10 ways to financially prepare for marriage

                                  

Families and couples need to consider financial preparation for a wedding well ahead of time. Financial planning begins with the type of marriage that the bride and groom have in mind. But the keys to this are savings, sticking to priorities and not veering from the set budget.

Let’s see how budgets are generally set traditionally in families.10 WAYS TO FINANCIALLY 

PREPARE FOR MARRIAGE

Intricate plans are made relating to all aspects of the wedding – the jewels, clothing, venue, wedding feasts and other rituals. In most communities responsibilities specific to the bride and groom are tradition and the nuances are discussed and agreed upon. At this juncture it is important to set budgets without considering loans of any sort. This is indeed difficult since at no other time is the temptation to overspend more compelling.

Here are some simple ways to avoid budget overruns:

Prune the Guest List

Limit the invitees to close relatives and friends. In cases where budget is a constraint avoiding a long invitee list can make a big difference.

Venue for the Reception

An equally big hall, a little away from the heart of the city could cost a lot less than some of the popular reception centers.

Décor

Banquet chairs and tables, arrays of lights, grand flower decorations and live bands can cost a lot. Tone down a little on all this and you could save a lot.

Menu

The wedding lunch/dinner is one of the big-ticket items in any wedding. Resist the temptation to host eight and ten course meals.

Date and Time

There are certain times of the year when wedding related items cost considerably less. Choose the time that suits you.

However in spite of all your efforts if a cost overrun is unavoidable there are ways of bridging the financial gap.

Borrowing from Friends and Relatives

t is not uncommon for families to turn to friends and relatives for short term loans to help them tide over any budget setback during the wedding of their offspring. Since this “give and take” is mutual, you should not normally have difficulty getting such loans.

Personal Loan from Banks

Getting a personal loan from a bank is simple. The amount of these loans will depend on your repayment capacity. Such loans are required to be repaid in three to five years.

Making Purchases on Credit Cards

This is one way of bridging the budget gap. You could use credit cards for clothing, paying hotel bills etc. You can convert larger transactions into smart EMIs without paying much interest.

Mortgage Loan

You could take a loan on an immovable property at rates lesser than personal loans.

Utilizing the Engagement Period

Another way of bridging budget gaps is to save during the engagement period.

Written By Lanre Akinola

TOP 8 BRIDAL SHOPS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

                                   

When it comes to anything BRIDAL, ladies usually see it as a time to hunt for wedding gown. But, reality is; there are a lot of things to be considered to get a total package of which wedding gown is just one of them.

The under listed bridal shops will see to your needs and make sure your day is a special one. They will infuse such confidence in you such that you will feel like the prettiest lady on Earth.

Depending on your budget, style, colour, or general needs, these shops will make sure you get the best without breaking the bank.

LaViva Bridal Concepts: They offer a wide collection of exquisite and trendy wedding gowns and accessories. Gorgeous, stunning dresses that create wow! effects and they’ve got you covered 24/7 with their online support and help centre.

Their address is at 5 Osho street,Opebi-Oregun link road Opebi, Lagos.

Phone: 08023276770

Time: Mon-Sat  09:00 a.m.           06:00 p.m.

 Website: www.lavivabridals.com

 2.  BRIDALS AND MORE: They offer sales of wedding gown and accessories.

Location:  Beside Thermocool, 83 Allen Avenue,Ikeja ·

Phone: 0803 614 6000

Website: http://bridesnmore.com/

3.MABERLEY GREEN: They deal in exquisite wedding gown and bridal accessories.

They are located at Budland Street, Off the Grammar School Bus Stop, Ojodu Berger, Lagos, Nigeria

    Phone: +234 809 873 4499

4 HADASSAH BRIDALS: Your search for wedding gowns and accessories, bridal shoes, beautiful wedding rings, Bridesmaids dresses stops here because Hadassah Bridals provides you with a one stop store for all of these items. Hadassah Bridals is redefining online shopping for wedding gowns and accessories in Nigeria.

They are located at Shop 33, Mota Shopping Complex 35 Opposite Harmony Estate, Alhaji Azeez Cl, Ifako Gbagada, Lagos

They are on facebook and twitter:

Facebook: Hadassah Bridals

Twitter: @hadassahbridals

Phone: +234 818 890 5399

+234 811 159 1125

Website: www.hadassahbridals.com.ng/

5  BELLISSIMO CONCEPTS: They are one stop shop for all your engagement wears, for both bride and groom. They also make Aso-Oke to complement your Aso-Ebi and complete Aso-Oke for the Groom and Bride’s Parents.

