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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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Thousands of Christians protest in Ilorin.
Thousands of Christians protest in Ilorin
october 15, 2014,
Vanguard News
BY DEMOLA AKINYEMI
ILORIN-Thousands of Christians, members of
various church denominations stormed the
streets of Ilorin early hours of Wednesday
morning to protest the taking over of their
schools by kwara state government demanding
that they want their schools back.
All schools in kwara state among others
resumed Wednesday after a prolonged holiday
occasioned by the outbreak of Ebola Virus
Disease.
But,the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Communications,Dr Muideen
Akorede in a swift denied that government had
such plan to take over the Christians schools
Vanguard check revealed that the schools
were being grant aided by the state
government since the year 2006, a
development that conferred the ownership
status on the government which the Christian
communities rose up to reject.
Members had as early as 7am gathered at St
James Schools,Primary, Junior and Senior
Secondary schools owned by Christ Apostolic
Church CAC on the ever busy Yidi
road,singing Christian songs and praying
fervently for the state government to hand over
the schools back to them.
Peacefully filing across the streets in their
demonstration mood, the protesters displayed
placards such as’’ We want our Schools
back’’, ’’We are taking back our schools
because they belong to us’’, Government
should stop grant aiding our schools, we can
run them on our own’’, ’’Enough of oppression
and injustice, we are taking back our schools,
they belong to us’’, ’’Mission Schools belong
to us,n we want government to stop grant
aiding it’’. among others
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
MALALA YOUSAF, YOUNGĂST NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER
Malala Yousafzai, Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Adds to Her Achievements and Expectations
Malala Yousafzai at the United Nations last
year. Ms. Yousafzai, 17, is the youngest
recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
TODD HEISLER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
By JODI KANTOR
OCTOBER 10, 2014
Though Malala Yousafzai is 17, she does
not use Facebook or even a mobile phone
lest she lose focus on her studies. She
spent her summer vacation flying to
Nigeria to campaign for the release of girls
kidnapped by the extremist Islamist group
Boko Haram, but also worrying about her
grades, which recently took a worrisome
dip. She confronted President Obama
about American drone policy in a meeting
last year, but finds it difficult to befriend
her fellow students in Birmingham,
England.
“I want to have fun, but I don’t quite
know how,” she wrote in the edition of
her autobiography for young readers.
On Friday, Ms. Yousafzai became the
youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
— grouped in the same pantheon as the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
Mother Teresa, and yet still a student at
Edgbaston High School for Girls, where she
was summoned out of her chemistry class
to hear the news.
Ms. Yousafzai began campaigning for girls’
education at the age of 11, three years
before she was shot by the Taliban. She
was so young that some observers
questioned how well equipped a child of
that age could be to put her own safety on
the line and commit to a life of activism.
The prize she received on Friday validates
what she has taken on, but also
underscores the disproportionate
expectations that trail her: Can she truly
influence the culture of her home country
of Pakistan, which she cannot even visit
because of threats to her safety, and where
many revile her as a tool of the West? Ms.
Yousafzai may be an Anne Frank-like
figure who defied terror, showed
extraordinary courage and inspires hope,
but how much can one teenager
accomplish?
“Can she actually create systemic change
at this young age? Can she create a
movement? Because she doesn’t have that
kind of infrastructure in Pakistan at the
moment,” said Vishakha Desai, a professor
of international relations at Columbia, said
in a telephone interview.
In one half of Ms. Yousafzai’s dual life,
she is the center of an international
advocacy operation for girls’ education
that now involves a nonprofit
organization, two best-selling books, and
activities that stretch from Pakistan to
Jordan to Kenya. She criticizes not just the
Taliban, but also the culture of Pakistan,
in which women are rarely granted the
same rights and opportunities as men. She
has become one of the world’s most
prominent faces of moderate Islam, saying
in a recent interview that she tried
wearing a burqa when she was younger
but gave it up: “I realized that it just took
away my freedom, and that’s why I
stopped wearing it.”
When she met with Mr. Obama last year,
she critiqued American military action in
her home region. “Instead of soldiers, send
books. Instead of sending weapons, send
pens,” as she later put it. (Asked how he
responded, she gave a knowing look. “He’s
a politician,” she said.)
WOMAN CAUGHT IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH YOUNG LOVER, BY HER HUSBAND.
A stupid housewife who relishes in cheating on her husband will small boys has been caught red handed with one of her small-boy lover doing things in a hotel room. In fact, the young lover is said to be a student in one of the tertiary institutions in Nigeria who is still in his second year. The husband and his friends took pictures of the wife and her lover in compromising mood. How sad!
According to his hostel mates, they
thought the woman was his mother or relative as she always come with food stuffs for him. Funny enough, they say she spend the night on some occasions.
She ran out of luck after her husband trailed her to her secret love spot.
MISTRESS OF A MARRIED MAN STRIPPED NAKED!
2face, Wizkid in first collaboration......As Hennessy Artistry goes to Ghana.
2Face, Wizkid in first collabo as Hennessy Artistry goes to Ghana.
october 14, 2014
2Face, Wizkid in first collabo as Hennessy
Artistry goes to Ghana
Nigeria’s biggest pop icon, 2Face and the
starboy, Wizkid are about to turn the Artistry
season a notch higher as the headliners move
out of Nigeria for the first time ever this
weekend to deliver the biggest Hennessy
Artistry international concert in the city of
Accra, Ghana.
With two of Nigeria’s biggest music acts 2Face
and Wizkid performing alongside buzzing
Ghanaian artistes like 4×4, Edem, MzVee and
South African duo, Mafikizolo, the Hennessy
Artistry concert will hold this Saturday,
October 18th at the Accra International
Conference Centre.
