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DanLove
Just For Fun
~3.6 mins read
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The rate of armed robbery in this country is increasing. Most of us cannot afford money to buy guns to protect ourselves against robbers. That was how I decided to use my talent of barking as a bull dog to protect myself.

My neighbours know of this talent. I use it jokingly to tease visitors, who actually thought a bull dog was in our compound. Whenever I bark, the would run away and not come close. I was even planning to show this talent to the world. Not until this night. This very cold night.

Robbers visited our street. I was sleeping when my Landlord knocked at my door in the middle of the night. When I opened, I saw all my neighbours outside. They were shivering in the cold. Everyone looked scared.

"Wetin happen?" I asked.

They told me robbers were in the area. And they didn't have any security around. The local dogs in the area were not helping matters. They said since I could bark like a bull dog, I should help and bark so that the robbers will be scared to come in.

I quickly agreed. This was a time to actually use my talent of barking well. At first I started barking like a Local dog. Then graduated into a police dog. Minutes later I barked like a German Shepard, and then my favourite, the BullDog. The way I barked that night drew the attention of the robbers in our direction. They walked to our gate and started calculating whether to enter or not.

"I no want make dog bite me o." One of the robbers protested.

"Bros you no hear the kind dog wey the bark for inside? How much we wan collect from them seff. Let us go home. This kind dog the chop person o." Another robber spoke.

When I heard that, I increased the volume of my bark. I started grunting and barking at the same time. Come and see me that night like a lion. I was just showcasing my barking talent anyhow.

I was still barking when one of the robbers said to the other.

"This specie of dog is a rare breed bros. This dog fit cost over 1million naira if we catch am alive. If we bring im dead body alone na half a million naira be that - a whooping 500 thousand naira bros."

That was how my mouth shut up and started listening. I have always known my mouth will kill me one day. But I didn't know it was going to be this way. 

Landlord opened his mouth and kept looking at me. The whole tenants listened as the robbers continued 

"We no need their money. Na the dog we want. Make we enter and catch the dog, dead or alive finish. I am a veterinary doctor remember? I can handle the dog."

My stomach started turning me. The food I ate before sleeping missed road and entered my bladder.

When the robbers finally scaled the fence and landed in the compound, they were surprised to see all of us standing outside with our hands up.

"Where the dog? We no want money, we only want the dog."

"Oga dog has run." I quickly announced before anyone pointed at me.

The robbers asked us to lie down on the ground. They pointed a gun on the landlord head. Landlord who was already urinating in his trousers, quickly pointed at me.

"Oga sir. Na the dog be that. Na him be dog. Na him the bark since."

I never knew I could deny my talent like this until that day. 

"Who be dog? Who bark? When I bark. Oga landlord stop this play o."

The whole robbers looked at me and bursted into laughter. One of the robbers walked to me boldly with his gun held in his hands.

"Human dog. Very interesting. So na you be the dog wey the bark shey?"

"No sir. God forbid bad thing sir. I be human being sir. I no resemble dog. I no bark."

I was about turning to the landlord to give him serious warning, when the person pointing a gun at his head corked the gun. Landlord lifted his voice and shouted out in terror.

"Oga wait, wait sir. This stupid boy is denying his talent. Na him be the dog wey the bark since. Praises o. Why are you doing like this. Bark before they kill me na. Bark for them. Bark small. Just small. Please."

"Landlord I am not a Barker. The dog have run. Dog don run be say e don run. Dog has vamus please. Leave me alone and let us face this robbery."

After administering serious beating to the landlord and other tenants, they left. The landlord gave me quick notice with immediate effect. 

