Nigerian Bakers Give Notice to Downtool *"there may be no N500 bread soon"

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterer of Nigeria has given a notice to embark on a nationwide strike due to the the unexpected increase in bakery materials and the ignore of the Federal Government in the matter.

The association made this known in a communiqué issued by its National Executive Council following a meeting of the council held in Abuja.

The communique which was obtained by newsmen on Friday, threatened that bakers would withdraw their services across the country from July 13, 2022.

They stated that the cost of flour, sugar and other materials used in bakery business has skyrocketed beyond the reach of many bakers.

A member of the bakers' association who didn't want to be identified by name, told The Status News that the lowest bread's could go for N1,000 should the bakers continue the production without the necessary government intervention.

Already, the smallest loaf of bread in Nigeria goes for N500 while the biggest costs as high as N1,200. This is against N350 and N750 each the cost before the increase in March 2022.

Soon, there won't be N500 bread, the source declared.

The bakers also stated that efforts to get government’s intervention in the matter had been proved abortive, as there have not been a positive response from the concerned ministries, departments and agencies of government.

The National President, Mansur Umar, who signed the communique, stated that the council reviewed the “neglect of the Federal Government in addressing the challenges facing our sector as captured in our letters acknowledged by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and unproductive intervention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“Increase in prices of bakery materials especially flour and sugar having reached unprecedented levels, for example, flour is now between N25,000 and N27,500, so also other ingredients.

“The National Wheat Cultivation Committee already constituted is yet to be inaugurated after over one year. NAFDAC, SON, NESREA have turned the bakers into money making machine by charging our members outrageous levies even at this very challenging moment.

“Consequently, the NEC in session resolved that all zones, state, Local Governments and units of our association should commence full mobilisation of our members nationwide to embark on withdrawal of services starting from Wednesday July 13, 2022 for an initial period of two weeks.”

They, however, noted that its “members should await further directives.”

It was learnt that the hike in bakery materials was what led to the recent increase in the cost of bread and other items produced from flour.

IAWPA to Honour Apostle Mustapha Babasebioba with 'International Mayor of Peace' Award Sept 18

 

 

The International Association of World Peace Advocate (IAWPA) under the United Nations ECOSOC will be honouring a popular Nigerian man of God, Apostle (Dr.) Solomon Moses Oni Mustapha a.k.a. Babasebioba in few months time.

 

 

 

 

The 'International Mayor of Peace' award will be bestowed on the cleric who is described as "a man of peace, a man of great influence, a man with a noble character", at the Idi-Obi, Ibadan headquarters of his ministry, Seed of Christ Golden Church, in Oyo State on Sunday 18th of September 2022. The event will be held to commemorate United Nations International Day of Peace in Nigeria.

 

 

 

According to a statement sent from IAWPA, the 2022 prestigious award has been given to one person in Africa, His Excellency George O Wear, the Liberian president, making Apostle Mustapha the second personality to be so honoured.

 

 

 

 

Apostle Mustapha received his divine calling and left his native Ikole-Ekiti hometown in Ekiti State for Ibadan, Oyo State, both in Nigeria, where he began his ministry in 2004 with only his wife and two other female members.

 

 

 

The ministry has since spread across Nigeria and beyond.

Anambra Born Model, Biana, Wins 1st Miss Arts Nigeria Beauty & Empowerment Reality Show

 

 

The 1st Miss Arts Nigeria Beauty and Empowerment Reality Show 2022 has ended with an Anambra indigene, Biana Adaeze Oranu, crowned as the winner.

 

Queen Biana Oranu also known as Angel is a 20 year old native of Abate, Idemiri North LGA in Anambra State, who resides in Lagos. She’s a model under the management of FIC Models.

Angel is a reserved lady who during her stay in camp during the reality show was giving her best to every activity, she earned the interest of the judges and the crowd at the grand finale, hence, got her cumulative score rise above other contenders on the show inspite of recording low marks through voting.

 

The show which is aptly called MANBERS ’22 is an empowerment and beauty reality show  aimed at empowering the Nigeria girl-child through the beauty of arts and skills acquisition. It is by all means an avenue for the Nigerian girl to showcase and put to good use her creative talents as a tool for promoting national unity through promotion of the nation’s vast cultural heritage.

MANBERS is a brainchild of Oshodi Arts & Culture Gallery Foundation, a foundation owned by Oshodi Arts Gallery, reputed as the largest Arts collection centre in Nigeria.

 

30 finalists were camped for 14 days in Lagos to embark on a journey of skills acquisition, promotion of the Nigerian cultural diversity and building unity and cordial inhabitation.

