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       President Muhammadu Buhari has poured encomiums on Nigerian farmers, as Farmers’ Day is celebrated today in Obie, Rivers State, by Nigerian Agip Oil Company. In a goodwill message to the ceremony, the President says farmers have led the country to the food self-sufficiency we now enjoy, “saving us billions of dollars yearly, which would have been spent on food importation.’’ He added that such funds “are now deployed to other developmental projects, particularly infrastructure.” Celebrating farmers further, President Buhari describes them as “our authentic heroes, not only for today, but for tomorrow and evermore.” Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) November 23, 2019 Below is full text of the goodwill message: “Dear Compatriots, “It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you once again on the occasion of Farmers’ Day for year 2019. I am glad to rejoice with you, and celebrate our farmers on the success of another farming and harve

     An American chef has taken to social media to express his sadness after discovering the little boy he called son and has been raising alone for 10 months isn't his. According to his posts, the chef who identifies as Chef Dom on IG, stated that the mother of the boy had him and abandoned him few days after she gave birth and he has been taking care of the boy with the help of his family and recently discovered he isn't the biological father and has been mandated by the court to hand the boy over to his biological father. Chef Dom wrote First of all I will like to thank every single person who have hell me raised this young little angel from God... you guys have seen him grow from day one. His mother left us when he was a month old and for nine months I raised him up to the best of my ability. It was not easy raising him alone but I had lots of help. His baby sitter never charge me a day of his life. She calls him her grandson. Than my parents came when he was 4 mont

            Man shares photo of a snake that swallowed another snake at his new site; says it's an answered prayer... A Nigerian man took to Facebook to share photos of a snake that swallowed another snake in front of his new developing site. Nnamdi Jordan described the incident as an answered prayer. He wrote; My brothers and sisters, this is what I found in front of my new developing site. A snake swallowing another snake. God answers prayers always.One more photo below.

      … As Traffic Radio Begins 2019 “Don’t Drink and Drive” Campaign Lagos State Government has again plea with residents of the State especially road users to exercise patience with the current traffic situations in some areas across the State, saying that the situation is under control and would soon be surmounted. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho made the plea over the weekend while flagging off the 2019 “Don’t Drink and Drive” awareness campaign of the Lagos Traffic Radio in Ikeja, Lagos. He said government was aware of the massive gridlock across the state and that it had partnered with the police to deploy 1,000 policemen to help manage traffic on the road. Omotosho said the problem was more persistent at the Agege Motor Road where construction work was ongoing, saying that government had directed the contractor to put measures in place to alleviate the plight of Lagosians all through the period of the construction. On the ‘Don’

      Admist the controversy  that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was responsible for the tanker that crashed on Thursday 14 November 2019 at Ota along the Lagos - Abeokuta Expressway, which led to a fire outbreak that led to the   deaths of two persons and destruction of seventeen vehicles with the story  reported in some sections of the media that the FRSC caused the crash based on a press release signed on behalf of Prince Dr Dapo Abiodun MFR, the Governor of Ogun State, by  Mr Kunle Somorin the Governor's Chief Press Secretary. 2.  The FRSC has denied no such thing happened . In an interview granted by the FRSC Sector Commander for Ogun State Corps Commander Clement Oladele, he denied that FRSC caused crashes but rather the FRSC is a safety Agency  with a globally  recognised  standard operating processes  (SOP) that has attained an international standardisation certification of ISO 9001 Quality Management System ( ISO 9001 :2015 QMS) . 3.  The Sector Commander in th

       The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammad Matawalle has Stated that he would arrest former Governor Abdulazeez Yari if he makes the State ungovernable for him. In the statement made available to the media Governor Matawalle refers to former Governor Yari as his former Driver. It would be recalled that It is more of a power tussle as former Governor Abdulazeez Yari is trying to make the state ungovernable for  Governor Bello Muhammad (Matawallen Maradun) of Zamfara State. In this trend, Governor Bello Muhammad has vowed to arrest and appropriately deal with his predecessor, Abdulazedz Yari should there be any future breach of the peace in the state while he is around. "I swear, the next time Abdulazeez Yari comes to town and there is breach of the peace, I will order for his immediate arrest in the state. In fact, if need be, I will lead the arrest myself in his village of Talata-Mafara and I am not joking" , Governor Matawalle warned. Governor Be