Sunday, 16 June 2019
POWERFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BITTER COLA
MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND OVULATION PERIOD...
MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Days it takes to see another blood in the month.
If you last saw your period in June 11th and it started again on July 10th 2019 then you have 30days cycle
(count from 11 June to 10 July).
NOTE: It is erroneous to believe its 28days cycle, different women have different cycles ranging from 21-35 days.
OVULATION PERIOD:
This is time to get pregnant without stress. This is 2weeks after your period
Or 2 weeks before the next period.
Here's a simple way to calculate your ovulation (unsafe) period.
1. From the first day you see the blood of your period.
2. Pick up a calendar and count 15 days including the first day of the blood stain.
3. Mark the 15th day with a pen.
4. Mark 3 days before the 15th day, and mark 3 days after the 15th day.
5. You will notice you have 7 days marked.
These 7 days are your ovulation/fertile days also known as unsafe period.
That is if you have sex on any of these days, then you have 98% chances of being pregnant.
6. Do this every month diligently
EVERY OTHER DAY IS YOUR SAFE PERIOD.
For example:
EVERY OTHER DAY IS YOUR SAFE PERIOD.
For example:
1. If your period is 11th July, 2019
2. 15 days after the first day of the blood stain will be on 25th of this July too (2weeks after) counting from 11th.
3. 15th day is on the 25th July 2019
4. 3days before the 15th day is 22, 23, 24.
5. 3days after 25th July 2019 is 26,27,28.
6. 22-28th July (7days) is when you are ovulating. It is your fertile period.
**Don't forget that the 7 days is a reminder that sperm stays in the female body for about 7 days. Any sexual contact in between ovulation period will form something that has ears, eyes, etc.
ALSO......
If you want a baby girl, have
sex between 3 days before ovulation (22- 24th) 2017.
For a baby boy on the main ovulation day and 3 days after 25th.
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MAJOR SIGNS THAT YOUR OVULATION HAS BEGAN...
You don't need a doctor, just relax. After 2 weeks you may feel the following:
1. Headache.
2. High body temperature.
3. Dizziness (feeling of tiredness and sleepiness).
4. Breast tenderness/ size increases just like when you are menstruating.
5. Increased sex drive.
6. Light cramps or pain on one side of the pelvis.
7. Abdominal bloating.
8. Heightened sense of smell, taste or vision (you eat more).
9. Vagina mucus becomes slippery (if you notice, put it in between fingers...it stretches like thick catarrh or snail mucus...colorless like egg white.
The instance here is for ladies with 30 days cycle. And someone who saw her period in July 2019. If yours is 28, then it's 14 days and not 15 days.
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If you have headache without a cause, check back to when your period started. You can drink both malt and peak milk....don't run to the pharmacist always on issues that can be naturally handled, because drugs are not always good on girls.
Or you can take only paracetamol. I just hope dis little massage has clear to all.
Peter Fatomilola Official
BENEFIT OF UNRIPE PAWPAW
about the benefits of unripe pawpaw itself. There
are at least seven reasons why you should
consider eating this fruit in its unripe form. This
green fruit:
Promotes wound healing;
Reduces the risk of you developing a heart
condition;
Can ease the pain during menstruation;
Increases lactation;
Reduces the signs of the skin aging;
Can be a great help in infection treatment;
Improves digestive health and many protect
Now, there is no one way to make unripe
pawpaw water, and its benefits actually depend
on the way you make it. You can use the fruit
itself, the young leaves or even the roots of the
plant to make this wonderful remedy.
For instance, unripe pawpaw soaked in water
can help with stomach ulcers, impotence, ulcer
and jaundice. To help with the first two
problems, cut up the unripe pawpaw, boil it in
water (seeds and all) and leave for two days.
After that filter out the liquid and drink half a
glass two or three times a day (two for treating
impotence, three for stomach ulcer).
To help with the other two problems, cut up the
unripe pawpaw and soak it in water for several
days. Drink half a glass of the water three times
a day in both cases.
Unripe pawpaw juice can also be beneficial for
you. Just mix it with an equal amount of honey,
and then you can put two spoons of this mix in
water and drink it 2-3 times a day to get rid of
stomachache.
If you infuse some water with yellow pawpaw
leaves and drink half a glass of this drink three
times every day, you can treat malaria or protect
your immune system against it. By squeezing
some pawpaw leaves into a glass of water, you
can create a quick relief for constipation.
The liquid from the pawpaw roots can be helpful
against cough. Just chew on the roots every three
hours to alleviate the unpleasant feeling in your
throat.
If you want to prevent the development of kidney
stones, take some pawpaw roots, boil them in
water and then strain. Mix this pawpaw root
water with some honey and drink twice a day
for a week.
As you can see, there are lots of unripe pawpaw
benefits, and pretty much every part of this fruit,
including roots and leaves, can be useful for
something. A word of warning: pawpaw should
not be consumed while it is still green during
pregnancy, or by young children. Otherwise, it
should be safe, but if you have doubts, consult
your doctor. So go out and get yourself some
unripe pawpaw to enjoy its many advantages.
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Professor Peter fatomilola
Try Drinking Okra Water First Thing In The Morning
Didn’t know you could soak okra in water and drink it? Well, this post would change your mind.
. As you know, Okra is a very common vegetable around the world. Commonly known as “Lady Finger”, okra is a nutritious and healthy vegetable.
It might even be your favourite soup but it can do better than just serve as food on your table. You can get a lot of nutrients and health benefits from okra water.
ALSO READ: 9 Nutritional Benefits Of Eating Okra You Probably Never Knew by Revital Health Care.
This post will show you why you start drinking okra water.
1.Treats Diabetes
Okra contains insulin-like properties, which are beneficial for the treatment of diabetes. Okra water helps to reduce the sugar level in the blood. Ensure you consume okra water regularly to control diabetes.
2.Treats a Sore Throat And Cough
Okra water can be very effective when it comes to treating a sore throat and cough. Everyone feels so much of discomfort when there are constant soreness and itchiness in the throat. Okra contains antibacterial properties that help to reduce this soreness.
