7 Interesting Facts About Kissing

Here is the list of some interesting facts about kissing. Probably, some of them are already familiar to you and some will become a good discovery.

1. The insulting slang phrase “kiss my ass” dates back at least to the year 1705.

2. Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the fingertips. Even genitals don't possess as much sensitivity as lips.

3. Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories per minute.

4. The mouth is full of bacteria. When two people kiss, they exchange between 10 million and 1 billion bacteria.

5. A medieval manuscript warns Japanese men against deep kissing during the female orgasm because a woman might accidentally bite off part of her lover’s tongue.

6. The Christian ritual kiss or “kiss of peace” was used during prayer, Eucharist, baptism, ordination, and in connection with greeting, funerals, monastic vows, and martyrdom.

7. Contraction of HIV through kissing is very unlikely. One woman was infected in 1997 she and the infected man both had gum disease. Transmission was likely through the man’s blood and not his saliva.

5 keys to a successful marriage

5 keys to a successful marriage

The rate of failure of marriages is rising everyday. More marriages contracted today are likely to fail than those of say 50 years ago.

Success is no respecter of persons but of principles. Success is not an accident.
There are many keys to success in marriage but I will just discuss five. They are Powerful preparation, Powerful relationship with God, Positive communication, Productive Partnership, and Practical perspective.
1. Powerful preparation. Winning teams take time to prepare. They prepare to win. They prepare for all possible scenarios. They practice how to defend against free kicks. They even prepare how to play with a man down. Doctors are licensed to practice after about 8 years of training. Most people never take time to prepare for success in marriage. That you know how to sleep with someone or that you have a degree does not mean you are prepared for marriage. You must take your time to prepare yourself by reading books, attending seminars, asking questions, growing spiritually, etc. Prepare for the journey. The level of your preparation determines the level of your success.
2. Powerful relationship with God. This gives you two things: winning principles and prevailing power. Your spouse must not replace God. Adam knew God before he was given a wife. Eve married Adam before they sinned. The first thing to find out in choosing a life partner is how born again and how close to God he or she is. Marrying an unbeliever is completely out of the question. You must have a sound prayer life; a sound study life and the ability to hear from God. That comes by giving him time. Give God your ears. If God cannot have your ears, there is very little He can do to help you. Learn to switch off everything and observe a quiet time with God daily. You need this especially when the going gets tough.
3. Productive Partnership. All partnerships are not productive. You cannot have a productive partnership
o     Without a common purpose
o     Without common values-you must define family values and strive to live by them: values like honesty, personal growth, worship, etc
o     With someone that is exactly like you. The most effective partnership is one in which both partners bring something to the table that the other person does not have. That way they can compliment each other. That way there is mutual respect. My wife has a thoroughness, intuition and drive that prevent me from making costly mistakes in my quest for results. I listen to her. The essential ingredients of productive partnership are commitment, honesty, faithfulness, hard work etc
o     With someone who is selfish. I was watching a football match one day in which a striker was face to face with the goal keeper. He took a shot and the goal keeper saved it. But they could have scored if he had just passed the ball to his team mate on his right who was at a better advantage to put the ball into the net. They lost that chance because he was selfish. To win, you must learn to pass the ball. It does not matter who scored the goal as long as the team wins. The role is not as important as the goal. To have a winning team, you must be prepared to put your partner before yourself.
4. Positive communication. A man lost his job, came home quiet and depressed. He told his wife he was on a little break when he failed to prepare for work the next few days. He simply said he had no money when house keeping money finished. The wife, after sometime, started thinking he had started to have an affair outside. It was later she discovered her husband had lost his job.
o     Talk to each other clearly, simply and sincerely. Silence is not the best way to communicate what you want; your spouse is not a mind reader. Lack of adequate information is the foundation for assumptions. Assumptions have destroyed more marriages than anything else. Anger is not also a good way to communicate displeasure. The fire of anger may sometimes be difficult to control.
o     Maintain trust; it is the foundation of success in any relationship. Something is wrong if you step away from your spouse to answer your call. What are you hiding? Never lie to each other. A lie is also when half truth is released and something is withheld with the intention to deceive the other person. That is not sincere communication. All vital information must be discussed promptly and wisely especially if it is likely to be offensive.
o     Listen more than you talk. This is important for the man.
o     In addition to speaking to each other, you must learn to speak each other’s love language. What makes you spouse feel loved? You may be working hard and yet your spouse does not feel loved. I have heard some men say, ‘I work hard and I provide all that you need; you lack nothing. What else do you want from me?’ Gifts may not be your wife’s love language. May be spending quality time with her is what makes her feel loved. It could be affectionate touch, or helping out with household chores. Here are the five love languages according to Dr Gary Chapman:
1. Words of Affirmation
2. Receiving Gifts
3. Quality Time
4. Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch
Find out your spouse’s love language and begin to speak it. it may not be easy at first, as it is with learning any new language but the rewards are enormous.
5. Practical perspective. Know the difference. Women and men are essentially different. Let me point out a few differences.
o     Women process by talking; men process by thinking and in silence. A man may appear uninterested when you are talking to him but he will show up days later and say ‘that thing you were talking about’.
o     Women remember more details than men. Be careful what you say because she will quote you exactly after ten years; giving you the date and time you said it. It is due to the nature of their brain.
o     Men enjoy the result; women the process.
As you apply these principles, I pray your marriage will get sweeter in Jesus name. Have a blessed week.
Rev. (Dr.) Charles Olowojoba is the Snr. Pastor of Dayspring Bible Church, Sabon-Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja & President, Dayspring Christian Ministries Int’l.  e-mail: dayspringcm2000@yahoo.com

