Dogs eating corpses of Ebola victims in Liberia - residents claim

Dogs eating corpses of Ebola victims in Liberia - residents claim

Residents of Johnsonville Township, outside Monrovia in Liberia are claiming that dogs are digging up the corpses of Ebola victims buried in shallow graves in Liberia and eating them in the streets.

Though security personnel guarding the area have refuted this, the residents insist it's been happening for days...that wild dogs have been going to the 'Ebola graveyard' in Johnsonville, digging up corpses, dragging them into the open and feeding on their flesh. They are blaming government health officials who hurriedly bury Ebola victims after they die in shallow graves at night.

Now the residents fear that the dogs could pass the virus to humans.

Brother & sister arrested after 'having sex 3 times near church after watching The Notebook'

Brother & sister arrested after 'having sex 3 times near church after watching The Notebook'

Chris Buckner, 20 (pictured left) and her 25 year old brother Timothy Savoy (pictured right) have been arrested after being accused of having sex with each other three times while parked outside a church after watching romantic movie, The Notebook, Savannah Morning News reports.

According to reports, police found the siblings early Wednesday morning outside the Countryside Baptist Church in Georgia, while investigating reports of a prowler at 4.30am. The police didn't even know they were related until they were booked.

The police say Chris and Tim admitted to having sex inside a tractor trailer after watching the film on Tuesday morning. They have both been charged with incest, aggravated sodomy, and prowling.

Newspapers: Things you need to know this Saturday

Here are 10 things you need to know:

1. At least, 160 persons that made contact with the Ebola victim who died recently in Port Harcourt have been identified and put under observation. The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, told a news conference at the state’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said that those currently under watch had so far shown no signs of the Ebola disease.
2. Report says President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu’s intervention led to the granting of waiver to Mallam Nuhu Ribadu by the PDP in Abuja on Friday. According to the report, it would have been very difficult granting Ribadu the so much desired waiver going by the decision of majority of the National Working Committee members of the party.
3. There is a new development regarding the ongoing marital crisis in the home of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Christ Embassy, as his wife, Anita Oyakhilome, has reportedly filed for dissolution of the marriage between her and her pastor husband, Chris Oyakhilome due to what her lawyers have termed “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery.”
4. Private school owners in Lagos State and the Federal Government have differed regarding the order directing all primary and secondary schools in the country to resume on October 13, 2014, instead of the earlier date of September 15. The school owners, under the umbrella of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, have argued that the latest directive was unnecessary and should not be considered as part of the measures to prevent the spread of Ebola virus in the country. They made this known at a sensitisation programme on Ebola held on Thursday at Victory Grammar School, Ikeja, Lagos.
5. Manasseh Zorto, a Special Assistant to former Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (retd), was on Friday brought before a Federal High Court in Lagos State for allegedly defrauding his boss of N2bn. The suspect could not however be appear before Justice Okon Abang on Friday as he was said to be on the run as disclose by the counsel to the Special Fraud Unit, Chief Godwin Obla. He said the police were having challenges in bringing the accused to court.
6. The Federal Government has announced that it has lifted the suspension of Residency Training Programme in all federal hospitals, starting from Thursday, August 28, 2014.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by his Special Assistant (Media and Communications), Mr. Dan Nwomeh, said all resident doctors equally sacked as a result of the suspension have been reinstated with effect from the same date.
7. The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samson Parker, has disclosed that the late Dr. Samuel Enemou, who treated Olu Koye, a Nigerian diplomat with the Economic Community of West African States, knew that the diplomat had the deadly Ebola virus. The Commissioner clarified this during a press conference in Port Harcourt on Friday evening.
8. A member of a kidnap gang operating in Enugu State, Mr. Chukwuekezie Ofonago has killed his father dead and buried him a shallow grave after he kidnapped him. The suspect who is currently with the police confessed that he shot his father, Mr. George Ofonago with a double-barrel gun at a hideout where he was kept while demanding an undisclosed sum as ransom from his family. Report says the incident occurred at Abor village Enugu Inyi Community, Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.
9. At least fifteen people have been confirmed killed yesterday when a boat capsized on the Bonny River. Report says the incident occurred barely three minutes after the boat took off at about 6.30 am in Bonny, while it was heading to Port Harcourt. Thirty-five passengers were in the boat when it capsized.

10. It has been reported that about 400 people were yesterday displaced in Benue State after two communities, Shangev Ya and Mbakyaa clashed over land dispute. Report says that about 300 thatched houses were burnt down during the fight.

Chris Oyakhilome’s wife finally files for divorce in London Court over adultery

After months of speculation over the marriage crisis between Christ Embassy’s Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome and wife, a new report claims the latter has now filed for a divorce in a London court.

In an exclusive report published by Cable News, the wife is seeking a divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”.
She allegedly outlined several allegations against the Pastor which cannot be published for legal reasons.
The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London, UK, on Anita’s behalf by Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors, a full-service law firm with expertise in commercial law and a strong consumer focus in family, wills and estate, personal injury law and medical negligence.
According to the online portal, Pastor Chris had been making efforts to avoid divorce in the hope that the wife would eventually have a change of mind, however, Decree nissi was served on the charismatic pastor in his hotel room during a recent visit to the UK.
Decree nissi, in legal terms, is like a yellow card in a football match which is a precursor to a red card (“decree absolute”) if no new evidence is provided to stall proceedings.
Church insiders said Oyakhilome had been hoping for rapprochement, but he was left with no option than to receive the papers when the lawyers cornered him at his hotel in London. The decree absolute, which will effectively end the marriage, is expected to be issued soon while terms of the divorce will be worked out by the lawyers on both sides.
Anita recently wanted  to go public with the details of her allegations against the husband but reached an informal agreement to sheathe her sword in the interest of the church.
Recall that some church members had sometime in May 10, 2014 launched a facebook campaign, asking: “Where is Rev. Anita Oyakhilome?”
They said Pastor Chris and Rev. Anita must unite “for the sake of the gospel, the church and their two beautiful daughters”. They quoted Malachi 2:16 in the Message Bible: “I hate divorce, says the God of Israel.”
The facebook page, which has over 3,300 “likes”, was opened with a stated mission: “This is a Call to Prayer for all believers who understand God’s heart concerning marriage and a Call to Action by Pst. Chris. DoWhatYouPreach”.Officials of the church quickly moved to deny any rift between the pastor couple. One official, Kenneth Achumasara, told the media last June thus: “I can tell you authoritatively that there is no issue between Pastor Chris and his wife, Anita… If you go to the UK now, you will see her along with the kids. She is still with him and there is no issue between them. I have been with him for 22 years and the Pastor Chris I know cannot even utter such words as reported. He will never address such a gathering. She will soon be in Nigeria for a programme and I will definitely invite you to have access to her.”
Oyakhilome is the President of Believers’ Love World Inc, the registered name of the Christian ministry, while his wife is the Vice President.

