₦airaland Forum

reading the comments on this thread, it's clear that most Nigerians can't figure out sarcasm.

The south unite to break away from this zoo.

The guy is getting confused.

About year to for nursery school, about four years for elementary school and ten to eleven years for junior secondary. finishes secondary by 16years. if the child is brilliant ( teaching him or her at home during the evenings and holidays at modest levels o, no need over stressing them) then he can jump between one to four classes. The truth is that serious education only starts at the senior secondary level, a healthy and well formed child can easily handle the lower classes with some parental help. Don't ever leave your children's education to their teachers alone no matter how much you pay in school fees.

By Ikechukwu Amaechi FORMER Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, made a profound statement when he paid a condolence visit to the family of elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure on July 14, 2019. Fasoranti’s daughter, Funke Olakunrin, was gunned down two days earlier at Ore junction on the Sagamu-Benin highway, and her driver, Tayo Ogundare, said hooded men emerged from the bush to attack them. Announcing the tragedy the same day, the then Afenifere spokesperson, Yinka Odumakin, blamed herdsmen for it. His claim was echoed by the deceased’s brother, Kehinde Fasoranti, who told journalists that policemen at Ore police station confirmed that his sister was killed by herdsmen. Tinubu was not impressed and cautioned against stigmatising herdsmen. “I am extremely concerned about security but I don’t want stigma. I can go through history of kidnapping and we know how it started, where it all started. There are lots of copycats. How many years ago have we faced insecurity in this country and cases of kidnapping? Is Evans a herdsman who was arrested?” he asked. Then, what seem like an alibi for herdsmen. “I don’t want to be political, I will ask you where are the cows?” he asked journalists. Tinubu was right even though he was being sarcastic and many Nigerians, particularly his Yoruba kinsmen, rightly took umbrage at what they perceived as an unfortunate sarcasm. But speaking tongue-in-cheek, as he did, does not detract from his message, which is, can there really be herdsmen without a herd of domesticated animals? The answer is no. False narrative A herdsman looks after a herd of animals such as cattle or goats. And those who killed Olakunrin were not herdsmen. They were armed terrorists. For too long, Nigerians have been deceived by their leaders that there is a conflict between farmers and herders. But that is a false narrative that obfuscates issues and misleads. What have those who go in the dead of the night to sack entire villages, kill and maim indigenes and occupy their ancestral homes got to do with the quest for herders to rediscover age-long grazing routes? What has farmers-herders conflict got to do with abduction of students and demand for millions of naira ransom? Do they want to convert the schools to grazing reserves? This false narrative has been pushed by no less a person than President Muhammadu Buhari and top officials of his administration. But there is no intractable conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria, at least not one that accounts for the ongoing horrendous bloodbath. Fulani herdsmen have always co-habited with other ethnic nationalities across the country. Desert encroachment is not a new phenomenon. So, when Buhari tells his Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to dig up a so- called First Republic grazing gazette as a solution to the acts of terror that is about to consume the country, he is being economical with the truth. Adopting the euphemism of banditry is equally deceitful. This is terrorism. Simple! Many people have wondered why the country is unable to tame these hoodlums. The answer is simple. Those in positions of authority are pretending that what ails Nigeria is malaria (herders-farmers crisis) when it is malignant tumor (full-blown terrorism). And Buhari knows it. That is why there is no solution in sight. But he should be very careful. Enabling terrorists and terrorism is a slippery slope. Anyone in doubt should ask Buhari’s alter-ego, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor. On July 15, 2012, el-Rufai tweeted boastfully: “We will write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes.” And what was his angst? He was miffed that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was waging a war against terrorists, some of them Fulani, in the North. And true to his word, when he became Governor in 2015, he told his Fulani kinsmen that one of their own has ascended the throne. Rather than waging war against terrorists, he went looking for them in their own countries with sacks of tax-payers’ money for alimony. But as John F. Kennedy, former U.S. President once said: “Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” El-Rufai has found out to his chagrin why those who ride a tiger are always afraid to dismount. This week, his government disclosed that bandits killed 222 people, injured 266 and kidnapped 774 in the last three months, and have started collecting protection levies from farmers in communities across the 12 local government areas of Kaduna State. “Many farmers in these areas, fearing for their lives and safety, have abandoned their fields altogether. This has already begun to affect crop yields, and the threat of food insecurity looms large,” Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, told el-Rufai and other top government officials on Tuesday. Receiving the security report, a highly flustered el-Rufai simply called on citizens to be law-abiding – whatever that means. The swagger is gone. That is the danger inherent in condoning evil and pampering terrorists. In the same Kaduna State, terrorists have attacked five schools and abducted 204 students since January. Last Friday, the State Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri, told the visiting Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, that Kaduna State, the capital of Northern Nigeria, has become a failed state, literally. Highways in the state – Kaduna- Abuja highway, Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road and Kaduna-Zaria Road – are no-go areas for law-abiding citizens. Terrorists hold sway. Schools are so unsafe that the state’s chief security officer, secretly withdrew his son from school to be taught at Kashim Ibrahim House, the only safe haven in the entire state. He has shut down 13 other schools because of terrorists. El-Rufai, the roaring lion, is now a lily-livered executive governor, subdued by the same Frankenstein Monster he fed. What is happening to him is poetic justice, many insist, a deserved comeuppance for the injustice he has meted out to non-ethnic Fulani in the state. A highly distressed CP Muri narrated his ordeal to IGP Usman thus: “From our records, the schools that have been attacked and students abducted in Kaduna State from January 2021 to date alone include: “College of Forestry and Mechanisation, Mando Afaka where 37 students were kidnapped on March 11, 2021 and subsequently rescued. Green Field University along Kaduna- Abuja Highway where 23 students were kidnapped on April 20, 2021 and five of the students were gruesomely killed by their abductors while the rest were released. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria where two kidnapping incidents were recorded, first involving three students on December 14, 2020 who were later released by their abductors and the second incident was recorded on June 10, 2021 involving two lecturers and seven students. “The National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy in Saye, Zaria LGA of Kaduna where eight staff were kidnapped on July 4, 2021 and Bethel Baptist Academy, Maraban Rido, Kaduna where 135 students were kidnapped on July 5, 2021 out of which 28 were rescued and the remaining 107 victims still in captivity.” To be sure, none of these students was rescued. They either escaped or were released by their abductors after their parents paid millions of naira as ransom. In Kaduna, the state is none existent, literally. Terrorists are the lords of the manor. When in 2018 kidnappers abducted a prominent traditional ruler in the state, Maiwada Raphael Galadima, the Agwom Adara, and murdered him after demanding N18 million ransom, el-Rufai chastised the victims rather than going after the villains. Today, the chicken has come home to roost for both him and Kaduna State – as it has, indeed, for both Buhari and Nigeria. Buhari should jettison this herders- farmers fallacy and wage a decisive war against terrorists. If not, the fate that has befallen Kaduna State under El-Rufai’s watch will also befall the entire country and history will be harsh to the memory of Buhari. I hope it is not too late for him to listen. And to take action.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/the-fallacy-of-herders-farmers-crisis/

