Presidency Removes The Man Incharge of Our Crude Oil Sales

Operation block all avenues and routes where Nigeria's crude oil money is escaping from has commenced.

The restructuring of NNPC has continued as the firm’s Group Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, on Friday redeployed the GGM, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe.

According to NNPC, Komolafe is to now serve as the GGM, Special Duties. Know what that means?

Special Duties in government office simply means no duties, those who truly know government can tell.

The crude oil marketing division of the NNPC has been criticised by industry observers as one of the most corrupt arms of the corporation.

On Tuesday, the New York-based Natural Resources Governance Initiative canvassed the need to overhaul the management of the country’s oil sales by the NNPC.

It also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to clean up the system to stem waste and loss of billions of dollars in revenue.

The watchdog said in one of its latest reports that the NNPC’s approach to oil sales was suffering from high corruption risks, which it described as responsible for Nigeria’s failure to maximise returns.

The authors of the NRGI report, led by Aaron Sayne, said, “We find that the management of NNPC’s oil sales has worsened in recent years, and particularly since 2010. The largest problems stem from the rising number of ad hoc, makeshift practices the corporation has introduced to work around its deeper structural problems.”

The NRGI stated in the 73-page report, “Nigeria is the only major, stable world oil producer that sells crude mostly to traders rather than end-users. The NNPC enters into term contracts with unqualified intermediaries that capture margins for themselves and create reputational risks for legitimate market players, while adding little or no value to deals.”

NNPC receives about one million barrels of oil per day, half of the country’s total production, part of which is sold to its subsidiary and traders, without any clear monitoring tactics.

Nigeria needs trillions of naira to have steady power – Prof.Onuoha

The Associate Head of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Professor Igwe Onuoha said it will take the nation trillions of naira in order to get the required megawatts that will give every Nigerian uninterrupted power supply.

He said that there is a very wide gap between “our capacity at the moment and what Nigerians actually need. There are distinctively specific things that Nigerians need to put in place in other to increase the generation but it is an expensive venture for a nation of 160 million people”.


He said this at the event for Engineering students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), during a seminary organized by SciEtech University Outreach.

According to him

“We are a country of over 160 million people; our grid is testing to sustain 5000 megawatts. 5000 megawatts means that you have 5 million watts of energy in the grid.

“If we are a 100 million, it means that every 100 people in Nigeria will have only one lamp. So if you have 5000 megawatts in the grid you can only support 100 people having only one lamp. If you want 100 people to have each a lamp, you multiply 5000 by 100 it gives you 500, 000 megawatts.

“On the average, one million dollars will give you one megawatt so if you want 100 megawatts you need 100 million dollars. The exponential multiplication means that you need far large amount of money to be able to generate power to make sure that every Nigerian has a lamp. We will be able to reach that point when we are able to get all the money to make that level of investment. 

“But there are several sectors in our economy begging for commitment, so if we are going to close other sectors of the economy and concentrate on power, it means that you are going to have enough money to generate enough power for 160 million people”he stated.

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Florida man kills 2 neighbours, shoots the 3rd one over a long standing beef

Woodward in Camo sneaking up to shoot his neighbours

In a chilling police interrogation, Billy Woodward described the moment he sneaked across his front lawn wearing camouflage and shot three neighbors he had been feuding with in Titusville, Florida.

“I kept low crawling. I was on a military mission. I was going to end this war,” Woodward is heard telling Titusville police after the shooting on an interrogation tape.
Woodward is in a county jail, facing first degree murder and attempted murder charges for shooting and killing his neighbor Gary Hembree and Roger Picior, who had been living temporarily with Hembree, in summer 2012. Woodward shot a third neighbor, Tim Blake, who survived.

For months, Woodward and his family had been feuding with Hembree and Picior, who lived across the street, and Blake’s family. The dispute began when Woodward and his family accused Hembree’s daughter of stealing a birthday present left for Woodward’s daughter, which Hembree denied. Blake and his family took Hembree’s side.

 

The conflict continued to escalate with police being called during several incidents and each side attempting to get protection orders against the other side. By Labor Day weekend in 2012, the last straw came when Woodward told police he left his home with a gun to spy on his neighbors.

