Wednesday 29 January 2020

UNIFOAM BACK IN REAL BUSINESS,CLOCKS 37 YEARS IN NIGERIA!!!

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BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU ,LAGOS,NIGERIA

The Nigerian foam manufacturing industry was recently set agog in Ilorin ,Kwara state capital in the Midlands in Nigeria as one of the nation's major foam manufacturer ,The United Foams Nigeria Limited re-opened its doors for business after some years in the doldrums due to what was said to have being a case of liquidation by insiders.

Checks by The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria recently showed that the company's array of products was now back into the mainstream Nigerian market to fight for its chunk of market share with the likes of Mouka Foam.

Interestingly ,a source who seems to me a major distributor to the company told this reporter that the group recently celebrated its 37th year in business with a lot of fanfare in Ilorin after a near case of business extinction.

The source gave thanks to God at the resilience showed by the Lebanese family who owned the company ,adding that the foremost foam maker now has a Lagos manufacturing plant in Mushin so as to make there products available for the commercial nerve centre of the nation faster and may be possibly for the international market when there are openings for exports..

FROM THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE!!!

UNIFOAM brand of polyurethane products was registered in 1981 and started commercially in 1982. The first factory, UNITED FOAM PRODUCTS NIGERIA LIMITED started in Ilorin, Kwara State in Nigeria in 1982. Later another two factories started in Kano and Kaduna in 1985 and 1987 respectively. The factory in Kano is JAFA FOAM PRODUCTS NIGERIA LIMITED and Kaduna is JAFCO INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LIMITED.

The products under the UNIFOAM brand portfolio are of different types of high-quality Foam mattresses, SPRING MATTRESSES, POLYURETHANE foam sheetings of different densities, CUSHIONS, QUILTS, SOFA cum BEDS, MOULDED CHAIRS, CARPET UNDERLAYS and other Foam Products.

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NIGER!!!!FRENCH FORTRESS PROTECTS AGADEZ PROJECT

NIGER!!!FRENCH FORTRESS PROTECTS AGADEZ PROJECT
BY ABDULMUMNI ADEKU.LAGOS,NIGERIA.
The heavily fortified French National Army stationed in the Niger Republic under both nations bilateral relationship is said to be one of the main unique selling points into an over $200,000 agricultural dairy pasteurization project which is currently under way in Agadez in Niger Republic.
In a live phone interview session with The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria ,The Project Coordinator ,Pastor Olu Sunday insisted that no single individual ,corporate or even faith based community has come forward to identify or be part of the epoch making project in the Sahara .

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He however used the time to call on all Nigerians as well as the global community to come to his aid ,he thanked the French government for helping to provide a water tight fortress in the area that has helped to check the activities of terrorists in the Sahara.
He praised this medium for coming forward with the intentions to be a major partner in the project .
The Sahara Desert is principally made up of Bedouin tribal herdsmen and groups amongst which are the following :Touaregs,Fulani,Toubon,Kanuri,Adar,Arabs and over 200 other tribal groups.
It is believed by historians and archeologists that people from the ancient cities of Tyre an Sidon in the present day Sinai Peninsular /Syria/Lebanon/Jordan/Israel moved in the course of nomadism to a place in Niger Republic now called Agadez in Niger Republic in modern times..
The Touaregs who are the most prolific of the desert region of the Sahara are to be found in Niger,Mali,Algeria,Libya and Chad.
It was gathered in the course of study that a pastoral resource centre worth a 7,000 square meters of land worth $200,000 has being given approval by the leadership of the Republic of Niger..
Pastor Olu Sunday who is the Founder of The Missionary Outreach International in Agadez in Niger Republic pointed out that the area had some economic pitfalls in that it has a challenge in finding a market for their production ,it uses ancient techniques for dairy processing and marketing ,it uses the milk it produces for self only,the people of the desert are going through a period of starvation presently.
The Clergy explained that the centre will aid in the training of modern technique and treatment of the livestock thus giving them a marketing platform for the whole world..
Israeli outfit,Tessa dairies is said to be involved in the project.
It was also discovered that though the project was being initiated by a christain group the aim was not to forcefully make everyone a Christian as far as he visioneer of the scheme was concerned..

