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10 fabulous beauty hacks every girl needs to know

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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From hair to face, there are always going to be shortcuts that will help you to save time and get that slick perfect look, without spending ages or a small fortune in doing so. We have collected a list of 10 beauty hacks that are easy, inexpensive and best of all, relevant to today’s beauty standards. Practise one or practise them all to get the appearance that you need in just a few minutes each day.

Attractiveness is not something that comes naturally to every lady. Some spend significant amounts of time getting ready to achieve the flawless look that they desire. Though each lady is lovely in her own right, it is no secret that there are some who look like they spend much more time with their beauty routine than others. Though, this does not mean that every lovely lady in the world spends ages getting prepared each a.m. There are beauty hacks or shortcuts that you can implement that can help you not to take forever to get ready in the morning. Let’s begin:

Check your face in different lightings

Nothing looks shoddier than rough makeup. Since it can look very different in different lighting, be sure to check it in the car, in the bathroom, as well as outside.

Get smooth as silk foundation

Do you find that your concealer ends up looking cakey and weird? Place a little on the back of your hand and blend it with a little of your favourite moisturiser. It’ll go on oh so smoothly! This method provides medium-to-full, buildable coverage and perfects, corrects and  highlights. Perfect for all skin types, blending your concealer with moisturiser creates a formulation that easily covers inadequacies, hazes the appearance of lines and creases, and hides shady under eye circles and signs of exhaustion. The mixture also hydrates, firms, decreases rawness, and reinforces the appearance of healthy skin by helping its barrier hold moisture. Cosmetics shouldn’t cover your skin, it should just improve your natural beauty, not cover it.

Keep your lipstick off your teeth

Every lady dislikes lipstick on her teeth! Next time you’re heading out, clean off extra lipstick by putting your finger in your mouth, pressing your lips together and lightly dragging your finger out. The extra will get on your finger, not your teeth. Great!

Rinse your nails with ice-cold water to dry them rapidly

Paint your nails, air-dry for a few minutes and then dip them into icy water for a couple of seconds at a time, then repeat as much as you need. This will hurry drying time and indorse a streak-free, perfect appearance to at-home manicures and pedicures. It protects newly applied nail polish against blotches and indentations, helps evade lines and bubbles, and stops dirt or other environmental damages from sticking to the nail. Nail polishes dry to the touch in around 60 seconds with this method.

Use a spoon to keep mascara off your face

Have trouble keeping mascara off your face when you apply it to your lower eyelashes? Use a spoon to help! Hold the spoon underneath your eyelashes, and apply your mascara. All the extra will go on the spoon, not your lashes. One coat – and lashes are filled and well-defined. Two coats – and lashes are even more luscious, curled and dramatic. Three coats can help you attain the most dramatic, dark and multidimensional lashes imaginable.

Curl your lashes with a heated eyelash curler

Give your eyelashes even more va-va-voom by heating your eyelash curler before you use it. Use your hairdryer to heat it for a couple of minutes, let it cool…then curl. The heat will set the curl. Use before applying make-up to stop eyelashes from getting damaged. Center your eyelashes between the rubber pieces of the curler, place it at the lash line and mildly push the grips together. Grip for a couple of seconds. Curl the lashes in an upward and outer direction with mascara if needed, start at the base and working your way to the tips.

Use dry shampoo at night

As convenient as dry shampoo is, it can leave your hair looking awkward and feeling sticky. Try brushing it through your hair before you go to bed. As you move about, it will consistently mete out, and you’ll wake up with flawless, fresh and big locks, because dry shampoo also adds some volume. This is a dry cleansing method to remove oil and product buildup from your hair. This gently helps refresh your hair between shampooing and helps to untangle knots. Great for second, third or fourth day hair, it leaves strands feeling fresh, conditioned, and ready to be re-styled as wanted.

Use hairspray on your eyebrows

Keep boisterous brows in place by squirting a spoolie brush with hairspray and then combing it through your brows. Your eyebrows will stay set all day. You might want to opt for an odourless hairspray, so that you’re not disturbed by the strong smell. This easy-to-use technique helps make the picture-perfect brow in minutes—just draw, style and set. The extreme strength hairspray is water-resistant and long-lasting, so that it can locks in place and sets even the most boisterous brows.

Use lemon juice to lighten hair

For natural ombré tresses or understated highlights, squeeze the juice of two to four lemons into a spray bottle and spritz over your hair and spend some time outside, in the sun (don’t forget to apply the sunblock). If you do this for a few days in a row, you will notice how your hair will lighten naturally. Make sure to condition well later on, as lemon can be a little drying, but this method helps get really natural looking, gorgeous highlights and the best part that you can get it without using any bleach.

