IT'S 2014 FRIENDS

Maharanifiyin welcomes you all to these new year. May it be a favourable year to us all. Guard your goals diligently and you'll see them cooperating. Let's rock the boat together again. LOVE YOU ALL.

Protecting your hair during harmattan

Harmattan has come with its dusty dry winds and extreme temperatures. Whether you have Locs or you have loose natural coily hair, Harmattan is the season to take extra good care of your hair. Tips to properly care for your hair during these season from Maharanifiyin 1. Additional Protection Use an extra moisturising shampoo especially one that is formulated to be gentle on the hair. Avoid clarifying or voluminizing shampoos as these will strip the hair of its essential oils. Also avoid using harsh medicated shampoos and conditioners as these can dry out and irritate the scalp. During this time, don’t forget to protect your hair at night. Your cotton pillowcase is not your friend especially during the dry season. Cotton is an organic fibre that draws moisture away from your hair and the friction between your hair and the cotton also breaks your hair. So remember to wear a hairnet, silk scarf, durag or sleep cap at night to create a barrier and protect your hair. 2. Deep condition and treat often This is the best time to pamper your hair. Indulge in deep conditioning treatments every two weeks and hot oil treatments in between. The heat used in deep conditioning opens the cuticle and allows the conditioner to penetrate deeper into the hair shaft restoring proteins and strengthen the hair. The hairs natural oils take longer to travel the entire length of the hair shaft of natural hair thus use hot oil treatments to help restore oils faster to your hair. The oils increase shine and reduce frizziness. For Lock Wearers, it is advisable to focus more on hot oil treatments during this period as it helps to restore moisture to the locks and helps them feel soft and healthy. 3. Protective styles are a great option If you want to wear braided extensions or try on a hair weave this is the time. Tuck your hair away and protect it from the harsh weather. Natural hair is versatile and you can wear weaves just like anyone else. So this is your chance to try on a new look with a weave cut. People with Locs can also get extension styles depending on the size of their Locs so ask your stylist what to do. 4. Get back what is sucked out Since the Harmattan strips your hair of moisture, you have to endeavour to replace or replenish the moisture. This is the perfect time to mix a hair spritz using distilled water, your favourite base oils such as olive oil, some essential oils and glycerine. The glycerine acts as a humectant and traps and seals the moisture into the hair, reducing brittleness and dryness. Spray it into your hair or on your Locs once every two days or more, depending on the needs of your hair. Some hair textures are more parched and thus require a “drink” of water more than once a day. Some people use commercial leave in conditioners but the simpler and more natural you go, the better. Give your hair the essentials- water and essential oils- your hair will thank you. 5. Say “No!”(Avoid) to dust The dry clouds of Harmattan dust are upon us. So remember that dust can quickly clog up your pores and cause scalp irritation so wash often and use a head wrap or a scarf if your route is particularly dusty. Get the best out of your hair.

BEAUTY

Beauty is a characteristics of a person/animal/place/object or idea, that provides a perceptual experience of satisfaction or Pleasure. An ideal beauty is an entity which widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture for perfection, so wat/who is beautiful to you may not be to another person. These doesn't make either of you wrong. Beauty is the quality of being physically attrative. It gives pleasure to the sense/mind. It leads to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. Beauty is being in balance/harmony with nature. Perception of beauty appear to different people differently, that is why it is often said that BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER. So smile, be proud and confident because you are beautiful in your own way.

ASUU set to suspend strike this week

Indications have emerged that the  Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off the over four-month-old strike on Thursday. Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities on the offer made by the Federal government to revamp the institutions. The  union met with  a Federal Government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday in Abuja. The  ASUU leadership, after briefing the zonal coordinators  on  the offer, had directed the local branches   to organise  congress meetings between Friday last week and Tuesday (tomorrow). This is to enable all the lecturers to make input into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday. However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU  would suspend the strike after the  Thursday NEC meeting. In  some universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University and the Lagos State University that have scheduled their congress meetings for Monday (today),  union leaders and lecturers expressed hope that the strike would end this week. Also, some top officials of the union in some of the nine zones of ASUU said even though they were not happy with the plan by the government to inject N220bn yearly into the public universities for the next five years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained by the union. Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC meeting would hold on Wednesday, he did not say whether the strike would be called off or not. “Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till after the congress,” he told one of our correspondents on the telephone. But another  source said, “Our NEC meeting will hold between Wednesday night and Thursday. Our chapters have started holding meetings to discuss the Federal Government’s offer. This is to allow input from all the lecturers. We have to carry them along to avoid disunity since there are moves by some elements to infiltrate us.” Another source told one of our correspondents that some members had expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Government’s  new offer based on its refusal to honour  past  agreements. “The radicals among us are  sceptical about this latest offer. They do  not believe that government will respect the agreement. Their view is  that government only wants  to deceive the union to call off the strike before it will jettison it.” A top official of the union,  who confirmed the fears,  told one of  our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the majority still decided to give  the government the benefit of the doubt. He also said that  the majority opinion was that the review of the agreement which was supposed to hold this year should be postponed till next year in the interest of peace.  The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with the union. They felt since the President was involved in the negotiation this time around, the government would not say that it was arm-twisted to make the offer. “This is the problem we are having with the 2009 agreement. By now we should be talking about a review but we are still having troubles with implementation. “Although feelers across the zones are that we should call off the strike, we are going to put down the government offer in black and white and make it public so that nobody accuses us tomorrow  of  asking for too much.” Some universities are expected to hold their congresses on Monday (today) to discuss the outcome of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the country last week. A source at the meeting  between the government and ASUU   told one of our  correspondents  that the government after a long debate agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the next five years beginning from 2014. He had said, “The meeting should be the longest that we have ever had on this crisis but I can tell you that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President in particular showed that he was serious about ending the strike and that was why he offered to release over N1tn to the universities in the next five years. “The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government will only release N100bn and this has been processed. “In order to show commitment to this deal, the money will be kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria  and will be released on a quarterly basis to the universities. So, there won’t be any problem about funding the deal.” The source added that the National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress would be joint guarantors of  the new agreement while the Minister of Education would be the implementation officer. He said  that the  government  also agreed, among other things, to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all.

NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES TO OPEN NEXTWEEK WITH OR WITHOUT ASUU

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa. An official of the Vice President’s office who pleaded anonymity told Scan News that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the Universities resume next week. The President will at next Monday’s meeting present to the ASUU leadership the administration’s last concession for them to call off the prolonged strike. A source at the Presidential Villa noted that if ASUU fails to call off, the Federal Government will then resort to plan B, which will be to compulsorily open the Universities, using the instrumentality of the governing councils and the school managements. Already, most of the governing councils of the Universities have started meeting to work out modalities for the compulsory re-opening of the Universities should ASUU fail to honour the personal request of President Jonathan. It was gathered that security report available to the Presidency may have necessitated this line of action to salvage the Universities system from the direction it is facing at present.

38year-Old Rita Dominic Hangs Out With Young Mikel Obi In London.

There is nothing wrong with their hang-out…. She is presently in London and they would make a nice couple, at least she’s single..he’s single..its ok to mingle. No big deal right?

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