the federal forces are working round the clock to disarm southern groups like IPOB and Oduduwa nation agitators while the Fulani herdsmen are getting stronger everyday. The government even baptised Fulani herdsmen into bandits while unarmed IPOB was declared a terrorist organisation.

okoroemeka:
from vegetative growth we water once but when fruiting we water twice, morning and evening

how far with our cucumber? have you started spraying it with chemicals? what's your experience with OPV cucumbers like marketmore?

aquadude15:
I have being cultivating both lands. 5k per bag. I planted greengo. I wet with hose. spacing between both plant is 1feet. I use only manure

Thanks for the response.

It would be an economic treason for Dangote to acquire monopoly of petroleum products importation into the country with total freedom of fixing price.

They claimed that the villagers were threatening to kidnap foreign workers in the company, the Nigerian army are horrible liars.

aquadude15:
Good morning boss.
cucumber farming to me is do your rest and leave the rest to God.
I have two different farm where I do cucumber with the same practise.
Farm1 with 2100 stands.
I harvested 30bags on my first harvest and I got a total of 121 bags.
farm2 with 1688 stands.
my last harvest would be on Monday and I have harvested about 114 bags..
what I can deduce here is fertility of a land plays a vital role.
my spacing is 30cm

have you been cultivating continuously on the land over the years? what's the current price for a bag of cucumber? what specie did you plant? when did you plant it? what type of irrigation are you using?, what's your spacing? can you outline your practices? sorry for asking too many questions.

okoroemeka:
my brother getting 5-6 fruits per crop is not an easy feat,the first factor is soil type,I have read about the farmer that harvested 35 bags from one harvest on a 2000 crop farm,if you factor in 5-6 harvest you will see that he will easily surpass 100 bags from that farm,we use the 30 cm drip spacing and not getting desired results so we are increasing to 60cm

so you used 30cm for spacing the plants inside the rows so what is the spacing (distance) between the ridges?

okoroemeka:
1500 meters drip tape will cover two plots of land,the roll is #60k, depending on shape of land you may need 50-60 connectors for 60 ridges,60 end caps and 20-30 joiners,10-15 PVC pipes

Please, what spacing were you using to achieve 5-6 fruits per cucumber plant?

okoroemeka:
sometimes you have to really think very well before typing your thoughts on a public forum,were strangers will judge you with your comments, whatever you speak,write or type is a window inside your heart,Lagos was Nigeria's capital for many years,it received premium attention by successive government in development ,funding and infrastructure,while onitsha on the other hand is growing by the might and effort of the people,not withstanding that it was bombed to level during the civil war,if you compare Lagos and onitsha then you are one of the most silliest person in Nigeria.

nice response but you can add that lands at GRA Onitsha are currently selling for a billion naira. He can google for it.

