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 Politics › Re: Sawyer Knew He Had Contracted Ebola Before Coming To Nigeria —report by atlwireles: 1:49am On Aug 08, 2014 |
ayukdaboss: Look at you still embarrassing yourself...Sawyer's plane passed Ghana and Togo. So what? Who is now facing the Ebola issue? Ghana abi? FYI Ghana has banned flights from Nigeria before we infect their people.Please keep your pretentious outrage. You used Mali as an example, that's how low you went. Ghana has not banned flights from Nigeria. The only wicked people, are boko haram supporters like you. Only an insane person, will accuse PDP of allowing Ebola to enter Lagos. Nigerians are not as wicked as boko haram supporters like you. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Sawyer Knew He Had Contracted Ebola Before Coming To Nigeria —report by atlwireles: 1:42am On Aug 08, 2014 |
bigass: That you failed in something doesn't mean you should gather co-failures(bolded) to support your cause. The question is why is FG now doing Temperature check at the airport? Something they should have started since. If they had, sawyer would have been stopped.Sawyer was stopped at the airport, asked by officers if he had any contact with Ebola, he said no. They thought, his high fever was due to malaria. Also sawyer was travelling with an American passport too. You expect a person of such stature to be straight with authority. Time to point fingers is already behind us, let contain this virus. PDP did not bring Ebola to Nigeria. 3 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Sawyer Knew He Had Contracted Ebola Before Coming To Nigeria —report by atlwireles: 1:26am On Aug 08, 2014 |
[s] ayukdaboss: Stop being ignorant bro. Its a PDP led administration. If it is Boko Haram now, y'all will point fingers at APC.[/s] Sawyer's plane passed Ghana and Togo on transit, how come they did not detect and stop him? Maybe PDP is also in power in those countries. Those of you always turning every policy issue into corruption campaign turn out to be the most corrupt in this country. 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: US Wins Control Of Abacha’s $480m Loot by atlwireles: 11:15pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
GenBuhari: Propaganda  |
| Politics › Re: Nairaland Out Again!!!!! by atlwireles: 11:08pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Seun shine your eye. Who wants NL down  |
| Politics › Re: US Wins Control Of Abacha’s $480m Loot by atlwireles: 10:40pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,[/b] who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998 - [b]Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said. Thisday 9 June 2008 |
| Politics › Re: Omisore Declared Osun Governor Elect Says APC by atlwireles: 9:50pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Yet, APC wants Nigerians to take them serious, una smel smel too much. 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Comparing Presidents Mahama And Jonathan: The Difference Is Clear! by atlwireles: 9:39pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Ashantiking: Nigeria is not Europe and will never be Europe. Better comparison is Switzerland to Afghanistan or Syria. I will admit my president is clueless but even at that Jojo takes the cake.You mean the cake waiting for you people over the next couple of years at the IMF. |
| Politics › Re: Comparing Presidents Mahama And Jonathan: The Difference Is Clear! by atlwireles: 8:36pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
^^^^ You really don't know anything about Nigeria. Arguing with you is a waste of time. Just for your information the 36 states have their own budgets. The central budget of about $32B is different from the states and the local governments budgets. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: El Rufai Hit Back By A Fan On His Facebook Page. by atlwireles: 8:05pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
El rufai is a good case of bitterness taken too far. He is the only one consumed by his own bile. The political class have no time for him. As brownlords said, unemployment and lack of oyel money is causing him, to have a diarrhea of the mouth. 9 Likes |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Two Nigerians Arrested In Ghana For Joining Protest March by atlwireles: 7:35pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
iamord: I have been viewing your posts and kept. Quite about it.. But I won't like u dis respecting the ashanti king.am referring to the third pic u postedAre you kidding me, talk to your country men, you guys seem to breathe and eat disrespect of other people. Quiet frankly, that was a good picture. I never saw you admonish your country men once, for their lies and crap here. Please spare me your sanctimoniousness. 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Comparing Presidents Mahama And Jonathan: The Difference Is Clear! by atlwireles: 6:52pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
This Ghanaian don't learn. |
| Politics › Re: BREAKING NEWS! TVC Correspondent Kidnapped In Osun State by atlwireles: 6:25pm On Aug 07, 2014*. Modified: 7:56pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Is Mr . Ayodeji Morakinyo a journalist or an APC propagandist? All those that report lies and cause innocent Nigerians to lose their lives for nothing, must be kept off the airwaves and the roads of Osun. 2 Likes |
| Education › Re: BREAKING: Fashola Orders Reversal Of LASU Fees To Old Charges by atlwireles: 3:57pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