They are situated at Suite 40(Last floor) 75A Iju road Agege pen cinema, Lagos, Agege pen cinema, Nigeria

Phone: +234 805 411 4519

6. AZARAI JEWELERS: They deal in all kinds of ring, from proposal to engagement and to wedding rings. You can get wedding rings ranging from diamond to gold and their rings are pocket friendly. They work base on your budget.

They are located at Pentagon Plaza, 23 Opebi Road, Ikeja and 4 Idowu Martins, VI

Phone:  08066558014 or 08091423229

Website: https://www.azarai.com/

7. DELPHI METALS: Delphi Metals is a wholesale and online retail jewelry company that specializes in Tungsten, Sterling Silver, Titanium and Pure Gold. They offer a wide range of quality products.

They are located at First Floor, E-Centre (Ozone Cinemas) Sabo Yaba. Lagos

Phone: 08187988766 or 09090000841-2

8. BRIDAL HOUSE: they specialize in everything bridal; from wedding gown and accessories, cakes, souvenirs, invitation cards to programmes.

They are situated at 54, Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos

Phone: 0803 302 8812

HOW TO CORRECT YOUR WIFE WITHOUT HURTING HER

                                     

How most husbands correct their wives in marriage has done more harm than good in their relationship with their wives.

Many of them speak harshly on top of their voice which make their wives harbor anger and bitterness against them.

This piece will open your eyes to the right way of correcting your wife without hurting her.

1) Don’t Shout On Her: Don’t shout on her, she is not your house maid, she is not a Child. You can correct, yes, but why shouting?

2) Correct In Love: Correcting should be done in love, if done in any other way it turns to criticism and condemnation

3) Avoid Criticisms: Stop criticizing her, rather correct in love. Most will say it’s constructive criticism, true? It means disapproval by pointing out errors and mistakes.

Correction is the act of offering better options to mistakes.

Correction and criticism are never the same.

Husband A says: what manner of food is this? is this pop corn or fried Rice? how I wish I marry a more sensible wife, with better home training, who can cook better

Husband B says: Sweet heart this rice is too salty and dry unlike the one you did yesterday. I think salt should be reduced any other time because of our health.

Husband A criticized, Husband B, corrected his wife in love. Stop criticizing your wife.

4) Appreciate Her When She Is Right: It will be wrong to correct when it’s not well done, when you don’t praise when it’s well done. Form the habit of praising and appreciating your wife for good deeds.

5) Avoid Correcting Her In The Presence Of Your Children: Incessant correction of your wife before your Children will make them to disrespect her.

6) Avoid Correcting Her In The Public: Avoid correcting your wife in the public, it does not show you as a gentle man, and will affect her self-esteem.

7) Don’t Correct Her While You Are Angry: Stop correcting your wife in anger, shouting, ranting, beating and making trouble. Real men don’t do that.

8) Avoid Comparison: In your thought of correcting her, you might have been comparing her with other women. “Don’t you see what your friend is doing?”

“Can’t you learn from our neighbors wife?”

“I think you should borrow a leaf from deaconess so and so”

This is very wrong, no woman love to be compared with others, stop it.

9) Don’t Refer To Old Issues: Avoid referring to issues discussed and settled,stick to the present issue,discuss like adults and move on.

10) Avoid Attacking Her Womanhood: And you call yourself a woman? Virtuous women don’t behave like this, you better change before I change you.

This is very wrong, don’t do it.

11) Avoid Attacking Her Dignity: You don’t behave like someone with sense, do you think at all? And you said you went to school, I doubt it. This is very wrong, you too, you are not talking like somebody that pass through a college.

12) Correct Her In Time Of Peace: Most husband do want to correct in the heat of anger, at the height of misunderstanding, when temper has already hit the roof. That is not the best time to correct, it will yield little or no result.

13) Help In Doing House chores: The best way to correct is to lead by example, step into the kitchen to give a helping hand, don’t just sit in the front of the Television correcting what goes on in the kitchen. Wives are doing great job, appreciate yours and support her to be a better wife and mother.