Lere Awokoya, Brand Manager for Hennessy
Nigeria commented, “Our choice of bringing
together these talented artistes from around
Africa was influenced by the convergence of
Africa and Africa’s taste in music. Just as
Hennessy is consumed in different countries in
Africa, Africa has gotten to point where
countries are sharing similar music tastes.
2Face and Wizkid have visited a variety of
African countries including Ghana repeatedly
and this is evident in their relevance in the
African continent today”
The 2014 Hennessy Artistry headliners, 2Face
and Wizkid made their second club tour
appearance yesterday, Saturday, October 11,
2014 at the Cosmo Lounge in Port Harcourt
and left fans, lovers of Hennessy and music.
They kicked off the show with a pulsating
performance of their first banging collabo
track, “Dance Go” as they mingled with
guests present. Guests also surprised the
headliners as they sang to the upbeat track
line by line.
Northern Governors should tell Jonathan, that he has no right to contest- Ango Abdullahi.
2015: Northern Govs should tell Jonathan he has no right to contest election – Ango
Abdullah
october 14, 2014.
Vanguard News
By Suzan Edeh
Bauchi-The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has
asserted that any Nigerian who decides to
vote for PDP in the 2015 elections could be
seen as one of those conniving with the party
to sell the rights of Northern Nigerian people.
To this end, the forum said the Northern
People have lost confidence in the Northern
Governors who in 2011 elections entered a
secret deal with President Jonathan to contest
that election without necessarily telling their
constituencies about their unbecoming acts.
The Forum Secretary Professor Ango Abdullahi
who stated this during an interview at his
office in Bauchi said that the secret deal was
later confirmed by President Goodluck
Jonathan himself.
According to him, “the Northern Governors
should be bold to tell President Jonathan that
he has no right to contest election based on
their earlier agreement reached for power
rotation between the North and South parts of
the country under the auspices of the PDP”
“It was only recently that the Governor of
Niger State who is currently the Chairman of
the Northern Governors Forum came out with
the revelation that they had a secret deal with
Jonathan to contest the 2011 elections”, .
“Common sense should have dictated to PDP
that there would be four years to pay the
North back from 2011 but as you have already
seen, the Governors sold it out, they sold us
and the North out”, He lamented.
Abdullahi wondered why the Niger State
Governor is still supporting the candidature of
President Jonathan for 2015 , describing the
action as mere sell-out of the Northern people
FG to promote creation of 1, 500 SMEs via new technologies.
FG to promote creation of 1,500 SMEs via
new technologies
october 14, 2014.
By NKIRUKA NNOROM
The Director General of Federal Institute of
Industrial Research Oshodi, FIIRO, Dr. Gloria
Elemo, has said that an estimated 1,500 small
and medium scale enterprises are expected to
be set up across the country in the next one
year through the 250 Research and
Development (R&D) technologies/outputs
developed by the institute.
Speaking ahead of the Investment and
Technology Week being put together by the
institute, she said that not less than 50,000
direct job opportunities will also be created
following the adoption of the technologies by
the 774 local government areas in the nation,
even as she said that 75,000 entrepreneurs
have so far benefited from FIIRO technology
transfer.
She noted that the 250 R&D outputs to be
showcased at the four days event, which
kicked off today (Tuesday, October 14, 2014),
would also spur more Foreign Direct
Investment, FDI, interest into the country.
Elemo added that the investment week is part
of the institute’s effort to deliver more
effectively on its mandate for rapid
industrialization of the national economy, as
well as create employment opportunities to
reverse the worsening unemployment in the
country.
“The overall aim of the programme is to
showcase the institutes over 250 R&D outputs
suitable for investment by micro, small,
medium and large scale entrepreneurs to
enhance job creation and improve on the
national Gross Domestic Products.
“We are hoping that at least 35 technologies
would be well structured and adopted in all
the local governments, which is 774. So, the
projection is that if every local government
tries to adopt at least two technologies, we
will have a total of about 2,000 jobs each.
“When you look at others that are coming in to
buy into the technologies, various commercial
organisations, students coming in, National
Association of Nigeria Students, NANS,
organizations like SURE-P and other organized
sectors, we are expecting that minimum
expected jobs that can come out of this
catalyst should be at least 250,000. This will
definitely reduce unemployment level in the
country,” she said.
“We just concluded training of a number of
youths on our National Techno-entrepreneurs
Initiative, but our target is 2,000 youths on
annual basis as part of our contribution to
national development and corporate social
responsibility programme, to transfer
technology to them and also lead them to
proper infrastructure that will definitely
establish them on the field.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Sunny Neji and 2face Idibia to host World washing day in Nigeria.
Sunny Neji & 2Face To Host World
Hand washing Day in Nigeria.
As countries and nations face various crisis
that needs collective efforts to tackle,
Nigerians are not left out of the struggle in
ensuring an enabling environment for all as
two eminent Nigerian artistes have come
out to use music to spread the gospel of
cleanliness to all.
The new songs by Sunny Neji and 2face
Idibia, have been released to coincide with
the governments preaching of washing of
hands with soap and water to avoid the
Ebola virus with Global Hand washing Day
which is on Wednesday, 15th October
2014.
To get the messages speedily across,
citizens will get text messages which will
help educate them on the need of
cleanliness. Carex Hand Wash Soap is the
campaign’s lead sponsor and adds Nigeria
to the growing list of African countries in
which it has led hygiene promotion
activities in recent years.
Global Hand washing Day is a worldwide
celebration involving over 200 million people
coming together on one day each year to
promote a simple and life-saving message.
This year, Nigeria promises to host one of
the largest and most creative celebrations
of the Day ever seen and with people
across Nigeria, Africa and the world singing
‘wash your hands o.’