3.Improves The Immune System
The immune system helps the body fight against various diseases, such as cold and flu. Okra water contains high amounts of Vitamin C and antioxidants, which help to improve the immunity power of a person.
4.Strengthens The Bones
This health benefit of okra water helps to strengthen the bones. The folate present in it offers great benefits during the pregnancy for both the mother and the child. It increases the density of the bones resulting in stronger and healthier bones, preventing osteoporosis.
5.Treats Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea can be a life-threatening disease if it is not treated for a long period of time. It causes a huge loss of water from the body, leaving one completely dehydrated. Okra water helps to replenish this lost water and various other minerals in the body. All you need to do is drink just a glass and you’ll be fine.
6.Relieves Constipation
Ever felt the pain of constipation and the sense of a bloated body? Very disgusting, right? Well, okra water is here to your rescue. The same soluble fibre, which regulates cholesterol, helps in providing relief from this condition as well. Okra water is a natural laxative and contains fibre that helps to ease the bowel movements.
7.Treats Anaemia
Okra water helps the body to produce more red blood cells, which helps to treat anaemia. Okra water contains many vitamins and minerals like Vitamin A, Vitamin C, magnesium, etc., which help in producing more red blood cells in the body.
8.Reduces Asthma Attack
Okra water has powerful benefits and can help to curb asthma attacks. Asthma attacks can be deadly and happen just about anytime without any warning. It is always better to prevent it rather than curing it. Drinking okra water every day helps in preventing these attacks.
Professor Peter fatomilola
This Remedy Cures Asthma, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia and Other Diseases
– Easy-to-Make
It might seem like an odd pairing, but milk and garlic make for a fairly popular tonic, renowned for its many health benefits. For hundreds of years, garlic has been used as a treatment for various diseases. It contains powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. It promotes healing and protects from infections.
It might seem like an odd pairing, but milk and garlic make for a fairly popular tonic, renowned for its many health benefits. For hundreds of years, garlic has been used as a treatment for various diseases. It contains powerful antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. It promotes healing and protects from infections.
On the other hand, milk does more than just strengthen bones. It contains lactic acid that kills harmful microbes. It’s also rich in calcium, which aids in various body processes. When combined with garlic, milk becomes even more potent. The drink is loaded with enzymes, antioxidants, and essential nutrients. Garlic milk is a popular Ayurvedic tonic that heals everything from common colds to inflammation.
Preparations
1/2 liters of milk
1/4 liters of water
ten cloves of peeled and minced garlic
2 or 3 teaspoons of sugar
1. Put the milk and water in a saucepan
2. Add the garlic cloves and boil it in open saucepan
3. Heat should be moderate and stir continuously
4. Wait until reduced to half
5. Strain and add sugar
6. Best served hot.
Health Benefits of Milk with Garlic:
Asthma – consuming three cloves of garlic every night you will relieve the symptoms of asthma
Pneumonia – consuming this three times daily you will successfully treat pneumonia
Cardiac problems – This will efficiently reduce the levels of bad cholesterol, prevents the formation of blood clots, and improves circulatory system. Preparing this with skimmed or low fat milk is more efficient for alleviating cardiac issues.
Curing Jaundice – garlic is great for eliminating unwanted toxins from the body. The liver requires sulfur for detoxification; garlic is a great source of sulfur. It contains great amount of allicin and selenium, it enhances the production of bile, and reduces the amount of fats in the liver. Consuming this for four to five days will cure jaundice.
Arthritis – consuming this on a daily basis will reduce the symptoms of arthritis, including the inflammation and the pain.
Insomnia – this will help you alleviate sleeping troubles
Cough – combined with honey, this is excellent for treating persistent cough. Garlic has potent antibacterial effects, which make it an amazing cough remedy. If you add honey to this, you will get an excellent expectorant and get rid of the cough.
Tuberculosis – this is very beneficial for treating chest diseases. The sulfur compound in garlic makes it very efficient against chest problems. Consume this three times daily.
Cholesterol – continuous consumption in a week will reduce the levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) and increase the levels of good cholesterol (HDL) of the body.
Digestive health – the powerful antiseptic properties of garlic make it very efficient when it comes to boosting the immune system and maintaining the digestive health. This ingredient is also very beneficial for the lymph as it eliminates the toxic waste from the body. Moreover, garlic triggers secretion of digestive juices and provides relief from various kinds of diarrhea.
Impotence – this tonic is an excellent cure for impotence. In addition, eating boiled pieces of garlic successfully fights infertility in both men and women
By
Peter Fatomilola Official
HOW TO SELECT YOUR BABY'S SEX.
Sperm cells are either X or Y. The Egg cell is always X. If X-Sperm cell meets the egg(X) the baby will be a Girl (XX). If Y-Sperm cell meets the egg(X), the baby will be a Boy (XY). The Y-Sperm cells move fast but die fast (its lifespan is about 24hrs). X-Sperm cells move slowly but survive longer (up to 3-4days).
Therefore, if you have intercourse some days before ovulation, most of the Y-Sperm cells would have died leaving mostly X-Sperm cells. The chances of having a Girl is therefore higher. To increase the CHANCE of conceiving with a baby Boy, intercourse must be timed to coincide with ovulation.
By
Peter Fatomilola Official
Thursday, 6 June 2019
THE USE OF HONEY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1. EYES SCRATCHING; Mix white Onion with Honey and drop it into your eyes.
2. STOMACH PAIN; The person that has stomach pain, mix ground bitter leaf with Pure honey use two table spoon after meal.
3. WOUND; Grind Bitter leaf with Pure Honey rub it.
4. CHILDREN TOOTH-ACHE; Mix lime juice, with honey , give him one spoon 3 times daily.
5. TUBERCULOSIS; Grind ginger atale,salt, Garlic and Bitter- Kola use them with Pure Honey use table spoon 3 times daily.
