Commercial poultry, Funtuna Farms, a
division of Animal Care Services Konsult
Limited, has warned Nigerians to avoid
taking raw eggs.
The General Manager of Funtuna Farms, Dr.
Kiran Kulkarni, gave the warning during a
sensitisation programme at Dansol High
School, Ikeja, as part of activities to
commemorate the World Egg Day in Nigeria.
Kulkarni explained that the consumption of
raw eggs was unsafe, adding that cooked
and boiled egg was more nutritious for the
body.
He said, “Do not eat raw egg. Raw egg is
dangerous because it is difficult to digest.
“Also, if you take raw eggs and they have
one or two deficiencies, it goes straight
into your body and the danger is high on
the immune system. But if you boil or fry it,
the danger will be reduced. It is advisable
we boil or fry eggs before taking them.”
Also, a veterinary doctor with Funtuna
Farms, Dr. Bukola Akintoye, in a
presentation, explained that consuming an
egg daily was beneficial to the body.
She noted that eggs were excellent and was
rich in protein with potential to enhance
health.
She said, “We are regularly told how
important it is to eat a balanced diet; we
need protein and plenty vitamins and
nutrients. Fruit, vegetables and meat
naturally come to mind, and when
combined, these fruits can provide all these.
However, one food contains them all –
eggs.”
Monday, October 21, 2013
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Yinka Ayefele band boys disappear in US
Gospel music styled secular singer, Yinka
Ayefele left Nigeria on September 2nd with
a 14-man band for a six-week musical tour
of the US, which took them to New York,
Washington, Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore,
Maryland and Dallas. He returned to Nigeria
this week with three band members
missing. The three missing men according
to a petition filed by Ayefele are:
1. The lead vocalist of Ayefele’s Merry-
Makers Band, Solomon Motimoke
popularly known as ‘Yatty’ who
dumped the band while they were in
Washington DC on 11th October.
2. Ojoyido Adegbenga Ezekiel
(Keyboardist), who disappeared at the
band’s hotel at Howard Johnson Inn on
Rockaway Boulevard, New York on
Tuesday, 15th October
3. Olusola Kayode Isaac (vocalist), who
disappeared at the La-Guardiala
Airport, New York on Monday, 14th
October on his way from Houston.
Yinke Ayefele has written to the US
Homeland Security, asking them to track
and deport these men.
Ayefele left Nigeria on September 2nd with
a 14-man band for a six-week musical tour
of the US, which took them to New York,
Washington, Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore,
Maryland and Dallas. He returned to Nigeria
this week with three band members
missing. The three missing men according
to a petition filed by Ayefele are:
1. The lead vocalist of Ayefele’s Merry-
Makers Band, Solomon Motimoke
popularly known as ‘Yatty’ who
dumped the band while they were in
Washington DC on 11th October.
2. Ojoyido Adegbenga Ezekiel
(Keyboardist), who disappeared at the
band’s hotel at Howard Johnson Inn on
Rockaway Boulevard, New York on
Tuesday, 15th October
3. Olusola Kayode Isaac (vocalist), who
disappeared at the La-Guardiala
Airport, New York on Monday, 14th
October on his way from Houston.
Yinke Ayefele has written to the US
Homeland Security, asking them to track
and deport these men.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Four year old boy kills self with father's gun
A four year old boy, Akinwale Semiu shot himself to death in error on Tuesday, with a loaded gun kept by his father in his romm at Iyana Bare villane, Ibadan in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.
It was learnt that the father of the deceased, Mr Wahee Akinwale, said to be a hunter reported at Idi-Ayunre police station that he loaded his gun and kept it in his room in readiness for hunting on Tuesday night.
The man reportedly told the police that at about 9:30am, his son entered his room where he kept the gun, pulled the trigger and shot himself on the chest, dying instantly.
The shot was said to have been heard by othe children who were in the kitchen, cooking and they reportedly alerted a neighbour who also put a call through to the father.
Mr Akinwale told police that he and the child's mother were divorced, and that he had been taking care of him alone.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, confirmed the incident, saying that the corpse had been deposited in the mortuary at State Hospital for autopsy.
It was learnt that the father of the deceased, Mr Wahee Akinwale, said to be a hunter reported at Idi-Ayunre police station that he loaded his gun and kept it in his room in readiness for hunting on Tuesday night.
