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'ITS TIME FOR A NEW CHALLENGE' - HAZARD BIDS FAREWELL Eden Hazard admitted he was likely to have just played his last game for Chelsea just moments after inspiring Maurizo Sarri's side to a 4-1 win over Arsenal in the Europa League final. A brace from the Belgian star, combined with Arsenal's second-half collapse, contributed to the success in Baku , but he told BT Sport  that it's unlikely to be at Stamford Bridge next season. The play-maker, who has been strongly linked with a summer switch to Real Madrid, told BT Sport: "I think it's a goodbye but in football you never know. I have made my decision already and now I'm waiting on both clubs. "My dream was to play in Premier League, I did this for seven years in one of the biggest clubs in the world so now maybe it's time for a new challenge." Speaking about the game itself, Hazard added: "In the first half both teams had a bit of stress because the final is something big...

ALL YOUR PERFECTS Everyday you would walk down the street and look to the other side of the road, where little children play their hearts out. Yearning for yours,you would feel the tears as they take over your eyelids. Every new treatment you have tried,from IVF to fertility treatments but nothing seems to stick. Years before the walks, you were a young lady. Bright and sunny eyed. Best of your class,full of life and the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Those years,you called me baby and I;darling,sometimes rubbing my moustache along your arms which weirdly used to be your ticklish spot. I remember the exact moment we met and even though many would say it's untrue,it did really feel like a Bollywood movie.The slow motion and the sexy way you had removed the hair blocking your face. I remember everything about that day and the days after and never once have I regretted meeting you. I wished you would realize that this pain is not yours alone and that the day I ...

CAR SMOKE AND WHAT IT MEANS Hi TTB followers, welcome to Autocare One of the ways to know the well-being of your car is from the colour of the exhaust, if the emission of the exhaust is nearly undectable your car engine is operating well, but if the exhaust smoke is visible it indicates the car is malfunctioning and it takes a skilled auto technician (mechanic) to work on it. If your car emits any smoke upon starting the engine and clears up as the engine warms to operating temperature don't worry that is normal for some cars, but if smoke continues after the warm up, there's cause for concern. The colour of the smoke indicates the type of problem of the engine Blue or Grey smoke: Thick blue or Grey smoke indicates the vehicle is burning oil, that shows oil has found its way into the combustion chamber, Oil is escaping from its intended passageways within the engine and is being burned along with fuel, this will, cause an increase in hydrocarbon emission. The sm...

Hey TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Here we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex, to even slang words.  This week and for the next few weeks, we'll be delving into new words or new additions to the dictionary. WORDS OF THE WEEK Mankini: A brief one-piece bathing garment for men. Example sentence He wandered down the beach in his mankini, to the amazement of onlookers. Manspreading: A man, especially on public transportation, sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats. Example sentence There's so much manspreading going on on my train; I think I'm going to start biking to work. Matchy-matchy: Excessively color-coordinated. Example sentence The key looks stylish is to avoid an outfit that's too matchysentence Meh: Uninspiring; unexceptional, impressed about something Example sentence I ordered a new dress online, but...

Tuesday Talks with Gbemi KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!! (PART 2) Hello guys, welcome to today's edition of Tuesday Talks With Gbemi. Today I'll be rounding up the discussion on the fundamental human rights of a Nigerian, which I started last week. The first fundamental human right I'll be discussing today is the Right to Personal Liberty. This right is the freedom to live at one chooses without any restriction from the government and/our it's agencies. Our is the right not to be subjected to imprisonment, arrest or other physical coercion without any legal justification. Every individual have the right to engage in any useful occupation, acquire knowledge, get married and have children, live freely without any bodily restraint. Under the constitution, every individual is entitled to his personal liberty e and no person should be deprived of this right except in special circumstances arms in accordance to the law. This means any person arrested and held in prison without bei...

He Sees Hello there! I hope you are good. Welcome to another episode of "Opened My Eyes". It's been very busy lately for me but I thank God I can still share His Word with you. I pray you are blessed by this. God sees you my brother. God sees you my sister. He sees your struggle to follow Him. He sees the desire of your heart to follow Him. He sees all of your experiences, good and "bad" and He is working everything out to favour you ultimately. I just want to encourage someone who is like me out there: overwhelmed by all the activities competing for your attention; who has to deliver on their 9-5 but refuses to let the work of the Lord suffer because of that; who feels tired very often and has to cry to God for strength for each day. You are not alone and you certainly will not go unrewarded. We serve a God who does not owe. Nobody has ever partnered with God and lost. Your service is worship. Do not be discouraged. Now is the time to sow those seeds ...