During the camping, the 30 finalists had myriad activities as they worked together in groups named after legendary amazons in Nigeria history, Ladi Kwali, Margaret Ekpo, Queen Moremi, Queen Amina, Queen Nana Asma’u, and Flora Nwapa.

 

Every group is saddled with different tasks to measure and inculcate the spirit of teamwork and cooperation.

 

Also, to achieve the objective of the show which is to make the Nigerian girl-child independent, the contestants were taken through 6 skills, Make Up, photography, Batik, painting, catering, and social media marketing.

 

The ladies had a lot of fun in camp while they played games such as puzzles, local games, dancing competitions, and dramatic performances. They also had a feel of Lagos as they paid a courtesy visitation to the CEO of AKModel Groups and cheered themselves at Dan & Den Club, Beachside, Elegushi.

It was a colourful and tense moment during the grand finale ceremony as the 30 finalists, representing different States in Nigeria, cheered their fans and the judges with their beauty and cultural outfits. The finalists took everyone back to their source with lots of thrilling dance performances and songs.

 

The event became tense as it was time for the 8 carefully selected experienced professionals from different fields to judge, decide the fate of the 30 finalists and pick the 8 title holders. The 30 finalists are Abidemi Adegbasa (Miss Arts Imo), Biana Oranu (Miss Arts Anambra), Elizabeth Adekunle (Miss Arts Abuja), Joy Yakubu (Miss Arts Kogi), Ayomiposi Balogun (Miss Arts Nasarawa), Christianah Adenuoye (Miss Arts Benue), Oyinkansola Olatoye (Miss Arts Ogun), Boluwatife Bayode (Miss Arts Niger), Jennifer Otor (Miss Arts Delta), Oreofe Oguntola (Miss Arts Oyo).

Others include; Fathia Tijani (Miss Arts Ebonyi), Damilola Oloruntoba (Miss Arts Bauchi), Kolade Oshadare (Miss Arts Ondo), Nancy Idara (Miss Arts Akwa Ibom), Oluwakemisola Adesoba (Miss Arts Ekiti), Damilola Balogun (Miss Arts Sokoto), Mary Bamilosin (Miss Arts Kebbi), Bukola Agboola (Miss Arts Plateau), Faith George (Miss Arts Katsina), Ayomide Omotunde (Miss Arts Taraba), Clear Nwonye (Miss Arts Enugu), Oyindamola Bakare (Miss Arts Kaduna), Victoria Atitebi (Miss Arts Adamawa), Omotolani Adelakun (Miss Arts Eko), Pearl Praise Samuel (Miss Arts Edo), Faith Ozehudu (Miss Arts Abia), Oreoluwa Bamidele (Miss Arts Kwara), Pearl Ikhioya (Miss Arts Rivers), Regina Abisha (Miss Arts Cross River), and Comfort Akerele (Miss Arts Osun).

 

The top 8 contestants of the show were decorated, Oreoluwa Bamidele as Miss Arts Etiquette, Abidemi Adegbasa as Miss Arts Natural, Oyinkansola Olatoye as Miss Arts Tourism, Oreofe Oguntola as Miss Arts Culture, Ayomiposi Balogun as Miss Arts.

 

Unity, Omotolani Adelakun as Miss Arts 2nd Runner-up, Elizabeth Adekunle as Miss Arts 1st Runner-up, and Biana Oranu was crowned Miss Arts Nigeria 2022.

 

The top eight were selected among the 30 finalists of the show based on the cumulative score of their camp ratings, voting, and judges’ decisions on the Grand-finale.

 

The winner of the maiden edition, Biana Adaeze Oranu, who represented her State of Origin at the show, Anambra, was presented with a brand new car, a year’s salary of N1 million, 200k wardrobe allowance, an all-expense-paid trip to some tourist sites in Nigeria courtesy of the sponsor Oshodi Arts Gallery, a plot of land at Lekki corridor courtesy of AKModel Groups, and an all-expense-paid trip to Malaysia courtesy of Erelu Funmi Rotiba.

 

While the runners-up go home with a cash prize of N750,000 and N250,000 respectively plus a plot of land each at the Lekki corridor courtesy of AKModel Groups, visitation to tourist destinations in Nigeria. Other title holders of the show will be receiving N20,000 each in recognition of their creativity and talents.

 

Also honoured alongside the beauty queens is the Astute, industrious philanthropist, Princess Rosula Osula Mku-Atu, who was honoured as the Miss Arts Nigeria Beauty and Empowerment Reality Show 2022 Woman of the Year.

 

The head of the production company, Fanafillit Integrated Concepts, Olubode Mac Oserinde congratulated the winners and the finalists of the Miss Arts Nigeria Beauty and Empowerment Reality Show 2022 and advised the beautiful ladies to be catalysts of developmental change.