They have two teenage daughters, Sharon and Charlyn.

Boko Haram: Prove to us you are not a lame duck – Bishop Wale Oke dares Jonathan

Renowned cleric and founder of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale Oke has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to prove his critics wrong if he’s not truly a weak and incompetent president in the fight against insurgents.
He urged him to let Nigerians known that they are not been led by weakling and lame duck by dealing decisively with the Islamic sect, Boko Haram for declaring a caliphate in Gwoza, Borno State.

The Apostle said it was shocking that since the insurgents captured Gwoza, the FG had not taken any decisive action in dealing with the situation and to make matters worse, about 480 soldiers escaped into another country.
The cleric said this ahead of the Holy Ghost convention, which begins on Sunday.
He stressed that the officers should not be blamed at all for their actions but the blame be put at the doorsteps of the authorities, adding that the incident was a big shame to the military and the nation.
“That some Islamic insurgents would be beheading Christians, take over 300 girls hostage, take over our churches and desecrate the sanctuary of God is totally unacceptable. You begin to ask the question, do we have a government in place? The government should show to us that it is capable of handling the situation”, he said.
As part of the church’s effort and men of God towards stemming the tide of insurgency in the country, he noted that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Bishop David Oyedepo, Matthew Ashimolowo and other men of God would be at the convention to pray for the country so that God could smile on the country again.
He said, “The activities of the sect have shown that church is the primary target and as one of the leaders in Christianity, we say no. federal government should protest all its citizens especially the Christians who are being beheaded on daily basis by the hoodlums.

“If we, Christians are not posing any threat to the nation, then we deserve to be protected. For more than 48 hours, they had declared a caliphate and seized a portion of the entity called Nigeria and we are yet to hear any swift reaction from the government. This is very amazing,” he added.

How to Drive Serious Traffic From Search Engines

How to Drive Serious Traffic From Search Engines

The first step to getting your site better rankings on the internet is to submit your URL to search engines like google, bing and a whole lots of them. An example of a URL is http://www.yoursite.com.

Do you know what that does? It drives in traffic.

Once you submit your URL, it could take some days, weeks, or months for the search engines to index your page(s). But you don’t have to worry anyways.

Submit your URL to Google:

1. Go to the following link: http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
2. Type in your URL, example: http://www.yoursite.com
3. Enter comments about your site. This is optional. Usually I enter the genre of the site and a few keywords. Example: Website design in Hollister, CA.
4. Enter the captcha text shown in the box
5. Select “Add URL”

Submit your URL to Bing:

1. Go to the following link: http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
2. Enter the captcha text shown in the box
3. Type in your URL, example: http://www.yoursite.com
4. Select “Submit URL”

Submit your Sitemap to Ask:

Ask does not have an URL submit feature. Until recently, you could submit your sitemap to them. But Ask.com has now retired this feature and says they will be crawling sites instead. So, the next best thing is to add a directive in your robots.txt file that specifies auto-discovery of the XML sitemap.
Like this:

SITEMAP: http://www.the URL of your sitemap here.xml

The sitemap location should be the full sitemap URL.

That’s it! Once you complete the above steps, just sit back and be patient. It takes time for the search engines to index your pages. If you submit more than once, some search engines may consider this spamming which could result in not indexing your site at all.

Advice: Do Not Use an Automated Submission Program

Using an automated submission program to submit to multiple search engines at once may be considered spam attempts and is frowned upon by search engines such as Google.
Also note that you do not have to add all of your URL addresses for your entire site. For example, you do not need to add http://www.yoursite.com/about.hml and http://www.yoursite.com/contact.hml. Simply enter the home page URL and let the engines do the rest.