Hello world, welcome to OFFSIDE WITH JEROME. Ramadan Kareem to my Muslim brothers this episode focuses on a quick preview to two of the major tournaments on display this summer: COPA America 2019 AFCON 2019 A big chunk of the biggest stars in the football world are South Americans hence the buzz around the COPA America; a football tournament for the national teams of from the region. This year’s edition is the 46th edition and will be hosted by Brazil. Of the teams participating in the tourney include, defending champions Chile, heavyweights Argentina and Brazil as well as the tournament’s most successful team Uruguay amongst others and the tournament will kick start on the 14th of June and will be on show through to the 7th of July. All group games will have been played by the 24th of June while the knockouts will begin on the 27th of June after a 3 day break. In the tournament this year there are 10 regular South American teams while there are 2 teams from Asia invited t...

Hello guys! It's SamKeys and Weird Friends. This is a platform that speaks about some strange guys you can never imagine they exist. You're gonna be wowed. I promise ya. Today, we shall be discussing a very strange guy. His name is Michel Lotito A.K.A Mr Eat All. Michel is a French guy known for consuming indigestible materials. He was able to consume indigestible substance such as metals, iron, glass, blade, screws, and so on. (He's not possessed o. He said he prefers and love consuming them) Among others, he has consumed bicycles, television, bed, coffin and a Cessna 150 (an Air craft). It was reported that it took Michel 2 years from 1978 to 1980 to finish consuming the Cessna 150 aircraft. (Picture above) It all happened when Michel accidentally broke a glass in his mouth at age 9. Since then he has been deliberately consuming indigestible objects. He doesn't have problem passing them out either. (Imagine you are passing out metals as faeces in th...

DEAR HEAVENS We write To them who are dead and gone To them who have their spirits awake To them whose teeth are decayed We write To the skeletons, skulls & bones To the spirits, ghosts & deified To our predecessors, forefathers & ancestors All of them long gone We write That we lost our staff The one they handed over That we have fallen in our ways The standards they suffered to raise We write That we have outgrown ourselves What spirit they struggled to keep That our children don't learn from us What values they transmitted That's where we are May you not be proud! Run your comments and thoughts Tellrheaders. Happy Saturday! 👤: Alkali Amana FB: Alkaliamana IG: Alkaliamana TW: Alkaliamana Email: alkaliamana@gmail.com

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Fashion has been influencing lives of people all around the world in some way or the other.We all love fashion, but are we aware about some interesting and surprising facts about fashion that prevailed in the history? 1. The T-shirt is one of the most popular items of clothing in the world, and around two billion of them are sold every single year. 2. The record for the world’s longest wedding dress is held by a dress which has a 1.85 mile long train. 3. In the United States, each person owns an average of seven pairs of blue jeans. That’s one for every day of the week! 4.Levi’s jeans are one of the most popular brands of jeans. Although you might pay a hefty price for a pair now, the first pair sold for $6 worth of gold dust back in 1853. 4. Michael Kors’ first project was his own mother’s wedding dress. He was a mere 5 years old at the time. 5.The famous Lacoste crocodile symbol was created in 1933, and was the first designer logo ever. 6. There is a rumor that the ...

BUTTER FROSTING Hi guys welcome to another edition of CHACHOPS KITCHEN home of pastries and cakes.. Well today we will be learning about BUTTER FROSTING. YOU WILL NEED 1. Butter (white fat or normal butter)  =250g 2. Icing sugar =500g 3. Flavour and water STEPS 1. Open your butter and empty it in a bowl 2. Sieve your icing sugar into that same bowl and stir until it all mixes in completely. 3. Then add your flavour,which ever you choose to use... And there you have it in three simple steps and you're ready to pipe either on cupcakes or a proper cake PS: when the mixture tends to get dry and stronger add few drops of water to loosen it up a bit Do well to follow is on all our social media handles IG: Cha_chops Facebook:Chachops pastries Catch us same time same blog next week bye😘

Eat Your Heart “You're beautiful” He always said to them. That word beautiful could bring lot of emotions. Especially when they never felt that way before. He always went to the chubby ones. Those whose self esteem could been found at the bottom of a pit. The ones who felt they had no one and didn't think anyone loved them. It was so easy. Some people actually thought being on social media was safe, and it had been so easy to find those kind of people. The first girl he had met had been on facebook. He name had been “Beauty”. “What kind of parent named their daughter Beauty” he had thought. Especially when she was fat and had acne all over her body. It had been the easiest.The other had come hardier but Beauty walls had been so easy to breached. He had commented on her profile picture,telling her cute her nose was. That was the truth of course. It had been difficult to find a striking feature but her nose had look better than the rest. She had replied with an emoji. ...