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5 keys to a successful marriage

Category: Sunday sermon Published on Sunday, 10 November 2013 05:00 Written by Rev. (Dr.) Charles Olowojoba Hits: 94

Success is no respecter of persons but of principles. Success is not an accident. The rate of failure of marriages is rising everyday. More marriages contracted today are likely to fail than those of say 50 years ago.

There are many keys to success in marriage but I will just discuss five. They are Powerful preparation, Powerful relationship with God, Positive communication, Productive Partnership, and Practical perspective.
1. Powerful preparation. Winning teams take time to prepare. They prepare to win. They prepare for all possible scenarios. They practice how to defend against free kicks. They even prepare how to play with a man down. Doctors are licensed to practice after about 8 years of training. Most people never take time to prepare for success in marriage. That you know how to sleep with someone or that you have a degree does not mean you are prepared for marriage. You must take your time to prepare yourself by reading books, attending seminars, asking questions, growing spiritually, etc. Prepare for the journey. The level of your preparation determines the level of your success.
2. Powerful relationship with God. This gives you two things: winning principles and prevailing power. Your spouse must not replace God. Adam knew God before he was given a wife. Eve married Adam before they sinned. The first thing to find out in choosing a life partner is how born again and how close to God he or she is. Marrying an unbeliever is completely out of the question. You must have a sound prayer life; a sound study life and the ability to hear from God. That comes by giving him time. Give God your ears. If God cannot have your ears, there is very little He can do to help you. Learn to switch off everything and observe a quiet time with God daily. You need this especially when the going gets tough.
3. Productive Partnership. All partnerships are not productive. You cannot have a productive partnership
o     Without a common purpose
o     Without common values-you must define family values and strive to live by them: values like honesty, personal growth, worship, etc
o     With someone that is exactly like you. The most effective partnership is one in which both partners bring something to the table that the other person does not have. That way they can compliment each other. That way there is mutual respect. My wife has a thoroughness, intuition and drive that prevent me from making costly mistakes in my quest for results. I listen to her. The essential ingredients of productive partnership are commitment, honesty, faithfulness, hard work etc
o     With someone who is selfish. I was watching a football match one day in which a striker was face to face with the goal keeper. He took a shot and the goal keeper saved it. But they could have scored if he had just passed the ball to his team mate on his right who was at a better advantage to put the ball into the net. They lost that chance because he was selfish. To win, you must learn to pass the ball. It does not matter who scored the goal as long as the team wins. The role is not as important as the goal. To have a winning team, you must be prepared to put your partner before yourself.
4. Positive communication. A man lost his job, came home quiet and depressed. He told his wife he was on a little break when he failed to prepare for work the next few days. He simply said he had no money when house keeping money finished. The wife, after sometime, started thinking he had started to have an affair outside. It was later she discovered her husband had lost his job.
o     Talk to each other clearly, simply and sincerely. Silence is not the best way to communicate what you want; your spouse is not a mind reader. Lack of adequate information is the foundation for assumptions. Assumptions have destroyed more marriages than anything else. Anger is not also a good way to communicate displeasure. The fire of anger may sometimes be difficult to control.
o     Maintain trust; it is the foundation of success in any relationship. Something is wrong if you step away from your spouse to answer your call. What are you hiding? Never lie to each other. A lie is also when half truth is released and something is withheld with the intention to deceive the other person. That is not sincere communication. All vital information must be discussed promptly and wisely especially if it is likely to be offensive.
o     Listen more than you talk. This is important for the man.
o     In addition to speaking to each other, you must learn to speak each other’s love language. What makes you spouse feel loved? You may be working hard and yet your spouse does not feel loved. I have heard some men say, ‘I work hard and I provide all that you need; you lack nothing. What else do you want from me?’ Gifts may not be your wife’s love language. May be spending quality time with her is what makes her feel loved. It could be affectionate touch, or helping out with household chores. Here are the five love languages according to Dr Gary Chapman:
1. Words of Affirmation
2. Receiving Gifts
3. Quality Time
4. Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch
Find out your spouse’s love language and begin to speak it. it may not be easy at first, as it is with learning any new language but the rewards are enormous.
5. Practical perspective. Know the difference. Women and men are essentially different. Let me point out a few differences.
o     Women process by talking; men process by thinking and in silence. A man may appear uninterested when you are talking to him but he will show up days later and say ‘that thing you were talking about’.
o     Women remember more details than men. Be careful what you say because she will quote you exactly after ten years; giving you the date and time you said it. It is due to the nature of their brain.
o     Men enjoy the result; women the process.
As you apply these principles, I pray your marriage will get sweeter in Jesus name. Have a blessed week.
Rev. (Dr.) Charles Olowojoba is the Snr. Pastor of Dayspring Bible Church, Sabon-Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja & President, Dayspring Christian Ministries Int’l.  e-mail: dayspringcm2000@yahoo.com

