Tuesday, 22 February 2022

3 tips on how to takecare of your armpit

 


1 shave.

Shave once in a week, shaving your underarm hair is beneficial for numerous reasons, sweat doesn’t get trapped in the hair, then soap can reach the surface of your skin, finally the deodorant or antiperspirant will penetrate your skin.

2 use a natural deodorant daily, it help neutralize or mask odor, apply to dry skin.

3 tone and moisturize daily, after washing your armpit it’s important to apply toner, so that it will keeps your skin hydrated and healthy.

By salma shehu

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Courtesy Visit to NTA



The Management of NBMOA Wednesday, paid a Courtesy Call on the DG NTA, Mallam Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, as part of its advocacy activities for the 7th AGM, scheduled to hold on the 20th and 21st February, 2022.

The DG, who was   pleased with the visit, promised to work closely with our association, especially on programme exchange and other forms of mutually beneficial cooperations.

 


Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Yadda ake hadda salak

 






Hadaddiyar hanyar hada salak in Najeriya na gargajiya salad mai daddi. Salak na da launi mai kyau, yana cike da abubuwan gina jiki, yana da kosarwa sosai kuma yana da daɗi . ana iya cin salak ta hanya daban daban ana iya cinsa a matsayin appetizer, ko azaman babban abinci mai daɗin gaske kuma yana da sauƙin hadawa. A zahiri salak abinci ne da ke tafiya a kowani lokaci.

Kuyi  la'akari da cewa kayan lambun ba dole ba ne su kasance masu ganye don cancantar kasancewa cikin salak. Wannan Salak mai dadi ya kunshi kayan lambu danye da dafaffe, taliya, Kwai da sauransu. Tare da duk waɗannan sinadaran, tabbas wannan Salak akansa abinci ne mai daɗi amma kuma ana iya haɗa shi da shinkafar Jollof, Fried rice, Soyayyen kaza da sauransu.

Abubuwan mafi muhimmanci da ake amfani da su wajan hada salak sune Letus da Kabeji amma suna kewaye da Tumatir, taliya, Kwai, Cucumber, Wake da masaran gwangwani. Duk waɗannan sinadarai suna sa wannan salak in ya zama ya kayatu don nishadantar da jama'a kuma kamar tare da yawancin salads, yana da sauƙi. Misali, ana iya amfani da dankalin turawa a madadin taliya.

 

Abubuwan bukata wajan hada salak

* Karas 2

*Kofuna 2 na yankakken letas

*Kofuna 2 na yankakken Kabeji

*Tumatir biyu mai kwari

*Kofi 1 na taliya ko dafaffen dankali

* Dafaffen Kwai Manyan 2

*Cucumber Matsakaicin Girman guda 1  

*Waken Gwangwani

*Masarar gwangwani

*Babbar cokali 8 na Heinz Salad Cream

 

Yadda ake hadda salak 

1.  Ki shirya kayan lambun ki duka sai ki wanke su sosai cikin Ruwa mai gudana.

2.  A dafa kwai a kuma tafasa Taliya da gishiri kadan har sai ya dahu.

3.  Sai ki yanka kabejinki da latas, ki yanka tumatur din ki yanka kananan, kina iya gursa karas dinki ko ki yanka su kananan ki kuma  yanka Cucumber inki shima.

4.  Sai ki zuba komai a cikin kwano mai tsafta banda kwai da Cream sai ki rufe shi da roba ko murfi mai matsewa sai a saka a cikin firiji na akalla awa 1.

5.  Bayan awa daya sai a cire shi daga Firji lokacin da aka shirye yin amfani dashi, sai a chakuda su tare a sa ƙwai da aka dafa akan salak in. Sa a hada tare da cream in  salak na Heinz .

6.   A ci lafiya.

By:Firdausi Musa Dantsoho

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, 14 February 2022

Dabi'u biyar waɗanda ya kamata ku koya wa 'ya'yanku




Ilimi ɗayan ne daga cikin  wajibai na kowane mahaifi da mahaifiya tunda, albarkacin wannan, yara zasu zama mutane na gari kuma zasu iya fuskantar duniya ta hanya mafi kyawu. Akwai jerin dabi'u da kowane yaro ya kamata ya koya a duk rayuwarsa, in ba haka ba zai iya samun matsaloli na dogon lokaci kuma ya sami mummunan tasiri ga rayuwarsa gaba ɗaya.

 

Ayau zamu kawo muku dabi'u 5 da ya kamata ku koya wa yaranku don sa su girma su zama masu kirki da rikon amana. 

