Breaking News! Nigeria's pump price of petrol now N87 per litre from N97!

ABUJA- The Federal Government of Nigeria had on Sunday 18th, 2015 made a reduction of the pump price of petrol to N87/litre from N97 per litre.

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum Resources, said the new pump price will take effect from 12:00am on Monday.

In a statement gathered from her at the State house yesterday to Journalists at the press briefing, she said ''As you may be aware, there has been a lot of volatility in the oil market in the past few months and due to this the importation prices of our petroleum products have been impacted.
Therefore, with the approval and directive of Mr. President and by virtue of Section 6 clause 1 of the Nigerian Petroleum Act, it is my responsibility as Minister of Petroleum Resources to hereby announce a reduction in the pump price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (Petrol) from the current Ninety Seven Naira (=N=97) per litre pump price down to Eighty Seven Naira (=N87=) per litre pump price, effective from twelve (12) midnight Sunday, 18th of January 2015.
Accordingly, I have directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ensure strict compliance of this price adjustment by all marketing companies.
It is my hope that all Nigerians will benefit from this adjustment.  I thank you and God Bless you all''.
Diezani Alison-Madueke (Mrs.)
Minister of Petroleum Resources

Hmmm... something smells, wondering why now just days after Buhari calls on FG to implement reduction on fuel price? even few weeks to Elections.

Breaking News! Bomb Rocks Gombe! Many Fear Dead!

Breaking: #Gombe bomb attack. Many feared dead.

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Marriage of Charlie Boy@37: white pap from a black Pot.

Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charlie Boy, on Wednesday, said his 37-year-old marriage had been a blessing and lesson for others to learn. He said this at a rotary club of Asokoro District 9125 meeting held at Chelsea Hotel, Wuse 2, Abuja, presided over by its President, Rotarian Ogechukwu Ochuba. Oputa said he had been married for 37 years and still enjoying it.

He added that it was difficult to find a perfect partner for marriage, “but it is always better to tolerate and endure as nobody is perfect.

“I have been married for 37 years and I must say that, though it is not easy, I am still enjoying it.

“Marriage management requires tolerance, patience and endurance because it is very difficult to find a perfect partner for marriage.

“When a married partner sees the other as a subject or subordinate, then there is bound to be misunderstanding.’’

Charlie boy said longevity runs in his family as his grandfather lived up to 120 years, his father died at the age of 97 and that his mother is 94 years old and still alive.

He said he had quit alcohol, smoking and do not do drugs or abuse his body anymore, contrary to the perception of many persons in the society.

“I come from a family with history of long life.

“My grandfather died at that age of 120 years, my father died at the age 97 last year and my mother, who is still alive, is 94 years old now.

“I don’t abuse my body anymore; I don’t do casual sex, I have quit smoking, alcohol but I do a lot of exercise.

“I am 63 years old and have nine children and 14 grandchildren,” he stressed.

He further stated that “Charlie Boy is different from Charles Oputa and his practice of Buddhism has helped him have peace of mind and containment in life.

“I am a spiritual person and that is what made me stay grounded as a father and a husband. Through Buddhism, I have learnt to be contented.

“Charlie Boy does not come to my house, he doesn’t live with me. It is just a character.’’

He also revealed that though he and his late father never got along, he believed in freedom.

Oputa said God had blessed everyone with a talent and therefore parents should not force their children to follow certain lines in life contrary to their belief.

“God has given everybody something; you have to look for it. I am an advocate of allowing children to grow the way they want but with guidance so they do not lose track of what they want to be.

“I always want to do what I think it’s right and also add value to my environment,” he added.

Earlier, Rotarian Ochuba had appreciated Charlie Boy’s presence and expressed the hope that members of the Rotary Club had benefitted from the talk given by the 63-year-old grandfather. (NAN)

-Vanguard

Jonathan, Obasanjo peace meeting, what went wrong.

