₦airaland Forum

hmm..

lt is good news for Nigerians who are exporting their skills or products.

Though l am not into this Valentine stuff but boko haram feels they have moral justification to kill those who celebrate it because the demon who they serve as their god is blood thirsty!

The government is forcing us to believe the economy is growing in the face of devaluation of the Naira! It is just losing strength against other currencies even to the Kenyan Shilling!

Normally whenever l have N200,000 paid into my account in Nigeria and l check it at an ATM here Nairobi, l do always see nothing less than 105,000 Kenyan shillings on the screen but what l saw this week shocked me as l saw 91,736 Kenyan Shilling, loosing a whooping 13,000 shillings in difference, l was shaking as that 13,000 can cover my electricity bill for one year!

l can imagine what Dangote is going through as his worth has greatly depreciated.

MsJJ:
I am not sure oh! Never seen them but auberguine dey sha, but what's the difference btw zuccini andd cucumber ghan?v

Dem be cousins Kenya don force me to know many, many veggies!

@dumo1, my visa has been working fine for the nearly 2 years l have been here as l withdraw and do P.O.S payment but for other payment such as my paypal verification, skype credit, airtime etc. l got a mastercard at a supermarket here within 15mins.

l am having issues withdrawing from my Fidelity acct, money was deposited into it last Friday, got an email alert 11 hours later! Till now l can't withdraw frm any ATM here in Nairobi, reading insufficient fund while am staring @my money on d screen!

@semasir, am into no 11. (Handmade craft seller) as a side business. l own a shop on etsy.com and listed my product with only $0.20. l buy my products here in Nairobi from the Maasai craft sellers who l have contacts with. l ship to the U.S and Europe receiving my payments via paypal.

Jega Must Not Go!

Don't be surprised to hear about weddings that will be taking place on the 14th, abeg the lesser the crowd, the cheaper for the couple!

l can imagine the loss.

pwerrymansion:
This shall be my sisters portion IJNA! God will give you double 4 ur trouble. God be with them all.

Amen!

A woman has given birth to quadruplets after 14 years of a childless marriage. Mrs Stella Kimathi’s “miracle babies” were born on Thursday at the Meru public hospital where she delivered two girls and two boys.

The elated new mother said that giving birth to four bouncing babies was “double double for the troubles” she and her husband had endured.

She could not hide her joy despite the pain of a Caesarean section.

According to hospital nurse Fridah Kawira, the babies were delivered by Caesarean section on the night of February 5.

“The babies are doing very well in the nursery. We have kept them here for general observation. This is a rare case in this hospital. We have had triplets and twins,” Ms Kawira said.

Another nurse Charity Kirimi said the mother was also doing well and they expected her to be discharged once the babies were found to be fully stable.

“The first baby weighed two kilogrammes, the second 1.9kg, while the third and fourth weighed 1.8kg each. None of the babies has had a complication so far, and we expect them to be discharged very soon,” Mrs Kirimi said.

The 40-year-old first-time mother said she has been looking forward to this moment after her doctor informed early in her pregnancy that she might have quadruplets.

“I am very grateful to God for giving me the four babies at a go. This is a great blessing to my family. I thank the hospital staff for ensuring I got to see this bundle of joy,” Mrs Kimathi said.

She added: “I have been praying and waiting upon God to give me double double for the trouble. I have been childless for a long time and God could not have given me a better gift than this.”

TOUGH TIMES

She spoke about the tough times she and her husband had endured in the long wait for a child and called on women in a similar situation to pray and not to give up hope of getting children.

“At 40, God has done it for me. Let them be patient because when God decides to bless them no one will stop it,” she said.

She noted that her family lineage had a history of twins but no one had given birth to quadruplets.

“Some of my relatives have had triplets and twins, but I am the first to get four babies,” she said.

Mrs Kimathi is a cateress at Kaaga Girls’ High School. She said that top among her plans once she leaves hospital was to take the children for dedication at her church.

“First of all I will take them to church for prayer and dedication to God before a celebration at home,” she says.

And she has already picked their names; “For the boys, I have got the names from the Bible. I have named them Manasseh and Ephraim while the girls will be called Precious and Angel. All the names have a meaning for me.”

“The reason why I have called one of the girls Angel is because God spoke to me saying that He would send an angel to guide us to the end. Precious stands for the invaluable things that God has done for our family,” the proud new mother said.