6. SLEEPLESSNESS; Drink honey every night.
7. MENSTRATION PROBLEM; Use 4 tablespoon of honey of honey 4 times daily.
8. RHEUMATISM; Grind Bitter leaves with Pure Honey use to rub it and take 2 tablespoon 3 times daily.
9. WEEK LOW OR BOIL; Grind Bean, mutter, with Pure Honey use it to rub the place.
10. ULCER; Use 3 spoons of honey early in the morning 1 hour before breakfast.
11. SEMEN BOOT (Fun ato kiki); Mix one egg with
5 Tablespoons of Honey . use it immediately.
12. ASTHMA; Mix snail water (Omi Igbin) with Honey .Usage . ADULT 3 Tablespoons 3 times .
Children 1 Tablespoon 3 Times.
13. PILE; Grind Saint Leave (Efirin) Lemon juice mix it with Pure Honey . 2 Tablespoons 3 Times daily.
14. EARACHE; Get warm Water with Small Salt and mix with Pure Honey . Usage. Put a drop inside it.
15. MOUTHACHE; Mix lime juice, Salt with Pure Honey use it to wash your month 3 times daily.
16. MEASLES; Grind Bitter leave with Pure Honey use it to Rub the body and take 2 tablespoons full 3 times daily.
17. STOMACH PAIN AFTER DELIVERY; Use 2 spoons Honey 3 times daily.
18. BED-WETTING; 2 teaspoon of Pure Honey every night.
19. COUGH; Mix Honey grinded bitter kola
(OROGBO ) use one spoon 3 times daily
20. Always use honey to drink pap (OGI ) or TEA.
21. RED EYES ; Use pure Honey 2 times a day.
22. RUNNING STOMACH; Ground Cucuribitaasess
( EWE EJIRIN) together with Honey and use 3 times daily.
23. DIABETES; Water from Bitter leaf mix together with Pure Honey and use it 3 times daily.
24. STROKE; Mix your urine with Pure Honey and take 3 spoon morning and Night.
25. HYPERTENSION; Ground Garlic with Pure Honey and take this 3 spoon Morning and Night.
26. MANPOWER; Use Unripe plantain, boil one with
Pure Honey.
27. BLOOD MEDICINE; Ground Bitter-leaf and Pure Honey and use 3 spoon 3 times daily.
28. RUNNING STOMACH; Mix salt together with Pure Honey and use 3 spoon 3 times daily.
29. SKIN SMOOTHEN; Mix Pure Honey together with coconut oil and rub it on your body.
30. FOR SHAVING; Mix Poplitionaces (ETU ) with Pure Honey and rub it after shaving.
31. SKIN DISEASE; Ground graminces (eru awonka) and Sulphur (IMU OJO) with Pure Honey and rub it on the affected parts of the body.
32. WORM; Mix salt and lime juice with Pure Honey and use 3 spoon 3 times daily.
33. IRREGULAR-MENSTRATIONS; Grand GARLIC and mix it with lime juices and Pure Honey and use it 3 times daily.
34. TYPHOID FEVER; Grand Garlic mix it with egg and Pure Honey and use 4 spoons 3 times daily.
35. FIRE BURNS; Use Pure Honey to rub the affected part.
36. CHILDRENS RASHES; Ground Gramicees (ERU AWOKA) Poplitionazees (ETU) Sulphur (Immi OJO) with Pure Honey and rub it to affected part of the
body.
37. BLOOD; Mix Lime juice and Fresh egg and Pure Honey and use 3 spoon 3 times daily.
38. BODY HEAT ; Get liquid from Bitter leaf and mix it with Salt and Pure Honey and use 3 spoon 3 times daily.
39. STOMACH-PAIN; Use Salt and Saint –leaf (EWE EFIRIN) together with Pure Honey and use it 3 spoon 3 times daily.
40. GONORRHEA; Lemon juice mix with small mutters and Pure Honey and use 3spoon 3 times daily.
41. DIABETES; Use Pure Honey to drink Pap or Tea.
42. Starting from 40 years, use Pure Honey to drink Pap or Tea and it is for good health.
43. To reduce fatness ; Use Corn –leaf as a tea with Pure Honey .
44. FOR OLD AGE; Use Pure Honey to drink.
45. FOR FAMILY HEALTH ; Use Pure Honey with Oda Herbal Tea. It will give you strength and energy.
46. HYPERTENSION; Use Pure Honey together with Oda Herbal Tea.
47. WEIGHT REDUCTION ; Take Pure Honey mix together with boil Corn –leaf and drink.
48. HEADACHE; Lime juice with Pure Honey and take 3 times daily.
Monday, 3 June 2019
ASIWAJU TINUBU'S MESSAGE.
“The world is laughing at us. We like good economy.
We want steady and constant power supply, we want jobs, we want food on our table, we desire good infrastructure and security but at the same time could not exercise patience for a willing government that is sincerely laying the foundation for all these to happen.
They brainwashed you with "hunger in the land" slogan.
They said 20million Nigerians lost jobs.
Majority of those people who they said they lost their jobs were construction company workers whose contract monies were diverted and could not continue as at the time PMB took over.
With resumption of roads construction, rail construction, 2nd Niger Bridge, why are they not sincere to tell us how many Nigerians have been engaged?
They tell us bankers lost jobs, who liquidated those banks?
Did PMB or Osinbajo take loan from these banks?
Who killed Cooperative bank?
Who killed Societè Generale?
Who killed Enterprise bank?
Who killed Intercontinental? Who killed Skye bank?
Some of them took loans ranging from N10billion and above and refused to pay back.
The banks folded up and you hear them shamelessly saying Buhari made Nigerians lose their jobs.
Since inception Buhari didn't sack anybody.
In fact he employed more graduates and junior level officers into the civil/public service.
He didn't owe salary.
By 28 of every month all federal workers receive salaries.
Because you are not well informed you sink their lies. They say Buhari plan to Islamize Nigeria. How possible? Even Military government cannot dare it. Nigeria is a secular State. They use our Christian leaders to brainwash us because we have no sense of history.
In 1999-2001 you recall the religious riot in kaduna.
I was in Kaduna then, many Christians were massacred. Obj was president then. Between 2000-2007 you recall the Fulani herders -farmers/locals crises in plateau State that led to declaration of state of emergency in plateau State.
Who was president then? Obj and not PMB.
Do you know that in Benue State farmer -fulani herdsmen had been at each other's throat since the military era? These kind of unhealthy political intrigues can only thrive in Nigeria where people have no sense of history or some people just want to deceive themselves.