The event which is hosted by Concern
Universal Nigeria will run for a month, with
special events and musical performances,
text messages and media coverage and will
involve thousands of school children who
will become 'hygiene heroes' for their
schools, families, and communities.
Are you under financial pressure?
OCTOBER 1, 2014
BY USIERE UKO
Author of ‘Practical Steps to Financial
Freedom and Independence’, USIERE UKO ,
writes about how people create financial
pressure on themselves
All of us have experienced financial pressure
at one time or the other. For many, it has
become a permanent state, almost normal.
Many parents who were not financially ready
for the September 22, 2014 school
resumption date (announced by the Federal
Ministry of Education) heaved a sigh of relief
when some states including Lagos postponed
resumption to October due to concerns over
Ebola. Still, some wished it could be
postponed further till month end as that
would relief some of the financial pressures
they are currently under.
It is tempting to think that the financial
pressures we experience are external
circumstances we have no control over. We
lose sight of the fact that the financial
pressure we currently face are choices we
made (often without thinking through) which
is manifesting in the pressure we are facing
today. We do have control over it, by
choosing to act differently. The same mindset
that got us into trouble cannot get us out. If
what you are trying to swallow is threatening
to swallow you, it is better to cut your coat
according to your cloth. I remember vividly
during my childhood when I attempted to
chew and swallow a piece of meat that was
too big for me; I choked on it as tears came
to my eyes. The only way out was to bring it
out and further cut it into smaller pieces. You
can make a quality decision that nothing will
put you under pressure, including financial
demands. Simply do what is within your
ability and let the heavens fall.
Self imposed financial pressures
Almost all financially pressures arise out of
financial illiteracy. It is a sign that funds have
been misappropriated. If it was public funds,
the EFCC would have to get involved. It did
not just jump on you. Outside the estate
where I live, is a neighbourhood of one
bedroom apartments also known as ‘face-
me-I-face-you’. During Sallah celebrations,
the whole street turns into an abattoir. There
is a full cow slaughtered in front of every
compound. Meanwhile within the estate, the
‘poorer’ residents slaughter rams. I tell my
children each time we drive past these cows
that those folks are richer than us living in the
estate.
We don’t stop to think before we spend. We
count our chicks before they are hatched and
go into things that could have waited while
we better manage what we have. Often,
money that would have been used to build a
solid financial foundation is sunk into an
abandoned project. The money is not
bringing returns while we end up more broke
than before, even owing on top of that. The
interesting thing is that rather than learn a
lesson, the moment money comes into our
hands again, we embark on another project
which soon becomes abandoned as well.
One of the most common personal financial
crimes committed by everyday people is not
having savings but spending all earnings.
Anytime someone comes to us with a sob
story, we empty our savings to ‘help’. We
hardly stop to review if the person has really
been helped or our money has gone down
the drain yet again.
When a major need shows up at our door –
major car repairs, medical bills, house repairs
etc – it is then our turn to go begging,
making the begging circle complete.
The pressure of not offending others
If you are like me, you dislike offending other
people, especially people you look up to. I
used to think when people come to me that I
am their last resort, that if I don’t help,
something bad may happen – someone will
die, get stranded, heads will roll and blood
will flow. Since I stopped giving in to
emotional blackmail, I have come to see that
nobody died, that actually counselling the
person sometimes works better than
weakening the person by giving him fish.
You will be sitting in your house trying to
balance your budget and someone very close
to you comes with ‘aso ebi’ priced through
the roof. You don’t need another attire, you
don’t even like the colour and very likely will
never wear it again after the event. You have
no budget for it, but you don’t want to offend
someone, so you dip your hands into your
savings. A friend wants to start selling things,
and insists you must buy to encourage her. A
friend needs some money to balance up the
children’s school fees, pay hospital bills etc.
We feel compelled to help so as not to offend
others. This is self imposed bondage which
has financial and other implications on us,
and those we are ‘helping’.
Friendship and money does not mix well.
Borrowing money from friends is an abuse of
friendship. It is not the job of friends to
borrow people money. It is the job of banks,
which has the liquidity and personnel trained
in administering loan portfolios. A friend can
help another in need, but the friend must
have the capability to do so. A weak bank
that bails out another simply means two
banks going into distress. In the parable of
the wise and foolish virgins in Matt 25 (Holy
Bible), the wise virgins who had extra oil
refused to give away their back up hence had
enough when the bridegroom eventually
showed up. If they had given in to emotional
blackmail, both the foolish and the wise
virgins would have ended up foolish and out
of oil.
The Lord is my insurance
Many people believe that bad things do not
happen to good people. God is their
insurance and in the unlikely event that
anything happens, they can always run to
friends and family who are nice people and
are always willing to help. This is another way
we invite financial pressure on ourselves
when incidents happen.
A lot of folks do not insure their homes and
valuables. Many have third party insurance
also known as ‘let my people go’ on their
cars. The Lord provided money for the car
and will insure it all by himself. Deep down,
they are scared while driving that nobody hits
them and when they go to an event, the
quarrel with the parking attendants while
trying to ensure that they park in a safe place
where they can keep an eye on the car, as if
the car has no comprehensive insurance
cover. Many struggle with the car keys with
gun totting armed robbers and some do not
live to tell the tale.
The same applies to health insurance. Rather
than get a complete health insurance cover
for the family, we try to cut corners, skip
annual checkups and practice self medication
while we have money to spend on expensive
party attires and adult toys. We load
ourselves with sugary drinks and junk food
and pray for healing when our body reacts to
the abuse.
Financial pressures do not fall from the sky. If
you are wondering who is behind the financial
pressures that has been tormenting you, you
don’t need to look for a prophet or seer.
