ARE THE PEOPLE OF ABIRIBA MOSTLY IDOL WORSHIPERS?: ( PART II).

Sequel to my article on the above caption published on July 30th, 2018, I wish to conclude by saying that the people of Abiriba are the most open-minded in all aspects of lives.

Our hospitality and love for each other is unmatched. Many attempts have been made in the past to bring disharmony amongst the people of Abiriba by envious outsiders using some like-minds within Abiriba to achieve their aims.

We (Nde Abiriba) are not known to be envious people but progressive-minded. Many old shrines in Abiriba are a shadow of themselves today even though there were not as sacred or feared as those in other communities. Many known old or ancestal shrines in Abiriba always suffer lack of care after the original chief priest is gone. Many whose fathers practiced as native doctors in Abiriba find it difficult to take over from where their fathers stopped, and yet, outsiders still enviously call us PEOPLE THAT DOES NOT KNOW GOD. NDE OGWU EGO or OGWU OKPOGHO,etc.

I can say it unequivocally that Abiriba embraced and allowed Christianity into the community long before Churches and missionaries began to be allowed into some of these accusers' communities and this happened when it was believed that many were still idol worshipers in Nigeria and Africa in general.

The Church of Scotland Mission ( C.S.M) which is today known as THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NIGERIA ( P.C.N or Church Afia Nkwo in Abiriba parlance) which is the FIRST CHURCH TO ENTER ABIRIBA KINGDOM came into Abiriba over 100 years ago. I know many villages today that cannot even allow a pastor to enter their village or certain areas in their villages to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ,yet,when they hear about Abiriba,they start saying what they don't know. Nde okpa nkem akpaghu nke ya.

From opening the Igwu River for economic activities by our fore-fathers over 100 years ago to traveling outside the shores of Abiriba and starting businesses from Akkara down to Uzuakoli,then to Umuahia, Port-Harcourt and Calabar by our workaholic ancestors, our people believed in EMULATION and NOT ENVY and that is why progress will never depart our homeland.

Mr & Mrs Accusers, may I bring to your notices that,till date,record shows that Abiriba has the worst record of settling an apprentices after many years of serving a master by a young man, but instead of the young man to get frustrated, envy or plan how to kill his master, he will find a different thing,add hard work to it while believing that God will open a way for him. Simply put, we are an adventurous people.

I have checked around and didn't hear that the most dangerous kidnapper, armed robber or ritualist in Igboland or Nigeria is from Abiriba.Envy will always follow successful people and I know it is natural.

From time immemorial, I have never heard that Abiriba is a destination for rituals who want to make money, because, I have never seen nor heard of any deity or shrine that people can run to in order to make money located in Abiriba due to its efficacy.

Those who accuse Abiriba of being money ritualists and bla bla bla cannot tell us why FEARED DEITIES and SHRINES are located in their communities instead of Abiriba. Upon that, they will not tell us why is becomes a hard thing for them to travel down to their villages to celebrate Christmas together with brothers and sisters and drink in one cup without fear.

One thing is certain, our people will continue to prosper provided handwork is attached while the Onyokometers will keep trying to find the magic wand or tree that vomits those monies while times passes.

Yes, we are rituals but we are number one when it comes to eating in one plate and drinking in one cup. Yes, we are nde ogwu okpogho,yet, we build houses which many lives in and still prosper. Yes,we are Nde ogwu ego,yet we built factories and employed many to feed their families.

Today,we have made many progress and inroads into various life endeavours and we are not going to look back.

I only pray that the love and peace that brought our fathers together which culminated into the idea of establishing A.C.I.U, building of Enuda high school, Akahaba General Hospital, Onarubi Technical School, Egwuena Girls Secondary school, Ojighiriendu Tower,etc will return back to Abiriba so that we can move together in harmony which will bring more progress within Abiriba, while envious people looks from afar and wonder like papawonder.

Kaani.

By: Prince .N.Kalu  ( P.N.K)

Pregnant New Zealand minister cycles to health center to give birth

Julie Anne Genter

New Zealand's Minister for women Julie Anne Genter has taken the cycle of life to an entire new stage, biking her way to health center for the birth of her first baby.

Genter, a green MP and eager bicycle owner, chose pedal power for Sunday's one kilometre (0.6 mile) adventure from her home to Auckland city hospital for the delivery.

"My companion and i cycled due to the fact there wasn't sufficient room in the car for the help team... but it additionally placed me within the best viable mood!" she posted on social media along a picture of her along with her bike.

