₦airaland Forum

dechandel:
Its alright
Its not like the diary was in anyway controversial.
Enjoyed the part of the beautiful girl that always sold you groundnut
Sha its all good.
Take care

dechandel:
What
Why? What happened?
Not to be selfish here,but you should have just gotten to my name before you tossed it out
Why was the diary deleted?

dechandel:
Good
The question is about your diary
Yea. I've become so glued to your diary ever since you mentioned my handle on it
So this is the question.. When are you going to get to the name De.cha.ndel
Cause my eyes have been itching. The eyes just cant wait to see what you have to write about her.
Expecting your reply

lawbabs:
it is not 200 military aircrafts. It is N200 million. Read well bros!

englishmart:
and the image?

korel9:
As a mod you steer clear any thread

dechandel:
Obinoscopy
I have a question for you pls

EUROBOMBER:
Fellow Nigerians, when we say that the APC is the main machinery behind boko haram some people doubt it. Boko haram has been a major source of distraction to the government led by Jonathan since he assumed office.

Can we all now see the APC enjoying the benefits of the Chibok abductions? See APC now using the missing girls for political campaign to hijack power from Jonathan.

APC now reaping the dividends of boko haram mass abduction of our young girls.

korel9:
It's acshually APC goons


But obinoscopy, aren't you supposed to be neutral?

Plus are you supposed to even comment on posts as a moderator?

berem:
If by now you do not know that the leading political party in Niger state is PDP,then you live in France.
Continue waiting for the political party to be revealed to you before you move the thread to front page.

Mtscheeeew!

• 20 Killed, 18 Injured In Maiduguri Market Blast

• Gunmen Kill Two PDP Supporters, Rep Member Escapes

• Hoodlums Burn Jonathan’s Campaign Bus In Jos

BARELY one month to the February general elections, and two days after the Baga, Borno State terror incident that claimed about 2000 civilians, violence, rather than abate, is spreading beyond the insurgency-infested areas.

Two buses belonging to the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation were yesterday evening set ablaze by a mob along the Hausa-dominated Bauchi Road in Jos, the Jos North local Government Area of Plateau State capital.

The drivers of the buses were said to have driven recklessly into Mango Street area of Bauchi Road, where they nearly knocked down a lad, a development that angered the youths, who immediately mobilised and stopped the buses and set them ablaze. The drivers and other passengers, however, escaped unhurt.

Repeatedly chanting uncharitable songs against the President, the youth sang in Hausa language: ‘baama son Jonathan, sai Buhari;’ ‘meaning, we don’t want Jonathan, we want only Buhari.’

The situation has however been brought under control by security agents who quickly moved in to disperse the mob.

In the same vein, a bomb blast, yesterday, hit the Maiduguri Monday Market Chickens sheds, killing 20 people, including the suicide bomber. At least, 18 others sustained serious injuries in the suspected Boko Haram attack, which occurred at about 12.25pm. In Yobe State, gunmen in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles and pickup vans laden with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) attacked Damaturu, the state capital, torching three police formations and a mosque. The well-coordinated attacks were carried out at about by 8 pm on Friday.

The torched police formations include the Police “A” Division, Police Area Command and the Police Officers’ mess, along with several shops at Damaturu Motor Park.

The attacks came just as unknown gunmen, Friday night, shot and killed two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Hope George and Friday Mbadee Onura, and injured the member representing Ogu/Bolo in the House of Representatives, Hon Bright Tamuno Gogo. Rivers State House of Assembly Candidate, Datorudimabo Adams, and the late George, who was the immediate past councilor of Okrika Local Government council, were attacked by the gunmen around Oroworoko area of Port Harcourt.

Yesterday’s suicide attack on Maiduguri market occurred as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the metropolis.

cytochromeC:
Husbands and wives are not scarce, Good people are just generally scarce. There are enough males to go round the females. Our preferences just brings about the scarcity. Everyone wants to settle down with mr \mrs perfect. I have scores of male friends who desperately want to settle down, these are guys who can get a girl to marry them in 48hours, but they all have preferences and unrealistic expectations, hence the wife material scarcity and lamentation. The same applies to my female friends. A lady lamenting of husband scarcity probably has 2men disturbing her for marriage, but for one reason or the other, be it genuine or unrealistic, she is not interested and she keeps looking for husband in sokoto when he's just in her shokoto.

...But I must say that in as much as people, both genders have unrealistic expectations when searching for spouses, one should NOT be forced to settle for any human just to bow to societal pressure.

