Day: July 3, 2017

FG promises adequate fertiliser for 2017 farming season

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The Federal Government says it has made adequate provision for farmers across the country to have enough fertiliser to grow food throughout the year. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji said a bag of fertiliser now sells for N5,500 instead of N14,000 previously. He stated: “The price is boldly written on the Fertiliser bag so you can’t be cheated. “We have the capacity to blend what the nation needs and this year,…

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Labour hails Dangote on investment drive, employment, youth empowerment …urges others to emulate him

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Following his fresh investments in automobile and agriculture sectors, the organised labour in the country has commended Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President and the Chief Executive of Dangote Group, for promoting investments and creating thousands of direct and indirect youth employments across the country and in Africa. Labour said Dangote’s patriotism remains unparalleled when it comes to investment and that his involvement in many sectors have been a key factor behind Nigeria’s improving economy. Comrade Issa Aremu, Secretary General of the National Textile Garment Workers Union, who spoke on the sideline of…

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The lesson Ndi’Igbo taught Jonathan and future leaders

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By now, I am sure my readers have read the very disparaging comments against former President Goodluck Jonathan which were credited to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. So pedestrian are those comments that I will not repeat them here. You can Google them on your own if you have not read them but I will not stain my writing space by republishing them. Ndi’Igbo needs friends and support. No one can win in life if they walks solo. Ecclesiastes 4:11 says ‘if two lie together,…

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Bishop unhappy with rising cases of divorce

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Most Rev. Anselm Umorem, the Auxiliary Bishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has expressed disappointment with the increasing cases of broken homes and said that divorce was not part of Nigeria’s culture. In his homily at SS Peter and Paul Parish in Nyanya on Sunday, he advised people to put God first when considering marriage. “Living a Christian life means to follow and believe in the value of God which is integrity, compassion, faithfulness, love, peace, honesty love and compassion,’’ he said. Umorem advised that people should always read the…

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Congo now Ebola-free says Minister

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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its month Ebola outbreak over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the virus. “I declare on this day, at midnight, the end of the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever of the Ebola virus in DRC,’’ Minister of Health in the country, Mr Oly Ilunga, said in a statement. Health officials say Congolese health authorities approved the use of a new experimental vaccine but ultimately declined to deploy it due to the small scale of the outbreak and logistical challenges.…

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Confederations cup win will go down in history – Joachim Low

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Germany coach Joachim Low has lauded his youthful side after beating favourites Chile in the FIFA Confederations Cup final to lift the trophy for the first time. The 57-year-old said the feat would never be forgotten, as the youngsters have made their country proud. A first-half goal from Lars Stindl saw the World Champions to a 1-0 win over Chile in Sunday’s final, at the Stadion Krestovskyi, Russia. “It is worth a lot, because Germany has never won this trophy in our history,” he told a news conference.”So this team…

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Human Sacrifice: Hundreds of skulls unearthed in Mexico

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Human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure. Giving a glimpse, perhaps, into a practice of human sacrifice by the Aztecs, archaeologists working in Mexico City have discovered more than 650 skulls. The skulls were encrusted in lime near a main temple in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, as Mexico City formerly was known. The crania include those believed to have been…

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Again, Aisha Buhari jets to UK to see husband

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Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom to visit her Husband, who has been on medical vacation since 7 May, 2017. The First Lady, who departed for Britain on Sunday evening, is expected to stop over at Addis Ababa, to make a symbolic appearance at the meeting of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) on Monday 3rd July, 2017. She will continue her journey to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, 3rd July, 2017. Mrs Aisha last visited President Buhari in London…

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Adeboye, Oyedepo move against FG, ‘scrap Arabic, keep CRS’

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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) alongside Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church amongst others, have called for the immediate reversal of the revised Basic Education Curriculum. The religious leaders, in a meeting which had Bishop Mike Okonkwo of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Pastor W.F Kumuyi of Deeper Life Church, amongst others in attendance, ordered Christian students across the country to boycott Arabic classes. Others present at the meeting were Rev. (Dr.) Mercy Ezekiel, the National Coordinator of Christian Pentecostal Mission…

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Superhighway: Funding not a problem -Ayade

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Following the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the 275kms Bakassi-Katsina-Ala superhighway by the Federal Ministry of Environment, Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has assured that funding the project would not be a problem. The governor gave the assurance shortly on arrival at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar from Abuja. “As you all know, we got N4.3billion in the last three months as federal allocation, an indication that it is impossible for us to pay salaries, but we have continuously paid salaries, for which…

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