THE BODY MIGHT BE BROKEN, BUT MY SOUL STANDS FIRM

 

Life is not fair as it throws different situation at you. Whether harsh or rigid, one has to face it head on. The most battle you win, the closer you are to that point of break through. DREAM IT, ACHIEVE IT.

I have drilled myself in such a way that envy has no space in my domain. The difference between what i dont have at the moment is TIME. 21st century blew a whole lot of wave into the Universe. Every one is in a haste, The Rush; get rich quick, do or die approach. Rituals, Robberies, Scam and the list goes on. The money sure would come, but do we really question the source?. One master of camouflage in making things glitter, though for a short while is the Devil. Do not request from the Devil and expect him not to take something in return. He runs his business so wisely.

Late Ubong King, my mentor and one of my admired role model would say" re-organize your "VISION BOARD". Most people might be hearing this for the first time. A vision board is like a Map, a Guide, a Lead, a syllabus. It depicts all your goals at a glance.

DREAMING BIG REQUIRES A VISION BOARD

There are times fatgue sets in, you want to give up, challenges here and there, but a true hero never backs down. According to Spartan Law, NO RETREAT, NO BACKING DOWN, NO PRISONERS. Nigeria, being one of the most populous countries in the world is filled with great talents, but the honest truth is they still shine regardless of the deplorable economy, they SHINE.

Once the Vison board is on course, the ride is for the bulls eye. 4 things to put in mind:

SECRETS

LADDER (MEN)

SOURCE

and above all GOD

pen drops for now......

HISTORY: Who is Tutankhamun

You must have heard of the Boy King who died at a tender age; popularly known as King Tut. I have always marveled and admired his royalty, his leadership style, courage and wisdom.

The most fascinating part is his royal tomb, filled with precious materials and ornaments. Most graphic designers even use his emblem for various purposes. Below are some few facts about the Boy King!!!

Tutankhamun (/ˌtuːtənkɑːˈmuːn/, Ancient Egyptian: twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn), Egyptological pronunciation Tutankhamen (British /ˌtuːtənˈkɑːmən/) (c. 1342 – c. 1325 BC), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 1334 – 1325 BC in the conventional chronology) during the New Kingdom of Egyptian history. His father was the pharaoh Akhenaten, believed to be the mummy found in the tomb KV55. His mother is his father's sister, identified through DNA testing as an unknown mummy referred to as; "The Younger Lady" who was found in KV35.

Tutankhamun took the throne at eight or nine years of age under the unprecedented viziership of his eventual successor, Ay, to whom he may have been related. He married his half sister Ankhesenamun. During their marriage they lost two daughters, one at 5–6 months of pregnancy and the other shortly after birth at full-term. His names—Tutankhaten and Tutankhamun—are thought to mean "Living image of Aten" and "Living image of Amun", with Aten replaced by Amun after Akhenaten's death. There are Egyptologists that believe the translation may be more like; "The-life-of-Aten-is-pleasing" or "One-perfect-of-life-is-Aten".

Tutankhamun restored the Ancient Egyptian religion after its dissolution by his father, enriched and endowed the priestly orders of two important cults and began restoring old monuments damaged during the previous Amarna period. He moved his father's remains to the Valley of the Kings as well as moving the capitol from Akhetaten to Thebes. Tutankhamun was physically disabled with a deformity of his left foot along with bone necrosis that required the use of a cane, several of which were found in his tomb as well as body armor and bows, having been trained in archery. He had other health issues including scoliosis and had contracted several strains of malaria.

The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb, in excavations funded by Lord Carnarvon, received worldwide press coverage. With over 5,000 artifacts, it sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt, for which Tutankhamun's mask, now in the Egyptian Museum, remains a popular symbol. The deaths of a few involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's mummy have been popularly attributed to the curse of the pharaohs. He has, since the discovery of his intact tomb, been referred to colloquially as "King Tut".

