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The avocado is a rather unique fruit.

While most fruit consists primarily of carbohydrate, avocado is high in healthy fats.

Numerous studies show that it has powerful health benefits.

Here are 12 health benefits of avocado that are supported by scientific research.

1. Avocado Is Incredibly Nutritious

Avocado is the fruit of the avocado tree, scientifically known as Persea americana (1).

This fruit is prized for its high nutrient value and is added to various dishes due to its good flavor and rich texture. It is the main ingredient in guacamole.

These days, the avocado has become an incredibly popular food among health-conscious individuals. It’s often referred to as a superfood, which is not surprising given its health properties (2).

There are many types of avocado that vary in shape and color — from pear-shaped to round and green to black. They can also weigh anywhere from 8 ounces (220 grams) to 3 pounds (1.4 kg).

The most popular variety is the Hass avocado.

It’s often called “alligator pear,” which is very descriptive, as it tends to be pear-shaped and has green, bumpy skin like an alligator.

The yellow-green flesh inside the fruit is eaten, but the skin and seed are discarded.

Avocados are very nutritious and contain a wide variety of nutrients, including 20 different vitamins and minerals.

Here are some of the most abundant nutrients, in a single 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving (3):

• Vitamin K: 26% of the daily value (DV)
• Folate: 20% of the DV
• Vitamin C: 17% of the DV
• Potassium: 14% of the DV
• Vitamin B5: 14% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 13% of the DV
• Vitamin E: 10% of the DV
• It also contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, copper, iron, zinc, phosphorous and vitamins A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin) and B3 (niacin).

This is coming with 160 calories, 2 grams of protein and 15 grams of healthy fats. Although it contains 9 grams of carbs, 7 of those are fiber, so there are only 2 “net” carbs, making this a low-carb friendly plant food.

Avocados do not contain any cholesterol or sodium and are low in saturated fat. This is why they are favored by some experts who believe these substances are harmful, which is a debated topic, however.

SUMMARYAvocado is a green, pear-shaped fruit often called an “alligator pear.” It is loaded with healthy fats, fiber and various important nutrients.

2. They Contain More Potassium Than Bananas

Potassium is a nutrient that most people don’t get enough of (4).

This nutrient helps maintain electrical gradients in your body’s cells and serves various important functions.

Avocados are very high in potassium. A 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving packs 14% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA), compared to 10% in bananas, which are a typical high-potassium food (5).

Several studies show that having a high potassium intake is linked to reduced blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure (6).

SUMMARYPotassium is an important mineral that most people don’t get enough of. Avocados are very high in potassium, which should support healthy blood pressure levels.

3. Avocado Is Loaded With Heart-Healthy Monounsaturated Fatty Acids

Avocado is a high-fat food.

In fact, 77% of the calories in it are from fat, making it one of the fattiest plant foods in existence.

But they don’t just contain any fat. The majority of the fat in avocado is oleic acid — a monounsaturated fatty acid that is also the major component of olive oil and believed to be responsible for some of its health benefits.

Oleic acid has been associated with reduced inflammation and shown to have beneficial effects on genes linked to cancer (7, 8, 9, 10).

The fats in avocado are also rather resistant to heat-induced oxidation, making avocado oil a healthy and safe choice for cooking.

SUMMARYAvocados and avocado oil are high in monounsaturated oleic acid, a heart-healthy fatty acid that is believed to be one of the main reasons for the health benefits of olive oil.

4. Avocados Are Loaded With Fiber

Fiber is another nutrient that avocados are relatively rich in.

It’s indigestible plant matter that can contribute to weight loss, reduce blood sugar spikes and is strongly linked to a lower risk of many diseases (11, 12, 13).

A distinction is often made between soluble and insoluble fiber.

Soluble fiber is known for feeding the friendly gut bacteria in your intestine, which are very important for optimal body function (14).

A 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving of avocado packs 7 grams of fiber, which is 27% of the RDA.

About 25% of the fiber in avocado is soluble, while 75% is insoluble (15).

SUMMARYAvocados tend to be rich in fiber — about 7% by weight, which is very high compared to most other foods. Fiber may have important benefits for weight loss and metabolic health.

