PHOTOS: Boko Haram’s Secret Supply Routes Busted

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) through its intensified and persistent efforts in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) has intercepted over 4,000 drums and jerry cans of petroleum products and other smuggled items.

 

The items, suspected to be supplies meant for Boko Haram Terrorists, were confiscated from the smugglers in Pepe, Dashin-Hausa, Belel Bilachi, and Konkul villages located along the Nigeria-Cameroon Borders on Tuesday, 28 July 2015.

The NAF was able to achieve the recent feat through its air patrol activities, covering both land and water, along the Nigeria-Cameroon boarders.

The NAF has continued to identify and destroy BHT camps and resupplies by employing surveillance and combat aircraft. Intelligence gathered revealed that these efforts have greatly strained the supply efforts of the BHT.

Saraki’s Wife Leaves EFCC Interrogation Room Very Worried

Toyin Saraki, the wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki, left the main offices of the EFCC after more than five hours of intense questions by investigators on Wednesday. It was the second day Mrs. Saraki was grilled by officials of the anti-corruption commission about her involvement in laundering funds allegedly looted during her husband’s two-term tenure as governor of Kwara State.  

Sahara Reporters had disclosed how Senate President Saraki and his wife collaborated in looting funds from Kwara state using fictitious names of depositors. The couple also scammed numerous other banks by taking out dubious loans, and plundering funds belonging to Kwara State.

It was also revealed that Mrs. Saraki helped launder her husband’s ill-gotten cash through various shady banking transactions and by making deposits into their personal accounts.

An EFCC investigator told a SaharaReporters correspondent this evening that Mrs. Saraki “left knowing that there is a strong case against her.”

The investigator also disclosed that “many of the allegations against her [Mrs. Saraki] connect directly” to her husband, Saraki’s own activities.

A source at EFCC said Mrs. Saraki “may be asked to return again for questioning” related to the commission’s ongoing investigation into alleged theft and money laundering involving her husband and her.

EFCC would now explore issues that arose from Mrs. Saraki’s responses to investigators’ questions.

9 Best 5 Minute Butt and Leg Exercises

5 minute workouts have become increasingly popular these days. They are as effective as long and intense workouts, and they will give you absolutely new results. After all, why spend hours exercising if you can tone up your body in a matter of minutes? If your fitness goal is to sculpt your butt and legs, aim to exercise at least 5 minutes a day. These easy 5 minute butt and leg exercises don’t require a lot of space and special equipment – you can do them anytime and anywhere.

1. Lunges

 Front lunges, back lunges and side lunges are all effective exercises to tone up your legs and butt in just 5 minutes a day. Don’t expect quick results, though. When done correctly, lunges effectively work your quadriceps, glutes and hamstrings – the large muscle groups that help to boost your metabolism and drop weight. If you want to reduce fat from your lower body, doing any type of lunges (while you watch TV or during your lunch break) each day can help you reach your weight loss goal.

2. Squats

Think this exercise is too easy? Think again. Doing squats regularly gives your body amazing results. Squats help to tone up your butt and legs, as well as improve your flexibility and posture. You can perform squats in the office, while traveling or simply watching TV. Aim to do squats 5-6 days a week to shape and lift your butt, and sculpt your legs. 

3. High knees

This exercise is sure to get your heart pumping and get your legs and butt into shape. Lift your knees up and down or jump from one foot to the other lifting your knees as high as possible. Or use fitness vertical ladder rack to make your 5 minute workout even more productive. When done regularly, the exercise improves flexibility and helps to burn fat. Don’t feel like performing high knees? Squat hold is a great alternative to try…

4. Squat hold

This one is often overlooked. Probably because we believe the harder exercise, the better. A 5 minute squat hold every day will help to tone your butt, hamstrings and legs with little efforts. You can do this exercise at home or at work, as well as when traveling. Stand tall with your feet shoulder-width apart. Lower your body, push your hips back, bend your knees and hold this position for 40-50 seconds. Slowly push yourself back up into your starting position.

5. Leg lifts

One of my favorite butt and leg exercises, leg lifts tighten and tone the butt and legs without any special equipment. All you need is some space and your favorite music or TV show. Give this exercise a try and you will see and feel fantastic benefits in a matter of a few weeks. I usually perform leg lifts while I watch TV or chat on the phone. It takes me even more than 5 minutes to perform this exercise, but if you are short on time, 4-5 minutes will be enough to sculpt your legs.

6. Jump squats

Adding jump squats to your daily workout routine is a surefire way to transform your legs and butt in a few weeks. Moreover, jump squats are good for your core too. Standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, do a regular squat and then jump up explosively. Land and lower the body back into the squat position. When you jump, use your whole foot and don’t let the shoulders lean out beyond the knees to prevent back injuries.

