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A gorilla placed at a Kano Zoo, allegedly swallowed N6.8m as claimed by the finance officer of the recreational facility. According to the finance officer of the Kano Zoological Gardens, the incident occurred during the Sallah celebrations. BBC Pidgin who reported that the Kano zoo finance officer claimed the Gorilla swallowed N6.8m, further added that the managing director of the zoo, Umar Kobo, confirmed that the money is missing and that the issue is being investigated. “The issue is under investigations for now and I don’t want to say anything on the matter, many journalists have come to meet me but I don’t want to talk anything. What I can confirm is that money is missing,” he told the BBC Pidgin. Abdullahi Haruna, police spokesman in Kano reportedly said that 10 persons including those on duty when the money went missing, have been arrested. SOMEONE'S REACTION No big deal. 1. X-ray the beast - if that is inconclusive 2. Give it the Baba Sure treatment. ( Lock it up...

Modern Day Poultry Farming in Nigeria Poultry Farming has become one of the most lucrative Nigerian businesses, and is arguably the big thing in Nigerian agriculture. Many big businesses, entrepreneurs, retired uncles, job seekers and Nigerians living overseas are making inroads into the sector, either to pursue their keen interest in livestock farming or to rake in big money. In the last decade Nigeria’s poultry farming industry has changed into a full-blown sustainable business sector, and contributed greatly to the nation’s economic stature. Like me, there are numerous supporters of poultry farming in Nigeria, who in some way or another, are trying to draw focus and promote this old but growing sector, and highlight its benefits. The most notable feature of poultry farming is that it ensures phenomenal returns in a blink of an eye, but it is also sensitive. With a population of about 160 million, where most citizens consume poultry products on a regular basis, Nigeria is a luc...

COMPLETE STATES THAT PAY AND DOESN'T PAY NYSC CORPS MEMBERS, AS AT SATURDAY, 1ST JUNE 2019 As NYSC 2019 Batch B registration starts today, here is the full guide on the states that pay extra allowance apart from the federal government ₦19,800 allowance. Please note that for you to be eligible to receive this allowance in the states that pay, you must be serving in a public establishment. Those serving in private establishments can also be paid, only with negotiations with their employer. 1. ANAMBRA: This state is the highest paying state in Nigeria, they pay ₦8,500 monthly to corpers serving in public establishments as explained above. 2. AKWA IBOM: This state is paying ₦5,000 monthly to corps members deployed to their state. 3. JIGAWA: This state pays ₦5,000 monthly. 4. DELTA: This state pays ₦5,000 monthly. 5. ZAMFARA: This state pays ₦5,000 monthly. 6. NASARAWA: This state currently pay ₦5,000 monthly via table payment. 7. BAYELSA: This state pays...

For the residents of Gabon Camp in Emene, Enugu East Local Government Area, life is brutish, hard and unforgiving. Their daily existence typifies the Hobbesian state of nature, where life is savagely cruel with daily struggle for survival as a permanent feature. It may sound strange that there is a Gabon camp in Enugu, Nigeria but it has nothing to do with the Republic of Gabon, a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa, bordering Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. The Gabon camp in Enugu is a settlement with no access road, health facility, either owned by government or private, no potable water, school or electricity. The community, located behind Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, has 120 family compounds with an estimated population of 5,000. It is dominated by people mainly from Ezza clan in Ebonyi State. To access the settlement, ...

Live from the Imo State govt house as Gov. Ihedioha inspects what was left as Okorocha leaves. One of the toilets at the government house. I wonder how things got this bad  Some new generators powering the government house were lifted, leaving this mess behind... Poor maintenance culture, Split units that could not be lifted were destroyed.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 4,536 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were earlier withheld for allegations of multiple infractions. Igbere TV reports that over 1.8million candidates had sat for the unified examination between April 11 and April 18, but only 1,792,000 results were released on May 11. On Friday, May 31, however, the examination body said it had cleared 4,536 out of 4,760 withheld results. JAMB said the release followed the decision of a committee set up to examine the multiple facial identities. The board said that the facial match recognition was carried out by its specialised software and Information Technology experts. In a statement made available to Igbere TV by JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, he added that the Nigerian Navy Secondary School centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, had been suspended for “acts not acceptable by the board.” Full Statement, “Following th...

An agripreneur  is an entrepreneur who basically focuses on agricultural products and services. They are a new breed of entrepreneurs that transform their Passion for agriculture into business. They focus on the marketing and distribution of farm outputs. Most people normally associate the word agripreneur with farming but not all agripreneurs are farmers. Some successful agripreneurs do not even have farms yet they earn a fortune . Why? Its because they have identified that there are several forms of opportunities in the field that are not limited to tilling the earth, and loading it with seeds; they have discovered the art of value addition, processing, etc as other viable means of being agriculturists. They are good at identifying these opportunities, they are diligent, resilient, hard working, and they are risk takers; they are agripreneurs. Seventy percent of employment in Africa comes from agriculture, so you can argue that, in Africa, agriculture and economy are synony...