Plantain farming is very lucrative using modern farming techniques – Shelu Abu
Mr. Shelu Abu is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ikorodu, Lagos-based Shelu Farms, a farm that is into plantain and catfish farming. In this chat with Financial Vanguard in Ikorodu, Shelu speaks on the new model technology in plantain farming and says that plantain farming is very lucrative. He calls on government to bring back the Bank of Agriculture
US Ebola patient ‘seems to be improving’ – CDC chief
Dr. Kent Brantly the first Ebola Virus Disease patient on American soil, who arrived Emory University Hospital, Georgia in Atlanta on a medical plane from Liberia on Saturday, to begin the latest leg of a race to save his life “seems to be improving,” a top US health official said Sunday.
Insider’s account of the intrigues,politics and betrayal of June 12
June 12, 1993 was the day Nigerians from all ethnic divides voted massively for MKO Abiola in what can be described as the freest and fairest election in the country. But unfortunately, the election was annulled by the powers that be led by General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) and the struggle for the re-validation of the mandate led to the death of the acclaimed winner MKO Abiola.
Children thrill Lagosians with folklore, drama, choreography
The traditional dances, dance dramas, choreography and other activities that featured during the graduation/Price Giving Day held in honour of the Nursery 2 and Basic 5 pupils of the Cyndees International school, Gberigbe, Ikorodu Lagos, last Saturday, spoke eloquently of the school’s vision of raising a total child.
The clog in wheels of Nigeria’s industrialisation, by Egesi, ex-NMA boss
Mr. John Egesi is a former director-general, National Maritime Authority (now NIMASA) and President, Nigerian Institute of Shipping (NIS). In this interview, he sheds light on how the peculiarity Nigeria shares with other sub Sahara African countries is both a weakness and a strength.
Cement controversy in House
The House of Representatives has endorsed the 42.5 mpa cement grade as the minimum in the Nigerian market. The House thereby bars the 32.5 grade which the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) had allowed to be produced and sold but limited to plastering jobs only. Following from the House Committee’s surveys and analysis, the 32.5 grade poses greater danger to largely uninformed Nigerians than the 42.5 grade.
Fashola to open NYSC Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State will on Thursday, August 7, declare open the Orientation Course for the first stream of the 2014 Batch ‘B’ of the National Youth Service Corps, at the State NYSC Orientation Camp, at Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos.
Injured Tiger withdraws from WGC event as Major looms
Former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew from Sunday’s final round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational with back spasms, casting serious doubt on his status for the upcoming PGA Championship.
Jonathan mourns Prof. Alkali’s death
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday expressed sadness over the death of Prof. Nur Alkali, a delegate to the 2014 National Conference in Abuja.
At least 367 dead in southwest China quake
More than 367 people died and almost 2,000 were injured when a strong earthquake hit southwest China’s mountainous Yunnan province Sunday, bringing homes crashing to the ground and sparking a massive relief operation.
Brazil overtakes US as cosmetic surgery world capital
Move over Beverly Hills: image-conscious Brazil has overtaken the United States as the world’s capital of cosmetic surgery.