Some of his treasure has traveled worldwide with unprecedented response. The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities allowed tours beginning in 1962 with the exhibit at the Louvre in Paris, followed by the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibits drew in millions of visitors. The 1972–1979 exhibit was shown in United States, Soviet Union, Japan, France, Canada, and West Germany. There were no international exhibitions again until 2005–2011. This exhibit featured Tutankhamun's predecessors from the 18th dynasty, including Hatshepsut and Akhenaten, but did not include the golden death mask. The treasures 2019–2022 tour began in Los Angeles and will end in 2022 at the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which, for the first time, will be displaying the full Tutankhamun collection, gathered from all of Egypt's museums and storerooms.

Reign

Tutankhamun was between eight and nine years of age when he ascended the throne and became Pharaoh, taking the throne name Nebkheperure. He reigned for about 9 years. During Tutankhamun's reign the position of Vizier had been split between Upper and Lower Egypt. The principal vizier for Upper Egypt was Usermontju. Another figure named Pentju was also vizier but it is unclear of which lands. It is not entirely known if Ay, Tutankhamun's successor, actually held this position. A gold foil fragment from KV58 seems to indicate, but not certainly, that Ay was referred to as a Priest of Maat along with an epithet of "vizier, doer of maat." The epithet does not fit the usual description used by the regular vizier but might indicate an informal title. It might be that Ay used the title of vizier in an unprecedented manner.

An Egyptian priest named Manetho wrote a comprehensive history of ancient Egypt where he refers to a king named Orus who ruled for 36 years and had a daughter named Acencheres who reigned twelve years and her brother Rathotis who ruled for only nine years. While the list gets confusing at this point, it is generally accepted that these represent the Amarna period rulers including Tutankhamun and Akhenaten.

Kings were venerated after their deaths through mortuary cults and associated temples. Tutankhamun was one of the few kings worshiped in this manner during his lifetime. A stela discovered at Karnak and dedicated to Amun-Ra and Tutankhamun indicates that the king could be appealed to in his deified state for forgiveness and to free the petitioner from an ailment caused by sin. Temples of his cult were built as far away as in Kawa and Faras in Nubia. The title of the sister of the Viceroy of Kush included a reference to the deified king, indicative of the universality of his cult.

In order for the pharaoh, who held divine office, to be linked to the people and the gods, special epithets were created for them at their accession to the throne. The ancient Egyptian titulary also served to demonstrate one's qualities and link them to the terrestrial realm. The five names were developed over the centuries beginning with the Horus Name. Tutankhamun's original nomen was Tutankhaten which did not have a Nebty name or a Gold Falcon name associated with it as nothing has been found with the full five name protocol. Tutankhaten was believed to mean "Living-image-of-Aten" as far back as 1877 however, not all Egyptologists agree with this interpretation. English Egyptologist Battiscombe Gunn believed that the older interpretation did not fit with Akhenaten's theology. Gunn believed that such an name would have been blasphemous. He saw tut as a verb and not a noun and gave his translation in 1926 as The-life-of-Aten-is-pleasing.

Health and Death

Tutankhamun was slight of build, and roughly 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) tall. He had large front incisors and an overbite characteristic of the Thutmosid royal line to which he belonged. Analysis of the clothing found in his tomb, particularly the dimensions of his loincloths and belts indicates that he had a narrow waist and rounded hips. In attempts to explain both his unusual depiction in art and his early death it has been theorised that Tutankhamun suffered from gynecomastia, Marfan syndrome, Wilson–Turner X-linked mental retardation syndrome, Fröhlich syndrome (adiposogenital dystrophy), Klinefelter syndrome, androgen insensitivity syndrome, aromatase excess syndrome in conjunction with sagittal craniosynostosis syndrome, Antley–Bixler syndrome or one of its variants. It has also been suggested that he suffered from inherited temporal lobe epilepsy in a bid to explain the religiosity of his great-grandfather Thutmose IV and father Akhenaten and their early deaths. However, caution has been urged in this diagnosis.