Use baking soda to wash your hair

Blend two tablespoons of baking soda with two cups of warm water. Apply it to the roots of your hair and massage. Rinse out well. Your hair will feel squeaky-clean. Don’t forget to condition or apply hair mask as usual. This method will help deeply cleanse your hair, increasing the shine and it is suitable for all hair types. Rinse carefully till water runs clear. Avoid contact with eyes. In case of contact, rinse directly with water.

Makeup artists and beauty devotees have some cool tricks up their sleeves – and up until today, they weren’t sharing. If you liked this article, make sure to share it!

Do you know other beauty hacks every girl needs to know?

Stay beautiful!


Beauty Tips

Be stubborn― very stubborn!

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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All of us have dreams but not all of us have the patience to achieve them. All of us get stranded on the journey to our goals but not all of us are stubborn enough to keep moving no matter what. Though failure may hold others back, the stubborn permit nothing to get in their way.

Others reach the top not because the law of gravity was not existent but they defied all odds including gravity. When you see a man decorated with all sorts of achievements, it is not because his resistance was lesser but… his persistence was greater. A well-achieved man is a stubborn man― very stubborn.

When others give umpteen reasons why something can’t be done, the stubborn throw a challenge to themselves to get that same thing done. Where others see problems, the stubborn can only see solutions.       

Do you know that Thomas Edison made a thousand (1000) unsuccessful attempts at trying to create the electric bulb until he finally hit the jackpot? William Golding’s hit literature, “Lord of the Flies”, was rejected twenty (20) times before it was finally published. J. K. Rowling’s bestseller “Harry Potter” can boast of similar rejections.

Sometimes, when we fail, the stubborn man inside of us is dared. When we fail, we challenge ourselves to do more.  

When we give ourselves one more chance to try after we have failed, we give ourselves another chance to succeed. Failure is the same pathway that leads to success so if you encounter it, know that success is hanging around! Try once more!

All men who have risen beyond the ordinary to do something great for themselves and humanity had one trait running through their beings― the gene called stubbornness! They had the guts to persist a little more to try one more time after they had failed. While others are perturbed by failure, great men are inspired by the same failure. They stubbornly focus until they have arrived at their destination!

It’s only stubbornness that will dare one to leave their comfort zone to take on greater challenges. Only a stubborn man will continuously chase after a dream he has failed severally at. No matter the raging storms, stubbornness will always find a way. Stubbornness prioritizes its destination over everything.  

I once read the story of how Donald Trump was featured in the hit movie, Home Alone. Apparently, the director had gone to shoot some parts of the movie in his hotel. He insisted he wanted to be one of his casts. The director resisted but he insisted that if he would be allowed, they’d not have to pay for using the facility. The more the director resisted, the more he insisted.

Eventually, the director gave in. Donald was featured in the movie. Little wonder his trait of stubbornness has led him everywhere, even earning him the highest political office in the US today. It pays to be stubborn― very stubborn. Resistance only gives in to persistence!

Our dreams will only come true if we will be a little stubborn. If we are willing to get up anytime we fall and try once again, success will soon smile at us. Failure will always test our persistence. No matter how many times life knocks our dreams down, we need to be stubborn enough to get up again.  We must never give up.

Unfortunately, many of us give up too easily. In the face of a few setbacks, we give up on our dreams. When our plans come tumbling down, we get exhausted. Listen. The trait that separates the great from the little is that the former is ruthlessly stubborn while the latter is not. Life has no memory of those who find every excuse to give up.

Carrying your dream to the end requires some unreasonable determination. Not everyone would understand you because stubbornness oftentimes doesn’t make sense. You may not have the support of the masses but you must know that nothing great was ever made out of public opinion. All you need is your own unapologetic opinion to move on whatever regardless.

If you want to be extraordinary, you must be ready to be stubborn. You must be prepared to make a vow to go all out― no sitting on the fence. You must be ready to face life boot for boot. Times without number, you would have to keep fighting even with the last of your strength. Stubbornness knows no excuse!

Success never came on a silver platter. The one at the top of the ladder faced the same (if not worse) challenges the one at the bottom faced when climbing. However, what distinguishes between them both is the yearning to stubbornly keep climbing despite the fear of falling. 

 Failure doesn’t mean “stop work”. It means “try again”. Failure is the experience we need to succeed. When you fail, you learn… and try again. When your dreams crash, you reassemble them… and try one more time. You don’t assemble and discard them. Stubbornness will give it one more try instead of discarding it into a bin.

