After what has been a very busy day (news wise), the ZENITHBLOG.com team has gathered the most important news that hit the headlines this Tuesday, February 28.
Below are the top stories you might have missed.
1. PDP crisis worsens as presidency raises alarm over plot to divide Buhari, Osinbajo
As the PDP struggles to put its house in order, the presidency has accused the opposition of trying to cause division between President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice Yemi Osinbajo.
2. Soludo, Utomi six others visit Nnamdi Kanu in prison
The leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu played host to some prominent Nigerians on Tuesday, February 28.
3. A Nigerian living in S/Africa reveals the truth about Xenophobic attacks
File photo of xenophobic attack
ZENITHBLOG.com got in touch with a Nigerian who has stayed in South Africa for many years in a bid to know the real situation of things. The conversation shed light on the issue and it is hoped that Nigerians will have a better clue on the things going on.
4. Reps reportedly clash over Buhari’s health status
The use of the word ‘sick’ while referring to President Muhammadu Buhari triggered a noisy plenary session in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, February 28.
5. Cabals now in charge of Nigerian presidency – Ben Bruce
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East recently said cabals have hijacked the Nigerian government from both President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
6. Fayose lashes at Obasanjo; describes him as a failure
Governor Ayodele Fayose has lashed out at former president; Olusegun Obasanjo for saying his generation failed Nigeria insisting there are still some shining lights.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, February 28, met with governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the leadership crisis rocking the party.
According to a report on The Nation, governors that attended the meeting included Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa); Ibrahim Dankwabo (Gombe); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Benedict Ayade (Cross River); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Darius Ishaku (Taraba); Ayo Fayose (Ekiti); and the Deputy Governor of Rivers state, Ipalibo Banigo.
PDP governors meet Jonathan over lingering party crisis
It was gathered that the meeting started a few minutes after 6pm and was still in progress as at 8.45pm.
The meeting was held at the office of the former president located at Maitama District, Abuja.
Although agenda of the meeting was not made public, it was gathered that the lingering leadership crisis in the party was top on the agenda.
Editor’s Note: Israel Eshenakpe Akpodoro is President of Niger Delta Ex- Agitators, a former militant group in the Niger Delta. In this letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, he commended the president for two special projects, the proposed modular refineries and the $20billion proposed industrial gas park in Ogidigben, Delta state.
Your Excellency, on behalf of the leadership of the National Coalition for Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, I wish to congratulate you and fellow Niger Deltans on the ongoing peace process in the Delta region and the template to sustain the much needed peace in the region especially the laudable ideals of the proposed modular refineries and the $20bn proposed industrial gas park.
We dare say these two gigantic projects are life changing as it is capable of removing our youth population permanently from the streets of Nigeria which will enable them to meaningfully contribute their quota to both regional and national development.
Such proposals if achieved as planned is a road map to a new lease of life to the good people of the Niger Delta region in terms of human and material development.
President Muhammadu Buhari
The Coalition commends you, President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in your efforts at fulfilling the party’s campaign promises to the people in entirely novel fashion. We wish you more power to your elbow as you lead us into a new Nigeria where the social contract binding the leaders and the led are carefully executed without let or hindrance.
However, it is of note that this coalition of ex-agitators comprising prominent Ex-militant leaders across the region has been in the forefront of bringing lasting peace in our region and our efforts in this direction can’t be over emphasized, right from the electioneering campaigns to the inauguration of our president who we rolled out our machineries for his victory at the Presidential election. Since then we have been doing everything within our powers as a group to shore up the popularity of this administration amongst our people.
Also, as a group we were at the vanguard of the campaign against the hostilities of ethnic militias who sabotage our national patrimony, forcing them into the negotiating table with the federal government, the result of which we are beginning to feel in the oil and gas – rich Niger Delta region.
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As a group, we noticed exclusion by the federal government in the peace process as our leadership was not invited to the negotiating table as major stakeholders in the process of ensuring lasting peace. By this medium we protest our exclusion because we have implicit confidence that the federal government has what it takes to do it better.
Additionally, our teaming members till date have been denied engagement by the government we worked for as foot soldiers right from the campaign field to inauguration and we have nothing to show for our support for the APC led government.
Israel Eshanekpe Akpodoro
When it was not fashionable to mention APC in the Niger Delta region, we were there with then General Buhari all the way.
During the era of impunity laced with regional loyalty for the then incumbent, the NCNDE-A defied all odds to support President Buhari and his utter ego – Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Today, the government we worked and live for has persistently left us in the limbo as our members are left without empowerment, no patronage of any kind as against the known norm of rewarding loyalty and support.
We have been abandoned by the government we helped to put in place. This government has denied us our rightful place in the scheme of things, especially in the area of empowering our group.
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In view of the above, we still have that deep seated confidence in us that the President and his team have conscience and would deem it appropriate to place us in the right position particularly engaging our members favourably because we worked for their emergence.
The President Buhari led federal government owes us a duty of patronage. We need our 17,000 members to be empowered and meaningfully engaged.
While we await a positive response from the administration, we wish to appreciate the good work being done by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who has been able to responsibly fill the would – have been vacuum created by the vacation of our amiable President.
Professor Osinbajo has redefined loyalty, humility, respect, responsiveness, reliability, dependability in the discharge of his duties and to Nigerians, we are grateful.
As we humbly await favourable response from the federal government, we wish President Buhari a quick recovery and safe return home soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Eshanekpe Israel Akpodoro was a former militant in the Niger Delta. He was among those who surrendered during the amnesty offered in 2009 by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. he is the National President of NCNDE-A
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The Presidency on Tuesday reacted to the review of the economy by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), saying the report indicated that the economy was coming out of recession.
“There are now indications that the Nigerian economy is well on its way out of recession considering the 2016 overall and last quarter Gross Domestic Product reports,’’ the Presidential Adviser on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, said in a statement.
