661 RIFLES Concerns grow over ‘sick’ scanners clearing deadly cargoes
As controversy continues to trail the container seized with 661 rifles, new facts emerged from Sunday Vanguard’s visit to the Apapa port, Lagos to have first hand information on how goods coming into the country are cleared and released.
Developing immunities to Christ
Many Christians reject central tenets of the faith Jesus delivered, while still claiming to be Christians. We have been socialised on the word of men, contrary to the word of God. Indeed, many have established no-go areas in their hearts and minds against the word of God. These no-go areas pertain to issues dear to us, about which we are not prepared to entertain anything contrary.
We can export Nigerian cuisine to aide food tourism — Imoteda, Head Chef, Heels in the Kitchen
Nigeria, despite many challenges is known for several things; her tasteful music, deep appreciation of football, extravagant weddings and jollof pride. In this interview, Imoteda, Head Chef, Heels in the Kitchen in her narrative of the Nigerian Fusion Food Tour said that Nigeria could earn foreign exchange from food export. According to Imoteda, what is least talked about is the wealth of incredible recipes and fresh produce the nation is endowed with. For her, it is time the government regulates and support food industry so that the world will get to know Nigerian cuisine.
I lived in makeshift accommodation for two years — Chief of Army Staff
Chief of the Army Staff, Lt General T Y Buratai, says, as a young army officer, he lived in a makeshift apartment, popularly known as ‘batcher’, between 1989 and 1990 owing to acute shortage of accommodation facing the Nigerian Army.
NIMASA repositions to attract investments
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has started repositioning to make the maritime sector friendly, thereby attracting more investors into the country.
Elumelu Foundation and the promotion of entrepreneurial skills
The Tony Elumelu Foundation is an ‘Africa based and African funded philanthropic organisation dedicated to the promotion of excellence in business leadership and entrepreneurship and to enhancing the competitiveness of the private sector across Africa‘. It is a programme in which 1,000 entrepreneurs are selected based on the viability of their ideas, including market opportunity, financial understanding, scalability and leadership and entrepreneurial skills. The lucky young Africans undergo twelve weeks of intensive training and at the end; 5,000 dollars are given to each as non refundable seed capital and access to another five thousand dollars in convertible loan.
