Naira drops to 302/dollar

The naira extended its decline against the United States dollar on Thursday, falling to 302 at the parallel market, down from 300 on Tuesday.

The currency had sunk to a record low of 300 per dollar at the parallel market on Tuesday, a day after the Central Bank of Nigeria stopped dollar sales to Bureau De Change operators.

The exchange rate of the naira to the greenback stood at 199.45 at the official interbank market on Wednesday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange.

Facts and Psychological Impact About Child Soldiers

Hello friends,im sending this article for you to go through because i feel you should be informed about what is going on in our society and our world most especially.

A Child soldier is any person under the age of 18 who is a member of or attached to government armed forces or any other regular or irregular armed force or armed political group,whether or not an armed conflict exists. Child soldiers perform a range of tasks including participation in combat, laying mines and explosives; scouting, spying, acting as decoys,couriers or guards; training, drill or other preparations; logistics and support functions, portering, cooking and domestic labour; and sexual slavery or other recruitment for sexual purposes.

 Hundreds of thousands of children are conscripted, kidnapped, or pressured into

joining armed groups. The proliferation of lightweight weapons has made it possible for children under the age of 10 years to become effective soldiers. Compared to

earlier weapons, which required strong physical force to be an effective fighter, this

is a notable change in technology that has allowed recruiting children as a new class

of fighters, which is a defining characteristic of the ‘new wars.’ The trend in using

children in armed conflict as soldiers is not diminishing. An estimated 300,000 child

soldiers – boys and girls under the age of 18 – are involved currently in more than

30 conflicts worldwide (Child Soldier, 2001; Jayawardena, 2001)

The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering

Children have no or limited access to information concerning the consequences of

their choice; they neither control nor fully comprehend the structures and forces

that they are dealing with.

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Children have little knowledge and understanding of the mid- and long-term

consequences of their actions.

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Children might be told and believe that they have to ‘stand up’ against an enemy,

who would otherwise kill them or hurt their families; they tend to trust and obey

caretakers’ and families’ or key community leaders’ judgement on this.

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Children might believe that they have to take the place of a family member, who

would otherwise be enlisted, or to avenge a family member, who has been killed

by the ‘enemy,’ which might constitute a emotionally perceived life-threat for the

child.

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Conditions of civil war and armed conflict undermine the ability of families and

communities to protect the young of both sexes (Druba, 2002); parents might

then be driven to give in to the powerful influence of militia leaders of their own

ethnic group. Enlistment on the part of the parents or caretakers can never be

considered ‘voluntary’ on part of the child.

 Look at these Facts:

1. Child soldiers are any children under the age of 18 who are recruited by a state or non-state armed group and used as fighters, cooks, suicide bombers, human shields, messengers, spies, or for sexual purposes.
2. In the last 15 years, the use of child soldiers has spread to almost every region of the world and every armed conflict. Though an exact number is impossible to define, thousands of child soldiers are illegally serving in armed conflict around the world.
3. Some children are under the age of 10 when they are forced to serve.
4. Two-thirds of states confirm that enrollment of soldiers under the age of 18 should be banned to prohibit forced child soldiers, as well as 16- and 17-year-old armed force volunteers.
5. Children who are poor, displaced from their families, have limited access to education, or live in a combat zone are more likely to be forcibly recruited.

Written by Elisabeth Schauer

5-year-old becomes terrorist: “It is forbidden to cry”

When the parents of 5-year-old Sarah aren’t looking, she is covered in a burka. That is what they taught her to do in the ISIS children’s camp, when the murderous terror organization held her and her mother before they succeeded to escape. The camp is around Raqqa in Eastern Syria, where the murderous terror organization focuses upon children, brainwashing them and teaching them to become terrorists.
In one recent propaganda film, one can see children dressed in uniforms standing in rows shouting “jihad” and they see themselves as the children of the ISIS army. In the video, a member of the terror organization, told the children: “Allah willing, soon we will be standing on the front lines against the unbelievers.”
 Standing at the forefront of this are the Peshmerga Forces, members of the underground Kurdish forces in Erbil spoke about children swimming in the rivers, crossing borders, and fighting in the battlefields alone against the Kurdish forces far away from ISIS: “When they come to us, they are very thin. They go through hell there.”
 In other cases, children had their weapons pointed at the Kurds. Kurdish fighter Aziz Abdullah Khader stated: “Many times, we come across child soldiers for ISIS. They are dressed in explosive belts.”

“They are brainwashed,” he told CNN. “They penetrate the ranks, operate explosive belts and kill people. This is an unacceptable decision. We don’t always know what to do. If you don’t kill them, they will kill you.” US security officials confirmed the grim testimony.
One of the children that succeeded to escape is a 12-year-old named Nasser. According to him, he ran away from the camp with around 60 child soldiers: “The scariest moments are when they explode from the air and this leads us underground.” Nasser related that there are even 5-year-old children in the camp and everyone partakes in the training: “We must not cry but when I think about my mother, I cry silently.”

 Culled from www.jerusalemonline.com

How to Identify ‘Runs Girls’ In Lagos

Lagos is a place where the struggle for limited resources is keen. All facilities are highly COMMERCIALIZED including love. Things are not always what they seem to be at the surface level, so there is a need for you to ‘shine your eyes’ before being caught buying the counterfeit.

These are top features of a Lagos prostitute who maybe trying hard to hide her identity to avoid stigma:
(1) Runs girls in Lagos are fond of heavy make-ups:
They are always desperate to create an impression wherever they go. This leads to obviously heavy and colourful make-ups that mayn’t even rhyme at all. The ‘foundation’ could be so strong like she wants to erect a building on her face.

(2) Awkward piercings:
These set of ladies pierce their nose with rings attached. Their ears carry multiple piercings too. Some bold ones go as far as rocking nose rings to show how fashionable they are.

