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According to the National Bureau Statistics (NBS), a whooping 5.32 billion liters of petrol were imported into Nigeria in the fourth quarter of the year 2018. This information about the quantity of petrol imported into the country was disclosed by NBS in its Petroleum Products Imports and Consumption (Truck Out) Statistics for fourth quarter 2018 posted on its website. The NBS said that 331.78 million litres of domestic gas were imported into the country in the quarter under review. The bureau said that state-wide distribution or truck-out volume for fourth quarter showed that 5.17 billion litres of petrol were distributed nationwide. It said that 1.16 billion litres of diesel, 81.12 million litres of household kerosene, 256.73 million litres of aviation fuel and 137.53 million litres of domestic gas were distributed nationwide during the period under review. The data for the report were provided by the Petroleum Products and Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and verified...

Member Of Supreme Eiye Confraternity Arrested In Italy A Nigerian man believed to be a member of the Supreme Eiye confraternity has been arrested by the authorities in Treviso area of Italy. The 34-year-old suspected gang leader who has an Italian resident permit was arrested along with some of his gang members following investigations into criminal activities ranging from prostitution, human and trafficking among other vices. It was learnt that an investigation into the gang’s activity in the area – was launched after a young Nigerian girl said to be a victim of sex trafficking – exposed the suspects to the police. Also, several violent attacks have been recorded by the group in order to stamp their authority in the region. Last year, security operatives arrested a group of Nigerian cultists believed to be part of a drug and criminal syndicate near Cagliari area of Italy. The suspects who are said to be members of Supreme Eiye Confraternity, were nabbed following investiga...

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday met behind closed doors with the former United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, Tony Blair, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The closed doors meeting was described as ‘private’. At the end of the meeting, there was no press interview. There was also no official statement issued concerning the meeting as at the time of filing this report. Blair was the UK Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party between 1994 and 2007. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/osinbajo-meets-blair-in-aso-villa.html

US novelist George R. R. Martin arrives for the “Game of Thrones” eighth and final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on April 3, 2019 in New York city. Angela Weiss / AFP “Game of Thrones,” the fantasy epic imagined more than 20 years ago by author George R.R. Martin, will have its much-anticipated finale on HBO later this year. But in a strange twist never seen in literature, Martin will himself discover the on-screen ending of his long-running masterwork before he has had a chance to conclude the fantasy on paper. “Obviously, I wished I finished these books sooner, so the show hadn’t gotten ahead of me,” Martin said recently in an interview with Entertainment Weekly before the final season begins airing on April 14 on HBO. “I never anticipated that.” When the Emmy Award-winning television series about noble families vying for the Iron Throne was launched in 2011, the American author had only written four of the seven books that make up his “Song of Ice and Fire” sag...

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn condemnation from abroad, an associate and a rights group said on Friday. The 11 women on trial had campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the Kingdom’s male guardianship system. Their case has intensified Western criticism of Saudi Arabia’s rights record, already in the spotlight after the murder of a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in 2018. The U.S. nationals are journalist Salah al-Haidar, whose mother Aziza al-Yousef is among those on trial, and Bader al-Ibrahim, a doctor and author of a book about Shi’ite Muslim politics, the associate and London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said. Those newly detained are not frontline activists but have expressed support online of women’s rights and other reforms in the conservative kingdom. They were picked up on Thursday, according to ALQST an...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has ordered that President Muhammadu Buhari be served a petition, challenging his victory, through the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A three-man panel of the tribunal, led by Justice Abdu Aboki, gave the order on Friday in a ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) and its presidential candidate, Pastor Aminchi Habu. The tribunal ordered that copies of all the processes filed by the petitioners be served on President Buhari through the APC’s National Legal Adviser at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Petitioners lawyer, Aliyu Lemu, while arguing the motion, told the tribunal that if the bailiff had problem serving President Buhari in his office. He said it was necessary that the President, who is listed as the second respondent be served through substituted means so that their petition could be heard within the stipulated 180 days. Petitioners are...

