Wale, a Nigerian-American artiste, says he looks up to rapper Olamide

Wale, a Nigerian-American artiste, says he looks up to rapper Olamide Adedeji. The rapper, real name Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, said Olamide is one of the most dynamic writers he has come across. He also described the YBNL record label founder as a “fast worker” who is very talented.

The rapper made this known in an interview with Okay- Africa, saying “he’s(Olamide) one of the fastest workers and one of the most dynamic writers I know in any genre. “He’s very, very talented. I look up to him a lot in that sense.” When asked about his relationship with Davido, he said: “I’ve known him for a long time.

I think I met him in DC several years ago. We just always stayed in contact with each other. “Obviously, Davido is in a different city every two days, maybe another country every two days. We always stay in touch. Any time we’re close, we always link up.” Wale, who recently joined Warner Records, disclosed that Davido, Wizkid, Phyno and Olamide will be on his upcoming project. He said: “You’re always going to see Davido and me together.

That’s my dawg. Him, Wizkid, Olamide,I just did a song with Phyno. Even Kwesta and Sampha, I got love for South Africa. I spread it.” In 2017, Wale teamed up with Olamide and Davido for a single titled ‘Fine Girl’.

Dammy Krane is yet to learn his lesson with Wizkid

Lagos 2019: “I Won’t Step Down” – Ambode Dares Tinubu

Lagos 2019: “I Won’t Step Down” – Ambode Dares Tinubu

The battle for the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for Lagos State took a new dimension on Friday as the State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode boldly informed a meeting of leaders of the party that he will not step down for their preferred candidate in the 2019 governorship race in the state.

Ambode reportedly made this at the Bourdillon, Ikoyi home of the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

A reliable source at the meeting told Saturday Sun that:

“Ambode was told in plain terms that the party will not support his second term ambition and as such should step down for the candidate the party members are clamouring for. But throughout the whole discussion and till the meeting ended, the governor stood his ground, explaining why he must run and that he will run if APC desires to win the state.”

The governor was said to have listed his achievements to convince the party leaders who equally failed to shift ground.

“He was busy speaking grammar when no single member at the meeting supported him. We wish him luck”, the source added.

The meeting chaired by Tinubu and called under the banner of Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) the most powerful clique in Lagos APC also had in attendance outgoing governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, his newly elected successor, Gboyega Oyetola, Ambode and other members of the 22-member council.

-360nobs

How to operate catfish farming business in Nigeria

Catfish farming is the growing of one or more of the ray-finned fish for mainly commercial purpose . It involves constructing concrete or tarpaulin ponds,  filling with fingernails and feeding them until they are sizable enough for sale in the market.

In this article you will be tutored on how you can start your own successful catfish farming business in Nigeria. We will give you all the catfish farming tips to enable you start your own catfish farming for profits. As far as aquaculture business is concern, catfish farming is among the most lucrative in Nigeria.

In this write-up , I will be explaining so many things you need to know about catfish farming business in Nigeria and how you can make your catfish business successful

There are various ways of starting a catfish farming business.   Catfish farming business is a simple and flexible animal husbandry based business that you can start  anywhere, particularly in tropical climate like ours.  Also, catfish farming business can be operated in your place of residence, especially for those that have a  spacious  compound. Yes, you can start catfish farming at home.

In  the world all over, there are so many catfish species, some of them include: pangas  catfish, greasy grouper, bighead carp, grass carp, silver seabream,  common catla,  Nile tilapia, etc. However most of them are not suitable for fish farming in Nigeria.  The most common catfish in Nigeria are: tilapia and raising catfish, the later catfish is the most common.

In this article, you will be  taken step by step on how you can start a catfish business with all the catfish farming tips. Also, you will be given major hints of  starting and developing a catfish farming business. Below, you will see how a catfish business can be operated.

1. Determine the size of Your catfish farm

I assume you are a serious about starting a commercial catfish farming. In this case you need to construct a concrete catfish pond. The exact size will depend on the capital you want to start with. There are many sizes of catfish farm you can build.