Simply go to the nearest mirror and take a
good look. The face frowning back at you is
the culprit.
To be continued…
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HOW TO START FISH FARMING IN NIGERIA
How to Start Fish Farming in Nigeria
There are so many information on the internet
on "How to Start Fish Farming in Nigeria" but
few are detailed enough to really assist
aspiring fish farmer to get started. I will be
endeavor to make this article as detailed as
possible and hope that other experienced fish
farmer will add to it as we try to answer
people's questions through commenting.
One of the most popular farming in Nigeria is
fish farming and for good reasons. Gone are
the days when the only means of getting fish
is by catching it in the local rivers and ponds
through trial and errors. Today, the modern
farm practice has made it possible to grow
fish in the farms and control the input.
If you are thinking of business to start now, I
recommend you start CatFish Farming in
Nigeria. If you are an existing farmer and you
are looking for expanding your farm capacity,
I'd encourage you add fish farming to your
farm. Fish farming (especially catfish) is most
compatible with poultry farming as you can
use the poultry drops to make the feeds for
your fish.
BENEFITS OF FISH FARMING
1. Fishery products is by far the most
popular animal products in the market,
constituting more than 60% of meat
products in the Nigerian market.
2. Fish is one of the highest source of
protein. Fish is a low-fat high quality protein
that is filled with omega-3 fatty acids and
vitamins such as D and B2 (riboflavin). Fish
is also very rich in calcium and phosphorus
and is equally a great source of minerals,
such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and
potassium.
3. Fish sells faster than any other animal
products in the market and is relatively
cheaper than meats, making it the number
one choice when it comes to affordability.
4. Fish grows very fast as practices in fish
farming makes it possible for farmers to
increase the fastness of their fish growth by
giving them certain feeds, ensuring that you
harvest and sell within short period of time.
5. Fish is the biggest source of Omega-3
fatty acids which is extremely beneficial to
human heart; Omega-3 helps to keep our
heart and brain very healthy. Since bodies
don't produce Omega-3 fatty acids, the only
source through which we can get it is by
what we eat, that is where fish comes to the
rescue.
6. Fish farming is very profitable. With proper
planning and good management, N3 million
investment in fish farming could easily result
to N4 million of pure profit within six months.
7. Fish farm does not cause any
environmental hazard. Unlike poultry farming,
you can setup fish farm anywhere, including
residential areas. If you have a specious
compound, you can easily setup a small fish
farm within your backyard without any
regulatory precaution.
RISK AND CHALLENGES
1. Fish is very sensitive to manage and a
slight mistake could result to degenerated
growth of your fish or even death which may
cause massive revenue loss.
2. Setting up fish farm is capital intensive,
much more than that of poultry and snail
farm. Setting up fish farm requires more
careful planning and much capital input. A
relatively small fish farm may take up to
N500,000 to setup, while bigger ones takes
millions of naira.
3. Due to the cost of production, fish
produced from the farm is priced higher than
those caught from the rivers and ponds by
fishermen. Therefore, if there are good
quantity of fisherman's fish in the market, you
may find it difficult to sell as people would
prefer the cheaper ones.
4. There is no byproduct in fishery unlike
poultry where even the drop can be
harvested and sold to other farmers and
make extra profit. In fishery, all you get is the
flesh .
To be continue. ......
Buhari, Kwankwaso go separate ways as consensus plan flops
october 13, 2014.
Efforts by stakeholders in the All Progressives
Congress, APC to forge a consensus between
two of the major presidential aspirants in the
party, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Governor
Rabiu Kwankwanso have failed.
Both men in an apparent determination to slug
it out have now formally scheduled dates to
declare their aspirations.
Reflective of their efforts for political
supremacy, the associates of both men were
last night engaged in a war of words on who
was better placed to win the presidential ticket
of the party.
Buhari is to declare for the contest on
Wednesday, October 15, while Governor
Kwankwanso has himself scheduled his
declaration for October 23, 2014.
Kwankwaso’s decision to go public with his
bid, it was learnt, was sequel to the failed
effort to forge a consensus deal between him
and Buhari. Both men are presently, the two
major aspirants from the Northwest geopolitical
zone of the country.
The development has led to a serious division
among APC supporters in the zone over who
should fly the flag of the party in the coming
election.
Buhari is mainly supported by the masses but
Kwankwanso is believed to have the support
of government officials and political office
holders especially in Kano State.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and
Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-
Isaiah are the two other major contenders
remaining in the north following yesterday’s
formal declaration by Senator Bukola Saraki to
withdraw himself from the contest. Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State is also known
to be testing the waters for a possible bid.
While Kwamkwaso’s supporters are making a
case for a young blood to take a shot at the
presidency, Buhari’s followers advance
political maturity, popularity and experience as
factors that cannot be ignored.
Speaking yesterday on Kwakwanso’s plans for
the presidential race, an associate and
member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the
APC, Chief Olisameka Akamukali said that
baring any unforeseen circumstances, that
Kwankwanso would unveil his presidential
campaign on October 23.
Akamukali, a former chairman of the
Democratic Peoples Party, DPP in Delta State
said that Governor Kwankwaso had consulted
widely concerning his ambition even as he
said that Buhari needed to give a younger
person a chance to contest the presidency.
“Now in as much as we agree that Buhari is a
man of integrity but you will also agree with
me that age is not on his side,” he said.
His claim was immediately dismissed by a
senior official of the party also sympathetic to
the Buhari campaign who described
Kwankwanso’s bid as a clownish act. He said
that Buhari would defeat the Kano governor
even in Kano.
“Yes, I know that Kwankwanso can get a huge
pile of the government delegates from Kano
but that is the much he can get. What of the
other states or is he relying only on Kano?”