The man reportedly told the police that at about 9:30am, his son entered his room where he kept the gun, pulled the trigger and shot himself on the chest, dying instantly.
The shot was said to have been heard by othe children who were in the kitchen, cooking and they reportedly alerted a neighbour who also put a call through to the father.
Mr Akinwale told police that he and the child's mother were divorced, and that he had been taking care of him alone.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, confirmed the incident, saying that the corpse had been deposited in the mortuary at State Hospital for autopsy.
Man commits suicide in Osun over N350,000 debt
The celebration of Eid-El-Fitri was marred with tragedy on Wednesday, at Concord area of Oke-Omiru, Ilesa, Osun State when a sixty-year old building materials dealer committed suicide by jumping into a well.
It was learnt that the victim popularly known as 'Sunre' decided to terminate his life over his inability to pay a N350,000 debt he owed somebody in Abuja. The dealer had made attempt to jump into his residence well on October 15, 2013 but was stopped by his family member against such act. But, on Wednesday, he went to the house of his neighbours where he eventually terminated his life while the celebration of Eid-El-Fitri was ongoing.
His remains was discovered at about 6:00am by a resident who had gone to draw water from the well and consequently raised the alarm, which drew other members of the neighbourhood to the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Odoro said that a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer 'A' quickly moved to the scene wher the corpse was removed.
It was learnt that the victim popularly known as 'Sunre' decided to terminate his life over his inability to pay a N350,000 debt he owed somebody in Abuja. The dealer had made attempt to jump into his residence well on October 15, 2013 but was stopped by his family member against such act. But, on Wednesday, he went to the house of his neighbours where he eventually terminated his life while the celebration of Eid-El-Fitri was ongoing.
His remains was discovered at about 6:00am by a resident who had gone to draw water from the well and consequently raised the alarm, which drew other members of the neighbourhood to the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Odoro said that a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer 'A' quickly moved to the scene wher the corpse was removed.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Presidential aide's sister kidnapped
Bayelsa State police command have
confirmed the kidnapping of President
Goodluck Jonathan's Special Adviser on
Research, Documentation and Strategy,
Oronto Douglas' elder sister, Augusta
Douglas-Ayam.
Confirming the incident, Hilary Opara, the
commissioner of police, said Mrs Douglas-
Ayam was kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on
Monday night in Ogbia town by
unidentified gunmen.
The comissioner, upon returning to the
state capital after visiting the scene of the
kidnap, said no arrest had been made yet.
But, he assured, marine police had been
deployed to the creeks to effect the
rescue of the victim.
The spokesman for state's police
command, Alex Akhigbe (DSP) said officers
from Anti-Kidnapping Squad had been
deployed to go after the kidnappers.
"We are after the kidnappers and very
soon, they will be apprehended and the
woman rescued," he stated.
Another sibling to the President's aide, Mr.
Gift Douglas, said he received the
disturbing information on phone on
Monday night.
"I got the information this night that our
elder sister has been kidnapped by
gunmen who went to her shop at about 8
p.m. and shot into the air before taking
her away through the creeks," he
narrated.
The incident had thrown the entire family
into mourning.
The news shocked members of Bayelsa
Government. The Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Markson
Fefegha, however, said the state
government remained resolute in its
determination to stamp out criminal
activities in the state.
"It is sad and embarrassing that it
happened at a time the present
administration is recording great
successes in the area of sustaining the
existing peace.
"The state government is, however,
optimistic that the security agencies will
go after the kidnappers and swiftly rescue
her," Mr Fefegha said.
confirmed the kidnapping of President
Goodluck Jonathan's Special Adviser on
Research, Documentation and Strategy,
Oronto Douglas' elder sister, Augusta
Douglas-Ayam.
Confirming the incident, Hilary Opara, the
commissioner of police, said Mrs Douglas-
Ayam was kidnapped at about 8 p.m. on
Monday night in Ogbia town by
unidentified gunmen.
The comissioner, upon returning to the
state capital after visiting the scene of the
kidnap, said no arrest had been made yet.
But, he assured, marine police had been
deployed to the creeks to effect the
rescue of the victim.
