7 Facts About Valentines Day You Probably Didn’t Know

Valentines Day comes in less than 12 days and Nigerian girls are patiently waiting for what their boo will get them, while gradually shopping for the latest boxer and singlet they will give in return.

Valentines Day is celebrated almost everywhere in the world, which means it is widely accepted. However, there are things about the day most people who have marked it for decades probably never knew. Just so you do not celebrate in ignorance, Naijaloaded brings you 7 facts about Valentines Day you should know…

See the 7 Facts below:-

– The most popular theory about Valentine’s Day origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn’t want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail he wrote a note to the jailer’s daughter signing it “from your Valentine”.

– In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”

– In 1537, England’s King Henry VII officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine’s Day. – Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day in the late 1800s.

– The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. – On average, men spend double the amount of money on Valentine`s Day gifts than women spend.

– Alexander Graham Bell, one of the primary inventors of the telephone, is credited with patenting the first practical telephone on Valentine’s Day in 1876.

– Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet. If you didn’t know, well now you do!!!

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My Wife Has Been Poisoning My Meals Since 2008 – Husband Tells Court

A middle-aged man, Prince Agina, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State that his wife, Obianuju, has been poisoning his meals since 2008.

The union which was consummated on Dec. 24, 2006 in Anambra had been blessed with three children. Obianuju was also accused of frequent fighting and infidelity by her husband.

“Since 2008, I have noticed that my food was being laced with poison, which has resulted to my deteriorating health; as I am standing here, I’m sick.

“Usually, I travel a lot. On one occasion when I returned home; I noticed that the centre table in our home had broken; when I asked my daughter how it happened, she told me that one uncle broke it.”

This means my wife brings other men into our matrimonial home whenever I travelled because my daughter knows all her uncles.

“She goes out at will without my permission, she does not listen to me as her husband and I don’t love her anymore,’’ Agina said.

However, the respondent denied all the allegations leveled against her by her estranged husband. “My husband has diabetes and hypertension; and he keeps eating those foods that the doctor warned him to desist from. “Please tell me why he won’t be sick always.

“I stayed with him at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for four months looking after him but he did not listen to the doctor’s advice.

“So, how has his disobedience become my fault. “He married me a virgin; so why will I start sleeping around now, why will I bring men into the house where my children are staying with me. “He abandoned me and the children for four years when he travelled to Angola and he wasn’t sending money from there for our upkeep.

“My family members took care of my children and I throughout the period,’’ she said. The president of the court, Adegboyega Omilola, referred the couple to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) office for possible settlement. Omilola said the couple should appear before the ADR members on Feb. 25, while he adjourned the case to March 7 for further hearing. Source: Vanguard

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5 Reasons Why Nigerian Girls Love Valentines Day

A lot of Nigerian men will simply groan at the mention of Valentine’s Day and may never figure out why women make so much fuss off the day.

The fact that they have to buy most of the presents, pay for the dinners and be on their best behaviours makes it even worse for them to understand why Valentines Day exists at all.

Well, just so you don’t become boo-less out of sheer ignorance as to why your woman loves Valentines day, Naijaloaded got your back and brings you 5 reasons why a Nigerian girl simply can’t wait for the day to finally come…

1. The Attention They Get

Whether women admit it or not, Valentines Day is the day women rate how much their men really appreciate and care for them. It is also a day women know their position in their man’s life. So if your boo has his own boo, that is the day to find out.

2. Gifts Most Nigerian women are probably somewhere carefully counting down to the amazing presents they will get from their man (or men as the case may be), because in Nigeria, everybody knows men are traditionally expected to buy the presents why the women are meant to simply look beautiful and accept the presents.

3. Proposals If the man in her life does not pop the question on her last birthday, at Christmas, then the best bet is he might just ask her to marry him on Valentines day. So which single girl doesn’t want that?

4. Reinvent The Crush People nowadays are just too busy earning a living to have time for romance. Valentines day is the perfect day for these ones to revamp their love life. Men are extra romantic on this day, and this is something every woman loves.

5. Showoff Showing off things like presents, a visit to a special place etc. on social media is common practice nowadays. So, one reason a Nigerian girl loves val day is because it gives her the opportunity to display what you got her or where you took her on social media either to intimidate her friends, make them jealous or give them the impression that she has a perfect man. You agree???

Parents Threaten To Bury Lazy Teachers In South Africa (Photo)

Teachers at Matshitsholo High School, Ulundi, SA, arrived yesterday morning only to be confronted by angry parents threatening to bury them alive in coffins because they are lazy and selfish.

The parents said they came to show the teachers how serious they are about their children’s education. One of the parents said: “They are no better than ghosts, so we will bury them alive” According to Daily Sun SA, the parents are demanding the immediate removal of the teachers.

They said the teachers are expected to be teaching pupils during school hours, but instead use the time to rest or take care of personal matters.

“You are putting the future of our children at risk,” said the parents. Worried parent Mthembeni Sokhela, 47 told Daily Sun there is an ongoing fight at the school between teachers who belong to the National Teachers Union (Natu) and those who have joined the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu).

“I went to this school recently and found Sadtu teacher sitting under a tree. When the principal, a Natu member, told him he was supposed to be in class, the teacher told him to go there himself,” said Sokhela. He said the parents believe this is why the pass rate at the school had dropped. In 2014 and in 2015 only four pupils passed.

“How can children pass when teachers just sit around and still get a full salary every month?” asked Sokhela.. A worried grade 11 pupil shared her frustration with Daily Sun.

“Our teachers are selfish and they’re gambling with our future. We find ourselves caught in the middle of something that has nothing to do with us. Most of the times we are just sitting around because teachers refuse to come to class,” she said.

SGB chairman Zweni Mbatha said:

“The situation is very tense. Angry parents threaten to bury the teachers alive if the department does not take action.” KZN Education spokesman Sihile Mlotshwa said the matter has reached their office.

“The MEC was due to hold a meeting at these school but had other commitments. She has sent a task team to meet the parents. We promise that a satisfying solution will be found,” said Mlotshwa.

KZN Sadtu deputy secretary Dolly Caluza said:

“We distance ourselves from speculations that the misunderstanding between teachers at this school is union-motivated. We will try our best to support the school.”

Natu deputy president Allen Thomson also denied that the ongoing fight has anything to do with the unions. “It started in 2014 when teachers reported the principal for mismanagement. Ever since then he has been provoking them in every possible way,” Thomson said. Thomson appealed to the community to stop threatening teachers with coffins.