The Federal Government has released another set of 11 new crop varieties to Nigerian farmers. The government had earlier released 11 varieties in June 2014, developed by research institutes, universities, crop scientists and private seeds companies, and this brings to 22 the number of crop varieties released so far.

Chairman, National Technical Sub – Committee on Crops, Olusoji Olufajo, a professor, said 22 varieties were initially submitted for approval, saying the 11 approved varieties were, one rice variety (Faro 63), three sorghum hybrids (PRADHAN, MLSH 296 Gold and MLSH 151) and one potato variety (Marabel).

Others are two wheat varieties (LACRI WHIT – 5 and LACRI WHIT – 6), two maize hybrids (SAMMAZ 41 and SAMMAZ 42) and two soybean varieties (NCRISOY 1 and NCRISOY 2).

He explained further that the rice variety, Faro 63 developed by National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, was recommended for release based on its early maturity and high yield.

Concerning the sorghum varieties, Olufajo said “PRADHAN hybrid was recommended for release based on its white and bold grains and high grain yields, MLSH 296 Gold based on high grain yield and MLSH 151 based on its bold round grains with cream colour and high grain yield.”

He said the sorghums were developed by the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) Zaria, and Syngenta Nigeria Limited, and the potato variety developed by National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike and Syngenta, was recommended based on extra early maturity, high yield, high number of marketable tubers and high dry matter content.

“LACRI WHIT – 5 was recommended for release due to its high yield and good baking quality.

“The variety LACRI WHIT – 6 was recommended for release based on early maturity, high yield and baking quality,” Olufajo said on the wheat varieties.

The wheats were developed by the Lake Chad Research Institute, Maiduguri.

On the maize, the chairman said the two varieties, SAMMAZ 41 and SAMMAZ 42 were recommended for release based on early maturity, high grain yield, long ear and low soil nitrogen tolerance, as they were developed by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan and IAR.

He said the two varieties of soybean were recommended for release due to extra early maturity, high yield, promiscuous nodulation, resistance to rust, cercospora leaf spot and suitability for mechanisation.

The soya beans were developed by IITA and NCRI.

berem:
What's the difference between the two?


https://www.nairaland.com/2033635/buhari-live-channels-tv

berem:
Obinoscopy,thanks for resurrecting a similar thread that has made front page before. this is the second time a similar thread is making front page.
Seems you are bereft of ideas on threads that should make FP.

Smh

The Nigerian Rice Investors’ Group has lauded the import quota allocation given to rice investors in the country as a step in the right direction.

The group, which addressed the press in Abuja, yesterday, said that the rice import quota policy of the federal government was geared towards self-sufficiency in rice production in the country.

It said this was the first time import quota was being allocated to the right people with verifiable investments in rice production.

The former minister of justice and Attorney General of the Federation, and secretary, Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Michael Aondoakaa, emphasised that prior to the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration nobody had ever wondered who gets what quota.

“The truth is that many have had witnessed the old system where some highly connected people influenced the rice quota allocation. This administration made sure it went to rice farmers with visible investments,” said Aondoakaa.

The president of the Nigerian Rice Investors Group and managing director of Elephant Group, Tunde Owoeye, said that the rice policy of the present administration is visible for all to see.

“If you travel through Zamfara, Niger, Benue, Sokoto and many other states in the country, you will see vast plantations of rice in the last two year. We have also seen some of our members who were traders make huge investments in local rice production. We have seen increase in employment and value creation in the rice sector, said Owoeye.

He further stated that the federal government has provided rice investors with improved seedling and that is the reason rice production is getting better.

On his part, the president of Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors’ Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Mohammed, noted that five years ago, there was only one processing mill in Nigeria but the number grew to 24 by 2014. He said that before President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, rice paddy produced from Nigeria was one of the worst in the world, noting that this has changed.

“We process 800,000 tonnes of paddy rice annually and the government is putting measures in place to produce additional 360000 tonne. All these happened with the help of President Goodluck Jonathan and the minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina,” said Abubakar.

The Federal Government through the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Housing Authority raised the national housing stock by 43,125 units from July 2010 to date, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi, has said.

The minister disclosed this in an address presented at the inauguration of the Federal Government’s nationwide mass housing programme for Nigerian workers in Abuja, and made available to our correspondent.

“A significant number of the beneficiaries of these new housing units are workers across the country, given the focus of the housing scheme of the ministry on affordability and quality delivery, with particular attention to low-income and middle income earners in both the formal and informal sectors of the national economy,” she said.

