The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) has clarified the controversy surrounding the seizure of suspected ‘plastic rice’ in December.
Customs, Plastic Rice,
Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service had intercepted a consignment of imported rice which it suspected to be plastic rice in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.
The Acting Director General of NAFDAC, Mrs Yetunde Oni, spoke about the controversy on Thursday at a joint press conference with Customs in Abuja.
Mrs Oni said that the final laboratory results on the suspected plastic rice proved negative.
She, however, declared the intercepted rice, which was branded as “Best Tomato”, unfit for human consumption since it failed other quality tests carried out by NAFDAC.
Officials of the Federal Operations Unit ‘Zone A’ of Customs had uncovered 102 bags of what was described as plastic rice imported into Nigeria.
The smugglers were said to have planned to cash in on the rush for the staple food during the festive season.
The Comptroller of the Unit, Mr Haruna Mamudu, told journalists that his men were working to unravel how the products came into the country.

SOURCE : http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/nafdac-says-seized-consignment-is-not.html

Read the fact and what the fall of sabisa forest means http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/book-haram-and-it-moves.html

THE REAL FACTS ABOUT THE WAR ON BOKO HARAM, SHEKAU AND THE GOVERNMENT http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/book-haram-and-it-moves.html

The Boko Haram defeat announcement feels like déjà vu except that the language has been changed from “technically defeated” to “effectively defeated.” For a war that has taken seven years, is this how it all ends? Why not address the nation properly instead of pushing a terse press release and later sending an aide to “clarify” the details? For instance, what does this land reclamation truly mean in the battle against Boko Haram? Shortly before Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s government was voted out, the Army also conducted operations that retrieved territories from Boko Haram but the war has raged on. That means a loss of spatial territory by the terrorists does not automatically translate into a loss of ideological grounds as well. We also know that Boko Haram has extended its operational tentacles into neighbouring countries like Chad and Niger Republic from where they crisscross into Nigeria to unleash deadly violence. What does this victory mean for the border crossers?
We should also know how the Operation Lafiya Dole that ended in the Army occupation of Boko Haram was conducted. What exactly happened? The stories being bandied around in the media are full of “dem say, dem say” reports revealed by faceless figures, why is the Army not giving a reliable account of what went down in Sambisa forest? “They” said they arrested terrorists. How many of them and who were they? There was another report of a “white” man found in Sambisa forest but up till now, there has been no name or picture of him released. Who is he? I acknowledge that the Army cannot release every piece of information yet but they cannot also be merely sketchy and expect us to accept their words as verity.
For years, it has been insinuated that Abubakar Shekau- whose ancestry remains a mystery – lives in Sambisa. Now that the terrorists’ Camp Zero has fallen, where are he and his lieutenants? How many of them were arrested? What is Nigeria’s plan for justice for them?
After Osama bin Laden had been killed, we were at least allowed to see his abode and also learnt how he had managed to hide from the United States’ panoptical lens for years. So, what of Shekau’s abode and what can the items retrieved from the camp tell us about the way he lived? No, I am not merely asking these simply because I am a Viewer, I think the public deserves to know considering that we have been deceived about his death at least twice. If Shekau truly died this time, how did they verify his final death? Do they have his DNA stored to crossmatch with whomever they killed? The Nigerian Army has credibility issues where Boko Haram victories are concerned and merely issuing press release is not going to fly. The Nigerian Army – for too long, a coup-making propaganda machine – has not been straightforward.
We were told that a Boko Haram terrorist was arrested in Ikorodu, Lagos, and that Nigerians should watch out for more of them trying to mingle with civilian population. Did he escape from Sambisa Forest and somehow ended up in Lagos within 48 hours of Camp Zero being breached? Lai Mohammed, the information minister, said if Nigerians “see something” they should “say something.” The problem with his vague charge is that he is more or less asking Nigerians to chase phantoms on his behalf. How do we know who Boko Haram members are when they have not provided identifying information that can help our sense of vigilance? Who and what are we to look out for? We see something every day but how are we supposed to know when to say something?
Nigerians will also like to know what the recapture of Sambisa Forest means going forward? Aside from the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and his future plans of despoiling the nature reserve, there should be other discussions of how Boko Haram defeat will impact the humungous sums earmarked for militancy and insurgency in the 2017 budget. What does the Nigerian Army’s “effective victory” mean to the IDPs who have lost their homes and are now being raped in almost every imaginable way by members of the present administration?
With similar predators in high places, will the IDPs go home or their predicament remains a money-making source for “Ogas at the top”? These are a few of the questions that are on my mind for now as regards the Sambisa re-occupation. I am curious to know how they can claim to have won such a major battle, an entire terrorist enclave pillaged, and we are required to just believe without proof even though the same government has been lying to us for two years? They owe us more than celebratory press releases; we need both explanations and projections into what a post-Boko Haram Nigeria would look like.