That was the last time I ever barked again.
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Winneronyinye
Wheel Of Life
~4.8 mins read
Are your needs been met by being asked to complete the wheel of life?What information does the wheel of life hold?Well you can answer the first, and I guess you may not know if the wheel has actually helped.Just because you score low on a wheel of life in a particular area doesn’t mean that that area is to be worked on immediately. Yes it may need work however what reason h…Many coaches use the ‘wheel of life’, some know HOW to use the information and some don’t.Are your needs been met by being asked to complete the wheel of life?What information does the wheel of life hold?Well you can answer the first, and I guess you may not know if the wheel has actually helped.Just because you score low on a wheel of life in a particular area doesn’t mean that that area is to be worked on immediately. Yes it may need work however what reason have you been given as to WHY?The answer is in the calculation required to properly evaluate the areas that need immediate attention.It is recommended that the wheel of life be completed at least twice in one 12-month period, more if required. However the areas covered in the WoL are not trivial they cover the 8 major areas of all our lives, because this is the case it may take more than a few weeks to make any significant changes, requiring multiple stabs at the wheel.Here is the correct way to use the wheel of life and calculate the average of your scores. In doing this you will be highlighting what areas on the wheel you need to concentrate on first.You can draw your own wheel or you can download one from http://www.successbydesign.ltd.uk/wheel.jpg.The below descriptions are supplied by Glen Mcquirk of the purpose club; I am an authorised distributor of his products in the UK and founder member.The areas covered are FAMILY, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, CAREER, SOCIAL, RECRIATIONAL & SPIRITUAL.For each area there are a few guidelines to consider before rating your score.FAMILY: Relationships. Spouse. Children.If you are un-married, your parents and siblings (brothers and sisters) or perhaps your boyfriend or girlfriend. Relationships with friends and strangers or extended family would also fall into this category, but are far less important for this evaluation.MENTAL: Personal development. Problem solving. Ideas. Inventions. Innovations.The brain is the most exciting creation in the universe. Are you feeding it? Are you continually growing? Do you have a personal development programme?PHYSICAL: Health. Exercise. Eating habits. Weight. Dress. Grooming.Your body is key to your success. You cannot do without it. The poorer it is looked after, the more difficult it is to sustain the energy required to reach great goals. Do you have an exercise programme? Do you eat healthy food? Do you dress well? Are you your ideal body weight? Do you injure your life sustaining body cells through smoke inhalation, alcohol or any other drug intake?FINANCIAL: Money. Wealth accumulation. Lifestyle.How much do you make and how much do you keep? Do you earn a residual income? Is your income continually growing? If your income stream stopped today, how long could you maintain your current lifestyle? Do you have sufficient income to realise your dreams?CAREER: Job. Business. Hobby. Purpose. Mission. Vision.Where are you going? Are you doing what you were born to do? Do you love your job / business? Have you a plan to improve your position? When have you planned to take your next promotion? Do you have a career plan? Is this career going to allow you to reach your dreams?SOCIAL: Community. Environment. Giving. Voluntary service.Do you give back to society? Do you support others financially or in kind? Do you contribute to or do any charitable work? Do you use your expertise to help and benefit others? Giving to those less fortunate than yourself is most rewarding: it energises you. Are you taking care of your environment? Are you making a difference in your community?RECRIATIONAL: Holiday. Time out. Rest. Restoration. Recuperation.Rest and Restoration, when did you last go away and just do nothing? Taking time out is more important than you think, to recharge your batteries. Holidays are enjoyable, but sometimes they can drain you. What are you doing to ensure that you have adequate rest and restoration throughout the year?SPIRITUAL: Creator. Relationship. Worship. Scripture. Meditation. Prayer. Faith.Do you have a personal relationship with a creator? Is this a strong relationship? What are you doing to strengthen it? Do you know and understand your purpose? Are you thankful? Do you exercise faith or fear? Have you investigated your faith? Do you pray/meditate regularly?Spirituality is a difficult area and often substituted in the wheel, however it is very important. We are all spiritual entities so belief in yourself would appear in this area. If you believe in a God or the Universe then here is where you would rate your belief. If you are not sure then this area would score a low rating and may need some work.The key is to score yourself by comparing where you are in relation to where you want to be. Not to score yourself in relation to other people. Their position has no relevance to your future success.After drawing your wheel or downloading it you will then start from the top of the list and score yourself, taking into account the subject guideline. A score of 10 would mean that you have reached all your goals in a particular area of life and you are totally satisfied with where you are. A score of 0 would imply that you have neglected that particular area totally and feel that you need to take some action to rectify your identified imbalance. Don’t spend too much time analysing each area psychologically or scientifically, but rather go with your instinct, your gut feel.Work in a clockwise direction and continue to score yourself, use a pencil in case of errors and place a dot adjacent to the area under consideration.Join all eight dots.How smooth is your wheel?The steps that follow show how you should go about achieving a balanced life. Calculate your average score by adding all eight scores and dividing the total by eight. EG (5+6+7+4+4+7+2+3+5)/8 = 38/8 = 4.75. Draw a circle in dotted lines representing your average score. The areas whose score falls below this average line are the areas that require your urgent attention. Your first goal is to raise these scores to equal the average line.Once you have successfully raised your low scores up to the average level, you are ready to take the next step towards living a balanced life.Draw a circle to mark the score of your best performing area, in the case of this example the score as a 7.All areas falling below this line must be raised in order to achieve balance. This you do by strengthening your areas for improvement in all areas that fall below the perfectly balanced wheel.

