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There will be more money for the 2021 budget implementation as the crude oil price on Monday hit $71/ barrel which doubles the $30 benchmark.

But the spike in crude oil price implies that Nigerians will pay more for a litre of petrol as the landing cost will also rise, experts have said.

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Brent crude on Monday rose above $70 a barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began; while U.S. crude touched its highest in more than two years following reports of attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.

Yemen’s Houthi forces had fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security.

Nigeria had witnessed scarcity of petrol in the last two weeks with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ruling out any price increase this month.

The NNPC had said it had enough stock of petrol to keep the nation well supplied for over 40 days and urged motorists to avoid panic buying while ruling out any increase.

Higher oil prices have implications — Experts

Experts, who spoke to Daily Trust on the implications of the high price of crude oil for the local market, said the government would reap big, but Nigerians might not benefit from it.

An oil and gas expert, Brown Ogbeifun said Nigeria would reap an abundance of excess in terms of income generated from oil.

“For instance, the new oil price is over $30 above the 2021 budget benchmark.

“This will mean having some money for the budget implementation instead of borrowing, and also have some excess that could go into the Sovereign Wealth Fund”, he said.

He said apart from capable of causing inflation, any further fuel price hike “also has indirect price impacts on manufacturing and transportation”.

An Abuja-based economist, Simon Galadima, said the increase in the price of crude oil “is a double-edged sword: it has both good and bad sides.

“The implication for the Nigerian economy is that government revenue will increase and foreign exchange earnings will also go up.

“When government revenue increases, that’ll mean more money to spend on education, health, infrastructure and fight insecurity.

“It also means the value of the Naira will be propped up as forex earnings shoot up. That’s less dollar scarcity hence better value for the naira”.

Another expert, Tope Fasua, said Nigeria should look away from crude oil as it would keep on fooling the country to believe it is rich.

He said Nigeria should capitalize on its abundant human resource to develop itself.

Fuel subsidy again

Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Muda Yusuf, said NNPC might resort to fuel subsidy to bridge the gap in the landing cost and an affordable rate of petrol for Nigerians.

“We would see a resurgence of fuel subsidies and associated fiscal leakages.

“Smuggling of petroleum products will intensify. These are the flip sides of rising crude oil prices,” he said.

Deputy President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Debo Ahmed, said “it’s not the pricing that’s a problem, but the exchange rate differential.”

“Since we’re importing and are not refining locally, you should expect that it’ll affect the price per litre.”

A member of IPMAN, Abdulrasheed Olapade, asked Nigerians to expect an increase in fuel price, saying “no marketer would sell at the government approved price when he is buying at a higher price from third parties especially as the product is not even within their reach as they have to depend on NNPC for supply.”

NNPC, Petrol Ministry mum

When contacted n Monday, the spokesman of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, Garbadeen Muhammad, told one of our correspondents that the minister could only respond on Tuesday.

The NNPC’s spokesman, Kennie Obateru, did not respond to an enquiry by Daily Trust.

https://dailytrust.com/fuel-price-hike-looms-as-crude-oil-hits-71-barrel

hmm IPOB terrorists and politics

More too come

IPOB terrorists and Afonja Christian must wail

alfasexy:
An unknown nonentity trying to get relevance by speaking of the great Nnamdi Kanu.

Who send this one and his Benue state. Igbo only we know. If you want, carve Igbos into cameroun, ESN will still go there and defend our people.

You literally make me laugh. LMAO. Your delusions is amazing

Sai Tinubu. Afonja Christians should go and hug naked transformer

He is not a leader of Christians only. What it's with you and bad politics recently. How many Muslims boko haram kidnapped. You want the vice president to focus on only leah sharibu. He is not a church leader. Stop bitching about it and get a grip.

Fake news against Fulani and Buhari's Administration is all what they can come up with wannabe politicians.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

They'll never succeed.

Happy birthday. Presidential material but awn sophisticated people don't like him. Even Afonja Christians don't support him. Talkless of IPOB terrorists

SLAP44:
"If it's getting too hot for you, then leave the kitchen"

Fulani should vex and secede from Nigeria so that they will have peace.