Nsukka traditional ruler sets enslaved villagers free

• How jealous king isolated victims because maiden rejected his amorous advances

For over 200 years, the people of Amachukwu and Anioma villages in Ugbene Ajima Community, Uzo-uwani LGA, Enugu State lived in isolation and bondage, forced on them by a jealous king, whose sexual advances were rejected by a village maiden. Trouble began for the people when a beautiful maiden from Anioma village rebuffed the sexual advances of an old traditional ruler. The jilted lover reportedly took a vengeful action, barring the maiden and her people from marrying from the community or sleeping in other people’s houses. That ancient decree remained irreversible and was subsequently transmitted to future generations, plunging everyone born in both villages in perpetual slavery.Successive rulers kept this obnoxious decree sacred. Not even the cry for justice by the younger generation of children born in these villages would bend the rule. By mere geographical accident of birthplace, those born in Anioma or Amachukwu were like damned souls cursed by the gods, as they inherited the pariah status of their parentage right from their mother’s womb.
But their agony ended on Saturday, August 9, when the new traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Bartholomew Aluma, Okwu na Oke 1 of Ugbene Ajima, led his cabinet members and elders of the town to denounce this unjust tradition and revoke the communal ban on the affected villages.
The event was a memorable day for the elders, women, youths and children of the isolated villages. Some of the elderly men among them, who had lived like lepers all their years, broke down in tears of joy. Their excited wives and daughters danced freely in the village square, singing songs of freedom for a dream come through. Even children lost in the euphoria of the historic celebration jumped about in wild celebration that had eluded them in the community for decades.
Our reporter gathered that the struggle for freedom began many years ago, but none of the efforts was successful. A renewed effort commenced in November last year with secret meetings of Pastor Anayo Odimkpa, ASP Paul Ogbonna and Pastor Anthony Onodi. Their negotiation with notable personalities in the community to revisit their case seemed like fetching water with a basket, yet they never gave up the agitation. And when the matter was brought before Igwe Aluma’s cabinet, he gave a listening ear to their cry for justice. Although the names of these key players may not ring out loud in the world like that of the famous icon, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr, generations of children in Amachukwu and Anioma villages would venerate them as true heroes that pulled down the prison gates.
Investigation by our reporter revealed that the two villages were formerly called Amaiseke, a name derived from a local python, Isieke, venerated in the community by pagans. But a Christian revolution led by Anayo Odimkpa, in collaboration with members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria, in October 1996 demolished the Isieke shrine, and subsequently led to the renaming of the two villages to Amachukwu (City of God) and Anioma (Good Land). The revolution also opened the enclosed life of the isolated villagers and watered the seed for the liberation struggle.
While declaring the two villages free, Igwe Aluma said his cabinet and leaders of thought in the community, after much consultation, unanimously decided to revisit the historical injustice suffered by the two villages. He said it took him a long time to investigate the matter. He explained that during his investigation, he wanted to find out whether any member of Ugbene community bought a slave in the olden days and left him in any of the two villages, but sadly that was not the case. Rather, he confirmed that the isolation suffered by the two villages started hundreds of years ago when a certain traditional ruler in Ugbene Ajima lusted after a beautiful maiden from Anioma and wanted to sleep with her.  But the luscious lady, indentified as Nwagbogoeze Ejigioku, reportedly turned down the amoral advance, an act that was adjudged sacrilege in days when traditional rulers were revered as the mouthpiece of the gods.
The king’s wrath burned like hell, and he later spilled it on the entire village where the woman came from, with the declaration that the lady and her people would henceforth become slaves for ages to ages, never to marry anybody from the area. And when the people of Amachukwu cried foul over the unjust punishment of their relations, the traditional ruler decreed isolation on them for questioning the gods.
Even the gods wept for the injustice against the two villages but nothing could change the decision of the king. Investigation by our reporter revealed that the gulf of separation between them and other members of Ugbene community widened with years, such that subsequent generations regarded them as slaves. Although some young men in Ugbene, in their youthful adventure, secretly dated beautiful ladies of the two villages, the romance never exceeded the fun of the bedroom. Ladies from the two villages were never considered worthy of marriage. In fact, such relationships were hidden from other members of the community, lest the culprits incur the wrath of elders.
To say the least, an impenetrable wall separated the two villages with their kinsmen with whom they earlier shared common paternity before the unfortunate incident. Communal brotherhood was totally ruined by one man’s lust for the flesh, stamping a mark of rejection on many families and generations of innocent children.
Reversing the curse turned out to be historic moment in the annals of the community. In the public square of Anioma, Igwe Aluma shared kolanuts among the elders, Ozo title holders in the Ugbene community, who made a uniform declaration that the people of Anioma and Amachukwu villages will no longer live in isolation or be regarded as slaves. Each of the elders also picked a stone from the village square to bear witness that the pronouncement was binding on all members of the community.
While overruling the earlier decree, Igwe Aluma said, “From today henceforth, you are free to marry or have an intimate relationship with any man or woman in Ugbene community. You are free to mingle and sleep anywhere in the town. Nobody should be treated or regarded as outcasts again in our community.”
The former Attorney general of Enugu State, Dr Michael Ajogwu (SAN), who witnessed the event, commended the bold step taken by the community. He explained that the proclamation by Igwe Aluma and his cabinet has restored the people of Amachukwu and Anioma to their rightful position as true sons and daughters of the community and cancelled permanently whatever that was done in the past.
The former attorney recalled that the people of Efuru Idoha in Nsukka suffered a similar fate many years ago, when beautiful maidens were claimed forcefully by the local deity to serve as slaves in its shrine. He said he offered legal assistance during the battle to destroy the deity, adding that the destruction of the deity liberated the people held in bondage, allowing them to relate freely with other members of Ukehe town.
Ajogwu, who hailed from Abbi community in Uzo-Uwani LGA, also recounted another case in his hometown, where some people were ostracised for the past 100 years. He said he mediated in the process that led to the liberation of these people, allowing them the liberty to relate freely and acquire traditional title (Onyishi Ekaya) as other families in the community.
One of the victims, Paul Ogbonna, described the feeling of alienation by other members of the community as worse than hell. According to him, he suffered rejection, humiliation and mockery in the hands of other people in the community.
“This started even before I was born. During my own time, I experienced this rejection in so many ways that left me surprised and shocked. We suffered discrimination and neglect. We were denied so many things as free born of this Ugbene Ajima community because of the stigma. Both the elders and children, women and youths suffered alike,” he said.
Ogbonna, 47, said his forefathers suffered the same cruel fate, noting that reversing the ancient curse seemed like an impossible missions in past years. He expressed joy that Igwe Aluma and respected elders of the community took the bold decision of revoking the ban on his people and accept them as free born of the community.
“We are moving into a new era, where we are now free to associate with our brothers without any barrier. To be honest with you, during those years, I do not feel proud as a member of this community when I remember the situation we have found ourselves. At a time, I asked my father what happened to us. Did Ugbene people buy our forefathers as slaves? But he told me it was because a beautiful lady rejected the traditional ruler. Most often, we were rejected at social gatherings. Even in schools, we enjoy partial acceptance because we suffer isolation from our peers. But I believe that the Igwe, the Ozo tiltle holders and the entire cabinet members are sincere in what they did here today. The God of heaven and earth is our witness that this has been achieved. We have many witnesses at the event, including the former Attorney General of Enugu State, Dr Michael Ajogwu (SAN). So, if the community decides to act otherwise, you will agree with me that they will not succeed,” he said.
Another victim, Pastor Anayo Odimkpa, said the two villages suffered indescribable humiliation, as other members of the community, cut them off in marriage, social relationships, among others.
“These two villages lost the liberty of sleeping together as brothers, passing night together or getting married. They were in the midst of their brothers, yet they lived in a lonely world for a very long time, spanning to 400 to 500 years,” he said.
Our reporter gathered that the granting freedom to the villages came with a prize. But when our reporter asked Odimkpa what it cost him and his people to be free, he said, “When I think about the value of this freedom, it erases the prize from my mind. I couldn’t remember the sacrifice it took, the prize we collectively paid as individuals or as a community to make this feat possible. The value of freedom is priceless. It comes with the pride of feeling the same like any other person, having a sense of belonging in the midst of your brothers.”
Odimkpa said the psychological effect of long years of isolation would take time to heal in the mind of the victims. He noted that it wouldn’t be quite easy to erase the memories of the ugly years soon, but noted that members of the villagers would gradually integrate themselves fully into the community.
“There is need to create participatory events in the community, which will bring members of the community together. Sleeping over in other people’s houses in the community would also instil in them the confidence that the old things have passed away. They will try their hands in marriage, which is not be force but by mutual consent of those involved. Through marriage, the sense of complete freedom would take root in people’s mind,” he explained.
Another victim, Pastor Anthony Onodi forced back tears as he bemoaned the long years of injustice suffered by his people. He said the incident took place in 1803 adding that he personally took up the struggle for the liberation of the people in 1982, and was asked to present three cows to appease the land and cook for the entire community. According to him, he fulfilled these requirements, yet to no avail.
Onodi said he felt uneasy in the midst of other members of the community, knowing that he was considered an outcast. He said the situation denied him social relationship with other members of Ugbene community, knowing that he has a pariah status stamped on him by wicked tradition.
“I chose to visit people in the community in the afternoon, knowing that they will ask me out of their house before 12.00am. None of my friends, no matter how close, would ever allow me to stay in his house beyond that time. It might seem small in people’s eyes but it was quite shameful,” he said.
Onodi said he wept silently whenever his children reported to him how other children in the community school mocked them. The isolation also deprived young men from the two villages from picking a bride from neighbouring communities, as their stigma traveled faster than the wind.
“By our liberation, something new is going to happen in this community. Nothing will hinder the progress of this community any longer. Let brotherly love continue,” he prayed.
Also speaking, the spiritual father of the community, Fr John Bosco Okechukwu, described the isolation and rejection of the two villages as a scandal to the church bearing in mind that Christ came to set the captives free.
“Remember that the love of God is expressed in the love for your neighbours. Everybody is important to God because we are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. So, there is no need for this social injustice or segregation. In fact, it is a scandal to the body of Christ,” he argued.
Okechukwu said the gospel of Jesus Christ revolves around freedom and liberty, promising that the people of God would embrace the Amachukwu and Anioma people as brothers in Christ, without any discrimination whatsoever.
Also speaking, a Catholic priest from Ugbene community, Rev Fr Paulinus Ike Ogara, gave his blessings for the liberation of the enslaved brethren. He said the desire for freedom resonates in the mind of every creature of God, describing the humiliation suffered by the two villages as a historical injustice.
“Injustice in one corner of the world is injustice everywhere. What happens to one person affects everybody around him and reverberates everywhere. The victims cultivate certain habits towards other people based on the injustice they are suffering,” he said.
Ogara said some people mistook the isolation of Anioma and Amachukwu people as an irreversible norm in the community simply because the system was allowed to survive for a very long time. He described freedom as a native desire in humans, stressing that every man or woman has dignity as a subject of right.
“What we did here today is the culmination of a long battle for freedom. It is the victory of truth, justice and liberty. Although the struggle has been long and painstaking, we feel the joy of these people who have achieved their hearts’ desire,” he said.
Ogara said the liberation of the two villages would also translate to the growth of the community, as the isolated people would be free to contribute their quota intellectually and otherwise.
“They will now see the development efforts of the community as theirs. I see a new era and a new spirit of Ugbene emerging in our town. This is a new era that has permanently closed the gates of injustice suffered by these people,” he maintained.
A leader of thought in the community, Simon Oliji, explained that the liberation of the two villages goes beyond eating, drinking and feasting. He advised the affected villagers to launch themselves into the mainstream of community activities, from where they would be gradually assimilated into the life of the town.
Oliji, a retired school principal, encouraged the victims to come out of their shells and make their faces visible in marriage ceremonies, burials, church programmes and schools. He lamented that the two villages had been educationally disadvantaged by the situation they found themselves and urged them to leverage on their newly found freedom to acquire formal education for self development.
By advising the people to invest in knowledge, Oliji re-echoed the message of famous Raggae master, Bob Marley, who said, “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”  No doubt, Igwe Aruma, a retired headmaster reputed for his discipline and scholarship, has proved to Amachukwu and Anioma people that the power of knowledge makes a man difficult to be enslaved.
Source:  sun.