A review of the recent GDP figures released by the NBS shows a contraction of -1.30 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016, translating into an estimated economic growth rate of -1.51 per cent for the full year.
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Dipeolu said the Nigerian economy actually performed better overall last year as the growth rate was higher with a contraction at -1.5 per cent than the -1.8 per cent predicted by the IMF.
He said the report had raised the hope that Nigeria was gradually coming out of recession with the improving trends in several key sectors of the economy including agriculture and mining.
The presidential aide said the Buhari administration was also hopeful that with the series of ongoing engagement with the oil-producing communities of the Niger Delta, the increased oil production output would be sustained.
He added that the ongoing implementation of the Social Investment Programmes and significant infrastructural spending of the Federal Government would spur a positive multiplier effect on the Nigerian economy.
He said same effect was expected from the possible early legislative passage of the 2017 budget.
“The Buhari administration will not relent in its determined effort and its comprehensive approach to bring about the full recovery of the Nigerian economy and set it on a solid path of sustainable growth.
“Our work continues and we renew the pledge to do it with diligence, and the firm commitment it deserves,’’ he said.
Presidency has warned Nigerians to beware of fake news circulating about President buhari’s health status and real age.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in the United Kingdom, recently wrote to the Senate demanding for an indefinite extension of his 10-day vacation which started on January 19 due to medical issues which wasn’t revealed in the letter.
There have been several speculations about the health status of President Buhari and his continuous stay in London.
Sahara Reporters, on Sunday, February 25, reported that unnamed sources said President Buhari’s is suffering from severe stomach infection and prostate ailments. They also reported that the president’s treatments had been compounded by his age, which his UK doctors allegedly believe to be more than 80 rather than his official “age” of 74 years old.
There have been several speculations about the health status of President Buhari and his continuous stay in London.
Beware of fake news about President Buhari – Presidency
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ZENITHBLOG.com tried calling President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, but he was unreachable and a text message sent to him to confirm Sahara reporters report is yet to be replied as at the time of this report.
However, when contacted by ZENITHBLOG.com, President Buhari’s media aide on digital communication, Tolu Ogunlesi, said that while he is in no position to comment on such issues, he believes the news is fake and cannot be substantiated.
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Meanwhile, Tolu Ogunlesi declined to speak on if he received any calls from President Muhammadu Buhari who has been away for 40 days.
In an interview with Zenithblog.com at the ongoing Social Media Week Lagos, the media aide speaks on improving engagement with citizens on social media.
– The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo has called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu
– Soludo led other Igbo leaders to visit the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday, February 28
– He called for dialogue instead of detention
The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo has called for the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu.
Soludo, Utomi others demand for Nnamdi Kanu’s release
Soludo led other Igbo leaders to visit the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday, February 28 under the umbrella of Nzuko Umuna, a coalition of Igbo group.
Soludo urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the federal government to release Kanu and his colleagues.
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Kanu and three others Benjamin Nwabugwu, David Nwawuisi and Chidiebere Onwudiwe are facing trial bordering on treasonable felony, mismanagement of an unlawful society and concealing of goods in a container.
They are currently being held at the Kuje Prison in Abuja after three different court have ordered their release.
But Soludo while speaking said that Kanu and his co-accused are prisoners of conscience.
He also said Kanu and other defendant deserved to be engaged in a meaningful dialogue and not incarceration.
Also speaking Pat Utomi, a renowned economist said arresting and detaining Kanu and his colleagues those not solve a problem.
Utomi said: “How can you have a secret trial of a citizen in a democracy in a matter that is so civil.”
“This has no basis and should not even be heard.”
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He also said the group, Nzuko Umunna will address the issue of Kanu’s incarceration locall and internationally.
“We will internationalized this issue if need be,” Utomi said.
– Four Ugandan couples who have been together for at least 25 years share their secrets to their long unions
– All of them believe their unions are ordained by God
– The couples spoke to Uganda’s Daily Monitor during a campaign dubbed “Just The Two Of Us.”
Four Ugandan couples who have been together for at least 25 years have shared their secrets to having a long and happy marriage.
The Gumisirizas have been together for 43 years
Gad and Eunice Gumisiriza, from Mbarara District, have been together for 43 years. They attribute their long marriage to their commitment to each other as well as their efforts to keep it interesting and not dull.
They also advise that couples should not shy away from confronting challenges, noting that once these are overcome, the bond between them becomes even stronger.
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The Matsikos
The second couple is Hosea and Edith Matsiko, who have been together for 32 years. They are both spiritual and say that what has kept them together is their view of marriage as a covenant and not a contract. They add that understanding between couples is vital, as are mutual respect and a deference to God.
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For their part, Jack and Teddy Mukulu, who have been married for 27 years, say that trust in God and in each other has kept them together through thick and thin.
They point to the centrality of prayer in their union as another key factor. They also advise couples not to view disagreements as obstacles but as means to talk about issues in order to resolve them and strengthen their unions.
The Mukulus
Aggrey and Florence Bananywa have notched 31 years of marriage and attribute this achievement to their faith in God. They also talk through their disagreements and acknowledge their mutual imperfections. They advise that trust is critical in maintaining a long marriage and urge couples to cultivate trust in each other.
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The Bananywas
The couples spoke to Uganda’s Daily Monitor as part of its “Just The Two Of Us” Valentine’s Day campaign to promote the institution of marriage in society.
Check out the video below for more couples sharing their secrets to their long marriages.
Okra Soup is one of the simplest soups in cooking. Some people claim that the main complexity consists in crushing vegetables for the preparation of this soup. But as soon as vegetables will be prepared, cooking of the dish won’t take a lot of time.