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EDITORIAL OPINION !!!QUICK JAB ON DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD

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Shortly after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) retaliated to the US, s assassination of Lieutenant General Soleimani Qassem by firing over a dozen ballistics missiles on US arm base in Iraq, president Donald Trump of the United States of America rushed to the media and said that no single American soldier was hurt in the Iranian strikes, but today, the Pentagon has admitted that, 50 if American soldiers are already diagnosed with brain disorders arising from Iran strikes. Now, who is deceiving who Pls?

EDITORIAL OPINION!!! HEAP OF RUBBISH SPOTTED IN LAGOS

I took this picture earlier this morning, the bed of silt has been there for a week now after some Lagos State workers cleared the drain. This is directly in front of Ransome Kuti Memorial Junior and Senior Secondary Schools, Moshalashi. There is another mound in front of Anikulapo Primary Health Care Centre in the same area.

There are hawkers selling food items to school children opposite this eyesore.

Dear Lagos State Government, please ask your officials to finish their assignment

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PHOTO NEWS!!!CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR MEMBERS OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE WITH COMRADE DEBO ADENIRAN AS A KEY FACILITATOR OF PROJECT

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PHOTO NEWS!!!SO MUCH SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING IN ABIA STATE RECENTLY AS MEN PREPARE TO OUTDO THE WOMEN HERE N CULINARY,COURTESY OF ABIA GAZETTE

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frontline Nigerian journalist Lekan Otufodunrin bares it all on career opportunities in the press

The first time I travelled out of Nigeria was in 1998 for a three-month all expenses paid Advanced Journalism fellowship in Cardiff, United Kingdom organised by Thomson Foundation.
Before then I had always wondered why I had remained a local journalist while some of my colleagues were travelling round the world attending various training programmes.
I broke the jinx and since then have enhanced my career with various fellowships, awards and training opportunities locally and abroad.
I have successfully recommended many journalists for fellowships and training.
I have also been interacting with many top journalists on how they won fellowship, awards and other opportunities.
I will be speaking on this topic at the workshop below:

Media Career Development Network presents workshop on
Maximising 2020 media fellowships and award opportunities

Speaker: Mr. Lekan Otufodunrin

Date: Thursday 30th January

Time: 10:30am

Fee:N2,500

Venue: Media Career Centre,14, Fadare Street, Ogba, Lagos

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key veteran Nigerian Journalist Highlights Gender Equality on Facebook

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CHAMPION for GENDER EQUALITY:
Yours truly, at the launch of the United Nation's 'HE-FOR-SHE' Initiative, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, the Secretaiat Alausa on Tuesday, 28th January, 2018.
* The highly successful event hosted by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation(WaPa) had in attendance dignitaries drawn from various works of life.

* The Welcome Address was given by the Commissioner, of WaPa, Mrs. Cecelia Bolaji Dada.The Opening Remark was given by the representative of UN Women Nigeria.
* The Keynote Address by the Number One Ambassador of 'HeforShe', Gov. Sanwo-Olu urged Nigerian men to give more space for the women to be equals rather than subservient partners in home building and the battle against domestic violence, rape and all manners of maltreatment of our women.
***Look out for details through my Opinion Essay to be published in YES International Magazine, Independent newspaper and BusinessDay on Sunday.

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DEADLY YEAR FOR MIGRANTS GLOBALLY SAYS THE UNITED NATIONS

2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas

A boy plays in a UNICEF-supported shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, where migrant children from Mexico and Central America are provided psychosocial support. (June 2019)

28 January 2020

Migrants and Refugees

More than 800 people died last year crossing deserts, rivers and remote lands while migrating across the Americas, making 2019 one of deadliest years on record, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.