ROAD TO BAKU There are two of the English Premier League's best supported clubs, separated by less than 13 kilometers -- but both will have to travel over 4,000 km away from home to play the Europa League final. London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal meet in an all-English Europa League Final at the end of May, with plenty at stake for both clubs. Maurizio Sarri is yet to win a trophy during his managerial career, but is now just one match away from ending a chaotic season with tangible success. Sarri appeared to be in danger of being ousted at numerous points of his debut year in England, but a Europa League triumph - coupled with the club's improbable third-placed Premier League finish - would represent a fine campaign for the Italian. As for Arsenal, finishing fifth in the table means victory in Baku is a must for Champions League football next season - but thankfully for Gunners fans, Unai Emery is a Europa League specialist having won the trophy with Sevilla in 2014, 20...

Hello TTB followers, it feels so good to be back and I have missed you all. Today's episode is going to be an interesting one. So, sit tight and enjoy.          BROKEN           Episode 8           (Recap) I never saw any dark storms brewing. I was satisfied and fulfilled. But you know that calmness that comes before a storm strikes? I should have known better. It all started on the first day of my job (after graduating), while I was hurrying to photocopy a file that was urgently needed for the meeting to continue, I saw him. He was all sunshine and rainbows. He was wearing a ref suit that sat well with his tan skin, a haircut that screams "look at me", well trimmed beards that looked as dark as coal and shiny. I imagined myself touching and feeling them. For the first time in my life, I was dumbstruck! " Hello " he said. I had to shake myself out of my reverie and even though I couldn't find my v...

Hey TTB followers and welcome to Vocabulary Building with ME(Stephanie). Here we explore words from weird,  to archaic, to long and short, simple and complex, to even slang words.  This week and for the next few weeks, we'll be delving into new words or new additions to the dictionary. WORDS OF THE WEEK Humblebrag: make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference. Example sentence People make themselves look smart, humblebragging about reading what's billed as one of the 20th century's most difficult books. Hyperconnected: characterised by the habitual and widespread use of the internet. Example sentences In the hyperconnected world, many my coworkers work from home. Hypermiling: altering a car to maximize its fuel economy Example sentences It's possible to improve fuel economy by 37 percent just by changing the way you drive, so hypermiling is gaining interest in light of high fuel costs. Illiterati: people who are not wel...

AUTOCARE When is your car due for a major service? Hi TTB followers, welcome to Autocare We'll discuss on how to know when your car is due for service, Automobiles(cars) are aimed at transporting both goods and passenger, they need to be taken good care of just like you'll do to yourself or family Listed are signs your car is due for major service: The norm for car maintenance is to get your oil changed every 5000km/3months and major service and inspection every 40,000km/2 years 1. Mileage/odometer: the safest way to know your car is due for servicing is by looking at your odometer, found on your car dashboard under the speedometer. The odometer keeps track of your vehicle’s total travelled distance. 2. Braking problem: signs to notice; reduced responsiveness, pulling to one side when braking, grinding or growling, vibration. 3. Difficult to start: it varies from bad spark plug to defective starter motor, either way get a professional for proper check/service,...

Paradigm Burned Episode 7 "I should have just bowed and shut my trap" Chi says as Moet gives her a tray for her to balance while trying to dance, "I don't understand what me being an assassin has to do with tray dancing or whatever this is " the tray falls for the hundredth time as Moet sighs, "You should focus more on the task at hand instead of whining every chance you get, and I don't have to explain myself to you every damn time, Chi slips and the tray makes its way to the floor, Moet frustratingly stares her down "I think you need some sort of motivation so you can understand that this is not a joke, i dare you to make that mistake again and let's see what I can come up with to ensure that everytime you look at me, you shiver with fear "Chi looks at her frightened of the smirk on Moet's face, "I swear, I'm not doing this on purpose, I just can't get it to stick, I don't think my head is flat enough" sh...

TWO LINES AND A CANVASS Mr. X stood and pondered for the better part of about 40mins. He had his left hand supporting his chin. He tried to make his mind stop reeling, but he couldn't help it. It had been a struggle to not be able to get a complete image in his mind before putting it on a canvass. And that worried him. What kind of artist, only had the first two lines of a painting for 9 weeks. He was due to turn it in, in another 4 weeks. But his mind couldn't conceive any more than what was already on the canvass. He strode to his chest freezer and grabbed a beer. Maybe that would make him stop thinking so much. He picked up his phone and called the only number he retained by heart. "Well, if it isn't Leo Da Vinci himself" came the voice. "Hey, did you know I'm yet to get an autograph" "Good afternoon to you too" Mr. X replied and drank from the bottle "Yeah yeah. What's up man? I don't get called at 3pm every day...

