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talk2alabama:
privatization is the answer bro.. havnt u read the Petroleum industry bill? Damn...

We are on the same page bro.

cornoil:
Ook but don't sell it to Tinubu.

But don't you think that if Nigerians own majority shares in the refineries, regulatory issues could be more easily dealt with under a citizen watch arrangement, than when a government agency is burdened solely with this responsibility.

In addition, despite its aversion to organized labor force, government must encourage unionism in the private refineries as they will serve as watchdogs for reporting of factual situations in these firms. An ombudsman, similar to the NCC might also be necessary for the privatized refineries.

talk2alabama:
Privatize privatize... they should just do it abeg

Yeah. I think it's a welcome development.

The present administration has taken the decision to
privatize the refineries. The first question this begs is, “is
privatization the answer?” Perhaps yes, perhaps no. The
debate surrounding privatization of public enterprises is a
popular and on-going concern of scholars, public
administrators and concerned citizens the world over.

In the past, under some well-meaning regimes, unsuccessful attempts were made to revive the refineries. For the most part however, the refineries have been maintained as grand repositories of corruption for any government in power, in connivance with willing citizens and fraudulent foreigners.

The federal government may have perfected plans to privatise the nation’s refineries within the next one year, according to revelations by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu.

According to Kachikwu, the federal government was looking at privatising its refineries within 12 months, disclosing that Agip and Chevron have already indicated interest in purchasing two of the refineries.

The minister, who doubles as the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says his team is working with oil majors on improving the state-run refineries in Nigeria.

Kachikwu was quoted by Reuters as saying that the federal government wanted to privatise the refineries within 12 months following the much-needed maintenance work.

“We have gotten commitments from some of the majors. Agip has indicated interest to work with us on Port Harcourt, Chevron on Warri. We are talking to Total on Kaduna,” Kachikwu said.

He added that even if the refineries in question performed to their optimum capacity, their production would still not meet local demand for petrol.

He said the petroleum resources ministry was striving to utilise other sources of refining petrol while also depending on the coming on board of private refineries like the Dangote refinery.

He noted that the non-performance of the refineries was due to a number of factors, including fraud and lack of holistic maintenance. As a result of the long period of non-maintenance, a lot of components were ineffective.

However, the minister had earlier stated that the refineries would not disposed off, but said government would seek investors to co-locate new refineries near the existing ones which presently perform abysmally lower than their installed capacities.

ruling out a possible sale of the nation’s refineries, Kachikwu who was speaking during an official tour of the Okrika Jetty and the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, affirmed that “the refineries would not be sold but joint venture partners with established track records of success in refining would be invited to support the running of the refineries in order to ensure efficiency.”

He noted that the phased rehabilitation of all the state owned refineries would be given an accelerated vigour with the aim of reducing petroleum products importation into the country, adding that at full capacity, all the refineries could supply 20 million litres of petrol on a daily basis.

LEADERSHIP recalls that Kachikwu had assured that the corporation will provide all the necessary enablers to make the refineries operate commercially and optimally, while pointing out that though the current challenges militating against the operations of the refineries are huge, they are not insurmountable.

He stated that in view of the nation’s low refining capacity, there was need to establish more refineries in the country, adding that he plans to ensure the building of new refineries near the existing plants.

“I am pushing to build new refineries next to our existing plants in order to boost the nation’s refining capacity for the common good” he stated.

He explained that the new refineries will be developed by private investors and that NNPC’s role will be just to provide them with space close to the existing refineries to enable them share key facilities such as pipelines and storage facilities.

Kachikwu who praised the vision and foresight of past Nigerian leaders for establishing the refineries had then challenged the present generation to sustain the vision, adding that all hands must be on deck to salvage the situation.

 

Oando Bridges Gas Supply To North, Kicks Off LNG Project In Kogi

Oando Gas & Power Limited (OGP)  has commenced development of a mini Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility through its Transit Gas Nigeria Limited (“TGNL”) subsidiary in Ajaokuta, Kogi State.

The pioneering 20 mmscf/day liquefaction plant is primarily directed towards fulfilling the gas supply requirement for captive power plants, embedded generation, and industrial clusters in the Northern region, as well as stranded customers in the South.

Off-takers, particularly, power plants and industrial customers who currently utilise liquid fuels such as diesel and LPFO, will be able to lower energy costs by up to 40%, while significantly decreasing carbon emissions.

Commenting on the initiative, OGP CEO, Mr. Bolaji Osunsanya said, “The establishment of the Ajaokuta mini LNG project is in firm alignment with our mid-to-long term gas conversion strategy.

This venture further emphasises our push to broaden our asset portfolio and strengthen our market play within the gas sector; and by providing the gas advantage, we will help spur the development of self-sustaining industrial clusters to bolster the country’s socio-economic growth.

