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Dealers of fertilizer in Kano State yesterday appealed to the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, ensure immediate release of the fertilizers impounded by soldiers in Kogi State in order to end its scarcity in the northern part of the country.
Chairman, Kano State Fertilizer Dealers Association, Alhaji Shu’aibu Akarami, said the recent seizure of the commodity has resulted into increase in its price in many states in the North.
His appeal came just as a senior official of Notore Chemical Industries, owners of the seized fertilizer, who requested anonymity, told our correspondents in Abuja yesterday that 135 trucks of fertilizer worth N1.8 billion were still with the military in Lokoja. He said the company was expected to deliver at least 40 trucks daily to dealers across the country.
The source said the action of the security forces cost the company over N140 million daily.
He said the company has made available to the military comprehensive details regarding the destinations of the products, including details of even the drivers but nothing has been done.
“We have millions of smallholder farmers all over the country, who are depending on this product to get good yield and if they don’t get it on time, it means danger of food security looms. Urea is not the only component in bomb making, what about petrol, and gasoline; are you going to ban them because of the insurgency?” the source asked.
Chairman, Kano State Fertilizer Dealers Association, Alhaji Shu’aibu Akarami, said before the seizure, a bag of fertilizer was sold for between N4,700 and N4,800 but now it is sold at N5,500 per bag.
He said: “Even at that, the commodity is scarce in most states in the North. Until government intervenes, farmers in the region will incur heavy losses this year.”
Akarami added that the fall of the naira against the dollar did not in any way affect the price of the commodity, therefore government should not allow the action of soldiers in Kogi to affect the price of fertilizer in the country.
He said the association was not against the army’s routine security checks but insisted that the soldiers should ensure immediate release of all trucks that underwent screening so that they could convey the fertilizer to the various destinations for onward sale to farmers.
Daily Trust reports that many truckloads of urea fertilizer belonging to the Notore Chemical Industries in Port-Harcourt are being detained at the Maigumeri Barracks in Lokoja, Kogi State.
A Notore official said the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who was at their production plant on Saturday last week, promised to take up the issue with the security agency but nothing has been done as the trucks were still been held in Lokoja.

Source_ http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/agriculture/fertilizer-scarcity-looms-as-135-trucks-still-held-in-lokoja/137327.

Good day all,

The Nigerian police has advised all to avoid the following places as they have been identified as hot spots for Ritual Killings:

1. Ota, Ogun State

2. Lambe, Ogun State

3. Ikorodu,Lagos State

4. Mowe, Ogun State

5. The Bridge linking Abiola Garden with Otedola Estate, Lagos.

6. Isheri Olowo-Ira under Bridge, Lagos

7. Toyota Bus Stop on Apapa/Oshodi Expressway, Lagos (Clifford Oji's former location)

8. Waterfront River Niger area Of Onitsha, Anambra State

9. Isiala-Ngwa, Abia state

10, Igwurita, Muruokoro, Port Harcourt, Rivers state

11. Ilorin-Oro Road, Kwara state

12. Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, Kogi state

13. Kaduna Eastern By-Pass, Kaduna state

14. The Bank of River Kaduna, Kaduna state

15. Kaduna/Abuja Expressway, Kaduna state

16. Abuja Motor Park,Kaduna

17. Kawo Motor Park, Kaduna

18. The Railway tracks, Kaduna

These are police emergency numbers in Lagos, please:

POLICE CONTROL ROOM 1 - 07055350249 and 07035068242.

RRS CONTROL ROOM 2, Alausa - 08065154338 and 07055462708

CONTROL ROOM 3 SHQ; - 08079279349 and 08063299264 and 767 toll free line.

If you by mistake fall victim quickly send an sms/pre-text message to all or any of these numbers.

Make sure you drive at the middle of express road at all times. If anyone tells you that your car is sparking or there is fire or smoke coming out from your car bonnet, please do not listen just drive on. That is their new tactics.
Pls kindly advice your loved ones accordingly

Can somebody help me confirm if I can get tinted permit for my car that has the old number plate? I heard you need to get the new plate number to get this tinted permit as the old plate number is not online.

When you are blessed by God, you share with the less privilege otherwise you intimidate and oppress them with it.

I am Sorry for your loss. May God saves us from evil and wicked neighbours.