STRIKE: Indications That ASUU May End Strike This Week

There are indications that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off the their lingering strike on Thursday.
Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities regarding the offer made by the FG to revamp the institutions.

ASUU and the FG presided by Goodluck Jonathan met last Tuesday (started on Monday) in Abuja.

Then ASUU leaders briefed the zonal coordinators on the offer and ordered the local branches to organize congress meetings.

This step is to enable all the lecturers to be involved into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday.

However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting.
In some universities, the congress meetings will be held today. 

However, there is no official information regarding whether the strike will be called off or not after the NEC meeting.

The Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, said,

“Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union."

Another source disclosed that some members had expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Government’s new offer based on its refusal to honour past agreements.

A top official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told one of the journalists that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt.

He also said that the majority opinion was that the review of the agreement which was supposed to hold this year should be postponed till next year in the interest of peace.

The official added that members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with the union. They felt since the President was involved in the discussions, the government would not say that it was arm-twisted to make the offer.

One of the sources at the meeting between the government and ASUU revealed that the government after a long debate had agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the next five years starting from 2014.

According to this information provided from this source, Jonathan showed he was serious about ending the strike, both parties were frank during the longs-lasting discussions and demonstrated their commitment to the matter.

It was also added,

“The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government will only release N100bn and this has been processed.

What is more, the National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress are to become joint guarantors of the new agreement while the Minister of Education will act as the implementation officer.

The source also stated that the government had agreed to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all.

Billionaire Things: Pics From Usman Dantata And Rukky Indimi's Wedding

Rukky Indimi is one of the daughters of billionaire businessman Mohammed Indimi, said to be worth $600million (that's a billionaire in Naira).

He is the chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, an oil exploration and production company. Her older sister, Rahama, married Mohammed Babangida some years back.

The groom is Usman Dandata Jnr, the son of late billionaire industrialist, Alhaji Usman Dantata and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s cousin.

More photos from their white wedding, which took place yesterday Saturday November 9th, after the cut..

RELATED ARTICLE:PHOTOS: First Pictures Of Rukaiyah Indimi and Usman Dantata Wedding

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My next target is to build an aeroplane’

‘My next target is to build an aeroplane’

Suraju demonstrating how his generator powers his fan

Seventeen-year-old secondary school student, Ismaila Suraju, has built a planting machine and a locally-made power generator that uses water and batteries, among others. They young boy who says his next target is to build an aeroplane, also claims to have the knowhow to construct a gadget that can frustrate election riggers in Nigeria.