“Or have you forgotten in 2011 that Buhari
defeated the former governor of Kano, Ibrahim
Shekarau even in Kano? The Buhari campaign
is a brand, watch out and see what we are
going to do at the declaration on Wednesday,”
the official said.
Continuing, the Buhari associate wondered
why Kwankwanso mobilises his Kano based
supporters anytime he goes out of the state,
saying that on the contrary that Buhari has his
supporters all over the country and does not
need to carry supporters along to show his
political viability.”
“You know the fact that he has control of one
big state does not mean that he is popular
outside the state,” the Buhari man said.
But asserting the viability of Kwankwanso over
Buhari, Akamukali said:
“The issue of anointing candidates for
elections has been rejected by the APC and
that is why the party is insisting that there
shall be transparent primaries. The fears of
some of the aspirants may be due to the fact
of their previous experience where they never
faced competitive primaries to emerge as
party candidate. That is why such people are
pushing for consensus.
“The generality of the party is saying no, let us
do things differently from what the PDP are
doing. We must have a transparent primary. I
can tell you that Kwakwanso has built a lot of
bridges across the political divide. Remember,
he came into the House of Representatives as
a member of then Social Democratic Party
(SDP) in 1991 and became Deputy Speaker.”
According to Akamukali, one factor that gives
Kwankwaso an edge over other aspirants was
his firm control of APC structures in his state.
“One other factor that is considered additional
strength to the Kano governor is that whereas
he has solid home base support, his co-
contestants, like Atiku and Buhari could not
boast of being in control of the structures of
the party in their home states.
“From the angle of qualification, the
constitution is very clear on this, a man who
has a doctorate in Engineering, academically is
qualified, a man who has not been convicted
by any competent court, a man whom the
EFCC and other Federal Government anti graft
agencies have investigated and nothing was
found on him is eminently qualified to contest
for the president of the country, “ he stated.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Ebola: Health care worker tests positive at Texas hospital
OCTOBER 12, 2014
BY BBC
A Texas health care worker who treated US
Ebola victim Thomas Duncan before his
death has tested positive for the virus,
officials say.
“We knew a second case could be a reality,
and we’ve been preparing for this
possibility,” said Dr David Lakey,
commissioner of the Texas Department of
State Health Services.
Duncan, who caught the virus in his native
Liberia, died at a Dallas hospital on
Wednesday.
The health worker has not been named.
Duncan tested positive in Dallas on
September 30, 10 days after arriving on a
flight from Monrovia via Brussels.
He became ill a few days after arriving in the
US, but after going to hospital and telling
medical staff he had been in Liberia, he was
sent home with antibiotics.
GOD LOVES NIGERIA-
By Femi Fani - Kayode.
God loves Nigeria so much. For those that
doubt it kindly consider the following.
They created ebola in their demonic labs for
bio weapons. They sent the disease to our
shores through an insane Liberian but the Lord
defended us and refused to allow it to take
root in our shores.
The watchers prayed "return to sender" and
ebola was sent back to Dallas through another
insane Liberian. Now they seek to learn
lessons from the Nigeria that they targetted
and sought to destroy about how to "contain
ebola".
God loves Nigeria so much. Why? Because, as
the bible says, ''He uses the foolish things of
this world to confound the wisdom of the
wise''. For those that still doubt it kindly
consider the following.
They refused to label Boko Haram as a terrorist
organisation until all men of goodwill begged
them to do so and until the terrorists had
slaughtered no less than 25,000 Nigerians,
including innocent children whilst abducting
thousands more.
They refused to sell us arms to fight the
Haramites and when we approached other
nations to do so they directed them to say
''no'' and turn us down.
Yet God was with us, we sourced those arms
ourselves and ever since then the tied has
turned and our gallant soldiers are winning the
war against Boko Haram.
Can all this be just coincidence? Do these so-
called friends and allies of our nation really
wish us well?
I read the response of the American
Ambassador to Nigeria about our concerns
about the US arms embargo on Nigeria. He
spoke nothing but nonsensical popycock and
bunkum.
What on earth have we done to them that they
seek to bring us to our knees and decimate
our country with terror, torment, violent
brutality and disease?
Why have they visited us with so much covert
hate despite our obnoxious fawning and
desperate crawling before their superpower
thrones for the last one hundred years?
Have we not played the fool enough for them
and have we not bowed low enough to them
on bended knee for the last 54 years?
Yet despite all our efforts to please our
international partners and modern-day slave
masters they seek to effect their prophecy that
chaos must envelop Nigeria and that our
country must break up by 2015.
They seek to ensure that we are enveloped in a
sea of carnage and fratricidal butchery the likes
of which have never been seen before on the
African continent or indeed in world history.
In the light of all these observations numerous
questions must be asked? Who is really
behind Boko Haram and how come they have
more sophisticated arms than the Nigerian
military?
Who supplies them with those arms and all
that training? Is it the same forces that covertly
trained, armed and supplied ISIS, Al Nusra and
Daesh?
Is it the same powers that used those barbaric
terrorist organisations in Syria to attempt to
topple President Bashar Al Assad and in Iraq
to push Nouri Al Malaki out of power?
Is it the same forces that unleashed mayhem
and created turmoil in the Ukraine and that
sought to plunge Europe and Russia into a
bloody war?
Is it the same forces that created Al Qaeda and
commissioned Osama Bin Ladin to push the
Soviets out of Afghanistan? Is it the same
people that seek to use Boko Haram to
decimate our country, destroy our people and
bring our government to it's knees?
It is very clear to me that NATO will deploy
ground troops to Iraq and Syria relatively soon.
This was the plan all along. The long-term
objective is not just to destroy and defeat ISIL
but also to remove Bashar Al Assad from
power in Syria.