THERE were indications last night that the elaborate meeting on Monday geared towards ending the frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo ended in fiasco. Vanguard learnt from competent sources at the meeting that President Jonathan and other top leaders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who requested for the meeting with Obasanjo, felt disappointed with its outcome and may not push the idea of mending fences with the former leader again One of the sources, who was present at the meeting, told Vanguard that Obasanjo merely accepted to allow Jonathan and other PDP chieftains to visit him as a mark of respect to the office of the President and not to make peace with him. According to the source, Obasanjo deliberately requested two prominent clergymen to be present as witnesses at the meeting to prove the point that it is Jonathan who actually caused disaffection between them by reneging on previous decisions they jointly reached.
It was learned that but for the respect Obasanjo has for the office which he once held, he would not have accepted to  host Jonathan because of his recent provocative utterances against prominent Nigerian statesmen, including him (Obasanjo).The source said Obasanjo was irked by last Sunday’s statement in which Jonathan referred to  some  elder statesmen behaving as ‘motor park touts’, a classification, Obasanjo reportedly took in bad faith. The source said that at the meeting, Obasanjo opened up to those present and the two clergy men he had invited to ask Jonathan whether he had been honest with him and those he had assured he would run for a single term, if they supported him to win the last election. The source said: “It is true that Obasanjo invited the two clergymen to witness the meeting which he grudgingly accepted to host because of the respect he has for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He did not want to turn the president and his entourage down since they requested to see him in his house as part of their rally in the state. “But the truth of the matter is that Baba has not shifted grounds on any issue since he feels that Jonathan has not been fair to him by not adhering to any of the previous agreements reached with him. “What really irked Baba is the reference by Jonathan to some Nigerian elder statesmen as behaving as ‘motor park touts’ a day before begging him to grant him audience in Abeokuta. The man really feels insulted by such unfortunate outburst from the president of a country. “There was no need to enter into any peace deal with Jonathan because similar deals done in the past only resulted in more attacks by him and his aides on Baba only for them to come begging for forgiveness once it is close to election. Obasanjo and Jonathan with members of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, met for about three hours in Abeokuta on Monday with a view to settling the differences between the two leaders and to seek his support for the president’s re-election, next month. Obasanjo, who appears upset by the way Jonathan has so far run the country, has often taken to public fora to criticise him, including an open letter entitled “Before it is too late” and a critical book entitled “My Watch” which a court had barred from being circulated. -Vanguard

10 peculiar signs you serious need to avoid in Men!

Dating in general is not the easiest task on the planet no matter how easy it may seem. It takes the effort of both parties to make it worth the try. When it is not happening the way it is supposed to, things go wrong. The truth is, most of the time when we have issues when dating, the signs would have been there earlier but we chose to overlook it. This is because most people have the mentality that you can change the person over a period of time. This is wrong. These article is to give you an idea of the type of men to avoid before it gets too late.

1. The controlling kind: Sometimes, the controlling type of men might not be the best people to date. It may look all rosy at the beginning and you may try to overlook it, the signs that the guy you are dating might appear to be controlling or let’s use the word, power hungry. He always wants to be the one in charge of everything and not even wanting to give you a chance to voice your own opinions, then you might have to run from this one.

2. The anger management kind: I used anger-management because that is exactly what he needs to calm himself down and be slow to anger. Everyone knows how annoying women can be. We know that sometimes, it is best to let the woman win and just avoid any further arguments. Instead, he gets upset at every little thing you say. That relationship will not work because he has a million and one days to put up with you. If he can’t, let him step away and you move onto the next one.
3. The violent kind: Violence is the number one marriage wrecker. If he ever tries to throw something at you, let alone, hit you, then he is violent. Do not be deceived that he was overwhelmed with anger. No reasonable person wants to hurt their loved ones. Especially for the ladies who think their man hits them because he loves them, well one day, he will kill you so run. Run as fast as you can before it’s too late.

4. The nagging kind: There are so many men who nag and it’s very unattractive. Ladies, kindly avoid this type of men.

5. The malicious kind: Men in general are not supposed to have this trait. This is another unattractive trait that men should never display. If your man keeps malice with you, then I do not understand why he is still in your life.