Those who plunged us into the den of hunger, job loss, darkness, decay infrastructure, insecurity and poor education are posing as messiah, they killed our university system for their own to thrive .
It is only in Nigeria where a sitting president and his vice would approve for themselves, while in office, the licence to build universities. It is only in Nigeria where a president would abandon construction of National library and build multi billion naira presidential library in his hilltop mansion and the youths whose future is mortgaged will be clapping for them.
Resources that are meant for all were carted away yet you are here crucifying a man that is 'righting the wrongs' haba!
GOD BLESS NIGERIA”
Sunday, 2 June 2019
FUTO graduate drowns in Imo hotel’s swimming pool
A graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, drowned on Saturday in a swimming pool in one of the hotels near the institution.
Our Correspondent gathered that the victim, Stephen Igwilo, was a 2018 graduate of Microbiology.
He was among the graduates of the varsity who had their convocation ceremony two months ago, a campus source told our Correspondent on Sunday.
The victim, our correspondent learnt, drowned in the hotel located at Eziobodo when he went out with some of his friends.
Eziobodo is one of the host communities of FUTO, which is situated in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.
A source said, “The victim went out with his friends, but he drowned in a swimming pool in a hotel in Eziobodo.
“He was a graduate of Microbiology and he was among the students who had their convocation two months ago.
“It was a said loss. The university is in sad mood.”The Public Relations Officer of FUTO, Uche Nwaelue, confirmed the incident when contacted.
She said the School had yet to do anything because the “incident happened on a weekend.”
She confirmed that the victim was one of the fresh graduates of the institution who recently had their convocation.
The FUTO spokesperson said, “The incident happened on a weekend. So, the management of the School is yet to take any action.
“The victim was among the graduates who had their convocation a few months ago in our School. It is, indeed, a sad development.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said he had yet to be briefed.
1966: ASSASSINATION OF ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA
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| ALHAJI (SIR) ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA |
“Who’s there?” A voice queried from inside. However, Ifeajuna replied by kicking the doors open with his boots.
“You’re under arrest sir,” Ifeajuna said, pointing his gun at the Prime Minister, who looked startled. “Get up sir, we don’t have a lot of time.”
“Alright,” the Prime Minister replied gently, “allow me to dress up.”
He put on a white flowing robe with white trousers, a pair of slippers and his prayer beads. Without fear and a disciplined face, he trudged out of the room and the residence gently as Ifeajuna and his soldiers accompanied him with pointed guns.
When they reached the parked vehicles, Ezedigbo had arrested the Finance Minister, Chief Okotie-Eboh, and had tossed him like a bag of groundnuts into the back of the 3-Ton truck while the Prime Minister was assisted into the backseat of Ifeajuna’s luxurious car, a red Mercedes Benz, as the convoy drove off to the rendezvous.
Some few kilometers to their rendezvous, the Prime Minister became restless and was muttering to himself as he rattled his prayer beads. Okafor hinted Ifeajuna of the situation who quickly slammed the brakes and came out of the car.
“Are you alright sir?” Ifeajuna asked the Prime Minister as he opened the side door. “Or would you like some fresh air?”
To Tafawa-Balewa, it was a rhetorical question and the decision to answer or not rested on him. Without answering the Major, he gently alighted from the car and ambled towards the darkness as Ifeajuna watched anxiously, oblivious to what the Prime Minister was up to.
Then from a slow walk, to a pace and a sprint, the Prime Minister dashed for the darkness. Ifeajuna did not bother to pursue. Quickly, he grabbed his gun from the car, cocked it and aimed for the fleeing Prime Minister whose white outfit contrasted the darkness and conspicuously gave him away.
The “revolution” had failed and the Prime Minister had become a liability to their movement anyway. The Major shot sporadically at the fleeing figure sending the tranquility of the darkness to a bustle of gunfire like the crackle of burning dried leaves.
Tafawa-Balewa fell as Ifeajuna stared in horror at the darkness whether he got his target. The Golden Voice of Africa had been silenced.
Quickly, he moved towards the still body of the Prime Minister and after confirming he was dead, dragged him to a tree trunk and rested the body in a seating position with his clothing still intact.
Then he and Okafor brought out Largema’s corpse from the boot of the car and laid it down beside Tafawa-Balewa’s body. Having realised the coup had failed on their part, they sped, en route Abeokuta-Sagamu, towards Enugu in the East, which was nearly 450 kilometres away.
HistoryVille
Source: A Carnage Before Dawn: A Historical Novel on Nigeria's First Coup D'etat
Remain blessed
George Udomzvm
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
ANOTHER SIDE OF OUR HISTORY.
The youths need to know !!!. Most especially igbos brothers in South West Nigeria.
Let us go down memory lane
Someone said "Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy and that the British handed over Nigeria to them."
This is not the truth.
The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani.
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government.
Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.
Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get 73 seats.
However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes.
The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule.
It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively.
Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group.
Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.
Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.
Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.
Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.
In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.
Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem.
There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent.
The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.
Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”.
And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo being destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani.
The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since.
The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister.
Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963.
Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.
Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria.
The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966. And unfortunately, they killed other tribes and left theirs, which resulted in the civil war.
Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo.
However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England.
Not many Igbo especially the young ones know this narrative. I don’t think the Yorubas, even their elders remember this. Has the leopard changed its spots? Yoruba Ronu!!!!
Good day . Barrister RFJ.
NB: point of correction, NCNC was formed and funded by Herbert Adeyinka Macaulay. He handed the mantle of leadership over to Zik at a crucial stage. it's more reason the party won more votes coz it cut across all the regions. Educated and prominent Yoruba elites at the time belongs to McCauley NCNC such Ransome-Kuti, MKO grew up with NCNC.
My own observation.
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| R-L : Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello |
Let us go down memory lane
Someone said "Fulani is Yoruba's number one enemy and that the British handed over Nigeria to them."
This is not the truth.
The British did not hand over Nigeria to the Fulani.
Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 December 1959. The result was a hung parliament with no clear majority to form a government.
Zik's National Council of Nigeria and Cameroons (NCNC), came first with 2,594,577 votes to get 81 seats.