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Winneronyinye
Grief & Loss
~5.0 mins read
Have you ever lost someone close to you to death? We go through a grief process that was best described by Elizabeth Kublar-Ross in On Death and Dying. In it she talks about the five stages that people go through—denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression and finally acceptance. The dying, as well as those who love them, go through these stages although rarely at the same time and these stages are not predictable. You may think you are in the anger phase, then jump to depression and then, back to denial again. There is no rhyme or reason—only what feels right for each individual at the time. No one can predict how long a phase will last. If you are grieving and some well-meaning person suggests that you shouldn’t be feeling what you are feeling, kindly thank them for their concern but know that you are exactly where you need to be. However, with grief, sometimes you will become aware of something not feeling right. You may think, “I should be over this by now” or “I don’t like feeling this way.” When you, yourself, recognize that it is time to move beyond where you are at, then trust that feeling as well. I’d like to talk about grief from a Choice Theory perspective. This will probably take several posts to make sense of it all. I need to start with the Choice Theory expression that all behavior is purposeful since grief is really just a behavior in choice theory terms. Choice theory tells us that everything we do at any point in time is our best attempt to get something we want—some picture we have in our Quality World that will meet one or more of our needs in some way. Grief is no exception. Once you understand that all behavior is purposeful and that grief is a person’s best attempt to get something they want, then it becomes easier to know what to do about it. What could we possibly be trying to get by grieving? Most people would say that there isn’t a choice. When someone we love dies, we have to grieve. I say it is natural that we will miss the person’s presence in our life but it isn’t inevitable that we have to grieve, not in the way most people think of grieving. The first thing I believe that we are trying to get with our grief is the person who died. When we grieve, it is our best attempt to keep that person alive, at least in our perceived world. We know they no longer exist in the physical world as we know it. However, if we continue to think about them, pine for them, grieve their presence, then it keeps the thought of that person active in our perception and it feels better to us than the total void or absence of the other person. Another possible advantage of grief is that it shows others just how much we cared for and loved the person who died. I’m not suggesting that people are being manipulative in their grief. What I am saying is that there is a side benefit to grief in that it shows others how much we cared. It also says, “See what a good ___________ I was.” Fill in the blank with husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, mother, father, sister, brother, etc. Grief is also instrumental in getting us the support we need from others during our time of bereavement. People do things for us that we would normally be expected to do ourselves. Again, please don’t think that I am suggesting that a grieving person wakes up and “decides” to grieve so someone will stop by the house with a meal. None of this is conscious but I’m merely pointing out the potential advantages of grief. Once we become totally conscious and aware of what our grief does and doesn’t do for us, then comes the hard part. We need to make some decisions about how we want to live. There are always at least three options in every situation and they can be framed up in terms of—leave it, change it or accept it. With death, you may wonder how someone is going to “leave it.” Well, some possible ways would be major denial of the loss, suicide, drugs and/or alcohol abuse, or sinking deep into mental illness, among others. When we get caught up in changing things, we may continue in our grief as our best attempt to get the person back. That might look like constant trips to the cemetery, frequent conversations with the deceased, refusing to believe he or she is truly gone, constantly talking about the one who’s gone. There are many things we can do to attempt to change the reality of the loss. If and when we come to accept it, we can experience some measure of peace and rejoin the living. A healthy step in this process is finding a way to somehow maintain that person’s presence in our lives. Now, this is a very individual thing and you must be very careful not to judge the choices of the bereaved. Most people saw Meet the Parents. In it, Robert DiNero’s character kept the ashes of his mother in an urn on his mantle. Many people do this with the cremated remains of their loved ones. Others place some ashes in a necklace and wear it around their neck. Some will set up scholarship or memorials. When my husband died, his family and I created a wrestling scholarship fund for a local high school wrestler. When my friend lost her 8 year-old son, she had the Houston zoo name the frog exhibit after him! There are all kinds of creative ways to maintain the person’s presence. There is no wrong way. Whatever brings comfort to the bereaved should be supported by those around them. Remember that just because a person is choosing something that may be distasteful or wrong to you, doesn’t make it wrong for that person. When acceptance occurs, then the grieving person can begin to reassimilate back into their life and the lives of those around them but it won’t happen overnight. We need patience and loving understanding for those coming back from grief. Another possible choice is the person who doesn’t appear to grieve at all. There may be many explanations for this behavior. The person may be very private and won’t do his or her grieving where others can see. Another possibility is that the person is trying to be strong for everyone else. I know I wanted my children to KNOW that I was going to be OK. I didn’t want them to believe that they had to take care of me. To some, it seemed that I wasn’t grieving enough. If you are grieving, or you are involved in the life of someone who is grieving, please don’t judge yourself or them. Understand that all behavior is purposeful and the person is getting something out of what they are doing. When they become conscious that there is a choice, then they can make a conscious decision about which of the three choices they want to make. Once they know the direction they want to go in, they have to flesh out the details of their plan.
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Atlantical
12 Surprising Facts About Erections
~2.1 mins read
Medically reviewed by Steve Kim, MD — Written by Anna Schaefer — 