 

Haƙuri

Haƙuri na ɗaya daga cikin ɗabi'u da ake buƙata a duniyar yau tunda a dalilin shi yawancin matsalolin da ke damun al'ummar yau zasu ɓace. Idan ka koya wa ɗanka wannan dabi’an  tun yana  ƙaramin zasu san yadda za a girmama kowa a kusa da su ba tare da la’akari da launin fatarsu, ƙabilarsu ko akidar siyasarsu ba. Mutum mai haƙuri zai iya tattaunawa da sasantawa ba tare da tashin hankali ba. A halin yanzu, haƙuri abu ne mai ƙima  kuma mutane ƙalilan ne suke da shi, saboda haka yana da mahimmanci a a gina shi a cikin kowani gidan.

 

Girmamawa

 

Girmamawa yana ɗaya daga cikin dabi’u da yara suka rasa tsawon shekaru kuma yana da mahimmanci a dawo da shi. Yana da matukar mahimmanci a cusa wa yaro tun yana ƙarami cewa dole ne ya girmama manya. Ya kamata yara su san cewa dole ne a girmama iyaye a kowane lokaci kuma suyi biyayya ga dokokin gida don ɗaukar rayuwar iyali kamar yadda ya kamata.  Yawancin kananan yara da yawa basa girmama komai kuma wannan shine dalilin da ya sa dole ne muyi ƙoƙari mu koyar da wannan dabi’ar.

 

Nauyi

Daya daga cikin dabi’u da dole ne ku koya wa yaran ku tun suna jariria sanin alhakin su. Wannan dabi’ar tana da mahimmanci yayin da yara suka cika wajiban gida da na makaranta. Kasancewa da alhakin zai sa ka girma da wuri da jin cewa a rayuwa akwai jerin ayyuka da alƙawari waɗanda dole ne su cika su.

 

Daraja kai

Dole ne yaro ya san yadda zai ƙaunaci kansa kuma ya yarda da kansa kamar yadda yake. Girmama kai yana da matukar mahimmanci idan yazo da cimma duk burin su a rayuwa. Wannan dabi’ar za ta sa yaro ya ji ba shi da daraja a gaban wasu kuma cewa da ƙoƙari da jajircewa zai iya zama abin da mutum yake so. Yana da mahimmanci ku ga wani mutum mai ƙarfi wanda zaku iya kallon kanku koyaushe a cikin siffar mahaifinsa.

 

Tausayi

dayadaga cikin mahimman darajar ƙarshe da ya kamata ku koya wa yaranku shi ne kirki. Yana da kyau cewa yara su kasance masu kirki ga mutanen da ke kusa da su kuma yana ƙoƙari a ko da yaushe ya kasance cikin yanayi mai kyau tare da murmushi mai girma a fuskarsa. Tun yarinta dole ne yaro ya zama mai sanin yakamata duk da matsalolin rayuwa da kuma kyautatawa a kowane lokaci tare da kowa.

 

 

Baya ga waɗannan dabi’un da suke da mahimmanci a rayuwar kowane mutum, akwai wasu kuma dole ne ku sanya su a cikin dabi’un da zaku koya wa yaran ku, kamar gaskiya, alheri ko haƙuri. Ku tuna cewa yana da matukar mahimmanci a ilmantar da yara da jerin dabi'u wadanda daga baya zasu basu damar zama mutane na gari a kowane fanni na rayuwa. Ilimi haki ne da ya rataya a wuyan kowane mahaifa kuma dole ne a yi shi har sai yaro ya balaga kuma zasu iya kula da kansu.

 

By Firdausi Musa Dantsoho

Friday, 11 February 2022

Hanyoyin da za a bi don sa yaro mai fitsarin dare ya de na ba tare da bulala ba

 

 




Ya zama ruwan dare a cikin al'ummar nahiyar Afirka iyaye kan yi wa 'ya'yansu bulala don sun yi fitsarin kwance wanda abu ne da ya zama ruwan dare a yawancin yara yayin da suke girma.  Wani lokaci, waɗannan  dabi'ar na tafiya da zarar yaro ya girma.

 

 Amma rikice-rikice da yawancin yara ke yi a wannan lokacin na rayuwarsu yana da yawa kuma mafi yawan lokuta suna fushi sosai.  Amma ba kyau iyaye su mayar da shi al'adar yin wa 'ya'yansu Duka a duk lokacin da suka yi fitsarin kwance.

 

 Akwai wasu hanyoyin da zaku iya bi a matsayin ku na iyayen don taimaka wa yaranku shawo kan wannan matakin ba tare da dukansu ba.