(3) They chew gum indecently:
The act of chewing gum is very paramount among full time prostitutes and ‘aristos’ seem to have mastered the act well and I wonder the rationale behind it.
(4) Breast display:
As goods are displayed on shelves in the shopping mall, so also the runs girls flash their ‘selling points’ I.e their area of strength for prospective buyers. They make sure you can a vivid look of what you are up against like the massive boobs, big bum and exposure of the flat tummy or waist.
(5) Tattoos:

In Nigeria today, most decent and well-cultured ladies don’t draw tattoos. Most ‘female marketers’ are fond of conspicuous tattoos which are positioned at strategic points for you to feed your eyes on and they are always quite bold.
(6) Bleached skin:
A fair lady gets more attention and is easily noticeable than a dark one. Runs girls don’t joke with bleaching. The skin is unnecessary white while the fingers, toes and knuckles stand out black with the intention to break away like Biafra.

(7) Runs girls in Lagos love expensive phones with busy lines:
When a lady’s phone rings incessantly like she is a customer-care agent and you know she isn’t selling anything; my guy, she is into ‘E-commerce’ like Jumia delivering the assumed and the social media is likely her booking office.
(8) When you keep calling her phone and introducing yourself severally:
Runs girls have several clients to deal with. They hardly store numbers until they are sure you have the will to do business. They easily lose track of the identity of their callers and you get poised to re-introduce yourself over and over again.
(9) If she disappears mysteriously like the 2016 national budget from the senate on Friday nights:
Friday nights are sacred nights in Lagos when the ‘god of koboko’ is worshiped by hardworking men that must have been engaged productively throughout the week. On a night like this, a hot runs girl must have been booked by the highest bidder; hence a dramatic disappearance until Saturday morning.

(10) She is a likely ‘selling it’ if she spends the entire day sleeping and heads out every night:
Runs girls in Lagos have opposite working schedules, they leave for work when others are returning, and go on recess when others are at work .

Written by Abiyamo

How to turn your problems to opportunities

There's only one simple question to ask, in order to turn a problem into an opportunity. And believe it or not is was contained within a long forgotten film starring John Belushi of all people.
The movie Continental Divide basically disappeared without a trace when it came out some 30 years ago, and that's too bad.
True, it didn't have much of a plot. As IMDB puts it: "A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher." And it was hard to see Belushi as a true leading man (as he was supposed to be here.)
Still, the movie had two things going for it.
1. A clever script by Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark; The Big Chill) and
2. A line that you should always ask yourself when you are confronted with the unexpected.
Blair Brown, the aforementioned eagle researcher, takes Belushi into the wild and on his first glimpse of nature in all its glory he asks, "am I pleased or frightened?"
It is the exactly the same question you need to ask when confronted with what most people would describe as a problem.
Are you pleased or are you frightened?
Now, let's be clear. Some problems are exactly that. The computer crashes. You are stuck in traffic. You develop a 103 degree fever before the big presentation. Those are problems and there very little you can do to turn them to your advantage.
But many of the problems you are confronted with should leave you pleased.
For example, you thought you were onto a big idea. You would create an app that would allow people to search for types of restaurants (Italian) at specific price points ($50 a head) and automatically make the reservation for you and put it in your Microsoft Outlook.
However, when you asked a representative sample of your potential audience about it, they told you there was no reason to develop the software. They were happy with the available options like Open Table.
So, why is something like this good news?
There are three reasons.

• You learned something. This is no small thing the more knowledge you have the insights you can have.
• You learned this ahead of the competition, people who are actually developing "better" versions of Open Table and the like and who are going to discover there is no market (after they have spent tens of thousands of dollars--or more.)
• The knowledge could take you in another reaction

For example, when you were talking to the potential customers who eventually shot down your idea you kept hearing variations on a theme.
Once they scored the reservation, many of them thought of the reservation as an asset and like all assets they wondered if they could monetize it.
"Wouldn't it be great if I could sell my reservation to someone who really wanted it? The restaurant is "hot" and people are waiting for months to get in and there has to be a market for people who want to jump the que."
And similarly, people told you, "you know, I would pay to get into my favorite place at the last minute."
All of a sudden, you are testing the idea of playing restaurant matchmaker.
The point is you could give up, when confronted with a problem. Or you could ask yourself, what can I do with this in order to turn it into an asset.
And that, with a tip of the cap to Mr. Belushi, is how to turn a problem into an opportunity.

Written by Paul B Brown

Egyptian lawyer sues Netanyahu for ‘1967 war crimes’

An Egyptian lawyer has filed a civil lawsuit against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s alleged violations during 1967’s Six Day War, reports coming in..

According to reports, the lawyer, Ismail Labib, filed the lawsuit against the Israeli prime minister in a court in Cairo, demanding that Netanyahu pay him compensation of 100 million Egyptian Pounds for the killing of Egyptian captives by Israel during the 1967 war.

Labib stated that he decided to sue Netanyahu on behalf of his brother, Mohammad Labib Mohammad, who was among the Egyptian soldiers who were captured and killed by the IDF during the Six-Day War.

Isrealie president welcome newest submarine

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot attended the arrival of the German-built INS Rahav.

It left the German port of Kiel last month and sailed in with a crew of 50 on board.

Due to be operational in a matter of months, the vessel cost NIS 1.6 billion (around $406 million), one-third of which was underwritten by the German government.

 Netanyahu said the submarine, which, according to foreign reports is capable of delivering a nuclear payload, would be a key part of the country’s defensive array.

 “Above all else, our submarine fleet acts as a deterrent to our enemies who want to destroy us. They won’t achieve their aims,” he said. “They need to know that Israel can attack, with great might, anyone who tries to harm it.”