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Some couples fail to comprehend that the two individuals involved in the relationship are two unique persons. Each of them have different make ups. There are no two individuals that are the same; even identical twins are unique persons. This is the mystery in creation by God Almighty. Every individual is a unique entity. The Bible states that we are made in the image and likeness of God. Being made in His image and likeness of God connotes that we have His spirit and attributes and behave like Him but does not mean that we all should have the same kind of behavior. This is because there are certain things that are inbuilt in man. God made it that we remain unique no matter how many we are, no two persons are the same. Our thumb finger confirms this. No two persons have the same thumbs. Our thumb prints are all different. This manifests God's awesomeness. We should as a matter of fact get to understand certain things about the individuals we are partnering in life at any ...

The reasons why people keep complaining in a relationship is because most ladies don't know their values. They allow some so call guys to mess them up(sex) all in the name of we are dating. Ladies hear this if you want a guy to respect you then don't allow him to make you his sex slave. That is why if a guy is coming to you for the first time he does anything just to get you. At the initial stages, there will be love and respect for each other but as soon as sex is involve the guy starts to find fault in every little thing. Why? Because he had known the girl(sex). Then you will be hearing " no be every day person go dey chop beans. " They are indirectly telling you that they are tired of you and in need of someone else. This valentine period, so many girls will be used. Please ladies, it's high time you wake up and be wise.

The Electoral Commission, INEC, squash and expose corp members in this manner, in extreme conditions, all in the name of INEC ad hoc staff. They painstakingly hang in, waiting for morning, to keep serving their country. Headaches! No sleep! Stressed! Then they were told that the elections were postponed at around 3am. 

Around 40% of the Indian Army’s ammunition will not last more than 10 days in a war, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in a report released Friday. The CAG report presented in Parliament said that the military does not have the minimum required stock of 55% of the 152 types of arms it uses for operational preparedness in case of war, reported NDTV . The CAG report also noted that a Defence Ministry plan chalked out in 2013 to meet the deficit in the Army’s artillery by 2019 had not been implemented yet. Some of the Army Headquarters’ requests for ammunition, which date back to 2009, have not been acted on yet either, it added. The audit also found deficiencies in the performance of the Ordnance Factory Board, which manufactures 90% of military equipment, and that the functioning of its factories had not improved since 2013, reported ANI . The report further said that there was a dearth of high-calibre ammunition and artillery, such as fuzes, which are fitted to art...

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis believes that Islamic State head Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive, news reports said on Saturday. Despite various reports saying he was dead, Mattis told Pentagon reporters, “I think Baghdadi’s alive… and I will believe otherwise when we know we’ve killed him,” according to AFP. On July 11, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said al-Baghdadi had been killed. The militant group also confirmed the news then and had said it would soon announce a successor. Earlier in June, Russia’s military had said that it was investigating if Baghdadi had been killed in one of its airstrikes outside Raqqa, Syria’s de facto capital, on May 28. Mattis added that he thinks that Baghdadi still had a role in the Islamic State, while other Pentagon officials said he was no longer in charge of the organisation’s day-to-day activities, The New York Times reported.

Kashmir Police officials said that a group of soldiers in civilian clothes beat up six to eight policemen including an assistant sub-inspector in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. The policemen allegedly stopped the soldiers at a barricade in Gund when they were returning after the Amarnath Yatra on Friday night. They were stopped because no civilians are allowed to travel at night, especially after the recent terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in which eight civilians died. A group of more than 30 soldiers of the 24 Rashtriya Rifles in civilian clothes were travelling in four vehicles, The Indian Express reported. After they were denied passage through the barricade set up by the Sonmarg police, they beat up the officials manning the barricade. They also ransacked the police station and official records, the report said. The injured were admitted to a hospital, and an FIR was registered, Hindustan Times reported. However, Hindustan Times also quoted the Army spokesperson...

US legislation renewing and tightening sanctions on Russia, stalled in the House of Representatives, was not passed before the US and Russian presidents met at the G20 summit in Hamburg. The proposed bill had already received criticism not only from Russia but also from Germany and Austria about the impact sanctions may have on Europe’s gas supply. Europe and the United States need not worry: energy markets have undergone significant transformation in favour of importers, and Russia’s tough talk warning against sanctions is little more than posturing. Russia needs Europe as a market for its oil and gas. The proposed sanctions bill – if passed by the House of Representatives and not vetoed by President Donald Trump – would put into law sanctions previously established under former President Barack Obama as well as expand them, targeting various companies and sectors of the Russian economy, including the energy sector. The sanctions, renewing earlier sanctions for Russia’s annexatio...