When he was younger, 17-year-old Ismaila Suraju was forced to make a pair of slippers out of a cardboard to shield his feet from the scorching soil of the farm path. The necessity of protecting his face from the sun also compelled him to produce a baseball cap, then cars, train, grinding machines, all with the same cardboard.
Weekly Trust gathered that half way through his secondary education, Suraju graduated into using aluminum sheets in making not only miniature automobiles, such as fire extinguishing vans, excavators, but  a large  size planting machine that can be used for planting, as well.
“Anything I see, I will like to do. We went for competition. I saw some people do a motorcycle they were riding. I said I would do a planting machine in a form of a vehicle that a person can drive. I thought in our country we don’t have planting machines. Farmers are suffering. Then I took iron and aluminum sheets. I first did a small one that a small boy can enter. Then I did a bigger one. I used wheelbarrow tyres, iron from metal bed, electric motor and motorcycle gearbox to make it,” the boy said.
Suraju, who was raised by his maternal grandfather, also fabricated a miniature boat with aluminum sheets and radio motors that enable it to move forward or backward when powered by dry cell batteries. He said with better training and access to materials, he can do more.
But his problem-solving creative moves are not limited to automobiles. He fabricated a power generator that is powered by dry battery cells and water. He demonstrated how to use the generator to charge a cell phone battery as well as the standing fan he fabricated himself. But he explained that the voltage generated by the generator is not high enough to shock a human being.
According to him, he also has the solution to Nigeria’s electoral malpractices. The solution, he said, is a laptop-like device he fabricated which he calls “electronic voting system”. He showed how voting is recorded on a pair of screens that look like those of small calculators.
The “electronic voting system” has a central screen made of a translucent plastic with voting approval and disapproval written on either halves of it. When he inserts a card that has voted into the voting box, the half that disapproves of voting will be lighted from within. If the one that has not voted, but registered is inserted, the half that approves of voting will be lighted.
The young engineer, who also sees earthmovers around road construction sites near his village of Rubochi in Kwali Area Council, ended up fabricating its miniature replicas with aluminum sheets and other materials available. He used dry cell batteries to move the miniature earthmovers. But the dry cell batteries do not last long.
Asked how he is going to cope with the dry transient nature of the dry cell batteries that power most of his fabrications, Suraju showed the small turbine-like wheel he fabricated with aluminum sheets and sticks in such a way that moving water can propel it to generate power. He said he is working on how to make a small hydro-power device that can generate power for his devices.
“I want to be a mechanical engineer. I want technology to go forward in our country, Nigeria. We need to develop technology,” he said.
The boy who wants to go to a technical school for his senior secondary educations said: “I want to make a bigger excavator that human beings can enter, and it will be working. The last time we went to Brazil different countries came for the competition. We were 22 from Nigeria. Among those that went to Brazil my project was the best.”
Though he has made a miniature airplane, Suraju believes he can manufacture a big one that will carry people. He said this with the confidence of someone with absolute belief in his dream. Asked how sure his is, he replied: “If the white men can do it, why can’t we?”
Suraju’s maternal grandfather Malam Isa  feels happy that his grandson has the ability to do so many thing, and always helps him with money to buy some of the things he needs.

Eaglets' Iheanacho: I'm Feeling A Million Things

Nigeria's outstanding No10 Kelechi Iheanacho put on a dazzling display of football in United Arab Emirates, scoring six goals and setting up a further seven en route to a fourth title for the west Africans. A playmaker and lethal finisher all rolled into one, his trademark goal celebrations had the Nigerian fans in UAE on their feet from start to finish.

FIFA.com caught up with the best player of the 2013 U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates to talk about how it feels to be a world champion, his chat with Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu and why he had doubts about his size and strength when he was called into the national team camp.

How does it feel to be a world champion?

Kelechi Iheanacho: I feel good, I feel good, I feel good! I thank God because I feel so good. I don’t know if I can find the words to say what I’m actually feeling. I can’t even tell what I’m feeling because I’m feeling a millions things at the same time. I am feeling love for my teammates and my family and my country. I feel all of it. I’m on a high for winning the World Cup and the Golden Ball [best player].

It’s all smiles here in the locker-room. How close to you feel to your teammates at this moment?

