10 of the Best Transfer Deadline Day Deals in Premier League History

​ In a season where Premier League spending has reached the £1bn mark for the first time, we take a look back at some of the best deadline day deals and transfers.

10 Job Skills That Employers are Looking for

If you’re in the market for a new job, you’re not alone. More than 20% of workers are thinking about jumping ship this year, up 5% from last year, according to a survey by job search website CareerBuilder.
You might be more than ready for a career change, but do you have the skills it takes to get noticed by recruiters? LinkedIn recently combed through its database to find out which skills employers were most interested in, both in the United States and around the world. They found you’re in good shape if your talents lie in software development or statistics, while other job hunters might have to work a bit harder to catch the eye of hiring managers.

10 Powerful Habits That Will Make You a Millionaire

I remember sitting in a cold and dusty basement, searching for the habits that could change my life.
Being 21 years old, I was ready to take my life to the next level, but I felt stuck for three reasons: I lived at my parents' house, I had an $8-per-hour job, and I was enrolled in an never-ending MBA program. Deep down inside, I knew I had to escape. However, I wasn't going to run away from myself, which was something I always did.
This time, I was determined to make a change and I was deeply inspired to become successful, but I didn't know what to do or where to start. However, I firmly believed that if I changed my habits, my habits would change me. Instead of fooling around with miscellaneous activities, like sports and television, I decided to take up new habits, like reading books and giving speeches.
These habits led to a succession of positive results. Professionally, I became more competent. Personally, I became more confident. This realization that competence breeds confidence was the pivotal point that changed my life. It enabled me to reach the acme of success I now encounter, allowing me to create wealth and inspiration for millions of people.
Moreover, it came at a great sacrifice. These habits that I created were the anchors that made me who I am today. Therefore, here are the 10 powerful habits that will make you a millionaire:

11 Surprising food that boost brain Power

You may choose certain foods to prevent bloating, avoid inflammation, and get glowing skin—but what about boosting your brain power every time you fill your plate?

The relationship between diet and brain health—from how to sharpen your mind and memory to starting Alzheimer's prevention super early—has been getting lots of attention lately, and Rebecca Katz, MS, author of the new science-based recipe book The Healthy Mind Cookbook, is at the forefront of the movement.

"It used to be that scientists thought that as you grow older your brain cells die," says Katz, who's also the executive chef at Food As Medicine and founder of Healing Kitchens Institute in Bolinas, California. "Now, we're actually seeing that our brain cells can regenerate—which is largely based on how we eat and exercise. If you're eating a whole foods diet, of course you're taking care of your body, but there are actually certain foods that are very important for the brain."

Want to know what they are? These are the 11 foods Katz says you should be eating to strengthen your mental muscles now.

Lentils

According to Katz, lentils are full of brain-friendly B vitamin folate, which helps keep your mind sharp as you age, thiamin and vitamin B6, which give you more focus and energy, iron, which is important for cognitive functioning in women during childbearing years, and zinc, which is said to be a memory booster.

"Silicon Valley has promised us that, someday, little nanobots will act like tiny microprocessors in our brains, helping to make us smarter," Katz says. "I say, why wait? We already have a teensy food that does that. It's the lentil, the vegetable kingdom's version of a Lilliputian flying saucer."

Biafra: Dutch Lawyers File Complaint Against Buhari

A Biafra supporter cries during a rally in support of Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja, December 1, 2015. Dutch lawyers have filed a case against Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged crimes against humanity against pro-Biafran activists.Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

The pro-Biafran activist group led by the imprisoned Nnamdi Kanu has filed a complaint against Muhammadu Buhari in The Hague, accusing the Nigerian president of war crimes.
Thousands of people in southeast Nigeria have demonstrated in recent months, demanding independence for Biafra. Kanu, the leader of one of the most prominent activist groups—the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)—was arrested by Nigerian security forces in October 2015 on charges of ethnic incitement and sedition. He remains in detention and was refused bail by a federal high court in the capital Abuja on Friday.
Goran Sluiter, a lawyer at Dutch human rights legal firm Prakken d’Oliveira, filed the complaint with the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Friday. Sluiter tells Newsweek that there has been “an intensification of violence and crimes committed against Biafrans since Mr Buhari became the Nigerian president.”

The World's Least Corrupt Nations

According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, Denmark, New Zealand, and Finland, are perceived to be the world's least corrupt countries, and Somalia, North Korea, and Sudan are perceived to be the most corrupt. For a list of the most corrupt nations, see World's Most Corrupt Countries. The index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. The scores range from 100 (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 50 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem. In the 2014 survey, the vast majority scored below 50.

