Tuesday 25 November 2014
Monday 17 November 2014
What is the appropriate means to dispose of an old Bible?
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| Holy Bible |
There is no specifically mandated means of disposing of old Bibles. Some
Catholics follow a custom of disposing of religious articles that have been blessed either
by burying or burning them, but even that is not mandated by law. If
the Bible has been blessed you might choose to follow that custom. If
not, dispose of it as you would any other book. If it’s still in fair
condition, you might put it on a book donation table to benefit someone
else.
Catholics follow a custom of disposing of religious articles that have been blessed either
by burying or burning them, but even that is not mandated by law. If
the Bible has been blessed you might choose to follow that custom. If
not, dispose of it as you would any other book. If it’s still in fair
condition, you might put it on a book donation table to benefit someone
else.
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Tuesday 11 November 2014
Governor Okorocha:- I’ll Be President Of Nigeria In 2015
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has proudly declared that he will be the president in 2015.
He made this declaration on Monday in Enugu while speaking at the APC rally.
According to the Governor who declared his intention to run for the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the APC.
“In 2015, I will be the president of the country” .
Okorocha who said his winning at the 2015 elections would come as a surprise to many stated that the impending victory had been prophesied.
Okorocha, who is among the top APC Presidential candidates said: “Three months ago when I said I wanted to be president, they asked, “Can an Igboman be president?.
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“But now when they count those contesting presidency, they will first count Rochas Okorocha, before Buhari, Atiku Abubakar and Kwankwaso.
“When they said they have zoned the presidency to the North, I asked, “When was the meeting held?”
“Now we have zoned it to Igboland. “In 2015 there will be a turnaround in the fortunes of Ndigbo.” “PDP has failed God. may God forgive PDP in Jesus name,” he said.
Also in recent Story, Governor Okoracha had boasted that he will defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming 2015 elections saying:
“I have the capacity to govern the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I must also make it abundantly clear that the PDP and indeed, President Goodluck Jonathan, cannot defeat me in the forthcoming general election”.
Monday 10 November 2014
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Monday 3 November 2014
Cement Price: Dangote announced N1,000 Per Bag for a Cement
In a move that will raise the stakes in the rapidly evolving Nigerian
cement market, leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc, has
announced huge cuts in the price of the essential construction product.
In
a step that will make cement cheaper than it has ever been since 2005,
the group managing director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, said
the company had pegged the Dangote 32.5 cement grade at N1,000 per 50
kg bag, while the higher 42.5 grade is to sell for N1,150 per bag.
The
new prices, exclusive of the Value Added Tax (VAT), represent about 40
per cent discount on the prevailing market price of the product, which
currently sells for N1, 700 across the country irrespective of the
grade.
Edwin said the move was in line with the company’s
commitment to the nation’s dire need for the development of
infrastructure and to boost the federal and state government’s ongoing
effort to reduce the near 20 million housing deficit in Nigeria.
“We
recognise the need for a dramatic increase in the response to the huge
infrastructure and housing deficit in the country, and one of the ways
of addressing the issue is bringing the price of building materials down
to much more affordable levels, especially cement which is within our
own control, as part of our own contribution to the transformation
agenda of the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the attainment of key
milestones in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” he said.
Since
the commencement of the implementation of the backward integration
policy for cement in the country over 12 years ago, the local production
capacity of the product had risen from less than 2 million metric
tonnes per annum to about 38 million metric tonnes per annum today.
During
the over 12-year period of the backward integration policy, over $20
billion has been directly and indirectly injected into the Nigerian
cement industry, with Dangote Cement Plc accounting for 60 per cent of
that spend.
The GMD/CEO also noted that Dangote Cement Plc would
continue to align its corporate social responsibility with its strategic
business initiatives and would continue to evaluate its pricing regime
in Nigeria’s best interest.
Meanwhile, the timing of the
initiative has confounded industry watchers who say that, from
experience, the cement market is entering the high demand phase as the
rainy season is tapering off and the dry season, which provides the
opportunity for increased construction and building activities, is
setting in.
Recently, in further compliance with the ongoing
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) directive and regulation on the
various grades of cement and their prescribed uses, Dangote Cement
launched its brand of the premium 32.5 cement grade which is restricted
to plastering use.
The largest cement producer in Nigeria noted
that the move was to develop a full bouquet of cement types to meet the
varying needs of consumers.
With this move, Dangote now produces
42.5 for column casting, block making, decking and other general purpose
construction work that require high strength, and the 32.5 grade for
rendering or plastering.
The company produces on demand the 52.5
grade for specialised construction of high strength structures such as
bridges, flyovers and sky scrapers among others.
The 32.5 grade of
cement which has the lowest strength among the cement grades was priced
lower than the others, selling for N150 lower than the price of 42.5, a
price cut that is part of the earlier announced price regime.
Dangote
said in compliance with the SON standard for cement quality and
packaging, the 32.5 type shelf life would be clearly labelled in order
to minimise the incidence of building collapse in the nation’s building
and construction industry arising from the misapplication of the
different grades of cement.
The national president of the Block
Moulders Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Rasidi Adebowale, said he
received the news with much happiness especially considering what the
price reduction held for his members in Nigeria. He expressed the hope
that the new price review would translate to reduction in the price of
blocks
In his own comment, Alhaji Okunola Abegunde, the Lagos
State chairman of the Block Moulders, said he had all along been looking
forward to a time like this when the price of cement would come down so
that the low income group could become house owners.
The
chairman, Coalition Against Building Collapse, Kola Ojewuyi, noted that
the downward review of prices had confounded the critics of Dangote
Cement who had earlier condemned the campaign embarked upon by company
for the adoption of the 42.5 cement grade as a ploy to increase price of
the commodity.
The president, Nigerian Institute of Architects,
Arc. Bruno Niyi, hailed the current move by Dangote and urged the
management of the company to sustain the new price regime and ensure it
is not hijacked by profiteers.
SAINT OF THE DAY: ST. MARTIN DE PORRES
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| ( Patron of Barbers ) Feast Day: 3rd November! |
St. Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. At fifteen, he became a lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole life there-as a barber, farm laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among other things.
Martin had a great desire to go off to some foreign mission and thus earn the palm of martyrdom. However, since this was not possible, he made a martyr out of his body, devoting himself to ceaseless and severe penances. In turn, God endowed him with many graces and wondrous gifts, such as, aerial flights and bilocation.
This saintly man died on November 3, 1639 and was canonized on May 6, 1962.
PRAYER:
Lord, as You led Martin de Pores by a life of humility to eternal Glory, May we follow his example and be exalted with him in the kingdom of heaven. Amen.
St. Martin de Porres, Pray for us!
Saturday 1 November 2014
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