None of this could have been possible without my teammates. They are the best. The way we all cooperated together to win the World Cup is simple amazing. It’s like nothing else I’ve ever felt. I give them thanks for making it possible for us to do what we did.

You were named the tournament’s best player and you were the second top-scorer. How does that feel on a personal level?

It means a lot to me personally because when I came into the national team camp I felt uneasy. A lot of the boys thought maybe I was too small, too skinny to be a good player. But I realized now with what I’ve done here that God is preparing something special for me.

It’s been an exciting few weeks for you and your Golden Eaglets here in the United Arab Emirates. How has your time been? 

I’ve loved the time I’ve spent here in UAE. It’s a wonderful country and it was amazing for me and my teammates to see a different part of the world and to show our football to the people here. I will remember it always.

You had tremendous support from Nigerian fans here for all of your games. How important was that?

The fans here have supported us so much. It’s been incredible. They’ve given us courage and cheered us up when things weren’t going so well. The fans here in the stadium and the ones back home, they own a part of this trophy too. They helped us to win it.

One of Nigeria’s best-ever players, Nwankwo Kanu, was here to watch the final, and you two had a long chat after the whistle. What did you talk about?

He is the true hero of football in our country. Back home, he’s like a father, like a brother. He’s like everything to me. He always gives us advice. He comes to train with us, to make sure we’re happy and moving in the right direction. He helps us to understand what football is really about, and what it takes to make it in the game. Talking with him and being with him is just a great honour.

Do you have a message for the people back home?

I just want to send my love back home; to everyone and to everything Nigerian.

Eaglets are World Champions again!

Eaglets are World Champions again!

Golden Eaglets celebrating their 4th FIFA U-17 title yesterday after 3-0 victory over Mexico in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets were truly golden yesterday as they thrashed defending Champions Mexico 3-0 to win a fourth FIFA U-17 World Cup in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.

With yesterday’s victory, Nigeria is now the first and only country to have won the trophy a record four times, having won it first in 1985 in China, 1993 in Japan and 2007 in South Korea.
In addition to the prestigious trophy, Nigeria also won the Fair Play Award, the Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament (Dele Alampasu), just as playmaker Kelechi Iheanacho won both the Most Valuable Player Award and the silver boot by virtue of his six goals in the championship.
Furthermore the Golden Eaglets set a new record of scoring the highest number of goals at FIFA U-17 World Cup with 27 goals in seven matches.
Nigeria took the lead early in the match when Mexico’s Eric Agguire under pressure from Yahaya Musa scored an own goal to set the Nigerians on course to winning their fourth title.
The Mexicans almost drew level in the 31st minute when Alampasu in goal for Nigeria had to lift high enough to push over Jamie’s header from close range.
After several failed attempts in the second half, Nigeria’s talisman Iheanacho made it two for Nigeria when he connected a rebound from Captain Musa Mohammed’s fierce shot at goal in the 56th minute.
Muhammed then took the game beyond the defending champions in the 81st minute when he curled a free-kick into the net for Nigeria’s third goal of the night.
Meanwhile, Nigerians have continued to send messages of congratulations to the victorious Golden Eaglets for doing the country proud.
Speaking to Weekly Trust immediately after the match, former Nigerian international Tijani Babangida said this is the best national U-17 team that Nigeria has produced.
 “This is the best Eaglets that Nigeria has produced. The boys are simply marvellous. They kept improving from the first match that they played.
“They showed positive attitude and enormous confidence which has been instilled in them by their coaches. I just hope they will keep their head and progress in their career. My advice to them is to be aware of bad agents. Champions don’t go for screening so no agent should mislead them”.
Another former international, Mutiu Adepoju also congratulated the Golden Eaglets and urged them to enjoy the sweet victory.
 “This is sweet victory and I urge the boys to enjoy it as much as they can. They spent so many months camping and now that they have made it, they should enjoy the moment”.
A member of the 1996 Olympic gold winning team, Garba Lawal said the unity in the team made the victory possible.
Lawal maintained that continuity is key to future success so the players should be monitored and guided by the appropriate authorities so that they don’t end up in the hands of bad agents.
“Unity in the team made the victory possible. Right from day one, I saw unity and patriotism in the players. They improved match after match and when they emerged champions, I was not surprised”, he said.