 

He also appreciated the brand supports of the show, Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Authority, Seven-Up Bottling Company, Primero Transport Services Ltd., Waptv, Shorjay Makeovers, Sangloos Media, HipTv, La Beauty Collections, Steve Ray, Beeth Concepts, Coach JonnyB, Olayinka Adire Allabela, Olumide Faturoti, Epee Tech Solutions, AKModel Group and a host of others for their relentless efforts and support with the search for the Miss Arts Nigeria 2022.

YouTube Hits Maureen Badejo Again, Yanks Her New Channel Opened to Defame Apostle Suleman

 

Maureen Badejo

The Scriptures says of the unrelenting foes; “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated at your feet. They shall come out against you one way and flee seven ways."

 

Barely two weeks after her two prominent YouTube channels were removed for violating electronic broadcast rules, London based VLogger, Maureen Badejo, has suffered another blow. Her newly-acquired channel called 'Maureen Badejo TV, has again been brought down by YouTube.

 

A famous televangelist and general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, had few months ago, complained to the Google-owned video sharing platform of Badejo’s consistent attacks on his (Suleman’s) personality and his evangelism works using YouTube platform. The man of God later approached the law court to compel YouTube including Badejo and others for redress.

 

YouTube, in a written apology tagged ‘Outcome of Investigation’ to Suleman and seen by this medium, said; “Our internal team has completed their review and have taken appropriate actions in accordance with our policies, including the removal of videos that were found to violate our community guidelines. This has resulted in the termination of the channels, GIOTV Foundation and Maureenbadejosblog TV for violating our harassment and cyber-bullying policy.

Few days after the channels were yanked, Maureen Badejo opened new one purposely to continue her unprovoked attacks on Apostle Suleman. However, sources within the OFM church said, without a fresh formal complaint either by the cleric of any of his ministers or aides, the YouTube platform, which seemed to have been following Maureen since the last event, discovered her latest misadventure and promptly removed it.

An OFM top source stated that Apostle Suleman refused to make a fuss throughout Maureen's eight-month attacks because "he is naturally a tolerant and patient man. But once he starts a battle he doesn’t let go

 

Responding on behalf of Suleman, a top OFM minister said the servant of God has always relied on the Scriptures, which says; "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.”

Cyndi’s Empire CEO, Foluso Oguntola, Reveals Why She Left Entertainment for Skin Care Business

 

 

With a track record of experience, professionalism, safety, perfection, and above all customer satisfaction, Cyndi’s Empire, an aesthetics, skincare, and dermatology clinic which was set up at the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, Lagos State has continued to set tongues wagging with series of skincare products and services the company has reeled out in the past ten years of its existence.

The beauty and skincare outfit is formed to equip Nigerians with global best aesthetic practices and access to innovations that help to personalize individualistic treatments in offering aesthetic procedures that boost aesthetic trends.

Cyndi’s Empire was established a decade ago to close the gaps of skincare-related issues in Nigeria and West Africa at large and has remained innovative and fully operated by the popular and qualified Cosmetologist, Foluso Oguntola.

As the competition in the beauty industry is getting intense by the day as more investors are looking to catch in, Cyndi’s Empire has remained afloat and flown by evolving new ways in the production of her products and service delivery nationwide beyond.

Oguntola disclosed that the procedures are safe, tested, and proven to defy environmental factors that cause and rapidly increase aging and skin damage among the youths and the aged ones.

“At Cyndi’s Empire, the company unarguably has the best skincare products for the treatment of all skin types and problems. We don’t experiment on our customers’ bodies. We carried out a lot of research before concluding on the type of procedures that would give our clients satisfaction and value for their money. We are exceptional in this business and we intend to build more on the trust we’ve had from our long-time clients”.

In this part of the world, nothing grows without some challenges on the way and the Chief Executive Officer of Cyndi’s Empire reeled out the challenges she has had to surmount to remain relevant and at the zenith of the ladder in the business.

“The major challenge we’re having is the epileptic power supply and also competent staff to manage this business, in particular, my staff is properly trained for at least 3 months before they can attend to clients.”

However, Foluso Oguntola who was once a famous face on the television before embarking on this new journey revealed that her emergence in the beauty industry is borne out of her love for looking good and her passion for the skin care business.

“I was in the Nigeria Entertainment industry for 10 years. I left immediately after I got married, to focus on my family. Secondly, I’ve always had a passion for skin care. I noticed I couldn’t joggle both at the same time and I decided to walk out of the industry and focus on what I’m presently doing. Skin Care gives me joy and it’s making me more money than entertainment could ever,” she asserted.