Today, many great dreams have been flushed down life’s bin because those who carried such dreams were not patient enough― they were not stubborn enough. Stubborn people change the world. They set the standards for others to break. They literally run this world!

It doesn’t matter how many times you may have failed at something. If there’s any trait you would want to add up to your life this year, be stubborn― very stubborn― and don’t apologize for it.

The writer is a playwright and Chief Scribe of Scribe Communications (www.scribecommltd.com), an Accra-based writing company which provides all writing services.

Amidu’s "defiant nature" makes him fit for Special Prosecutor job- Aseidu Nketia 

By
Daniel Opare
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General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has congratulated Citizen Vigilante, Martin Lamisi Amidu, on his nomination as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor, adding that, his defiant nature  is a requirement for such an office.

President Nana Akufo -Addo has named Martin Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor.

The President made the announcement on Thursday in a short ceremony at the Flagstaff House in Accra.

In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia explained that Martin Lamisi Amidu was dismissed as  Attorney General under the Mills administration for defying and refusing to obey the command of the then President and not incompetence as purported.

According to Asiedu Nketia, to run an office like the special prosecutor, you need to  have a defiant attitude  and Martin Amidu has it.

“If he doesn’t change, then I believe he will do a good job, because an office like this needs a person who will not be manipulated by the government in power,” he added.

Asiedu Nketia also refuted claims that Martin Lamisi Amidu is no longer a member of the NDC.

According to him, although the citizen vigilante is facing disciplinary charges from the party, he is a member of the NDC and a card bearing member for that matter.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Martin Amidu’s special prosecutor job refreshing – Inusah Fuseini 

By
Daniel Opare
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A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources under the National Democratic Congress [NDC] administration and Ranking Member on Constitutional and Legal Affairs in Parliament, Inusah Fuseini, has described the appointment of Martin Amidu’s appointment as refreshing and apt.

President Nana Akufo Addo has named Martin Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor.
The President made the announcement on Thursday in a short ceremony at the Flagstaff House in Accra.

Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Inusah Fuseini stated that the special prosecutor’s office is a national office that requires competence to run and that, per the qualifications needed to select the candidate, Martin Amidu is the best bet.

According to him, Martin Amidu will be responsible for the prosecution of special corruption  cases.

He dismissed the assertion  that the  role  of the Attorney General’s Office may  contradict that of the Special Prosecutor, and explained that Attorney General’s office is more of a political or partisan appointment whereas the Special Prosecutor office is a national office.

He  said that unlike the special prosecutor, the Attorney General is an appointee of government and per the circumstance surrounding the appointment, might have difficulties prosecuting state officials.

“Unless the contrary can be established, I think Martin Amidu meets the qualification and he is the best brain for the office” he reiterated.

Ghana | Atinlaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

'I replied to a Facebook post and was married six days later'

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time.
Random friend requests, being added to groups you did not ask to join, and tags that allow "friends" to clog up your timeline with posts or photos you don't necessarily want.

But a Nigerian man took that to a whole new level when he posted an unusual advert.
Chidimma Amedu put up a post on 30 December, asking any woman interested in being his wife to reply, he told the BBC.

The proposal

"Am of age to and I am ready to say I do and am wasting no time.
"Send in your applications – the most qualified will be married on January 6, 2018. Application closes 12 midnight, 31/12/2017," he posted.


He then followed up with subsequent posts.
"Am serious about this oh and don't say you did not see it on time. Good luck."
He received a couple of responses, but one from a certain Sophy Ijeoma was the one which caught his attention.
"Am interested, just DM me…lols," her post read.
At first, she thought it was a joke and she simply replied to keep the thread flowing.

Man on a mission

A direct message from him to her inbox, followed by a Facebook call, would change her life's trajectory.

Two days after their first conversation, he travelled some 500km (300 miles) from his home in the northern city of Abuja, to Enugu in the east where she lived.
She had been waiting for him outside a retail store and in true fairy-tale style, "it was love at first sight", she recalled.

"He is the most handsome man I've ever met and I liked him instantly."

After two hours of "awkward" conversation, he asked her to go to meet his uncle, who incidentally is also resident in Enugu.
Asked what was going through her mind at the time, she said she thought it was all a bit of a joke, but she was excited about it and thought Chidimma was quite an interesting character.

Tradition meets modernity

"We got to the uncle's house and he said: 'Uncle, meet the woman I want to marry.'"
Like Chidimma, his family don't seem to hang about when it comes to getting things done, because the uncle gave his approval.

Getting family backing for your choice of spouse is an essential part of Igbo culture.
Whereas picking your future wife from dozens of respondents to a Facebook marriage advert and marrying her in six days is decidedly not.