Residents of Bariga have arrested members of a suspected kidnap and robbery syndicate operating in a taxi. The suspects including an old man said to be the driver were arrested on Wednesday after one of the victims identified their operational vehicle, a dark green Toyota Camry. It was gathered that the victim, a woman, had boarded the taxi on Tuesday on her way to work but was diverted towards Badagry Expressway where her hands, legs and mouth were tied. The gang comprising four men, allegedly dispossessed her of her phone, N20,000 and other valuables before pushing her out of the vehicle inside a bush, to find her way. Luck however ran out of the gang on Wednesday when the said victim saw them and raised alarm. According to a resident, Alhaji Kolade Awofeso, one of the suspects fled but the mob was able to apprehend three. “The remaining three were taken to Bariga Police Station including the elderly man (driver). Surprisingly at the Bariga Police Station, the suspects...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will build digital literacy centre to promote Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) progamme at the NYSC camp in Ussele-Uku, Delta. The Director-General of NYSC, Maj-Gen. Sule Zakari, represented by the Director of SAED Department in Abuja, Mr Nuhu Kwanghe made this known at the ground breaking ceremony of the programme on Friday at the NYSC Orentation Camp, Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta. File: NYSC members Zakari said that the project would be beneficial to corps members, the community and assured the management of the camp of his commitment to the speedy completion of the digital literacy centre. He said that the NYSC would not cheapen the SAED programmes by accepting proposal with shallow content from would-be stakeholders. The Delta NYSC Coordinator, Mr Omotade Ayodele said that the deliberate investment by the Delta State Government coupled with the strategic intervention of th...

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) disclosed at the weekend that the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) is being resuscitated as the minister of Finance has directed the Debt Management Office for settlement of the EEG debts. The debt is covering claims back log of 10 years from 2007 to 20016 for 270 companies with the total value of one hundred and ninety five billion, eighty nine million, two hundred and thirty four thousand, eight hundred and eighty naira, and sixty four kobo (N195,080,234,808.64). The Executive Director, CEO, Nigeria Export Promotion Council NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, disclosed these at the stakeholders forum on the framework for the issuance of Promissory Notes for the settlement of outstanding Export Expansion Grant claims 2007-2019, stating that this will bring succor to the export succor in particular and the economy in general.  He added that there is also positive signal from the National Assembly as it will soon pass the second batch of approva...

Super Eagles forward Henry Onyekuru has been named the fastest player in the Turkish Super Lig. The former Eupen of Belgium ace, according to United Kingdom-based sports analytics company OPTA, the Galatasaray winger clocked 32kph over 20 meters to be ranked at the top of the speed list. Onyekuru is loan at the Istanbul-based club from Premier League side Everton until the end of the 2018/19 season. The 21-year-old Nigerian has racked up 11 goals and three assists in 24 Super Lig appearances, making him one of the top performers for Gala. He has also recently broken back into the Nigerian national team set up under manager Gernot Rohr, and has racked up nine caps for the Super Eagles thus far. He celebrated his full debut for the senior team by scoring in the recent 3-1 win against Seychelles in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Onyekuru was nominated for the Young Player of the Year at the NFF Awards but lost out to Villarreal’s new kid on the block Samuel Chukuez...

A Facebook user identified as Marobz Wa Afrika, has caused a lot of commotion on the platform after she shared a loved up photo with her monkey. Sharing the photo on Facebook, the lady stated that she will rather date a monkey than a man, because monkey will never cheat or broke her heart, She wrote: “I will rather date a monkey than a man, because monkey will never cheat on me,no broken heart,it also satisfy me in bed” source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/i-will-rather-date-monkey-than-man-lady.html