As a matter of fact the latter has always been
the primary objective and America, Turkey,
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and a handful of others in
the Arab Gulf states supported and funded
ISIS, Al Nusra, Daesh and a number of other
terrorist groups specifically for that purpose for
a number of years.
The sheer evil and horror of ISIS has provided
a useful pretext and justification for a full scale
invasion of Syria and Iraq by the western
powers and their sunni Arab allies.
That invasion, which will be clothed in the
name of ''liberation'', will come soon. Bashar
Al Assad, Syria, Russia, Iran, China and their
secularist allies in the region need to brace up
and prepare for the worst. This is indeed a
rhapsody of reality.
Yet whoever unleashed these forces and
whatever their evil intentions for Nigeria are,
one thing is clear: despite all our complexities,
self-hate, self-doubt, ignorance, naivety,
eccentricities and innocent trusting ways, God
loves us dearly and we shall not go the way of
Iraq, Syria or Libya.
After all this is the land of the Ameyo
Adadevoh's and other brave souls. This is the
land where the watchers pray through the night
and stand in the gap for their beloved nation
and their compatriots regardless of faith, tribe
or creed.
This is the land where, though we pretend to
hate one another and we bicker morning, night
and day, we know the meaning of the word
patriotism, honor, dedication, resilience,
ruggedness and love.
This is the land whose people know how to
worship and praise the one true God and who
call on His name night and day.
The earthly powers that be and the emissaries
of the devil, no matter how powerful, how rich
and how connected will never destroy us and
neither shall the counsel of satan prevail in our
land.
Each time they throw a bomb at us, like ebola,
it shall ''return to sender''.
Each time they refuse to sell us arms to enable
us to defend our people and redeem our honor
the Lord shall raise others who shall do it in
their stead.
The bottom line is as follows: you may hate us
and seek to shame and humiliate us but God
loves Nigeria and His purpose for our nation,
whether you like it or not, shall surely come to
pass.
God bless Nigeria and may He continue to
deliver us from our enemies, preserve our
unity, defend our shores and protect our
borders.
Sudan Kicks Eagles Out Of 2015
AFCON Race.
Salifu Usman
Oct 12, 2014
Super Eagles chance of qualifying for the
2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in
Morocco appears over following a 1-0
shock defeat to Sudan in Khartoum
yesterday.
The defeat leaves African champions lie
bottom of their Group A with just one
point after three rounds of matches.
Stephen Keshi’s men are now in a
perilous situation that even if they win all
of their remaining three matches, they
may not qualify except table topper,
South Africa and second place Congo fail
to win two of their remaining three
matches respectively.
South Africa, earlier on, beat Congo 2-0
away in Pointe Noire to leap frog the
Congolese to top spot in the group A
with seven points, while Sudan also
leapfrogged Nigeria into third place with
their first win of the qualifying series.
Congo remains second with six points.
Mathematically, Super Eagles, who are
yet to win a match in the campaign
could still make it to the 2015 AFCON in
Morocco, if they win their remaining
three matches – at home to Sudan and
South Africa and away to Congo
respectively and hope that either South
Africa or Congo loss two of their
remaining three matches.
The signals were worrying from the onset
as Sudan quickly settled into the rhythm
on the artificial pitch at the sell-out
Khartoum Stadium, while Nigeria tried to
get going with the long ball.
The Eagles lacked ideas especially in the
final third and must be bitterly
disappointed that they hardly troubled a
well organised Sudan defence for most
of this encounter.
Ironically, the first main chance fell in the
11th minute to Nosa Igiebor, who fired
from outside the box but his shot
crashed against the base of the post to
the relief of the home team.
Yesterday’s game was Nigeria second
defeat to Sudan having lost once to
North African side, back then in 1969.
Nigeria has emerged victorious in six
games and has drawn four times. The
last time Sudan hosted Nigeria in 2001,
they were whacked 4-0 and the story
was more or less the same in their last
encounter as the Super Eagles emerged
2-0 winners in January 2010 in an
AFCON Group C match.
ACF on 2015: ‘Power will shift to the North’
October 12, 2014.
By Isiaka Oyibo, Katsina
A former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and
leader of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF),
Ibrahim Ahmadu Coomassie, says there is the
possibility of power shifting to the North in
2015.
The ACF, which Coomassie leads, has been in
the fore front of the agitation for power shift to
the North..
Fielding question from newsmen in Katsina,
Coomassie said the agitation for power shift to
the North by 2015 was realizable, stressing
that once there was credible election where
people are allowed to freely choose who they
want, power will shift from the South.
He said the fact that the North appears to be
speaking with different voices notwithstanding;
power may go to the North.
“The North has always appeared to be in
disarray but it is not. When the time comes,
things will sort themselves out and the correct
thing will be done. Democracy allows people
to express their views but, eventually, the
majority will carry the day”, the ACF boss said.
“If people want real change, they can always
put their heads together. If we present a
credible candidate and there is honest,
credible and transparent election, the North
can still win.”
“But the important thing is that people should
be allowed to cast their votes and let their
votes count. There should be no changing
results to favour another candidate, let officials
allow voting to take place as is done in
civilized countries. If it is done, then we know
the results will be credible and acceptable”.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Don joins APC presidential race
october 11, 2014
Vanguard News
Minna – A professor of business education at
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Mr
Mahmood Aliyu, has declared his intention to
contest the 2015 presidential election on the
platform of the All Progressive Congress
(APC).
The presidential aspirant made the declaration
at a press conference on Saturday in Minna.
Aliyu said his decision to vie for the
presidency was informed by the agitation for
the emergence of new crop of leaders “to fight
the malaise in the country.