At this point in their day-old relationship, it was beginning to dawn on Sophy that this fellow was not playing, but how do you commit to marrying someone you only just met?

She would not comment on whether they had even shared as much as a kiss at that point, but maintained she was captivated by how focused and determined her new fiancé was.
"When I saw him for the first time, I definitely found him attractive, but what I didn't know was how serious he was about marrying me.
"It was after we met the uncle and his wife, that I realised that this could actually happen and I wanted it."

The engagement

It was now her turn to worry about how she was going to get the approval of her family to marry a guy she had just met on Facebook.
But they had momentum going for them. Having met and fallen in love at first sight, or first message, if you like, and getting Chidimma's uncle's approval, the couple decided to complete the cycle by visiting Sophy's family the same day.

Sophy recounted how she relayed the information to her mother. Her dad had passed away, and her mum said she did not have the final word in terms of giving approval for her to be married, so it was up to Sophy's elder brother to give his blessings.
It would appear the odds were firmly in their favour as Sophy's brother gave his blessings too.

So after a few questions from her brother, it was official – Chidimma and Sophy were engaged to be married in six days.

On the rebound?

Last year Chidimma was engaged to another woman and the wedding was scheduled for December, but the relationship fell apart in March leaving him dejected.
As December approached, the disappointment of not being able to fulfil his dream of getting married made him put up the post, he said.

"I had the desire to get married, I had a date in mind, but no bride, so I decided to place an advert as a joke, but I was open and up for it."
Asked whether she knew about his earlier engagement and her thoughts on how this seemingly rushed marriage might be seen as a rebound, Sophy dismissed any suggestions that her relationship was not well thought through.

"I don't care about that – when you see what you want, you go for it."
They had been friends on Facebook for more than a year, but had never met or spoken to each other until the advert.

"Am interested, just DM me…lols" was all it took for the union to be formed.
Sophy admitted her friends were sceptical about the whole thing, while some are still in disbelief, but as she said: "When you see the one, you will know he is the one".
Happily ever after?

They got married on 6 January in a traditional Igbo ceremony, and posted photos of their wedding day on Facebook of course – to the amusement of the social media community.

Chidimma put up a post saying people may have thought he had been joking but he clearly wasn't.
As can be expected, there were mixed reactions, but mainly a lot of support for the couple.
They hope to have a church wedding in April and perhaps a honeymoon somewhere nice, he said.

BBC

Minister sends 14 workers home for lateness

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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Railways Development Minister Joe Ghartey on Wednesday sent a clear signal to staff of his abhorrent to lateness to work when he sent home 14 staff who reported to work late.
They comprise nine permanent staff and five national service personnel.
The action demonstrates that workers should be disciplined in the discharge of their duties.
The Minister did not take any further action against the workers and therefore, the affected workers reported to work yesterday very early.
“It was a wakeup call and I will monitor their response which I believe will be positive”, he stated.
Speaking to The Finder, the minister declined to reveal his next steps to instil discipline in staff of his ministry.
” I have to put on record that the staff have worked very hard last year but I am just asking them to work harder”, he added.
According to Joe Ghartey, one of the affected staff said she resides at Dodowa which is far from Accra and this is complicated by the bad traffic situation on her route.
The Minister said he suggested to worker to consider transfer to Tema which is a bit closer Dodowa.
The Railways Development Minister explained that he was waiting for the response of that staff
Accra based private radio station Hot 93.9fm has focused its lenses on lateness and other poor working culture in the public sector.
Some analysts have said the poor attitude of workers is the cause of low productivity in the country.
It said that most Ghanaians pretended to work for eight hours while they only worked for three hours at their work places.
The Finder

Rawlings: Pray for Martin Amidu as he restores the wheels of justice

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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Former President Rawlings has congratulated Mr. Martin Amidu on his appointment as the Special Prosecutor at the office of the Independent Prosecutor.
Mr. Rawlings who was hopeful that Parliament would approve the appointment said, “The President couldn’t have made a better choice”
“The president by this appointment has risen above partisanship and recognized a highly principled citizen.
“Mr. Amidu has proven to be a fearless anti-corruption crusader whose pursuit of truth and justice has won him national admiration.
“I call on all Ghanaians to offer the appointee the required support and information in pursuit of what will undoubtedly be a challenging role,” the former President said.
Flt Lt Rawlings urged Ghanaians to pray for God’s guidance and strength for Mr. Amidu as he works to restore the wheels of justice.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com