In the Hausa language, this soup is called Miyan Kubewa. This soup is loved by many segments of the population of Nigeria – from adults to children. Ogbono can be used as an additional component for this soup.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Ingredients
• 250g of Okra,
• 3 tablespoons of red palm oil,
• Beef or cow hem at choice,
• Also, fish can be used,
• 1 river crawfish,
• Pepper and salt – quantity depends on your preferences,
• Onions (if you want),
• Pumpkin leaves,
• Spinach,
• 3 bouillon cubes.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
How to cook Nigerian vegetable soup with spinach?
• Before the beginning of the process of cooking soup, you should boil sun-dried fish within 20 minutes in a pot of hot water. It is necessary to achieve such effect that water was absorbed by fish. But also there is such type of sun-dried fish which doesn’t demand long cooking. You can get it on the market in Nigeria.
• Cut okra into small pieces. Also, cut crawfish and pepper.
• Wash up pumpkin leaves if you chose this vegetable as the ingredient for the dish and cut into tiny pieces. If you use the frozen spinach, it needs to be refrozen previously in order that it was simpler to crush it.
• If you use a cow hem for soup, then previously you should boil it until it’s done. Add a little water, but don’t go too far as the soup has to be dense. Add sun-dried fish. Cooking time of soup depends on the used electric stove.
• As soon as fish is ready, add beef, onions, cubes and cook until they are done. Then add chilled fish and continue to cook.
• Pour red palm oil in other pot and heat a pot to dissolve oil if it is frozen. Add to soup and wait until it begins to boil. This process has to take 5 minutes max.
• Now add vegetables and mix well. Add meat and fish, a crawfish, pepper, and salt to taste. Then mix well.
• Cover a pan and prepare soup for giving.
• Remember that at cooking of soup you shouldn’t use the same ingredients at the same time, otherwise all of them will mix up in one taste.
• Such soup can be served with chilled fish.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Recipe for Nigerian vegetable soup
Edikang Ikong has Efiks origin. These are people from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. Edikang Ikong is very nutritious in spite of the fact that a lot of greens are its cornerstone. This Nigerian soup is made with a large number of pumpkin leaves and leaves of seaweed. It saves from the feeling of hunger and helps to be sated in short terms, enriching an organism with vitamins.
Nigerians can eat this soup after a disease attack as it helps to fill a lack of all necessary vitamins and minerals lost in an organism during a disease. But it is unnecessary to be patient to enjoy this tasty and useful soup.
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Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Ingredients for Edikang Ikong soup
• 1 kilogram of pumpkin leaves,
• 500 grams of Talinum Triangulare,
• 600 g of beef, Kanda, sun-dried or dry fish at choice,
• pepper,
• 200 ml of palm oil,
• 2 medium bulbs of onion,
• 2-3 bouillon cubes,
• 1 periwinkle.
You can also use other greens or vegetables instead of pumpkin leaves. However, leaves of pumpkin are the universal and classical ingredient.
• 1 kilogram of the frozen spinach,
• the ground frozen spinach – 200 g,
• 250 g of canonigos – the frozen salad.
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Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Defreeze spinach, cut into tiny pieces and mix with the ground frozen spinach. Fill in with water and add pumpkin leaves.
Wash up, clean, and cut salad into tiny pieces. Then add seaweed.
Wash up and cut the pumpkin into tiny pieces. Place them in a sieve to dry up all water as much as possible.
Cut Kanda on small pieces. Cook beef, Kanda, and dry fish with 2 pieces of onions or bouillon cubes with the minimum quantity of water.
When meat is ready, add enough palm oil and pepper and leave for boiling within about 10 minutes. Palm oil serves as a liquid in Edikang Ikong soup. It is necessary to try to observe balance of oil and vegetables that oil remained the only liquid in the soup which isn’t demanding addition.
Add periwinkle and stir slowly within 5 more minutes. It is necessary to observe this time on this stage that seaweed wasn’t too cooked.
Now add pumpkin leaves and salt to taste. Mix pot contents very well and switch off the fire. Cover a pot and leave for five minutes. After that soup is ready to giving.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
How to cook Nigerian vegetable soup with ugu?
Nigerian vegetable soup is one more traditional Nigerian soup made with various meat, seafood, and vegetables. It is also served with one of the standard garnishes of Nigeria for soups and stewed dishes – ugu. Ugu is a name of a corrugated pumpkin leaf which is grown up in Nigeria and other tropical African countries. Such leaf can be bought in the market or in the African grocery stores.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
Nigerian vegetable soup – ingredients
• 2 pounds of meat,
• 1 medium bulbs of onion,
• hot pepper or ground chili,
• 4 snails prepared for cooking,
• lemon or lime juice,
• 1 pound of smoked or dried fish,
• 1 pound of the sun-dried fish left for the night,
• 1 pound of periwinkles,
• 8 ounces of the whole dry shrimps,
• 8 ounces of ground crayfish,
• 3 pounds of fresh leaves of ugu or 6 packages of dried ugu leaves,
• 2 tablespoons of fresh waterleaf,
• palm oil,
• the salt according to the taste.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
How to cook Nigerian vegetable soup?
• Wash up meat under flowing water and place it in a big mug for soup or stewing of dishes. The meat used in Nigerian vegetable soup is usually bull tail, beef, a goat or a chicken.
• Add medium onions and put them in a pot. Add ground chili or hot pepper to taste, and cook mix at an average temperature within 30 minutes.
• Rinse previously prepared snails in cold, flowing water.
• Rinse smoked dried fish under flowing water and place it in salty water within about 5 minutes to kill insects. Rinse with cold water.
• Peel other seafood, wash them.
• Add seafood to a pot and cook in the furnace at an average temperature within 10 minutes. Add more ingredients to a pot if it is necessary.
• Rinse ugu and waterleaf, use a knife to cut leaves into thin strips.
• Add leaves of ugu and waterleaf to a pot mix and let ingredients boil within 15 minutes.