LNG is a viable provisional solution and an industry game-changer for the development of gas markets ahead of the actualisation of a far-reaching nationwide gas pipeline network as stipulated by the Nigerian Gas Master Plan.”

With an unlimited supply radius across the country, the Ajaokuta mini-LNG project will provide the solution to the perennial power challenges suffered in certain regions by supplying gas to key foundation off-takers including strategic power plants and commercial concerns.

OGP provides gas and power solutions to over 170 industrial and commercial customers nationwide ensuring cost-savings across board, powering economic development, and engendering environmental awareness.

The company commissioned its expanding Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) program in 2013, and is currently spearheading several long term projects including a 400km South-West to North-West gas pipeline and a Central Processing Facility (CPF) which will serve as the primary gas gathering and processing hub in the Niger Delta.

Commenting further on the company’s strategic direction, Osunsanya said, “We are focused on aggressively developing Nigeria’s gas infrastructure and the Midstream sector at large as evidenced by the ongoing expansion efforts of our various assets.

We are poised to conclude the 10km Ijora to Marina expansion of our Greater Lagos pipeline to increase our supply capacity and market, while providing a cheaper power solution for industries and commercial enterprises along the axis. In cooperation with the Rivers State Government, we have also begun the 8km build out of the Central Horizon Gas Company pipeline franchise within the Trans-Amadi area which will have a socio-economic multiplier effect via the availability of power generated, job creation, and the growth of businesses.”

Though Nigeria boasts proven natural gas reserves of 187 trillion cubic feet (TCF), the 8th largest in the world and the largest in Africa, the gas industry has failed to realise its true potential due to a number of challenges including the lack of a suitable long-term fiscal and regulatory framework, insufficient infrastructure, sabotage in the Niger Delta, and slow market consolidation.

Analysts have continually touted gas as a means of diversifying Nigerian revenues from the usual reliance on oil.

“Gas must occur as a market-driven development, and Nigeria is not an exception.  With oil, there is a ready global market existing for the product. However in gas, you start with an end market and then you develop the gas infrastructure, including extraction, processing facilities, pipelines and connecting infrastructure,” said Osunsanya.

Oando’s holistic gas integration strategy includes methods of transmission and distribution through virtual pipeline solutions such as LNG and CNG to fulfill market requirements while the gestation period for the implementation of the Nigerian Gas Master Plan elapses.

The multi-billion Naira Ajaokuta LNG facility will commence operations in Q2 2017.

 

Militancy Forces Shell To Evacuate Workers From Bonga Fields

Shell workers at Nigeria’s Bonga oil field in the southern Niger Delta are being evacuated following a militant threat, a senior labour union official said on Monday.

“We are aware of the development and the evacuation is being done in categories of workers and cadres,” Cogent Ojobor, chairman of the Warri branch of the Nupeng oil labour union, said. “My members are yet to be evacuated”, reports Reuters.

He gave no numbers.

Shell said earlier on Monday that oil output was continuing at its oil fields in Nigeria despite local media reports of a militant attack near its Bonga facilities.

“Our operations at Bonga are continuing,” a spokesman for Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) said in a statement. It said it would continue to monitor the security situation in its operating areas and take all possible steps to ensure the safety of staff and contractors.

Last week, militants attacked a Chevron platform in the Delta where tensions have been building up since authorities issued an arrest warrant in January for a former militant leader on corruption charges.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said there would be a crack down on “vandals and saboteurs” in the Delta region, which produces most of the country’s oil.

A group known as the Niger Delta Avengers claimed responsibility for the Chevron attack. The same group has said it carried out an attack on a Shell oil pipeline in February which shut down the 250,000 barrel-a-day Forcados export terminal.

Residents in the Delta have been demanding a greater share of oil revenues. Crude oil sales account for around 70 per cent of national income in Nigeria but there has not been much development in the poor Delta region.

Buhari has extended a multi-million dollar amnesty signed with militants in 2009 but upset them by ending generous pipeline protection contracts.

The militancy is a further challenge for a government faced with an insurgency by the Islamist militant Boko Haram group in the northeast and violent clashes between armed nomadic herdsmen and locals over land use in various parts of the country.

 

Oil Prices To Rise In 2016 As Equilibrium Is Attained By Year-End

Oil markets are looking to the second half of 2016 for demand and supply to balance. A more meaningful adjustment to the demand/supply dynamic is likely to come about after oil consumption peaks during the third and fourth quarters of the year and when Non-Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) production, especially US light tight oil production (shale), records further declines in output, NBK’s update on oil market notes.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the market should reach equilibrium in 3Q16. The agency also estimates that by 4Q16, non-Opec supply will have contracted by around 800,000 barrels per day (b/d). US shale production is expected to account for much of the fall, NBK analysts said.