Written by Bisi Adewale

 Pastor Bisi Adewale is a family and relationship expert; author of Secret of Irresistible Wife and more than 60 other books on marriage and family life. You can reach him on facebook.com/PastorBisiAdewale , 08068312004, 08051512823

German airlines to scrap 'two-person' cockpit rule

                        

German airlines will no longer require two people to be in the cockpit at all times, an industry group said Friday, abandoning a rule introduced after a deadly crash in 2015.

"An evaluation has shown that the two-person rule does not increase security, rather other risks to air security arise," the statement from the German Aviation Association (BDL) said.

The requirement to have two people in the cockpit at all times was introduced after Germanwings copilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately flew a passenger plane into a French mountainside, killing 144 passengers and six crew in March 2015.

Black box recordings showed that Lubitz, who had been treated for mental health problems in the months before the disaster, locked himself into the cockpit alone.

The BDL's decision follows an easing of the two-person rule at the EU level by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in August last year.

Instead of a blanket requirement, the EASA recommended using the measure only on a case-by-case basis.

The BDL argued that allowing more people access to the cockpit and opening the door more often and more obviously would raise the risk of terrorists or criminals forcing their way in.

"Security dangers resulting from an outside attack... must continue to be judged much more elevated than the danger from a so-called homicide/suicide case," the group said.

It cited a historical survey showing that while there have been 1,074 hijacking cases between 1931 and today, only four cases of pilot suicide have been recorded.

Keeping cabin crew in the cockpit whenever one pilot was absent would also leave them unable to help passengers in case of an emergency, the statement said.

To minimise the risk of a repeat tragedy, the airlines said they would step up mental health checks on pilots and offer aircrew access to psychological support.

Source:www.phys.org

Jubilee tribunal receives 93 appeals, to deliver rulings Saturday

                            

Kenya’s Jubilee's party tribunal is set to deliver its ruling on disputed party primaries across the country on Saturday.

On Friday morning, the tribunal had received 93 appeals for all position contested.

"We have started full hearing of the appeals. So far we have not delivered any ruling on the same but the earliest we anticipate is Saturday afternoon," tribunal vice chair Hillary Sigei told the Star on phone.

Sigei said the tribunal will interrogate all issues raised in the appeals before issuing the judgement.

"We have to collect and verify all the raw data from our field returning officers and further listen to version of all parties in each appeal," he said.

Sigei maintained that the tribunal will only consider appeals that are formally lodged after complainants fill a form and pays Sh1,000.

China Sentences Human Rights Lawyer

                            

One of China's best-known human rights lawyers has been given a three-year suspended jail term for subverting state power.

Li Heping was sentenced in a closed-door trial, Chinese state media say.

He has defended other prominent lawyers, including Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, as well as practitioners of the banned Falun Gong movement.

A representative of campaign group Amnesty International questioned the validity of the allegations against Li.

The lawyer was detained in 2015 as part of a wider government crackdown on dissent under President Xi Jinping.

His trial took place in the Tianjin City Number Two Intermediate People's Court and concerned state secrets, the court said on its Weibo social media account.

Comedy Festival Naija;Live in Lagos

G7 Productions...Present...COMEDY FESTIVAL NAIJA - The Genesis...Live @ The Ben-Auto Event Place, Akowonjo Roundabout, Akowonjo, Egbeda Road.

Featuring Comedians like: Firstborn, Cee Y, Bash, Dee 1, Jim Boi, Prince Krazy, Mide Coker, Open Teeth, Buchi, SLK, Mr-Talk, Xtreme, Pashon, Ernest Apari, and lot more.

Also Featuring Music Artists like: Purity Vibes, Dubem, and others.

Date: 29th of April, 2017

Time: 4PM

 Venue: BEN AUTO EVENTS, Akowonjo Roundabout Beside FCMB Egbeda Akowonjo Road Lagos

Ticket Categories: Regular = N2,000      VIP = N5,000     Table = N200,000

Note: A Plot of Land & A Return Ticket to South Africa to be Won

The problem of abusive relationship

                             

Relationships can make or mar, depending on its content and quotient. It is instinctive in human to expect from relationships, to invest in them emotionally. But while some are fortunately blissful to be blessed with positive bonds of human ties, there are those sweltering under the throes of abusive relationship.