“There has been agitation for the emergence
of new crop of leaders by well-meaning
Nigerians in order to take this country out of
problems.’’
The aspirant said APC was the only party that
would tackle the current security challenges
bedevilling the country.
He added that “an APC government will tackle
the security issue with all the seriousness it
requires and deserves.’’
Aliyu, however, called on the national
leadership of the APC to review the N27
million fee for picking the party’s presidential
nomination form.
He said “our party should have a rethink
about the fee for presidential nomination
forms, so that ordinary Nigerians can afford it.
“Ordinary people who have something to offer
get scared away by the amount; even the PDP
fee is not up to that of our party.’’
He described as embarrassing, reports that he
was being sponsored by the ruling PDP to run
for president, arguing that he had always been
in the opposition since he joined politics in
1993.
The presidential aspirant was born on Nov. 20,
1951 in Niger and he is an indigene of Offa in
Kwara. (NAN)
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600,000 Nigerians will need eye surgery by
2020 — National Eye Centre
october 11, 2014
Vanguard News
By Luka Binniyat
The Chief Medical Director (CMD), National
Eye Centre, Kaduna, Dr. Godwin O. Adejor
has warned that that unless there was a
radical improvement in cataract awareness in
the country, more than 600,000 Nigerians may
have to undergo the operation by the year
2020.
Speaking in Kaduna on the occasion of the
World Sight Day celebration (WSD) which was
organised by the centre, Dr. Adejor noted that
the figure was expected to outnumber the
400,000 Nigerians operated of cataract about
seven years ago.
He however, said that the National Eye Centre
was able to render free cataract surgery for
512 patients during “Goodluck Operation
Restore Sight”, a Presidential initiative to
improve the number of cataract surgeries in
the country.
According to him, in order to usher in
universal eye health, there was the need to
train more eye care professionals such as
ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic
nurses and optical dispensing technicians
among others.
“ I want to advocate for the provision of
comprehensive eye care services and integrate
them into existing health systems as well as
identify and eliminate social and economic
obstacles especially for the poor and the
marginalised.”, he said.
He said: “In Nigeria, according to the results of
the National Blindness Survey conducted from
2005-2007, the prevalence of blindness in
people who were aged 40 years and older was
42% and 0.78% in all ages. According to this
study, 84% of blindness in Nigeria was due to
avoidable causes of which cataract constitutes
43%. The number of operable cataract in
Nigeria then was estimated at 400,000,
which is expected to increase by 43%
(600,000) in 2020 if cataract surgical coverage
of the country remains unchanged.
“It is heart-warming to learn that the National
Eye Centre was able to render free cataract
surgery for 512 patients during “Goodluck
Operation Restore Sight” which is a
Presidential Initiative to improve the Cataract
Surgical Rate of the number of cataract
surgeries per million per year) of the country.
“A brief statistical data is a necessary panacea
to understanding of burden of blindness /
visual impairment. According to the recent
available data, approximately 285 million
people worldwide live with low vision and
blindness. Of these, 39 million, 37 – 40 people
are blind and 246 million have moderate –
severe impairment. 90% of the blind people
live in low – income countries. It is also known
that 80% of visual impairment is avoidable.
“Although the number of people blind from
infectious causes has greatly reduced in the
past 20 years among the high – income
countries, these causes are still very significant
in the low – income countries of the world. It is
estimated that 19 million children worldwide,
are visually impaired”.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
There are many fifth columnists in armed
forces – CDS
October 08, 2014
Vanguard News
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh, said on Wednesday there were
“fifth columnists’’ in the armed forces leading
to conflicting information emanating from the
military.
Badeh made the allegation in Abuja, while
reacting to some presentations at the start of a
three-day workshop on “Security/Media
Relations in Crisis Management’’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the retreat was organised by the Office of
National Security Adviser in conjunction with
Trim Communications Nig. Ltd.
“If your people are misleading you, what do
you do? There are too many fifth columnists.
“There was a report which says oh, we have
seen some of the Chibok girls, only eight are
missing, it was a very senior officer that gave
that information from Chibok area.
“We are dealing with that situation. That was
when people started saying watch what Maj.-
Gen. Olukolade, the Director, of Defence
Information says. He was misled by one of
us,’’ Badeh said.
Badeh urged journalists to be guided by
national interest while reporting the ongoing
counter-insurgency operations in the North
east.
Badeh advised that although they might know
many things concerning the operations but
they should not report things that would hurt
or create panic in the people.
Asked to assess the performance of the media
so far, he said, “I would not say it has been
what we are looking for.
“Because without pointing accusing fingers,
some newspapers celebrate when anything
bad happens to this country.
“They really celebrate it, maybe because of
politics. President Jonathan cannot be doing
everything.
“When an institution has small problem, you
do not go and say the president has failed,’’
he said, adding that journalists should
endeavour to verify their report before
publishing.
“If you know how many condolence messages
I have received that my house is burnt, that
my whole village has been burnt; but no Boko
Haram has gone to my village.
“I do not know whether it is me they want to
bring down or the president that they want to
bring down, that is the media for you.’’ he
said.
Also, the National Security Adviser (NSA),
retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, urged the media to
be diligent in their reportage of the operations.
He said that the country was facing
“significant security challenge’’.
Represented by Prof. Soji Adelaja of the NSA
Office, he said that terrorism was new to the
nation and cautioned against reports and
pictures that could affect the image of the
country.
The chairman of the occasion, retired Gen.
Martin Luther Agwai, said that there was need
for the media and security agencies to partner
in handling the current situation.
There are many fifth columnists in armed forces– CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal
Alex Badeh, said on Wednesday there were
“fifth columnists’’ in the armed forces leading
to conflicting information emanating from the
military.