SOURCE : http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/book-haram-and-it-moves.html

2016 is ending and for some of us it has been a fulfilling year which all our plans for the year were achieved and for some of us it has been magical because of unplanned breakthrough and life changing circumstances while for the rest it has been a joke and we are planning to sort our year next year.

To go into a year without plan is like planning to have a failed year, it's the proper thing to do by setting goals and planning ahead before entering the year. We at NAIJAJOURNALS are giving tips on how to set goals for the next year and making it a reality.

Below are steps on how to make the new year resolution

Reminisce on this year : the first step is to look back, ask questions ( why did you fail/succeed, what did i not achieve, etc)
Determine the hierarchy of your goals : this is important and crucial to achieving anything next year, you need to know how important your goals are and arrange it from the least important to most important.
Pick the easier one first : most times we fail to achieve anything because we chase the difficult goals first and keep trying while we could easily have done some other things that would make the difficult ones easy.
Be discipline : this is the most important thing to achieve anything, if you can't be discipline you can't achieve anything. You should be able to overcome peer pressure, society needs and stand firm for what you believe.
Time frame : set your goals with time frame, give duration to every of your goals, this not to give you pressure but to help you do the right thing at the right time.

From NAIJAJOURNALS we wish you HAPPY AND A FULFILLING NEW YEAR.

Let's share highlight of this year that is our best and/or worst and also our new years resolution

let the fun begin

drop your comments

source : http://naijajournals.com

lol.... i am not in support of the postponement, it is the president that postponed it not me.
are you in support?

It's no news the economic situation of the country and how expensive things are in this Buhari's era, Nigerians are finding it hard for meet their end means and harder to meet up with the society demands this festive period.

The president this morning announced the postponement of the christmas celebration and have shifted it to next year due to the economic situation in Nigeria, and has warned against the killing of chicken and the cooking of jollof rice as it will only negatively affect the economy of the country. He further stressed that it is a crime to have any form of celebration today and legal actions will be taking against any one who don't corporate with this new development.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM US AT NAIJAJOURNALS

ADD YOUR CHRISTMAS WISHES AND SHOUT OUT TO YOUR LOVE ONES BELOW

Source : http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/christmas-has-been-postponed-in-nigeria.html

The Headies for the past decade have argueably been the most prestigious Nigeria award where artist fight tooth and nail to win the category which they have been nominated. The most notable being the 2015 edition when Reekado banks of MAVIN won the next rated category ahead of YBNL Lil Kesh and that the go well with Olamide who created a scene when label mate AdekunleGold won his own category, that edition was the best Headies award thanks to Olamide and Don Jazzy.

That was the peak and the beginning of an end to the era of Headies in Nigeria as the most prestigious, below are some points that prove Headies can't meet the standard it has set in previous years and that will mark it end

Biased nomination list : this year nomination list have been very controversial with the inclusion of Aramide, Humblesmith and Mr. Eazi in the next rated category. with Mr. Eazi making waves he is hardly a Nigeria artist and have not gotten to the standard of AdekunleGold, Falz and Simi which should have join Tekno and Ycee on the list.
Disqualification of Tekno : with the disqualification justify, it is bad publicity for the award and whoever took the decision didn't think it through as Tekno was one of the most heard Nigeria artist of the moment with hits back to back.
Mr. Eazi winning the next rated category : ycee is the obvious favorite but yet another shocker as mr eazi won that award ahead of ycee, headies trying to repeat the same controversy that helps the award attained last year feet but its like the whole country don;t care anymore.
No special recognition for d'banj : even if that give him next he just won't appreciate or collect it, he can't even show up for the award as it has lost it honor.

notable artist like Wizkid, Davido, Olamide and D'banj don't see the award like they use to anymore, making the award loose it prestige and the noise around it.

feel free to add your opinion about the award in the comment box below

http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/12/the-end-of-era-headies.html

femivita:
Bloggers are not appreciated and are not recognize on the big stage, it's time to encourage our bloggers by recognizing the bloggers with good content and Hardwork.

Nigeria bloggers award is here and is promising to be the most prestigious blogger awards ever!!!

If you are a blogger, instagramer, or a great influencer in the social media word here is your time to be recognized.

Nomination categories;
1. Best Music blog
2. Best movie blog
3. Best entertainment blog
4. Best news blog
5. Most promising blogger
6. Most attractive website
7. Most followed on instagram
8. Most followed on twitter
9. Most influential personality
10. Best political blog
11. Most controversial blogger
12. Best fashion blog
13. Best lifestyle blog

You can nominate your blog or someone else blog with great content.

