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- Scarcity: Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil to release 13 million litres fuel
- Photos: Beyonce stuns in Ankara fabric
- Photos: How a man was nearly kidnapped by ritualists today
- Airtel releases statement, says fuel scarcity is affecting their services
- Mocheddah's grandmother turns 100 + she shows off huge rock
- Summer came early for singer, Seyi Shay (photo)
- PDP Berates Buhari For Snubbing Handover Programme
- Future threatens Ciara's new BF after photos emerge of Russell pushing his son in a stroller
- 'I don’t know what fuel subsidy means' - Buhari
- Mentally challenged homeless man needs help (photos)
- Kylie Jenner shares new pic with her man, Tyga
- Photo: Senators pay Atiku Abubakar courtesy visit
- Singer Iyanya cancels performance in Liberia due to Fuel Scarcity
- Lance Gross weds longtime girlfriend, Rebecca Jefferson (photos)
- Photos from Governor Uduaghan's end of tenure Thanksgiving service
- Lovely photo of Timi Dakolo and his family
- Chris Brown's baby mama claims he does not pay her child support
- Jonathan handing over a distressed country to Buhari - APC
- Didier Drogba ends his football career with Chelsea FC today
- Photos of stranded passengers at the airport due to fuel scarcity
- Sad! Woman dies after childbirth due to fuel scarcity
- Nicki Minaj's ex Safaree now dating Meek Mill's ex, K. Michelle
- Buhari reportedly rejects Rolls Royce from Nigerian Embassy in UK
- Photo of the day...the hussle for fuel is real...lol
- Oil marketers subsidy claims reeks of fraud -Okonjo-Iweala, vows not to pay unverified subsidy claims
| Scarcity: Ifeanyi Ubah’s Capital Oil to release 13 million litres fuel Posted: 24 May 2015 01:44 PM PDT  On Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government.This development has resulted in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens. Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene. We are deeply pained to Ifeanyi Uba Ifeanyi Uba hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unable to carry out much needed testsespecially for emergency patients leaving such patients at risk of dying, radio stations are shutting down, communication is being affected as MTN and other telecommunications company have announced an impending shut down while homes, offices and key facilities nationwide are experiencing blackouts. In some parts of the country, petrol is already selling at an all-time high of N1,000 per litre. Our citizens have left their homes and are now sleeping in fuel stations,facing the risk of robbery attacks and other attendant risk. In a few days' time, a new government headed by General Muhamadu Buhari will be sworn in. Apart from our citizens being unable to watch the handover on television and unavailability of transportation for attendees of this historic handover, the resulting chaos from this scarcity may shutdown the Nation and sabotage the efforts Nigeria has made to attain greater heights. We are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot make a right. We will not be part of this sabotage against our fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of opening our facilities and commence swift loading and distribution of products Nationwide. Our facility has the capacity to load over 13 million litres of product before dawn. This comes to approximately 400 trucks of petroleum products. With this act, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile, return to normal family and work life. We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save our Nation from this impending economic and social crisis. This is a period that requires patriotism and service to fatherland. Let's join hands to help our fellow citizens and save Nigeria. We also call on striking bodies to call off the strike action. Let us work together for the betterment of our people. As we brief you this moment, our truck park, port reception facilities and our depot complex have been ordered opened. We are ordering and resuming discharge of products from vessels at our berths. We have ordered our trucks to commence loading of products and move overnight to every state of the Federation. Most importantly, we wish to use this medium to thank NNPC and PPMC for their steadfastness in ensuring the availability of petroleum products. Current PPMC stock level in our storage tanks and buffer stock on vessels awaiting discharge at our jetty is capable of meeting the Nation's need for 15 days. Furthermore, we wish to emphasis that we have a total solution to the traffic menace on the oshodi apapaexpressway. In the coming weeks, we hope to engage the Federal Government (Federal Ministry of Transport), Lagos State Government and other stakeholders in the affected area, to optimally utilize our truck park facilities which has the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 trucks per time and 5,000 on a shift basis. Capital Oil and Gas continues to appeal to Nigerians to accept and support deregulation as this will curb corruption, enhance competition, lead to reduction of pump price for petroleum products and ensure constant supply to meet Nigeria's demand. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah Managing Director/CEO Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited Lagos, Sunday 24th May 2015. |
