Hi
friends, it’s the very first edition of SPOTS WITH DAPO, and I’m super excited
about this new project. The reason behind SPOTS WITH DAPO is to give more
insight into major happenings during the week. Enough said, let the game begin!!!
MONDAY (29/09) –
GOV. AYO FAYOSE SIGNS ANTI-GRAZING BILL INTO LAW
The
governor of Ekiti state Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Monday signed a bill into law
which henceforth prohibits an open grazing in Ekiti state. This means herdsmen
won’t be able to wander around anyhow again in order to feed their cattle. The law prescribes six months
imprisonment without an option of fine for any herdsman who violates the
grazing prohibition while any herdsman found with arms will be charged with
terrorism. The bill also stipulates that grazing activities must be between 7am
to 6pm daily and only on marked out land for grazing by the local government
authority.
It
would be recalled that earlier this year, a bill in support of a National
Grazing Reserves was presented to the floor of the Senate which will provide
for the establishment of at least one cattle reserve in each state of the
federation. Ever since this bill was presented by Senator Zainab Kure of Niger
state, most Nigerians have condemned the move as most people see it has a way
of exploiting and granting a particular tribe access to major properties of
other tribes while also stating that cattle rearing is a private business by
individuals, therefore the government needs to be considerate many things
involved.
TUESDAY (30/09) -
MARK ZUCKERBERG AND JIDENNA VISITED NIGERIA
It’s
no news that the 6th richest man in the world with a net worth
$44.6Bn (according to Forbes.com) arrived Nigeria unannounced on Tuesday. His
first stop was at Co-Creation Hub (also
called Naija Silicon Valley) in Yaba, Lagos state where he met with
developers and partners and also talked to kids at a Summer Coding Camp.
Thereafter,
the Facebook founder has been spotted in various places which includes; Eko
Hotel and Suites where he interacted with tech professionals on Wednesday,
visitation to AfriNolly where he met Nigerian celebrities such as; Chidinma,
Rita Dominic, Kunle Afolayan, Ehiz DadaBoy, RMD, Yemi Alade, DJ Cuppy, Adebola
Williams amongst others, he was also spotted jogging through Lekki-Ikoyi
bridge.
Then
the 32 years old atheist left Nigeria on Thursday September 1st for
Kenya where he met with entrepreneurs, developers and government officials as
he was pictured eating with his bare hands with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of the
Ministry of Information, Joe Muhcheru in Nairobi.
Zuckerberg
then made a return back to Nigeria on Friday and this time around, he went to
the FCT where he met President Buhari, Vice President Osibanjo and other
government officials for the Aso Villa Demo Day Finale.
This
is Zuckerberg first ever visit to Africa.
MUSIC STAR JIDENNA ALSO
LANDED IN NIGERIA
Jidenna
Theodore Mobisson is a Nigerian –American singer who became famous because for
his song “Classic Man” also arrived
in the country on Tuesday. Unlike Mark Zuckerberg, Jidenna’s visit was known as
he had already announced that he would be in Nigeria for the promotion of his
debut album titled “Long Live The Chief”.
During
his 4 days visit, an initiative called “Enjoy Lagos” was launched and invited
people had the opportunity of meeting Jidenna. He granted interviews left, right and centre some of which
includes a visit to Cool FM where he was interviewed by Dotun and Temi, he also
visited to Beat FM, interviewed by Maria, Olisa and Osi.
Jidenna
had his only performance on Thursday September 1st at the Hard Rock
Café in Lagos and in attendance included; Osi Suave, Nedu, DJ Spinall, Cobhams
Asuquo, Tosyn Bucknor and host of others.
The
31years old singer then on Friday visited his state of origin, Enugu and went
to his alma mater Justine-Thomas Kindergaten and Primary School.
The
singer will be leaving the country by weekend and his next destination is South
Africa, as part of his album promotional tour where he is billed to perform on
Monday (he confirmed this on his twitter handle @Jidenna)
WEDNESDAY (31/08) -
DILMA ROUSEFF OF BRAZIL WAS IMPEACHED
Dilma
Vana Rousseff was the 36th president and the first ever female
president of Brazil having assumed power on the 1st of January 2011,
and sadly her reign as the president of the “land of Brazilwood” ended on
Wednesday 31st of August 2016 due to removal by the senate. Out of
the 81 senate members, 61 voted in support of her removal, while 20 voted
against her removal.
Her
ordeal started late 2015 when she was accused of re-assigning funds between
budget items (not stealing or padding, or
figure inflation ooooo, just re-allocation of money from one sector to another,
lobatan).
Her
critics said she was trying to plug deficit holes in popular social programmes
to boast her chances of being re-elected for a second term in October 2014, BBC reports.
She
was suspended on May 12 while her impeachment sittings and processes started
afterwards and the then Vice President, 75 years old Michel Temer was made the
Acting President.
Following
the impeachment of Dilma’s, Michel Temer has now been sworn in as the 37th
Brazilian president and he will complete Dilma’s tenure until 2018.
THURSDAY (1/9) - ANNULAR
SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: THE RING OF FIRE
According
to word web dictionary, solar eclipse means “interruption of the light from the
sun by the moon”. The blockage of the light then result into blackout (total or
partial) in that part of the earth that the light from the sun was blocked from
radiating to.
The
“ring of fire” was over Africa on September 1st as the world
experienced annular solar eclipse. This kind of eclipse is one in which the
moon from a far distance covers the sun while in Virgo, thereby covering only
the center and leaving the round edges of the sun to radiate to the earth, thus
the name “ring of fire”
The
eclipse lasted for 3 hours and few minutes and was visible across most Eastern
and Southern African countries with best viewing points in Tanzania,
Madagascar, South Africa as well as Reunion Island. This is the second and last
solar eclipse for this year, the first (a total solar eclipse) occurred on
March 8 through 9 which was visible in Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean region.
Another
annular solar eclipse will occur in February 2017 visible in Southern Chile,
Argentina and Africa while on August 21 2017, there would be a total solar
eclipse with the USA to experience the darkest part.
FRIDAY (2/9) – SERGIO
AGUERO BANNED FOT THREE GAMES.
Let’s
talk sports!!!! Manchester City striker, Sergio Aguero has been suspended by
the FA. He was found guilty of violent conduct after he elbowed West Ham united
player Winston Reid during their third week EPL match on Sunday 28th
August which Manchester City won 3-1.
The
28 years argentine will now miss the Manchester derby against rivals Manchester
United on September 10, a league match against Bournemouth on 17th
September and the EFL cup third round match against Swansea city on 21st
September.
Aguero
has scored 6 goals for City this season including a hat-trick against Steaua
Bucharest in the Champions League qualifier.
Feel
free to drop your views, comments and suggestions.
Thanks
for reading and enjoy your weekend.
Oladapo
Siyanbola
Twitter
and I.G handle- @dapo_dmart
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