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!! (PART 1) Hello guys, welcome to Tuesday Talks with Gbemi, the first of its kind!!! Today we will be discussing on the basic fundamental human rights of a Nigerian... I'm sure most of us know we have rights as humans in Nigeria but we are not familiar with them or we ignored these rights. We have many fundamental rights as humans but today, we will be discussing just some of them especially the ones that tend to be ignored or easily forgotten.... The first one I'll be talking on is the *right to life*. Everyone has the right to life and no one should be deprived of this intentionally. The only exception to this is if a person is found guilty of a grievous criminal offence and is sentenced to death(section of 33 of the 1999 constitution). Mind you, a person is not guilty of any offence until proved otherwise by the court of law. Another fundamental right is the right to freedom of movement. Every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely without restri...

BLOODY COMPACT (Short Fiction) By Hamz On one of those  when friends decided to act like bums and ladies refused to come over to your place because they were clairvoyant enough to suss you’d be up to no good if they stepped in, I found myself in a shoddy, sordid pigsty of a bar run by an apology of a lady who was as fat as one could be without bursting. The stale air hung heavy with the thick odour of smelly armpits, the unpleasant combination of the reek of cheap beer and month-old tobaccos and the fetid, stomach-churning smell of something quite in distinct semblance to the stench of horny male goats. The faulty speakers screeched and blared out ancient music, like loud-mouthed implacable vermins throwing tantrums. Every now and then, a brawl broke out and the fighters, languid from their excessive intake of beer, were thrown out, but not before their pockets were searched and the little money they had, stolen. The ladies, well versed in the ways of sin and incorrigible i...

A DANCE OF THE FORESTS A dance of the forests May we cry Now and then Tomorrow and never We hope to achieve what we intend We may meet doom We may sing soon But the forests hear its own The songs of chants and fertility The morning with its dew The sun with its shine The evening with its calm The morning brings hope The sun brings burns The evening brings peace; A calm and serene nature We have started with the morning  The afternoon is here and burning wild Let's look to the evening Everything good will come May we not see the end of the forests! Run your comments and thoughts Tellrheaders. Happy Saturday! 👤: Alkali Amana FB: Alkaliamana IG: Alkaliamana TW: Alkaliamana Email: alkaliamana@gmail.com

Dress for the weather! Good day to you, my lovely readers! As we all know, the rains are upon us and this time, it did not come to play, which is why it is important that you are prepared for the weather and while being conscious of the weather, you should remain Stylish! Layering! This is the best trick you can employ this season..... Layering is a great way to pair those pieces that wouldn't look good on their own, this would in turn, birth an awesome look and help keep you warm. Extra Slippers! Why is this necessary? You don't want to ruin those amazing shoes that cost a fortune by walking in water with them, so an extra slippers would come in handy, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should go around in your bathroom flip flops...... Be creative and put on a pair of stylish water proof slides etc..... Umbrella Personally i don't go around with umbrellas and i get drenched alot! But since i love you all, i strongly advice that you take ...

ENGLAND'S DOMINANCE: MONEY OR COMPETITION? England's Premier League has claimed a clean sweep of all four places in the finals of Europe's two club competitions as the most commercially successful league in the world finally translated its financial power into success on the field. Liverpool will face Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League while in the Europa League Arsenal take on Chelsea. No country has ever produced the finalists for the Champions League and the Europa League in the same year before now. The Premier League's money has been invested in some of the top players in the world. According to FIFA's 'Global Transfer Report' in 2018, $5.14 billion was spent on players by Europe's top five leagues, with English clubs alone spending $1.98 billion on transfers from abroad. But while player purchases, such as the 76 million pounds Liverpool spent on Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk and 56 million on Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker, have...

Hope The boy at the park had called her beautiful and for some seconds, she had stare at herself inside the fountain, trying to see what he saw. All she had seen was her lost self. Once upon a time, she had called herself cute. Not beautiful, but her long dark hair could make her stand out. Back then, she was the wife and the mother. Back then, she had felt loved. Maybe, a tiny bit. She had met Tony in her engineering class in the University. She had been one of the few ladies who were studying the course. And while most of her female counterpart carried the nerd look, she had been different. Lively, fun and so on.... I guess that was one of the things that had made the guys in her class attracted to her. Tony on the hand had been indifferent. She had learned he had come from a low-income family and came in through student loans. At first, she had found it difficult to get his attentions. But then, she had learned the tricks. She had study as hard as she could and when ...