6. The negative kind: This type are very bad for our health. You do not want anyone who has only negative comments about things all the time. It is never about the positive things that he can do. You have this great business idea and you are so excited to tell him but all he does it asks you what happens if it doesn’t work. Always negative. Anytime he does this, ask yourself why the other person who did it succeeded, afterall, the individual does not have two heads. Say bye to every form of negativity in your life.

7. The demeaning kind: This type always bring you down in everything. They always make you feel like you are not good enough. Nothing is ever good enough for him. This is called emotional violence. It is even worse than physical violence because it makes you feel worthless. If you think these traits are present in your man, dump him to look for his kind.

8. The vain kind: Now, these type of men are more concerned about how they look and what people think about them. They would outshine you when both of you are attending an event together. A regular guy would want the woman to be beautiful not really keeping in mind how he might look. Don’t get it twisted; he would look nice too but these are the selfish kinds who put themselves first before you. You don’t really want to end up with this type of person.

9. The flirtatious kind: These are the types that love to flirt with other women not paying mind if you are present or not. They always love to be around the ladies and can also be described as the ladies’ man. A man should have eyes for just his girl when she is there. It is disrespectful flirting with other ladies in the presence of your girlfriend. These ones are up to no good. Just walk away!

10. The mama’s boys: There is nothing more unattractive than a man who runs to his mother at every little thing that happens to them. These ones cannot take decisions by himself. He is obviously not independent. If you end up with these ones, their moms would be the people dictating your relationship.

Although no one is perfect and there is no rule book in relationships, but these are a few things you might want to avoid before it’s too late.

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Happy Reunion? As President Jonathan meets with Fmr President Obasanjo!

ABEOKUTA – HIDE and seek! That aptly captures the processes that led to a closed-door meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

A top supporter of Jonathan told Vanguard at about 8.30 p.m, yesterday, that “the meeting is holding now” and declined further comments.

An unconfirmed report last night stated that the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the Founder, Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, were part of the meeting, which began at 7 p.m, last night.

The presence of the religious leaders as witnesses, sources said, was part of the conditions Obasanjo gave to hold any talk with President Jonathan.

The media was awash with expectation and anxiety over what the outcome of the two leaders’ meeting would be. Obasanjo, recently came down hard on Jonathan accusing his administration of squandering $55 billion crude oil savings and reserves. Jonathan had in turn promised to expose what former leaders and heads of state failed to do while in office that stunted the country’s socio-economic growth. He later added that some leaders were behaving like motor park touts, a comment that was perceived to be aimed at Obasanjo.

However, Obasanjo attended President Jonathan’s niece’s wedding in Abuja, weekend, and was well received as he had warm handshakes with President Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan.

Thus, it was not surprising that the speculated Abeokuta meeting raised hairs. At press time, yesterday, there were different reasons the meeting could not hold during the day. One account said the meeting could not be held in the afternoon because President Jonathan snubbed Obasanjo. Another account said the former president avoided the president by leaving his house where the meeting would have been held on hearing that Jonathan had arrived in Abeokuta.

The hide and seek game

Indeed, the former President left his palatial Hilltop building in Abeokuta, immediately Jonathan arrived the state capital.

Obasanjo who was driven out in his black SUV and one security Hilux van, shunned his main entrance and made use of his private gate.

Vanguard was at Obasanjo’s house to cover the expected meeting between the two leaders and observed that some security personnel who had been detailed at the former President’s house suddenly disappeared.

A source close to Obasanjo’s Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta had earlier confided in Vanguard that President Jonathan was not in Obasanjo’s itinerary for the day.

He also hinted that Obasanjo jetted out around 2: 59 p.m few minutes after the helicopter that flew the President to the state, touched down.

Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) who had earlier besieged Obasanjo’s Hilltop mansion as early as 6a.m in anticipation of President Jonathan’s arrival also left the place at exactly 3.10p.m when it became obvious that Jonathan was not coming.