It is exactly because of people like OP this lady is wearing this.. If everyone mind his/her business, we will have a more decent society

Alhamdulilahi.

Good gesture

The Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has dissolved the board of Aero Contractors and appointed a manager over the affairs of the airline. In a statement sent to TheCable on Friday, AMCON said the takeover was in furtherance of its statutory responsibility of acquiring Eligible Bank Assets and putting them to economic use in a profitable manner. AMCON is both the majority shareholder and creditor of Aero. “An industry-based management team will be put in place to provide the highest level of professional competence which would ensure a quick re-positioning of the company,” it said. “The management of AMCON decided to make changes in the management of the airline to protect the brand heritage of the airline, a very well cherished value. “AMCON also maintains that its intervention is in the public interest to sustain and improve the robust and premium quality service which Aero is known for in the country.” It assured regulatory authorities, the travelling public and key stakeholders that the airline would continue to “operate on the solid foundation of safety and security with excellent customer service”. It said it had also engaged a reputable accounting firm to undertake a forensic audit of the airline’s accounts over the last 5 years. Aero Contractors is Nigeria’s oldest aviation company. It commenced business in 1959, initially providing services to oil and gas sector, before venturing into fix wing operations in the year 2000. AMCON currently owns 60% of the company, with the remaining 40% held by the Ibru family.

Source _ www.thecable.ng/breaking-amcon-takes-over-aero-contractors

Abdulbasit

Baba Vanga (Vangelia) Pandeva was born on January 31, 1911. She died on August 11, 1996 . She lived in the city of Petrich , Bulgaria.

She was buried in a churchyard of the Saint Petca Bulgarian Church in the Rupite region. Vangelia Pandeva Dimitrova’s interest in politics was not incidental. She was born on the territory of modern Macedonia – the land which was an apple of discord for years between Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia. Her native land experienced two World Wars in which the Bulgarians and the Serbs were struggling in different camps. She was always recognized as one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century due to the precision with which she anticipated in advance many of the great world events. She was known in the region as the "Nostradamus of the Balkans".

Vanga lost her sight when she was 12. She was swept away by a mighty tornado. Later she was found alive, covered with dirt and stones, with sand in her eyes. She became blind as a result.

Vanga started making predictions when she was 16. She helped her father find a sheep stolen from the flock. She provided a detailed description of a yard where the animal was being hidden by the thieves. Her powers of foreseeing took shape after she turned 30.

Many a statesman visited Vanga. Adolf Hitler called on her one day. He left her house looking rather upset.

Vanga died in 1996 and predicted many of the major global shocks such as the tsunami of 2004 or the attack on the Twin Towers. And now, one last omen seems to begin to be fulfilled: according Baba Yanga, 2016 would be the year that "Muslims will invade Europe".

Yanga Baba prophesied that in 2018 China will be the first "super power" in the world, taking the lead from the already worn U.S, plus, she added, in the same year a space probe will discover "a new form of energy" in planet Venus.

Here we leave a list of predictions for the coming years:

2016. Muslims invade Europe.
2023. There will be major changes in the Earth's orbit.
2025. The population of Europe will disappear as a result of wars.
2028. There will be an attempt to travel to other planets like Venus, with the hope of finding other sources of energy to Earth.
2033. Water levels rise due to the melting of the poles.
2076. Communism contagious return to Europe and the rest of the world.
2084. The rebirth of nature.
2100. A new sun illuminates the dark side of the planet. This could refer to a scientific project that began in 2008 and will create an artificial sun using nuclear energy.
2130. extraterrestrial civilizations might reach our planet.
2170. Global Drought.
2187. Two large volcanoes erupt.
2262. Mars is threatened by a comet.
2480. Two artificial Suns collide and leave the Earth in total darkness.
3005. A war on Mars will change the trajectory of the planet.
3010. A comet reaches the Moon, so the Earth is covered by a ring of rocks and ashes.
3797. The Earth dies but mankind has advanced enough to move to a new solar system.
5079: The universe will end.

And what do you think?

How do you reduce the gear of an automatic gear car ?

Enyimba’s preparation for the Super Four in Kaduna suffered severe hitches on Monday afternoon after players and officials of the club were robbed at gunpoint at Okene, Kogi State on their way to Kaduna.