Describing the workers as the backbone and the intellectual capital of the nation’s economy, the minister said their welfare and well-being should not be neglected.

She stated that stakeholders in the housing sector were working on several initiatives, including Public-Private Partnerships, to significantly reduce the housing deficit in the country and ensure that all Nigerians were properly housed in functioning communities with access to essential infrastructure and services.

Eyakenyi said, “It is in this regard that in early January 2015, Mr. President will be performing another official ground-breaking of the first batch of 10,000 affordable homes to be provided under a Public-Private Partnership housing delivery scheme of the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Finance and other key stakeholders.

“The establishment of the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company in January 2014 is also set to bridge the funding gap of residential mortgages by providing mortgage lending banks with increased access to liquidity and longer terms funds in the mortgage market.”

She noted that the support of the private sector was essential to increase the level of investment required to meet the enormous demand for housing and provision of infrastructure, which was beyond the scope of governments alone.

The minister also urged state governors to make suitable land available for the expansion of the housing scheme for the benefit of workers nationwide, adding that the ministry was ready to offer its professional advice as well as services.

colored:
put religion aside and have a more secular ideology towards life. There's nothing wrong in not having to wait to have sex. And btw it's "insulting" not "insultive". Pay attention in class.

The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved contract worth 1.2 billion naira for the construction of sewage facilities to connect Guzape District (Lots 1 and 2) to the trunk mains (Stage I -connection of Guzape Lot 1) in the Federal Capital Territory. Guzape District is located around the fringes of the FCT and was not initially considered to be part of the Abuja City Master Plan.

The Supervising Minister of Information, Dr Nurudeen Mohammed briefed State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, alongside Minister of FCT, Sen Bala Mohammed.

Muhammed said the contractor had 16 months to complete the project and that there was already the provision of N300m from the FCT internally-generated revenue for the commencement of the project while adequate provisions have been provided in the FCT Funding Plan for the remaining sum of money.

The minister noted, however, that in order to avoid abuses and uncoordinated development around the fringes of the city, the administration embarked on the land use and detailed site development plan of the city fringes to integrate them into overall city planning scheme.

"Consequently, Guzape District Lots 1 and 2 were planned and provided with facilities such as roads, water supply, storm water, drainage system and internal sewage network including mini sewage treat plants.

The scope of the work, its significance and substantial compliance of the award process with the provisions of due process were noted and extensively deliberated by members," Mohammed noted.

"In addition, the council noted specifically that the project will provide employment opportunities for about 50 indigenous professionals, artisans, skilled and unskilled labour and that there is already the provision of N300 million from the FCT internally generated revenue for the commencement of the project while adequate provisions have been provided in the FCT Funding Plan for the project.

The contract was awarded in favour of Messrs Golden Construction Nigeria Limited with a completion period of 16 months."

Mynd44:
20,000 jobs in each state. That is 720,000 jobs.

tobex23:
Oooh, I see, I missed out the "state" unintentionally
Sorry about the error
Lol
Mynd, seun and other mods, do take down the thread please.
Thanks all.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that about 800, 000 jobs will be created through the implementation of full scale mechanized farming.

According to a statement from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the government also noted that 4,800,000 mt of food will be added to the existing 21, 000, 000 mt under the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GES).

The statement said additional 10,000,000 Nigerian farmers will have access to mechanized farming equipment through the Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE)

The government said that the new mechanisation policy, which is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) will see the government provide 35 per cent of the finance while financial institutions will provide 35 per cent, Agro-machinery Vendors provide 20 percent and Service Providers Operator (SPOs) makes available 10 per cent.

The statement explained that the short term projection of the scheme through the partnership is to make available a minimum of 6,000 units of Tractors and Power Tillers each.

It will also make available about 13,000 units of various harvest and post harvest equipment to set up a minimum of 1,200 Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise (AEHE) to render Mechanization Support Services to farmers

To drive this new scheme, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said that President Goodluck Jonathan through the ministry approved N4.5 Billion to implement an intervention scheme to serve as a model for replication.

He said that the first phase of this intervention will make available 590 units of tractors, 500 power tillers, and various harvests and post harvest equipment to set up 118 AEHEs centers.

“The on-going Mechanization scheme will provide 1,230 Units of Tractors, 2000 Power Tillers and 3400 units of various harvest and post equipment such as rice Reapers, Grain Threshers, Cassava Planters and harvesters, boom sprayer among several other equipment to set up 246 units of AEHEs in demand driven locations nationwide,” the minister said in the statement.