Nigerian Times

New Survey: Saving Takes Priority for Young Adults This Year Financial woes taking toll on friendships and personal lives, AICPA/Ad Council survey finds amid refresh of ‘Feed the Pig’ financial literacy campaign NEW YORK, January 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Young adults have made saving a priority this year – ahead of losing weight, living healthier and other typical New Year’s resolutions – as financial concerns take a toll on their friendships and personal lives, according to a new survey by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ad Council. The organizations released the results today to coincide with the launch of a new series of public service advertisements on behalf of their national Feed the Pig financial literacy campaign, which helps 25- to 34-year-olds take control of their finances and add saving to their daily lives. According to the survey, nearly three in four young adults in the Feed the Pig demographic are worried more about personal finances because...

Cartier puts love in the online spotlight with three short films in cinema-mode by Luca Guadagnino: Jardins du Palais-Royal, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Place de l’Opéra Paris, 25th November/PRNewswire/ — Cartier is releasing three short films, three marriage proposals, exclusively on Facebook and on YouTube. Love, the proposal, and the red box are the three themes Cartier has entrusted to the Italian director Luca Guadagnino (2011 Oscar nominee for the Best Foreign Film: “I Am Love”). Working with the American screenwriter Xan Cassavettes, the director shows three proposals of marriage, three iconic love stories involving Paris and jewellery, each set in a different part of the city: the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, the Opéra and the Palais Royale. Shot in cinema mode, these original stories show how romance affects three generations of lovers in turn: On a night tinged with nostalgia, the wonderful Aurore Clément, best known for her performance in Louis Malle’s Lacombe Lucien and ...

Safe Escape: Survivors and Experts Offer Advice for Fleeing Domestic Violence In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, BeSmartBeWell.com shares the hopeful story of one woman who successfully escaped domestic abuse. CHICAGO, October 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Each year, more than 4 million women and one in 10 men are harmed by their partners, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tragically, the most dangerous time for victims of domestic violence is when they try to leave. In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, BeSmartBeWell.com, in collaboration with the National Domestic Violence Hotline, shares the story of Bessie, a domestic violence survivor, and provides practical tips and resources to help people break free from abusive relationships. Barriers to escape For years, Bessie hid the bruises. She lied to her friends and family, wore long sleeves and used make-up to cover the latest scars. She wanted to escape from her abusive husba...

Single Nigerian women are getting more desperate to marry that you wonder if marriage is now their LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. I have been harassed to marry since my mother passed on 18 years ago and her people wanted to give me one of their lovely daughters, but I was too busy to accommodate her. Being tall and pretty is not enough to convince me. Then nubile girls and older women harass you for lust or for marriage. But sincerely most of them are expendable idiots and intellectual dummies who cannot add any value or virtue to life besides their biological assets. "Don't you want children?" "Ehn, Chi, do you want to have children in old age?" 99% of their reason is procreation as if that is all life is worth? No wonder we have millions of couples breeding dummies and criminals making Nigeria one of the poorest and most corrupt and insecure nations on earth. Of all the younger and older women in my life now, only one has the IQ to be my partner for life. The others a...

Famous American actress Angelina Jolie 's thrilling new film In the Land of Blood and Honey, which she admits has changed her view on acting is her baptism of fire as a director and screenwriter. She said her beau Brad Pitt thought she was going to have nightmares on location. But “I had such a good experience he thinks I'm going to be impatient with directors, which I already am. I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world." I had the flu," Jolie says. "I had to be quarantined from the children for two days. I was in the attic of a house in France. I was isolated, pacing. I don't watch TV and I wasn't reading anything. So I started writing. I went from the beginning to the end. I didn't know any other way." Angelina Jolie having her baptême du feu directing In the Land of Blood and Honey . "I've never felt more exposed. My whole ca...

August 13, 2011 New Yorkers give Sherri some insight on those tough marriage moments! Marriage is a Monopoly of one man keeping a woman all to himself selfishly after playing Totopoly for many years. ~ Orikinla Osinachi Tweet

Mrs. Peju Adebajo, Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mouka Foam Ltd. The greatest ambition of Nigerian women ends in the bedroom while the greatest ambition of Nigerian men ends in the boardroom. Majority of Nigerian women are more desperate to marry than Nigerian men. In fact, majority of Igbo parents send their daughters to school to increase their material value more for marriage than careers. The higher standards of education you have, the higher bride price and greater matrimonial status. You are exposed to more men who are the potential suitors. Whereas the first and foremost priority of majority of Nigerian men is to be successful in their careers to increase their purchasing power to afford a good accommodation, a good car/SUV and a good wife or trophy girlfriend. Many Nigerian men are still single, because they are yet to achieve this priority and there are not many choices of good women or trophy girlfriends to marry in Nigeria. Because, Nigerian men have been relegating ...

My dear, I have no apologies for calling you an expendable idiot, because I will call a spade a spade. And I will not flatter you. She was faithful and was happy with me, but it was an ordeal tolerating her ignorance in conversation and her fake accent in her attempt to impress guys. She could not comprehend the raison d'être of my cause and work. All that mattered to her was having a good time. So, going out with her was really a waste of quality time, except you are one of them. After making love twice, I ended the relationship, because there was nothing she could offer me intellectually. She turned nasty when I ended it months ago. But weeks later she breezed into my office all made up to impress me. She was swinging her long weave on like Willow Smith in her debut music video, "Whip My Hair", but this typical Nigerian hottie comes with a lower IQ than the 9-year-old daughter of Hollywood superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinket Smith. She is the typical Nigerian wan...

Our Book of the Month is ABC of True Love by Christian Onyebuchi Nwankpa (Author) Editorial Reviews ABC of true love unveils the realization of the desire of every man and woman to love and to be loved. We all dream of a world without hate, a world without abuse. It all starts from the moment a man and a woman commits themselves to unite in mind and purpose. Is it possible to have a perfect, blissful and happy relationship that can stand the test of time? There is no other better way to achieve a fruitful and far reaching relationship than to see and approach it from the Creator’s blueprint. The author of this book has laid down principles and blueprints that uncover the mystery behind True Love and simple things that can be applied to give every relationship the needed spice. Do you want to unravel the secret of true love? check out the 10 Laws of love in this book. Do you want to spice up your dead relationship? check out the mystery behind this as you read along. About the Author C...

The Muslim Woman Who Saw Jesus! Millions of people are still perishing in ignorance of the Truth of Jesus Christ, because of their unbelief and being misled by false doctrine and false religion. That is why I have to remind them of the awesome testimony of Gulshan Esther, a Muslim girl, imprisoned by her religion and severe disability, but was healed and set free by Jesus Christ HIMSELF! You should also read the book of her unforgettable testimony The Torn Veil: The Best-Selling Story of Gulshan Esther A true story of freedom and miraculous healing as a Muslim girl finds faith in Christ When Gulshan Esther, a devout Muslim girl, was six months old, typhoid left her a cripple. Her loving father took her from Pakistan to England to find a cure, but the only hope the British specialist could offer was prayer. Gulshan and her father made pilgrimage to Mecca and begged Allah for healing, but it was not until her father’s untimely death that Gulshan began to receive an answer. In her grief s...

The Royal Wedding of Prince William & Catherine Middleton on Friday April 29, 2011. Prince William greets Kate Middleton as she arrives at the alter with her father Michael Middleton, prior to their marriage in London's Westminster Abbey, Friday April 29 2011. (AP / Dominic Lipinsk)