The People's Elephant were going to Kaduna from Otta where they have been having intensive pre-season training ahead of the NPFL and the Caf Champions League.

A top official of the club, Chukwudi Okanume told Goal that dare devil armed robbers waylaid their bus, and after shooting sporadically into the air, robbed the players and officials of personal electronics and money.

Okanume confirmed that no player was molested and that there was no injury but that the players were yet to recover from the shock of the armed attacks.

He said the team had to stop in Okene and that the players are being psyched up to rid the trauma of the attack off their minds so as to continue the journey.

“We were attacked around Okene by armed robbers who came with lots of guns. They were shooting into the air. The players lost all what they had on them including phones, money, laptops and other valuables,” Okanume told Goal.

“We have not sat down to take stock of what was stolen. Everything happened in broad daylight but there was nobody to help us.”

Enyimba are the defending champions of the league and this brings to two the cases of armed robbery attacks against football clubs after the celebrated case of former champions, Kano Pillars who were attacked on March 5, 2015 in Abuja on their way to honour a league match in Owerri against Heartland.

Source.. www.goal.com

Now, the man can not be charged with rape because the lady has denied she was raped. Something tell me the man had his way. That is usually the case with rape. people want to keep their self esteem

I don't why we don't support talents that can improve our technology but those that encourage immorality....?

Innocent until proven guilty? How are the mighty falling?

[DYNAMO KYIV VS MANCHESTER CITY


BENFICA VS ZENIT ST PETERSBURG


PSV VS ATLETICO MADRID



JUVENTUS VS BAYERN MUNICH


ARSENAL VS BARCELONA



PSG VS CHELSEA


Roma vs Real Madrid


GENT VS WOLFSBURG!

When are we going to wake up?

With just few days to 2016, the horizon is becoming clearer on what to expect in the coming year and so are the entities that would shape 2016. They are 16 in number. These 16 entities will have profound impact on what we do, the way we live and what happens to the economy in 2016. Their impact and influence cut across several sectors – financial, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, telecoms, taxation, and the public sector.
1. MTN Nigeria

In terms of size and sphere of influence in the Nigerian telecoms sector, MTN Nigeria stands out as one of the players to watch out for in 2016. According to Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) statistics, as at September 2015, MTN has 62.5 million subscribers, making it the largest telecoms company in Nigeria –with about a third of the Nigerian population on its network.

2. Globacom
Globacom, a privately owned telecommunications carrier established by a business mogul, Chief Mike Adenuga, started operations on August 29, 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. As at September this year, Globacom remained the second largest GSM firm in terms of the size of subscribers as 31.3 million subscribers were recorded for the company in the period.
As the second largest GSM firm, the mantle of leadership may naturally fall on Globacom next year should MTN fail to successfully weather the storm caused by the NCC sanction.

3. Etisalat
Etisalat is a multinational UAE-based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 15 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
It commenced commercial operations on October 23, 2008 with a promise to deliver innovative and quality services in Nigeria.
Although, it is the latest entrant into the Nigerian GSM market, Etisalat Nigeria has been able to etch its name in the consciousness of Nigerian GSM subscribers very fast.

4. FBN Holdings
FBN Holdings is expected to add a new operating momentum to the business in 2016 with a new management already waiting to engineer a turnaround from day one of next year. The new management will have to bring in innovative approaches to deal with two major cost increases that have undermined the bank’s profit capacity at the moment. These are impairment charges for loan losses and interest expenses, which are claiming much of the increase in the bank’s earnings. A change in the cost-income ratio needs to happen to reinforce profit capacity.

5. Access Bank
Access Bank seems to be in the cruising altitude after a new management launched it into a new phase of growth last year. Its growth momentum increased in 2014, which has been sustained so far in 2015. The bank is cutting a growing market share and advancing its positioning on the industry competitive ranking. At the end of 2014, Access Bank was the fifth largest in Nigeria by both gross earnings and profit numbers. By the 2015 high growth rate, it could land on the third position in the industry at the end of the year..

6. Fidelity Bank
Fidelity Bank has been in the news for past couple of weeks on account of its rebranding efforts, but the greater expectation is how the effort would impact on the bottomline. It is on a good note thus far. Fidelity Bank is sustaining recovery on the earnings track for the second year in 2015 after huge credit losses caused a sharp drop in profit in 2013. The bank made a remarkable move in rebuilding profit in 2014 and further growth is expected in the current financial year albeit a slow down. A moderate year-on-year profit growth was reported by the bank’s management in the first quarter, as costs failed to moderate and interest income dropped.

