Thursday, November 10, 2016
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Nigerians have been reacting to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Our correspondent in the country's commercial capital of Lagos has been sampling opinions.
TB Joshua reinstates deleted Clinton win prophecy after backlash
Following much backlash from Nigerians over the prophesy by influential Nigerian TV evangelist, TB Joshua that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election which later turned out otherwise, Pastor Joshua has reinstated the post on his Facebook page after deleting it yesterday when the backlash became too hot.
The post containing the prediction was “mistakenly removed and has been reposted as such is not our policy”, according to an email sent to the BBC from the Social Media Department of TBJMinistries on Facebook.
“Ten days ago I saw the president of America with a narrow win… What I frankly saw was a woman,” said the post, reiterating comments made by Joshua in an address to his congregation on Sunday. TB Joshua was widely mocked on social media when people noticed that the post had been removed, though many of his supporters on Facebook said they still considered him a prophet despite calling the election wrong.
“Ten days ago I saw the president of America with a narrow win… What I frankly saw was a woman,” said the post, reiterating comments made by Joshua in an address to his congregation on Sunday. TB Joshua was widely mocked on social media when people noticed that the post had been removed, though many of his supporters on Facebook said they still considered him a prophet despite calling the election wrong.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
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Nigerian preacher TB Joshua deletes Clinton win prophecy from facebook
Mr Joshua told his congregation on Sunday that he "saw" a woman winning.
After Donald Trump convincingly won Tuesday's vote, visitors to the preacher's Facebook page noticed the prophecy had been removed.
The wealthy pastor is known as "the prophet" to his many followers.
He is one of Nigeria's best-known and influential evangelists - and is popular across Africa, with many top politicians among his flock.
The US election prediction was broadcast on Mr Joshua's TV channel Emmanuel TV, which an individual uploaded to YouTube.
A section of that "prophecy" was posted on the preacher's Facebook page but is no longer available.
"Ten days ago I saw the president of America with a narrow win... What I frankly saw was a woman," it said.
Aliko Dangote plans $20bn investment in Nigeria
The Dangote Group has announced plans to invest $20bn in Nigeria over the next five years.
The investment, according to the group, is expected to generate 250,000 jobs over the next five to 10 years.
The Group Executive Director, Stakeholder Management & Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mansur Ahmed, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that the aim of the conglomerate in investing the sum in the country was to give support to the diversification drive of the present administration.
To this end, he said the group would in the nearest future focus on agricultural expansion in the areas of commercial rice production and sugar cane plantations in Jigawa, Kwara, Kogi, Kebbi and Adamawa states.
“Consequently, the company has acquired 12,000 acres of land in Adamawa and arrangement is on to acquire more in other parts of the country,” Ahmed said.
According to him, the policy trust of the present administration is to reduce importation and achieve food security, adding that it was only necessary for the group to key in to the agenda in line with its corporate responsibility.
Ahmed also disclosed that the tomato paste manufacturing company in Kano would soon resume production as issues surrounding it stoppage had been resolved.
The group is also planning to raise its cement production from the current 40 million tonnes to between 75 million and 80 million tonnes per annum by the year 2020.
Ahmed explained that the cement manufacturing arm of the group was currently expanding its production capacity with new factories coming on stream across Africa in order to meet the ever growing demand for the product.
“It is our intention to continue to grow; by 2020, we should have at least 75-80 million tonnes of cement, 40 million tonnes of which should be in our plants here in Nigeria,” he stated.
The director explained that the current price of the company’s cement was dictated by the rising energy costs occasioned by the unavailability of gas.
This, he said, had forced it to rely on Premium Motor Spirit and coal as the main fuel for energy generation.
The investment, according to the group, is expected to generate 250,000 jobs over the next five to 10 years.
The Group Executive Director, Stakeholder Management & Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mansur Ahmed, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that the aim of the conglomerate in investing the sum in the country was to give support to the diversification drive of the present administration.
To this end, he said the group would in the nearest future focus on agricultural expansion in the areas of commercial rice production and sugar cane plantations in Jigawa, Kwara, Kogi, Kebbi and Adamawa states.
“Consequently, the company has acquired 12,000 acres of land in Adamawa and arrangement is on to acquire more in other parts of the country,” Ahmed said.
According to him, the policy trust of the present administration is to reduce importation and achieve food security, adding that it was only necessary for the group to key in to the agenda in line with its corporate responsibility.
Ahmed also disclosed that the tomato paste manufacturing company in Kano would soon resume production as issues surrounding it stoppage had been resolved.
The group is also planning to raise its cement production from the current 40 million tonnes to between 75 million and 80 million tonnes per annum by the year 2020.
Ahmed explained that the cement manufacturing arm of the group was currently expanding its production capacity with new factories coming on stream across Africa in order to meet the ever growing demand for the product.
“It is our intention to continue to grow; by 2020, we should have at least 75-80 million tonnes of cement, 40 million tonnes of which should be in our plants here in Nigeria,” he stated.
The director explained that the current price of the company’s cement was dictated by the rising energy costs occasioned by the unavailability of gas.
This, he said, had forced it to rely on Premium Motor Spirit and coal as the main fuel for energy generation.
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