As a beginner, you can start with catfish juvenile, nurture them for good and rapid growth and make handsome profit when you offer them to the market. The advantage of starting with big catfish is that you save on the cost of feeds because you buy in bulk or you convert part of your business into producing catfish feeds.

2. You must understand catfish farming market in your area

This involves knowing the level of demand of catfish in your area. You may have to do little investigation from market men and women, hotels and restaurants, and from other stakeholders who buy and sell catfish. Also find out the price of a fully grown catfish and the period of the year catfish is in great demand. Catfish is of different species such as flathead catfish, blue catfish, channel catfish and so many others. They live in fresh water and eat worms and insects and other amphibians such as frogs and sometimes small reptiles.

3. Proper Drainage

It is very bad to channel drain waste from your farm to public places, therefore before starting a cat fish farming business, you need to consider where to locate your catfish farming business in order for you not to dispose your farm waste without being a nuisance to other members of the public. If it is in your home or a place you acquire, make sure that you make a suitable plan for drainage.

4. Understand the cost of starting catfish farming business

It is very important to have a proper knowledge of how much it will cost you. The cost will depend on the season, the size of busines syou want to run and the cost of materials at the time.

Your key expensive will include: construction catfish tank (pond), buying quantity of catfish to start your business, buying feeds and probably drilling a borehole for proper water supply. All these should be embodied in your business plan, if you have any.

You can arrive at specific costs by going out to ask questions in the form of market research. If possible, find out also the range of profit that can be made in catfish farming business in your area.  Consider all important items needed for the operation of your catfish and also your production plan annually, such as feed, fuel, equipments and machineries, work force, supplies, utilities, repairs and emergency funds.

5. Get to know your rivals (competitors)

For you to make a headway in catfish business, you know those you compete with . You must know their capabilities such as how big they are, the catfish species that they grow, their customers and in fact their marketing strategies. Also you will find out the market that is not yet served, how the markets are responding to the services given to them. Can you attract the market further by improving on your services?

6. Build the catfish pond

Building your catfish pond largely depends on the size of business you want to operate. You can go with either a small pond or a large one. It is important that you select the best location needed for your catfish farming business. Not having enough space for the ponds can cause big disaster for you. Please don’t build it yourself if you don’t have the experience. Get an expert advice so that you can construct the type of pond that will enable your fish to have a healthy growth. You can also consider the option of starting your catfish farming in plastic tanks

7. Feeding the catfish

You must feed the catfish with quality feeds that contain proper nutrients such as lysine, argimine and methionine. Also, the water must always be fresh , either from borehole or river. Treated water like tap water or even rain water cannot be recommended, otherwise, it is a question of time, your catfish pond will be empty because your catfish would all die. Moreover, don’t use acidic water of any kind, to know this, you need HP meter that reads acidic level in water.

8. Be vigilant about catfish diseases

Catfish can develop symptoms of unhealthiness. When you begin to notice inactivity, change of colour, bloated body, cloud eyes, open sores, red streaks, etc, take adequate action. You must be very observant about the catfish you rear to avoid epidemic of a particular disease and deal with any disease when it is noticed. To avoid loosing your catfish farm, you must pay attention to your farm, ask pertinent questions and obtain phone numbers from mentor and experts.

9. Keep records of your catfish business including income and expenses

Maintain accurate records of number of fish in a particular pond, how much it cost you to buy fingerlings and how much you sold. Make it a habit to record all transactions of your business. So that you will be able to determine your level of profit at any time.

Conclusion

Catfish farming business in Nigeria is easy and profitable business, anybody that is determined to succeed should venture into it.  However, you cannot go into it without proper knowledge of the catfish farming terrain, otherwise you end up in regrets.

Source: makemoney.ng

Just In: Tinubu’s Camp Threatens Governor Ambode

As high-wired intrigues continue to play out in Lagos State over the incumbent governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s re-election bid, competent sources saturday revealed that a key segment of the party led by the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked the governor to stand down his second term bid or face impeachment.

The threat to impeach the governor is an escalation of pressure being piled on him to drop his quest for second term.