Doctor's Death Sparks Fear, 70 Persons Quarantined in Port Harcourt for Ebola.

Doctor's Death Sparks Fear, 70 Persons Quarantined in Port Harcourt For Ebola.

Onyebuchi Chukwu

 The death of a doctor in Port Harcourt over Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which was unknown to many has sparked fears across the country.

This came as 70 persons have already been quarantined in Port Harcourt,  Rivers State.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu at a briefing in Abuja told journalists that the doctor  who  died in Port Harcourt had his blood sample tested positive after death. He also  said that 70  persons have been placed under surveillance in Port Harcourt.

The minister explained that the wife of the doctor has also been quarantined alongside others believed to have had contact with the doctor and patient who he attended to.

Speaking of the patient, Chukwu said,   "One of them is a primary contact of the index case (Mr. Patrick Sawyer). Even though presently he does not have EVD but further laboratory tests indicate that he had suffered EVD."

"This primary contact of Mr. Sawyer’s evaded our surveillance team in the last week of July 2014 and travelled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt where, as we now understand, he consulted with a doctor and was apparently treated for some symptoms. After four days, following a manhunt for him, he returned to Lagos by which time he was found to be without symptoms."

"This case would have been of no further interest since he had completed the 21 days of surveillance without any other issue, but for the fact that the doctor who treated him died last Friday, 22nd August, 2014."

The Minister   disclosed that the total number of  Ebola cases  so far reported  stands at 15, with  13 treated cases,

He said that number of those discharged is seven, while the number of deaths from those treated in Lagos  is five, while the total number of  those currently under treatment  is one. He added that the person currently being treated is stable and improving clinically.

Princess has opened up on how her marriage ended in less than a month.