Data from the Missing Migrants Project (MMP), collected at the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Data Analysis Centre in Berlin, indicate that it was the highest number of deaths documented in this region since IOM began keeping records six years ago.
Since 2014, more than 3,800 deaths have been recorded across the continent.
“These numbers are a sad reminder that the lack of options for safe and legal mobility pushes people onto more invisible and riskier paths, putting them at greater danger”, said Frank Laczko, Director of IOM’s Data Analysis Centre.
“The loss of lives should never be normalized nor tolerated as an assumed risk of irregular migration.”
Close to 2,500 deaths since 2014
The region surrounding the United States–Mexico border is one of the deadliest for migrants, with the number growing each year. The MMP has documented a total of 2,403 deaths since 2014, including 497 in 2019.
Most were recorded in the waters of the Río Bravo/Rio Grande river, which runs between the Texas border and the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and Coahuila, where 109 people lost their lives last year.
This represents a 26 per cent increase from the 86 deaths recorded in 2018.
Many people also attempt crossing through the remote rugged terrain of the vast Arizona desert region, where at least 171 people died in 2019 – a 29 per cent jump over the 133 deaths documented in this area in 2018.
Missing Migrants Project data are compiled by IOM staff based at its Global Migration Data Analysis Centre but come from a variety of sources, some of which are unofficial.

Top destination: US

Back in November, IOM reported that 2019 saw an estimated 270 million migrants crossing international borders, and, at nearly 51 million, the United States was the most desirable destination.
News reports have painted pictures of desperate asylum-seekers giving up their children at the border, hoping that they may have a better life. Some migrant parents have sent their unaccompanied children across the border to surrender to US agents.

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270 million people are migrants, who send home a staggering $689 billion

27 November 2019

Migrants and Refugees

The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday.

YEMENI WAR MUST COME TO AN END OTHERWISE GREAT TROUBLE AHEAD!!!

Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop ‘before it’s too late’, Griffiths tells Security Council

Children sit in front of a house damaged by an air strike in Yemen. (July 2019)

28 January 2020

Peace and Security

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end “before it’s too late”.

Martin Griffiths briefed ambassadors in New York behind closed doors, but said in a tweet posted to his office account that he had “reiterated the importance of stopping the ongoing military escalation…He warned that recent developments jeopardize the progress the parties had made on de-escalation and confidence-building.”
The renewed fighting between Saudi-led coalition forces and Houthi rebels, formally known as Ansar Allah, has seen air raids stepped up northeast of the capital Sana’a, leading to many casualties amid fierce fighting, according to news reports, while rebels have reportedly gone on the offensive in Government-held areas, including a mortar attack which struck a market in the city of Taiz.
Reports suggest that fighting has escalated in three areas, in Nehm, close to Sana’a, the mountainous district of Jawf in the north, and the province of Marib, where a missile attack on a Government military base in the middle of January, reportedly left more than 100 dead.
On Monday, Mr. Griffiths told the Guardian newspaper that “whoever started this renewed violence, it is unequivocally the case that there has been a huge rupture of confidence and a huge loss of life for the sake of uncertain territorial gains.”

Yemenis deserve better

He also tweeted that the focus must remain on the impact of nearly five year conflict on the country's long-suffering civilian population noting that "the Yemeni people deserve better than a life of perpetual war."
The escalation began just days after the Special Envoy had briefed the Security Council with a relatively upbeat assessment of how Yemen had emerged unscathed during the crisis provoked in the Gulf region by the killing of Iran’s top general, by the United States.
He said “no major acts of military provocation” had occurred, noting the previous week “had been one of the quietest weeks of the war in Yemen, since the war began, with only one airstrike, very limited military movement on the ground and no drone or missile attacks on neighbouring States.”

UNICEF welcomes release of children

Meanwhile, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s representative in Yemen, on Tuesday welcomed the release in Sana’a by Ansar Allah of 64 children allegedly captured during military operations.
“UNICEF hopes that this step also leads to the signing by the Ansar Allah of the Action Plan to end the recruitment and use of children in the conflict in Yemen”, the agency said.

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Yemen resilient and ‘unscathed’ in face of latest Gulf crisis

16 January 2020

Peace and Security

Despite the threat posed by recent tensions in the Gulf, Yemen was able to weather the crisis thanks in part to restraint exercised by its political leaders, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.

A year on from Yemen talks breakthrough, top UN Envoy hails ‘shift’ towards peace, despite setbacks

13 December 2019

Peace and Security

When warring parties in Yemen met in a renovated castle outside the Swedish capital last December for UN-brokered talks, they showed that perhaps there could be a way out of brutal conflict and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the UN Special Envoy for the country said this week.

Wednesday 29 January 2020

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2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas

Top destination: US

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Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop ‘before it’s too late’, Griffiths tells Security Council

Yemenis deserve better

UNICEF welcomes release of children

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