• Add a crawfish, mix ingredients and let boil for another 10 minutes. Add salt according to taste and several tablespoons of palm oil to a pot.
• Remove a pot from heat and serve hot.
Nigerian vegetable soup recipe
As you can see, these soups are rather simple in cooking. The main ingredients of recipes are leaves of pumpkin, meat or fish. You should go to the market and buy these products for preparation of tasty soup. However, you may not follow the recipe precisely. It is enough to observe only the sequence of ingredients to make the soup more various. In general, you can experiment and receive combinations, which will be pleasant to you and your family!
– There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari’s long stay in London could be as a result of Crohn’s Disease, a medical condition that has affected his digestive system
– It was gathered that, apart from a lingering prostrate flare-up and other chronic conditions, the president has also recently been battling with a persistent “internal organ” problem
– Doctors also revealed that Crohn’s disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications
There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari’s long stay in London could be as a result of Crohn’s Disease, a medical condition that has affected his digestive system.
President Muhammadu Buhari and his daughter in London
SaharaReporters reports that a source familiar with President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical treatment in London revealed that, apart from a lingering prostrate flare-up and other chronic conditions, the president has also recently been battling with a persistent “internal organ” problem.
READ ALSO: Photo of Buhari and his daughter in London emerges
According to the source, Mr Buhari had had parts of his colon removed in 2013 and also had another operation to have hemorrhoids, swollen veins near the human re*ctum, removed in 2016 in London during one of his secret trips to seek urgent medical treatment.
The latest revelation appears to validate a claim by Mr Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, to the effect that her husband was dealing with “internal organ failure.”
It was reported that: “several doctors in Nigeria and the UK said that Mr Buhari was an outpatient, indicated a condition consistent with Crohn’s disease.
“Two of the doctors stated that it was likely that President Buhari’s course of treatment for his prostrate and other issues led to a complication and worsening of his Crohn’s disease.
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract, leading to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.
Inflammation caused by the disease can affect different areas of the digestive tract in different patients, but it was disclosed that the disease usually occurs in the intestines, where the inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue.
Doctors also revealed that Crohn’s disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications. “When it occurs in younger people, there is a higher chance of future complications than in older patients,” one doctor told our correspondent. He added that the disease “often worsens with age.”
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According to the doctors consulted for this report, while there is no known cure for Crohn’s disease, palliative therapies can greatly reduce its signs and symptoms and even bring about long-term remission. Some of the doctors stressed that, with proper treatment and management, many patients with Crohn’s disease are able to function well.
The doctors stated that the cause of Crohn’s disease is largely unknown. However, one doctor said the condition was likely due to an abnormal response of the immune system. Food or bacteria in the intestines, or even the lining of the bowel, may cause the uncontrolled inflammation associated with Crohn’s disease.
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The doctors disclosed that the inheritance pattern of Crohn’s disease was also unclear, noting that several genetic and environmental factors are often at play in the occurrence of the disease. According to one doctor, the condition tends to “cluster in families.”
He explained that having an affected family member was deemed to constitute a significant risk factor for the disease.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch an 850 million dollars agriculture programme to transform the sector and reduce food imports in Africa, an official of the bank has said.
Dr Chiji Ojukwu, the Director of Agriculture in the bank, said this on the sideline of the International Conference on Wheat in Abuja on Tuesday.
The conference was organised by the Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops project of the AfDB.
Ojukwu said the project, to be called Technology for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), would ensure the generation, sustainable dissemination and adoption of agricultural technologies and innovations.
According to him, this new programme will cost about 850 million dollars of which wheat alone is 20.8 million dollars.
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“We are likely going to get the approval for the programme this year and after that, it will start,’’ Ojukwu said.
He listed some agricultural produce that would be boosted in the project to include cassava, rice, wheat and maize among others.
The director noted that the bank had also introduced a programme known as `Feed Africa’ to reduce the level of food imports across the African continent.
He said the project would be aimed at tackling issues associated with productivity increase, value addition and infrastructure deficit.
Ojukwu said the project would also help to catalyse additional financing through innovative methods and ensure enabling environment by government.
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“The idea behind `Feed Africa’, is to reduce the level of imports.
“Africa imports over 35.4 billion dollars of food annually and if not checked, in the next ten years it will rise to 110 billion dollars annually.
“Our bank came up with this programme which is focusing on 18 commodity value chains like wheat, rice, cassava and a number of tree crops that Africa spends so much money importing.
The director said that it would also encourage and ensure the involvement of women and young people in agriculture.
“All these programmes we are putting together are to ensure that agriculture in Africa is transformed.’’
The Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) project of the bank is geared toward enhancing economic growth, food security and nutrition contributing to poverty reduction in Africa.
– Lawyers in Osun state have protested hike in filing fees in Osun courts
– They said that the exorbitant filing fees in the state would make it difficult for ordinary people to pursue justice and make them take the law into their hands once they couldn’t approach the cost due to high cost
– But the Permanent Secretary in the state ministry of Justice, Biola Adewumi said that the matter would be resolved in the best interest of justice
Lawyers in Osun state capital Osogbo have barricaded a high court in Oke-Fia area of the state to protest decision of the state judiciary to increase filing fees and other administrative charges in courts.
Lawyers protest hike in filling fees in Osun courts
Daily Trust reports that some of the protesters were armed with placards with different instricptions such as, “Justice is not for sale in Osun state”, No to exorbitant filing fees”, “Say no to commercialization of justice in Osun”.
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They are worried the exorbitant filing fees in Osun would make it difficult for ordinary people to pursue justice, noting many might take the law into their hands once they couldn’t approach the cost due to high cost.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Osogbo branch, Asafa Sanusi while speaking with newsmen during the protest urged the state government to intervene by compelling the Osun state Judiciary to reverse the decision.