5. Eating Avocados Can Lower Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels

Heart disease is the most common cause of death in the world (16).

It’s known that several blood markers are linked to an increased risk.

This includes cholesterol, triglycerides, inflammatory markers, blood pressure and various others.

Eight controlled studies in people have examined the effects of avocado on some of these risk factors.

These studies showed that avocados can (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23):

• Reduce total cholesterol levels significantly.
• Reduce blood triglycerides by up to 20%.
• Lower LDL cholesterol by up to 22%.
• Increase HDL (the “good”) cholesterol by up to 11%.

One of the studies found that including avocado in a low-fat, vegetarian diet significantly improved the cholesterol profile (24).

Though their results are impressive, it’s important to note that all of the human studies were small and short-term, including only 13–37 people with a duration of 1–4 weeks.

SUMMARYNumerous studies have shown that eating avocado can improve heart disease risk factors like total, “bad” LDL and “good” HDL cholesterol, as well as blood triglycerides.

6. People Who Eat Avocados Tend to Be Healthier

One study looked at the dietary habits and health of people who eat avocados.

They analyzed data from 17,567 participants in the NHANES survey in the US.

Avocado consumers were found to be much healthier than people who didn’t eat this fruit.

They had a much higher nutrient intake and were half as likely to have metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that are a major risk factor for heart disease and diabetes (25).

People who ate avocados regularly also weighed less, had a lower BMI and significantly less belly fat. They also had higher levels of “good” HDL cholesterol.

However, correlation does not imply causation, and there is no guarantee that the avocados caused these people to be in better health.

Therefore, this particular study doesn’t carry much weight.

SUMMARYOne dietary survey found that people who ate avocados had a much higher nutrient intake and a lower risk of metabolic syndrome.

7. Their Fat Content May Help You Absorb Nutrients From Plant Foods

When it comes to nutrients, your intake is not the only thing that matters.

You also need to be able to absorb these nutrients — move them from your digestive tract and to your body, where they can be used.

Some nutrients are fat-soluble, meaning that they need to be combined with fat in order to be utilized.

Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat-soluble, along with antioxidants like carotenoids.

One study showed that adding avocado or avocado oil to either salad or salsa can increase antioxidant absorption 2.6- to 15-fold (26).

So, not only is avocado highly nutritious, it can dramatically increase the nutrient value of other plant foods that you are eating.

This is an excellent reason to always include a healthy fat source when you eat veggies. Without it, a lot of the beneficial plant nutrients will go to waste.

SUMMARYStudies have shown that eating avocado or avocado oil with vegetables can dramatically increase the number of antioxidants you take in.

8. Avocados Are Loaded With Powerful Antioxidants That Can Protect Your Eyes

Not only do avocados increase antioxidant absorption from other foods, they are also high in antioxidants themselves.

This includes the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, which are incredibly important for eye health (27, 28).

Studies show that they’re linked to a drastically reduced risk of cataracts and macular degeneration, which are common in older adults (29, 30).

Therefore, eating avocados should benefit your eye health over the long term.

SUMMARYAvocados are high in antioxidants, including lutein and zeaxanthin. These nutrients are very important for eye health and lower your risk of macular degeneration and cataracts.

9. Avocado May Help Prevent Cancer

There is limited evidence that avocado may be beneficial in cancer treatment and prevention.

Test-tube studies suggest that it may help reduce side effects of chemotherapy in human lymphocytes (31).

Avocado extract has also been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells in a laboratory (32).

However, keep in mind that these studies were done in isolated cells and don’t necessarily prove what may happen inside people. Human-based research is unavailable.

SUMMARYSome test-tube studies have shown that nutrients in avocados may have benefits in preventing prostate cancer and lowering side effects of chemotherapy. However, human-based research is lacking.

10. Avocado Extract May Help Relieve Symptoms of Arthritis

Arthritis is a common problem in Western countries. There are many types of this condition, which are often chronic problems that people have for the rest of their lives.

Multiple studies suggest that avocado and soybean oil extracts — called avocado and soybean unsaponifiables — can reduce osteoarthritis (33, 34).

Whether avocados themselves have this effect remains to be seen.