Oguntola was trained and certified as a medical aesthetician and cosmetologist in the United Arab Emirates, Laserderm Aesthetics Academy, Lagos, Nigeria. She has also undergone a series of researches and practicals to make her relevant in the industry over the years.

Cyndi’s Empire remains one of the foremost aesthetic skin clinics in Nigeria and it's positioned to provide her clients with the highest quality in non-surgical procedures to treat and improve their skin’s texture & tone and also slow down the aging process.

Oguntola says she can be reached on 08170776500 while her IG handle is @cyndisempire

Buhari: How We Got Nnamdi Kanu, Why He Won't Get Bail

 

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda, during which he once again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution.

 

The PM, obviously not quite familiar with the maximum two terms limit, had asked if President Buhari would run for office again. To which the latter responded:

 

“Another term for me? No! The first person who tried it didn’t end very well.” (General laughter).

 

On the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, not being allowed to see his lawyers privately, the President dispelled such insinuation, saying the detained separatist was being given every opportunity under the law “to justify all the uncomplimentary things he had been saying against Nigeria in Britain.”

 

Said President Buhari: “He felt very safe in Britain, and said awful things against Nigeria. We eventually got him when he stepped out of the United Kingdom, and we sent him to court. Let him defend all that he has said there. His lawyers have access to him. Remember he jumped bail before, how are we sure he won’t do it again, if he’s admitted to bail?”

 

On the keenness expressed by the PM to help Nigeria in the area of security, the President said helping to stabilize Libya could be an initial good step, as the fall of Muammar Gadaffi after 42 years in power unleashed his armed guards on countries in the Sahel, “and they are causing havoc everywhere, as the only thing they know how to do is to shoot guns.”

 

On Boko Haram insurgency, President Buhari said there was serious effort to educate the people on the fact that only an unserious person could kill innocent people, “and say Allah Akbar (God is Great). God is justice. You can’t take innocent souls, and ascribe it to God. And the education process is working, the people now understand Boko Haram as anti-God, and not about religion.”

 

PM Johnson said he was delighted about the good news on trade between the two countries, adding that the UK was further reducing tariffs on some goods going to Nigeria.

 

He described the relationship between the countries as “very strong attachment,” adding: “I just want to be sure that we are doing enough. It’s a massive partnership for us, and we need to capitalize on it.”

 

The Prime Minister offered condolences on some recent attacks in Nigeria, particularly on churches.

 

Apostle Suleman at Holy Ghost Conference: Christianity is Warfare, Not Funfair

 

 

Christ-centered preaching is biblical, and practical. Preaching, according to Apostle Johnson Suleman, the general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) worldwide, should draw people to Christ by showing the world that Christ is better than the things man often places his hope in. At the OFM’s ‘Holy Ghost Conference, which was held a few days ago, the man fondly called ‘The Restoration Apostle’ suggested in his teaching that lives indeed are changed by true transformation which comes when Jesus Christ is preached intensely into people’s hearts.

 

 

A common philosophy shared by many African cultures simply states that ‘life is warfare.’ Apostle Suleman says because Christ is life, then Christianity is warfare, not funfair. This old maxim, Suleman asserts, is well attested to by the Scriptures, that man’s existence is warfare. But how does man confront warfare? He said that, though the warfare needs some sort of weapons to be executed, the weapon needed by true Christians to combat the forces militating against their well being, is spiritual weapon.

 

 

“Christians are not into physical combat. We are involved in spiritual battles. So, our weapons are spiritual. They are divine,” he declared, adding that “it is only normal that one executes a spiritual warfare with spiritual weapons, as you are expected to confront the power of darkness with physical weapons.”

 

 

His words;

 

“When you become a child of God, you have been translated from one kingdom to another kingdom. And the kingdom where you're translated from is not going to fold their hands, it will come after you‍. Christianity is not funfair, it is warfare. No good Christian is weak. The devil will come for you whether you're ready or not. Yet, having weapons is good but knowing how to deploy them effectively is better‍( Psalm 78:9).”

 

 

While cautioning Christians to be in position to really confront the power of darkness by putting on the whole armour, Apostle Suleman said “our God is a God of war. It is warfare that unveils welfare. Your welfare is in your warfare‍️. You cannot walk into the kingdom of hell without holding dangerous weapons. That is the armour. What makes you a terror to hell is when you have the understanding of how the weapons of God operate. Satan knows when you know. Satan thrives when man is ignorant and spiritually blind,” he declared, adding that, “Christians’ weapons of warfare are not only spiritual, but are also very potent. They are very strong. They are very efficient. The potency of these weapons is seen in the fact that they can pull down strongholds; cast down arguments and everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God; it brings every evil thought into captivity. That is why Jesus Christ said to the disciples, “I am sending you out as sheep among the wolves.”