7. Guaranty Trust Bank
Guaranty Trust Bank has a unique strength in the ability to maintain reasonable stability in both good and bad operating seasons. Indeed, bank watchers say this is one feat that has singled out the bank among peers.
The ability to shield earnings from violent fluctuations remains its strength in the midst of the operating difficulties facing banks and industries..

8. Zenith Bank
Zenith Bank is sustaining a rebound it registered last year and profit is headed for a new high. Its profit had declined in 2013 from the all-time peak of N100.15 billion in 2012 and a recovery in 2014 still fell a little short of the 2012 peak. The bank has stepped up growth in both gross earnings and profit this year and is expected to finish the year with accelerated growth in both.

9. Central Bank of Nigeria
For a number of reasons, all eyes will be on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2016. First, Nigerians and other members of the international community would want to see how the apex bank would work with the new cabinet, especially the newly restructured ministries of Finance, Budget Planning and Trade and Investment.

10. Nigerian Stock Exchange
As the second largest bourse in Africa, the Nigerian Stock Exchange has over 200 listed companies made up of several major brands in diverse sectors including financial services, resources, construction and information & communications technology.
Given the impact of the exit of foreign portfolio investors on the performance of the Nigerian bourse, the management of the NSE will also be expected to embark on a robust image laundering exercise in order to allay the fears of foreign portfolio investors on Nigerian economy.

11. Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
As the fortunes of oil dwindle following the plummeting of prices at the international market, Nigeria is now in the eye of the storm. The unpleasant situation that the country finds herself calls for ingenuity of handlers of the oil revenue generating organ, which is the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

12. Federal Inland Revenue Service
The reality in Nigeria today is that oil revenue will not be enough to sustain the economy, it therefore behooves on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the nation’s revenue agency, to be creative and aggressive in generating revenue for the country. In essence, it means FIRS is expected to focus more on non-oil taxes in its revenue generating drive, while also ensuring improvement in the collection of oil tax revenue.

13. Nigeria Customs Service
For long, the idea of diversifying the economy has been on the drawing board. Several top government officials often use several public functions to express the need to diversify the economy. The calls were hinged on the need to address the over dependence of the Nigerian economy on crude oil. From experience over the years, such calls were ignored and in some cases treated with levity. Government officials were merely mouthing it.

14. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Riding to power on the crest of his avowed commitment to fight corruption head-long, it is certain that the ongoing anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammad Buhari administration will continue in 2016 and one agency which would be at the fore-front of that crusade is the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). With plummeting oil prices and dwindling revenue accruing to the government, tackling corruption and plugging leakages in government finances have become top priorities in the present dispensation.

15. Dangote Group
Dangote Group is a conglomerate covering the cement, agriculture and energy sectors of the economy with an annual turnover of N450 billion (US$3 billion). Its activities involve manufacturing/ importation, packaging and distribution of cement, salt, sugar and flour as well as logistics, real estate and refinery.

16. Notore Chemical Industries
Notore Chemical Industries is one of the biggest fertilizer and agro-allied companies in Nigeria nay Africa.
With the attention of the federal government turning to agriculture in the spirit of the diversification of the economy, a lot will be expected from Notore in contributing to the government’s effort at making the country self-sufficient in food production as well as making agriculture a major revenue earner for the country.

Source : http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/sixteen-entities-to-watch/227252/

I see absolutely nothing wrong in keeping your surrounding clean especially if no one has been employed to do that for you.

Oga, how did you obtain your data?

It is rather unclean as far as I am concerned and strictly forbidden by my religion. Thanks all the same, no knowledge is lost.

Thsi Life

Nice. Jazaka Allahu Khairan

He simply did justice to himself

Trash. trash. trash. I am tempted to say but on another thought you never can tell.

Educative. Informative. Noted. Thanks.

Pride. Pride. Pride. Where is the humility preached by Jesus?

I don't really know what we are supposed to learn from this...

IbileArmy:
I need 50likes to pay for my Bis pls

Ok.

So, the couple are no longer Nigerians? They are igbos eh? When will all these tribalism stop?