In January 2005 Tutankhamun's mummy was CT scanned. The results showed that Tutankhamun had a partially cleft hard palate and possibly a mild case of scoliosis. The scan also showed his right foot was flat with hypophalangism, while his left foot was clubbed and suffered bone necrosis of the second and third metatarsals (Freiberg disease or Köhler disease II). The affliction may have forced Tutankhamun to walk with the use of a cane, many of which were found in his tomb. Genetic testing through STR analysis rejected the hypothesis of gynecomastia and craniosynostoses (e.g., Antley–Bixler syndrome) or Marfan syndrome. Genetic testing for STEVOR, AMA1, or MSP1 genes specific for Plasmodium falciparum revealed indications of malaria tropica in 4 mummies, including Tutankhamun's. This is currently the oldest known genetic proof of the ailment. The team discovered DNA from several strains of the parasite, indicating that he was repeatedly infected with the most severe strain of malaria. His malaria infections may have caused a fatal immune response in the body or triggered circulatory shock. The CT scan also showed that he had suffered a compound left leg fracture. This injury being the result of modern damage was ruled out based on the ragged edges of the fracture; modern damage features sharp edges. Embalming substances were present within the fracture indicating that it was associated with an open wound; no signs of healing were present.

There are no surviving records of the circumstances of Tutankhamun's death; it has been the subject of considerable debate and major studies. Ultimately it has been determined that his death was likely the result of the combination of his multiple weakening disorders, a leg fracture, perhaps as the result of a fall, and a severe malarial infection. The placement of the mummy's embalming incision is unique. This, combined with the two levels of resin inside his skull, have led to suggestions that an initial mummification was carried out by an inexperienced embalmer.

Murder by a blow to the head was theorized as a result of the 1968 x-ray which showed two bone fragments inside the skull. This theory was disproved by further analysis of the x-rays and the CT scan. The inter-cranial bone fragments were determined to be the result of the modern unwrapping of the mummy as they are loose and not adherent to the embalming resin. No evidence of bone thinning or calcified membranes, which could be indicative of a fatal blow to the head, were found. It has also been suggested that the young king was killed in a chariot accident due to a pattern of crushing injuries, including the fact that the front part of his chest wall and ribs are missing. However, the missing ribs are unlikely to be a result of an injury suffered at the time of death; photographs taken at the conclusion of Carter's excavation in 1926 show that the chest wall of the king was intact, still wearing a beaded collar with falcon-headed terminals. The absence of both the collar and chest wall was noted in the 1968 x-ray and further confirmed by the CT scan. It is likely that the front part of his chest was removed by robbers during the theft of the beaded collar; the intricate beaded skullcap the king was pictured wearing in 1926 was also missing by 1968.

A facial reconstruction of Tutankhamun was carried out in 2005 by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and National Geographic. Three separate teams – Egyptian, French, and American – worked separately to approximate the face of the boy king. While the Egyptian and French teams knew their subject was Tutankhamun, the American team worked blind. All teams produced very similar results, but it was that of the French team that was ultimately cast in silicone.

King Tut: Mummy and Tomb

After he died, King Tut was mummified according to Egyptian religious tradition, which held that royal bodies should be preserved and provisioned for the afterlife. Embalmers removed his organs and wrapped him in resin-soaked bandages, a 24-pound solid gold portrait mask was placed over his head and shoulders and he was laid in a series of nested containers—three golden coffins, a granite sarcophagus and four gilded wooden shrines, the largest of which barely fit into the tomb’s burial chamber.

Because of his tomb’s small size, historians suggest King Tut’s death must have been unexpected and his burial rushed by Ay, who succeeded him as pharaoh. The tomb’s antechambers were packed to the ceiling with more than 5,000 artifacts, including furniture, chariots, clothes, weapons and 130 of the lame king’s walking sticks. The entrance corridor was apparently looted soon after the burial, but the inner rooms remained sealed. The pharaohs who followed Tut chose to ignore his reign, as despite his work restoring Amun, he was tainted by the connection to his father’s religious upheavals. Within a few generations, the tomb’s entrance had been clogged with stone debris, built over by workmen’s huts and forgotten.