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Reacting to the development, the Permanent Secretary in the Osun state ministry of Justice, Biola Adewumi said that the matter would be resolved in the best interest of justice.
– The leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been receiving visitors at Kuje prison
– Some prominent Nigerians visited the IPOB leader on Tuesday, February 28
– They were led by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Dr Chukwuma Soludo
The leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu played host to some prominent Nigerians on Tuesday, February 28.
Soludo, Utomi six others visit Nnamdi Kanu in prison
Former CBN governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo and renowned economist, Dr Pat Utomi led the delegation to Kuje prison, where Kanu is currently in detention.
While the purpose of the visit is not yet clear at the time of this report, ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that the visit was made under the umbrella of Nzuko Umuna, a coalition of Igbo group.
Sources told ZENITHBLOG.com that the group cuts across all the major groups in the South-east including those in diaspora.
Tony Nnadi, the secretary general of the Lower Niger Congress who was part of the visit told ZENITHBLOG.com that the group will work with all aggrieved Igbo groups
Nnadi said: “We have announced a process, on January 1, 2017, the LNC rolled out a registration of three million volunteers who want a referendum.”
“The matter now is how to put a date for the referendum and go to vote.”
Below is a full list of the delegation:
1. Chukwuma Soludo – Former CBN governor
2. Pat Utomi – Renowned economist
3. Tony Nnadi – Secretary general of LNC
4. Udenta Udenta – National secretary of Alliance Democracy
– Senator Sheu Sani has advised that arresting indigenes for defending themselves could not end Southern Kaduna crisis
– He said that if there is no peace in Southern Kaduna, there is no way Kaduna state will be in peace
– The Senator, therefore, called for a holistic approach in stemming the crisis
The Senator representing Kaduna central, Comrade Shehu Sani, has lamented that arresting indigenes for defending themselves from those attacking them will not solve the problem in Southern Kaduna.
It was gathered that the Senator who was speaking with Barnawa APC elders in Kaduna during a courtesy call said: “The ugly situation in Southern Kaduna is not an exception to Northern Kaduna, there is need for all hands to be on deck to nip the situation with all sense of sincerity.
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“If there is no peace in Southern Kaduna, there is no way Kaduna State will be in peace. We must stay together so long as God brought us as one.
“Southern Kaduna is faced with the problem of Christians and Muslims that has been there for years, clashes between farmers and herdsmen, visitors and indigenes and people who hide in the bush to attack innocent people at night for no reason.
“What is happening now in Southern Kaduna has happened in Birnin Gwari, Zamfara and other parts of the state.
“There must be a holistic approach in stemming the situation. A poor Man in Southern Kaduna is faced with the same problem with a man from Zaria which is caused by corruption.
“During Saudauna, there was no difference between a Kataf man, a man from Kano and a man from Katsina but today showing difference has grown to be a cancer in our generation.”
Senator Sani urged Barnawa APC elders to be conscious of some political leaders who do not care about their wellbeing, stressing that very soon; they would start seeing them and their posters.
“The colossal amount of money being spent on the media to attack and insult Comrade Shehu Sani is enough to do good project,” he noted.
He advised the elders to deliberate and come up with a project that would benefit the entire Barnawa community.
The elders in their different submission thanked the Senator for identifying with them, saying: “We have not benefited anything from this government. We are facing challenges of our youth unemployment and Women not being empowered.”
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They expressed confidence in the ability of Senator Shehu Sani to support them, adding that: “It is our hope that our problems will be solved through you.”
The elders further prayed for him to continue the good work he has been doing, stressing that they would support his governorship ambition in 2019.
The Partnership For Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) says no fewer than 800,000 children under the age of five are dying in Nigeria annually.
Dr Remi Adeseun, the Project Director, Strategy, for the Pharmaceutica* Society of Nigeria (PSN)-PACFaH, made the disclosure this on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, the major causes of under-five deaths include childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea.
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Adeseun, who based the figure on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ranking of health system, as well as, the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), said the nation’s health status was low.
The director said that the major determinants or indicators of a nation’s health status were under- five and maternal mortality rates.
Adeseun explained that based on the 2013 NDHS report; there had been little reduction in the under-five and maternal mortality rate.
He said that in the area of under-five mortality rate, there was little reduction from 154 in 2008 to the current 128 per 1,000 live births.
According to him, the adoption of best practice as recommended by WHO is the surest way to reduce this burden to the barest minimum.
He said that the standard practices included the adoption of Amoxicillin dispersible tablet as a first line treatment for childhood pneumonia and Zinc ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution or Therapy) for diarrhoea.
“The overall status of health of Nigerians as measured by WHO ranking of health systems is poor.
“When we say it is poor, it is because the major indicators, which are the determinant of the health status of the people, are in the area of child health.
“As at 2013, for every 1,000 children born, 128 of them are likely to die before the age of five; this means that one in every eight children born will not live to see their fifth birthday.
“To further demonstrate how significant it is in terms of number of lives lost, it translates to the fact that 800,000 children under the age of five die in Nigeria every year.
“To visualise this number is to look at our biggest stadium, which probably contains about 60,000 people at maximum capacity.’’
Adeseun also condemned the country’s maternal mortality rate of 550 per 100,000 live births.
According to him, the figure is shocking and can be avoided through the implementation of policies and adequate funding.
“It should never be the case that a woman dies simply from under-going a natural process of child birth, which is one of the biggest killers of maternal mortality.
“It is in this regard that poor health outcomes facing the child and the mother in particular reflect the poor status of health of Nigeria,’’ Adeseun said.
He urged government at all levels to adopt proven effective intervention policies to improve the health status of the people.
The presidential adviser on digital media and head of digital engagement, Tolu Ogunlesi declined to speak on if he received any calls from President Muhammadu Buhari who has been away for 40 days.