All thanks to Ekiti Voters, the first proof of democracy in this country. The respect and fear of stomach infrastructures is the beginning of political wisdom. 7 Likes |
| Politics › BREAKING: Fashola Orders Reversal Of LASU Fees To Old 2011 Charges - by atlwireles(op): 3:54pm On Aug 07, 2014 |
Mr. Fashola stated this on Thursday at the convocation programme of the university. The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has directed that the controversial fee hike at the Lagos State University, LASU, be reversed. Mr. Fashola stated this on Thursday at the convocation programme of the university. He said the fees would now be returned to the old charges. The reversal comes after months of protests by students and lecturers of the university. The Lagos State Government had, earlier in 2011, increased the fees from N25, 000 to N198, 000 for humanities and education, while medical students were to pay N350, 000. After the protests, the state government approved a reduction by 34 to 60 per cent. That reduction would have seen students pay between N76, 750 and N158, 250 depending on the faculty and year of study. That reduction was still opposed by the students and the lecturers. Thursday’s announcement by the governor could, however, lead to a reversal to the 2011 charges. Details later… www.premiumtimesng.com/featured-news/166199-breaking-fashola-orders-reversal-of-lasu-fees-to-old-charges. |
| Health › Daily Aspirin Can Cut Risk Of Some Cancers by atlwireles(op): 11:46pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
(Reuters) — Taking a small daily dose of aspirin can significantly reduce the risk of developing - or dying from - bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancer, according to a large review of scientific studies. Researchers who analyzed all available evidence from studies and clinical trials assessing benefits and harm found that taking aspirin for 10 years could cut bowel cancer cases by around 35 percent and deaths from the disease by 40 percent. Rates of oesophageal and stomach cancer were cut by 30 percent and deaths from these cancers by 35 to 50 percent. Professor Jack Cuzick, head of the center for cancer prevention at Queen Mary University of London, said the evidence showed that, to reap the benefits of aspirin, people need to take a daily dose of 75 to 100 milligrams for at least five years and probably up to 10 years between the ages of 50 and 65. No benefit was seen while taking aspirin for the first three years and death rates were only reduced after five years, he and his team reported in a review in the Annals of Oncology journal. "Our study shows that if everyone aged between 50 and 65 started taking aspirin daily for at least 10 years, there would be a 9 percent reduction in the number of cancers, strokes and heart attacks overall in men, and around 7 percent in women," Cuzick said in a statement about the research. But the researchers also warned that taking aspirin long-term increases the risk of bleeding in the stomach: among 60-year-olds who take daily aspirin for 10 years, the risk of digestive tract bleeding increases from 2.2 percent to 3.6 percent, and this could be life-threatening in a small proportion of people, they said. "Whilst there are some serious side effects that can’t be ignored, taking aspirin daily looks to be the most important thing we can do to reduce cancer after stopping smoking and reducing obesity, and will probably be much easier to implement," Cuzick said. Aspirin, originally developed by the German drugmaker Bayer, is a cheap, over-the-counter drug generally used to combat pain or reduce fever. The drug reduces the risk of clots forming in blood vessels and can therefore protect against heart attacks and strokes, so it is often prescribed for people who already suffer with heart disease and have already had one or several attacks. Aspirin also increases the risk of bleeding in the stomach to around one patient in every thousand per year, a factor which has fueled debate over whether doctors should advise patients to take it as regularly as every day. Cuzick said the risk of bleeding “depends on a number of known factors which people need to be aware of before starting regular aspirin” and advised people to consult a doctor before embarking on daily medication. (Reporting by Kate Kelland; Editing by Larry King) |
| Business › In Africa, Haircare Becomes A Multi-billion Dollar Industry by atlwireles(op): 10:42pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
With all the skill of a master weaver at a loom, Esther Ogble stands under a parasol in the sprawling Wuse market in Nigeria’s capital and spins synthetic fibre into women’s hair. Nearby, three customers – one in a hijab – wait for a turn to spend several hours and $40 to have their hair done, a hefty sum in a country where many live on less than $2 a day. While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L’Oreal and Unilever. Hairdressers such as Ogble are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent’s rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women. “I need to braid my hair so that I will look beautiful,” said 25-year-old Blessing James, wincing as Ogble combed and tugged at the back of her head before weaving in a plait that fell well past the shoulder. While reliable Africa-wide figures are hard to come by, market research firm Euromonitor International estimates $1.1 billion of shampoos, relaxers and hair lotions were sold in South Africa, Nigeria and Cameroon alone last year. It sees the liquid haircare market growing by about 5 percent from 2013 to 2018 in Nigeria and Cameroon, with a slight decline for the more mature