By the time he discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter had been excavating Egyptian antiquities for three decades. At the time of the discovery, archaeologists believed that all the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, across the river from ancient Thebes, had already been cleared. Excitement about the new tomb—the most intact ever found—quickly spread worldwide. It took Carter and his team a decade to catalogue and empty the tomb.

How To Make Money Online

Welcome to CIB. Today, I will be showing you how to make cool cash online legitimately. 

If you are looking for ways to make money online in Nigeria, you are in the right place. On this page we will be regularly updating the top ways that you can make money online in Nigeria. If you are looking to make extra income or to make a financial breaking through, making money on the internet is a good option.

There are many reasons that you should consider making money online.  As a student, you can make extra money to take care of yourself while in school. If you are looking for a job, you can become your own boss on the internet. If you want to become rich, you can do it on the internet. The possibility is endless.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE

1. Blogging

There is no doubt that blogging is still the number one opportunity to make money online in Nigeria. This is the best and hottest online business in Nigeria currently and anyone can do it.

Blogging is all about sharing information. It could be about anything. From news, politics, sports, animals, jokes, local stories, anything at all. You can start a blog about anything.

Once you start a blog, you get traffic to your blog. Then you can use Google AdSense, affiliate marketing and other methods to make money from your blog.

The good thing about blogging is that if you work hard and build your blog, you will be making money while you sleep. You will wake up and see dollars in your AdSense account. Even while you play, travel or eat, your blog is making money.

It can make you rich. It can make you a millionaire. But the challenge is doing things right and building your audience. Not to worry, we have a solution for you. 

2. Affiliate marketing

This is a very good and reliable way to make money online. If you are good with marketing or you are a good sales person, you should consider this. If you have charisma and you are the type of person that is good with conversation, you should seriously think about affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is all about recommending products to to people online, if they buy through you, you get a commission. It is that easy. All you need to do is find an affiliate network and join. Then pick products to promote. You can promote them on your Facebook, Instagram, any other social media or blog. .

So let’s imagine you promote a product that is worth N10, 000 with a commission of 20%. Now you have about 5000 friends on Facebook, 5000 on Twitter, 5000 on Instagram and some via your blog, WhatsApp and other social media networks. You promote the product to them and about 2000 of them purchase through your link. That means your total sales will be N10, 000 X 2000 = N20 million. And your commission which is 20% will be N4 million!.

The truth is a lot of people buy products online these days. You can key into it and make money via affiliate marketing. The most popular affiliate networks are: Commission Junction, Impact Radius, Linkshare, Jumia Affiliate and Konga Affiliate.

3. YouTube Videos

If you love making videos on your Phone or with a camera, you can make money uploading those videos on YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing platform. It can make you rich and it can also make you a star!.

You can make videos about anything. You can talk about anything. Just upload them to YouTube and share across your social network. Build your brand. As you get views, use Google AdSense, affiliate marketing and other methods to make money from your videos.

Am sure you have heard of Mark Angel comedy and Emmanuela who became YouTube stars and millionaire. That is the power of Youtube.

4. Buy and Sell Bitcoin with Quidax

Quidax is an online platform that has made Bitcoin trading very easy. As at today, Bitcoin is one of the most lucrative businesses the world over. More and more countries are accepting bitcoin.

The good news is that it is never too late to key into bitcoin. Even if you have never traded before, you can start today and share in the $94 billion worth Bitcoin market. All you have to do is join Quidax. They make it easy and secure to trade bitcoin.

5. Freelancing

Freelancing is all about applying your skills online to make money. If you are looking at how to make money online in Nigeria without spending a dime, then this should be a good option.

All you need is your skills and talent. You could be a writer, programmer, graphic designer, typist, proof reader, any skill at all. Just register with a freelancing website. And you will find people that are looking for people with your skill. Apply and you may get the work.

As a freelancer, you work from the comfort of your home. All you need is your computer and internet. It is a very big industry worth billions of dollars.