Nigeria under Buhari is hellish but Nigeria after Buhari would be an apocalyptic catastrophy because of all the debts, increase in taxes and levies and existing high prices been enforced by Buhari now would have then reached it's highest level with it's full impacts been felt by Nigerians.

flamingREED:
Have you ever wondered why the so called celebrities don't say anything about all these atrocities? But just show off the latest rides and cribs they've just acquired?

even those forming human rights activitists during GEJ tenure, example pastor Enoch Adebayo of redeemed church.

the "authentic list" should be shown to us then besides, similar pattern of recruitment have been used by the DSS at least twice despite public outcry.

solochris:
Thank you

congratulations, i would love so much to establish a bakery for her as a wedding gift because she's passionate about owing one.

okoroemeka:
haaahaa!!1 kg of hybrid cucumber seed any variety will go from #140,000k upwards,so it's too good to be true,marketer is opv not hybrid.

under what circumstance can you advise anybody to plant an opv cucumber?

Nigerians should have food to eat first before aiming to export any surplus.

Powerful profile.

saliubello:
It will be counter productive to use raingun sprinkler on plastic mulch. Drip irrigation will be more idea when using mulching film, this you should have factored in while planning and setting out the farm.
Nonetheless, if irrigation was not considered while choosing mulching film, the scale of operation and the strength of available water source will be your immediate guide.

i lack the funds for a drip irrigation project, this is a trial project on over 3 plots of land so i want to keep initial costs low, i'm not a farmer.

saliubello:
Why not try it

can i use rain guns to irrigate a vegetable farm covered with plastic mulch?

kingwin:
I saw this family of four in Mararaba yesterday close to the bridge and it was really really sad considering the State of things in Nigeria and I had to take the photo, the lady is from Yobe State and needs help to return home. I watched them eating a decomposing bread and I had to help in the little way I can. I'm creating this thread for those interested in helping them out to come together and let's see how we can help them. They are many beggars in Mararaba bridge and they stay close to the bridge. If you feel compelled to help please send a text to 07045513679 so we can create a WhatsApp group and help them together by sending those kids to school.

@lalastica help move to front page please

you'll only end up provoking people here, the north are responsible for their problems.

Thank God for the ESN, farming communities are relatively peaceful in the southeast, our people should make use of the opportunity to return to agriculture and gain from the high food prices obtainable now due to the widespread insecurity in the North.

DeWisedon:
how do people dat earn 30k per month cope, i must say those people perform miracles. Only today i just spent more dan 30k today on miscellaneous, alone,

Dstv =12400, filled gas 12.5kg= 5100, bought fuel for car and gen 3,500 and 1,500 respectively, dropped 5k for soup b4 i left d house in s mrn, ate lunch outside 2,100 ,bought 2 everyday bread 450 ×2= 900, 1pack small size eva water=880, on my way home, i branched and took 1 plate of pepper soup with i bottle of Heineken =1,100, gave a frnd 3k,( though he said he will pay back) bought cheese balls and cake biscuit for my 3 year old daughter, almost 900 naira. The truth is that no day dat i wake up that i don't spend compulsory 15k to 20k,, aside from all that i mentioned above.

I know all the expenses like dstv are not everyday but i just thank God, by time i check my monthly expenses, i will notice i have spent more dan 250k on food and daily needs.house rent excluded. But my anger is the way those bankers that wear suit treat people like us who are artisans, wen we want to do something in the bank,you will begin to wonder if its their father that owns d bank irrespective of the fact that their salary is nothing to write home about..... I JUST THANK GOD FOR HIS DAILY PROVISION, IF NOT, 9JA WOULD BE HELL FIRE FIR SOME PPLE LIKE US WITH A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES.....

Don't hate my comment please, i didnt fake any figure up there but i will advise salary earners to look for daily income businesses and venture into , so that they wont have to wait for every 30 days to start getting good things for themselves

please, what's your profession?

okoroemeka:
hot peppers , eggplant, watermelon (for experienced farmers)

Thanks sir.

okoroemeka:
variety is cu 999,the chicken manure was brought last month and left outside the sun and rain, hopefully the power has reduced,#2k for daily hire now

Thanks for your prompt response, the labourers have been charging me minimum of #2,500 for females and #3,500 per day, i have been bearing been new but their behaviour is getting worse and demands getting more unreasonable, thanks for the information. please, apart from cucumber, what crops can you advise one to go into if he should take to farming on a full time basis in the southeast considering one can get a few scattered plots of land?

okoroemeka:
transplanting in progress,the rain is threatening to fall which will make tomorrows weather cool and conducive for the trans plants,but if not we can't disturb God for rain,we have our irrigation system in place,take special note of the distance of manure and crop very critical when using chicken Manure.

Boss, what's the specie of the cucumber? i guess the chicken manure was composted for minimum of four days in water? please, what is the going rate for farm labour?

okoroemeka:
using our improvised hole puncher to make holes at 60 cm,also manure application bin progress,the cucumbers will be transplanted in the evening by the side of hole

oga anyi na town, pictures ga adi kwa mma o

The author is not igbo and he had already concluded that majority of Igbos doesn't support Nnamdi Kanu, the author is a fame seeking idiot, let him face the Fulani menace challenges in his native Kwara state and leave the Igbos to face their own challenges.