In an interview with Zenithblog.com at the ongoing Social Media Week Lagos, the media aide speaks on improving engagement with citizens on social media.
Q: What is the overall strategy of the presidency as regards citizens engagement?
A: We have an office of digital engagement, which is @digicommsng on twitter, which is leading our citizen engagement initiative on social media, over the next few months, you will see a lot of improvement in our engagement with citizens on social media.
We need a proper government website and a website for the state house, we are working on that.
Though there are still lots of gaps, however we are working on a social media policy which will guide the government and make citizen engagement a priority.
Q: What is your take on criticisms that the president’s media aides have not handled the president’s vacation very well?
A: People will always be people. So, on our part we ensure that we are improving engagement with citizens.
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We are constantly working to improve our engagement. We are asking people to exercise some patience and watch out for the plans and initiatives we have for engagement with citizens that will take us to the next level.
Tolu Ogunlesi presidential adviser on digital media to President Buhari and other panelists at Social Media Week Lagos
Publishers need to step up and be more careful with what they publish. Google and Facebook need to penalize people who publish fake stories. Bloggers and journalists also need to self-regulate. It’s not one person’s task.
Q: Have you spoken with the president?
A: No comment. I have chosen not to comment. Humans have always been social people. People need to be educated on what is fake news or not. We need to know what people are consuming and give that to them.
A Medview Airline flight from Lagos to Abuja was suspended midair after a fault was observed on the plane.
According to Premium Times, a passenger on the flight said passengers suspected the plane, with flight number VL 2102, was faulty before takeoff, but they were assured by the pilot and the crew that all was well.
The pasenger went further to claim that few minutes after take-off, the plane had to return to the Lagos Airport due to the problem.
“They want to kill over 100 passengers with their faulty plane,” a passenger, Oladejo Olowu said.
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Reports have it that the plane was scheduled to get to Abuja before a final journey to Yola, Adamawa State.
The Medview incident happened a day after a Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Air Peace on Monday suffered a burst tyre while preparing for take-off at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
The incident occurred at about 11a.m. forcing the pilot to abort the flight.
The aircraft was to convey 105 passengers from Lagos to Abuja.
– The first set of Nigeria-assembled Toyota cars will be rolled out in a couple of months
– This was disclosed by the chairman, Toyota Nigeria Limited, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo
– The company has a target of 15,000 vehicles yearly
The first set of Nigeria-assembled Toyota cars will be rolled out in a couple of months, The Punch reports.
Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, chairman, Toyota Nigeria Limited
This was disclosed by the chairman, Toyota Nigeria Limited, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo in Lagos recently.
Ade-Ojo made the disclosure at the unveiling of an automobile assembling plant dedicated to the production of two vehicle brands, Toyota and JAC, with a target of 15,000 vehicles yearly.
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“The semi-knocked down parts have yet to come; but in a few months’ time, they’ll arrive here in Lagos and we’ll invite guests to come and be part of history, to witness the unveiling of locally-assembled Toyota cars,” Ade-Ojo said.
Though the section reserved for the production of Toyota cars has yet to commence operation, the JAC division has produced its first set of 10 vehicles.
Elizade Autoland Limited, a subsidiary of Elizade Nigeria Limited, owned by Ade-Ojo, has the franchise for the JAC brand of vehicles.
Ade-Ojo described JAC as a “junior brother of Toyota in Nigeria and it is growing.”
Also speaking, the managing director of Elizade Nigeria, Mr Demola Ade-Ojo said the plan is to produce 20 JAC vehicles every month, adding that it was starting with the SKD stage and hoped to move to the completely-knocked down section when sufficient components could be sourced locally.
The plant, which is currently operating on a single shift, was said to have been certified by the federal government to build different brands of cars.
Toyota Nigeria last year presented its first locally assembled bus, Hiace, to the motoring public as a confirmation that it had joined the league of auto firms that had embraced the federal government’s auto policy introduced in 2013 to encourage local production of vehicles.
At least 30 automakers have sought and received the federal government’s approval to set up vehicle assembly plants in Nigeria. But some of them that have commenced operations are complaining of low patronage.
The National Automotive Industry Development Plan, according to the government, is to generate employment, boost Gross Domestic Product, and promote the Small Medium and Enterprises in the sector as well as aid skills development and transfer of technology.
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Late last year, the federal government keyed into the #BuyZenithblogaToGrowNaira campaign and bought made in Nigeria vehicles for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
The vehicles were bought from Innoson Motors, Nnewi and Peugeot Automobile Nigeria, Kaduna.
– There is desperation among citizens of less developed countries including the African continent to travel to European countries
– The United Nations says Nigeria and Eritrea now top the list of those travelling through dangerous routes just to get to Europe
Nigeria is one of the countries that has the highest number of citizens who desperately take dangerous routes just to get to Europe, a report from the office of the UN high commissioner for refugees has said.
These migrants desperately take dangerous routes according to the report
There are constant reports of migrants drowning while on illegal routes abroad. While releasing the new report titled: ‘Desperate Journeys’, the UNHCR director of Europe Bureau, Vincent Cochetel, said these migrants make use of people who smuggle them into Europe or take boats not meant for such journeys.
“About 90 percent of them travelled by boat from Libya, and the top two nationalities of those arriving were Nigerians (21 per cent) and Eritreans (11 per cent).
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“This route is particularly dangerous and in 2016, more deaths were recorded at sea than ever before. Furthermore, children making this journey are especially vulnerable, and the number of unaccompanied and separated children arriving is increasing.
“Last year more than 25,000 came, representing 14 percent of all new arrivals in Italy. Their number more than doubled compared to the previous year,” Cochetel warned adding that the report shows that people continued to move but undertook more diversified and dangerous journeys, often relying on smugglers because of the lack of accessible legal ways to Europe.
“In total, some 181,436 people arrived in Italy in 2016 by sea, out of which 90 percent travelled by boat from Libya.