What is abusive relationship

Anything ranging from emotional blackmailing to that of bashing and irrational bouts of anger is to be clubbed under abusive relationship. Not only physical violence, but stray bits of emotional bullying, insulting, threatening and humiliating are the different facets of abusive relationship. As distinguished from relationship based on health and trust, abusive relationship is marked by compulsiveness, domination and show of force. Love irrespective of its depth and kind, can never be marked by violence and show of force. Love needs to be distinguished from obsession and at times obsession of the compulsive kind guides the basis of abusive relationship.

Different symptoms and signs of abusive relationship

Obsession giving way to possessiveness, jealousy and zealous urge to seek one sided control are the leading ABCs of abusive relationship. If you are in love with someone, it is natural to demand and expect. But simultaneously, love should make way for breathing space, mobility, mutual respect and co-operation. Dictionary of love is free from the zealous urge for domination. With domination being one of the thresholds of abusive relationships- people in such relationship are generally victimized by blackmailing; unwillingness to consent may result in swearing, kicking, pushing and bashing.

How to recognize the signs of abusive relationship

In fact, odd displays of physical abuse come later down the line. It generally starts off with emotional ones which can take different forms of bullying. In fact, no partner truly in love will really like breathing down your throat. So trying to get too close for comfort can be one of the initial signs of abusive relationship.

Expectation should in no way force you to make people work with heavy hands. While relationship is definitely about committing, it can never involve coercion. If the process is mutual, things should occur with flow of time and not as an end result of coercion. With the other trying to lead you by the nose, you have every reason to read the impending fallouts of an abusive relationship.

In its worst possible manifestation, abusive relationship can take the form of sexual violence. Forceful show of lust and desire to overpower the partner sexually are some of the worst illustrations of abusive relationship.

At times, people may even resort to blackmailing for sexual exploitation of different kinds. You have good reasons to be warned of a partner insisting on blackmailing for the sheer satisfaction of his lustful needs. Remember, it is being used as a tool of abuse more than anything else. Physical intimacy and sexual act should be mutually acceptable and any show of brutal force is one of the manifestations of abusive relationship.

You may also find him/her interfering into your choice of friends and issues about dealing with opposite sex. Unwillingness on your part may give way to physical blows and bruises. In fact, marks of sprains and those of cuts or bruises are the ways whereby you can recognize a person/friend in throe of domestic violence - a kind of abusive relationship.

When and how to get out of abusive relationship

You need to track the signs of abuse in a relationship . See, if your partner makes you feel worthy or not. If he resorts to demeaning ways in the name of love and care, there are reasons to be aware of. You can choose to confide in a common friend or well wisher. He/she can help you with the way out by way of mediation and otherwise. But it is important to trust in someone who will listen and act out rather than take sides and be judgmental. In fact, psychological counseling is one of the best options for overcoming torments of an abusive relationship. There are clinical and counseling centers ready to help you out of such crises. If you feel that there are little or no grounds for correction, you may walk out of it as well. Safety and self worth matter more than carrying on with an abusive partner.

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Sex Addiction:Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

                         

                    What is Sex Addiction? Can lust addict you?

An addiction is the condition of psychological dependence on psychoactive substances. Usually the word addiction is mentioned along with the alcoholism, drug usage etc. A particular habit becomes an addiction when a person looses self determining powers to either control or stop the behavior or activity. Just as alcoholism or drug addiction, certain practices or mentalities also can create an addiction. Sexual addiction is one of the destructive behavioral abnormalities.

Though, sexuality is an inborn instinct of human beings, to maintain healthy social relationships and mature social association we all express the sexuality in a very controlled form. But people who are addicted to lust may loose the self control and think or act in abnormal ways. The urge for sexual pleasure will shoot into greater degrees in a lust addicted. They may get indulged in several accepted or restricted realms of sexuality.

Symptoms of lust addiction

A person himself is the right diagnosing agent to find if he/she is addicted to lust. It is a common trait that lust addiction remains hidden within the subconscious mind and only the addicted can, many a times; recognize the level and depth of the addiction. It is a folly to think that a lust addicted may emerge a social nascence. It is also not necessary that a lust addict may exhibit his/her addiction in public.