Comedienne, Damilola Adekoya, better known as Princess has opened up on how her marriage ended in less than a month.
In a new interview with Punch newspaper, she disclosed that the marriage was already over a few days after the wedding, but she kept it secret to avoid the shame.
She also disclosed how she fell ill and had to be hospitalised after her husband left her.
On the admission, she said, “we thank the Lord. The most important thing is that I am alive and better. I appreciate life more. But this one you are asking, e no reach make I sick? After my husband left after our wedding, was it not enough reason for me to be sick? Ah! The Lord is our strength. Ah! I am telling you the truth o. The truth is that we all have challenges in our lives. I have always believed that the challenge is not the issue but how you get up and get over it. I was very down last year. It was my low moment. But with the help of God and the support of my family and friends, I am here now. I am happy.”
Dealing with the shame that followed the suit, she said “The only time I felt bad about my fame was when my marriage ended. I felt if I weren’t this popular; people wouldn’t have talked about it. So many marriages crash on a daily basis but you will not hear about them. Some people have been married five times but you will not hear their gist because they are not in the eye of the public. People didn’t know that the marriage had broken up until December when I felt I was strong enough to handle the publicity that it generated. I was shocked! People called me from all parts of the world including China. Some people cried while some people felt happy.
“Some guys said they were happy my marriage ended. Some said they were not happy that I even married the guy. Some said I looked older than him. Some said my marriage shouldn’t have ended just like that. People talked and talked.
But the only time you know your marriage is successful is when you live with your partner and God calls one of you home. Marriage of 30 years can still break up. It is a bad thing for a marriage to break-up. So you can imagine the unhappiness the parties involved would be going through. Nobody is happy when his/her marriage ends. Some people see me outside and ask, ‘your marriage has ended, how do you feel?’ I will answer them that I am jumping up or how else do they expect me to feel? Nonsense!
A comedian once said that ‘complete’ and ‘finish’ appear to have the same meaning but they are not the same. If you marry the right person, you are complete but if you marry the wrong person, you are finished.” she explained
Clearing the air on why the marriage crashed, she said “I got married to somebody who I was in love with. At that time, he also said he loved me. Unfortunately, the marriage ended too soon. It was due to irreconcilable differences. It is not a thing of joy. I don’t think we should celebrate sadness and bad news. We should be more sensitive. No marriage should end but peradventure it does, don’t make a mockery of that person. You are not even mocking the person, you are mocking God.”
When asked if she still relates well with her ex-husband, she said ” I don’t think you should call him my ‘ex-husband’ because we were together for less than one month. An ex- husband is somebody you marry and after three years or more, you separate. Anyway, I don’t know where he is. We have moved on.”
On the stigma associated with women who are divorced, she said “Stigma ke? That was before. Men can afford to have 20 children from different women. If your wife is abusing you and you cannot take it, my brother, please take a walk. If your husband is abusing you, take a walk. If it is like my own case that both of you cannot agree, you also need to take a walk before somebody wounds the other person. Death is final. So it is better to take off before it degenerates into death. I know somebody that separated from his wife and years later, he came back and begged her and they are back together. He, who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Don’t die there.”

 

PHD holder become Dangote’s truck driver”

Dangote

Henry Pender is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Ibadan. Pender graduated in 2000 and has worked as a banker, yet he is among the about 100 graduates undergoing training to become truck drivers; or rather logistics assistants. Pender is also the class governor of this first batch of trainees.
“After my service, I had the privilege of being retained at the Rivers State Primary Education Board where I did my primary assignment.
I was with them for about a year before I joined the All States Trust Bank, which is now defunct. I worked with them for three years before I joined the Ecobank, from there I moved to the Oceanic Bank before joining Ecobank again after the acquisition of Oceanic Bank by Ecobank.
“I had to leave the banking industry when I married my colleague, because the human resource policy then did not allow spouses to work in the same office. I felt that my wife should stay behind while I as a man would look around for something to do. It wasn’t easy, because the job was not forthcoming as I thought. I attended a couple of interviews at different places, but I didn’t get what I was looking for.
“When this opportunity of becoming truck driver with Dangote presented itself, I applied with open mind. I felt that this is an opportunity for a new beginning to move into a new paradigm that is not explored. We have just begun the journey in the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT). I was pleasantly surprised when I came here to see people from different backgrounds and professions.
“We are all getting along very well. I am looking forward for an experience that would improve our larger society. Dangote has put something in place that would turn out to be a revolution in the transport industry in this country. I think this programme would eventually become a model that all organisations of international standard would adopt in no distance future.
“From personal point of view, I like driving. I have driven a lot since when I became a professional driver and I like travelling. But by coming here, I have been exposed to the academic side of driving. I feel that whatever I do as a graduate, there should be a level of expected difference from what a layman would do. I think the objective of employing graduates as drivers is for sanity to be restored on our highways. Most of us are victims of the recklessness of heavy truck drivers and this is what this initiative wants to address. We are being trained here to become complete gentlemen as drivers,” Pender said.
He explained that he has, essentially, decided to join the truck driving profession out of interest not for material reward.
“As at the time we had our interview, there was no mention of any material reward. It is now that we are hearing that after a successful driving for a certain period, or covering of certain mileage that one would own a truck or things like that. No such thing was mentioned; there was no mention of special incentives rather than we would be employed and paid salaries.
“What I would say lured me into joining the truck driving profession is the name Dangote that is known locally and internationally. I bet you that if it were some other companies that came up with this initiative, some of us may not be here but the mention of the name Dangote, one would know that there is quality; there is a personality behind it; there is international recognition; that is what lured most of us here beyond any other material gain.
“We only discovered the entrepreneurial incentive of this programme when we came here; when most of us have completed their registration. Being somebody who had the experience of the banking sector, I would quickly join Dangote, because I know I would have job security and we are enjoying ourselves here in the NITT as the pioneer batch of this training programme. I never knew there is an institute like the NITT in Nigeria. We are grateful to them for the knowledge they are impacting in us.
“I want to also use this medium to urge the youth of Nigeria to work hard. We have to make names for ourselves by working hard as it is not all of us who are children of the privileged, therefore we are here as part of our dignity of labour. I would rather stay here and do this work than apply for visa to go abroad and face all kinds of humiliation by washing toilets or driving taxi while I have a similar option here, which I would do with dignity and leave a good example for the upcoming ones,” Pender explained.

How To Rear Profitably The Things People Hardly Rear

How To Rear Profitably The Things People Hardly Rear

I'm here to tell you what you know, or what you think you know but you don't know or what you'll realise, at this moment, this' your first time of knowing it.