Jonathan, however, arrived at the M.K.O Stadium in Abeokuta at exactly 3.50p.m and headed straight to the state box from where he later moved out to acknowledge cheers from the crowd who had thronged the stadium venue of the campaign as early as 7. 30a.m.

Asked why President Jonathan ‘dodged’ Obasanjo and refused to visit him despite being in Abeokua, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, said: “Dodge Obasanjo? How? The president just left the stadium now and he is in the presidential lodge in Abeokuta, resting.”

The meeting, last night, however ended at 9.53 pm without official statement from both parties.
Jonathan woos Ogun voters
At the Abeokuta rally, President Jonathan promised to create additional eight million jobs for Nigerian youths in the next four years, if re-elected.

While referring to Gen. Mohammadu’s Buhari’s assertion that if elected, he would ensure that all guilty corrupt persons are jailed, Jonathan said: “It is my prayer that a time will come in Nigeria that there will be no single prison in the country.”

He then told his audience: “You have a choice to vote for those who will build more prisons for you or my administration which will build more schools for you.”

Schools and Wealth creation
He said his administration was already working with eminent Nigerians in private sector to make the mission a reality, saying that the party was out to fight poverty through wealth and job creation.

The president said that the Federal Government had set up a technical committee to that effect which was headed by Vice-President Namadi Sambo to work the modalities for the creation of at least two million jobs every year. He explained that the Federal Government was also working with Tony Elumelu, Chairman UBA and other investors from the private sector in order to achieve the goal.

He said: “We are out to create jobs, our target is to create not less than two million jobs every year. We are working with the private sector. Tony Elumelu is part of them and when we are talking about Elumelu, you know we are talking about a serious investor.”

While explaining that PDP had changed the face of Agriculture in the country, President Jonathan declared that the PDP-led Federal Government would integrate Commercial Agriculture into the Secondary schools’ curriculum to create wealth, more jobs and to reduce the country’s balance of payment deficit on imported foods.

We’ll win war against terrorism, says Jonathan at Mapo Hall

Meanwhile, President Jonathan has said his commitment and method of tackling corruption was not dependent on the number of people his administration tries or jails.

Though, he said his government has tried many Nigerians to show that it did not support corruption, he said the number of people tried on corruption-related offences would never stem the tide of the hydra-headed problem.

He said this at the ancient Mapo Hall, Ibadan, venue of his campaign rally, yesterday.

According to him: “If I try 10 million Nigerians and jail 5 million, that does not stop corruption problem. Let me re-assure Nigerians that we will win war against terror. My commitment and method of solving corruption is not in terms of the number of people I try or jail.”

President Jonathan, who used the forum to reel out the achievements of his administration, noted that his government had empowered over one million people through its various intervention programmes.

Other achievements, he said, include ongoing reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, power projects, Ibadan Airport renovation, Ibadan-Lagos-Kano railway line rehabilitation, among other empowerment projects cited in Oyo State.

This came just as the president urged Nigerian women to vote him in for another four years to liberate themselves or risk being restricted to the kitchen by the opposition.

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Horror! As Fire guts down 100 shops at the popular Balogun Market!

No fewer than 100 shops were razed to the ground including four houses which were being occupied by citizens at the lagos  Island in igando area of lagos. The sad incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday, destroying properties and goods worth millions of hard earned naira.

Fortunately no lives were lost as fire fighters battled to contain the inferno till afternoon, however, it was believed to have been caused by a power surge. According to a report from vanguard one of the traders who was weeping profusly had this to say- Mrs Gbadamosi, an attendant in one of the shops, said that her employer had goods worth N27 billion in his containers.

She said: “We have not finished offloading the goods from the containers. We left on Sunday with the hope of continuing this morning (yesterday). I arrived here at 5a.m., only to meet the whole place on fire.

“We tried all we could to salvage some of the goods in the containers, but there were only few hands. Even when we managed to take them somewhere else, the fire spread there and destroyed them.”

Note! So beloved readers, its a severe harmathan season this year, please do ensure to switch off all electrical appliances not in use when leaving your respective homes and ensure maximum safety when setting up a fire! Have a great day!