A juju which was made by a desperate wife to control her husband and mother-in-law has been uncovered by offshore workers. The alleged charm   A Nigerian man, who is a sailor alongside his crew members have found charm made by a woman in order to control her husband and the mother-in-law.   The sailor identified as Romeo Nwabueze and his crew found a charm/juju which was allegedly done by a lady on her man and his mother and thrown into the sea.   The lady, identified as Temitope, put a picture of herself and her man, Ramon Abiodun, inside a small wooden casket and did a similar thing for his mother named Baisat. This was purportedly done for them to love her endlessly.   She then added a written incantation to the two caskets before throwing it into the ocean. The incantation reads thus:   "May Abiodun never question whatever Temitope says. May he always give Temitope all the money he makes in his entire life. "May everything h...

President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday, arrived Amman Jordan, ahead of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/photos-buhari-arrives-jordan.html

Former U.S. President, Barack Obama, is to visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a leader he has commended as one of his “favourite partners’’ during his time in office. The afternoon meeting of the close allies in Berlin would not be open to the press. However, high on the agenda are thought to be Trans-Atlantic ties, which have come under strain since President Donald Trump took office over two years ago. As German Chancellor, Merkel has worked with three U.S. presidents and enjoyed, especially close relationship with Obama. His last international trip as president was to Germany in November 2016. He returned in 2017, when he told a huge Berlin crowd that Merkel had done “outstanding work, not just here in Germany, but around the world’’. Obama arrived on his latest trip to Germany on Thursday, addressing an audience of 14,000 in Cologne’s Lanxess Arena to say that he was “confident and cautiously optimistic’’ that the U.S. would soon be a world leader again on climat...

Champions Juventus turn their focus to nailing down an eighth consecutive Serie A title in record time this weekend, days after a row erupted over racist abuse aimed at starlet Moise Kean in Cagliari. (From L, Front) Juventus’ Italian forward Federico Bernardeschi, Juventus’ Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci, Juventus’ Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic and Juventus’ Cypriot midfielder Grigoris Kastanos celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match Cagliari vs Juventus on April 2, 2019 at the Sardignia Arena in Cagliari. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) Massimiliano Allegri’s side return to their home comforts of the Allianz Stadium in Turin to host AC Milan after their trip to Sardinia on Tuesday ended amid scenes of chaos as Kean and teammate Blaise Matuidi were subjected to monkey cries and racist chanting. Juventus could win the league title with seven games to spare — the earliest any team has ever sealed Serie A — if they beat AC Milan and nearest challengers ...

In a shocking development, a prophet has lost his wife, just a few hours after their wedding ceremony, following an unfortunate snake bite. Prophet's wife who died from snake bite Founder of Miracle Working God Ministry in Sapele, Delta State, Prophet Patrick Eyaefe, whose wife died from snake bite hours after their wedding, yesterday, narrated how the negligence of a private hospital led to her death. The 44-year-old pastor said they had been together for eight years, you know as a man of God I was supposed to regularise my marriage, so after eight years and with a growing ministry and five kids, I decided to do the right thing. Now see what has happened after the marriage. “We were relaxing at home after the marriage at about 7pm on Sunday, March 30, 2019, when she went to buy sachet water and she had hardly left for five minutes when I heard her screaming for help. “I dashed down and she told me that a snake just bit her, I took her to the hospital that night and I t...

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Friday warned depot owners not to connive with operators of illegal refineries to avoid sale of adulterated products to unsuspecting consumers. File: The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Mr Antai Asuquo, the Warri Zonal Operations Controller, gave the warning at the “2019 Annual General Meeting between DPR and the Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association (DAPPMA) in Warri. “We should be careful of the ‘third parties’ that may want to influence us to accept adulterated products into our facilities. It is very tempting. It can ruin our huge investment.  “Investigation is going on right now that some depot owners are into sharp practices; they are conniving with people that burn products in the creeks. “Any depot caught with confirmed evidence that they indulge in that practice, their licences will be withdrawn, this is government policy,” he said. Asuquo also urged t...