SUMMARYStudies have shown that avocado and soybean oil extracts can significantly reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis.

11. Eating Avocado May Help You Lose Weight

There is some evidence that avocados are a weight loss friendly food.

In one study, people eating avocado with a meal felt 23% more satisfied and had a 28% lower desire to eat over the next 5 hours, compared to people who did not consume this fruit (35).

Should this hold true in the long term, then including avocados in your diet may help you naturally eat fewer calories and make it easier for you to stick to healthy eating habits.

Avocados are also high in fiber and very low in carbs, two attributes that should help promote weight loss as well, at least in the context of a healthy, real-food-based diet.

SUMMARYAvocados may aid weight loss by keeping you full longer and making you eat fewer calories. They’re also high in fiber and low in carbs, which may promote weight loss.

12. Avocado Is Delicious and Easy to Incorporate in Your Diet

Avocados are not only healthy, they’re also incredibly delicious and go with many types of food.

You can add them to salads and various recipes or simply scoop them out with a spoon and eat them plain.

They have a creamy, rich, fatty texture and blend well with other ingredients.

A notable mention is guacamole, which is arguably the most famous use of avocados. It includes avocado along with ingredients like salt, garlic, lime and a few others depending on the recipe.

An avocado often takes some time to ripen and should feel slightly soft when ripe. The nutrients in avocado can oxidize and turn brown soon after fleshing it, but adding lemon juice should slow down this process.

SUMMARYAvocados have a creamy, rich, fatty texture and blend well with other ingredients. Therefore, it’s easy to add this fruit to your diet. Using lemon juice may prevent cut avocados from browning quickly.

Are you a praiser, a worshipper or a dancer?

Are you ready to be a part of history of worshippers and praisers to give to God what he deserves? Then this is it.

The EASTER PRAISE JAM 2019 featuring anointed acts such Seun, Betty, Kiki, Faith, Unwana, Dave Mor, Elijah Daniel, Children Choir, CWFI Choir, David’s Choir and of course our very own VICTORY VOICES and many more.

It is going to be off the chain, off the hook and it is going to be better than the beat thing you can ask for, think of or imagine for yourself.

The Atmosphere is ready for you. All that is left is for you to show up from Wed. 17th – Sun. 21st April, 2019.
Wed – Fri (5:30pm daily) and Sun (7:00am) for the grand finale.

The good news is that Attendance is absolutely free.

Your host is the Bishop of Lagos and His Wife – Rt. Rev and Rev. (Mrs) Matthew Egwowa.

Get ready for life changing testimonies as you are set to experience his glory.

Can’t wait to meet with you there…

The traditional leader said that without ‘Ifa’ , google would not have been created. Ogunwusi said this during the press tour of the tourists’ sites within the ancient city ahead of the Tourism Innovation and Development Innovation Conference (TIDA) slated for April 24. The theme of the forthcoming conference is : ” Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development and Marketing of Tourism Destinations on Host Communities”.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ‘ Odu Ifa’ refers to the verses of the literary corpus that are usually consulted by people who believe in its efficacy before embarking on any project or activity. It is also a West African religion and system of divination Ogunwusi said that ‘Ifa’ as form divination was all about sourcing for information and knowledge through traditional consultation. The traditional ruler said that Google could be regarded as the modern way of sourcing for past information and what was likely to happen in the future too. He said that ‘Ifa’ originated several thousands of years ago and is seen as the voice of the almighty God referred to as ” Orisa Oke” which is supreme to other lesser ” Without ‘Ifa’, there could never have been the google, so the google is the modern-day version of ‘Ifa’ . ” ‘Ifa’ is all about information, getting knowledge from the Almighty God. “Whenever you search the google for information or knowledge, you are consulting ‘Ifa’; and without ‘Ifa’, there would not have been the google.” He said that ‘Ifa’ was still relevant in contemporary time t saying that was why people were still consulting the oracle for information and solutions to their problems. Ogunwusi explained that if the modern day youths and the educated wanted to know the date of any important event, they would search for it from Google. ‘That is part of the functions that Ifa’ does for its believers and followers; that is the truth but it may sound strange, ” he said. The Ooni who is the custodian of the Yoruba culture and tradition called on Nigerians to embrace traditional worships peculiar to their communities. He said that would not stop them from practicing other modern religions. (NAN)

Thomas Edison was a very successful inventor, scientist, and business man whose inventions significantly impacted the world. Inventions such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting everyday electric light bulb were all the result of Edison’s work.