Whether you have one or not, you probably think you know everything there is to know about penises. But erectile dysfunction (ED) affects up to 30 million American men, many of whom don’t understand how or why it happens.

1. Most men with ED don’t actually have ED. Older men are more likely to suffer from erectile dissatisfaction than erectile dysfunction. This means that getting and keeping an erection has become more difficult and is more frustrating than it once was, but it’s not impossible.

2. Penises are fragile. Yes, you can break your penis. It’s not like a broken bone, though — instead, the blood vessels within the penis burst, causing painful swelling. According to the UK’s National Health Service, one-third of penile fracture cases are attributed to sexual intercourse where the partner is on top.

3. Erections happen early. Like in the womb, early. Male fetuses can experience erections in the womb.

4. Medications for ED don’t always work. Drugs designed to help men with ED regain a healthy sex life only work in about two-thirds of cases. Also, Psychology Today reports that some men need increasingly larger doses, which come with increasingly intense side effects.
Is erectile dysfunction inevitable? »

5. Shorter penises make bigger erections. Research shows that men with shorter penises experience erections that increase penis size by 86 percent. For longer penises, the growth is more like 47 percent.

6. The average erection is 5.6 inches long. A 2013 study attempted to settle penis size once and for all. The findings: The average erect penis is just shy of 5.6 inches. The data came directly from study participants, who self-measured, so there is the question of how many exaggerated.

7. The world’s largest erection is 13.5 inches. Jonah Falcon is said to have the world’s largest penis that, when erect, is well over 1 foot long. When flaccid, it measures 9.5 inches.

8. ED can signal a serious health problem. Sometimes, sexual problems are a sign of bigger issues. According to the Mayo Clinic, ED can be caused by heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, high cholesterol, and more.

9. Erections aren’t required for orgasm. Yes, men who can’t achieve erections may still have orgasms.

10. Lifestyle choices can make you more prone to ED. Alcoholism, drug use, being overweight, smoking, certain medications, and even “prolonged bicycling” can lead to ED, according to the Mayo Clinic.

11. Men have between three to five erections per night. Every night while you’re sleeping, your penis is hard at work. The average man experiences up to five erections while they sleep, each lasting about 30 minutes.

12. ED stress can make matters worse. ED can cause psychological stress, and psychological stress can cause ED. When men are frustrated by their inability to perform, it can make it even more difficult to overcome ED. Talking with a doctor or sex therapist may help.

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Yisa
Is Supporting ‘Yahoo’ Enough To Put An End To Zlatan And Naira Marley’s Music Careers?
~4.8 mins read

In the music sector, there are different creative ways an artiste draws his/her inspiration/strength when making music.

While some model their inspiration from the street and other hardship of life, others draw theirs from family, friends and enemies around.

Without being biased, it’s almost always easy to tell where an artiste might have picked up the inspiration to create a new piece of music just by listening to his/her song.

To further clarify this, we can all tell where the likes Terry G picked up the inspiration for his smash hit ‘Free Madness’.

Let’s say we want to come off the street and go to them ‘Ajebuta’s’ side. We understand how Davido felt when he was recording one of his big time hit, ‘Dami Duro’.

He made it known to the world that he is from a wealthy home and nobody should dare try stop him.

When an act goes from nothing to something, ‘no money’ to ‘na we dy control the bank’ kinda state, then you hear songs like ‘Big Boy’, ‘Living Things’, ‘Wetin We Gain’ ‘Yahoozee’, and the likes.