US crude production, which fell by one per cent in 2015, was already down three per cent, or 280,000 b/d, at 8.9 mb/d by 22 April of this year, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted. The increase in production efficiency that has come about despite sizable falls in drilling activity and capital spending by oil firms looks to be finally tapering off.

Rising Iranian output offsets losses in Nigeria to keep Opec production steady in March and OPEC and Russia fail to sign off on a production freeze in Doha.

Overall, Opec production held steady at 32.2 mb/d for the second consecutive month in March, according to OPEC secondary source data. Output declines in Nigeria and Libya due to supply disruptions and in the UAE as a result of maintenance were broadly offset by output gains in Iran and Iraq. Production in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait was unchanged.

Unshackled by sanctions, Iranian production has been increasing at the rate of about 135,000 b/d a month in 2016. Output reached 3.3 mb/d in March, an impressive rise of 405,000 b/d year-to-date. This is still short of the 500,000 b/d that Iranian officials boasted could be brought online immediately post-sanctions. Nevertheless, Iran is only a few months away from reaching its pre-sanctions production capacity level of 3.6 mb/d. Its target of 4.0 mb/d, however, is unlikely to be attained without significant investment in view of the weakened state of the country’s oil infrastructure.

Iran’s refusal to countenance capping production before reaching its target of 4.0 mb/d proved decisive in the Doha negotiations. Attention now shifts to OPEC’s biannual meeting in June, when members will likely resume their discussion of production ceilings.

April saw oil markets shrug off the failed OPEC/Russia output freeze accord and propel prices to their biggest monthly gain since 2009.

According to NBK analysts, April may come to be known as the month in which oil market sentiment turned perceptibly bullish. Shrugging off the failure of OPEC and Russia to agree on a production freeze, oil prices posted their largest monthly gain in seven years in April. By the end of the month, Brent crude, the international benchmark, had surged by almost 22 per cent to close at $48.1 per barrel (bbl)—its highest level since November 2015. Similarly, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude marker, ended the month 20 percent higher at $45.9/bbl.

Since hitting 13-year lows in mid-January, oil prices have rallied by a remarkable 72 per cent on the back of several bullish signals including the production freeze talks, supply outages among OPEC members, falling US shale production and a depreciating US dollar.

Rather than dwell on the inability of OPEC and Russia to agree on oil output cuts at the 17 April meeting in Doha, markets took their cues from the supply disruptions that have come thick and fast since February. Among the largest oil producers to witness falls in output were Iraq, Nigeria, Ghana and Kuwait.



http://leadership.ng/news/525095/kachikwu-fg-privatise-refineries-12-months

Supply of AGO.

True that.

In Qdot's voice:


Olosho yapa ni bodija o.





Intro
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Ijo ma tele
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Ikorodu again.... Too much negative news coming from that zanga

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queenoflafia:
That pic is not Maiduguri

Are you the girl on black dress dancing shoki on the pic?

Residents of Maiduguri, Borno capital and environs on Saturday were seen jubilating following the first rainfall they witnessed in 2016.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who went round parts of Maiduguri town reports that the rains started around 4:30 a.m. and lasted for about one hour.

Some of the residents, who spoke to NAN, said that they were delighted that the rains had come early this year as against the previous years.

According to them, the early rains will reduce the excessive heat being experienced in the state.
Malam Ayuba Balu, a resident, said that residents were forced to sleep in the open due to the harsh weather which had reached 42 Degrees Celsius.

Balu said that the commencement of the rains would reduce the huge money being spent by residents to buy ice blocks, cold drinks and water to quench their thirsts.

Malam Galtumari Bulama, a farmer in Maiduguri metropolis, who described the rainfall as “a signed of blessing”, said he would soon mobilise to his farmland.

“I have being praying for the rains to commence, I can now go back to farm with the hope of making a bomber harvest,” Bulama said. (NAN)


http://leadership.ng/news/524518/maiduguri-residents-jubilate-first-rainfall

The Benin Traditional Council, has warned that all male
citizens of Benin Kingdom, both at home and in diaspora,
who fail to clean-shave the hair on their heads, in
obedience to Benin traditional burial rite of the transited
Monarch of the Kingdom, will face the wrath of the
ancestors.

The Council gave the warning on Wednesday in Benin
while announcing to journalists that the burial rites for
the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolopkolo,
Oba Erediauwa, who recently joined his ancestors, would
soon commence.

The Prime Minister and Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief
Sam Igbe, who the Council, said while no one would be
forced to comply with the directive, all male citizens of
the Kingdom are expected to respect the custom and
tradition of Benin Kingdom as they are expected to clean
shave their heads with effect from 29th April, 2016.
“All our friends and well-wishers, including all those who
live with us and work for their livelihood within our
kingdom, may wish to join us in this action,” he said.