A majority of sexual addicts don't even recognize their addiction and still lives happily. Only in extreme cases one may need clinical counseling or medication. The prime symptom of lust addiction is too much interest in the opposite sex and in sexual activities. Compulsive and extreme sexual behavior is the signature of a sex addict.

It is quite natural to have interest in sexuality and also in opposite sex, but when the necessary interest gives way to uncontrollable condition, then it is an addiction. Sexual activities like masturbation or lovemaking several times a day can be another possible symptom of lust addiction. Over interest on pornography, sexual talks, weird fantasies etc., can all be sexual addiction symptoms.

Causes of sexual addiction

Addiction to lust can be caused by multiple factors. Hormonal imbalance is the prime accuse. Overproduction of some hormones is said to have the result of sexual addiction. Abused sexual interests share a great role to donate sexual addiction to a person. People who are sexually abused in the childhood may grow addicts in the future. Use of intoxicating drugs is another igniter of sexual addiction. These drugs will make them to conceive abstract fantasies and illogical impressions about sexuality. Once addicted to the lust, the brain starts producing intense biochemical materials too add fuel to the fire.

Prevention of lust addiction

As any other psychological or behavioral addiction, lust addiction also can be prevented effectively and completely. Changing the mindset and infusing irrevocable resolutions are the ultimate cure for sexual addictions. To a great degree, minor lust addictions could be recovered or, at least, controlled by a person himself.

Deliberate withdrawal from the particular behavior which you consider as an addiction is the best option. There are clinical cure too for lust addiction. Since sexual addiction is more psychological, counseling by a sexologist will bring drastic changes. If the disease is due to hormonal imbalances, a physician can help you with drugs that control or mend the hormonal conditions.

Clinical cure for sex addiction

Sexual addiction is clinically determined by an adaptive of DSM-IV criteria. A sex addict may continuously fail to control his behavior despite all the destructive consequences. Clinically lust addiction is referred as 'addiction model of sexual addiction'. Physicians or psychologist determine the nature of sexual addiction through the diagnoses of visible signs of addiction. Over interest in matters related to sex, several short-lived relationships, fetish sexuality, sexual offensive behavior etc., can be clues to sexual addiction. Infidelity of both sexual and emotional is another hint of lust addiction.

To treat sex addiction, first of all, the addicted has to admit the problems and should seek assistance open-heartedly. Being a more psychological than physical illness, sexual addiction can be cured by helping the patient to reduce seclusion chances and promote ways of integration. Helping the addict to adapt transparent behavioral pattern is another way of treatment.

If the addiction is caused by physical imbalances like hormonal problems, then there are drugs to be consumed by the patient to control or balance the abnormalities. Sexual addiction, if not treated on time and in the proper manner can result in self destruction and also in social crimes.

Biblical cure for sex addiction

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). There are many ways that we humans sin and fall short—lying, greed, stealing, adultery, taking the Lord's name in vain, and many other selfish acts. All sins are equally serious before our Holy God.

If there is some sexual sin in your life, the first step toward improvement is to understand and admit what you have done. If you have given yourself to pornography or sexual fantasies involving people other than your spouse, you have been committing adultery. Jesus said:

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Matthew 5:27-28).

Spiritual salvation

The single biggest factor in combatting such an addiction is to come under the authority of Jesus Christ. You are involved in a spiritual battle. "The Scripture contains no promise of help in overcoming temptation for those who are unsaved." If you are not yet a Christian, we strongly urge you to confess your sin and totally surrender your life to Him. Accept His gift of eternal salvation for your soul. After accepting Christ, some are totally delivered from their addictions. (See our helpful resource page. Also, see: How can I be sure of my salvation?)

"But, I am saved" - If there is no doubt that you have already committed your life to Jesus Christ and are relying on His sin-covering blood for your salvation, then do not let your sin cause you to doubt your salvation. Instead, deal with your sin. Confess it, and rededicate your life to Christ. Don't hold back any part of your life from Him. Humble yourself totally before God. Surrender it all. Ask Him to help you live a life of purity and true love. Accept your own failure and inadequacy. Admit that you cannot overcome sin on your own.

Admit your weakness, seek God's help

All humans are selfish and sinful; it is our nature. Addiction to pornography and other sexual sins are particularly potent in their effect, similar to a seductive and powerful drug. Once it has a hold on you, it is very difficult to resist. In fact, it is virtually impossible to overcome on your own. You must have God's help.

