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Nigerian Muslims cause stir in Mecca as Osun pilgrims protest over food

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Some pilgrims from Osun observing the 2023 hajj in Saudi Arabia have protested the poor quality of food the State Pilgrims Welfare Board served them.

In a viral video seen on Monday, the pilgrims were heard complaining about the quality of food served to them.The pilgrims were also throwing away food packages that had been delivered.

“We are rejecting food given to us. We are at the door of Osun Amirul Hajj,” one of the pilgrims said in the video.

“We are rejecting the food given to us. The food is poor. We can’t continue to eat such after paying a huge amount for this pilgrimage.”

In a statement by Bolaji Sanni, the board’s administrative secretary, admitted that the chapter lacked adequate native Yoruba delicacies in the service provider’s food menu. The board also assured the necessity for its inclusion in subsequent meals.

“At the meeting were the state government officials, some representatives of the pilgrims, as well as the head of the catering team for the service provider, Mr Sanni said in a statement released on Sunday.

The statement added,

“The meeting discussed the lack of adequate local Yoruba delicacies in the food menu of the service provider and the need for its inclusion in subsequent meals. The meeting also discussed the possibility of changing the caterers if no improvement is noticed.”

The board also noted that “this problem is not peculiar to Osun state, and one can not rule out the possibility of fifth columnists blowing the situation out of control for obvious political reasons.”

Lifestyle

Nigeria wastes 40% of food despite low farm yields –Expert

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The Executive Secretary, HEDA Resource Centre, Sulaimon Arigbabu, said Nigeria has one of the lowest per hectare yields for agricultural inputs.

Arigbabu said this on Tuesday while speaking at the PUNCH Media Foundation webinar series themed ‘Food Security, Nutrition, and Food Safety’.

Speaking at the webinar, Arigbabu said about 40 per cent of the food produced in Nigeria gets wasted between the farm and the final consumer.

He said, “About 40 per cent of the food we produce in Nigeria gets wasted between the farm and the final consumer but nobody talks about the opportunity that we miss, the food that we did not grow, the one that dies before it became a harvest.

“In Nigeria, we have one of the lowest per hectare yield for major agricultural inputs. For instance, in terms of wheat production, our per hectare yield is just 1.4 tonnes per hectare while in Egypt, the per hectare yield is 6.4 tonnes. Take soya bean for instance, our per hectare yield is 1.2 tonnes while in Egypt, you have about 10 tonnes per hectare.

“Nigeria does 1.2 tonnes per hectare and in Asia, it’s 4-7 tonnes; in Egypt, it’s 10 tonnes per hectare. In terms of maize, Egypt does 6 tonnes, South Africa does 5.1 tonnes, Nigeria does 1.6 tonnes.”

He attributed the low hectare yield to the lack of knowledge among farmers on agronomics.

“It’s because of the lack in the knowledge of the farmers in terms of good agronomical practice. It’s because we do not provide our farmers with access to accurate, reliable, and timely climate information.

“Many farmers go to farmers when they should not, so the opportunity that is lost is the major reason we are having food insecurity, if we deal with that, we can deal with post-harvest loss.

“Despite the global pressure on us, Nigeria is supposed to be a food power house for the Sahel for West Africa but we are missing out on this opportunity because the quantum of food that we even fail to grow is far much more than the one we are losing and if we stop the post-harvest loss for instance, we would have, by 80 per cent taken care of those who are not able to have access to good and nutritious food,” he said.

Entertainment

BBNaija housemate, Whitemoney, livid after Maria trashed his food

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Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eyes, Whitemoney was seen throwing tantrums on Friday afternoon after one-half of the competition’s wildcard, Maria threw away the breakfast he prepared.

The infuriated Whitemoney spoke to other housemates about his displeasure with Maria’s actions; first, he mentioned that he does not like her insensitive statement, also, her disposal of the breakfast is simply cruel because she failed to recognize his effort.

Whitemoney further mentioned that Maria’s fellow wildcard, Pere also disapproved of what she did. The businessman stated that he has lost respect for Maria and nothing can mend their friendship due to what she has done.

Watch the moment below.

https://web.facebook.com/fasanmi.abiolasteve/videos/586504092760072/?t=90

On Monday, August 2, the wildcards, Maria and Pere both nominated Whitemoney alongside four others for a possible eviction this coming Sunday. Other nominees include, Yerins, Yousef, Niyi and Beatrice.

Entertainment

These 2 “Big Boys” Were Caught Trying To Pay For Food With “Fake Alert”,

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The issue of fake credit alert has been quite rampant for some time now. Dubious people have deviced a way to scam unsuspecting vendors by issuing a fake credit alert after buying goods worth a lot of money. The scammers formulate a credit alert as if it is the real one from your bank and before you would realize that it is fake, the scammers must have already made way with the goods.

A video was shared online and in the video, 2 handsome, young “Big Boys” were caught in a restaurant trying to pay for food using a fake alert. According to the guy who narrated the video, the food they bought was worth over N10,000. The person who narrated the video stated that the two boys drove a luxurious car to the restaurant and he was shocked that they ended up trying to scam the salesperson by issuing a fake alert.

Immediately the 2 guys were caught, the restaurant management quickly informed the police and when the police arrived, the 2 guys were put in handcuffs and they took them to the police station.

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