When asked if there was any sanction against those who
fail to shave their hair, the Esogban of Benin, Chief David
Edebiri said for true Benins, the sanction is between
them and their ancestors.

Igbe said further that all funeral rites would be prohibited
in Benin Kingdom from the date the funeral rites of the
Monarch is announced, till the end of all ceremonies.
He therefore urged all those who have funeral
ceremonies to perform to do so before the Oba’s burial
rites are announced.


Picture 1 - Gani Fawehinmi in 1978, after “gorimapa” (shaving) his head at Benin market, following the death of Oba Akenzua of Benin. He was in Benin for a case when it was
announced that men should shave their hair to honour the
dead Oba.


Picture 2 - Mike ozekhome

Picture 3 - Eric Osagie.

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/05/oba-of-benin-shave-your-heads-or-face-ancestors-wrath/

On Thursday, another state High Court sitting in Abakaliki, sentenced two persons, Onyemachi Oge and Okechukwu Oma, to death by hanging for kidnapping a medical doctor, Dr. Chuka Manyinke.



The duo, alongside Chukwuemeka Levi, Idris Oken, Edeke Desmond and Ijeoma Oge, were accused of kidnapping Manyinke, a doctor of paediatrics at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki on May 5, 2013 at his private hospital located on 15, Owerri Street, Abakaliki. Manyinke’s security guard, identified simply as Peter, was shot dead for attempting to prevent the hoodlums from kidnapping his boss.
The sum of N3 million ransom was paid before the medical doctor was released after six days in captivity.

Onyemachi Oge and Oma got N200,000 from the ransom. Oma, a tailor opposite Manyinke’s hospital, provided information to the kidnappers and gave them directives on how to perfect the act while Onyemachi supplied beer, biscuits and water to the doctor during his days in captivity. All the accused persons have been in prison custody since the incident.

Delivering judgment on the matter yesterday at High Court 3, Justice Eze Udu said the prosecution counsel, I. I. Anikwe, proved his case against Onyemachi Oge the 4th accused and Okechukwu Oma 6th accused beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced them to death by hanging.



https://nigeriacamera.net/kidnappers-sentenced-death-hanging-doctors-abduction/

Meet Chinese billionaire Cecil Chao. A man who made his fortune through a huge real estate empire that focuses on the development of luxury high rises and trophy properties in Hong Kong. He is seeking help on turning his daughter into a straight female. And the price tag is heavy.



"He is known for making outlandish statements such as the time he was quoted by the Hong Kong media for saying he had bedded over 10,000 women in his lifetime. Most famous of all his public announcements was in 2012 when he offered $60,000,000 USD in the form of a “dowry” (which is a parental transfer of money or property) to whichever man could turn his daughter straight. He came back in 2014 upping the ante to $120,000,000 USD. And now he’s back to say the bounty is now $180,000,000 to who ever can get the job done.
This woman is your competition fellas:
I'm thinking a trip on her fancy yacht followed by some bomb D. This is a no brainer. At most I will spend 2k on flights and hotel and the return could be massive. Who's up for it?

May the best man win!

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Lovely


While no one would be forced to comply with the directive, all male citizens of the Kingdom are expected to respect the custom and tradition of Benin Kingdom as they are expected to clean shave their heads with effect from 29th April, 2016.

Some of my friends shaved theirs too.

What you’re about to read was written by a professor who’s worried about what marriage has become. It’s a comparative analysis between wives of today and wives of the good days by Prof. Yusuf Dankofa:

1). Yesterday’s Wives
Welcome my husband, hope the office was not stressful., your favorite food is ready, let me lead you to the bathroom first,then you take your dinner, you look so tired, am sure you’ll be okay after taking your dinner, welcome my one and only.

Some Today’s Wives
Please don’t put unnecessary pressure on me, you can go to the fridge pick up the soup and microwave it and boil some rice, I’m your wife and not your slave. We are equal, nothing like a head.

2). Yesterday’s Wives
Darling stop thinking about our lack of money. Its going to be temporary. God will see us through and we are going to come out of it stronger. After all, we can still feed ourselves and the children. We need to give the Almighty that glory. I am with you through thick and thin, my husband.

Some Today’s Wives
Look I am sick and tired of living in this condition with you. Why did you bring me to your house when you know that you are not ready for marriage? Every day you come with one complaint or the other. Are you the Complainant General of Nigeria? We don’t have a big car, our house is in Abule-Egba, when your mates are in the Island and Ikeja. Look if you don’t do something, you will come back and not find me in this your nonsense house.