“Those who came to Italy in 2016 include people in need of international protection, and also victims of trafficking and migrants seeking better lives.
“The top two nationalities of those arriving in Italy were Nigerians (21 percent) and Eritreans (11 percent). A striking feature is the increasing number of unaccompanied and separated children making the journey, over 25,000 in 2016.
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“They represented 14 percent of all new arrivals in Italy and their number more than doubled compared to the previous year.
“The journey to Italy is particularly dangerous, with more deaths at sea in the Mediterranean recorded in 2016 than ever before.
“Of the 5,096 refugees and migrants reported dead or missing at sea last year, 90% travelled along the sea route to Italy, amounting to one death for every 40 people crossing,” the report said.
Nigerian bankers have a lot of work to do in order to be on the same page with the ‘smarter banking’ the industry is trying to preach.
Many Nigerians have headache when they think of the torture they will be subjected to in the banking halls if they have to visit their banks to lodge a complaint.
Standing on the queue in a banking hall can change your perspective about banking.
In this present age and time, is it not possible to step into the bank and get done within the next fifteen minutes of entering? The banking system in Nigeria is a highly faulted when it comes to quick and easy transactions.
The transitioning into the online banking phase was highly welcomed even though the in-bank transactions are still as traditional as ever. You basically have to shift your weight from one leg to the other while you wait on the long queue that can make you think the kingdom of God should not be hard to get into.
After standing on the queue for as long as possible, you may be met with some gruesome looking banker that looks tired and unwilling to give you the customer-banker reception that will comfort you for standing on the queue for as long as possible.
Some bankers can make you lose interest in some banking brands.
Going to the bank is a dreaded event for many people as they do not look forward to the experience at all. On a few occasions, the bankers are as sharp as the colour on the walls of their bank with the way they see to the complaints.
Ideally, banking should not be a big deal. However, Nigerian bankers make it look like they are doing you a favour by giving you access to your hard-earned money.
And if you are thinking of using the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) on some days, please, just make sure you have a cup of ice-cream to make you feel better while you stand on the queue.
Moving forward, let’s share with you some ways Nigerian bankers can add to your frustration in the banking hall:
1. Perpetual time wasters
You may end up sitting for hours in the banking hall if you get attended to by a slow banker.
Some Nigerian bankers will make you wonder if wearing a high heel shoe is by fire or by force with the way they keep moving around the banking hall.
On days that you are frustrated, the clicking sound of the shoes could tick you off the more when you are on edge and out of time.
Telling yourself you will leave the bank when God says is the best prepping message ever. You will not be disappointed if you end up leaving after two hours.
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2. When they make your complaint ‘serious’
A lot of things happen over the weekend. We have people getting their ATM cards jammed in the machine, we also have people getting debited without being paid and those who never received money sent to them during the week.
The list of complaints is endless; but you can be sure that some bankers will make it serious when they hide under ‘protocols and procedures’. The jammed ATM card may have to be collected at your branch in Bauchi even though it got seized in a machine at Ikeja.
The antidote is to have a sachet of paracetamol in your bag when going. You cannot come an’ kill yourself.
3. Bankers are living proofs that monotony is a killer of drive and passion
If you ever get hooked in a hot debate about monotony killing passion and drive, do not sweat over it. Visiting the bank will make you see beyond the horizon and change your mind.
Doing the same thing should make you get better every day; however, it gets to a time when your productivity starts to decline. Economists will understand this better!
Some bankers lose their sharpness over time. They become undaunted by customer’s complaints and make you return to the bank for a matter that could be laid to rest almost immediately.
4. Some of them are nonchalant
Many Nigerian bankers are lackadaisical when it comes to delivering in the bank. The internet is always an excuse to be as slow as possible.
And if you meet them when they are in an awry state, they may snap and make you look like you are not being considerate.
And because you cannot see their laptop screen, you will have to wait till heaven breathes an air of release unto them. The best you can do here is to breathe in and out; this will help your heart.
5. They make their work a big deal
Having some Nigerian bankers attend to you will make you wonder if you are being unserious with your job.
Every job has its specifications and technicalities; some bankers attach so much importance to being in their office.
You are most likely to feel ‘jobless’ while clamoring for attention in the banking hall. Dear brother, please endure it. You will be vindicated at the end of the day.
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6. When you are being schooled on the queue
Some banks are known for the long queues customers have to wait on.
A banker once asked a customer to step back in line because she had not summoned her. The moment the customer went back to the queue, she called her to step forward again. It was not a fair treatment but some Nigerian bankers are that mean.
Once they are on their seats, they assume the position of the alpha and omega of your bank account. Your best option is to brace yourself before entering the banking hall. Be prepared not to let any banker tamper with your mood.
You may get lucky by meeting the ones that will give you an extraordinary banking experience. Choose your bank wisely.
The Nigerian entertainment industry in just two months into the new ear has suffered a number of losses which left the atmosphere worried.
Nigerian celebrities who died just too early
While some died at an old age others died at their prime like gospel singer and former Idols West Africa contestant, Eric Arubayi who passed away two weeks ago.
Below are other celebrities who died just too early:
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1. Dagrin
Dagrin
Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun, also known as Dagrin died at the age of 26. He died at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 22, 2010, exactly eight days after he was involved in a ghastly motor accident in front of Alakara police station, off Agege Motor Road, Mushin, Lagos.
2. Goldie
Goldie
Susan Oluwabimpe Filani known as Goldie Harvey died at the age of 29. After returning home to Nigeria from the 2013 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, she complained of a headache and was rushed to hospital where she was later pronounced dead on February 14, 2013.