A competent party source sympathetic to the governor, who demanded annonimity since he was not authorised to speak on the intrigues and power play currently playing out informed THISDAY yesterday, “they are threatening to impeach him should he refused to bow to their demand to withdraw.

The incumbent governor, who is traditionally entitled to another term is being harassed and intimidated by Tinubu’s political machine to withdraw for their new man, even though the governor had agreed to subject himself to primary. They are boasting that they will direct the State House of Assembly to immediatly begin impeachment proceedings against him.”

The APC had initially insisted on conducting direct primary election to select its governorship candidate in the spirit of democracy. But it suddenly reversed itself, directing Ambode to withdraw from the contest to enable the party present Sanwo-Olu as the consensus candidate.

It also emerged yesterday via a statement from the Vice President’s office denying endorsing Sanwo-Olu. “It was while he was coming out of the GAC meeting that Mr. Sanwo-Olu and Mr. Hamzat took advantage of the VP’S presence to take the photos which are now being falsely paraded as proof of endorsement.

“The VP did not go there to endorse Sanwo-Olu., they only took advantage of his presence,” a source at the meeting confirmed last night.”

Rather, sources at the GAC meetings hinted that Prof Osinbajo, who is believed to be supportive of a second term bid for Ambode, conveyed the view of the Buhari presidency that there should be a level playing field in the overall conduct of the primaries.

Party chieftains spoke with THISDAY yesterday in confidence on the drama that took place at the meeting of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) held Friday night. They disclosed that the APC leader threatened to impeach Ambode if the governor refused “to step down for Sanwo-Olu.” Ambode was said to have looked him squarely in the face and refused.

But Ambode Mandate Support Group condemned the call for the governor’s withdrawal as undemocratic. The group also reacted to the postponement of the APC governorship primary in the state, which has now been scheduled for October 1, saying they were confident that Ambode would fly the party’s flag in 2019 election as it has received overwhelming support from several quarters for him.

There has been uncertainty about governor’s re-election after Sanwo-Olu, currently the managing director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC), and former commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, declared their intention to challenge the governor in a primary contest.

As a result, the Mandate Movement, a powerful political machine of Tinubu, endorsed Sanwo-Olu for the governorship contest, heating up the state’s political climate ahead of the primary election.

Ambode’s travails had attracted the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari; former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba; Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF); and the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF). They all tried to persuade Tinubu to make up with Ambode.

With the presidential intervention, Tinubu decided to consult the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the state’s highest advisory political organ, comprising 22 APC chieftains across the three senatorial districts. But in its resolution, the GAC directed Ambode and two other aspirants to face the direct primary election.

At the GAC meeting held at Tinubu’s residence, Bourdillion, Ikoyi, Friday night, one of the party chieftains explained how Ambode addressed the leaders of the GAC, justifying point by point the reasons he decided to seek re-election in 2019.

Specifically, according to the chieftain, Ambode hinged his re-election bid on the need to complete various infrastructure projects and urban renewal programmes that his administration initiated in the last three years.

Despite his justifying his re-election bid, the party chieftain stated that Lagos Central APC leader, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, asked the governor “to step down for Sanwo-Olu. He claimed that the GAC had already endorsed Sanwo-Olu as the party’s consensus candidate.”

Another party chieftain revealed that a member of the GAC, Prof. Tunde Samuel, interrupted Olusi while he was telling Ambode to withdraw from the race, observing that Olusi’s statement did not reflect a common position of all GAC members that all aspirants should face primary contest.

In response to Olusi, however, the party chieftain claimed that Ambode simply told the meeting that he “will not step down for any governorship aspirants on the ground that it is undemocratic. He also said he stood by the earlier position of the GAC that all aspirants should face direct primary contest to foster democracy in the country.

The source stated, at this point, Tinubu, who chaired the GAC meeting, became angry and quickly interjected, threatening Ambode with impeachment, if he failed to stand down for Sanwo-Olu before the primary election earlier scheduled to hold today which was later postponed till tomorrow by the APC national secretariat.