Called “The Wizard of Menlo Park” by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to mass produce his inventions. He’s often given credit for creating the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name. Apart from that, he also owns many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

Today, I want to talk about seven amazing lessons we can learn from “The Wizard of Menlo Park.”

Impossibility

“Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.”

Roadblocks are sign-posts letting you know that success is just around the corner. They are there to keep the uncommitted out.

Don’t get discouraged when things seem impossible. Remember that it’s darkest just before dawn.

Perspiration 

“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

Thomas Edison said: “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it goes around wearing overalls and it looks like hard work.”

There is no success without hard work because it’s something you can only earn after much labor. And working hard for success enables you to become a valuable person who attracts success.

Capability 

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”

Most people are living considerably beneath their capabilities. They’ve never focused all of their efforts on a singular task.

This is why they are completely unaware of the power they possess. Everyone is good at something, and if singular focus is given to that talent over the course of years, amazing things will be done. You are capable of astonishing yourself!

Solitude 

“The best thinking has been done in solitude.”

I have had my best thoughts locked away in a quiet room.

Take time everyday to escape to a quiet room, if only for five minutes, to have your best thoughts. It’s hard to think about achieving the impossible when you’re surrounded with people wanting to discuss only the possible. Escape to a quiet room today and begin to see all your possibilities.

Restlessness 

“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress.”

Thomas Edison said, “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”

As long as you’re perfectly content, you can’t make progress. Nothing happens until you become discontented.

If you can live with being 30 pounds over weight, then you won’t have the power to change it. Remember, “discontent is the first necessity of progress”.

Perspective 

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Perspective is everything!

Edison said, “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.”

That’s the way we should view our life not as a compilation of failures, but as series of necessary experiments letting us know what doesn’t work. From this perspective, we can move into doing what works and from there, we can succeed.

Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common Sense  

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”

Nothing can replace hard work as it’s fundamental to success. If you’re not willing to work hard, you won’t even have a chance at success. No one succeeds and says “That was really easy!”

Additionally, you have to have a no-give-up-attitude. You must be willing to stick to a task that you’re passionate about and never lose focus. And the final key is “common sense”. Although we all have it, we don’t use it like we should.

Conclusion

You have what it takes to succeed. You have the ability to work hard, stay focused, and use common sense.

Are you going to do it?

I think you are.

Written by Mr. Self Development, a motivational author that offers a practical guide to success and wealth.

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Ayoola Plantain Flour is a well packaged product that saves you the stress and time of going through normal local way of production and preparation. It is well treated and has a lot of advantages and health benefits. Why then do we recommend Ayoola Plantain Flour?

Ayoola Plantain Flour has its advantages which;

1. Saves you the stress and time to make.
2. Absence of dirt and taste and,
3. General treatment.

HEALTH BENEFITS

1. It makes a great meal for diabetics.

Unripe plantain is very low in sugar compared to ripe or over ripe plantain and this makes it a good choice for diabetes especially when added with other fibre and protein rich food such as green vegetables. Thus, it makes a great choice for preventing diabetes.

2. It can treat anemia and neuritis.

It presence of vitamin B6 can help in curing neuritis (inflammation of the nerve), and anemia: a medical condition where someone is having low red blood cells in the blood, which causes weakness.

With inclusive into meal plan and consumption, it can cure anemia and neuritis and serves as preventive measure.

3.It’s a great meal for weight loss and healthy eating.

It’s relatively low in carbohydrates, with high fibre content, essential vitamins and minerals. When consume with lots of vegetable soup and chicken, it makes a great weight loss and healthy meal.

4.Eating unripe plantain helps with circulatory and digestive system.

5. It source of vitamin A, B6 and C helps with better vision, better skin complexion, builds immunity against diseases and free radicals.