7. Jumping rope

Let me guess, you haven’t picked up a jump rope since your childhood, right? Well, you are not alone. The great news is that jumping rope isn’t for children only. You can easily tone your butt and legs if you jump rope for 5 minutes each day. Not only will you burn tons of calories, you will improve your heart health as well. Jump ropes don’t cost a lot so why not buy one today?

8. Jogging

When you don’t have time for running, a 5 minute jog is a smart option to consider. Jogging not only targets your butt and legs but also other spots of your body. Jogging in moderation daily is good for your heart and weight. Aim to jog early in the morning to boost your energy levels and transform your body at the same time.

9. Jump lunges

Jump lunges are a bit harder to perform than front or side lunges, but they promise great results and have many benefits. Stand tall with your feet staggered and your left foot in front of your right foot. Bend your knees, push off the bottom of your feet into a jump, and before you land try to switch your legs. It may take a little bit of practice, so don’t worry if you can’t perform jump lunges right now.

I don’t know about you, but when I think about exercising during this season, I always try to find as many excuses to skip my workout as possible. These 9 exercises are easy and they don’t feel like exercise at all. If you perform any of these exercises (if not all) every single day, you will never say again that easy workouts are not effective. What are your favorite butt and leg exercises?

Saying “I love you too” means nothing, see why here

The word “too” has any room in relationships, especially when concerning matters of love

Relationship writer, Tim Mousseau of The Good Men Project explains why one of the most uttered phrases in history, never defines a person’s true feelings towards their partners.

 

Here’s what he wrote:

I made myself a promise a long time ago. Whenever I was in relationships, whenever I found someone significant enough that I felt comfortable saying “I love you”, I would not add the word “too.”

My reasons for this are many but mostly because I do not believe the word “too” has any room in relationships, especially when concerning matters of love. 

Look at the meaning of too, its root and principles. Too means also. Furthermore. In addition. More so. Too is not a separate clause, it is support for something already existing. Too does not require one to make their own choice or further their life by personal actions but instead is throwing oneself in support of an existing thought.

There is nothing inspiring or original about too. Too is not an action but a reaction. It follows another’s ideas and saps power from their concept. Too is the equivalent of saying ditto. Why would we ever add “too” to “I love you” then?

I love you should be a statement of power. It is something to say to another because it is meant from within the depths of our heart. When we tell someone we love them, it should be organic, brought about because we experience these emotions on a visceral level.

Love is a manifestation of feelings we speak because we have lost all other words to describe the intensity we feel in a relationship. A good I love you, spoken at the right moments, compresses all the intimacies of caring for another into a few words that can be said to sum up the deepest feelings of the heart.

I love you is often considered the end all phrases for affection. Why cheapen this powerful statement by making it an also? Saying I love you is the phrase we are add to a relationship to escalate it. It is a natural way of moving things forward. It represents the most profound feelings of affection. We shouldn’t cheapen it.

Where we are so hesitant to tell a significant other we love them the first them, no one wants to rush into that, we often seem to forget its profound significance. By the second or third time we say it, we are repeating it back to another, responding to their I love you with a “too” because we allow it to become a routine.

If you want a jump start to your relationship, if you want to do something small but new, stop saying too when saying I love you. If your partner gifts you with those words, respond if you feel compelled but never because it is the expected courtesy. (It is important that if try this experiment, you share this with your partners first so they are not taken by surprise when you don’t just openly repeat “I love you too” every time they say I love you.)

Let’s take back the power of this phrase. When someone you love says I love you, react in one of two ways.

Say you love them because you do and can feel every part of these words in this moment, not because you are vending machine that dispenses an “I love you too” in exchange for an “I love you.”

Or wait. Don’t say I love you in that moment because you do not feel it at that time. Only say I love you when you mean it fully with every visceral part of your heart.

Removing the routine of repeating “I love you too” every time our partner tells us they love us is powerful. It makes us speaking these words authentic, makes love as meaningful as the first time we were nervous and anxious about saying it. When we stop using “I love you” as a response and forgo adding “too” it means that we are saying I love you because we are acting on our own thoughts, not reacting to another’s.

Cut the “too” out of your “I love you’s.” Let’s make love less a reaction and more an action of care and hope, inspired by beauty and touching the ears of your partner like a kiss.

Saying I love you has power. The results can be wonderful once you cut out the obligation of too and focus on only speaking from the heart. Let’s not rob the power of these word by making them a further addition but returning them to an independent declaration.