How to enter; send an email to the head of nomination committee femivita12@gmail.com including the following details;
1. Your name
2. Blog URL
3. How to contact the blog owner or personality

Deadline of blogs nominations is February 13th 2016.
Event date March 10th 2016

After blogs has been assessed by our experts nominees will be listed and announced and voting will commence

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femivvita:
So to start with, I am not a hater. I do not wish any evil on Don Jazzy or Michael Collins. If anything, I can be categorized as an interested onlooker when I want to be passive or an invested businessman active in the Nigerian music industry for the past 18 years.

In addition, I am a writer. I have been told I am a very decent writer. Or maybe I’m living on past glory. Either way, I had another title I was working with. But I decided this one would attract the eyeballs I desperately need to get the attention I so desperately crave.

Finally, I understand the workings of PR. Hell, I handled the PR of Mo’ Hits in 2006 when the only talent was D’banj. Back then, Wande was a dancer, Dr. Sid (I plead the Fifth) and D’Prince was a model. I do not wish death on Michael Collins. I however think the Don Jazzy brand is dead. Or should be rested. I’ll tell you why.


Do you remember Don Jazzy? Remember that Soundcity advert. I remember the first day I met D’banj and Don Jazzy. This must have been either late 2004 or sometime in 2005. I had been in the business as a journo for a few years by then so I knew them. We had done a story on Mr. Solek at Hip Hop World in 2003. Jazzy had worked as the keyboardist of the band but he had moved on to music production working under JJC. He was very quiet; never uttered a word. You could have been forgiven for thinking he was mute.




Back to the Soundcity advert. Don Jazzy didn’t say a word. Just whispered in D’banj’s ear while D’banj handled his business. It was brand new. It was refreshing. The ratings of the newly-established Soundcity music channel went through the roof. D’banj and Don Jazzy became the perfect example of a match made in heaven. Cobhams, if he could see them back then, would have known they were going places. So much so that Dr. Sid, a University of Ibadan-trained dentist and self-appointed administrator of eLDee’s Trybe Records, was happy to abandon that project and his album project to work under the tutelage of these relatively unknowns.

After that, the communication from the Mo’ Hits camp was that Don Jazzy was the boss. He was being driven around town by a university graduate who earns an enviable salary working in an oil company (Fifth). Jazzy didn’t speak in public. He never granted interviews. He asked simply that whatever you wanted to offer to him should be offered to his ‘children’. (Note that he had been calling his artistes his children since the Mo’ Hits days. Nobody questioned it then because this is the Don we’re talking about here.) In fact, once, I was at the crib of one of the Mo’ Hits people, and he told me I had to leave because Jazzy was coming. I was genuinely curious and somewhat impressed. Impressed because they kept the charade going even off-camera. Curious because, well, so could it be it wasn’t a charade after all?

Remember all those award ceremonies where someone from Mo’ Hits would win an award and spend half the speech time praise-and-worshipping Don Jazzy? Or when Don Jazzy himself would win an award for best production and his wards would mount the stage to receive on his behalf even while he was seated in the front row in the same building. Guys, let’s be honest, these are the images of Don Jazzy that made him the brand he is today. Those days when he only worked with his Mo’ Hits people and a literal handful of associates.
"In the real world, a don is a crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind; a person in charge of a criminal organization. He typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages. Replace the word ‘crime’ with music and you have Don Jazzy."

Mo’ Hits was an organized entity. At the head of it all was Don Jazzy; the Capo di tutt’i capi, the Godfather, the boss of all bosses>>>>continue reading So to start with, I am not a hater. I do not wish any evil on Don Jazzy or Michael Collins. If anything, I can be categorized as an interested onlooker when I want to be passive or an invested businessman active in the Nigerian music industry for the past 18 years.

In addition, I am a writer. I have been told I am a very decent writer. Or maybe I’m living on past glory. Either way, I had another title I was working with. But I decided this one would attract the eyeballs I desperately need to get the attention I so desperately crave.

Finally, I understand the workings of PR. Hell, I handled the PR of Mo’ Hits in 2006 when the only talent was D’banj. Back then, Wande was a dancer, Dr. Sid (I plead the Fifth) and D’Prince was a model. I do not wish death on Michael Collins. I however think the Don Jazzy brand is dead. Or should be rested. I’ll tell you why.