Country rank	Country	2014 CPI Score
1.	Denmark	92
	New Zealand	91
3.	Finland	89
4.	Sweden	87
5.	Norway	86
	Switzerland	86
7.	Singapore	84
8.	Netherlands	83
9.	Luxembourg	82
10	Canada	81
11.	Australia	80
12.	Germany	79
	Iceland	79
14.	United Kingdom	78
15.	Belgium	76
	Japan	76
17	Barbados	74
	Hong Kong	74
	Ireland	74
	United States	74

7 Sure-Fire Ways to Know Your Customers and Their Needs

If you have ever found yourself being caught up in the web of building a business, then you will know by now that starting a business is a lot of work. However, once you are able to successfully launch the business, the next phase of challenge is to win customers over. Without a shadow of doubt, advertising your goods and services in a business community where there is serious competition can be truly difficult.It is for this reason that a good business person does all it takes to keep their loyal customers. If you have been active in the business circle or in the corporate world, you must have heard the cliché over and over again that ‘Customers are Always Right’. But, did you know that technically, this might not be true?
However, for the sake of not losing your customers, you should always see things from your clients’ point of view. This is irrespective of whether they are wrong or not; because wisdom requires that you don’t throw the mistakes of your customers in their faces.
If you are a business person – especially one of those that interface with clients; then you are required to apply tact and diplomacy when dealing with your clients. This is especially unreasonable clients. Knowing your customers and what they actually want from your business – in terms of your goods and services is all you need to leverage on in order to become a successful entrepreneur. There are several approaches that you can adopt if you want to know your customers and their needs.

1. Create a Database for Your Customers (Sign – up to Customers Relationship Management (CRM) Software)
The first rule of thumb that you are supposed to put in place is to set up structures in your business. In setting up structures, it is very important to sign up to a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software. A good CRM Software will help you effectively manage you customers and you will be able to know them and their needs as well. You can visit an online software store to source for a CRM software that suits your business needs. You can as well review the Zoho®, Insightly® and Agile® software.

Science: The Moon Was Created When Earth Collided Head-On With A Young Planet Called ‘Theia’

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Our moon is the debris formed in a violent, head-on collision between our Earth and a ‘planetary embryo’ called Theia, scientists say.
The massive crash took place 4.5 billion years go - just 100 million years after the Earth formed.
Scientists already knew about the crash, but it had previously been believed that Earth collided with Theia at an angle.

The best way to deal with stress, according to a 69-year-old monk who scientists say is the 'world's happiest man'

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Matthieu Ricard, a 69-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk, has been called the "world's happiest man."

That's because he participated in part of a 12-year brain study on meditation and compassion led by University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson. And Davidson found his brain waves and activity to be off the happiness charts.

5 Signs Your Partner Is Never Going to Marry You

 

After dating your significant other for a few months or years, you may be hoping to settle down and get married one day. However, your partner may have other plans. He or she may be content with just spending time with you and have no intentions of tying the knot.

If you never settle down and grow old with that special someone, don’t despair. A Pew Research report found more Americans are likely to remain single throughout their lifetime. This is partly because society is placing less importance on the value of marriage. Roughly one in five adults have never been married according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Here are some tell-tale signs your partner is just sticking around until someone better comes along.

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1. Discussions about marriage are avoided

If discussions about making your relationship more permanent are shut down before you can even get started, this is a red flag. A partner who just wants to have a casual relationship will not want to discuss the possibility of getting married or even talk about other people’s upcoming nuptials.
“If [your partner] won’t talk about sharing a future with you, the only thing you can conclude is that you are in a relationship without a long-term commitment. Whether [your significant other] loves you or not is a different kind of question. Love does not always lead to commitment, so an important thing for you to consider is how you feel about being in a just-for-right-now relationship and how long you wish to stay there.

Meet The 112-Year-Old Woman Who Has Smoked 30 Cigarettes A Day for 95 YEARS

A woman who is 112 years old credits reaching her age to smoking 30 cigarettes a day for 95 years.
Batuli Lamichhane took up the habit when she was 17 years old and hasn’t stopped since.
Born in March 1903, the Nepalese woman said smoking had helped her outlive everyone else in her village, including almost all of her own children.
“I don’t really care how old I am,” she said.

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Is Nigeria's corruption crusade aimed at clean-up or political opponents?

Confronting entrenched corruption President  Buhari is following through with election promises to rout graft. But questions linger over who the real targets are of his anti-corruption campaign.

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LAGOS, NIGERIA — When Lai Mohammed assumed his new job as Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture in November, he immediately noticed something awry in the salaries budget of his government agencies. The payroll was swollen with mysterious employees – some 400  – all claiming to have jobs that, officially, did not exist.
The discovery touched off an investigation and then, this week, a revelation: Senior officials in the department had been doling out phony letters of employment in exchange for hefty bribes.
That, in itself, was hardly news in Nigeria, where Mr. Mohammed himself calmly announced last week that a group of 55 high-ranking government officials had stolen $9 billion – or a quarter of the country’s yearly budget – from the treasury between 2006 and 2013.

FIFA World Cup 2018 Prize Money (Record 22% Increase)

FIFA is going to hike total prize money pool for 2018 FIFA World Cup set to take place in Russia just over 2 years from now. Back in 2014 World Cup in brazil the total prize money pool was around $576 million which was distributed among 32 participant teams also included $100 player insurance plus $70 million payments made to clubs whos players participated in the competition. The winners of 2014 World Cup, Germany took home $35 million while runnersup Argentina pocketed $25 million.