The spokesman for state's police
command, Alex Akhigbe (DSP) said officers
from Anti-Kidnapping Squad had been
deployed to go after the kidnappers.
"We are after the kidnappers and very
soon, they will be apprehended and the
woman rescued," he stated.
Another sibling to the President's aide, Mr.
Gift Douglas, said he received the
disturbing information on phone on
Monday night.
"I got the information this night that our
elder sister has been kidnapped by
gunmen who went to her shop at about 8
p.m. and shot into the air before taking
her away through the creeks," he
narrated.
The incident had thrown the entire family
into mourning.
The news shocked members of Bayelsa
Government. The Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Markson
Fefegha, however, said the state
government remained resolute in its
determination to stamp out criminal
activities in the state.
"It is sad and embarrassing that it
happened at a time the present
administration is recording great
successes in the area of sustaining the
existing peace.
"The state government is, however,
optimistic that the security agencies will
go after the kidnappers and swiftly rescue
her," Mr Fefegha said.
ASUU strike continues unless.......
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU of Imo State University (IMSU) and their counterparts at the Federal
University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) yesterday insisted that unless federal government implements the agreement
entered into with the union in 2009 and 2012, the strike would continue.
A communique issued after their meeting in Owerri and signed by ASUU chairman in IMSU Rev. Dr. Chidi Nwadiaro said the union
would remain at home if the Federal Government fails to implement the agreement.
Nwadiaro said the total sum of money due to Nigeria universities according to the agreement is about N500 billion, adding
that out of that amount, the Federal Government announced a release of only N100 billion.
He noted that the N500 billion is required to provide infrastructure in universities.
The union urged well meaning Nigerians to appeal to the Federal Government to revitalize public universities by implementing the 2009 agreement.
University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) yesterday insisted that unless federal government implements the agreement
entered into with the union in 2009 and 2012, the strike would continue.
A communique issued after their meeting in Owerri and signed by ASUU chairman in IMSU Rev. Dr. Chidi Nwadiaro said the union
would remain at home if the Federal Government fails to implement the agreement.
Nwadiaro said the total sum of money due to Nigeria universities according to the agreement is about N500 billion, adding
that out of that amount, the Federal Government announced a release of only N100 billion.
He noted that the N500 billion is required to provide infrastructure in universities.
The union urged well meaning Nigerians to appeal to the Federal Government to revitalize public universities by implementing the 2009 agreement.
Nigerian airlines owing Staff to be shut down
Nigerian airlines that do not pay staff
regular salaries will be shut and a
comprehensive audit of all carriers will soon
be conducted, aviation authorities said on
Monday as concerns are being raised over
the safety of Nigeria’s skies.
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Fola
Akinkuotu said at a press conference in
Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, that financially
distressed airlines will be stopped from
operating.
“NCAA will not permit any airline that is not
financially sound to continue to operate,”
Akinkuotu said.
He said NCAA has enough power to
intervene and to look at economic viability
of the airlines.
Captain Fola Akinkuotu
Akinkuoto said while the agency does not
intend to kill airlines or stifle their growth,
as a regulator it will ensure that only
financially sound airlines operate in the
interest of safety.
Akinkuotu, who spoke at the NCAA
headquarters in Lagos disclosed that all
Nigerian airlines will also be required to go
through an IATA Operational Safety Audit,
also known as IOSA audit.
An IOSA programme is an evaluation system
designed to assess the operational
management and control systems of an
airline. It is a programme designed by the
International Air Transport Association,
IATA.
“Airlines will be required to have IOSA audit
as we go forward and ensure that their
audit is tidy,” Akinkuotu said.
He said he will address the issue of airlines
interlining in the near future. But experts
say as a regulator, NCAA does not have that
power.
Interlining, also known as interline ticketing
is a voluntary commercial agreement
between individuals airlines to handle
passengers travelling on itineraries that
require multiple airlines.
Akinkuotu also debunked reports by some
NCAA staff that the agency is broke. An
aircraft inspector had told the media that
the agency is broke and training has
dwindled in the agency.
But Akinkuotu said the agency is financially
buoyant.
“The NCAA is not broke. As I speak, there’s a
group of young people in training in
Manchester. There is nobody who is
supposed to go to training who has not
gone for training. NCAA has a huge budget
for training. People go for training almost
everywhere,” he said.