We will not be intimidated. We will not back down, We've seen war. We don't want war, but if you want a war with the Fulani, there is one thing I can promise you, so help me God: If I said it here the tribalistic molds will ban me

There's systemic war against fulani by southern press. 90% of boko haram Terrorist are Kanuri, IPOB terrorists, are Igbos. ND militant are ijaws. Yahooboys (Ritualist) or cultism are majority Yorubas. But why are they not printed with the tribe name but any crime by herdsmen or kidnapping that wasn't even by Fulani's is labeled "Fulani?

Many suspected kidnappers arrested labeled as "Fulani's but they turned out to be not Fulani.

The systemic propaganda against fulani will be defeated. that I promise you.

SKINDOGGY:

Can you recommend any soft music?

Anything by Einaudi.
Air on a G string by J.S. .
'Romeo & Juliet' by Craig Armstrong.
'Clair de lune' by Claude Debussy.
Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt.

There's systemic war against fulani by southern press. 90% of boko haram members are Kanuri, IPOB terrorists, are Igbos. ND militant are ijaws. Yahooboys (Ritualist) or cultism are majority yorubas. But why are they not printed with the tribe name but Fulani?

The systemic propaganda against fulani will be defeated. that I promise you.

Lostchild:


As your name shows that you are a big fool

Go and look what Islam has done to Somalia
Go and look what Hijab did to Abdirahman Omar Osman.

Mtwss. You want me to go into history of atrocities by christians, like the crusaders to this day. Eg iraq, syria, libya. I don't even want to reply you George. Move along, I don't like your types. What christians crusaders did and still doing will never match the ancient Egyptians. As a black man I'm disappointed with you mickey. I'm not that type, you will fool by few atrocities committed in the name of islam. The church did worse. Go figure

luminouz:


How does climate change make us angry?

Generally what we found was that exposure to hotter temperatures and [more] precipitation increased the reporting of mental-health problems,” says Obradovich, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab.

Poverty, Climate change and lack of mental health awareness.

Big culprits. SOCIAL MEDIA. And Fake life style shown on social media making people feels inferior

Pacific Standard explores the effect that extreme temperatures brought on by climate change might have on our collective mental well-being: Studies make the link to increased stress and anxiety.

Solutions. Download mental health apps, listen to soft instrumental music. limit your social media exposure. Read mental health books.

Instead of buying expensive necklaces, bracelets go to vacations. Take break from the city, Live in nature.

STOP TAKING DRUGS/ALCOHOL or limit to minimum.

Snake oil salesman and his gullible followers.
problematic when the gift of prophecy gets linked to utopian ideals that foster persuasive manipulative power, and hold the potential of altering the consciousness of otherwise reasonable human beings. Such manipulation is what we observed in regards to presidential prophecies uttered by leaders of various Nigerian Charismatic, RCCG and living faith. Such false prophecies communicated fear and a confusing political rhetoric that facilitated derision and judgment towards the church. Such “prophecies” also functioned to misrepresent christianity. Thus, when it comes to spiritual gifts, we need the Spirit to guide us in their proper use. In this brief reflection, let me introduce four Biblical foundations that help us construct a proper theology for interpreting prophecy in a healthy and balanced way.

First, biblically speaking, prophecy builds up the church, and does not tear it down. It is rooted in Scripture. It is also affirmed through collective discernment. The book of Acts and Paul’s writings reveal a key feature of true prophets and prophecy, that is, “they build up the church.” Prophecy must always lead to the edification of the body of Christ, and not the division of it. Paul recognized the value of the gift of prophecy, but gave instructions for its proper use (1 Cor. 14:29-33), “Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge… For God is not the author of confusion but of peace.” An alleged Spirit-inspired prophetic word given to the church is fallible if it is not critically evaluated by the diverse church community. Furthermore, if it does not build up with peace the body of Christ, but instead tears it down, it is false. Paul instructs us that we need to have discernment and a collective wisdom to recognize false prophecies uttered by prophets claiming to speak on the behalf of God. Throughout the Old Testament, especially in the prophets, we see how Biblical prophecy was regularly confronted by its counterpart, false prophecy. Such counterfeit prophecies increasing became persuasive to the people of Israel. People were confused, manipulated, and suffered consequences. Today, these false prophecies can also have the same effect on the church, so we must have a Biblical framework to discern them (Deut. 13:1ff; 18:15; Jer. 14:14; 27:15; 9:9,21; Isa. 28:10-15).