3). Yesterday’s Wives
My husband, we only have 3 children, don’t you think we should have more? You know children are gifts and mercies from God. Who knows, one of these children will make us proud tomorrow.

Some Today’s Wives
Look am sick and tired of this marriage. You won’t allow me to rest by your constant urge to have more children. I am okay with our two children. I can’t allow you to spoil my figure 8 by bearing another 4 children. You are so wicked that I feel you want to spoil my psychedelic looks. If you dare disturb me one this bed again, I will sue you for r*pe.

4). Yesterday’s Wives
My husband, take heart and don’t worry. I shall go with you to Zaria. Your being transferred from Lagos to Zaria might be a blessing in disguise. We shall take the advantage of the less expensive schools over their to save the huge money we spend for our children’s education, for future purposes. This your transfer could just be a blessing.

Some Today’s Wives
Me I can’t follow you to Zaria o. God forbid bad thing. From Lagos to Zaria? I can’t cope with such nonsense. To start living in a local town without my friends? You had better look for another wife. I can’t live in a town without SilverBirds, Shoprite and other big places. You’re on your own please.

5). Yesterday’s Wives
My husband, I have enough clothes. This N1,000 you are giving me, keep it and save for a rainy day.

Some Today’s Wives
Why are you so stingy? Do you have super glue in your palms? What kind of shopping do you want me to do with just N10,000? What can I buy? Do I look like a cheap girl? I am disappointed in you. Your mates are buying iPhone for their girlfriends and wives, giving them $10,000 to go Dubai, you are here humiliating me with ordinary Naira. I don’t blame you. It is because I refused to marry my ex-boyfriend because of XYZ reason, that’s why you are messing with me. In fact, I will leave your house.

– The spirit of ‘instant gratification‘ is catching up with many. I wish our ladies of today will be patient enough to understand their purpose in marriage. Build a sustainable life, not just to enjoy today!

https://nigeriacamera.net/see-marriage-used-sweet-love-money-started-scattering-homes/

Following the blowing up of Chevron’s Valve Platform Wednesday night by Niger Delta militants, Nigeria will be losing an estimated $5.3 million daily.

The militants blew up the platform located on the high sea near Escravos in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.

It was gathered that Chevron operations in the area would be halted as the platform is a major connecting point where all other platforms link up and serves as a fulcrum to Chevron BOP and the Chevron tank farm.

Also, it was learnt that nothing less than 130,000 barrels of oil per day would be lost to the incident.


By calculation, and going by the current price of crude in the international market, $41.02, the country would be losing an estimate of $5.3 million daily.

An oil expert described the attack as a major setback to the country’s oil production, saying the facility is among the company’s most significant platforms.

Chevron Refuses to Comment

Though Chevron was yet to come out with an official statement on the attack, a new militant group in the region, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has claimed responsibility.

According to a statement issued by the group’s spokesman, Madoch Agbinibo, “The high command of the Niger Delta Avengers wants to use this medium to thank Strike Team 6 for successfully blowing up the Chevron Valve Platform. And we are ready to protect the Niger Delta people.

“This is what we promised the Nigerian government. Since they refused to listen to us we are going to zero the economy of the country.

“As for zeroing the Nigerian economy, the Niger Delta Avengers is done with Delta State major oil installations. Now, we are taking the fight out of the creeks to the Niger Delta. We are taking it to Abuja and Lagos now.

“We want to pass this message to the international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Nigeria military can’t protect their facilities. They should talk to the Federal Government to meet our demands else more mishaps will befall their installations.”

The group had earlier claimed responsibility for the attack on the Forcados 48-inch Export Pipeline, which was attacked two months ago.

Meanwhile, report of this latest attack was broken by navy spokesman, Chris Ezekobe, on Thursday, saying that the attack occurred about 40 nautical miles from the Escravos terminal, around the southern city of Warri.

The commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Raimi Mohammed, who said he got the news as well but said he could not say much on the incident until after it has been confirmed.

“We got news like that this morning but we are yet to confirm. We have asked our people in Escravos to confirm. It happened deep offshore but we need confirmation to know what really happened,” he said.

The latest attack, however, happened less than three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to treat pipeline vandals like Boko Haram Islamist militants.

Buhari had told some Nigerians resident in China that “the government is still being dared, but those who are sensible should have learnt a lesson. Those who are mad, let them continue in their madness.

“I am aware that in the last two weeks, the national grid collapsed a number of times. I hope this message will reach the vandals and saboteurs who are blowing up pipelines and installations. We will deal with them the way we dealt with Boko Haram.”