It's business under agriculture. Businesses under agriculture are now a trend, they are found everywhere these days like the MTN umbrella. People are so into them not excluding graduates with already paid jobs.

Asking me why is a waste of time because all and sundry know that agric businesses are highly lucrative; sure money back is what they are.

But the only problem, at hand, is congestion brought by monotony. Many heads are lying facing one direction. Imagine how many people into the business of rearing broiler today while other opportunities are yet to be harnessed.

So let me remind you, if you have forgotten, that the scripture noted that people perish because they lack the how to survive with ease
(don't judge me, it's not a quote but a reference).

Now that you're here today, I have some agric business ideas you must have been underestimating but worth going into and make your own money from them while many hustle for coins on "broiler".

Take tortoise, for instance.
Do you know you can rear tortoise and make good money? (don't take my words for a Tales-by-Moonlight story); you can rear it with little or no money if you truly know how to go about it and you'll make money and be glad you did. All the magic requires of you is a male and female tortoise that will produce offsprings generating you revenue after 8months.

You're familiar with bee rearing but timidity has never made you go into it. Ah! Believe me, you're really missing out. Because bee rearing is a simple business disguising to be so difficult.
If it's not simple, how come my dad and I have been rearing honeybees with just ten abandoned iron drums and been harvesting kegs of honey from them?

That person in your vicinity whom you can testify that has been making huge profit from piggery than everyone else might be complementing his/her piggery business with duckery; look closely because piggery and duckery go hand-in-hand if you don't know then that's the whats-up.

Rabbit rearing can not go unmentioned becauses my university days hold the prove of its profitability. Back then, rabbit rearing was my vocational studies. A noiseless business_ if you care to know, it's not cost intensive, and with reasonable ROI.

I've not even revealed some unknown secrets about rearing of quails, I've not mentioned grasscutter business, catfish business, rearing of silkworm, vermiculturing (the rearing of worms; edible and non-edible ones) There's more to say even though I'll call it a day.

I know you have some contributions to make, please, look for the comment box and say something. It will add to the knowledge on ground or even put correct to any mistake you've found in this post.

ENGR. MAKING MONEY.

How to Start Poultry Farming in Nigeria Small and Grow Very Lucrative.

Poultry Farming in Nigeria is probably one of the most lucrative in the world especially when it is setup and managed properly. This aspect of livestock farming presents one of the finest opportunity for entrepreneurs to make good money within the shortest period of time possible due to the quick maturity of chickens. 

With over 100 Million consumers in the country who buys poultry products on daily basis, the market is always there.

White Leghorn also known as California White

 This very post will take more critical look at the business and how entrepreneurs who are interested in this business in Nigeria would be able to start easily without wasting much time and resources. 

Anyone can engage in poultry business, it doesn't matter your education background nor how rich you are, you can start at any level and grow as big as you want with time. The most important thing is that you are interested in starting somewhere.

This articles will focus on how to start small and grow big which I think will interest anyone with limited financial capacity who wants to start small without involving much risks.

One of the factors that makes poultry business ideal business is because chickens grows very fast. Unlike goats that takes 2 to 3 years to mature, a chicken can be ready for the market within 28 weeks from birth. That is why it is considered ideal business for loan takers who may actually invest the loan and within 30 to 40 weeks, they may start paying back through the money realized from sells.

Profit potential in poultry business. 

1. Chicken do reproduce fast and in large numbers - Average healthy Layer lays egg almost everyday or at least 4 times in a week. Some Breeds can lay as much as 325 eggs in a year and take 21 days to hatch. This means that technically a Layer is capable of producing another chicken twice in three days.

So, if you have 500 healthy layers of good breeds (such as California white) they are capable of reproducing a whooping 12,000 chicks within 40 days!

2. Chicken grows very fast - Within 21 days, the egg is hatched and within 28 weeks, they are ready for the market. That means a farmer could start making his money in just 34 weeks after successfully setting up his farm and whatever returns he make could be doubled in a year based on this calculation.

3. Chicken sells at a very good price - A fully grown healthy chicken sells between 2,000 to 2,500 naira in Nigeria. Therefore, if you produce 12,000 chickens in your farm, you will be making N24 million by the time they are completely sold.

4. Egg market in Large too - Apart from the chicken, the egg is another money of it's own. A crate of eggs sells for N500 - N550 for smaller eggs and N600 - N650 for bigger ones. Each crate contains 30 eggs. Therefore, if you have 500 layers that produces 12,000 pullet in a month and decides to sell all, you will be making N200,000 to N260,000 monthly.

As you can see, the profit in poultry business is mouth watering and the turn over time is fantastic as well, but the big question now is how to start.

What Your Poultry Business Plan Should Look Like

Draw out your effective business plan. Poultry business plan is like a road map leading you to where you are going in you business. It will help you know where you are at any point in time. Hence your business plan should include:

1. Type of Bird you want to concentrate on -  Here you choose Chickens (Layers and Broilers). We choose chicken because that's what this article focuses on. There are other types of birds that are good for livestock business too,  such as Goose, Duck, Turkey, etc.

2. Write down your area of interest - You can't just be in all aspect of poultry farming. You have to choose your area of interest where you would like to concentrate your business. This will ensure high level of focus and professionalism. If you can do two area, no problem. Below are some of the major Niches in Poultry Farming

• Layers Breeding which is egg production by Layers
• Broilers breeding which referrers to the chicken meat production by Broilers
• Hatchery which has to do with breeding chicken for the purpose of Hatching new chicks
• Poultry feed which is producing feeds for other poultry farmers

You may choose to Breed Layers and Broilers at a time or one of them. Hatchery is better done independently just like feed production. So, you choose your area of focus

3. Sort out Location - This has a direct effect to your startup cost. A location in a very remote rural area will cost far less than the one close to the urban area. Remote rural area with good road is the ideal location as you will be free from regulatory agencies and drive down the cost of labor too.

As a new person to Livestock business, you don't want to invest all your capital into buying lands in urban area which may turn out not being used because Government policy is against setting up poultry farm near residential/urban areas for health implication.

4. Investment Capital - With location in mind, you now have clearer idea of the capital required of you. Write down your detailed capital and investment requirements and set to source it.

