, job boards like Jobberman might be the first platform that readily comes to mind when it comes to job search, but there are many other options you can consider when you’re looking for a job.

Try these five alternatives to job boards when you’re job searching.

1. Sign up to a recruitment agency
A recruitment agency like Work Force signs you up to a recruitment consultant who acts like a middle man between candidates that are looking for jobs and employers that are looking for staff.

This platform registers your details and credentials on their database; keep an eye out for any job role that matches your details and then send your CV to the employer to organize an interview with you. If you are successful you get the job.
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2. Use LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a social media network for professionals that allows you to search for jobs and advertise your skills, academic history as well as work experience to potential employers.

LinkedIn allows you to search for jobs in two ways. You can search for jobs on the platform by narrowing down your search to job titles and locations of your choice. You can also get the job you want when recruiters post job vacancies on the site.

3. Talk to your mentor or career advisor
If you have a mentor who guides and counsels you on career development, don’t ever be shy to speak to him/her about your joblessness. Your career mentor probably has some network of professionals and companies he can refer you to.

4. Search online
This is the simplest step you can take towards your job search. A simple Google search is an effective way to look for jobs these days. By typing the job role you are looking for in the search engine, you can get a list of recruitment websites and companies job postings that fits your job title.

5. Reach out to your connections
This is where networking is very important. If you have a list of professionals in your network, you can reach out to them. Also, by following companies and hiring managers on LinkedIn and other social media platforms, you might be the first to know about a job opening in their organizations.

Source: withinnigeria.com

Here are 8 reasons why you should eat African walnut everyday:

1. Cancer-Fighting Properties

Walnuts can help prevent cancer as it contains cancer fighting properties such as as phytosterols, omega 3 fatty acid and antioxidant . Research have shown that it doesn’t only help reduce the risk of prostate cancer, but breast cancer as well.

2. Improves Sperm Quality In Men

Another reason this amazing nut should be consumed regularly especially by men is because its impact on male fertility. A recent finding revealed that among men who consume about 75 grams (a bit over one-half cup) of walnuts daily, had their sperm quality, including vitality, motility, and morphology significantly improved.

3. Heart Health

Walnuts contain amino acid l-arginine, which offers multiple vascular benefits to people with heart disease, or those who have increased risk of heart disease due to multiple cardiac risk factors.

It also contains the plant-based omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is anti-inflammatory and prevents the formation of pathological blood clots. Research shows that people who eat a diet high in ALA are less likely to have a fatal heart attack and have a nearly 50 percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death and that eating just four walnuts a day has significantly raise blood levels of heart-healthy ALA. Its consumption also supports healthful cholesterol levels.

4. Rich In Vitamins and Minerals

African walnut contains vitamins such as vitamin E,B6,B7, thiamin, folate and also a rich . of magnesium which is higly needed by the body daily.

5. Contains Rare and Powerful Antioxidants

Antioxidants are crucial to your health, as they are believed to help control how fast you age by combating free radicals, which are at the heart of age-. deterioration and walnuts contain several unique and powerful antioxidants that are available in only a few commonly eaten foods. This includes the quinone juglone, the tannin tellimagrandin, and the flavonol morin.

It also contain antioxidants that are so powerful at free-radical scavenging that researchers called them “remarkable”. Research has shown that walnut polyphenols helps prevent chemically-induced liver damage.

6. Weight Control

Adding walnuts to your diet can help you to maintain your ideal weight over time as it is associated with increased satiety.

7. Brain Health

Walnuts contain a number of neuroprotective compounds, including vitamin E, folate, melatonin, omega-3 fats, and antioxidants which support brain health, including increasing inferential reasoning in young adults.

8. Diabetes

The beneficial dietary fat in walnuts has been shown to improve metabolic parameters in people with type 2 diabetes. Overweight adults with type 2 diabetes who ate one-quarter cup of walnuts daily had significant reductions in fasting insulin levels compared to those who did not, and surprisingly, the benefit was achieved in the first three months.