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Akim Aliu Date of Birth: 24/04/1989 Birthcity: Okene, Nigeria Height: 6.03 Weight: 209 Shoots: Right Position: Right Wing NHL Status: Eligible for 2007 NHL Draft Acquired: Trade with Windsor Career Notes: Windsors 1st round pick, 7th overall, in 2005Last Season - Sudbury Wolves29 GP, 7 G, 6 A, 13 Pts, 54 PIM, About Akim Aliu : (born April 24, 1989 in Okene, Nigeria) is an amateur ice hockey player who is now playing for the London Knights. He was drafted 56th overall during the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. During the 2006-2007 season, he helped the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL reach the league championship final. Sudbury lost the series to the Plymouth Whalers.Aliu was born in Nigeria and moved to Toronto at the age of 7. Before arriving in Canada, he spent some time in Kyiv, Ukraine, where his father had earned a scholarship to the university. While in the Ukraine Aliu learned Russian.[1]On Friday June 1st 2007 Aliu was traded to the London Knights in exchange for L

Ebira farmers are excellent in Yam farming. Mostly done through non-mechanised (manual) farming in the south western part of Nigeria like Ondo, Ekiti and beyond, the yam farming has become a reputation for Ebira farmers. Anebira are renowned throughout Nigeria for the primary occupation: farming which once provided employment for well over 95 percent of the adult population. Subsistence farming is labour intensive. Farmers rely on such implements as holes and cutlasses. The size of the family correlates to the size of the farm. Family hands are deployed in such farm routines as clearing, tilling, thinning, planting, mulching, weeding and harvesting. They are also crucial in the transport of excess produce to the markets the sale of which, is used to finance the education of the children, buy the farming tools, clothes, medicines and save for the rainy day. ( The Raji Report ) Before eating and sales of the new yams commence every year, the new yam festival is held to celebrate its arri

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I met the lady..and I met the talent. Slim and of average height but of a talent that deserves a National Award. WHO IS THIS TALENTED FELLOW?..SHE IS an Ebira lady with an extra-ordinary weaving potentials. Her indentity we can't reveal at the moment but her works will be showcased here for the benefit of Ebiras and the world. For those who love creativity, this lady has enough to deliver. Show her a fabric, be it Lace, Damask, Brocade etc. she weaves it without the slightest difference. She is our focus on Ebira art and may be featured in the coming edition of EbiraView Magazine. Her products has gone as far as the United States yet, she doesn't have a store or a showroom! This is one of the many Ebira potentials that are yet to be exploited. Watch out! An Ebira Man in Ebira woven clothe

In the dry seasons, Ebira farmers have less work to do. They do mulching and shelving of corns. Though the work could be more for those with big farm lands, the season provides leisure for farmers with less farms who engage in gaming as an alternative to 'rest' as they wait for the rains that will herald the beginning of a new season. The dry season which usually fall between late November and May, is the period for planting corns and beneseed. The farmers busy themselves with fewer activities except for weeding and mulching to sheild the yams from the heat of the sun. This period, there is less food. Water yam is harveted mainly during this time of the year as most farmers would have exhausted the yam tubers through long distance sales and direct consumption. The rich farmers feed from their 'reserve' of tubers stored in the barn or burried in the soil. The subsistent farmers may lack the meals of pounded yam in their homes. Proteinous foods like beans become the orde

Held by Media Conference Ltd. on Saturday, 24 February 2007 at the Women Development Centre, Central Area Abuja, the event was the first of its kind. The past heroes of Ebiraland were honoured even in their wordly absense. Being the first of its kind, the event, chaired by Nigeria Former President, Genreal Ibrahim Babangida who was represented by Alhaji Mahmoud Waziri, witnessed eminent personalities from Ebiraland and across Nigeria. Though the current political activites in the country prevented many invited guests from attending, the atmosphere smelt class. After the opening prayer by Mall. Onogu, the guest were called to the high table. The event began with the introduction of the Organising committee, Media Conference Ltd and the higlight of 'The Heritage' a book launched at the event which was written as a tribute to Late Sheikh Ahmad Rufai, by Mall. Suleiman of the Weekly Trust Newspaper ..to be continued.

As the roads were swept, the women danced and the youths chanted! Those who were 'sweeping' had a bigger objective than the ordinary domestic sweeping. Though Okene roads may not be as dirty as those of Lagos, the need to clean the road to lugard house come 2007 cannot be over-emphasised. There was a huge expression of hope on the faces of the youths and women alike as they danced towards the rally ground. At about 10:30 am, sunday the 25th of february 2007, many were set for the flag off campaign of Senator Muhammed S. Ohiare, the Action Congress (A C) gubernatorial candidate for Kogi state. As the procession advanced, the drummers beat the rythm while the youths charged the crowd with Ohiare/ Ac praise songs. Our team followed the procession towards the magnificent Azad palace, enjoying what seemed a carnival of the Ebiras. A specially built buses raced through the streets, conveying youths carrying bunch of brooms, the A C symbol of a commitment to 'sweeping' People