6. It helps with bowel movement. Its richness in fibre makes bowel movement easier which also reduce constipation.

7. It enriches the heart.

Unripe plantain contains some amount of serotonin which dilates the arteries, improves blood flow and reduces homocystine (a condition that causes coronary artery disease and stroke).

It richness in potassium makes it heart friendly by preventing heart attack and hypertension through controlling heart rate and blood pressure in our body and cell. Also, it fibre content is great for reducing cholesterols level which reduce the risk of developing any heart diseases.

8. It helps builds and strengthens stronger bones.

Unripe Plantain is rich in calcium which is the essential mineral needed for stronger bones, muscles, nails and teeth. A healthy meal with unripe plantain inclusive will prevents diseases such as osteoporosis which involves the weakening of the bones and causes fractures.

9. It can prevent ulcer. Various studies conducted have shown that unripe plantain contains phytochemical properties such as leucocyanidin which can prevent ulcer.

10. It boosts sexual performance. Making unripe plantain part of your healthy meal plan will help you in improving sexual performance through increase libido, improve male fertility, thicker sperm and volume.
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Their story runs like a movie thriller, yet it’s real: Pretty Okafor, President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, and his sweetheart, Nneobo. Nneobo, a former student of University of Calabar, met Pretty through her friend, Georgina, and what began like ‘a hide and seek game’ later grew  into a flourishing relationship. 14 years after their union, the couple relives events that almost ruined their marriage. Nneobo reveals how she opted to get pregnant for her husband contrary to her parents wish before marriage, just as Pretty confesses that apart from being calm and crazy, he decided to marry Nneobo simply because she had everything he wanted in the right proportions.

Meeting my husband I met him when he was on a road show. Benson & Hedges had organized a competition for bands across the country tagged ‘Grab the Mic.’ I was at my 100-level at the University of Calabar. A couple of friends on campus, informed me about the show and the musicians that thronged Calabar, including the AJ singers, Junior and Pretty. Apparently, Pretty was in charge of the crew going from street to  street, sharing fliers and inviting youths to come to the show. His senior colleagues in the entourage had all settled for one babe or the other for the night like men on the road. However, each time they went out to unwind, Pretty was always by himself. At a point, a friend of mine walked up to him and said, “Guy I have been watching you for three weeks now, you don’t have any woman around you” He replied her, “I don’t have the time really, and, besides, my bosses are relaxing and I am the backbone of the show.” She insisted that he could not leave Calabar without having a woman he could always come back to see. Still prevailing on him, my girl friend inquired to know his ideal woman. He replied her: “She must be tall, light-skinned and has the right curves”. And my girl friend said, “Okay, among my friends, there are two that fit into the description. While one smokes and drinks, the other neither smokes nor drinks”. He said to her, ‘Since I neither smoke nor drink, I will be fine with the one that neither smokes nor drinks”. This was happening around 1997. Then there was no mobile phone. I was on holiday in Lagos and my friend contacted me on the landline, urging me to rush down to Calabar, that she had found a man of my dream. I told her that she should better be very sure because whatever is it that was happening in Calabar should be worth my time. And true to expectation, it was really worth my time. Pretty is the shyest man I have ever met in my life. When he met me after he climbed down from the stage, he simply muttered, “How was your flight to Calabar?” I replied ‘it was fine.’ He added, “You don’t smoke and you don’t drink too?” I replied him in the affirmative. And he said, “So how do we entertain ourselves?” I told him that the sad thing about life is that I only drink water and I get high on the oxygen in it. He also told me that he gets high on the oxygen from the air. And then, I said to him “we are birds of a feather, let’s fly together”. We left the show venue and went to a quiet place to get bonded.