If you are skilled, you should consider this. You can actually do it full time and you will be making far more than the average salary in Nigeria.

The most popular Freelancing websites are Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer, and Guru.

6. Start your online Bank with V

You can start your online bank today with your mobile phone and make money recruiting people to your bank. You do not need a license or any documents to begin, all you need is your mobile phone! The process is very easy. You can do this using an app Called V. This app is owned by one of the biggest Microfinance banks in Nigeria, VFD Microfinance Bank. They are regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

What you have to do is go to Google play store or App store and download the app. You can click here to download the app from Google play store or click here to download from App store. After downloading, install. Remember to use 4PEYE as your referral code.  Fill out the form and complete your registration.

Now you will have a bank account. It is advised that you at least put money into the app, even if it is just N2000. N2000 makes your account an active account. You can use the app to pay bills, buy airtime, transfer money, do cashless withdrawal and more.

Now on the app click on more at the bottom of the screen and then click on start your bank. It will open to a browser, fill the form and wait. It might take a day to be approved. Once approved you will be ready to start your bank!

Once approved, sign into your agent account. You will see a referral code. Copy it. And start using it to refer your friends.  The more friends, the more you earn.

If you refer up to 30 friends who have a combined balance of up to N500, 000, you will be earning up to N30,000 every month! If you refer 75 friends with a combined balance of N2 million, you will be earning N50, 000 every month.

For 100 friends with a combined balance of N5 million, you will be earning N100, 000 every month. If you can refer 250 friends with combined balance of N7.5 millon, you will be earning N150, 000 a month. Now if you refer up to 1000 people with combined balance of N25, million, you will be earning N500, 000 every month. Finally if you can refer up to 2000 friends with combined balance of N100 million, you will be earning N1 milion every month.

Get started and remember to use 4PEYE as your referral code.

And it will be an added advantage if you use the app to save and make payments too.

7. ySense (ClixSense)

Have you ever heard of online Surveys? Where you are paid to give your opinion on issues by answering some questions? That is what ySense does and more. You get paid on ySense to take online surveys, to do small tasks, to play games and more. You are also paid to refer people.

Among all the survey websites, ySense is one of the few that pay to Nigerians without excuse. I have made some dollars from there taking few surveys. I got the money! No story.

They pay up to $1.50 dollars per survey, it could be lower or higher but that is the average when you get survey invite. The good thing about ySense is, even when there is no Survey, you can complete tasks to make money.

Among all Survey and task website, we recommend ySense because they pay. And they accept Nigerians. To make good money, you need to regularly login to take surveys and complete tasks. Also invite your friends with your link to join.

8. eCommerce business

eCommerce business is a business that can make you a billionaire. The richest man Jeff Bezos is into eCommerce business. Am sure you have heard of Amazon, he owns that.

eCommerce is about buying and selling products online. You can create your own online store and sell products online. You could be the next richest person in your city.

If you do not have money to build a warehouse and store products, you can still do this business without having the products. There is something called dropshipping. All you have to do is create an online shop. Copy inventories for leading manufacturers around the world. When someone comes to your online store to buy, it will be forwarded to the manufacturer or supplier, they will ship the goods to the buyer, get the money and you keep your percentage. You do nothing!

9. Social Media marketing

Social Media marketing is all about helping businesses, individuals or organizations find their audience on social media. The truth is, most Nigerians now spend their time on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. This has open up a new opportunities for businesses to reach people and make more sales.

To be a social media marketer, you need to understand the algorithm of your target social media platform and how you can use it to convert for businesses or individuals.

As more businesses embrace the internet, social media marketing will keep shinning as one of the best ways to make money online in Nigeria.

10. Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is still on the rise. After Bitcoin burst into the scene, a lot of other Cryptocurrencies have emerged. Gradually, so many businesses are accepting Cryptocurrency as a form of payment. There are opinions that it will someday replace the money we have now. Whether that is true or not, you should consider investing and making money from Cryptocurrency.