South African market. This does not include sales from more than 40 other sub-Saharan countries, or the huge “dry hair” market of weaves, extensions and wigs crafted from everything from synthetic fibre to human or yak hair. Some estimates put Africa’s dry hair industry at as much as $6 billion a year; Nigerian singer Muma Gee recently boasted that she spends 500,000 naira ($3,100) on a single hair piece made of 11 sets of human hair. INFORMAL ECONOMY Haircare is a vital source of jobs for women, who make up a large slice of the informal economy on the poorest continent. But business in Wuse market has slowed recently, said 37-year-old Josephine Agwa, because women were avoiding public places due to concerns about attacks by Islamic militant group Boko Haram. The capital has been targeted three times since April, including a bomb blast on a crowded shopping district in June that killed more than 20 people. “The ones that don’t want to come, they call us for home service,” she said as she put the finishing touches on a six-hour, $40 style called “pick and dropped with coils” – impossibly small braids that cascade into lustrous curls. Nigerians are not alone in their pursuit of fancy locks. “I get bored if I have one style for too long,” said Buli Dhlomo, a 20 year-old South African student who sports long red and blonde braids. Her next plan is to cut her hair short and dye it “copper gold”. “It looks really cool. My mum had it and I also had it at the beginning of the year and it looked really good,” said Dhlomo, who can spend up to 4,000 rand ($370) on a weave. DARING STYLES While South Africans change their hairstyle often, West Africans do so even more, said Bertrand de Laleu, managing director of L’Oreal South Africa. “African women are probably the most daring when it comes to hair styles,” he said, noting that dry hair – almost unheard of a decade ago – was a growing trend across sub-Saharan Africa. “Suddenly you can play with new tools that didn’t exist or were unaffordable.” The French cosmetics giant this year opened what it billed as South Africa’s first multi-ethnic styling school, training students of all races on all kinds of hair, something that would have been unthinkable before the end of apartheid in 1994. While the South African hair market remains divided, salons are looking to boost revenues by drawing in customers across ethnic groups, meaning hairdressers who once catered only for whites will need stylists who can also work on African hair. L’Oreal is looking to build on its “Dark and Lovely” line of relaxers and other products with more research into African hair and skin and has factories in South Africa and Kenya producing almost half the products it distributes on the continent. HAIR FROM INDIA, VIA CHINA Nor is it alone. Anglo-Dutch group Unilever has a salon in downtown Johannesburg promoting its “Motions” line of black haircare products, and niche operators are springing up in the booming dry hair market. “We supply anything to do with dry hair, across the board,” said Kabir Mohamed, managing director of South Africa’s Buhle Braids, rattling off a product line of braids, weaves and extensions that use tape, rings or keratin bonds. Today there are more than 100 brands of hair in South Africa, making the market worth about $600 million, he said, roughly four times more than in 2005. Much of the hair sold is the cheaper synthetic type and comes from Asia. Pricier natural hair is prized because it lasts longer, retains moisture and can be dyed. India’s Godrej Consumer Products acquired South African firm Kinky in 2008 and sells synthetic and natural hair, including extensions, braids and wigs. Buhle Braids, like its rivals, sources much of its natural hair from India, which has a culture of hair collection, particularly from Hindu temples or village “hair collectors”. The hair is then sent to China where it is processed into extensions and shipped to Africa. Hair from yaks, to which some people are allergic, is now used less. In one clue to the potential for Africa, market research firm Mintel put the size of the black haircare market in the United States at $684 million in 2013, estimating that it could be closer to $500 billion if weaves, extensions and sales from independent beauty stores or distributors are included. What is certain is that Africa’s demand for hair products, particularly those made from human hair, is only growing. “It hurts, but you have to endure if you want to look nice,” said Josephine Ezeh, who sat in Wuse market cradling a baby as a hairdresser tugged at her head. “Hair is very, very important.” http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/in-africa-haircare-becomes-a-multi-billion-dollar-industry |
| Politics › Re: Comparing Presidents Mahama And Jonathan: The Difference Is Clear! by atlwireles: 9:33pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
The born beggars are always confused. Don't worry IMF will school them about basic economic management 9 Likes |
| Business › Re: Dangote, Others Generate 15,000MW Of Electricity From Private Plants by atlwireles(op): 8:44pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
slimfit1: And he still budget huge money for diesel right.Some plants depend on diesel heavy duty generators. |
| Business › Re: Dangote, Others Generate 15,000MW Of Electricity From Private Plants by atlwireles(op): 8:41pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
