Lists 8 Elements of Compatibility for Healthy Relationships...

If you’re looking to measure the health and potential of your relationship, look at these eight factors for compatibility. Every relationship is wholly unique, but there are some common elements that good, healthy, long-lasting relationships share.

 If you’re wondering whether you and your partner have the compatibility to make your relationship last, take a look at these eight elements of healthy relationship compatibility:

 1. Conversation. Is it you or your partner who does most of the talking in your relationship? While some relationships naturally favor one person speaking over the other, there should be some level of balance between the two of you initiating and maintaining conversations.

2. Intimacy. Sexual intimacy is important for a healthy relationship — but not in the same way for every couple. What’s important is that you both have the same level of satisfaction with your sex life — whether that means being intimate daily or hardly ever.

 3. Relaxation. What one person finds relaxing, the other should at least find tolerable. That is to say, one person can’t feel restless at home but comfortable at a busy bar while the other person feels the total opposite.

 4. Ambition. You don’t have to share the same ambitions, but there should be some level of mutual goal planning. Are you, as a couple, more focused on building a stable career, or more focused on enjoying life as it comes to you?

 5. Philosophy. You don’t have to share the same political or religious affiliations, but you should share what’s truly important in life.

 6. Interests. Interests won’t make or break your relationship, but sharing interests and hobbies is a great indicator of a potentially long-lasting relationship.#more.ng

7. Respect. Respect should be an immediate given. Even if you have arguments from time to time, the true measure of how compatible you are as partners is how much respect you hold for each other, even in times of frustration.

8. Passion. That goofy lovestruck feeling might not last forever, but you should always feel passionate about your relationship in a way that makes you feel proud and attached to your relationship. If you experience all eight of these compatibility factors, odds are you’re in a relationship with potential to last for many years....

Naira strengthens against the dollar

 The Naira on Friday hedged up slightly against the dollar at the parallel market amid calls for the apex bank to relax its strict foreign exchange policy.

NAN reports that the Naira appreciated by 0.4 per cent on Friday afternoon as it exchanged for N277 against the dollar from N278 it traded for previously.
However, the Naira closed at N197 to the dollar at the official interbank window. Pulse ng

Traders at the parallel market expressed concern that in spite of the resumption of forex auction to Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operators, the scarcity of the greenback was still exerting pressures on the Naira.

NAN reports that industry watchers had speculated that remitted funds during the yuletide season were capable of giving the Naira a better outing at the market.

The CBN had on Wednesday sold about 15.5 million dollars to about 1,650 BDCs, with the demand of the greenback doubling.

Meanwhile, the senate had on Thursday urged the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to relax the strict forex policy, arguing that the policy “was doing more harm than good”.

This was also re-echoed by the Managing Director of the IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde, when she advised the apex bank to operate a flexible forex policy.

 

Why does Mikel-Hiddink work so well for Chelsea?

In the 18 matches that John Obi Mikel has played under Chelsea ’s interim coach Guus Hiddink over two sessions, the Blues are yet to lose, winning 15 and drawing three.

charm, you can go ahead, but we still need to answer the pressing question, "what it is really about Mikel’s game that suits Hiddink’s plans to a tee?"

The midfielder was lauded to the heavens after his display against Crystal Palace last Sunday as he helped the Blues record their biggest win in 12 months.

After the win over Palace, Hiddink had the following to say about the Nigerian midfielder, “He is the ideal player in my option to bring balance to the team.”

Mikel under Mourinho

Unfortunately for many a Jose Mourinho fan, the Super Eagles talisman was not deemed worthy of a starting berth in the Special One’s tactical plan – which worked very well last season but faltered spectacularly this term.

In five games under the regime of Mourinho this season, Mikel played only 177 minutes [including coming on for Cesc Fabregas in the 92nd minute against Arsenal] and starting only twice; at home against Liverpool, and he was replaced with scores tied at 1-1 and away at Everton, where he provided the assist for Chelsea’s goal, scored by Nemanja Matic. He was again taken off with the Blues chasing the game at 2-1.

In the 17 matches that Chelsea played before sacking Mourinho, the preferred midfield duo of Matic and Fabregas showed that there was an imbalance but Mourinho persisted with the two players and got sacked – appropriately if performances since his exit indicate.

Mikel, now under Hiddink
Mikel has played in all three matches under Hiddink, a total of 225 minutes. Former Liverpool midfield enforcer, and now television analyst, Graeme Souness said after the Crystal Palace win, “I don't think I've ever seen John Obi Mikel play so well. He bossed that area.”
Hiddink also continued his lavish praise: “He played very well but also in the previous game.
"If the team is not willing to defend well, or hasn't got the right balance, then you'll concede a lot of goals. I think John Obi can be one of the key figures in bringing back that balance.
“On this podium very talented players can explore their qualities. He reads the game very well, he knows where the strength of the opponent is and knows how to combat that.
“He has very good sense, he doesn't do it in a brutal way, he's very elegant. Someone who can defend so smoothly is very beautiful. According to Goal”



Reading those words, it's little surprise that Mikel is being known as the African Zidane!
We are talking about Mikel here – a player that divides Chelsea fans one way or another. That eulogy reads like Shakespearean poetry, and the plaudits did not stop there, the Chelsea fans who travelled to the Palace game at Selhurst Park were singing his name to the rafters by the end of the contest – the first time he has had such adulation since he joined the club in 2006!

Troubled MTN acquires Visafone

Telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria on Thursday said that it has completed the acquisition of Visafone, the only surviving Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network in Nigeria’s telecommunications industry.
The telco company who is yet to pay its $3.4billion fine to Nigerian Communications Commission is optimistic that it can boost the quality of broadband in Nigeria.
MTN Executive, Ms Amina Oyagbola made this known in a statement in Lagos.
Oyagbola said that the acquisition of Visafone was in line with a continued commitment by MTN to improve the quality of broadband services for its subscribers.
She said that the acquisition, which sought to leverage resources for service enhancement, was also reflective of the company’s concerted efforts to deepen the growth and roll out of broadband services across the country.
According to her, the acquisition of the CDMA network is in support of the National Broadband Plan, for the benefit of Nigerians.
“We are committed to exploring avenues for meeting our customers’ increasing data needs in line with our vision ‘to lead the delivery of a bold new digital world to our customers’.
“As we work to maximise our data capabilities towards achieving broadband of international quality, our objective is to ensure that Nigerians experience a boost in the quality of broadband internet services.
“This will translate to the much needed enhanced data speeds and value to enhance personal and business productivity.
“The acquisition of Visafone highlights MTN’s commitment to Nigeria. More capacity will facilitate enhanced product/service offerings and experience in the data space to the delight of our valued customers.
“Voice is still King. However, data is becoming increasingly important in our everyday lives and our energies are focused on enhancing data and internet services to the benefit of our customers and the country at large,” she said.
NAN reports that Visafone is one of the leading CDMA/ICT companies in Nigeria, offering a number of services, which include voice, high speed data (3G), internet and other Value Added Services (VAS).
Visafone also provides business solutions to small and medium sized companies and corporate organisations in Nigeria.
NAN also gathered that over 2,000 employees of Visafone were disengaged with effect from Jan 5 and were paid three months salaries as severance package.
The only employees said to been left are those in the personnel and transmission departments.

Credit: pm news