Awolowo's Action Group (AG), came second with 1,992,364 votes to get 73 seats.
However, the Ahmadu Bello's Northern People's Congress (NPC), came a distant third with 1,922,179 votes to get 134 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives despite getting less public votes.
The above three major political parties in the election did not get enough number of the seats to form a government. An alliance had to be formed to determine who would rule.
It was a no brainer that Zik's NCNC and Awolowo's Action Group should make a coalition government as they came first and second respectively.
Awolowo, then humbled himself and volunteered to be a Deputy Prime Minister or Finance Minister in a coalition government with Zik as the Prime Minister. This was because the Zik's NCNC party had more public votes and seats than the Awolowo's Action Group.
Zik invited Awolowo’s team to Asaba, the gateway between the Yoruba's Western Region and the Igbo's Eastern Region to hold coalition talks. The talks were a clever ruse to keep Action Group’s hopes high, so that Action Group would be kept distracted from meeting with other minor parties for talks, including: Northern Elements Progressive Union with 8 seats; Mobolaje Grand Alliance with 6 seats; Igala Union with 4 seats; Independents Candidates with 4 seats; Igbira Tribal Union with 4 seats and the Niger Delta Congress with 1 seat.
Whilst the Action Group team was waiting in Asaba for a meeting with the NCNC, they read in the news that Zik and the NCNC had gone up North and clinched the deal with Ahmadu Bello on forming a coalition government with the NPC.
Tafawa Balewa, a Fulani, would be the Prime Minister of Nigeria while Zik would be the figure head Governor-General. Even Nkrumah of Ghana was shocked. He asked Zik why having spent so much energy fighting for colonial emancipation and then settling for a toothless bulldog role when Nigeria needed him the most.
Zik wrote in his autobiography why he did not form a coalition government with Awolowo.
In 1947, with over £13,500 raised from the Yoruba people and given to the NCNC, Zik had led other six prominent NCNC delegates to London to protest the “obnoxious laws” of Governor Arthur Richards. The trip ended in failure with backbiting, abuses and accusation of theft against Zik. Zik’s opponents at the NCNC, accused him of squandering the money and the trust of Nigerians.
Zik replied insinuating that the Yoruba on the team, that are: Mrs. Fumilayo Ransome-Kuti, Prince Adeleke Adedoyin, and Dr. A. B. Olorunnimbe, were the problem.
There erupted a heated and prolonged press war between Zik’s Political Reminiscence in his West African Pilot and H.O. Davies’ Political Panorama in the Daily Service. This led to Igbo in Lagos rushing to buy machetes in large numbers thinking a tribal war was imminent.
The Governor and his General Secretary, Hugh Foot, quickly called Zik and H.O. Davies to order at the Government House.
Zik went away with the resolve that “the Yoruba must not be allowed to rule over others in Nigeria”.
And afterwards in the Daily Service published the speech of Zik in 1949 about Igbo being destined by God to conquer and rule over others. This among others, will explain why Zik rejected Awolowo's offer of a coalition government in 1959 and instead worked with the Fulani.
The Fulani had been reading Zik and the Igbo through the lens of his 1949 speech ever since.
The Fulani way of neutralising Zik when the opportunity came in 1959 was to offer him a powerless post, which surprisingly Zik and the NCNC dutifully accepted in place of being Nigeria’s first Prime Minister.
Zik had thought that the Igbo can easily manipulate the Fulani in place of the educated Yoruba. He thus manipulated Balewa to arrest Awolowo in 1962 and to have him jailed for 10 years in 1963.
Zik also manipulated Balewa to remove from the Western Region the Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri and Western Ijaw that account for 70% of the oil wealth in Nigeria and created for them the Mid-West Region.
Zik's hatred for the Yoruba gave the Fulani the impetus to rule over others in Nigeria.
The Igbo coup plotters tried to undo Zik's mistake in 1966. And unfortunately, they killed other tribes and left theirs, which resulted in the civil war.
Britain did not really hand over Nigeria to the Fulani. Nigeria was given over to the Fulani by the Igbo.
However, to hold on to power in Nigeria, the Fulani enlisted the backing of the self-serving career politicians in England.
Not many Igbo especially the young ones know this narrative. I don’t think the Yorubas, even their elders remember this. Has the leopard changed its spots? Yoruba Ronu!!!!
Good day . Barrister RFJ.
NB: point of correction, NCNC was formed and funded by Herbert Adeyinka Macaulay. He handed the mantle of leadership over to Zik at a crucial stage. it's more reason the party won more votes coz it cut across all the regions. Educated and prominent Yoruba elites at the time belongs to McCauley NCNC such Ransome-Kuti, MKO grew up with NCNC.
My own observation.
Wednesday, 15 May 2019
Sixteen Notes on how to end a Life – by Akachi Chukwuemeka the 400 UNN that committed suicide.
After reading this poem you realize the guy love dying.
Veins are kite strings we can only cut free —Andrea Gibson
16.
I thought I would never write this story.
15.
I’m trying.
14.
“Sir, when was the last time you thought of killing yourself?”
“Now”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“Can we reschedule?”
13.
Today I came home with a belly drenched in litres of petrol I forced down my throat. This story will never end, but it does have a beginning.
*
My depression eats me patiently and washes me down with the sound of the silence in my bedroom. This is how I learn that when you stretch your body to occupy spaces, it weaves itself into a form of its own, another excuse to feel smaller each time you climb into your bed.
12.
On the bus, the woman next to me didn’t seem to notice I probably wouldn’t be alive in the next thirty minutes. I thought when you want to kill yourself, you will be visibly marked. Everyone would notice. The driver waved me into his bus, after asking me my location, as if the petrol sitting in my stomach wasn’t enough to fuel his car all the way to the nearest cemetery.
I didn’t tell him. Instead, I asked him to stop me at the Catholic Cathedral, I should find a therapist there. I thought he would see the sign. He is marked, the sign should say. Nobody saw it. I was dizzy and everything was becoming fuzzy. How could they not see that? God should have sent somebody. He/she/they should have stopped me. What kind of god lets a human-time-bomb, forged in litres of petrol, liquid fire, to walk into a bus and sit next to a woman thinking of dinner?