UAE denies cancelling three months tourist visa for Nigerian passport holdersThe United Arab Emirates Embassy in Nigeria has denied media reports that it has cancelled the three months tourist visa for Nigerian passport holders. Reports were rife two days ago that the UAE government took the decision following the robbery operation by five Nigerian men in Dubai. Well, the Embassy took to its twitter handle to deny the reports. ”Press Statement In light of the press reports published today alleging that the UAE has suspended issuing tourist visas to Nigerian nationals, the UAE Embassy in Abuja announces that these news are inaccurate and stresses the importance of sourcing news from its official channel”. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/uae-denies-cancelling-three-months.html

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Liverpool Manager Juergen Klopp said Premier League title rivals Manchester City are currently the best team in the world but there is no guarantee Pep Guardiola’s side will finish the season with an unprecedented quadruple. File: Manchester City players With the League Cup already in the bag, City are a point clear of Liverpool at the top of the league and have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and semi-finals of the FA Cup. “City look like the best team in the world, that’s how it is,” Klopp told reporters. “Barcelona struggled a little bit (against Villarreal on Tuesday) but still did the job. Juve look pretty impressive in Italy but you don’t exactly know how it will be in the Champions League if Cristiano Ronaldo cannot do it. “And you think, Ok., City look a bit more stable than all of them. But that doesn’t mean they will win all their games.” While focus has been on City seeking a clean sweep of silverware, the prospect of Liverpool’s themselves compl...

Daddy Showkey curse Edo state task force team for disposing the cooler load of food sold by a food seller Singer, Daddy Showkey has reacted to the viral photos of a food seller in Edo state whose cooked food was disposed on the floor by task force workers in the state. Daddy Showkey in a video he posted online this morning, condemned the action of the taskforce workers. He went on to pray that ”Ogun” will punish all the task force workers. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/daddy-showkey-curse-edo-state-task.html

The Kano State Fire Service on Friday said that eight shops were destroyed in an early morning fire at Katsina Road, Muletara roundabout, in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano. Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the spokesman of the service, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the fire started at about 6. 15 a.m. “We received a distress call at our station in Dawanua today (Friday) from one Aliyu Mansir at about 6. 151a.m that there was a fire at Muletara roundabout. “Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire truck to the scene at about 6.58 a.m to bring the situation under control so as not to affect other shops,’’ he said. He said that the cause of the fire was still being investigated. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/fire-destroys-eight-shops-in-kano.html

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that two herbalists be remanded in prison for allegedly being in possession of a coffin wrapped with white cloth which contained dangerous charms prepared for money ritual. The police charged Adewole Bashiru and Owuoade Olabisi with being in possession of criminal charms and Advance fee Fraud. Magistrate Aminat Shittu who ordered that Bashiru and Olabisi be remanded in Okekura Prison Yard, Ilorin, adjourned the case until April 12 for further mention. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Sanni Abdullahi informed the court that the accused persons were arrested with in a Mazda car with registration number LND 451 CF with a coffin on Unity road, Ilorin. Abdullahi also said that the two calabashes were filled with black soap, cowries and other fetish charms were seized from the accused. He said that during interrogation, the accused persons confessed that they “prepared” the coffin for their customer, Wabi Amodu who paid N3.3 million. ...

Mr Dennis Muilenburg, Chairman, President and CEO, Boeing Company, says the company will complete the software update of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) in 737 Max aircraft. Muilenburg disclosed this in a statement on Friday in response to the preliminary report on its crashed flight 302, released by the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau on Thursday. He said that the full details of what happened in both Lion Air and Ethiopian accidents would be issued by the government authorities in the final reports. Boeing president added with the release of the preliminary report of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accident investigation, it was apparent that in both flights, the MCAS was activated in response to erroneous angle of attack information. According to him, the history of our industry shows most accidents are caused by a chain of events. He said that it was the similar case in the recent two accidents, adding that pilots had stated that erroneous ...