Highest Earning Dead Celebrities

Below  are the highest earning dead celebrities till date. Isn't this amazing ?

Rank	Celebrity	Earnings in Millions
1.	Elizabeth Taylor	$210
2.	Michael Jackson	$145
3.	Elvis Presley	$55
4.	Charles M. Schulz	$37
5.	Bob Marley	$17
6.	John Lennon	$12
7.	Marilyn Monroe	$10
8.	Albert Einstein	$10
9.	Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)	$9
10.	Steve McQueen	$8

Top 10 Countries With the Highest Salaries in 2015

Do you ever wonder which country pays its workers the highest salary? Have you ever thought that you’re not truly being paid what you’re worth? Let’s take a quick look at the top 10 countries where people enjoy the highest level of disposable income. What is disposable income? It’s the amount of money that a household gains each year after taxes and transfers, so it basically represents the money available to a household for spending on goods or services. These averages are based on the OECD research calculated for single workers without children. Do you think your country is on the list? Let’s find out!

#10 France

Paris – blog.canvasholidays.co.uk

Well, the infamously discontent French made it to the top 10 list! France is ranked the world’s seventh largest economies. To explain why the French per capita GDP is lower than that of the United States, the economist Paul Krugman stated that “French workers are roughly as productive as US workers”, but that the French have allegedly a lower workforce participation rate and “when they work, they work fewer hours”. That may be due to the 35-hour workweek law introduced in 1999. By the way, the French receive $28,799 a year after all taxes, which are 49.4% on the average. This is the second largest tax wedge across the OECD countries.

Naira devaluation unlikely as MPC meets

Although experts have clamoured for the devaluation of the naira in the light of the nation’s depleting foreign exchange reserves, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee may not do so during its first bi-monthly meeting for this year, it has been learnt.

Sources close to the CBN and members of the committee said the two-day meeting, which commences today (Monday), would only review policy measures taken so far in the past year, adding that key policy issues, especially as regards the need to devalue the naira, might be delayed till the March or May meeting.
It was further learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance of not devaluing the naira would influence the voting pattern of the 11-member MPC when issues that border on the exchange rate policy are considered.

Van Gaal offered to resign after Southampton defeat

Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal, offered to resign after Saturday’s loss to Southampton.
According to a report in the UK Guardian, the Dutchman was ready to quit after the defeat at Old Trafford, that left United five points adrift of Champions League places.
However, he was convinced by executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, to discuss it with his family on a two-day trip to Holland. The pair are expected to talk about it again on Tuesday when Van Gaal returns to England.

Lol! Nigerian Lady Lists Reasons Why Women Love Sex More Than Men

Do you agree with her?

Judges sit on little stools, litigants on bare floor in Plateau – Chief Judge laments

The Chief Judge of Plateau State, Mr. Pius Damulak has revealed that judges in many rural courts in the state sit on little stools while litigants sit on bare floor.
Damulak made this disclosure in Jos, the state capital, on Monday when the state Commissioner for Justice, Mr Jonathan Mawiyau, visited him.
According to him, “The judiciary is the most sensitive among the three arms of government, but it has suffered age-old neglect; its infrastructure is just a sorry sight.”
“If you go to the courts in the rural areas, there is no furniture at all. “The judge, with the members, sit on very little stools while the people sit on the ground to listen to cases.
“In one local government, we had to bend to enter the court because the roof of the court was supported with sticks.

Fresh Learning Opportunity: Google Is Teaching a Free Online Course

The search giant wants to teach more people how some of its products function

Google engineers are sharing their knowledge through a new online course.
The class, on education website Udacity, will focus on deep learning, a machine learning technique that makes use of multiple layers of neural networks in order to better understand data sets. Google uses deep learning in products like its Photos app, which can automatically categorize users’ pictures based on the objects in them.

Cradinal Okogie comes hard on Buhari, says "What sort of change is the Pres­ident talking about?"

Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Car­dinal Olubunmi Okogie, yesterday released a statement criticizing the Buhari-led government. In the statement which was signed by the Director of Social Com­munications of the Diocese, Monsig­nor Gabriel Osu, Cardinal Okogie criticized Buhari for failing to heed court injunctions that granted both Dasuki and Pro-Biafra group leader, Nnamdi Kanu, bail. The respected religious leader asked what sort of "Change" is the President talking about when such acts of judicial disobedience is now the order of the day.

Lassa Fever Kills 3 in lagos

Lagos State Government has confirmed 3 of the 14 suspected cases of Lassa fever,and one death as it is currently monitoring 438 people who have had contacts with the confirmed cases.
In a joint statement signed by Dr. Jide Idris, the commissioner for health and Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, the special adviser on Primary Health Care (PHC), the state government has reactivated isolation wards in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and 26 general hospitals in the state for isolation of any suspected case.