11.
“Breathe. Breathe. I hope the couch is comfortable?”
“Should I turn off the air conditioner?”
“Why did you want to kill yourself?”
“Can you hear me, Sir?”
10.
The church is the earliest memory I have of my childhood. Mum made us go to all the bible study sessions in the children’s ministry. In Wukari, Taraba state, where I grew up, the children’s ministry was much organised. There were series of classes that you had to pass through and they actually took exams.
I don’t remember anything from those classes. Sunday school. Evening bible study. Monday classes. None. Maybe I was just too young.
I remember the black fruit we plucked after services. My elder sister and my cousin. I don’t remember how we are related. I remember the pimples on my cousin’s face and how I stared at them whenever she bent to pick out fruits. They always seemed to be rotten by the time they fell. All I remember about my sister is the cheerful-coloured gowns she wore, with a hat to match each one. It was 2003 or so and I don’t know how old I was. I wasn’t up to six years old. I remember it in showers. Light showers.
9.
“Would you say that your childhood was pleasant?”
“Why are you smiling? So it was pleasant then?”
(Laughter)
*
Growing up, I was taught how to laugh in-between the lines, in monosyllables that come off neat and harmless. Nobody taught me how to envy my skin or write love letters to myself or peace. I learnt everything I was taught I had to or I wouldn’t move to the next class
8.
I don’t remember saying much. In church, at home. I say a little at school. I just remember being at those places. Not a single sentence. I was everywhere I was supposed to be, rather, my mum thought I was supposed to be, without leaving a trace. After the children’s Sunday services, we had to wait for the adults to dismiss. That is the only memory I have of the church. It was like floating in and out of places.
Children running around, climbing cashew trees, picking rotten mangoes, tasting them, spitting them out, crying, letting themselves be consoled, wiping the tears, starting all over again. It was all like a silent movie to me. Only, I was in the cast. I ran, cried, did everything and never said anything. I wasn’t a quiet boy, I was just mute.
7.
“Any memories you might want to share with me?”
“Are you happy, Sir?”
“Let me help you?”
6.
Onyinye. She was much older than I was, but she still, somehow, winded up beside me the whole time. We were together the way an ocean clings to a sinking ship. Once, she suggested we played father and mother, and then chose to be father. I remember her lying on the pew, where bibles were dropped in the children session, smiling down at me. Me: an abandoned child in a war zone, lying on the seat of the same pew, staring at this girl, who seemed to be just happy, lying there, saying nothing. I remember my ‘cousin’ calling to take me home.
I don’t remember saying goodbye.
*
You know, moths have no choice than to flirt with flames. When the flames bite their wings, they call it exercise and apply first aid. It’s their destiny.
5.
The first time I ever thought of killing myself was in Nsukka.
I wanted pass any sharp thing through my body.
Dad stayed in Nsukka, Enugu state, alone. Whenever he visited, he would bring bread — even though mum sold bread at our store — and most importantly, avocados. Those were scarce in the north. Bread and avocado was his favourite too. At that time, one of them was sold for #50. My mother couldn’t sell avocados in our shop because our neighbour already did. The northerners didn’t ask for it anyway. Our shop was the first in a row of shops owned by Igbo people. Selling avocado would have been a waste of money. Only the Igbos who lived in our street, Akata Street, bought them and every other shop in that row sold it.
I remembered my dad for avocados and hard luck.
Each time he came, something bad happened to me. One night, my elder sister urinated in my bathing water and my mum made me use it. My sister had beaten me while we were alone at home. I don’t really know why she did that. I managed to run the few blocks it took to reach the shop. I cried so hard that my father got me a bottle of Sprite, and handed me some slices of bread. At night, my sister struck. My mother didn’t believe me. Maybe, she felt I was just being mischievous, and made me bathe with the water. I remember crying. I remember the water and my sister’s urine washing the tears in joint mockery. Something bad happens whenever my father comes back, but I still wanted him to. Avocados.
No one asked if I wanted to move or not.
Perhaps I was just too young.
I don’t even remember packing my bags. But I remember the journey. I was sitting on my father’s lap in the seat closest to the window. We: my mom, sister, cousin and I used to visit my dad in Nsukka from time to time, but that was all it was, visits. I had already made home out of a strange land. My sister would have slapped me if she heard me call Wukari my home. This time, I was supposed to stay in Nsukka for a longer time. Maybe forever. I’m not sure how I felt about that. I hummed the few Hausa songs I learnt till I got tired.
And then forgot, all of them.
*
Memories are lonely horse riders. They never stay too long in a new town. They are always on the road. I’m learning to love them without getting committed.
4.
When I held the knife in our bedroom in Nsukka, I was standing next to the red cupboard that had cracked glasses. My father kept a couple of fancy ceramics we never used there, right next to the kitchen knife.
It was on a Sunday morning.
I had chicken pox and my dad rubbed a white lotion all over my body.
Onyinye could be playing in a church, thousands of miles away. She could still be lying on that pew, saying nothing, smiling down at a different boy this time.
Maybe, I was the sinking ship the ocean was trying to hold on to.
When I forgot the Hausa songs we sang on the playground, I forgot faces too. I no longer remembered what she looked like. The only recurrent memory I had of her was a Gif file: a girl lying on a church pew, and a boy staring at her. Blankly. Not knowing what it means for a girl that age to climb a pew for him.
The blade was sharp. I had watched my dad cut onions and peel avocadoes with it. I pointed it to my stomach in one slow movement and watched the tip flirt with my shirt buttons. I felt that if I died, all the people in the children’s ministry would have to attend. I didn’t win all those bible quizzes for nothing. All the teachers knew me. I had even seen the coordinator several times, talking to my mother after services. Onyinye would come. Everyone would come.
I couldn’t get through with it each time. I always let the knife dance around my shirt for a while before I put it back.
I repeated it every day. I can’t remember when I stopped trying, but I remember not telling anyone, including myself. That was the first time.
3.
“Son, why then did you come all this way to this place if you will not speak to me?”
“Please say something, you have been mute since you asked for a reschedule?”