| Photos: Beyonce stuns in Ankara fabric Posted: 24 May 2015 01:29 PM PDT    |
| Photos: How a man was nearly kidnapped by ritualists today Posted: 24 May 2015 01:03 PM PDT   It was a terrible experience this morning at my farm located at Odoyanta, Ijebu Ode. I just finished feeding the fish, so on my way back I heard a loud noise and the noise was coming from the father of the boy working for me although the man speaks in Igbo language. I had to ask the boy working for me to translate what his father said. He told me that his father said there are ritualist in the bush that they've taken someone from a fish farm nearby. That we should come out on time.It happened that the ritualist tried to kidnap a fish farmer. They have succeeded in beating and chaining him like a dog. It was while the incident was going on that someone in the bush saw them and quickly ran back to town to alert guys in the community. They were able to arrest two out of the three ritualists and the last one escape. The woman who is iyalode in the town was behind the operation Here are the pictures: pic 1 and 2 are the kidnappers, pic 3 is the iyalode of the town and pic 4 is the guy they were trying to kidnap and use for rituals        |
| Airtel releases statement, says fuel scarcity is affecting their services Posted: 24 May 2015 01:06 PM PDT  Airtel Networks Limited wishes to inform our customers and the general public that the prevailing situation in the country regarding the scarcity of diesel and other petroleum products is presently impacting negatively our commitments to delivering best-in-class quality of service and seamless telephony experience to all Nigerians.While we are currently doing everything within our means as well as going the extra mile to ensure that all our base stations and switches are up and running, it is sad to note that it is becoming increasingly difficult to replenish current stock of diesel due to the lingering scarcity of the products. We are also concerned that, if the situation persists, it may have adverse effects on our network, impacting both voice and data services. Airtel, therefore wishes to assure all customers that we will continue working with all our partners and stakeholders to mitigate any negative impact as we remain committed to our promise of providing exceptional services just as we seek the cooperation and understanding of all whilst apologizing for any inconvenience at this time. |
| Mocheddah's grandmother turns 100 + she shows off huge rock Posted: 24 May 2015 01:18 PM PDT |
| Summer came early for singer, Seyi Shay (photo) Posted: 24 May 2015 09:15 AM PDT  |
| PDP Berates Buhari For Snubbing Handover Programme Posted: 24 May 2015 09:13 AM PDT 
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Sundaysaid the President-elect owes Nigerians explanations on why he snubbed the prayer sessions scheduled for Friday and Sunday for Muslims and Christians respectively to usher in four years of his in-coming administration as well as the embarrassing protocol gaffe and low-down treatment that characterized his visit to British Prime Minister David Cameron last Saturday. The PDP said it was disgraceful that due to poor coordination and crass ineptitude in the handling of issues, the President-elect was left almost stranded while waiting for about thirty minutes before he was received by the British leader and wondered if such is a foretaste of the muddling to be experienced under the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s administration. "Nigerians, as citizens of a sovereign nation were thoroughly embarrassed when they saw their President-elect cheapened and kept waiting at the door of 10 Downing Street to see the British Prime Minister due to shoddy arrangements by his handlers. "Indeed, they are becoming increasingly worried about the frightening unpreparedness of the APC for governance and the huge embarrassments they have been attracting to our nation. We know that the APC has been lying over issues. We also know that the APC and the President-elect have been flip-flopping and reneging on their campaign promises; but to embarrass the nation by embarking on such a sensitive visit without adequate preparations is shameful and completely unacceptable. "We share the fear of well-meaning Nigerians on how a party which cannot adequately handle a simple task of organizing a diplomatic outing will effectively administer a country as complex as Nigeria. "The APC has continued to give signals that it lacks capacity to face the challenges of governance. Such has been evidenced in the uneasiness of the President-elect who in apparent loss of confidence in himself has started reneging on his promises of quick fixes while confessing