The shooting of Australian woman Justine Damond (pictured above) in Minneapolis in the United States has led to chaos in the city. Police chief Janee Harteau was forced to resign and protests erupted in some places, The Guardian reported on Saturday. Mayor Betsy Hodges said, “I’ve lost confidence in the chief’s ability to lead us further,” The Guardian reported. “And from the many conversations I’ve had with people around our city, it is clear that she has lost the confidence of the people of Minneapolis as well.” Hodges’ conference later in the day was interrupted by protesters chanting “Bye, Bye Betsy,” the report added. Around 11.30 pm on July 15, life coach Justine Damond, originally from Sydney, was shot dead by two US police officers. Reports said she had called 911 after hearing a noise near her house. The officers – Matthew Harrity and Mohamed Noor – were driving behind her house, when they were said to have been startled by a loud noise. When Damond approached the drive...

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it will come out with regulations to protect user data. The government made the statement in a submission to the bench examining the WhatsApp privacy policy case, reported PTI. Additional Solicitor General PS Narasimha told the court that user data was integral to the right to life and personal liberty granted under the Constitution. “Data of users is connected to the personality, and it is an integral part of Article 21,” he said. “If any contractual obligation impinges upon that, it will have ramifications. We will come out with regulations on data protection.” The Supreme Court bench observed that platforms like WhatsApp cannot impose conditions that violate the rights of citizens. It said there should be a distinction between where data can be used and where it can be misused. WhatsApp users allege privacy breach A five-judge Constitution bench is hearing a petition filed by two WhatsApp users, who alleged that WhatsApp had viol...

France’s military chief resigned on Wednesday after a debate with President Emmanuel Macron over defence budget cuts. Pierre de Villiers said he could no longer guarantee the “robustness of the defence forces” given the financial restrictions. Macron has accepted the resignation, the 60-year-old head of the armed forces said. “In the current circumstances I see myself as no longer able to guarantee the robust defense force I believe is necessary to guarantee the protection of France and the French people, today and tomorrow, and to sustain the aims of our country,” de Villiers said. The development is a new obstacle for the recently elected president. De Villiers is believed to have used foul language while criticising Macron’s € 850 million cut in the defence budget. Macron had made his displeasure of de Villier’s opposition public. “I have made commitments, I am your boss,” he had said during his address at an Army event.

In just over six months, hit single Despacito has become the most streamed song of all time. With 4.6 billion streams across all platforms since January this year, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s original song, as well as the remix featuring Justin Bieber, have bested the previous record-holder – Bieber’s 2015 song Sorry. Subsequently, Luis Fonsi called streaming “a connector for audiences worldwide” that has “helped my music reach every corner of the planet”. He added that the song’s new record was “truly an honour.” The Puerto Rican said what has happened to his song is “just insane,” according to the BBC . “I just wanted to make people dance,” he said. “I come from Puerto Rico and live in Miami. We’re living in an interesting time right now when people want to divide us.” He added that people want to build walls, and, “for a song to bring people and cultures together, that’s what makes me proud.”

Uttar Pradesh Excise Minister Jai Pratap Singh said the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will not impose a complete ban on liquor sale, PTI reported on Wednesday. The Chief Minister Adityanath government said a ban on the sale of alcohol would be impractical for the state and lead to illicit liquor sale. “The revenue from excise is used in public welfare and developmental schemes of the state,” Singh said while replying to a query posed by Congress MLA Ajay Kumar Lallu in Assembly. “Banning liquor sale will indirectly promote illicit liquor sale and people will start purchasing from illegal sources which will adversely affect their health.” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna criticised the Congress for discussing the possibility of a liquor ban. “We are not in favour of liquor, but it is not practically possible to ban its sale,” Khanna said. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to impose prohibition in st...

Two new Harry Potter books will be released in October as part of a British Exhibition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Bloomsbury announced on Wednesday, reported AP. Harry Potter: A History of Magic - The Book of the Exhibition will cover all the subjects studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Harry Potter – A Journey Through A History of Magic will touch upon Potterverse elements such alchemy, unicorns, and ancient witchcraft. Both the books will be published in October. The exhibition, being organised by the British Library, will open in October and run through February 2018.

The four Arab nations that had severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5 are no longer insisting that the country comply with the list of 13 demands they had presented in June, AP reported on Wednesday. The Saudi Arab-led bloc now wants the Gulf nation to accept six broad principles to “combat terrorism and extremism” and put an end to “acts of provocation”. Abdallah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations, told a group of UN correspondents that their foreign ministers had agreed to the six principles at a meeting in Cairo on July 5, which, he said, should be easy for the Qataris to accept. Qatar is yet to comment on the matter. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt had severed diplomatic relations with Qatar accusing it of backing terrorism. Other countries in the region had followed. US President Donald Trump had initially praised Saudi’s move to isolate Qatar. However, the US had later signed an agreement with Qatar on measur...