“Are you sure you don’t need a priest instead, because I’m just a therapist?”
“Ok, let’s reschedule. Thanks for coming”
(Door closes)
*
I give my body options and it always chooses to baptize itself in seas because they say salt are water made flesh. But the salt my body chooses is an abusive lover who changes its taste so when I look in the mirror I tell myself that I need a new one and the only way to wear a new body is to die and when I say I die every day, it’s not a decision, it’s just my nature
2.
I‘m marked. The man in charge of the universe shouldn’t let living ghosts like me roam his planet. There was no reason for drinking the petrol. The only difference between today and the days I stood next to the red cupboard, knife in hand, is that I’m twenty. I am a final year student of a university in Nigeria, who is more interested in finding more ways to end his life, than actually living it.
When I woke up this morning, I didn’t know I would try to end my life again. A rainbow can never wash off his colours. He will never be clean. I just walked into a filling station and asked for two litres of petrol. The attendant looked at me like I just walked out of the sky. I got the point and crossed the road to buy two nylons. She glanced furtively at me as the nozzle spat fuel. She was handing me my funeral clothes. Inadvertently.
No one could see the mark.
Every time I walk out of my bedroom I am aware that I’m an unforgiveable sin. People like me shouldn’t be allowed to walk free with all the monsters our depression carves into our brains. The attendant watched a sin walk free and did nothing about it. My mother, well, she will certainly cry.
My sister never cries.
She might just knit silently for two months till the grief slips through her needle. My father would just grunt for a week and go back to peeling avocadoes, with the same kitchen knife that flirted with my shirt buttons.
My memory will never stick.
I pity the therapists I have visited over the years. I never spoke to any of them. A moth will always dance to flames. I tried petrol because kerosene didn’t work out the last time. I threw up in my bedroom and the whole plan was gone. I was in second year then. Death is a safe pair of hands whispering my name, and I draw closer every day. A mere therapist’s questions can’t make me betray his trust.
No bride leaves death at the altar.
At twenty, there is not much difference between now, and the night my sister peed in my bathing water. I’m still the boy who doesn’t know how to shout at bullies. Who still falls for every girl in the playground (she doesn’t even have to lie on a pew). Who still floats into spaces without occupying them. Who leaves no traces. Who is mute. My bed feels smaller each time I lie on it. The boy never grew up.
Life still pees in every bucket of water I use. My bathroom walls look on helplessly as the liquid mockery trickles into my mouth. My bathing water is always warm.
Why can’t anyone see my mark? I never belonged here. I’m still too young to understand anything. The boy that watched a kitchen knife flirt with his buttons and said nothing still lives here. For some reason, the knife has not stopped flirting with me.
We are in a long term relationship now.
I lie on the bed and let the rumble in my stomach continue. This is going to be the last attempt. This will be a long night. It has been an hour since I left the therapist’s office, and I’m spoon-feeding this story to my journal. No one holds my pain more than he does. When I fall asleep, I’m never going to wake up again.
I am ready to dream myself into a shiny casket.
This is the longest story I have ever written.
Goodnight therapist, filling station attendant, driver, woman on the bus, sister, cousin, mum, dad, Onyinye. I forgive you. I’m the sin here. I’m unforgiveable.
1.
I wake up. Again.
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Senate threatens to shut down Bet9ja
The senate committee on youth and sports has threatened to order the shutdown of Bet9ja office if the company failed to honour its invitation for a second time.
Bet9ja is one of the most popular online bookmaker companies operating in Nigeria that offer betting on major sporting events.
Obinna Ogba, the chairman of the committee, made the remark, on Tuesday, at the national assembly, during the verification of lotto companies with license to operate in Nigeria.
Ogba (PDP Ebonyi central) said it was unfortunate that Bet9ja refused to honour the committee’s invitation.
“Clerk, write to Bet9ja again. If they did not honour our invitation, we will ask the National Lottery Commission to seal their offices,” he said.
According to him, the senate is making efforts aimed at assisting the lottery commission to generate money for the federal government.
”We want to see bet9ja. They can’t run away,” he said.
The chairman explained that the verification followed series of complaints against the betting companies. He added that “some don’t even have offices while others have not been making remittances to the government.”
”Some got the licences but they are not operating. The new regulation only give them one year to start operations,” he said.
Meanwhile, about 20 other betting companies appeared before the committee for the verification exercise.
PDP protesters pass ‘no confidence’ vote on panel handling Atiku’s petition
They carried placards and banners with different inscriptions such as “Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, you can’t preside over your own case. Your husband is a senator-elect under APC”, “Justice is not for the most powerful, it must be seen to be right and done”, and “On moral grounds, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, excuse yourself from the presidential petition tribunal”, among others. Addressing newsmen at the premises of the Wadata Plaza, where they protested, the Chairman of PDP Staff Welfare Association, Mr. Clement Nwankwo, claimed that Atiku won the February 23 presidential election but was allegedly rigged out by the APC which he claimed worked closely with the INEC. The protesters also expressed worry over the worsening security situation in the country, adding that the nation’s economy under the current government was nothing to write home about.
NLC threatened Ngige ask Buhari to Sack him
By Chimezie Godfrey
#TrackNigeria – Following the recent attack on its officials by suspected thugs at the residence of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the sack of the minister and for justice to be done.
In a mega rally at Abuja Monday, organised in protest against the alleged attack on its members, NLC and other affiliated unions called on President Buhari for the removal of Dr. Chris Ngige as the Minister of Labour and Employment.
They equally demanded that justice should be done.
Newsdiaryonline correspondent gathered that the NLC officials had recently visited the Minister’s residence to discuss issues relating to the implementation of the national minimum wage, only to be assaulted by thugs suspected to be deployed by the minister.
NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the action of Ngige against the workers amounts to a desecration of the office of the Minister of Labour and Employment, and therefore deemed him no longer fit to continue to occupy that office.
Wabba listed the reasons for the protest to include the alleged attack on the workers by the minister, the exposure of the falsehood surrounding the replacement of Frank Kokori as NSITF board chairman, and allegations of corruption against the minister.
He said, “Ngige cannot sit on our minimum wage because we are told he is sitting on the implementation guidelines because he does not like Nigerians workers.