Go ask many of the Nigerian artistes who are stars today, they had at one point or the other in their lives gone through worst before the hustle started paying proper.

But mind you, the hustle as we have come to understand from some of these ‘great songs’ is not entirely legit in the eyes of the law or morality.

After cutting corners, bending rules, playing dirty finally get to hammer. This lifestyle has been propagated extensively on some of our biggest songs and they artistes themselves get brazen about it as each day passes.

For Christ sake, why would an artiste just wake up one day, goes on social media and declares that ‘yahoo no be crime’ equating it to justice for yesteryears of African slavery by the whites. “Common bro, that slavery shii is far long gone”

Tongues wag, he gets the sticks but he never backs down on his stance on ‘yahoo yahoo’ AKA internet fraud.

As fate could have it whether by sheer sarcasm or folly he makes a record on the very controversial subject to ride the buzz with the title ‘AM I A YAHOO  BOY‘

I really don’t know what was his motive towards that kind of song and boldly using the term ‘Yahoo’ in its title. Now he alongside his buddies are somewhere in the custody of the EFCC cooling off.

Although, one of them has been set free and he just released two new singles, one motivated by the 4 days he spent under the authorities and the second one speaking positively into the year, maybe he feels at this point instead of glorifying ‘Yahoo’ he did rather pray.

Openly supporting fraud may be the beginning of an end to the rise of Naira Marley and Zlatan Ibile’ music careers. The deed has been done but who is now dancing to the beat?

Naira Marley and Zlatan have no known endorsement deals at the moment but can brands especially those in the financial sector want to get associated with them now? Do you really need am answer to the question?

Imagine if Zlatan or Naira Marley is the brand ambassador to First bank or GTB. How does that sound?

Didn’t they learn from Dammy Krane? How he’s still struggling to get up after being beaten down flat by allegations of credit card fraud in the US. Remember he was acquitted but Nigerians still troll him everyday for it.

Once you get into the books of the EFCC best bet is that your life is being watched closely for the moment you slip up again.

The public endorsement of Internet fraud may be a suicidal path for both Naira Marley and Zlatan and there maybe no coming out alive.

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Rhoddyken
Police Raid Ughelli Over Killing Of Officer During End-sars Protest
~3.3 mins read
Policemen in six trucks created panic in Ughelli town yesterday as they searched different areas of the town for persons allegedly behind the killing a policeman during anti-SARS protest on Thursday.
Hoodlums had hijacked an End-SARS protest in Otovwodo area of Ughelli, overpowered two policemen on duty, disarmed one of them and shot him to death with his rifle. The second policeman was seriously wounded and is receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital. The hoodlums also destroyed several vehicles.

Yesterday, heavily armed policemen stormed the town in search of “Yahoo Boys who allegedly sponsored the protesters,” shooting endlessly into the air as people scampered to safety.

Over eleven young men were arrested and bundled into the trucks; some were forced to lay in awkward positions in the trucks as they sped to the Ughelli Police command.

The Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, who condemned the “unprovoked and violent attack” on policemen, ordered the Delta state Commissioner of Police to investigate the circumstances that led to the killing of a police officer during an #EndSARS protest in Ughelli, Delta state.

The IGP also directed that the perpetrators of the act, which he described as “cruel,” be brought to book. A statement by Force Public Relation Officer, Frank Mba, stated: “The incident, which resulted in the unfortunate death of one Police officer, Corporal Etaga Stanley attached to ‘A’ Division, Ughelli, Delta State, who was attacked and brutally murdered by the protesters also left another, Sergeant Patrick Okuone with serious body injury sustained from gunshot by the protesters.

“The protesters also carted away one (1) service AK47 rifle with breach no 56-2609008 and 25 rounds of live ammunition that was with the deceased at the time of the incident.

“The IGP, who described the incident as cruel and unwarranted, has warned that the Force will no longer tolerate any attack on its personnel or any member of the law enforcement community by any individual or group protesting under any guise.

“The IGP notes that protest by citizens remain a legitimate means for airing their concerns and views. It must however be carried out with all sense of responsibility and within the confines of the law.”

While condoling the family and friends of the late Corporal Etaga Stanley who paid the supreme price in the service of our dear nation, the IGP also commended the officers of the Delta State Police Command for exercising restraint in the face of the immoral and unjustified provocation.

Source:
https://m.guardian.ng/police-raid-ughelli-over-killing-of-officer-during-end-sars-protest
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