In the course of having heart to heart chat, he didn’t remember to find out my course of study nor my level at the university. When the show ended in the  early hours of the following day, I went back to my hostel. But before I left the venue, I begged him for his T-shirt, which I wore because I was feeling very cold. The following morning, I washed the T-shirt and waited until it was dry before returning it to him. Women chasing him When I got to the hotel lobby where he was lodging, there were about one hundred ladies waiting for him and Junior. I started wondering whether they were organizing auditions for them. Anyway, I asked to see Pretty at the reception and the receptionist went through his visitors’ list, and found my name in it. She allowed me to go upstairs to see him, and when I was about to climb the staircase, the ladies  almost mobbed me   because they claimed that they had been waiting endlessly and the receptionist kept telling them that Pretty was not around. They didn’t allow me to go upstairs to see him, until the security men at the hotel intervened and brought the situation under control. So, when I met him in his hotel room, his friend, Junior, spoke to him in Igbo language. He wanted to know if he should dismiss those ladies waiting for him at the reception or not. He replied him in Igbo, saying, “I am okay with the lady I saw yesterday night. Please, dismiss all of them.” Fortunately, my mother is an Igbo woman, so I understood everything he said in Igbo. Instantly I fell in love with him because I saw in him a decent guy. Unlike when we met the previous night, I was now the one doing all the talking. Romantic voyage After all said and done, I went back to my hostel and continued my studies. Two weeks after, Pretty returned to Calabar in search of me. They were on a two- week break after being on the road for six weeks. Unfortunately, while he was Calabar, he couldn’t reach me because there was no GSM at that time. And my friend, Georgina, who linked us up was not in town. So, they kept asking about the girl with orange hair. He didn’t know my department neither did he know what level I was in the university. How did a man storm UNICAL to look for a girl with the orange hair? He was in Calabar for two weeks without locating my whereabouts. He was by himself, while the security guys that accompanied him to Calabar were catching fun. Out of frustration, he ordered his men to go into town in search of me, promising to pay anyone that found me N10,000. Interestingly, I was at a friend’s birthday party which was holding at a particular hangout, when one of the security men walked into the place to buy a drink. While they were attending to him, he turned around and saw a funny looking hair, and he shouted “Nneobo! We have been here for two weeks in search of you”. Out of excitement, he carried me on his shoulder and rushed back to the hotel, Paradise City Hotel, Calabar. I was screaming and screaming, but he wouldn’t put me down until he reached Pretty’s hotel room. And when Pretty saw me, his joy knew no bounds. He asked the security guy to put me down and I was fuming, why would he take me from a birthday party to his hotel room! He apologized to me and discharged the guy. And the rest is history. You wouldn’t believe I was 17 years when we met. But I told him I was 21 when he asked me about my age because I was already a big girl then. My dad said I was too big for my age. At that point, he said “I think I want to marry you”. I said to him, “just like that!” I asked him if he was aware that I was in my 100-level and he replied: “Yes I’m aware.” I asked him: “How do we make this relationship work because you are always busy, travelling around the country. Would you be offended if I had to follow  another guy to a nightclub in your absence?” He answered in the affirmative. Again I said to him, my social life was going to end because I wanted to go into a serious relationship with a guy who was never in town. “You are only in town as and when due. I can’t even see you regularly”. And I said to him, it wouldn’t work between us. “I know that I love to party, to hang out with friends and all that”. That was how I called off the relationship. Four years later However, four years later, we ran into each other again. And it was during American singer, Wyclef Jean’s visit to Nigeria. He had a back-to-back show in Lagos, Port-Harcourt and Abuja. I was in PH to visit my friend , Georgina, and guess what! Pretty’s company was producing Wyclef’s show. Unknown to him that I was in PH, he invited my friend to the show and she told him that she would be attending the show with one of her friends. When he saw me  at the show, he almost fainted as he hugged me and that was how we rekindled our love. There and then, he asked if I would marry him again. His words: “Four years ago, I asked you to marry me. Are you ready now to marry me?” I told him that before we get married, could we at least know each other very well? And he said to me, “what is there to know again?” That was how we started our relationship again and, four years later, we got married. We will be celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary very soon. Our marriage is blessed with four loving children. Objection to union Though late now, his parents approved of the union but my own parents objected to it. My dad studied quantity surveying while my mum had a doctorate degree in English. When I was 23 years, my mum called  me  one day and said: “Nneobo, you are getting too old and one expects you to find your own man by now”. I replied: “Mum, am I supposed to find a