collynzov5: So Dangote, Bua cement and Lafarge combined together are using 15 000 MW for their plants?"BUA Group, Honeywell and Dangote Group in conjunction with similar manufacturing plants across Nigeria are generating more than 15,000 megawatts of electricity used by the companies off the national grid, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Nigeria disclosed at the weekend". This numbers are more for the organised private sector across Nigeria. |
| Politics › Re: Osun Election: Nine Political Parties Adopt Omisore by atlwireles: 8:07pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
Nigeria politcs the more you look, the less you understand. 3 Likes |
| Car Talk › Re: Ford Motor Considers Opening Plant In Nigeria by atlwireles(op): 7:37pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
http://www.ventures-africa.com/2014/04/dangote-others-generate-15000mw-of-electricity-from-private-plants VENTURES AFRICA – BUA Group, Honeywell and Dangote Group in conjunction with similar manufacturing plants across Nigeria are generating more than 15,000 megawatts of electricity used by the companies off the national grid, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Nigeria disclosed at the weekend. According to him, the captive power of 15,000mw is sufficient for the private companies to operate. “When I say they are captive, I am talking about consumer industrial groups that are self-generating, like the Dangote Cement, Bua Cement, Lafarge Cement and others,” explained Angbazo. He said due to inefficient power supply, these groups are constructing private power plants to ensure their operations are not affected by epileptic supply of electricity in the country. “We are in partnership with Dangote, for example, on Obajana, Ibese, Shagamu and Gboko and we are the one providing the power,” local news platform, local daily ThisDay quoted him as saying. Honeywell also gets power from GE, as well as other companies producing food and making use of GE engines. Angbazo said further that the groups have been able to continuously produce the quantity of electricity required for their operations due to their financial muscle, citing Dangote, which is Africa’s largest producer of cement as an example. According to him, the companies are taking the same step in the generation of captive power to ensure smooth operations. The CEO said GE would during next month’s World Economic Forum (WEF) holding in Nigeria talk about how the partnership it has with respect to additional power generating capacity would be increased. He added that the 11 distribution companies (DISCOs) can generate power within their own networks, without going through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), if they are financially buoyant enough. This, he said would be good as the DISCOs lose up to 40 percent of power allocated to them from the generating companies on transmission. The GE Nigeria chief said he expects some DISCOs to have generating capacity in the next few years, especially the big ones like Ibadan, Ikeja, Enugu and Eko. This he noted will improve electricity supply in Nigeria. Africa’s largest economy with over 170 million people still produces less than 4,000 MW of electricity, a dismal figure when compared with South Africa’s estimated population of 52.9 million and 44, 000MW power generation level. However, reforms in Nigeria’s critical power sector, is expected to bring the much desire succour to its citizens and boost economic activities. Early this year, renowed economist, Jim O’Niell was quoted as saying the country’s economy “could grow at 10-12 percent by sorting out this problem alone. |
| Business › Re: Dangote, Others Generate 15,000MW Of Electricity From Private Plants by atlwireles(op): 7:13pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
When people ask, where is the power for the economic expansion coming from, here lies your answers. |
| Business › Dangote, Others Generate 15,000MW Of Electricity From Private Plants by atlwireles(op): 7:00pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
VENTURES AFRICA – BUA Group, Honeywell and Dangote Group in conjunction with similar manufacturing plants across Nigeria are generating more than 15,000 megawatts of electricity used by the companies off the national grid, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Nigeria disclosed at the weekend.http://www.ventures-africa.com/2014/04/dangote-others-generate-15000mw-of-electricity-from-private-plants |
| Politics › Re: Serial Liars: 8,000 MW Electricity Capacity Now Available — Presidency … by atlwireles: 6:43pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
kel4soft: FG owns them, that was why it was sold. The power capacity they own is quite different from the gas turbines built in Omuku, Trans Amadi and now Afam.Who owns PH disco today? |
| Politics › Re: Serial Liars: 8,000 MW Electricity Capacity Now Available — Presidency … by atlwireles: 5:39pm On Aug 06, 2014 |
kel4soft: Odili only succeeded in building less than 139mW of gas turbine which he didn't even finished. Amaechi completed it and added more than 400mW and is currently building 150mW at Afam. Amaechi won't join issues with the lies that he Odili has been spreading because of the mutual respect he has for him. That said, Rivers currently contribute 1/4th to the entire power generation of the country (cos they were sent to the national grid). PH poor power supply should be explained by the DISCO incharge or NERC as the case may be cos the state government has fulfilled their own quarter. Why not let the states distributes to their capacity instead of selling to their cronies. The amount of power Rivers State govt generates can sufficiently serve her and may be Abia State. Enough said.Who owns the PH disco? |
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