THISDAY learnt that it was resolved at the meeting that a stakeholders’ meeting should be held on Saturday at the party secretariat, Acme road, Ogba. It was expected that Tinubu would come to the meeting to endorse Sanwo-Olu. To their surprise however, thousands of Ambode’s supporters thronged the venue chanting Ambode solidarity songs and raining curses on national leader: Tinubu ole Tinubu ole!

Eventually, Tinubu was forced to stay away.

When THISDAY contacted Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Tunde Rahman, for his reaction to the threat to impeach the governor by Tinubu’s camp, he responded, saying he did not “have any comment to make.”

Rather than attending as originally planned, Tinubu delegated a GAC leader, Senator Anthony Adefuye, to represent him.

At the stakeholders’ meeting, Adefuye acknowledged that there was another GAC meeting, which held by 10 am on Saturday, noting that the meeting was attended by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, and Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, among others.

Adefuye said, “The meeting was chaired by the APC national leader, Tinubu. This is a meeting that we started at 10am. And we could not finish early. After the meeting, I have been mandated by the GAC to announce this to you that the primary earlier scheduled for Saturday, September 30 has been shifted to Monday, October 1.

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– naijaloaded

 

Davido makes another hit collabo with Wande Coal

BREAKING: Nigeria Labour congress calls off strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike following promises by the Federal Government to reconvene the tripartite committee on national minimum wage on October 4.

The suspension of the warning strike takes effect from today. Announcing the decision in Abuja on Sunday, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated that the labour action was suspended to enable the tripartite committee to hold its crucial meeting and conclude its work.

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Nigeria. It was founded in 1978 following a merger of four different organisations: Nigeria Trade Union Congress (NTUC), Labour Unity Front (LUF), United Labour Congress (ULC) and Nigeria Workers Council (NWC). The numerous affiliated unions were restructured into 42 industrial unions. Its founding President was Wahab Goodluck.

During its history, conflicts with the military regime twice led to the dissolution of the NLC’s national organs, the first in 1988 under the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida and the second in 1994, under the regime of General Sani Abacha. Under Nigeria’s military governments, labour leaders were frequently arrested and union meetings disrupted. Following democratic reforms in the country, some of the anti-union regulations were abolished in January 1999. The same month Adams Oshiomhole was elected President of the reformed organisation.

Today, the NLC has 29 affiliated unions. In total, they gather around 4 million members, according to their own figures. This makes the NLC one of the largest trade union organisations in Africa.

Recently conflict between the government and the NLC has escalated due to the organisation’s opposition to higher fuel prices. The price increases are the result of decisions by the Olusegun Obasanjo government to dramatically reduce subsidies and to deregulate the purchase and sale of fuel. The NLC has led several general strikes protesting the government’s fuel price policy.

In September 2004, the NLC gave the federal government an ultimatum to reverse the decision to reintroduce the controversial fuel tax or face a nationwide protest strike. The strike threat was made despite the fact that a Federal High Court judgement in an earlier dispute had declared the organisation lacking legal power to call a general strike over government policies.

Following the announcement of the strike plans, the NLC claims President Adams Oshiomhole was arrested October 9, 2004 at a protest at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport. According to the organisation, Oshiomhole was “abducted by a team of operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) numbering over fifteen, who overpowered him, wrestled him to the ground and bundled him into a standby Peugeot 504 station wagon, which bore no licence plates.” The State Security Services called the claim “sensational and inaccurate reporting”, saying that the NLC president had a misunderstanding with field operatives, but that the matter was soon resolved. A presidential spokesperson claimed that Oshiomhole was only invited for a “chat” at the airport, no arrest having taken place.

This is the reason why Davido keeps winning – Kiss Daniel

Nigerian top singer, Kizz Daniels, has reacted to a recent tweet by DMW boss, Davido, in which he noted how he helps others win.

According to the singer, for everyone he comes across, he either wants to see, winning or he points them to the winning direction.

His tweet below;

Kizz Daniels reacts to Davido’s tweet.

Impressed by the FIA crooner’s statement, singer, Kizz Daniels took a spot on Twitter to respond. According to him, this is the reason why Davido keeps winning.

He wrote;

https://twitter.com/iamkissdaniel/status/1044344854162132993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Davido granpa was responsible for the development of Banana Island in Lagos