The militants said they would not relent until they grind the economy to a halt.


http://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/highlights/8427/nigeria-to-lose-53m-daily-as-militants-blow-up-chevrons-platform/

Tiwa Savage‘s life could have taken a very different track. Just a few years ago, the vocalist was working at the Royal Bank of Scotland, after graduating from the University of Kent with a degree in business administration. But music had always been her first love, and when she got the call to sing backup for Mary J. Blige—for a European tour that was beginning in just three days—Savage decided to chuck accounting and focus on her music full-time.

Savage had done backup since the age of 17, when she sang for George Michael. Since then she’d gone on to work for Blue Cantrell andKelly Clarkson, but she didn’t want to be a backup singer forever. So she decided to come to Berklee to focus on her solo career.

At 27, Savage is older than most students, but their enthusiasm was infectious. ‘When I came to Berklee and saw a lot of the younger students, their drive and their passion, it recharged my batteries,’ says Savage. ‘[They’re] not thinking, ‘I’m going to save about $10,000 before I move,’ no, ‘I’m just going to get my backpack and move.’ I needed that fresh air, that atmosphere. I kind of felt like a 19-year-old.

The relationships she’s made here extend beyond than the college experience. As she lists off the producers of the album she’s currently recording—Black Eyed Peas drummer Keith Harris, Derek Pate, Scott Coleman, Radar Ellis, and Darien Dorsey—she notes, ‘All of them are from Berklee.’

Making the leap from backup to lead isn’t without its pressures. As a backup singer, she could focus completely on her performance. Now, there’s interviews with media, songwriting, and every eye on her onstage. ‘It’s a whole different ballgame. Doing backgrounds, you just turn up at the gig and if it gets a bad review, it had nothing to do with you. If you’re the artist, you take a lot of stuff personally,’ says Savage.

Savage has an advantage that many singers don’t—her business background. And she’s capitalized on that by majoring in professional music here at Berklee and focusing on music business, songwriting, and music production classes. ‘It’s helping me now with my band, when we get contracts, when we have to pay people, when we have to be professional in dealing with people,’ says Savage. ‘Sometimes when people see that you’re educated and you know what you’re talking about, they don’t really want to mess with you, swindle you or something.’

Savage has already had a glimpse of the pressures of fame. Last year she participated inX Factor—the British competition that spawnedAmerican Idol—and made it to the top 24. The press was trying so hard to find out the results of the competition before it was televised that they were camped out in front of the hotel hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the finalists. ‘As soon as you wake up there’s a camera crew in front of the hotel, people trying to snap pictures of you in the bathroom,’ says Savage. ‘So we had to disguise our names when we were checking into hotels and restaurants, use Mickey Mouse or Tinker Bell.’


The limelight was difficult to deal with at the time, but Savage thinks it’s prepared her for the realities of the career she’s aiming for. ‘You have to always realize that people are watching. When I got the bad news that I wasn’t getting through [to the final 12] it was a really painful time. But you still have to learn how to hold that until you get home. Because you don’t want to just let everything out. People admire you and want to see that you’re strong; they don’t want to see you breaking down.’

Savage’s family immigrated to England from Nigeria when she was 11, and the things she experienced in Nigeria have an impact on her life to this day. ‘Living in all three places-in Africa, in Europe, and now the United States-it’s really opened my eyes. I’m really accepting of a lot of cultures. . . . I feel a lot older than I am, because I’ve seen a lot. A lot of poverty in Nigeria, but people still smiling when they don’t even have water,’ says Savage. ‘I kept saying to myself that when I made it I was going to invest millions and I just realized I have to do stuff now. People always say, when I make it. . . . If you don’t discipline yourself now, you’re never going to do it, even if you do get millions.’

To that end, Savage is traveling to Africa in December to help raise money for an organization that builds schools. This summer, she’s performing in Berklee’s summer concert series, giving free shows in outdoor locations all over the city, from the Boston Center for the Arts, to the Institute of Contemporary Art, to Kendall Square, before moving to L.A. in the fall to work on her first album. She’s learned that having a full life means fusing all aspects of it-from music to business to charity.

http://thenet.ng/2016/05/heres-what-tiwa-savages-music-school-berkely-college-wrote-about-her-in-2007/

cookey180:
Mrs Akpororo was presented with this lovely art work by her husband and popular comedian ,Akpororo,today,4th of may 2016,to mark her birthday,she was amazed by the art work ,and thanked her husband and ibim Cookey for the lovely present,Akpororo, also posted a lovely message and d picture of the drawing on Instagram to mark her birthday.,HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS AKPORORO.!!see pics below

Sublime beauty...... @ the pic/art work.

That's so thoughtful of him.

Akposkool:
Perfect match. Don't tell me they are not perfect Cus with money anything is possible.
I'd this guy poor I doubt If she will even look at him once.
Carry go. Team hustle hard and shame fine boys

Valid point.