She explained that Manasseh means “God has heard our prayers” while Ephraim means “God has expanded us in the land of trouble”.

She said it was a clear sign that God had come to wipe away the family’s tears and she told how her husband was shot five times by robbers in 2005 and left for dead.

“My husband is a police officer. He was in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi, when he was shot, but God saved him. He is now well and has been promoted to an OCS. This is a big turnaround for my family,” Mrs Kimathi said.

Her sister, Ms Stella Gitune, said they were excited because after a long wait, their sister is finally a mother, blessed with quadruplets.

http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Quadruplets-Meru-Hospital-Stella-Kimathi/-/1056/2616758/-/r4fi83z/-/index.html

MsJJ:
This is the first time I'll be commenting on NL! I've learnt a lot and hope to share my success story soon! Rather than strawberries, I will suggest blueberries, raspberries or blackberries, these are more rugged while you experiment n learn more about strawberries which are VERY delicate! I have planted all three types of berries but the strawberries never survived (not giving up tho). Growing from seed is difficult but I easily find the plants to buy from local nurseries (in Jos). Broccolli and cauliflower is farmed in Jos and most Abuja stores bbuy from there. You are an inspiration @Jasper7 and I WISH TO LEARN FROM YOU!

Is zucchini (courgettes) also available at the local nurseries?

mercylicious:
umunne m. i will be needing ur help soon. i just bought ten plots of land here in anambra for my farm. i plan to do fishery, poultry and piggery. i will start off with fishery first, then poultry and others. ill be moving the plantains in one of my locations to this new farm. This new farm is close to a stream dt never dries. very ideal for earthen fish pond. The environment is cool. i plan to house my workers in the farm. (I may have to sell other properties to achieve this.)

I will be starting off the project next year as obara agwugo m na aru. kwudi yakari! Cash don finish.

I maybe sending my chief farm attendant on various agric training to improve his skills, but every training will come with a bond (just like access bank). you must work for me after the training or pay back the bond (training fee).

Plans, plans, plans. May God keep us alive till next year.

Which bond? Just pray his conscience is alive.

jamp:
bros am still interested in the biogas production using poultry droppings from my farm. as pointed out by farmtech I need cow dung to make it work well.

You can always get cow dung from the abattoir as l know that poultry waste do not generate as much.

Shaking my head...

Last night l watched a Kenyan diary farmer who is generating 300kg of biogas daily from the digester in his farm, the funny thing is that the guy is retailing the biogas using tyre tubes, selling a kg of biogas for N300! Nna men, see business o!

Hmm....but l believe it is phasing out because it more common with older market women,

jethro2:
@Pavore. That it is my brother. But the market is there for every one to tap from. The demand for quality produce at some quarters is high

But l must confess tomato is rather expensive in Nigeria.

@jethro2, so the South african has "chanced" you who is an "omo nile" and now collecting the N400/kg you should be collecting?

Mama Peace in action.

Silence is not always golden.....they have a moral obligation to publicly address the allegation and if their hands are clean, God would certainly vindicate them!

@jasper7, way back when l worked in Omasi-agu (Anambra)& Adani (Enugu)which are communities next to each other, we stayed @ Omasi but went to Adani for shopping for food, fuel etc, u need to have seen how ose nsukka was wasting @ that local market!

Two weeks ago, a guy who was pitching his company's services said that the 24ft by 72ft greenhouse they build produces 1650kg of capsicum monthly & they will also facilitate exporting the produce as it attracts good price in d international market.

jasper7:
@Pavore9. yes o. I think the yellow one is a bit more expensive although it is sold only in the premium markets. like shoprite and the rest of them.

Am addiated to the yellow variety. l get them @ N315/kg.

@jasper7, ls the N600 per kilo for the capsicum also apply to the yellow variety? (lt always reminds me of ose nsukka though way bigger)

Paulordiah:
call 08130378328 paul

lf you truly have the solution to her predicament, why not share the information here so others who maybe facing similar situation can benefit.

saliubello:
Sir, may I suggest that we may organise Agro-tourism to Kenya. Please consider this package closely. I'm in when you can put something together

Been given similar suggestion, will see how l can help.

@Kalusam, l share ur thought, l encourage people to experiment with a small space, it is like doing ur research to get an idea of what works & doesn't. l visited someone who was experimenting cabbage in her greenhouse, she got it right @2nd attempt.