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ABUJA- THE Senate, yesterday, passed the bill for an Act to Prohibit Gas Flaring( prohibition and punishment) in Nigeria. The bill, which passed second reading in 2017, also contains provisions on inaccurate data collation and submission by the lessee, gas flaring fee, powers of the minister to make regulations, as well as repeal of the Associated  Gas Re-Injection Act 2004. Senate The Senate has approved that any person who is acting on behalf of a licensee to supply inaccurate data to the Department of Petroleum Resources or to any other person duly empowered by a lawful authority, commits an offense and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of N10 million or to imprisonment for a maximum term of six months or to both fine and imprisonment. The Senate also approved that where the Minister grants an extension to an  exemption granted under section 4(1)(b) of the Act,  the fee payable by the lessee or licensee under sub-section(1) of this section shall attrac...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that his team would “stand up” and fight for the Premier League title after their dreams of a quadruple were ended by Wednesday’s dramatic exit from the Champions League. Guardiola City went out on the away goals to rule after their 4-3 win at the Etihad Stadium left the two-legged quarter-final standing at 4-4 on aggregate. Guardiola’s side through a late goal from Raheem Sterling had earned them a place in the semi-finals but the effort was ruled. A VAR review confirmed that Sergio Aguero was offside in the build-up. “It is cruel but it is what it is and we have to accept it,” said Guardiola. “After 20 minutes we were 3-2 up. In the second half, we created a lot of chances and we scored the goals we needed. “Unfortunately, it was a bad end for us so congratulations to Tottenham and good luck for the semi-finals,” said the Spaniard. City was also eliminated by English opponents, Liverpool, in the quarter-finals last season. Gu...

The Nigerian senate, during plenary on Wednesday, rejected a bill seeking to phase out the use of petrol-powered cars in Nigeria and adopt those powered by electricity. Sponsor of the bill, Senator representing Bayelsa East, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce had argued that it would be cheaper to use electric-powered cars than the current petrol cars being used in Nigeria. He said Nigeria has been spending over N1trillion naira subsidizing petrol usage in Nigeria, declaring that with electric cars, fuel subsidy would be a thing of the past. He said industrialised nations have already begun phasing out petrol cars. According to him, “Combustion engine cars have continued to cause deaths through uncontrolled pollution.” “Secondly, we have been spending over N1 trillion annually subsidising fuel in this country. By introducing electric cars, fuel subsidy will automatically be gone and those funds will be used for infrastructure and education.” He also said that maintaining electric cars is...

…Lauds Okocha, Puyol’s Contributions To Football Development Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday received the UEFA Champions League Trophy alongside its Ambassador and former captain of Barcelona FC of Spain, Carles Puyol in Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. Representative of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, the State Sports Commission (LSSC), Dr. Kweku Tandoh (middle), with UEFA Champions League winner and former Barcelona FC Defender, Carles Puyol (left) and Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries PLC, Mr. Jordi Borrut Bel (right) during the UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour to the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.  Puyol, a three-time Champions League winner is in Nigeria on a three-day visit to lead the UEFA Champions League Tour connecting with consumers and football lovers. Governor Ambode, who was represented by the Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Dr Kweku Tandoh, also received Nigerian football legend, Austin JayJay Oko...

A sharp decline in dry cargo ship freight rates in the first quarter sent more giant ships to scrapyards in Southeast Asia in the first three months of the year. * Mor Prosperity; one of the two newly acquired vessels by Morlap Shipping Company. But analysts expect a slow recovery in Chinese imports of commodities such as iron ore will likely boost demand and put the brakes on recycling later this year. Ship-broker BTIG said in a report that 107,000 deadweight metric tons of ship steel were recycled in the first three months of this year, up 35% from 78,000 metric tons in the same period a year ago. Of 23 vessels scrapped, 16 were Capesize vessels, the biggest cargo ships that move products such as iron, aluminium, coal and cement from mines in Australia and Latin America to China. Shipowners generally step up scrapping when the cost of operating vessels or idling and maintaining them outweighs the price of scrap metal. Vale S.A.’s mine-waste dam disaster in Brazil in January ...

BOMADI – Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has been commended over his administration’s intervention in the construction of Electricity Tower across River Forcados at Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi council area of the state. Electricity “We never thought this promise would be possible going by the antecedents of previous governments. “Now that we have the towers erected and the lines drawn, I’m very hopeful that we will see the completion of this project. “So, I want to say thank you to Gov Okowa in the first place for this project because Bomadi has always been an abandoned proje “I am equally happy that Bomadians this time around were able to jointly request for this project from the government. “I pray that Okowa will come soon enough to commission this project so as not to spoil the good job he is doing. “I also pray that Okowa will see beyond this Electricity Tower project: Of particular importance and interest to us would be the State Polytechnic project seemingly aband...

The 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, says its troops deployed in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State have apprehended five kidnappers said to have been terrorising people of the area. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Wednesday by Capt. Victor Olukoya, the brigade’s Assistant Director,  Public Relations. Olukoya said that the troops made the arrest during a raid on the kidnappers’ hideout at Jugbere village in Owo Local Government. He explained that the operation followed a tip off from some members of the public that suspected kidnappers had abducted nine farmers in a farm belonging to one Mr Godwin Ugu. “During the raid, the troops were able to rescue five of the hostages while four others had escaped from the kidnappers den before the troops arrived. “The rescued hostages and some of the suspects, who sustained minor injuries, are presently receiving first aid treatment at the 32 Artillery Brigade Medical Centre,” the brigade’s ...

The All Progressives Congress governor in Ekiti state, Fayemi has had his victory upheld by the Supreme Court. Governor Kayode Fayemi   The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.   In a unanimous judgment, the five-man panel, held on Wednesday that the appeal by Segun Oni, was statute barred.   Justice Amiru Sanusi, in the lead judgment, held that the case, being a pre-election one, was not commenced at the trial court, within the required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration Act.   Oni, an ex-Governor of Ekiti State had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court, to the effect that his (Oni’s) challenge of Fayemi’s eligibility to contest the last governorship election in the state, was without merit.   Details Later source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/breaking-news-fayemi-wins-as-supreme.html

Tiger Woods of the United States celebrates after making his putt on the 18th green to win the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would award Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom after the golfer won the 2019 Golf Masters for the fifth time on Sunday after a major comeback. “Spoke to @TigerWoods to congratulate him on the great victory he had in yesterday’s @TheMasters, & to inform him that because of his incredible Success & Comeback in Sports (Golf) and, more importantly, LIFE. “I will be presenting him with the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM,” Trump tweeted. The victory on Sunday was one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, as the 43-year-old ended an 11-year major title drought having overcome personal and professional setbacks including a highly-public divorce and multiple surgeries. The one-stroke win at Augusta National l...

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, as gathered is set to call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to authenticate their claims that the servers belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission confirms that he defeated President Muhammadu Buhari by over 1.6 million votes.  Atiku also identified the server where the results are kept as INEC_PRES_RSLT_SRV2019 and its unique Mac address as 94-57-A5-DC-64-B9 with Microsoft Product ID 00252-70000-0000-AA535. This statement came from the 7th Waziri Of Adamawa in fresh response to the reply of INEC to his petition. As a way of authenticating the evidence, Atiku and the PDP will also be expected to tender INEC’s training manual on elections, a printout of the votes of candidates from smart card readers and a printout of the forensic audit report on INEC’s server. The former Vice-President and the PDP claimed to have polled a total of 18,356,732 votes to defeat ...

Apostle Johnson Suleman resurrects a boy who was brought dead to church. Please watch source: https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/apostle-johnson-suleman-resurrect-dead.html