Good morning peeps, I just got this from a reliable source & I thot to share. UBA Plc is recruiting for a scheme called Graduate contract staff(GCS). It's Eighty thousand naira only for the period of 2 yrs after which the person will be converted to a core staff based on his/her performance on the job. The candidate must not be above 26 years. Pls if we have anyone who fits this description ask them to send their cvs to the email below. Ubong.tom@ubagroup.com or ceo4tom.u@gmail.com. This is very valid! Kindly Rebroadcast. Thank you.

If a man can sincerely say to his wife “you are a good woman”, he should count himself among the lucky men in today’s troubled marriage institution. I believe popular comedian Akpororo is sincere.

He took to Instagram to celebrate his wife, Josephine, as she turned a year older. He’s so excited that he even pleaded with his fans to join and celebrate his wife. Read what he wrote about her…


“Happy birthday to my luv, my heart and All @mzjoselady. I pray that God will bless ur new Age, u shall not lack anything good, u shall not die b4 ur time and anybody way dey waka for your sake 4 evil, go waka LOSS.

“From today GOD will bless everything that concerns you because u are a good woman. Pls FANS help me celebrate the QUEEN OF RORO EMPIRE.”

 
http://www.informationng.com/2016/05/comedian-akpororo-celebrates-his-beautiful-wife.html

A HIV-positive prostitute has revealed that men still want to have unprotected s*x with her even after telling them of her status.HIV-positive Esnath Sikweyala who is a prostitute has revealed that men still demand to have s*x with her without condom even after disclosing that she is HIV-positive.

The woman who has accepted her status and is living well has now started to educate other s*x workers on the need to use condoms to avoid contracting the disease.

 According to Weekend Post, Sikweyala’s main challenge is the desire by some of her “clients” to have unprotected s*x with her.

“I look well as you can see, to an extent that some men demand to have unprotected s*x with me. I end up showing them my pills, but some do not care about my medication and continue to demand unprotected s*x. So, sometimes I do not understand the logic behind these men’s thinking,” Sikweyala said.

She said what keeps her going for now is the fact that she was taught on how to live positively, adding that it is her right to deny unprotected s*x.

She talks about the importance of teaching her colleagues the need to use condom during s*x.

“I am a peer educator and I also distribute condoms to some of my colleagues.

“My policy is no condom, no s*x, and I do not risk by sacrificing myself having unprotected s*x for money, otherwise I will die early and leave my children suffering,”she said.

Speaking further, Sikweyala revealed that as part of the s*x education initiative, they had printed T-shirts to push the no condom, no s*x agenda. She said in most cases she refuses having unprotected s*x.

“When I refuse unprotected s*x, I am trying to protect my client’s life and mine because I do not want to be re-infected. We were taught that if you continue having unprotected s*x, you end up getting re-infected,” she said.

Revealing how she got involved in prostitution, the woman revealed that she entered the trade after the death of her husband in the year 2000 as it was the only way she could take care of her family. The 42-year-old mother of three is not ashamed of her trade and opened up on how this has shaped her life, from ensuring her children attend school to earning a “descent” life.

Her first child is now married and lives in Cape Town, South Africa, while the second born is doing “O” Level.

She gave birth to her third child, who is now 13 years old, when she was already HIV-positive. The child is HIV-negative. Speaking to journalists who were part of a recently-conducted National Aids Council tour, Sikweyala, said her children have been very supportive in that they urge her to take her tablets.

“But it’s not all rosy,” she said.

The woman who narrated the difficulty she passes in the hands of clients, revealed that some men deliberately break the condoms, in order to have unprotected s* with her, while some demand their money back after s* or assault her for refusing unprotected s*x.

 

“We are at the risk of contracting sexually-transmitted infections,” she said.

Her dream is to find an income-generating project in order for her to retire from the trade.



https://nigeriacamera.net/hiv-positive-prostitute-reveals-men-still-demand-sex-without-condom/

talktonase:
you forgot to include sex...lots of it.Without it no marriage will survive.

Bro, That's point number 2 - CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.

Sex is a form of communication. You can bet that if couples are harboring resentment or not communicating appropriately, it shows in their sex life.

Communication affects our total life; our total life affects sex. Couples need to communicate about their hopes, dreams, fears and hurts as well as the daily details of life in order for the relationship to flourish.

Well deserved

Fully deserved, best team in the league this season by a mile!

I and millions have witnessed with our very own eyes the greatest achievement in Premier League history. The year Leicester City won the title. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE. WELL DONE LEICESTER. CHAMPIONS. Also, it was a great/world class goal by Hazard..... And to think that twelve years after being sacked by Chelsea, Claudio Ranieri secures the title at Stamford Bridge. With Leicester.... What an amazing feat/experience.