in a meeting with APC governors-elect on May 5, 2015 that he has 'started nervously to explain to people that Rome was not built in a day'. "Instead of settling down for governance and working out how to fulfill its promises of making the naira the same in value with the dollar, paying N5, 000, 000 monthly to 25 million poor Nigerians, providing electricity on 24/7 basis, providing free meals for school children and allowances for discharged but unemployed youth corps members among others, the APC is busy inventing excuses for failure and blaming everyone else but themselves. We hope they will not blame the PDP for their Saturday's embarrassing outing at 10 Downing Street. "Furthermore, we find it curious and more than a co-incidence that the nation is experiencing an acute shortage of fuel and electricity supply at this point in time, when such has not been the case under the current PDP-led administration. We ask, are there some forces sabotaging the system to create an impression that the APC is inheriting poor infrastructure and complete system breakdown? "Is this also part of the larger plot to embarrass and defame the PDP-led administration in an attempt to justify APC's excuses for failure", the PDP probed. The party insisted that despite the challenges of insecurity and global economic recession that negatively affected many other nations, its administration had in the last 16 years worked very hard in repositioning critical sectors of the polity and laying strong infrastructure backbone that that any prepared and result oriented in-coming administration can comfortably leverage on. It therefore asked the APC to get ready to apply its much-mouthed manifesto or be bold to apologize to Nigerians for presenting false messianic posture and making false promises to them. Signed: Olisa Metuh |
| Future threatens Ciara's new BF after photos emerge of Russell pushing his son in a stroller Posted: 24 May 2015 08:22 AM PDT   |
| 'I don’t know what fuel subsidy means' - Buhari Posted: 24 May 2015 08:14 AM PDT  One burning issue is fuel subsidy. I believe you are aware of the queues in major cities like Lagos and Abuja. The fuel importers say they are unsure of the direction of the new government in this area. Have you considered maintaining or withdrawing this subsidy or are you questioning whether it didn't exist at all?One of the problems I have, other than the military, is the petroleum industry where I served for three and a half years under General Obasanjo. When people start talking about this subsidy I honestly get confused. I will tell you this, and I hope it will answer what you want to know. Back then we had a refinery in Port Harcourt, which was refining 30,000 barrels a day of Nigerian crude. Later, it was upgraded to refine 100,000 barrels a day. Another refinery was built in Port Harcourt to refine 150,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude. So, Port Harcourt alone had the capacity to refine 250,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude. But when I found myself as the Minister of Petroleum I set up another refinery in Warri for 100, 000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude and the Kaduna refinery a 100, 000 barrels per day. So Nigeria built capacity to refine 450,000 a day. Four Hundred thousands of which is purely Nigerian crude, but 50,000 was imported. The type of crude could be Venezuelan, which could be a bit heavier. But the lighter ones - kerosene, aviation fuel, diesel, PMS of different grades could be produced from our crude because Nigerian crude is about the best in the world. If you could recall, after finishing as Minister of Petroleum, I subsequently became Head of State. You remember, I appointed Professor Tam David West as the Minister of Petroleum. When we rounded up bunkers, collected their illegal jetties and allowed jetties for only big firms which were doing production and development in the country, we were shocked that we had too much fuel. We had to begin to export 100,000 barrels per day. Don't forget that we didn't stop at building refineries, we built more than 20 depots during my time, from Port Harcourt to Ilorin, Makurdi, Suleija, Maiduguri and Kano. More than 3,000 pipelines were laid to connect them. A number of stations were also built to take the trailers off the road, save lives and the infrastructure on the road. It is more economical because each trailer uses fuel. We did all that in this country and we didn't borrow any money as far as I know. It's Nigerian money. From each Nigerian crude, whether Akwa Ibom, Bonny Light or whatever it is, you can work out how much products it will give you; how much petrol it will give you; how much diesel it will give you if you want to produce diesel. We could tell how much Nigerian crude cost, the cost of transportation from there to the refinery, the cost of refining, the cost of transportation to the pump stations and maybe 5 per cent go for overhead. I can understand if Nigerians pay for those cost but somebody is saying he is