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3. Bisi Komolafe
Bisi Komolafe
The death of Nollywood actress, Bisi Komolafe was reported in the media on December 31, 2012. The circumstances surrounding her death generated several reports and speculations in the media. However medical reports confirmed that she died of pregnancy related complications at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
4. CD John
Fast-rising comedian John Chijioke popularly known as CD John died on Thursday, 24 March 2011 at a young age just 3 days to his birthday. Chijioke died few hours after being treated for supposed head injuries at St. Nicholas hospital, Lagos.
5. Chidinma Mbalaso
Chidinma Mbalaso
Chidinma Mbalaso who rose to fame after she participated in Koko Mansion 2009 reality show died in Kaduna at the age of 22 on 25 March 2011.She was involved in a motor accident while on her way back to Abuja, from Kaduna where she had gone to pick up her car, the very first she bought with her money.
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6. Eric Arubayi
Arubayi died on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at the Delta state University Teaching Hospital after battling an illness at the age of 33. His brother while speaking revealed that consumption of expired malaria tablet caused of his untimely demise.
7. Muna Obiekwe
Muna Obiekwe
The year 2015 started on sad not for Nigerian entertainment industry when popular Nollywood actor, Muna Obiekwe lost his battle to Kidney disease. Muna died on Sunday, January 18, 2015. He died at the age of 36.
Acting chief justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen will know if he will become the substantive one on Wednesday, March 1.
Onnoghen will know his fate on Wednesday March 1.
The president of the Nigerian Senate Bukola Saraki revealed during plenary on Tuesday, February 28 that the confirmation hearing for the chief justice would be held on Wednesday.
Recall that the Senate confirmed reception of acting president Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s confirmation letter of acting chief justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen to the upper house of legislature last week.
In the letter, Osinbajo requested that the Senate move ahead with screening and consequent confirmation of Onnoghen as the country’s substantive chief justice.
Meanwhile, a recent report by Thisday indicates that President Muhammadu Buhari actually directed acting president Yemi Osinbajo to submit the name of Acting Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen’s name to the Senate for confirmation.
This is contrary to some media reports which claimed Osinbajo acted on his own in taking the decision.
The Osun state police command has uncovered a camp in Iwo town where people are allegedly dehumanized under the pretense that they are receiving treatment for mental illness.
ChannelsTV reports that the home was discovered after a tip-off. According to the state commissioner of police, Ola Fimihan Adeoye, 26 people have since been evacuated from the site, three dead bodies were removed and deposited at the mortuary while one person passed out on the way to the government hospital, Asubiaro in Osogbo.
Another screenshot of the strange rehabilitation home
The owner of the weird camp, Kamardeen Akanmu, has been arrested. During interrogation, he claimed the place was a spiritual healing centre for people who were mentally challenged. He went on to claim that he buried some of the victims who had died, within the premises, with the consent of their relatives.
Kamardeen Akanmu, the owner of the strange rehab home
Some of the mentally unstable people evacuated from the site
Those alive have however been taken to a rehabilitation centre in Ilobu town for proper treatment. See video of the home below:
Today, it is impossible to imagine life without knowledge. Many seek to know more, to improve knowledge, to get success. There are several levels of education: primary, lower secondary, upper secondary, vocational, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral studies. Everyone has the right to choose what suits him, what he wants to achieve.
If you are on the way to choose the educational institution for your further education and Benue State University has grabbed your attention, then this article about the courses and school fees will be useful for your further application.
Benue state university school fees
Benue State Universiy situated in Benue State and is accredited by the National Universities Commission. It offers undergraduate as well as graduate programs. Among the advantages of Benue University is the presence of two libraries: Law Library and a University Library, which hold more than 22000 volumes of Nigerian and international authors, a good background for productive researches. The libraries work from Monday to Friday, open at 6 am and close at 10 pm. This institution provides education services in eight colleges. BSUM proposes the next faculties and courses:
Benue state university school fees
Benue state university school fees
Benue state university school fees
Benue state university school fees
The postgraduates are proposed the next Benue State University postgraduate courses:
Management;
Public Sector Accounting;
Philosophy;
Health Management;
Business Administration;
Planning Studies;
Computer Science.
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Benue State University school fees
The next questions, arising in your head: What is the process of submitting the entrance application? What are the steps for the correct payment? What are the application fees?
To satisfy the payment of the necessary fees such tool as “E-Payment platform” is very useful, you can get it choosing the option on the official University website.
To enter the graduate university program you must pay two fees: admission fee amounting to N400 and acceptance fee amounting to N5500.
Benue state university school fees
Payment process
Pre-print your Payment Reference Number and bring it to the bank (pay only by designated banks), after that you will get a Payment slip. Kindly note that it is important to specify a description of the payment purpose as “College Pay”.
Another option for the payment is ATM payment, using your card. Proceeding with a payment on a clearing basis you should remember the following:
Payment reference (Customer ID) will be the number, which was created by the E-Payment platform.
Insert the Payment Code 04255101.
Enter you GSM Number.
Print the Payment slip.
One more option is the Internet payment, especially Quickteller. For this option, please note:
Type in your Registration number.
Provide your contact details: email and phone number.
Keep all the online instructions.
After finishing, do not forget to get the payment slip.
Benue State University postgraduate school is also very popular among postgraduates. Candidates also should visit the official website of the University, choose postgraduate, provide by filling in the necessary info and click “Submit”. The program will generate the Application number, so you are supposed to print the pre-registration form.
Benue state university school fees
Benue State University postgraduate school fees
The fees for postgraduates are higher in comparison with the fees for high school graduates. The Application fee in this case is N10000 and additional fee amounting to N2000. The designated bank for the payment is Fidelity Bank, the steps for the payment are the same.
Accepted candidates should wait for further instructions regarding resuming and registration.
We all have one thing in common – the desire to find our place in life. To help us in the achievement of our goal can only a modern high quality education, which allows believing that there are no limits for our possibilities. Good luck in the world of knowledge, just make the first step!