Woodward, who was captured on his own surveillance camera video, walked across the street and approached Picior, who was wrestling his visiting teenage son on the lawn.

Blake

“Roger’s son jumped off his back when he saw me, and I shot Roger in the torso,” Woodward recalled to police during his interrogation. “He slumped to the ground.”

Woodward told police he then turned his gun on Blake who was standing in his carport and shot him until he fell to the ground.

 

“He shoots me about, I don’t know, five or six times,” Blake, who also goes by the name Bruce said” “He was smiling.” But 11 bullets hit Blake.

“I just kept getting shot everywhere and then I was like, ‘Damn, I’m already dead. I just ain’t had time to die yet,’” said Blake.

 

Woodward told police he then reloaded his gun with 15 more rounds and shot at Hembree, who was walking out his front door with his girlfriend Kim Sillsbury to see what was happening.

 

“I had a clean shot at his chest, and I put one dead center of his chest. He slumped to the ground,” Woodward said during his interrogation. “I shot Gary Hembree twice in the head, if I remember correctly. You’ll have to count the bullet holes when you guys go do the autopsy.”

“He came back, and I watched his feet walk up very slowly. And he emptied the rest of the clip out in my boyfriend,” Sillsbury said.”

The homes of the deceased

At some point, Woodward returned to Picior and shot him twice in the head as Picior’s son watched.

“In order to make sure there’s no survivors on the battlefield, I point-blank shot Picior in the head once or twice,” Woodward said during his interrogation.

Tim Blake, who said he is “surprised” to be alive, survived for one reason:

“I did not go back and finish the job for Bruce Blake because I was out of bullets,” Woodward said during his interrogation. “I ran dry on three people.”

 

With his two neighbors dead and another badly injured, Woodward told police he didn’t think he should go to jail for the shooting (he does not mention self defense during the initial interviews with police).

 

Later Woodward says the shootings were in self defense, and invoked Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. A hearing was held this spring to determine whether Woodward is immune from prosecution under the law. A judge ruled he was not.

 

The first degree murder and attempted murder charges against Woodward are moving forward, and a hearing in the case is scheduled for next week. A trial may come late this year.

 

 

 

ABC News

14-year-old in Arkansas charged with killing grandparents

A 14-year-old boy shot and killed his grandparents during a robbery-and-murder scheme concocted with his close friends so that he could 'run off with their money.'  

Justin Staton, 14, (pictured above) was charged as an adult with two counts of capital murder in the July 22 deaths of his grandparents Robert and Patricia Cogdell at their home in Conway, Arkansas.

His accomplice, Hunter Drexler, 17, was also charged with the same count and court documents reveal that he had egged on his friend to kill his grandparents. 

According to another 17-year-old boy who was at the Codgell's home at the time of the attack, the murder plan had been conceived while all three were in juvenile jail together.

'Justin's plan was to shoot and kill his grandparents, split a large sum of money and credit cards between the three of them and then they would all run away. Justin estimated their take at $50,000 to $90,000.' 

According to police, the hideous crime was carried out about 30 miles north of Little Rock when police said the teenagers shot the couple and dumped their bodies in a wooded area nearby.

An affidavit filed with the charges, revealed that Staton told officers that, after complaining to Drexler about his grandparents, Drexler suggested that he shoot them. 

A 17-year-old girl also at the home when the Cogdells were shot told police that Robert Cogdell didn't die immediately and was 'choking and gurgling' on the floor outside his bedroom.

'She told Justin that he needed to do something about the noise Robert was making and suggested that Robert be put out of his misery,' the affidavit said. 'Justin walked over and shot Robert one or two times.'

Drexler and the other teenagers were detained in Texas days after the killings and found with some of Robert Cogdell's personal and work credit cards. 

The other teenagers were not charged with any crimes.

Without speaking specifically about Staton or Drexler, Prosecutor Cody Hiland blamed a culture that would let young people behave outside societal norms.

'If the law would allow for you to come into our juvenile courts, you would see young men and young women who are lonely, and they are angry and they are bitter, because their mom and dad have checked out to pursue whatever immediate gratification is driving them at the time,' Hiland said.