Second, the benevolence of the Holy Spirit for his people is never manipulative. It is always filled with God’s love, life, shalom, justice, reconciliation and restoration. The true prophetic message in the Spirit is the proclamation of the saving gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ that reaches into the messiness of our lives. The true prophetic message in the Spirit turns hearts towards God in a tender and personal way. It also transcends personal and social backgrounds, rising above questions of whether one is fortunate or marginalized, oppressed or free, discarded or privileged. The true prophetic message reveals Jesus through the proclamation of the gospel, is permeated by reconciliation, and works towards reconciliation, transformation and reformation in our world. In other words, someone is in one sense engaged in giving a true prophetic message every time someone speaks about the reconciliation available in Jesus. On the other hand, the “god” of the fake prophet separates, is violent, warmongering, coercive, destructive, dominating, divisive and demonizing of “others” who do not share the same view on every particular issue. The predictions of false prophets create anxiety, fear, and distress for those who hear them. Much of what we hear today has no paraklesis or comfort, nor offers corrections that edify the church or inspire the transformation of personal or social issues. If the words given by the prophets do not reflect truths that build up rather than tear down, they are manipulative and socially dangerous (Isa. 61:1; Luke 4:18; John 14:16,26).

Third, a true prophet is called to be a martyr. In the Old Testament a true prophet used to swim against the current, and stand against the consensus of public opinion. He/she questioned what others took for granted. He/she (Moses, Amos, Nahum, Zechariah, Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, etc.) stood in the midst of the people as an uneasy conscience—not only to the people, but also as an “examiner” of his/her own life and intentions (Von Rad: 103 - see notes). That is why the prophets continuously struggled with the people, were rejected by the people, and often died violently at the hands of those to whom they prophesied (Matt. 23:31,35,37). Ouch... I don't know if modern prophets are aware that this gift is a call to be with the people, to participate in martyrdom, and not to predict destruction with subjective messages delivered at a distance via television or other social media outlets. In other words, a prophecy was an embodied message lived out by a prophet in personal connection with the people. He/she was the prophecy, and the inspired message integrated personal and social struggles that he/she experienced, and that led the prophet to be courageous and speak out, all the while knowing that he/she could be put to the sword. Such willingness to suffer among the people is what prophets in the church are called to do today. However, today’s many of the self-nominated prophets are disconnected from the essential requirements proposed by Von Rad, and, most importantly, from what we see in Scripture. Instead, prophetic words have been used as subjective tools to express dissatisfaction by creating fear; visions are promulgated that advance personal agendas.

Fourth, false prophets and their prophecies are apathetic about the peace of the city and its citizens (Jer. 29:7-10). Instead, their predictions agitate and foster social unrest. Such agitating prophecies have been observed in recent political prophecies in the United States, Latin America, Africa and other places in Europe. I must clarify that such prophets do not represent all Christian communities. False prophets represent their own ministry and personalities. As they utter confusing predictions, they publicly tarnish the reputation of the Holy Spirit, and make a mockery of sacred spiritual gifts that have renewed the church and advanced themselves in the 21st century. For many Nigerian christians in the North, these people appear to be what Jesus calls “false prophets and diviners,” that now have been put to shame by media and the Spirit of God (Matt.7:13-20).

Called not to a new task, but to an ancient one Help us Holy Spirit, and forgive us, for we have grieved you. We love you, Holy Spirit, and we are publicly ashamed of using your name and false prophecies to separate your holy people from one another.

Crayfish09:



I'd rather have a disintegrated country over a restructured. In fact, let us go our separate ways so that you arrogant southerners can turn your region to Japan as you have promised.

I'm from North. I agree with you