Genter is 42 weeks pregnant, and said in the post that she was going in to health facility for an induction.

She is not only women's Minister however associate transport Minister in New Zealand's centre-left government, advocating for sustainable travel.

Her green party colleagues tweeted that the bicycle ride to the delivery ward was "the most #onbrand thing ever".

A party spokeswoman said the child had still not arrived by late afternoon Monday.

the impending birth comes simply weeks after New Zealand prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned to work after having her first child, daughter Neve, in June.

Ardern, who was elected last year, became only the second world leader to put to bed while in office after Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto in 1990.

Difference Between http and https

Some of you may be aware of this difference, but it is  worth sharing for many that are not aware of it. Just follow me and learn it, I promise you will never make a grievous mistake.

The main difference between http:// and https:// is all about keeping you secure.

HTTP stands  for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. 
The S (big  surprise)  stands for "Secure". If you visit a Website or web page, and look at the address in the web browser, it is likely to begin with the following: http://.

This means that the website is talking to your browser using the regular unsecured language. In other words, it is possible for someone to  "eavesdrop" on your computer's conversation with  the Website. If you fill out a form on the website, someone might see the information you send to that site.
     
This is why you never ever enter your credit card number in an Http website! But if the web address begins with https://, that means your computer is talking to the website in  a Secure code that no one can eavesdrop on. 

Now, you understand why this is so important, right? 
     
If a website ever asks you to enter your Credit/Debit card
Information, you should automatically look to see if the web
address begins with https://.
     
If  it doesn't, you should NEVER enter sensitive Information such as a credit/debit card number.
     
PLS PASS IT ON (You may save someone a lot of grief).


While checking the name of any website, first look for the domain extension (.com or .org, .co.in, .net  etc). The name just before this is the domain name of the website. Eg, in the above example, http://amazon.diwali-festivals.com, the word before .com is "diwali-festivals" (and NOT "amazon"). So, this webpage does not belong to amazon.com but belongs to "diwali-festivals.com", which we all haven't heard of before.
You can similarly check for bank frauds.
Before your e-banking logins, make sure that the name just before ".com" is the name of your bank. "Something.icicibank.com" belongs to icici; but, icicibank.some1else.com belongs to "some1els".

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Snake rearing one of the most profitable ventures –Researcher

The officer in charge of Snakebite treatment and research Centre, Kaltungo in Gombe state, Dr. Abubakar Ballah, has encouraged members of the public to include the trade of rearing snakes to enhance their financial status.

Ballah disclosed in Kaltungo on Friday that snake rearing is one of the maximum profitable trades, considering the high cost of snake venom which pharmaceutical industries use in generating anti snake venom.

“An ounce of the venom of a carpet viper snake is $500, that of cobra and puff adder snakes value $400, and the good factor about the business is that you may find market easily through the internet,” he said.

He stated that aside from the manufacturing of anti snakebite venoms, the pharmaceutical industries use the snake venoms in the manufacturing of anti hypertensive, cancer and ulcer pills.

He said that aside from promoting the snakes to pharmaceutical companies, the reptiles can be bought to earn foreign exchange.

“For instance, Indonesia has the most important reservoir of snakes in the world, very beautiful, colourful and harmless, and the government of that country exports them to earn revenue,” he stated

“In the area of fashion, the skins of the reptile is used in the manufacturing of fanciful belts, girls purses, shoes and other objects.

“It is consequently ironical to see fashion-conscious humans, dressed in shoes, belts and purses crafted from snake skins, either having phobia for live snakes, or see the reptile as enemy number one,” he observed.

Additionally in area of nature’s very own nourishment, the Officer said snake meat is a favourite delicacy in some African and Asian countries.

“They take away the venom and prepare special pepper soup, in particular the python meat, which tastes like fish meat,” he said.

Ballah stated in the area of agriculture, snakes assist in balancing the atmosphere on farmlands via lowering the quantity of destructive rodents, thereby permitting farmers to enjoy bumper harvest.

“Farmers do not go out at night time to check their farms; snakes do this for them, as such the reptiles are purported to be buddies of farmers, no longer enemies,” he added.

He attributed the phobia for snakes by humans to the terrific charisma of the elegant reptile, however stressed that snakes were harmless, and they only bite in self-defence.

“In most instances, it is only while it feels threatened that it bites, just like any man or women will now not hesitate to throw a punch at any enemy, real or imagined.