All you need is study and understand the market. Buy when it is low and sell when it is high. There are many ways you can make money with Cryptocurrency.

11. Trade Forex and binary options

Forex is all about currencies exchange. You can make good money dealing in forex. As long as the world does not use one currency, Forex will continue to be a big income stream.

Binary options is like forex trading but easier. You have options basically, to predict if the price of a particular currency or commodity will go up or come down. And you make money from it.

With a platform like IQ Options, you can trade forex and Binary Options easily. 

12. Sell on Konga

From the comfort of your home, you can make money selling on Konga.com. Konga is one of Nigeria’s biggest online store with millions of users every month.

You can take advantage of this big platform. Create an account with them. Source for trending product, list them on Konga and sell. When people order for product, you get logistic companies to supply. Or allow Konga handle delivery for you while you make money.

13. Sell on Jumia

Jumia is another big online platform in Nigeria. The website is one of the most visited websites in Nigeria. The visitors of the website are looking to shop for different items. From electronics, phones, clothing, household items, books and more.

You can open a store with them and sell. Source for product and list on the website. Once people buy, you deliver and get paid.

Get busy...

Boko Haram Terrorists Burn Hospital And District Head’s Palace In Dapchi During Attack On Community

Residents of Dapchi in Yobe State have described the attack on the community on Monday as the biggest so far carried out by Boko Haram militants. 

During the attack, the insurgents burnt down the palace of Dapchi District Head and the General Hospital. 

An eyewitness disclosed that when the hospital was set on fire many patients undergoing treatment ran for their lives. 

Since the attack, many persons have been reported missing while families have been separated and in disarray.

Dapchi rose to global prominence on February 19, 2018 when the town was attacked by insurgents, who abducted 110 schoolgirls from their dormitory at Government Girls Science and Technical College.

The girls were later released in a deal with the Nigerian Government but one of them, Leah Sharibu, was held back because she refused to convert from Christianity to Islam.

Also in March, 2020, Boko Haram fighters attacked the town and killed seven policemen.

Discontent In NDDC Over Illegal Promotion Exercise For Select Staff

There is currently discontent in the Niger Delta Development Commission following an illegal promotion of staff without regard for public service rules.

A source at the NDDC, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said no promotion examination or appraisal was done before the promotion was conducted.

“The last promotion conducted by the commission was for staff due for promotion in 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. Immediately this was concluded, promotion letters for successful staff in the first cadre were issued to them immediately.

“Promotion letters for successful staff in the second cadre were also released in the last week of April 2020, specifically from 27th to 30th.

“However to our surprise, on Tuesday 5th of May, 2020, another set of promotion letters without any form of exams or given criteria were issued to some special staff of the NDDC.

“Some had a single promotion, and some had a double promotion. The effective dates of promotion were 1st of May 2020,” the source said.

A document seen by SaharaReporters revealed that the promotion exercise was illegal as it ran contrary to the code and statutes establishing the commission and flagrant abuse of Rule 020701 of the Public Service Rules, which requires that senior officers must spend a minimum of three years on a post before being considered eligible for the promotion.

According to NDDC rules, staff from grade level 8 to 14 must spend a minimum of three years on a post before being considered for promotion while those from level 15 to 17 can only be considered after spending four years on a post.

Some of those who benefited from the illegal promotion include Peter Ebe (Finance), Silas Anyanwu (Human Resources), Charles Akpan (Administration), Chucks Osuji (CID), Godwin Ogedegbe (EDP’s office), Mr Gbenga (EDP’s office) and Alphonsus Fiderikumo (Finance). Others are Eno Obi (Audit), Henry Effiong (Finance), Arit Worika (Human Resources) and Okowa Pinnaebi  (Human Resources).

Recall that the NDDC had been rocked by an N5bn COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment fraud, leading to national outrage and federal lawmakers summoning the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to explain what was going on in the agency.

Calls for a probe of the agency have not ceased with many observers describing the NDDC as a cesspit of corruption.