By Ohenenana Kofinipa Oliver Twisting, it would appear is a pass time of only the poor. The rich also often ask for more. The government has given 750 acres of land to Chinese investors to undertake cotton growing in Masaka District. That should be more than enough for many an investor. But not this specie of investors. These Chinese investors, however, still need another 15,500 acres for composite agribusiness. Mr Okaiesa Opolot, the director crop resource in the Ministry of Agriculture, disclosed that Sichuan, the investors from Provincial Department of Agriculture in the People’s Republic of China, need 17,000 acres…
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LAUGH QUOTE Three rules to live by: 1. Don’t shop when you are hungry. 2. Don’t date when you are horny. 3. Don’t update your status when you are drunk. – Unknown author KNOCK! KNOCK! Knock, knock Who’s there? Iva who? I’ve a sore hand from knocking! WISE GUYS ANSWER TO STUPID QUESTION QUESTION: What happens if you eat yeast and shoe polish? WISE GUY: Every morning you’ll rise and shine! TEACHER AND STUDENT TEACHER: Can someone tell me what an ‘operetta’ is? STUDENT: Easy. It’s a woman who works for the phone company. DATING JOKE Good girls go to bed at…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa Many, if not most, men are believed to often fantasize about engaging in bouts of sex with a harem of women. However, a Mumbai man has met his nemesis in one single woman and has subsequently taken to his heels to preserve dear life. The man (name withheld) filed for divorce in a Mumbai court in January saying his wife was “aggressive and autocratic,” in her demands for sex since their marriage in April 2012. The judge took pity on the poor man and dissolved the marriage, on the ground that the woman did not respond to…
Music Shake it Off by Taylor Swift Premiers on the Billboard Chart at Number One!!! Taylor Swift dropped this single and like I predicted weeks back, the song is sitting on top of the billboard chart (first time the track is appearing on the chart). Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda which would’ve almost grabbed the number one spot this week had to settle for number two… girl, you don’t wanna eye the top spot when Taylor’s single just dropped. On a Scale of 0 – 10, this song is now a 10! One Mic Naija One Mic Naija is a monthly event…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa The Ebola threat in Nigeria has allegedly been over stated by politicians as a first step to stealing or misappropriating monies officially set aside to fight the scourge. “We are particularly concerned that this somewhat alarmist and deliberate overstating of the crisis, was part of the calculations of politicians and political leaders to ensure mobilization of resources and funds internally and externally into a pool, that like the response to the 2012 Flood disaster can be disappeared into the private pockets, looted and converted into election war chests.” “Say No Campaign-Nigeria” Co-convener Awwal Musa Rafsanjani who levied…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa Vodafone Ghana, formerly Ghana Telecom, has announced a 70 per cent discount on current roaming charges for Hajj pilgrims this year. This is to allow them to stay connected with their loved ones and pay less, during and after the season. Joseph Babu, Head of International Business at Vodafone Ghana, disclosed the discount when he presented assorted food items and GH¢1,000.00 cash, to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, to support this year’s Ramadan celebration, which ended last weekend. The donation of bags of rice, cartons of bottled water, cartons of non-alcoholic drinks and…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa Desperate situations, it is said, require desperate remedies. Consequently, the Liberia National Police have received marching orders to arrest anyone “who gives misinformation” on the deadly Ebola virus which has killed hundreds of Liberians since March this year, and still counting “We will arrest people who give misinformation. Please do not get on the radio and say ‘Ebola is not real; you can take a bath with Ebola people; they are taking the people’s parts’. That is not correct”, said Justice Minister Christiana Tah, at a press conference in Monrovia. “The media is a very powerful organ;…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa A United Nations sponsored refugees plan has led to the acceptance by about 2,300 Togolese refugees, who fled violence from their country into Ghana, to integrate into their host communities in the Volta Region. Under a two-year programme dubbed “Seed for Solution Project” which has been launched in Ho, the government of Togo is to provide them with national passports, while Ghanaian authorities will provide them with resident permits. The programme is the outcome of discussions between the Ghana Refugee Board and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as well as systematic consultation with the…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa “You were a real wolf in sheepskin,” said magistrate Hoseah Mujaya. The Magistrate was rebuking a Zimbabwean pastor shortly before he sent him to 50 years of hard labour in jail. Robert Martin Gumbura, the pastor, had been found guilty of raping four female members of his church and threatening to cast evil spells on them if they exposed him. “The core business of any church is worshipping and not sleeping with girls and women and threaten them that misfortune will befall them.” Gumbura, the founder of “Robert Martin Gumbura Independent End Time Message Church”, had 10…
By Ohenenana Kofinipa A Tanzanian man who makes a living off the fear of those who have infringed the law has been grabbed by the long arm of the law. Posing as a state security officer, Gunner Saimon Meena 419s people in trouble with the law. He took huge sums of money from his victims with police or court cases on the pretext of quashing their cases for them. In an interview with reporters, Mr Suleiman Kova, Dar es Salaam Special Zone Police Commander, said 40-year-old Meena has been under police surveillance for quite some time following several complaints from…