 

 1. Canja lokutan shan Abubuwan shan su

Ku sanya fifikon yaranku su sha isasshen ruwa da rana.  In zai yiwu a sanya ruwa a cikin goran ruwan  yaranku lokacin da za su je makaranta, wannan shine don taimaka musu shan isasshen ruwa da rana da rage shan ruwa da yamma.

 

 Wannan yana taimakawa wajen hana yaranku yin fitsarin kwance saboda za su sami ƙarancin ruwa a jikinsu a cikin dare.

 

 2. Sanya wa  yaranku lokutan shiga bandaki

 

 Hakan zai taimaka wa yaranku su koyi al'adar yin fitsari a cikin awanni biyu zuwa uku kafin barci.  Idan za ta yiwu, za ku iya tashe su da dare kuma ku taimaka musu su je banɗaki.

 

 3. Ku Kasance mafi ƙarfafawa kuma mai yiwuwa a gare su

 

 Idan yaron ku ya fara samun ci gaba kamar daina yin fitsarin kwance na mako guda ko fiye, sai ka mayar dashi al'ada a ko da yaushe taya su murna, wannan yana ba yara damar samun nasara kuma yana sa su zama masu himma.

 

 4. Ku guji barin yaran ku suna yawan jin kishiruwa

 

 Kada ku sanya yaranku su ji kishiruwa ko da na sa'o'in, domin kuwa hakan yana iya sa su shan ruwa da yawa da daddare wanda zai iya sasu  fitsari lokacin da suke barci.

 

 5. Kar da ku hukunta Yaron ku don Yayyi fitsarin kwance 

Duk yadda abin zai kasance da takaici  a farkon lokacin da kuka fara wannan matakin, kada ku yi amfani da hukunci saboda yawancin lokuta ba ya aiki.

By Firdausi Musa Dantsoho

The Rhapsody of subsidy

 

 


By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir Talban Bauchi. 

 

It's been years now since Nigerians were last confronted with the ugly, time consuming, distorted and burdensome lifestyle of fuel queues, adulterated fuel, and sky rocketing of fuel prices. Somehow this ugly monster whom we thought had been buried by PMB, reared its ugly face, and extended its proboscis into our lives, to torment us, and devour us to its filling, unwinding the progresses made -- making us suffer, making the government look like a lame duck. It resurrected and did the 'thriller' graveyard dance all over our lives one more time. I passed by a certain expressway which happened to house an NNPC fuel station, and it took me almost the whole day because the fuel queues had taken over the road and we had to follow the long queues, to be able to progress to wherever we were headed to. This was in the nation's capital. From December to date, we have had intermittent issues of fuel scarcity, from panic buying, to marketers hoarding, to rumors of subsidy removal. It has largely been about marketers hoping to make a kill on the litres of petrol they have, should the government remove subsidy over night. They stood to make 250 Naira and more, per litre. Nevertheless, fuel was hoarded and sold in the black market and the government's Maradonic move jilted them, and left them with their tails between their hind legs. We all survived the affront and schemes of the marketers and lived to queue another day. And queue we did as we were hit by yet another glitch of more terrifying and tormentful fuel queues. What went wrong this time?

 

           From rumors of sulphur in the adulterated fuel, to street talk of excess methanol in the supplied fuel of up to 100 million litres; the street press releases had come way before the NNPC press statements. By then, so many commuters had struggled with their vehicles, as the retailed fuel was already damaging vehicles across the country. Had the warning come a little earlier, it would have saved the losses incurred in the purchase of the bad fuel, atop the cost of its importation, and then the cost of the damages to vehicles. Only God knows how many vehicles and how much of that fuel was dispensed, not to mention the extent of the damage to the affected automobiles. The inconvenient, 'doomish', and troubling situation of the fuel queues was a sad reminder of the hell hole we had crawled out from years back. It frustrated every activity, be it official, social or otherwise. The lamentations were loud and resounding. 

 


        How did very large volumes of fuel find its way into our cars undetected, all the way from Belgium? There is a new NNPC LTD right? There are functional and independent Midstream and Downstream regulatory agencies right? So what happened? Or are we being punished for resisting the removal of subsidy? Did the officials connive with marketers or were they just incompetent? Was it a calculated act of sabotage to undermine the PMB admin? Aren't there supposed to be tests? Or did the flurry and hurry of importation to meet an unprecedented rise in demand give room to this huge blunder? Did someone yahoo on this to become an overnight billionaire? From the names of marketers listed by NNPC, major marketers and importers of the products were involved, so most naive excuses shouldn't be entertained at this time from them. We expect professionalism from NNPC LTD. It shouldnt be like the good old days anymore. Adulterated fuel in this country is not alien, after the successful and hideous cornering of the Nigerian populace into a life of fuel imports; despite being a rich oil country. These recent events are a rude awakening that we are indeed a 'poor oil' country afterall. 