subsidizing Nigerians. Who is subsidizing who? But they argue that the price should not be the same in Lagos and Daura, for example? It has to be the same because it is the Nigerian crude. But they consider the cost of transportation? Why didn't it make any difference when we were around? Why did we build the network of pipelines? Why did we build the network of depots? What can Nigerians benefit from the God-given gift of petroleum? No refinery is built unless there is an in-depth research that there is enough reserve of up to six layers to be produced. The argument I have heard is that refineries are aged. Mostly, they are performing at less than half of their capacity…? You can't defend these corrupt and incompetent people. You can't defend them. There used to be what they call turn-around-maintenance. You close the refinery in order to overhaul and clean it. What we did: we asked our producers, we need various refined products of this type at this time when the refineries are being cleaned. Take this type of Nigerian crude and bring us the refined products. What we don't need, we will calculate and pay you as fees for refining and transportation. If it is more than what the crude can handle, then we take it from the treasury. But you are trying to justify all these frauds by saying the refineries are aged. Of course, they are actually aged? They said the refineries are aged. The pipelines are leaking. There is vandalisation. Who ordered the vandalisation? Does it suggest that you don't believe in the subsidy? So, you are not going to agree to its continuation in anyway? I would like to be on ground and find out what really has been going wrong. Why is it that people are doing round-tripping with the Nigerian products and take money from the treasury? Some people are still in court. You know about it. So, I'm not taking anything for granted. But I will try and find out what went wrong. Read the rest of the interview on Daily Trust |
| Mentally challenged homeless man needs help (photos) Posted: 24 May 2015 08:01 AM PDT  "There's this mentally unstable guy who lives around my area in Port-Harcourt. He lives under a tank, very close to a field. Yesterday morning, we noticed that he was lying motionless in a particular spot on the road. He's been there lying there un moving, even till now as I pen this email. People have been passing by just staring at him, not doing anything to help him. The man is still breathing. I think he needs urgent medical attention.  It rained heavily yesterday morning and all through last night. The man was there in the downpour. I'm afraid his condition is deteriorating. My brother took it upon himself to call the Rivers state emergency service, but he was told they didn't attend to "mad people". My brother argued that even being mad, the man was no less a human being and he was willing to foot the bill, but he was rudely told they were being owed 6 months salary before the call was rudely dropped. I would take him to the hospital myself, but this being Nigeria, and knowing how the Nigeria police operates, they would probably accuse me of being culpable and it might take months for me to prove my innocence. I would really appreciate it if you can put this out there, so the man can get the medical attention that he needs. Mad or not,he's still a human being after all.
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| Kylie Jenner shares new pic with her man, Tyga Posted: 24 May 2015 07:53 AM PDT   |
| Photo: Senators pay Atiku Abubakar courtesy visit Posted: 24 May 2015 07:46 AM PDT  |
| Singer Iyanya cancels performance in Liberia due to Fuel Scarcity Posted: 24 May 2015 06:21 AM PDT   |
| Lance Gross weds longtime girlfriend, Rebecca Jefferson (photos) Posted: 24 May 2015 06:20 AM PDT |
| Photos from Governor Uduaghan's end of tenure Thanksgiving service Posted: 24 May 2015 05:59 AM PDT |
| Lovely photo of Timi Dakolo and his family Posted: 24 May 2015 05:49 AM PDT  |
| Chris Brown's baby mama claims he does not pay her child support Posted: 24 May 2015 05:46 AM PDT |
| Jonathan handing over a distressed country to Buhari - APC Posted: 24 May 2015 05:32 AM PDT  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan is handing over a nation in deep crisis, even as his Administration continues to contrive more crises without making any effort to solve any of them. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party however appealed to Nigerians not to lose hope, despite the daunting challenges they are currently facing in this atmosphere of contrived chaos, saying help is on the way. "In a few days' time, President Jonathan will hand over to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. Never in the history of our country has any government handed over to another a more distressed country: No electricity, no fuel, workers are on strike, billions are owed to state and federal workers, 60 billion dollars are owed in national debt and the economy is virtually grounded"Today, Nigerians are roaming the streets, jerry cans in hand, searching for everything from kerosene to fuel to diesel to power their homes, keep their vehicles on the road and keep their businesses going. They are paying as much as 300 Naira per litre for fuel, if at all they can get it. Yet their government is not saying a word about the situation," it said. APC said while the Jonathan Administration has arrogantly told Nigerians that it remains in office and in power till May 29th, all it has been doing is sacking people and making new appointments as if it had been deprived of the opportunity to do so in the past six years. "They are not interested in how to end the fuel scarcity that has paralyzed the socio-economic lives of Nigerians, they are not interested in how to raise electricity production from its unprecedentedly-low level of 1,327 megawatts, they are not doing anything to end the strike by blue and while collar oil workers, or to stop the impending one. "They say they are in office till May 29th, but they do not care how workers in 18 states, who are owed a total of 300 billion Naira in salaries under their watch, or federal workers who are owed 400 billion Naira, will be paid. Yet they are running a budget of 1 trillion Naira deficit. "They have deliberately stopped meeting their obligations to oil marketers, which is now around 200 billion Naira, hence no one is lifting petroleum products anymore. If the current energy crisis is not solved soonest, the telecommunications sector could even be grounded in a matter of days as service providers will have neither electricity nor fuel to power their base stations. Of course the aviation sector has already been left comatose by the fuel crisis. The whole scenario reeks of sabotage!," the party said. APC said before PDP and Jonathan Administration's spin doctors distort its message, it is important to let Nigerians know that the party (APC) is not engaging in lamentations but simply keeping the citizenry informed of the situation on the ground, with just five days to handover date. "If we thought the nation was being well managed and there was no problem, we would not have embarked on a campaign of change. While we are ready, willing and able to begin to address the mammoth challenges facing us as a nation as soon as we assume office at the centre in a few days' time, we will not hesitate for a second to keep Nigerians informed of how we have been brought to this sorry pass, with a view to avoiding such a tragic turn in the future," the party said. It expressed sadness that the nation has been on auto pilot for the past several weeks, as the outgoing administration has shown neither the capacity nor the willingness to resolve any of the crises it has contrived and foisted on the nation. "This is the most vivid manifestation of the old saying that literally translates to a departing office holder defecating on the chair he is vacating," APC said. Alhaji Lai Mohammed National Publicity Secretary All Progressives Congress (APC) Abuja, May 24th 2015. |
| Didier Drogba ends his football career with Chelsea FC today Posted: 24 May 2015 05:21 AM PDT   |
| Photos of stranded passengers at the airport due to fuel scarcity Posted: 24 May 2015 05:16 AM PDT |
| Sad! Woman dies after childbirth due to fuel scarcity Posted: 24 May 2015 04:53 AM PDT   |
| Nicki Minaj's ex Safaree now dating Meek Mill's ex, K. Michelle Posted: 24 May 2015 04:52 AM PDT   A few months later, in March, K. Michelle posted a video of herself twerking to Safaree's first single since his break-up with Nicki. The two then began flirting online. Then on May 13th, Safari set rumors running by tweeting that K. Michelle is beautiful. Now the two have been spotted in public together...    |
| Buhari reportedly rejects Rolls Royce from Nigerian Embassy in UK Posted: 24 May 2015 04:26 AM PDT  A member of his entourage who spoke with The Nation said after exchanging pleasantries with the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the president-elect politely told them that his visit was strictly private and he had made arrangement for all his needs while in the UK. He thanked them for the warm reception and quickly hopped into a less flamboyant car he had arranged for and drove out of the airport. "It appeared he was uncomfortable with the number of exotic cars in the convoy. Hard as the stunned diplomats present tried to convince him, he refused to bulge, insisting that since he did not inform the Commission of his visit because it was not an official trip, hence he was not entitled to such grandeur."the source said |
| Photo of the day...the hussle for fuel is real...lol Posted: 24 May 2015 04:31 AM PDT  |
| Posted: 24 May 2015 04:29 AM PDT  She said the marketers subsidy claims reeked of fraud and that the marketers are just out to blackmail Nigerians and make them suffer. She said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday May 23 "Marketers were asking for N159 billion for exchange rate differentials from the outstanding N200 billion. |
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