'It's the breakdown of the family. Faith issues. Societal issues,' he said. 'I can tell you that our juvenile courts are full and that one day we will reap a bitter harvest when they grow up.' 

After the crime, Staton quickly emerged as a suspect according to police.

In May, the Cogdells had called police because the teenager was threatening suicide and had become verbally abusive. 

In January, Robert Cogdell and Staton had fought after finding marijuana in the boy's room and $300 missing from the grandfather's wallet.

Staton had lived with his grandparents but was arrested at his mother's house with $1,540 in a pants pocket. 

During one of two interviews with police on July 22, Staton cried a little and said, 'I'm so sorry. I don't know why I did it.'

Staton, of Conway, and Drexler, of Clinton, were also charged with two counts each of aggravated robbery, theft of property and abuse of a corpse.

 Daily Mail

Most Beautiful Girl In Lagos 2015 releases stunning new photos

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Georgia prison escapee captured after 34 years on the run

The U.S. Marshals Service captured a prison escapee who had been on the run for 34 years.

Willie Lee Austin was arrested in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, on Wednesday after he escaped from the Central State Correctional Institute in Macon, Georgia, Dec. 27, 1981, U.S. Marshals Supervisory Inspector Tony Schilling said. Austin had been serving a 15-year sentence for armed robbery.

Investigators had learned Austin, 60, was living in South Florida using an alias, Schilling said. He was arrested without incident.

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I don't know what that's supposed to be...but well done to them!

Brooks and Blake celebrates Anniversary…

Brooks and Blake Nigeria Limited, a growing PR firm servicing West and Central Africa recently celebrated its fifth year anniversary in style. The event; which took place at the Red Carpet event centre at Oniru Estate Victoria Island; featured a gathering of celebrities, Media and Marketing professionals and industry captains. 

The Executive Director, Brooks and Blake, Mr. Taiwo Ogunwumi explained the reason why the occasion was worth celebrating, while hinging the growth of the company on clear focus and healthy partnership, collaboration of good ideas and a determination for excellence in outcome.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Sola Fijabi, Principal Partner, Brooks and Blake, expressed deep appreciation to all the clients and media partners, promising that the company would continually aspire to deliver the best communication and reputation management services.

The event, hosted by the duo; ace radio presenter Omaliicha and compere extraordinaire Joe Hanson, with comedic support from De Don recorded lots of unforgettable moments. The highlight of the event were  performances by fast rising artiste Kola Soul and Sean Tizzle, both performances had the crowd bursting with excitement, bringing the event to a fitting end.

See photos below...

Skyy Vodka dedicates August edition of Life in the Skyy to award winner, Patoranking

Skyy Vodka is dedicating its August edtion of Life in the Skyy series to its ambassador and Nigeria's dancehall sensation, Patoranking, who has just returned from the MTV Africa Music Awards victorious outing in South Africa.

To this end, all routes lead to Maison Fahrenheit Club, Victoria Island, Lagos this Friday 7th August, as celebrities & fans gather to honour Patoranking at a top class all night party hosted by Skyy Vodka.

The party starts from 9 p.m.Similar parties will be held in Port Harcourt and Abuja at later dates. It will be recalled that Patorankingwon the Best New Act award at the 2015 MAMA awards which held recentlyin South Africa. The Best New Act award category was keenly contested by some of the brightest African top artists, including Patoranking(Nigeria),Stonebwoy(Ghana), CassperNyovest (South Africa), Duncan (South Africa) and Anna Joyce (Angola).

AbayomiAjao, Marketing Manager, Brian Munro Limited (exclusive marketers of Skyy Vodka in Nigeria) said the welcome party will be massive, with so many entertainment celebrities expected to be in attendance, adding that similar parties will be held in Port Harcourt and Abuja later to give fans in these locations the opportunity to hang out with their favourite star.

According to him, one of the activities of the night will be the symbolic “big 54 give-away”. This will involve Patoranking giving away 54 bottles of Skyy Vodka to 54 lucky guests, representing the 54 countries on the Africa continent covered by the MAMA awards.