 


         Buildings collapse every now and then from obvious flaws in design, quality, permits and other short-changing tricks which often times lead to loss of lives. There are times that this happens unrestrained over a short period of time. Sometimes in the same state. Then comes the Inquiries, then the committees, then the 'have yous' and what-not. At the end of the day, nobody gets punished. No one gets billed or prosecuted and fined/ jailed. This has sustained the culture of impunity all over. This is not restricted to the construction industry or the oil industry. This has become a huge national problem and is becoming the one thing that is our most or gravest undoing. Nobody gets punished for crime. Criminals go scot-free. EFCC/ ICPC breathing down their necks, then it graduates into judicial hullabaloo, and before you know it, it's the end of the story. 

 

      Therefore, PMB as the Minister of Petroleum needs to personally handle this issue and take it to a logical conclusion. Logical in the move of making sure they are punished. Officials and marketers alike. Officials fired, marketers fined to their bones, will set a good precedent atleast in a new oil sector of the much celebrated PIB law. Threats and statements won't just cut it. Hard knocks however will cut through just fine like a razor. If it is not done, then the old NNPC is no different from the new NNPC, and the new one is perhaps even worse. Fraud leap-frogged us from functional refineries, to a regime of fuel importation. This same fraud will devour the subsidy even when removed if care is not taken. That is why Nigerians believe that instead of a few greedy ones chopping off the 3 to 4 trillion Naira alone, it is better 200 million of us chop it off and feel 'belly-full' together as one. 

 

 

Tahir is Talban Bauchi. 

 

NNPC Reassures Nigerians on Fuel Supply, Promises Remedial Action on Defaulting Importers

 

 


The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reassured Nigerians of its capacity to restore sanity in the supply and distribution of quality Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol across the country within a short period.  

 

The Chief Executive Officer/ Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari made the pledge at the end of a meeting with some oil marketers to resolve the issues generated by the recent supply and discharge of methanol blended petrol in some Nigerian depots.

 

Kyari emphasized that defaulting suppliers have been put on notice for remedial actions and NNPC is  working  with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority (NMDRA) to take necessary actions in line with subsisting regulations. 

 


Providing a graphic chronicle of the unfortunate incident, the NNPC CEO said that on 20th January 2022,the company   received a report from its  quality inspector on the presence of emulsion particles in PMS cargoes shipped to Nigeria from Antwerp-Belgium.

 

He explained that NNPC investigation revealed the presence of Methanol in four PMS cargoes imported by the following Direct-Sale-Direct-Purchase (DSDP) suppliers as listed in the table below. 

 

Importer        Vessel Name         Load Port

1 MRS      ---    MT Bow Pioneer    ---    LITASCO Terminal, Antwerp-Belgium

 

2 Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium    ----  MT Tom Hilde ---- LITASCO Terminal, Antwerp-Belgium

 

3 Oando    --- MT Elka Apollon  --- LITASCO Terminal, Antwerp-Belgium

 

4 Duke Oil -----  MT Nord Gainer ----LITASCO Terminal, Antwerp-Belgium

 


He noted that cargoes quality certificates issued at  loadport (Antwerp-Belgium) by AmSpec Belgium indicated that the gasoline complied with Nigerian Specification. 

 

``The NNPC quality inspectors including GMO, SGS, GeoChem and G&G conducted tests before discharge also showed that the gasoline met Nigerian specification,’’ he said. 

 

Kyari noted that as a standard practice for all PMS import to Nigeria, the said cargoes were equally certified by inspection agent appointed by the NMDRA. 

 

``It is important to note that the usual quality inspection protocol employed in both the load port in Belgium and our discharge ports in Nigeria do not include the test for Percent methanol content and therefore the additive was not detected by our quality inspectors’’ he stated . .

 

However, in order to prevent the distribution of the petrol, the NNPC CEO said the company promptly ordered the quarantine of all un-evacuated volumes and the holding back of all the affected products in transit (both truck & marine).

 

 

Garba Deen Muhammad 

Group General Manager

Group Public Affairs Division 

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd

NNPC Towers

Abuja

09.02.2022.