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Ngilari sworn in as Adamawa governor,
appoints chief of staff
October 08, 2014
Vanguard News
Former Adamawa Deputy Governor, Mr Bala
Ngilari, was sworn in as the substantive state
governor on Wednesday in Yola.
Ngilari was sworn in at Government House by
the President, Customary Court of Appeal,
Justice Audu Lagre, following an order by a
Federal High Court, Abuja, that the Acting
Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, should vacate
the office.
The court held that Ngilari did not resign from
office as Deputy Governor in line with section
306 (1)) (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution as
amended.
In his address after taking oath of office,
Ngilari said he would run an open, transparent
and all-inclusive government.
” In this regard, I invite other arms of
government, in particular the legislature and
judiciary, not forgetting the civil service, to join
hands with me to achieve these noble goals.
” As a party man and a team player, I pledge
my unalloyed support and loyalty to our great
party and Mr president, ” Ngilari said.
He described his emergence as an act of
“God who gives power to who ever He
chooses”.
” We acknowledge the divine power of God in
all that happened. The holy books of both
religions subscribe to the fact that power
belongs to God and He gives it in trust to
whosoever he wills,” Ngilari.
NAN reports that many dignitaries, comprising
those of PDP and APC, graced the swearing in
ceremony.
In his first official function, the
governor announced the appointment of Mr
Chubado Tijjani as his Chief of Staff. (NAN)
‘Jonathan, 6th richest African president’
Richest Lifestyle, a US-based website, has
listed President Goodluck Jonathan of
Nigeria as the 6th Richest African
president.
In an article titled, ‘Richest African
Presidents 2014′ , the US website compiled
a list of the nine richest presidents and
kings in Africa. According to the article,
President Jonathan is worth $100million.
Other African presidents and kings on the
list include;
1. Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola – Net
Worth: $20 Billion
2. Mohammed VI of Morocco – Net Worth:
$2.5 Billion
3. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of
Equatorial Guinea – $600 Million
4. Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya – Net Worth:
$500 Million
5. Paul Biya of Cameroon – Net Worth:
$200 Million
6. King Mswati III of Swaziland – Net
Worth: $100 Million (The monarch shares
the number 6 spot with President
Jonathan)
7. Idriss Deby of Chad – Net Worth: $50
Million
8. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe – Net
Worth: $10 Million
SourceBShort URL : http://www.osundefender.org/?
p=189979
Why Good people fail in marriage.
Marital failure is not because you are not a
good man or good woman. It is because you
never took decisions good men or good
women take in relationship. Being good is not
always enough in running a relationship or
marriage. There is always a need to cross a
line and that line must always be there in
marriage waiting. Most good people are not
brave people. That makes them weak people.
Only the brave breaks the law to obey
principles. Jesus would say, 'Only the violent
taketh it by force' most times, you have to
confront yourself. Good men don't become
great men until they let one side of their life
down. Its time you wake up and let one side
of your life down to move over to the other
side. The pains in marriage are curable if you
can be brave to face them. Poverty is not an
end. Its a challenge. You can overcome
anything and win. God is advising you now,
'Arise, shine...'
[UPDATE] Adamawa: Court orders
swearing-in of Ngilari as gov
OCTOBER 8, 2014
BY ADE ADESOMOJU
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered
that the former Deputy Governor of Adamawa
State, Mr. Bala Ngilari, be sworn in as the
governor of the state.
The court ruled that the purported resignation
of Ngilari on July 14, 2014 was invalid, null
and void as it breached the provisions of
sections 306(1), (2) and (5) of the 1999
Constitution because it was addressed to the
Speaker and acted upon by the House of
Assembly.
Ngilari, erstwhile deputy to removed Governor
Murtala Nyako had filed a suit before the
Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order
compelling his swearing in as the governor of
the state.
Ngilari had asked the court to declare his
resignation letter dated July 14, 2014 and
addressed to the Speaker of the state House
of Assembly, as illegal, null and void.
In his suit, marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/545/14, the
plaintiff argued that his resignation letter was
in breach of the provisions of sections 306(1),
(2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution because
it was addressed to the Speaker and acted
upon by the House of Assembly.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, while delivering his
judgment, ruled that Ngilari’s letter was
written at a time when Nyako had not been
removed, thus implying that the letter ought
to have gone through Nyako, which it did
not, thus rendering the resignation null and
void.
He therefore ruled that Ngilari be sworn in as
the substantive governor of the state.
The judgment implies that the bye-election
slated for Saturday by INEC, has been
stopped.
More details later.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
#Ebolalert
There is NO active case of Ebola in Nigeria. However, in the United States, 1 case has been discovered, imported from West Africa.
Nigeria is still at risk, therefore, we need to remain extremely vigilant, and continue to follow strict hygiene practices.
Keep safe and wash your hands regularly.
Monday, October 6, 2014
21 Ways To Rescue The North, By Shehu Sani
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These, in my opinion, are viable ways
forward for Northern Nigeria.
(1) End insurgency and restore peace
(2) Restore unity, confidence, trust and
solidarity between diverse ethnic and
religious communities.
(3) Firm up internally generated revenue
(4) Reform, revive and recapitalise Northern
Nigeria Development Company and upgrade
it to a multinational company.
(5) Reach-out for...
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Sunday, October 5, 2014
Battle For 2015: Buhari, Atiku, Tinubu on crossroad.
http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/
news/18358-battle-for-2015-presidency-buhari-
tinubu-atiku-at-the-crossroads # 2015elections
# APC
Battle for 2015 presidency:
Buhari, Tinubu, Atiku at the
crossroads
As a result of the deep division in
the country along religious and
geo-political lines, the
opposition...
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