“I therefore hold him responsible.. for sitting on our minimum wage.
“So, we have said that Ngige has desecrated his office by attacking workers with thugs, he has desecrated the office of the minister of labour and we have removed the word honourable from his name.
He also sympathized with those workers that were injured.”We thank God Almighty because we have open mind that is why nobody was injured to the level of incapacitation.
“He thought they have killed some of us, that is why he went to the hospital, to think that the god of Okija can drink the blood of Nigerian workers, it has proven that nobody has died, no blood was spilled.
“The God of Nigerian workers will continue to protect us particularly in the holy month of Ramadan, and all the prayers we have offered by the special grace of God, will fall on his head.
“As I have said, our next line of action is to document a formal letter to the President. And we want our voice to be heard, we have to be given opportunity to be heard,” he said.
On the allegation of corruption against the Minister, the NLC President said he wants the truth to be told to Nigerians on the issues of corruption.
“We Challenge the Federal government not to hide anybody that has issues, let their names be published.
“We are aware when Ngige managed the place as a sole administrator for two and half years corruption also took place, and we are demanding for a commission of enquiry to find out what has happened.
I have no regret in my godfatherism views –El-Rufai
John Ameh, Abuja
The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Monday that he had no apologies for his views on how to retire godfathers from politics in Lagos State.
The governor stated that his views were his views and would not retract them or tender an apology because anyone felt offended by them.
El-Rufai spoke with State House correspondents after he visited President Muhammadu Buhari to give him an update on the security situation in Kaduna State.
“If I was asked a question and I gave an answer, anyone that feels offended by the answer, it is his own business. I have no apologies, I don’t apologise for my views.
“I don’t have to explain anything to anyone. This is a democracy and in a democratic space, there must be room for people to express their views,” he said.
Recall that last week in Ikoyi, while speaking at an event in Lagos, the governor recounted how he retired godfathers from Kaduna politics.
He advised the people of Lagos State to apply his model to sack any godfather holding the state down.
It is widely believed that el-Rufai was referring to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
When asked a specific question on whether he had any issues with Tinubu or the party generally, he said, “There is no dispute between me and anyone in the APC; the APC is one family; I don’t dispute with my own party.”
On his visit to the Villa, el-Rufai said he came to brief Buhari on the various security measures introduced by security agencies to confront criminalities in the state, especially kidanappings on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
Also, the Governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, was at the Villa.
He denied that Benue was insolvent or that the Internally Generated Revenue of the state was below 10 per cent of its share from the Federation Account in 2018.
However, he admitted that for the state to afford to pay the new N30,000 minimum wage, it must cut costs.
The governor mentioned one Gana as the leader of a criminal gang terrorising Benue and some neighbouring states like Taraba.
Ortom said, “The three local government areas of Katsina Ala, Ukum and Bukun are not safe. No educational, farming, commercial activities are going on; the Igbo that are major traders have vacated the place.
Monday, 13 May 2019
Hundreds in occupied building had no power for days. A Pope Francis aide climbed down a manhole to restore it
A cardinal and aide to Pope Francis for charitable missions climbed down a manhole to restore power to hundreds of people, including children, who were living without electricity and hot water for days in a Rome building, according to local reports.
In defiance to authorities, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said he intervened personally Saturday evening to switch the meters back on for about 450 people, including 100 minors, who live in an abandoned state-owned building, according to ANSA news agency.
"It was a desperate gesture," Krajewski, who is Vatican almoner and Francis' "charitable arm" told ANSA. "There were over 400 people without electricity -- families, children -- without even the chance to run the refrigerators."
"I didn't do it because I was drunk," he added.
Cardinal Krajewski confirmed to CNN he did switch the grid back on himself.
Activists from the Spin Time Labs collective have occupied the building since 2013, providing shelter for homeless families but also a tavern, a theater, a craft beer laboratory, a carpentry shop, a music rehearsal studio, and various social activities.
The power was cut on May 6 after they accumulated a debt of €300,000 (£260,000 or $337,000), according to ANSA.
The collective appealed on Facebook to the city of Rome to find a lasting solution "so that light doesn't go out anymore."
PRESIDENT Buhari 2ND TERM INAUGURATION WILL BE A LOW-KEY AFFAIR
President Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration for a second term on May 29, 2019, will be a low-key affair, as a number of the events slated for the inauguration will now be held during the first observance of June 12 as the National Democracy Day.
The decision to have a low-key inauguration for the President was taken at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, 8 May 2019.
However, invitations have been sent to all world leaders to attend the ceremonies marking the observance of the Democracy Day on June 12.
Since the first observance of June 12 as Democracy Day falls into an election year, and as a measure to sustain June 12 as Democracy Day,
the celebration of the inauguration and the advancement of democracy
in the country will now take place on June 12.
The country can ill-afford two major celebrations within a two-week interval.
Details of the events slated for the two ceremonies will be unveiled at a world press conference slated for May 20th in Abuja.
Germany's First ‘Electric’ Highway Charges Trucks as They Drive
Germany has opened the first stretch of a so-called electric highway that will connect hybrid trucks to overhead wires, allowing them to recharge while traveling on the country’s main transportation arteries.
The 10-kilometer (6-mile) stretch south of Frankfurt on Germany’s A5 autobahn was opened last week, the German state of Hesse said in a statement. One truck is using it now, with four more planned by 2020.
The system was built by Munich-based engineering firm Siemens AG, while Volkswagen AG’s Scania trucks unit provided the vehicles. It uses technology similar to trains or trams, allowing to trucks to link on while driving at up to 90 kilometers an hour, drawing power from the wires above. The electricity charges up the trucks’s battery, allowing it to drive electrically for a while afterward, with a diesel motor kicking in once the battery is depleted.
Siemens started the project in 2010 with a test track outside Berlin. The first complete track opened in 2016 outside of Stockholm, and the company is working on another in California.
Siemens’s mobility division, which makes trains and signalling equipment, recently had its attempt to merge with French competitor Alstom SA blocked by the European Commission. Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser has said he envisions the unit expanding from trains into a wider range of mobility topics such as electric and autonomous cars.
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