Do you remember Don Jazzy? Remember that Soundcity advert. I remember the first day I met D’banj and Don Jazzy. This must have been either late 2004 or sometime in 2005. I had been in the business as a journo for a few years by then so I knew them. We had done a story on Mr. Solek at Hip Hop World in 2003. Jazzy had worked as the keyboardist of the band but he had moved on to music production working under JJC. He was very quiet; never uttered a word. You could have been forgiven for thinking he was mute.




Back to the Soundcity advert. Don Jazzy didn’t say a word. Just whispered in D’banj’s ear while D’banj handled his business. It was brand new. It was refreshing. The ratings of the newly-established Soundcity music channel went through the roof. D’banj and Don Jazzy became the perfect example of a match made in heaven. Cobhams, if he could see them back then, would have known they were going places. So much so that Dr. Sid, a University of Ibadan-trained dentist and self-appointed administrator of eLDee’s Trybe Records, was happy to abandon that project and his album project to work under the tutelage of these relatively unknowns.

After that, the communication from the Mo’ Hits camp was that Don Jazzy was the boss. He was being driven around town by a university graduate who earns an enviable salary working in an oil company (Fifth). Jazzy didn’t speak in public. He never granted interviews. He asked simply that whatever you wanted to offer to him should be offered to his ‘children’. (Note that he had been calling his artistes his children since the Mo’ Hits days. Nobody questioned it then because this is the Don we’re talking about here.) In fact, once, I was at the crib of one of the Mo’ Hits people, and he told me I had to leave because Jazzy was coming. I was genuinely curious and somewhat impressed. Impressed because they kept the charade going even off-camera. Curious because, well, so could it be it wasn’t a charade after all?

Remember all those award ceremonies where someone from Mo’ Hits would win an award and spend half the speech time praise-and-worshipping Don Jazzy? Or when Don Jazzy himself would win an award for best production and his wards would mount the stage to receive on his behalf even while he was seated in the front row in the same building. Guys, let’s be honest, these are the images of Don Jazzy that made him the brand he is today. Those days when he only worked with his Mo’ Hits people and a literal handful of associates.
"In the real world, a don is a crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind; a person in charge of a criminal organization. He typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages. Replace the word ‘crime’ with music and you have Don Jazzy."

Mo’ Hits was an organized entity. At the head of it all was Don Jazzy; the Capo di tutt’i capi, the Godfather, the boss of all bosses. >>>> continue reading http://naijajournals.com

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2 Major Lessons Learnt From The Dammy Krane And Wizkid ‘IZZUE’ http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/01/2-major-lessons-learnt-from-dammy-krane.html

2 Major Lessons Learnt From The Dammy Krane And Wizkid ‘IZZUE’ http://www.naijajournals.com/2016/01/2-major-lessons-learnt-from-dammy-krane.html

So to start with, I am not a hater. I do not wish any evil on Don Jazzy or Michael Collins. If anything, I can be categorized as an interested onlooker when I want to be passive or an invested businessman active in the Nigerian music industry for the past 18 years.

In addition, I am a writer. I have been told I am a very decent writer. Or maybe I’m living on past glory. Either way, I had another title I was working with. But I decided this one would attract the eyeballs I desperately need to get the attention I so desperately crave.

Finally, I understand the workings of PR. Hell, I handled the PR of Mo’ Hits in 2006 when the only talent was D’banj. Back then, Wande was a dancer, Dr. Sid (I plead the Fifth) and D’Prince was a model. I do not wish death on Michael Collins. I however think the Don Jazzy brand is dead. Or should be rested. I’ll tell you why.


Do you remember Don Jazzy? Remember that Soundcity advert. I remember the first day I met D’banj and Don Jazzy. This must have been either late 2004 or sometime in 2005. I had been in the business as a journo for a few years by then so I knew them. We had done a story on Mr. Solek at Hip Hop World in 2003. Jazzy had worked as the keyboardist of the band but he had moved on to music production working under JJC. He was very quiet; never uttered a word. You could have been forgiven for thinking he was mute.




Back to the Soundcity advert. Don Jazzy didn’t say a word. Just whispered in D’banj’s ear while D’banj handled his business. It was brand new. It was refreshing. The ratings of the newly-established Soundcity music channel went through the roof. D’banj and Don Jazzy became the perfect example of a match made in heaven. Cobhams, if he could see them back then, would have known they were going places. So much so that Dr. Sid, a University of Ibadan-trained dentist and self-appointed administrator of eLDee’s Trybe Records, was happy to abandon that project and his album project to work under the tutelage of these relatively unknowns.

