Monday, June 23, 2014
EU overtakes US as main food exporter
The EU beat out the United States to become the world's top exporter of agricultural and food products last year, AFP cites a European Commission report on the global farming market as saying Monday.
Fuelled by record sales to China and other emerging markets, in 2013 the 28 countries of the European Union sold 120 billion euros ($163 billion) in agri-food products, up 5.8 percent and with cereals alone accounting for over two thirds of the jump.
A market of 500 million people, the EU remained the world's biggest importer of farming and food products, though the level was mostly unchanged from 2012 at 101.5 billion euros.
A quarter of Chinese imports came from the United States, but the EU saw its share rise to 9.1 percent in 2013, mainly on sales of malt extract for beer brewing, and pork.
Referee to be Petitioned for Celebrating Nigeria's Win Over Bosnia
New Zealand referee drew widespread criticism after wrongly disallowing an Edin Dzeko strike after 21 minutes.
Emmanuel Emenike also appeared to “clip the heels” of Emir Spahic which went unnoticed by the referee.
Consequently of these, a Bosnian fan has sent the petition to FIFA, asking for O'Leary's removal.
Dzeko who spoke to us describes the referee as “shameful”.
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Missouri church lures young parish with rifles
Nowadays, the church has to be creative to bring more people in. In a bid to “get more people to follow Jesus,” a Joplin, Missouri, church held a raffle giving away two Black Rain AR15 assault rifles as a prize.
On Father’s Day, men were given an opportunity to put their names in a hat to win one of two AR-15 rifles. Each father was eligible to submit a ticket for himself and a ticket for each of his children he brought to church with him. An additional ticket was given if a man brought his own dad.
US hypocritical and extortive towards its citizens living abroad – immigration expert
More expatriate Americans are parting with their US citizenship than ever. Overseas US offices reported 1,000 US citizens and green-card holders had renounced their allegiance in just the first three months of the year. The figure puts 2014 on track to top last year's total of almost three thousand renunciations, which was already a record high since the government began disclosing such data.
The figures are somewhat disturbing, as it is more than three times higher then the number in 2012, and greater than the combined totals for 2011 and 2012, according to the US Treasury Department.
Gunmen Attack Convoy Of Edo Deputy Speaker, Others.
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Gunmen Attack Convoy Of Edo Deputy Speaker, Others.
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Just In: Bomb Blast in Kano This Afternoon Leaves Many Dead
Health Insurance Convention To Hold Soon
As part of efforts to reduce the level of ignorance on insurance by celebrities which has led to the untimely and unavoidable deaths of several prominent entertainers in the music and movie industries, the first Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Convention is set to hold soon.
The convention will serve as a forum to introduce health insurance policies and its benefits to the Nigerian entertainment industry and the society at large.
Accordingly, the convention is designed as a customised learning and education platform for the practitioners of the entertainment industry.
13-Yr-Old Nigerian Boy Dies After Trying To Save A Drowning Girl
According to Irish Mirror, a friend of Ricky’s, a teenage girl got into the water and was almost drowning when Ricky and another female friend jumped into the pond to try to help her. The other teen girl who jumped in to help also now had difficulties in the pond, and it was up to Ricky to save both girls. Which he did. Paramedics were called and all three teens were taken to the hospital. The two girls survived, but Ricky died the next day.
World Bank okays $495.3m for northern farmers
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Friday approved a $495.3m International Development Association credit to improve farmers’ access to irrigation and drainage services in the North.
A statement issued by the bank on Friday said the money would strengthen institutional arrangements for integrated water resources management and improve delivery of agricultural services in selected, large-scale public schemes in northern Nigeria.
“The Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria project will improve existing irrigation on 27,000 hectares, irrigate an additional 23,000 hectares, and benefit more than 140,000 farmers while mobilising private sector investment.