Martin Amidu named Special Prosecutor

By
Daniel Opare
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President Nana Akufo Addo has named Martin Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor.
The President made the announcement on Thursday in a short ceremony at the Flagstaff House in Accra.
Profile of Martin Amidu
Amidu served as the Deputy Attorney-General for about the last four years of the Provisional National Defence Council military government. Amidu is a member of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) After civilian rule was established in the Fourth Republic in January 1993, he continued to serve in the government of Jerry Rawlings as Deputy Attorney-General. This he did for both terms lasting eight years until January 2001.
In the December 2000 presidential elections, he stood as the running mate of John Atta Mills. They both however lost to President John Kufuor that year.
In January 2010, following a cabinet reshuffle, President Mills replaced Cletus Avoka with Amidu as the Minister for Interior.
As Amidu is a Builsa, some people raised questions as to his neutrality in dealing with the Bawku conflict.
He however went successfully through vetting by the Parliament of Ghana and has since assumed his post.
Following the second major cabinet reshuffle by President Mills, Amidu became the Attorney general and Minister for Justice of Ghana.
Removal from Office
Martin Amidu was relieved of his post on Thursday January 19, 2012 by President John Evans Atta Mills under circumstances described by aids as ‘his misconduct’ at a meeting chaired by the president at the Osu Castle on January 18, 2012. He made allegations related to alleged financial impropriety on the part of another cabinet minister, allegations he was asked by the president to substantiate.
Martin Amidu, the former Attorney General, single-handedly challenged the legality of the payments after being relieved off his post at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the money as Supreme Court judges unanimously granted the Attorney-General clearance to execute the court’s judgment, ordering Mr. Woyome to refund the cash to the state.
Following the delays in retrieving the money, Mr. Amidu in 2016, filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to examine Alfred Woyome, on how he would pay back the money, after the Attorney General’s office under the Mahama Administration, led by the former Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, discontinued a similar application.
In February 2017 however, Mr. Amidu withdrew his suit seeking an oral examination, explaining that the change of government under the New Patriotic Party under His Excellency the President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo and his Attorney General, Miss Gloria Akuffo’s assurance to retrieve all judgment debts wrongfully paid to individuals Mr. Woyome in response prayed the Supreme Court to stay proceedings on the oral examination since he had filed for a review on the case.
His lawyer, Ken Anku, argued that, his client will face an irreparable damage if the oral examination is allowed to take place but the deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, opposed the application, describing the reasons as incompetent and unmeritorious according citifmonline.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com |Additional files from Myjoyonline

FDA’s ban on alcohol advertisement step in the right direction – NGO

By
Daniel Opare
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Director for Vision for Alternative Development, La Brand Musa, has lauded the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Ministry of Health for their directive to allow media houses to air alcoholic advertisements after 8pm.

Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Ministry of Health has come up with a regulatory policy that allows media houses to advertise alcoholic beverages only after 8pm.

According to the FDA, these advertisements  will prevent  minors  from  purchasing alcoholic products being advertised.

Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka Am Drive, Director for Vision for Alternative Development, La Brand Musa stated that as an NGO geared towards protecting future generation against social vices, it will be proper for the FDA to extend the ban to 10pm.

He pleaded with the FDA to peg the alcoholic drinking age in Ghana at 21 and not 18 years.

However, President of the Ghana Drunkards Association, Moses Dry bone stated that the association to some extent identify with the FDA’s policy, adding that it would be more appropriate for the FDA to direct media houses to rather advertise alcoholic beverages during school hours where minors will be in school.

According to him, "kids of today" do not sleep before 8pm and such a directive will yield no positive results.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Legon election survey bogus academic research- NPP Communicator

By
Porcia Oforiwaa
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Member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) communication team, Nana Kwesi Bosompen, has said the survey done by the University Ghana’s Political Science Department on elections, is a bogus academic research.

According to the vociferous communicator, the survey done by the institution is half baked and lacked merit and that it (survey) should be treated with all the contempt it deserves. 

The ardent NPP member was speaking on Atinka TV’s “Ghana Nie” hosted by Bismark Brown Thursday. 

A survey conducted by the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana revealed  that, out of some 5000 respondents interviewed in 250 electoral areas across the country, a total of 52.7% of Ghanaians said they would vote for the Akufo-Addo led government.

About 33.1% of Ghanaians  said they would vote for the opposition National Democratic Congress.

Nana Kwesi Bosompen argued that, it was too early for anybody to evaluate the performance of the government and that Akufo Addo’s government with only a year in office. 

He further criticized the methods deployed by the faculty in conducting the research, saying the 5000 respondents sampled for the interview was woefully inadequate. He pointed out that similar bogus reports conducted in the past could not stand the test of time. 

He warned members of his party (NPP) not to be tickled by the report since it gives false hopes

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com Paul Norsah 

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