man for myself?” She said to me, “What are you talking about!” I replied, “I didn’t know I was supposed to bring a man home”. That was when it occurred to me that it is the woman that brings a man to her parents. So, when he proposed to me, I told my mum about him so that I would introduce him to my parents formally. He had been visiting our house  right from when I was 17 years. When I told my mum about his intention, she expressed reservations that my dad would be mad at me that I was bringing a musician to our house. I reminded her that she said I was supposed to bring a man to our house. That was how she started looking for her friend’s son or cousin to match us. Then she would ensure that I accompanied her to every party and wedding ceremonies she was attending. When her plans didn’t work out, she called me one day and asked me to stop seeing Pretty. She said a lot of discouraging words to me. But I became serious with Pretty when I was 21. I found out that he had been born again since when he was 14. And I became born again when I was 19.  I should have married him when I was 23 because that was when I made up my mind and told my mum about him. I accepted to marry him when I was 21, but I insisted we must court so as to be familiar with each other’s bad and good characters. For me, my bad character would be I hate being upset. Anything that make me upset kills me. I like to be active and lively. For me, I just want us to be happy. So, when my mum swore that over her dead body should I marry that man, I said to her that she was taking this thing too far. At that point, I called my husband and told him that if I didn’t get pregnant, our union would be a mirage. Finally, when it happened, my parents were spitting fire. But at the end of the day, they welcomed him into our family and we got married. That’s our story. Love at first sight Not really because I didn’t want to meet him in the first place. When I did, he was too shy for my liking. I can tell you that I am a restless child. I was so restless that my dad called me a lizard. I can’t be in one place. When we started dating properly, he started calling me a butterfly because as soon as I am on one flower, I am flying to another. My husband is too quiet and decent. It took me two minutes after our first discussion to conclude that he’s a decent guy. Fear of the unknown I asked him a question; two weeks in Calabar without any woman, how did he survive it? He replied that  “I like  when I do the chasing”. I asked him what he meant, he replied again:  “I like when I see something and I go for it. When you run after me, my spirit tells me that something is wrong with this woman.” He doesn’t know that for women, when  they like something they go for it. If you are in the entertainment industry, without asking for some things, they will come to you free of charge. But he wouldn’t take anything from you for free. I think from my second day with him, I knew he was a  decent person,  and I wasn’t even afraid. What keeps your marriage going? I like to diversify. I don’t like when things are normal, but my husband like when things are normal. I can decide to change the position of the bed, the light and the colour of the room. And when he returns home he would be surprised. I don’t know whether it’s my weakness or my strength. So, once I change, he aligns. I think it’s his ability to contain my restless that has kept us going.   I wanted a beautiful, curvy and respectful wife, God gave me an angel —Husband     My ideal woman I knew her when she was 17 years. She was wild, crazy and, at the same time, calm. She had everything I wanted in the right portions and proportions. I knew after two days of meeting her that I wanted to marry her. I proposed but she said she wanted to see the world. Then I was a very calm guy and nobody knew my crazy side apart from Junior. I told Junior that “when she finishes seeing the world, she go use her leg waka come find me”. Why? Because I showed her extraordinary love and care but an unassuming affection. I watched her become a woman, but now a magnificent human being with a heart of gold. All I just wanted was a beautiful, curvy, homely, respectful wife but God gave me an angel. 100% love I am from a poor home but grew into a rich boy. I kept it cool because I wanted a girl to love  me 100% and not my money. When she finished seeing the world and came back, as planned, she then discovered that I was rich from day one and got angry, saying she wanted a normal person and not a rich guy. Instead she got a rich boy with a normal person’s character and lifestyle. From the day I set my eyes on her, I knew she was my wife but played down on myself because I never wanted a wasteful wife. But now she’s my superwoman, a mother of  four with two on the way. Unique creature My wife is a unique creature from heaven that can juggle 10 responsibilities at a time. I thought I was a workaholic until my wife started handling businesses for me. I just knew that I was a learner.

A determine person will never give up his dream. Giving up is never an option. Therefore strife to achieve the very best in fulfilling your destiny….

It is true that he who loves music loves life. Music lifts your soul and give you a desired sensation and put you in a mood that is best for you.

Some times we have to shake off some certain moments that makes us moody and stand in the right state of mind. That is what music does to us. Music is life and life is music. I will be feeding you with the best information on music and how to keep you lively again.

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