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Post Ekiti state election: Ayo Fayose explains Why he won
Some of you think he won simply because he gave out bags of rice.. No o! It was a free and fair election and even the incumbent governor Kayode Fayemi called Fayose to concede defeat and congratulate him. In a sit down with some journalists yesterday in Ekiti, the Ekiti state governor-elect tells how he managed to defeat a sitting governor
"It is the Lord’s doing. I want to recall that my removal in 2006 remains a mystery to the common man on the streets but they never left me for a day, they believed in me. I want to equally let you know that I was left with the people without money, eight years in the wilderness. My charge to every politician is to target the poor people. They will not come and ask you for contracts, all they want is to have their lives improved, to which they believe I have an answer.
20yr old Pakistani woman gang molested, killed and hanged from a tree
A 20 year old Pakistani lady identified as Muzammil Bibi was found strangled and hung on a tree after resisting rape attempts by three men. Police in Pakistan say the young lady was accosted by the men in a field at the densely populated Punjab province and when she tried to resist being molested, they beat her up, molested her, strangled her and afterwards hanged her on a tree, local media reports.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Eva Alordiah: #2 of 5 Nigeria’s Famous Female Singers
Eva could win any man’s love. Any day. With a glowing beauty, heads are easily turned. An abundance of talent, Eva is not just a singer. No. She doubles as a writer, rapper, model, dancer, makeup artist, song writer and hustler too. And it takes a lot of steam and hard work to pull all these through.
However, her moment came calling when she voiced over Lil Wayne’s A Millie instrumental. That experiment paid off. Eva has since built on that.
Much ado about Cassava bread
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| President Goodluck Jonathan presenting the 40% Cassava flour-baked bread to the public during the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation at the State House, Abuja. |
A FEW months ago, the Federal Government had expressed its intention to begin the implementation of a national policy on cassava bread. Under the arrangement, bread manufacturers are expected to substitute 20 per cent of the wheat flour content of bread with cassava flour, a decision that is expected to drastically reduce the country’s total annual wheat import bill by N127 billion from the over N600 billion worth of wheat imports annually. This move by the Federal Government to give full backing to such an initiative of substituting wheat with cassava in the local production of bread in Nigeria is laudable in the sense that it is a good opportunity to make better use of the nation’s abundant cassava, which research has shown to be healthier and a better suitable flour for bread making.
I Open My Boobs To Please My Fans – Singer Yetunde Agboola
Before she was a great lady but fast rising artist, Yetunde Agboola has begun getting the bad lady option and she's carrying it out due to her fans, according to her. In reality, Yetunde said this is exactly what other ladies do too.
"I expose my breast for the sake of my fans. And that is what is in vogue now. So there is no big deal in me exposing my boobs," she stressed.
We won’t focus on Messi – Yobo
Fenerbahce defender Joseph Yobo has stressed that Nigeria will not focus on stopping Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi when they square off with Argentina on Wednesday afternoon.
The Super Eagles skipper has pointed out that there are 10 other players that will be on parade at the Estádio José Pinheiro Borba .
Nigeria's Nigeria's midfielder John Obi Mikel and Nigeria's defender Joseph Yobo (R) shake hands at the end of Group F football match between Iran and Nigeria at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba at the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO / LUIS ACOSTA
Gov Kayode Fayem admits defeat, congratulates Ayo Fayose
See the transcript of his speech after the cut as posted on the Facebook wall of the Senior Special Assistant (Corporate Communications) to Governor Fayemi, Mr Akin Rotimi....
Bukola Saraki - GEJ: You can lose even as an incumbent.
Senator Saraki and President Jonathan pictured above when he was still in the PDP. He's since moved to APC where their candidate, Fayemi, lost. See his tweets after the break.
24-year-old 'Men of the Strip' star, Nate Estimada commits suicide
The 24-year old reportedly drove his Mustang in a mountainous area near the City of Industry in L.A. County during the daytime and accelerated off the cliff, dropping at least 40 ft. into a landfill.
Authorities have determined the plunge was intentional and they're conducting toxicology tests to determine if drugs were in Estimada's system.
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