Like every other farming projects, the bigger you plan to start, the more investment required. You need to decide on the level of capital investment you are willing to commit into this business before starting.

(a) Small scale Chicken Rearing (of about 50 birds) kept in cages at the backyard of your resident will take about N70,000 to start.

(b) A medium scale poultry farming that requires land and housing and other materials in 1 - 2 plots of Land takes about N500,000 to N5 Million to start.

(c) Large scale or Intensive poultry farming that requires high level of sophistication and more careful planning and professionalism, using advance Livestock farming techniques takes from N10 Million.

Set Up Your Poultry Farm

With your business plan is in place, the next is to proceed to setting up your farm without delay! At this point, it is my believe that you already have the money in your hands. So here are the things you need to acquire and put in place.

1. Buy land - Like we said earlier, look for land in a remote location but make sure it's not too far from the city. A place like Ijebu Ode, Remo Area, Imota in Ikorodu - these places are perfect if you are in Lagos. Other places like towards Oshogbo after Ibadan isn't too far too from the major city like Ibadan.

You can get Acre of land there for cheap price, cost of lands in most cases is determined by the sellers. But we may suggest price during commenting. So drop your comments below and let's get the discussion going.

2. Build your Structure - House is very important for chicken rearing and effective keeping and management. Poultry housing are classified according to the scale and the management system. The most common types of poultry housing used in Nigeria are:

•    Deep litter-
•    Half litter and half slats -
•    Battery -
•    Semi-fold -

Buy day old chick - Look for good Hatchery where you can get healthy day old chicks to start with. It costs from N140 to N200 sometimes up to N300. If you are looking for where to get day old chicks in Nigeria? You can get good day old chick at Choice Farm Ltd. KM 11 Lekki-Epe Expressway, Okegun, Epe Town, Lagos. Or anyother farm you know in your area. You can ask other poultry farmers near you where they get their chicks.

A New farm populated with day-old-chicks

Other Items you need - Feeders, Drinkers, Perches. Nests, Crates, Lighting system, Waste disposal system, Incubator, Heaters or brooders, Egg tray, Cages and coops.

Ice Bucket Challenge Fails

The ice bucket challenge has created a storm online, with social media sites being littered with videos of everyone tipping iced water over themselves in a bid to raise millions in order to fight the illness ALS. Everyone, including celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, Justin Timberlake and Oprah Winfrey have been involved with latest online craze but what about the ice bucket challenge fails? Not everyone is able to successfully complete the challenge, so here is a collection of those who didn’t make it (hopefully they still donated anyway!).

Cameroon kills 27 militants to save 480 Nigerian troops

To protect the fleeing 480 Nigerian soldiers from harm, Cameroonian troops killed 27 suspected Boko Haram militants between Monday and Tuesday, the Cameroon State Radio said yesterday.

The radio said the Cameroonian soldiers escorted their Nigerian counterparts back home after the Tuesday attack.

It said Cameroonian soldiers killed the insurgents who attacked areas the Nigerian troops fled to during a battle with the militants. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja claimed that the troops “strayed” into Cameroon while making a “tactical maneouvre”.

Sixteen of the suspected insurgents, the radio said, were killed on Monday and the 11 others on Tuesday.

Cameroonian troops, the radio said, beat back two attempts by Boko Haram to enter the country’s northern territory through a locality sharing borders with Borno State.

The troops seized heavy weapons and destroyed one of the vehicles the militants came with,  the report added.

Following the attacks, President Paul Biya ordered that the Nigerian soldiers be escorted back home, the radio said.

“The head of state has instructed that the columns of Nigerian soldiers who entered Cameroonian territory should be camped in specific locations and supervised by the Cameroonian army. The Nigerian soldiers have been provided feeding, medical treatment and fuel on instructions of the head of state.”

Colonel Didier Badjeck, a Cameroon military spokesman, told Voice of Africa (VOA) that allegations in Cameroonian media that the incidence was a defection were unfounded, adding that they were careful over the presence of the Nigerian soldiers as Boko Haram militants could also disguise as a regular army and attack them.

He said people should allow the Cameroonian army to fight Boko Haram as professional soldiers.

The extent of the underfunding of the Nigerian military over the years was exposed yesterday.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator George Thompson Sekibo, said Nigeria is on the verge of disintegration, adding that the country requires drastic action to preserve its unity. According to him, the military is not only overstretched in dealing with insurgency, it is also grossly underfunded.

“I tell you as a politician and a lawmaker that I am seeing signs of disintegration of this country,” Sekibo said.

He spoke during a session by the Military Law Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) at the 2014 Annual General Conference in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The theme was: ‘The Nigerian Armed Forces in Internal Security Operations: Between Law and National Security Imperatives’.

To Sekibo, a successful fight against insurgency will depend on how well the military is equipped, adding that Nigeria’s unity now primarily lies in the hands of the armed forces.

“As chairman of Senate Committee of Defence, I can categorically say that our military is drastically under-funded. If you’re sending a man to go somewhere to fight, they cannot do with empty hands.

“Our military is much overstretched. That makes me to ask: Is pipeline vandalism an internal security issue for the military to handle? Is oil theft an internal security issue for the military as well ethnic crisis? I don’t see any reason why if we adequately train the other para-military forces like the police, they cannot handle such issues.

“It means that we have to encourage the police and give them the relevant training so that they will be able to stop ordinary pipeline vandalism, oil theft and some of these smaller issues, so that the military can face major crisis, even though they are internal, and bring peace in our land.

“In this insurgency issue, if the perception of the people becomes stronger than what is happening, then destruction is imminent. For that not to happen, it is in the hands of the armed forces. They have to fight their best.

“They have to make sacrifices to make sure that the insurgents are brought to their knees. If the insurgents come on their knees and beg the country, then law and the armed forces have met properly,” he said.

Sekibo urged the military to put the people first, and not violate human rights in a bid to please the government.

“I think as a senator that the military is not the people’s military. The military is the government’s military. Unfortunately I’m saying so because I represent the people.

“I think that if the military is for the people, then it should be about the people’s protection first, before the nation’s protection. We must make our military the military of the people,” Sekibo said.

The Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Jos, Prof Joash Amupitan (SAN), said the police and other para-military agencies should be properly trained, equipped and motivated so as to minimise the army’s internal security responsibilities.

“A situation where the members of the Armed Forces are deployed in almost every state of the federation may be inimical to the country’s democratic processes.

“Since the Armed Forces and the police and other civil authorities are jointly involved in internal security operations, the time has come for the joint training of members of the Armed Forces and the police generally or on special mission,” Amupitan  said.

Commander killed. Gunmen attack army camp in Bauchi Nigeria.

Commander killed.Gunmen attack army camp in Bauchi in Nigeria.

Unknown gunmen this morning attacked an Army camp manned by six armed soldiers at Wunti -Dada, a suburb of Bauchi the state capital.
One of the soldiers, a sergeant and commander of the camp was killed while a private sustained gunshot on his leg.
It was learnt that one of the attackers was shot and killed,but others who came on two Bajal motorcycles ran away when other soldiers opened fire.
The attack occurred at about 5:20am, minutes after the Muslim first prayer of the day.
Source from the nation informed that the soldiers were taken unawares adding that “I was afraid and did not get very close to the camp,but I think some soldiers might have been injured too”. Wunti-Dada has been one of the known security challenge points within the state capital with a lot of unusual incidents.
In 2010,some men and women suspected to members of the dreaded Boko Haram group were arrested there after they kidnapped the daughter of a former head of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja.
Guns and a lot of ammunitions including improvised explosives divices were discovered in their rooms.
But when contacted on phone,the 33 Artillery Brigade spokesman told The Nation that he was not in a position to comment in the incident and asked that the Army headquarters in Abuja be contacted.
The Bauchi State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Haruna Mohammed had earlier referred correspondent to “contact the Army for details”.
Source: The nation

LAGOS STATE:Remains the highest charges on hotel accommodation in Africa. READ IT

 
  According to the Lagos State Hotel Licensing Authority, the agency responsible for regulating the hospitality industry, about 2,500 hotels and other hospitality establishments are located in the state.
Following the preliminary investigation published earlier in the newspaper on August 2, According to the Guardian examines the room rates of four international hotels located in Lagos State in comparison with their rates in other African cities.   Finding shows that all the five-star hotels included in this survey, with branches in other African cities such as Johannesburg, South Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambia, Maputo, Mozambique, Dar es Salam, Tanzania and Balaclava, Mauritius charge much higher room rates in Lagos than they do in other African cities.
  The price difference sometimes is as high as 148 per cent. For example, the standard room rate in Southern Sun Ikoyi, Lagos costs N62,000 per night, whereas the same room costs an equivalent of N25,000 in Southern Sun, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  A diplomatic suite with king-size bed, which costs an equivalent of N149, 000 per night in Sheraton Hotel Pretoria, South Africa goes for N248,000 in Lagos Sheraton Lagos Hotel and Towers – a difference of 65 per cent (see table for other rates).
  Though these prices change from time to time subject to demand, the prices quoted in this report were the rates between August 9 and 10, 2014.
  In an e-mail correspondence with The Guardian,  the Director of Sales and Marketing, Intercontinental Hotel at Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island Lagos, Mr. Kumar Krishna, attributed the difference to the forces of demand and supply.
  “There are very few branded star hotels in Lagos, and visitors tend to ensure that they choose one of the brands that they or their company is associated with. A premium is charged since the demand is far higher than the supply on most of the periods.”
   The Director of Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs. Sally Mbanefo, whose organisation last year lost the regulatory power over hotels operation in Lagos and other states of the federation through a Supreme Court ruling, also stressed market forces as the major significant factor determining prices of hotel accommodation.
  According to her, price equilibrium is bound to go higher when the demand for hotel accommodation is higher than the supply.
    Plausible as this explanation may sound, it appears a weak justification for such huge difference in the hotel room rates in Lagos compared to other African cities.
  Also Krishna’s argument that visitors prefer to pay extra for a top brand hotel “so that they are able to experience a standard service delivery as well as ensure that there are no surprises,” seems an excuse that rather points at the exploitative tendencies of hotels in Lagos.
  “Some brands offer a standard level of service, and a frequent traveller pays a premium just to ensure that he exactly knows what he is getting,”  Krishna explained.
 However, the more powerful argument by hotel operators in Lagos and other Nigerian cities is that, high operational cost is the primary cause of the exorbitant prices of hotel rooms.
   At the second Nigeria Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition (NTIFE) held in Abuja recently by Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), stakeholders at the summit submitted that the cost incurred in running hotels in Nigeria is “outrageously high.”
    In his paper, FTAN President, Mr. Tomi Akingbogun highlighted lack of key infrastructure in the country among other factors hindering the   growth of hotel business in Nigeria.
  Because of inadequate supply of basic amenities such as electricity and water, most hotel operators now procure their own transformers and generator sets, dig their own boreholes and install water treatment plants, said Akingbogun who himself owns a hotel in Abuja.
  He said hotel owners also invest huge capital in security that government has failed to guarantee in the country. All these costs are incidental on the high markup in hotel charges.
  This is a view expressed also by other hotel operators who spoke to The Guardian, including government officials whose responsibility it is to provide an enabling environment for business.
 The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr. Disun Holloway, said the sole cost of running generators to produce power, which many other countries take for granted, impacts heavily on overheads of operating hotels in Lagos.
  While Nigeria can only supply 4,000 megawatts of electricity in 2014, South Africa electricity capacity is about 45,700mw, according to South Africa’s Department of Energy (DOE).  Krishna said his organisation, Intercontinental Hotel for instance, generates 50 per cent of its power supply through diesel-power generating set.
 There is also the problem of multiple taxes, charges, which eat deep into the revenue of investors in tourism industry, and drive away potential investors. These include bills such as business premises registration fees, signboard fees, tenement rate, liquor licence, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), value added tax, guest parking bill and water and electricity bills.
   NIPOST is planning to introduce stamp duties of N50 per N1000 (5 per cent), according to FTAN boss.
   Other costs, which make the room rates higher in Lagos than in other African cities, are employee costs and benefits, which Krishna said were the highest in Africa. This, however, contradicts a recent study by the World Bank which says the labour cost in Nigeria is actually lower than most of the country’s competitors such as Brazil and South Africa.
source: Guardian.