NCAA DG said the incident involving an IRS
plane at the Kaduna airport on Sunday was
not very serious even though passengers
had to disembark on the runway and
firefighters and other emergency teams
were on standby.
He said information given to the media was
not correct and called on journalists to cross
check information before going to press.
“This briefing has become necessary, even
after our press statement yesterday,
explaining the circumstances that
necessitated the aircraft landing on the
runway, because of the misrepresentation
of facts on the incident in some sections of
the press,” Akinkuotu said.
“For the purpose of reinforcement, we wish
to restate that the affected F100 aircraft
operated by IRS Airline, Reg. No. 5N-HIR
landed safely at the Kaduna Airport,
following a hydraulic alert in the cockpit
while on final approach at the airport,” he
said.
Akinkuotu said he is willing to use his 40-
year experience in the aviation industry to
train Nigerian journalists on how to report
aviation stories.
However, when a journalist asked the
chairman and chief executive officer of IRS
airline, Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu, how many
aircraft he has in its fleet and when he last
paid his staff, Akinkuotu said the airline
boss should not answer because he was
invited as a guest.
He said Rabiu will provide the answer after
the press conference. However, after the
press conference ended Rabiu passed
through the back door and left.
regular salaries will be shut and a
comprehensive audit of all carriers will soon
be conducted, aviation authorities said on
Monday as concerns are being raised over
the safety of Nigeria’s skies.
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Fola
Akinkuotu said at a press conference in
Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, that financially
distressed airlines will be stopped from
operating.
“NCAA will not permit any airline that is not
financially sound to continue to operate,”
Akinkuotu said.
He said NCAA has enough power to
intervene and to look at economic viability
of the airlines.
Captain Fola Akinkuotu
Akinkuoto said while the agency does not
intend to kill airlines or stifle their growth,
as a regulator it will ensure that only
financially sound airlines operate in the
interest of safety.
Akinkuotu, who spoke at the NCAA
headquarters in Lagos disclosed that all
Nigerian airlines will also be required to go
through an IATA Operational Safety Audit,
also known as IOSA audit.
An IOSA programme is an evaluation system
designed to assess the operational
management and control systems of an
airline. It is a programme designed by the
International Air Transport Association,
IATA.
“Airlines will be required to have IOSA audit
as we go forward and ensure that their
audit is tidy,” Akinkuotu said.
He said he will address the issue of airlines
interlining in the near future. But experts
say as a regulator, NCAA does not have that
power.
Interlining, also known as interline ticketing
is a voluntary commercial agreement
between individuals airlines to handle
passengers travelling on itineraries that
require multiple airlines.
Akinkuotu also debunked reports by some
NCAA staff that the agency is broke. An
aircraft inspector had told the media that
the agency is broke and training has
dwindled in the agency.
But Akinkuotu said the agency is financially
buoyant.
“The NCAA is not broke. As I speak, there’s a
group of young people in training in
Manchester. There is nobody who is
supposed to go to training who has not
gone for training. NCAA has a huge budget
for training. People go for training almost
everywhere,” he said.
NCAA DG said the incident involving an IRS
plane at the Kaduna airport on Sunday was
not very serious even though passengers
had to disembark on the runway and
firefighters and other emergency teams
were on standby.
He said information given to the media was
not correct and called on journalists to cross
check information before going to press.
“This briefing has become necessary, even
after our press statement yesterday,
explaining the circumstances that
necessitated the aircraft landing on the
runway, because of the misrepresentation
of facts on the incident in some sections of
the press,” Akinkuotu said.
“For the purpose of reinforcement, we wish
to restate that the affected F100 aircraft
operated by IRS Airline, Reg. No. 5N-HIR
landed safely at the Kaduna Airport,
following a hydraulic alert in the cockpit
while on final approach at the airport,” he
said.
Akinkuotu said he is willing to use his 40-
year experience in the aviation industry to
train Nigerian journalists on how to report
aviation stories.
However, when a journalist asked the
chairman and chief executive officer of IRS
airline, Rabiu Isyaku Rabiu, how many
aircraft he has in its fleet and when he last
paid his staff, Akinkuotu said the airline
boss should not answer because he was
invited as a guest.