God cannot work with you if you are still trying to overcome sin on your own; it is a form of pridefulness. You are, in effect, saying to God “I can take care of this myself.” Consider these verses:

"The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God…" (Psalm 10:4). "Pride goes before destruction…" (Proverbs 16:18). "When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom" (Proverbs 11:2).

"You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You" (Isa 26:3, NKJV).

"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you" (I Peter 5:6-7).

You see, God's willingness to “exalt you” (lift you up spiritually) is dependent on your willingness to humble yourself before Him. But the second part is just as important: God cares for you so much that He is willing to take all of your cares (worries, anxieties, needs, fears, desires, challenges, regrets, etc.) upon Himself. In other words, humble yourself by accepting your inability to handle the cares of life and give them all over to God. THEN He will lift you up spiritually, and you will find peace and freedom unlike anything you've ever known.

The Holy Spirit will be the most powerful in your life, when you are the most humble—when you get your own interests and desires out of the way. Then, He can produce in you the fruit He promised: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control (Galatians 5:22-23).

Notice that last one—self control. It is important to see that self control is not simply a matter of one's will; it is, in fact, a fruit of the Holy Spirit working in us. What a merciful God we have! As we learn to depend more and more on God to see us through each day, and we become more aware of His presence moment by moment, we find that over time the magnet of sexual sin loses its strength.

Prayer power

Prayer is conversation with our Creator. It is a child's communion with his Father. The Bible emphasizes that it should have a very high priority in our lives. Continual prayer is very important to your recovery. If there was ever a time in your life when you need to pray, it is now. It is the Christian's greatest weapon against the sin nature and the dangers and temptations of this world. "Anything of value in the kingdom of God is initiated in and dependent on prayer." Rely on God, and learn to think as He does. This will bring a revolution of good in your life.

Here's how to pray, each and every day…

Confess all known sin

Read: Psalm 51 | Mark 7:20-23 | 1 John 1:7-10

Renounce conformity to the world

Read: Romans 12:2, 6:13-14

Compiled by Dr Bayo Adeshimna

Soure:www.prokerala.com

We will shut down Nigeria May 30 - IPOB

                          

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on its followers and people of the South East to ensure that Nigeria is “shut down” on May 30 2017.

IPOB had earlier ordered Igbos to embark on sit-at-home, on May 30, 2017, a day set aside to honour those who lost their lives during the civil war of 1967-1970.

In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the pro-Biafra group also urged its members not to be discouraged by the stringent bail conditions for the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB noted that its main focus at the moment was the scheduled May 30 remembrance day.

The group, while commending those who stood by the organization since the detention of Kanu, assured that their support would never be in vain.

China bans Islamic names

                           

Authorities in western China are prohibiting parents from naming their children Islamic names.

This is in the latest effort to dilute the influence of religion on life in the ethnic Uighur minority heartland.

“Muhammad,” ”Jihad” and “Islam” are among at least 29 names now banned in the heavily Muslim region.

If a parent chooses one of the barred names, the child will be denied government benefits, Fox News reports.

The names listed on the government document disseminated by Uighur groups include several related to historic religious or political figures and some place names.

“Imam,” ”Hajj,” ”Turknaz,” ”Azhar” and “Wahhab” are on the list, as well as “Saddam,” ”Arafat,” Medina” and “Cairo.

Judgment calls about which names are deemed to be “overly religious” will be made by local government officials.

The naming restrictions are part of a broader government effort to secularize Xinjiang, which is home to roughly 10 million Uighurs, a Turkic people who mostly follow Sunni Islam.

BREAKING NEWS: South Korea rejects Trump $1bn missile defence bill

                       

South Korea on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system to guard against threats from the North Korea.

The first parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system have already been delivered to a former golf course in the South — infuriating China — at a time of heightened tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes.

Top US officials have said THAAD will be operational “within days”.

“I informed South Korea it would be appropriate if they paid. It’s a billion-dollar system,” Trump was quoted by Reuters.

“It’s phenomenal, shoots missiles right out of the sky.”

The two countries have been in a security alliance since the 1950-53 Korean war, and more than 28,000 US troops are stationed in the South.