The United States government has listed Pakistan among nations that provide “safe haven” to terrorist groups. In its ‘ Country Reports on Terrorism ’ for 2016, the US State Department claimed that groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed continued to hold rallies, raise money, recruit and train people in Pakistan. The report said that India continued to experience attacks, “including by Maoist insurgents and Pakistan-based terrorists”, in 2016. It also acknowledged that India blamed Pakistan for terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. The State Department report further claimed that the Pakistani military conducted operations against groups that conducted attacks within the country, such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. But it accused Islamabad of not taking “substantial action against the Afghan Taliban or Haqqani [Network]”. Even though it claimed that the country did not put in enough efforts to “substantially limit their ability to threaten US interests in Afghani...

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by the Donald Trump administration to include grandparents and other relatives of US citizens in a travel ban from six Muslim-majority countries, reported Reuters . However, the court allowed the US government to enforce a ban on refugees from these nations. On July 13, a federal court in Hawaii had said that close relatives of US citizens included grandparents, thus removing the prohibition on their entry into the US. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it will “not disturb” the lower court’s decision that expanded the definition of close family ties, reported The Washington Post . However, it granted the government’s request to put on hold the Hawaii court order that could have allowed 24,000 refugees working with resettlement agencies to enter the US. The US Supreme Court will hear arguments against Trump’s travel ban on October 10.

A short video clip is at the centre of a vigorous online debate and outrage in Saudi Arabia. A model named Khulood posted a Snapchat video of herself touring a historic fort in Ushayqir village, in the desert region of Najd, dressed in a short skirt and a crop top. The outcome: she has been arrested, according to Saudi state television. The video was widely shared on Twitter and Instagram, with commentators calling for her arrest because she apparently broke the country’s dress code. Saudi Arabia is known to have some of the most restrictive laws on women in the world, where women must only wear loose-fitting, full-length robes known as abayas in public, as well as a headscarf. One person tweeted: “People who don’t respect the kingdom’s rules, don’t deserve to live in it,” The Evening Standard reported. Another said: “What she did doesn’t fall under ‘personal freedom’. It’s clear that she wanted to provoke people and go against the country’s social rules and norms. She must be pu...

It’s hard to resist the charms of the chubby, confused bear Winnie the Pooh. In China, however, the loveable bear has been banned – without an official explanation. Typing the bear’s name in the comments section of a thread leads to the message: “This content is illegal”. GIFs and illustrations of the bear have also been taken down from the popular messaging site WeChat. Why would China have a problem with AA Milne’s immortal creation? Apparently trouble started brewing in 2013, when an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping walking in front of former US President Barack Obama was compared with an image of Winnie the Pooh with his friend Tigger, and circulated widely on social media. The cartoon stirred up a controversy again in 2014, when a picture of Pooh’s shaking hands with Eeyore was likened to an image of Xi Jinping’s awkward handshake with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The most censored image in China in 2015 – it got more than 65,000 shares on social media site Wei...

Four men were arrested from Gujarat’s Banaskantha district for allegedly killing a cow, PTI reported on Wednesday. The Gujarat Police booked the men under the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act 2017, under which an accused can be sentenced to life for slaughtering a cow. The accused were identified as Aiyub Vagadiya, Jamaluddin Vagadiya, Arif Vagadiya and Israilbhai Vagadiya from the district’s Maanpur village. They were arrested after a resident of Kansa village Raghabhai Bumadiya filed a complaint, alleging that they had killed one of his cows after it entered their cattle shed. “The accused attacked one of the cows in a fit of rage and killed the animal using sticks, choppers and an axe,” Sub-Inspector AR Vala said. The four men have denied the allegations, saying they found the cow dead near their cattle shed, The Times of India reported. The incident comes a week after the first case under the new law was registered in Gujarat’s Dahod district. On July 13, two broth...

An Australian woman due to get married next month was shot dead by a US police officer after she called 911 to report a possible assault outside her home. Justine Damond, 40, went outside in her pyjamas after police arrived and was shot through the door of a squad car by an officer seated inside the vehicle, it was claimed. The officer's body camera was not turned on at the time, raising questions from the woman's family and Minneapolis' mayor. Ms Damond was killed outside the home she shared with her fiance, Don Damond, and was preparing for their wedding in August. The bride-to-be, who used her fiance's surname despite not yet being married, wrote online that she was working as a spiritual healer and meditation coach, but was also a trained veterinarian. Ms Damond was fatally shot in an alley behind her home at about 11.30pm on Saturday night. Dressed in her pyjamas, the woman was talking to an officer in the driver's seat of the police car when the officer i...