He said Rabiu will provide the answer after
the press conference. However, after the
press conference ended Rabiu passed
through the back door and left.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
ASUU STRIKE: ERC URGES NUT, NUEE, NUPENG TO COMMENCE SOLIDARITY STRIKE
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) fully
welcomes the decision of three trade
unions – the Nigerian Union of Teachers
(NUT), the National Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the
National Union of Electricity Employees
(NUEE) – to embark on solidarity strike
actions to compel the Federal Government
to honour agreements signed with the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The ERC urges the three unions to take this
beyond the realm of threats and
immediately name a day on which the
solidarity strike would take place and begin
active mobilisation of their rank and file
members as well as students who are
frustrated at home and concerned
Nigerians to come out en-masse for mass
protests and demonstrations on this day.
We commend the three unions for taking
this decision which we believe is in the best
interest of the education sector and the
Nation at large.
We agree that the ASUU strike has gone on
for far too long and the plethora of strikes
in the education sector are just too many.
On Tuesday 8 October, the ASUU strike
became 100 days old. Slowly the entire
public education sector is grinding to a halt.
For instance, the public polytechnics are
equally closed and it will not be too long
before the Colleges of Education Academic
Staff Union (COEASU) follow suit. The
Colleges of Education lecturers had recently
held a 7-day warning strike. Indeed, the
Academic Staff of Union of Polytechnics
(ASUP) had to resume the strike, they had
suspended in July after three months, due
to the insensitivity and insincerity of
government to their demands and terms of
the suspension of the last strike.
A wave of one-day solidarity strikes by the
labour movement accompanied by mass
protests and demonstrations can alter this
situation and compel the Federal
Government to meet the demands of ASUU,
ASUP, COEASU and other unions on
industrial actions so that the schools can
resume. This is why we commend the three
unions for taking this decision which we
believe is in the best interest of the
education sector and the Nation at large.
The three unions come from key sectors of
the Nation’s economy. As such their
decision to embark on solidarity strike if
given full and practical effect could help pile
pressure on the recalcitrant anti-poor
Federal Government to meet demands of
striking education unions so that public
Universities and Polytechnics can be
reopened for academic activities to resume.
This would also serve as an example for
other unions and the entire labour
movement to follow.
welcomes the decision of three trade
unions – the Nigerian Union of Teachers
(NUT), the National Union of Petroleum and
Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the
National Union of Electricity Employees
(NUEE) – to embark on solidarity strike
actions to compel the Federal Government
to honour agreements signed with the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The ERC urges the three unions to take this
beyond the realm of threats and
immediately name a day on which the
solidarity strike would take place and begin
active mobilisation of their rank and file
members as well as students who are
frustrated at home and concerned
Nigerians to come out en-masse for mass
protests and demonstrations on this day.
We commend the three unions for taking
this decision which we believe is in the best
interest of the education sector and the
Nation at large.
We agree that the ASUU strike has gone on
for far too long and the plethora of strikes
in the education sector are just too many.
On Tuesday 8 October, the ASUU strike
became 100 days old. Slowly the entire
public education sector is grinding to a halt.
For instance, the public polytechnics are
equally closed and it will not be too long
before the Colleges of Education Academic
Staff Union (COEASU) follow suit. The
Colleges of Education lecturers had recently
held a 7-day warning strike. Indeed, the
Academic Staff of Union of Polytechnics
(ASUP) had to resume the strike, they had
suspended in July after three months, due
to the insensitivity and insincerity of
government to their demands and terms of
the suspension of the last strike.
A wave of one-day solidarity strikes by the
labour movement accompanied by mass
protests and demonstrations can alter this
situation and compel the Federal
Government to meet the demands of ASUU,
ASUP, COEASU and other unions on
industrial actions so that the schools can
resume. This is why we commend the three
unions for taking this decision which we
believe is in the best interest of the
education sector and the Nation at large.
The three unions come from key sectors of
the Nation’s economy. As such their
decision to embark on solidarity strike if
given full and practical effect could help pile
pressure on the recalcitrant anti-poor
Federal Government to meet demands of
striking education unions so that public
Universities and Polytechnics can be
reopened for academic activities to resume.
This would also serve as an example for
other unions and the entire labour
movement to follow.
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