All those people saying that Leicester are lucky. How can you be lucky for 35 games? Respect this great football team.

(Manchester United fan )

LESSONS FROM MARRIAGE EXPERIENCES...

For any marriage to work the following must exist in it ;

1. THE WILL TO MAKE IT WORK AGAINST ALL ODDS - because when everything else fails this will be the only thread to hang on.

2. CONSTANT COMMUNICATION - always tell your partner how you feel or how you felt. What you like and what you don't like. How you want it and how you don't want it. NEVER ASSUME he/she knows. Please don't go to bed without resolving that mis-understanding.

3. TRUE LOVE - because if you truly love your partner you will always seek for the best in him/her. Meanwhile what's your business being in marriage with someone you are not drunk in love with?

4. RESPECT AND THE GOLDEN RULE - Treat your partner exactly how you wish to be treated. If you know you won't take shit then don't give shit too.

5. CONTENTMENT - be satisfied with the partner God has given you. Stop comparing your spouse with what you see on TV, social media and the likes. Don't be deceived those are not exactly as they seem. Let your love not be defined by material things.

6. GOD FACTOR - A family that prays together stays together. Make the bible your standard, and ensure to make family prayers and devotion a compulsory daily ritual.

7. BE LESS EXPECTANT AND MORE TOLERANT - always remember nobody is perfect and that includes your spouse. Learn to be patient and don't get tired of talking about the same thing over and over again, yea not fair but you got no better choice. Learn to show love expecting nothing in return so you don;t always get your bubbles busted.

8. OPENNESS - keeping secrets from your spouse is like keeping secrets from yourself. For how long do you think you will hide it?

9. LEARN TO APOLOGIZE, BE POLITE AND SHOW APPRECIATION - We all need to be thought and reminded about the unlimited power in saying simple sorry, thank you and please. I actually had to learn these. These simple words works wonders you can't imagine.

Love, love , love and just don't stop loving and caring for your partner. Even when there's no justifiable reason to keep loving, just show more love. Never be scared to love some more. We are not perfect either but promise to keep trying everyday to be a better husband/wife. I'll recommend everyone to do same too.

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1John 4:18)

olafum1:
Where is he speaking from?

Sambisa forest.

Ijaya123:
I would have preferred if he went on national television live to offer this advice. Then I will take him serious.

LOL.

Bro, he can't come out from his hideout now. He's a wanted man.

IrradiatoR:
he could be right. . . FG should consider and t.n.a

Tompolo is an insider bro...

The former Niger Delta militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, at the weekend, broke his silence over the recent attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the region, urging the President Mohammad Buhari to investigate the oil servicing companies.

Tompolo, in an open letter personally signed and titled “Am not part of the Niger Delta Avengers Group‎”, alleged that the oil pipeline repair servicing companies sabotage the pipelines in order to secure surveillance and repair contracts from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) due to deficiency in handling the jobs.

Tompolo’s statement, made available to newsmen via email, also drew the attention of President Muhammad Buhari to the rising disenchantment among members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta and Bayelsa states over delay in political appointments, claiming that such delay may have also lured the party members into nefarious activities such as oil and gas pipeline attacks.

The statement read in part,  “It is very important to let Mr President and the security agencies in the country know that some members of the ruling party, particularly from Bayelsa and Delta states, are not happy with him ‘President Buhari’ because they have not gotten anything from him after almost a year since he assumed office by way of appointments and contracts, therefore some of them are involved in nefarious activities in the oil and gas sector in order to be engaged in pipeline surveillance.

“I am aware of how such persons are chasing the Minister of Petroleum for State, Dr Ibe Kachikwu around. It is my humble advice to the federal government to thoroughly investigate some of the servicing companies engaged in repairing damaged pipelines as sabotage on their own part is not ruled out. Some of them may not even have the capacity to carry out such repairs but must have worked their way in to get the contract in connivance with some people at the corridors of power

and turn around to tender the security situation in the Niger Delta as an excuse because they are being paid ‘down time’ payment. “

The statement also urged the oil servicing companies to go about their normal operations, particularly the repair of the Forcados 48-inch pipeline which is very key to the economic stability of our country.

“I have said on many occasions that I will not resort to violence because of my case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or wage war against the federal government as my legal team is working towards the resolution of the issue,” it stated.

On his alleged membership of a new militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo said though he had took part in the setting up of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the membership and operations of the new group is not known to him.

“My attention has been drawn to security reports linking me to a new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, who claimed responsibility for the damaged Forcados 48-Inch Export Pipeline some time ago, it is imperative to state unequivocally that I do not have a link with this new militant group. I am not part of the group,” he stressed.


http://leadership.ng/news/522917/investigate-oil-firms-pipeline-attacks-tompolo-tells-pmb