“So more often than not, we've instances of humans, both advertently or in any other case, stepping on snakes, and the reptile bites back out of the instinct to protect itself.

“This is why while a snake gets to hear any motion from some distance, it tries to run away however when pursued and located in a tight corner, it reacts if it has the means to accomplish that,” he explained.

On the way to rear snakes considering that taming same is a herculian project, the officer said interested people may want to either engage the services of snake charmers for a fee per snake, or engage in joint business with the charmers.

He stated Nigeria is blessed with forms of snakes spread all over the country, as examplified via what obtains in Kaltungo city of Gombe state, subsequently the need to harness same and generate revenue at individual and government tiers.

EPL: Mourinho reveals squad he’ll use against Brighton

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho has made known  players he'll use on this weekend’s premier League game in opposition to Brighton.

Mourinho said he was awaiting his returning world Cup stars to be equipped to be greater heavily involved.

The Portuguese tactician guided his side to an opening day 2-1 win and he is hoping to build on the early victory.

The previous Chelsea boss was without numerous big names during last weekend’s game, with the likes of Romelu Lukaku only coming from the bench and less frequent starters along with Juan Mata, Matteo Darmian, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Andreas Pereira starting the game.

“I assume we will have the same players [as against Leicester],’ Mourinho informed the club’s website.

“I think the injured players aren’t going to be back for Brighton. What we've is Paul [Pogba] with 9 days’ training, [Marcus] Rashford with 11 days’ training, [Marouane] Fellaini with 9 days’ training and, of course, they will be in a better condition.

“Generally, those boys that [against Leicester] were in a tough situation can be ready to present a bit greater [against Brighton] – more Lukaku, more Rashford, likely Lingard coming back, more Fellaini.

“I think normally we’re going to have more.”

Zidane 'desires' to Replace Mourinho at Old Trafford next season

If information from French news outlet (L’Equipe) is anything to go by, former real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane might be Jose Mourinho’s successor at old Trafford next season.

Zidane stepped down from his role some months ago after guiding Los Blancos to three back-to-back Champions League titles.

There were reports that ‘Zizu’ might take over as coach of the French national team after the world Cup but Les Blues world Cup triumph will potentially see Didier Deschamps stay as head coach.

In line with sports news outlet the mirror, Zidane is keen on coming to the premier League and mainly, handling Manchester United.

The red Devils fashion of play under Mourinho has obtained some heavy complaint despite the fact that the club received three trophies within the Portuguese’s first season in charge and finished second in the premier League last season.

During pre-season, Mourinho lamented the lack to acquire priority targets which apparently aroused tension between him and club chief executive Ed Woodward.

Man United were 2-1 winners against Leicester at old Trafford in the first game of the season courtesy of goals from skipper Paul Pogba and Luke Shaw. They face Brighton on Sunday at the Falmer Stadium.

NO CORRUPTION RIGHT HERE; Fifa delete 'corruption' from code of conduct and provide advice on bribes

FIFA has scrubbed the phrase "corruption" from its code of behavior manual.

And it additionally offers advice on the way to ride out the storm if fearing a ban for paying and receiving bribes.

After the corruption scandal that rocked the organisation after the awarding of Russia 2018 and the 2022 world Cup in Qatar, they have taken action — through definitely deleting the term from their vocabulary.

And Gianni Infantino has also gone soft on the ones accused of taking or receiving bribes.

Bribery remains prohibited within the ethics code, but the potential to prosecute cases has been weakened.

The 2012 code said "prosecution for bribery and corruption" was not subject to a "limitation duration."

However long it took investigators to discover offences, you can nevertheless be sanctioned.

However section 12.1 of the new code states: "Bribery, misappropriation of finances and manipulation of football matches or competitions might also no longer be prosecuted after a lapse of ten years."

So, for officials who want to pass round brown envelopes, the message is apparent: maintain your head down for a decade and you are home and dry.

The message to soccer officials not deterred from seeking to benefit from bribery and fraud by the criminal cases: as long as the misdemeanour isn't discovered for 10 years you'll be in the clear at Fifa.

Ethics prosecutors now simply have 5 years to complete cases into other general breaches of the code - half the previous time approved to uncover wrongdoing.

Infantino said last year: "the new Fifa is a democracy it isn't a dictatorship. it's far a transparent organisation ... a deeply sincere organisation."

Critics will argue that this latest move clearly sweeps old problems under the rug.