State House report on GEJ's visit to Maiduguri

The State House press release below..

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan undertook a surprise visit to Maiduguri Thursday on the occasion of Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day to meet with officers and men of the Armed Forces currently in the frontline of the war against terrorism and insurgency in the country. 

Accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the National Security Adviser and the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, President Jonathan visited officers and men of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri to thank them for their patriotic and courageous service to the nation.

The President told officers and soldiers of the Division that the nation was very proud of them and grateful for their dedication and commitment to the defence of the civilian population against terrorists and violent extremists.

Jesus Christ Appears In Northern Lights

A breathtaking image of  Jesus Christ appeared before the eyes of a stunned photographer near the Icelandic town of Akranes.

The lucky photographer Jón Hilmarsson was taking pictures of the northern lights when a huge silhouette strongly resembling Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, appeared.

The photographer could not believe his eyes when an image of Jesus Christ appeared in the northern lights over Iceland

Jón said: “This was the most beautiful and vivid northern light display I have ever seen. We usually see green auroras but that night I saw bright green, red and purple colour, which is very unusual. Many people see the shape of Christ but also an angel formation.

Northern Lights Display over an abandoned farm near the Icelandic town of Akranes

Pope says ‘cannot insult’ other people’s religion

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Pope Francis today condemned any killing in God’s name, but also insisted there were limits to freedom of speech and said other people’s religion could not be insulted or mocked.

The pope made the comments in relation to attacks by Islamists on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo last week in which 12 people died.

“To kill in the name of God is an absurdity,” the pope told reporters aboard a plane travelling from Sri Lanka to the Philippines.

But the 78-year-old pontiff also said “each religion has its dignity” and “there are limits”.

“You cannot provoke, you cannot insult other people’s faith, you cannot mock it,” the pontiff said.

“Freedom of speech is a right and a duty that must be displayed without offending.”

The Charlie Hebdo assault on January 7 was followed two days later by an attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris by a gunman claiming to have coordinated his actions with the two brothers who attacked the magazine.

In all, 17 people died over three days in the bloodiest attacks in France in half a century, which ended when commando units stormed two hostage sieges and killed all three gunmen.

The magazine this week published a “survivors” issue, which sold out yesterday before more copies of an eventual print run of five million hit newsstands.

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8 famous women who popped the question

• 2 hours ago January 16, 2015 12:58AM

Singer Pink proposed to her now husband Carey Hart in an unusual way. Photo: Vincent Sandoval/WireImage. Source: Getty Images

IN THIS day and age, women shouldn’t have to wait for an old-fashioned, get-on-one-knee proposal.

In celebration of women who take their relationships into their own hands, we bring you eight female celebrities who proposed to their men:
1. Judge Judy

Judge Judy. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS. Source: Getty Images

Asking the question is a man’s job? Let Judy Sheindlin be the judge of that! Television’s favourite courtroom personality popped the question to her second husband, Jerry Sheindlin, in 1978. In an interview with DuJour, Judy says, “[H]e tried to weasel out of it ... I told him to pick a date. He picked Flag Day [June 14 in the US].”
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor as Countess Calvet in ‘The Facts of Life’. Photo: Paul Drinkwater. Source: Getty Images

The socialite and actress claimed to have proposed to all nine of her husbands. She started her run early, proposing to her first husband, a Turkish diplomat, when she was only 15. Much later in life, she told her biographer, “I pay all my own bills ... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.”
3. Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Photo: Alexander Bassano/Spencer Arnold. Source: Getty Images

The Queen proposed to her cousin, Prince Albert, in 1839. In her diary, she describes how she invited him to her room, where she popped the question. Of that day, she wrote, “I really felt it was the happiest brightest moment in my life.”
4. Diane Von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg. Photo: Gabriel Olsen. Source: Getty Images

In an interview published in O Magazine in December 2014, Furstenberg told Oprah that she proposed to her current husband, Barry Diller. On his birthday, she called him and said, ‘You know, if you want, for your birthday, I’ll marry you.” The happy couple wed a week later, and have spent 13 happy years together.

10 Dont's Of A Healthy Relationship

Your man loves you – and doesn’t want to hear certain things from you. To keep your relationship healthy and happy, you need to stay away from certain phrases.

Here are ten things ladies should never say to their men:

1. Man up

This emasculating phrase is never, ever appropriate. He is a man. If he’s not meeting your expectations, learn to communicate this clearly and without insult. Moreover if he is not man enough, he won’t ask you out.

2. We need to talk

Yes, you should talk to your man. No, you should not warn him that you need to talk about something yet-to-be-described that will likely be uncomfortable. This phrase is the most likely to shift him into defensive mode. Try a more loving approach and you will surely get better results.

3. Size doesn’t matter

If size doesn’t matter, don’t talk about size. Didn’t u see him as a fat man or too thin for you before you accepted his proposal?

4. Is she prettier than me?

Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners

The world of football has been swept by rich owners over the last decade. Absurdly rich people purchasing the clubs make it possible for some clubs to gain advantage over others, but so far it has been strongly pronounced for couple of clubs.
Our list with The Richest Billionaires Football Club Owners In The World starts from the least richest billionarie to the richest billionarie.
5. Lakshmi Mittal (India)

Total assets: $16.5 Billion, up $500 million from a year ago.

Club: Queens Park Rangers Football Club (England)
Indian steel aristocrat Lakshmi Mittal is a long-term London inhabitant; he and his child Aditya were among the light bearers for the 2012 Olympics Torch Relay. Laskshmi and his family possess 33% of Queens Park Rangers, which broke their own transfer record twice, using over $30 million to purchase striker Loic Remy and  Chris Samba. At present, the west London club is in 15th position of the English Premier League. Tony Fernandes, who runs Asia’s biggest plan carrier, additionally claims stake in QPR, which was once possessed via elite Bernard Ecclestone.

4. Alisher Usmanov (Russia)

Total assets: $17.6 Billion, down $500 million from a year ago.
Club: Arsenal Football Club (England)
The wealthiest man in Russia, Alisher Usmanov, has his fingers in numerous pots: he got rich in metals (iron and steel), yet now has premiums in everything from Silicon Valley new businesses to Russia’s biggest business corporation Kommersant. He sold piece of his stake in Facebook at the time of the 2012 IPO, pocketing $1.3 billion. Usmanov and extremely rich accomplice Farhad Moshiri, who has a fortune of $2.8 billion, likewise own stakes in FC Arsenal. American  Stanley Kroenke, with an expected total assets of $5 billion, is the controlling shareholder of FC Arsenal. English press asserts that a Middle East consortium is setting up an offer to purchase out Arsenal for around $30,000 an offer, totalling over $2 billion.
3. George Soros (United States)

Total assets: $19.2 Billion, down $800 million from a year ago.
Club: Manchester United (England)
Extremely rich  speculator George Soros is known for having burned up all available resources in England. Presently, he’s owns the UK’s biggest soccer club, Manchester United. In August 2012,