After that, the communication from the Mo’ Hits camp was that Don Jazzy was the boss. He was being driven around town by a university graduate who earns an enviable salary working in an oil company (Fifth). Jazzy didn’t speak in public. He never granted interviews. He asked simply that whatever you wanted to offer to him should be offered to his ‘children’. (Note that he had been calling his artistes his children since the Mo’ Hits days. Nobody questioned it then because this is the Don we’re talking about here.) In fact, once, I was at the crib of one of the Mo’ Hits people, and he told me I had to leave because Jazzy was coming. I was genuinely curious and somewhat impressed. Impressed because they kept the charade going even off-camera. Curious because, well, so could it be it wasn’t a charade after all?

Remember all those award ceremonies where someone from Mo’ Hits would win an award and spend half the speech time praise-and-worshipping Don Jazzy? Or when Don Jazzy himself would win an award for best production and his wards would mount the stage to receive on his behalf even while he was seated in the front row in the same building. Guys, let’s be honest, these are the images of Don Jazzy that made him the brand he is today. Those days when he only worked with his Mo’ Hits people and a literal handful of associates.
"In the real world, a don is a crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind; a person in charge of a criminal organization. He typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages. Replace the word ‘crime’ with music and you have Don Jazzy."

Mo’ Hits was an organized entity. At the head of it all was Don Jazzy; the Capo di tutt’i capi, the Godfather, the boss of all bosses>>>>continue reading So to start with, I am not a hater. I do not wish any evil on Don Jazzy or Michael Collins. If anything, I can be categorized as an interested onlooker when I want to be passive or an invested businessman active in the Nigerian music industry for the past 18 years.

In addition, I am a writer. I have been told I am a very decent writer. Or maybe I’m living on past glory. Either way, I had another title I was working with. But I decided this one would attract the eyeballs I desperately need to get the attention I so desperately crave.

Finally, I understand the workings of PR. Hell, I handled the PR of Mo’ Hits in 2006 when the only talent was D’banj. Back then, Wande was a dancer, Dr. Sid (I plead the Fifth) and D’Prince was a model. I do not wish death on Michael Collins. I however think the Don Jazzy brand is dead. Or should be rested. I’ll tell you why.


Do you remember Don Jazzy? Remember that Soundcity advert. I remember the first day I met D’banj and Don Jazzy. This must have been either late 2004 or sometime in 2005. I had been in the business as a journo for a few years by then so I knew them. We had done a story on Mr. Solek at Hip Hop World in 2003. Jazzy had worked as the keyboardist of the band but he had moved on to music production working under JJC. He was very quiet; never uttered a word. You could have been forgiven for thinking he was mute.




Back to the Soundcity advert. Don Jazzy didn’t say a word. Just whispered in D’banj’s ear while D’banj handled his business. It was brand new. It was refreshing. The ratings of the newly-established Soundcity music channel went through the roof. D’banj and Don Jazzy became the perfect example of a match made in heaven. Cobhams, if he could see them back then, would have known they were going places. So much so that Dr. Sid, a University of Ibadan-trained dentist and self-appointed administrator of eLDee’s Trybe Records, was happy to abandon that project and his album project to work under the tutelage of these relatively unknowns.

After that, the communication from the Mo’ Hits camp was that Don Jazzy was the boss. He was being driven around town by a university graduate who earns an enviable salary working in an oil company (Fifth). Jazzy didn’t speak in public. He never granted interviews. He asked simply that whatever you wanted to offer to him should be offered to his ‘children’. (Note that he had been calling his artistes his children since the Mo’ Hits days. Nobody questioned it then because this is the Don we’re talking about here.) In fact, once, I was at the crib of one of the Mo’ Hits people, and he told me I had to leave because Jazzy was coming. I was genuinely curious and somewhat impressed. Impressed because they kept the charade going even off-camera. Curious because, well, so could it be it wasn’t a charade after all?

Remember all those award ceremonies where someone from Mo’ Hits would win an award and spend half the speech time praise-and-worshipping Don Jazzy? Or when Don Jazzy himself would win an award for best production and his wards would mount the stage to receive on his behalf even while he was seated in the front row in the same building. Guys, let’s be honest, these are the images of Don Jazzy that made him the brand he is today. Those days when he only worked with his Mo’ Hits people and a literal handful of associates.
"In the real world, a don is a crime boss, crime lord, mob boss, kingpin, criminal mastermind; a person in charge of a criminal organization. He typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits from the criminal endeavours in which his organization engages. Replace the word ‘crime’ with music and you have Don Jazzy."

Mo’ Hits was an organized entity. At the head of it all was Don Jazzy; the Capo di tutt’i capi, the Godfather, the boss of all bosses. >>>> continue reading http://naijajournals.com

lalasticlala