Ishilove: 'Reportedly.' They will not come out pump and plain to admit it (at least not yet, while investigation is still ongoing) One of the relatives reported what he was told by naval authorities. It's all there in the article
1mobile: bro dont be surprised that the owners of the tankers are the ones sponsoring this pipeline vandals in other for them to have business.Naija the more you look the less you see o
deepwater: While your points are valid, have considered that big politicians have invested so much in the trucking business? The likes of A. A Rano ET Al won't watch their investment go down without a fight.
Same is akin to power supply and generator investors.
Nigeria is run like a drug business, people invest to make huge return without care for the workers and at the detriment of the non investors
Piping petroleum products will not eliminate the trucking business. It will only change the distance they have to cover.
For example, rather than driving all the way to Lagos to load product, the trucks will simply go to the depot in Ibadan or Ilorin to load. The trucks are still useful, it's just that the distance will change and the system will be more efficient.
You are both right that there are people that have an interest in this inefficient system, but those are the fuel thieves and militants who make millions from stealing petroleum products from the pipelines.
They need to clear the pipeline vandals in Ikorodu and Arepo and resume piping petroleum products to depots in other states.
Petroleum products are meant to be piped to depots in Ibadan, Ilorin, etc., but vandals keep breaking the pipelines to steal fuel. The NNPC stopped piping petroleum products to the depots because they keep losing fuel/money, so tanker trucks have to come from as far away as Ilorin and Kano to load product in Lagos. Of course they have to wait in Lagos until it's time to load and the only place they can wait is on the roadside (the trailer parks are waaay too congested).
This results in a situation where there are too many tanker trucks on the road. They cause traffic jams and destroy the roads in Lagos.
The tanker drivers go on strike if their vehicles are confiscated and the resultant fuel scarcity forces the government to release their trucks.
They need to drive away the vandals and militants, resume piping petroleum products and ban out of state tanker trucks from loading in Lagos.
Funnyguy83: The real story , their is an Mbaise side to it, Bishop's main boy , that served him was killed, after he left bishop, because one of the main actors called obrocho also from Ozubulu, an importer of drugs into SA lured the Mbaise boy to leave bishop, who has more than 500 boys working for him, including SA police . Bishop is fully into retail of drugs. Mbaise people threatened retaliation , sent emissaries to Ozubulu , their is also a Nonso from Nnobi languishing in Jail who claims Ozubulu people set him up, he claims he is the real owner of a popular park(territory) in Jo burg where drugs are sold that bishop took over, he said he will kill ozubulu people every month, So the war is on three fronts Obrocho gang and bishops gang both from ozubulu,Mbaise Vs Ozubulu, Nonso( Nnobi ) vs bishop Ozubulu and Ozubulu. Shame on all of them, our igwe intervened, which I spoke against, the bishop of Nnewi and the clergy also intervened, but I warned that the day of reckoning will come , nobody listened , they were all blinded by the drug money , from top to bottom, including our Governor. Shame on all them, the blood of the innocent souls are on their head, I worship in that church , actually gave them 200,000 Naira last Christmas. A sad day for Ozubulu and Anambra . these are words of a bosom friend from OZUBULU. Bishops parents were allegedly killed in the attack.
*44 victims get cash relief *As diocese sets up casualty charity fund c’ttee *Investigation on killings ‘ll be thorough — Obiano
By Vincent Ujumadu, Chimaobi Nwaiwu & Edokwe Onyinyechi
Nnewi—THE Anambra State Police Command has invited Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu, who suspected assailants were said to be looking for when they attacked St Philip’s Catholic Church, Amakwa Ozubulu penultimate Sunday.
Ikegwuonu’s father was among the 13 people who lost their lives during the attack in which nearly 30 people were wounded.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Anambra State, Mrs. Nkiru Nwode, said, yesterday, that Ikegwuonu, popularly called ‘Bishop’, is expected to appear at the police headquarters in Awka on Friday.
Ikegwuonu, who left the state before the attack on the church he built for his community, was said to have returned to the state last Saturday and attended the first Mass at St Philip’s on Sunday. He declined to speak to anybody after the church service in which the Secretary to the Anambra State Government, SSG, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, also attended as part of a ceremony to reopen the church.
Nwode said the invitation to Ikegwuonu could not be taken to mean arrest, adding that the police had no reason to arrest him.
44 victims get cash relief
This came as Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, yesterday, set up a 10-man Ozubulu Casualty Charity Fund Committee to handle the welfare of the victims of the attack.
Meanwhile, 44 victims of the attack were, yesterday, given N50,000 each at various hospitals they were admitted including Nnewi, Ozubulu and Oba, by the diocese to alleviate their problems .
Members of the committee are Monsignor Patrick Ezeobata, chairman; Rev Fr Jude Onwuaso; Rev Fr Donald Chukwudolue; Rev Fr Joe Onyema; Fr Cajetan Obodozie; Brother Cyprian Oneni; Sister Theresa Martin; Mrs Juliana Arazu; Mrs Uju Azuka and Dr Sylvester Igwilo.
Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev Hilary Odili Okeke, said the committee would visit all the victims in different hospitals to know their needs with a view to offering a helping hand to all of them. Okeke disclosed that the committee has the mandate to ensure that every help provided by groups and individuals to the victims would be deposited into a central account called Ozubulu Casualty Charity Fund provided by the committee. He said: “Many people and groups in the church are helping the victims. The state government has promised to pay into that account. These people eat and that is why we give them money. The families of the dead will not be forgotten and the committee was also charged to be accountable in the discharge of its duties.”
Reacting to Ozubulu Youths Association, OYA, protest over the reopening of the church for service, while investigation is still being conducted, Bishop Okeke queried whether the protesters were Christians at all.
“If those protesters are Christians, they should not complain because they should know that we have to continue to worship God in every situation.”
Investigation on killings ‘ll be thorough— Obiano
Also yesterday, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State assured Ndi Anambra that his administration will leave no stone unturned at ensuring prompt prosecution of those behind the killing of innocent worshippers at Ozubulu.
The governor gave the assurance during a re-dedication and blessing of the church last Sunday by the Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev. Okeke. The governor, who was represented by Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, sympathised with the families of those who died in the incident as well as those that sustained injuries.
He assured them that Anambra State Government would do everything possible to ensure that they obtain justice over the matter.
There were two unusual discs in that stack of records. Almost all the records were black, but Boney M's Holi-Holiday was translucent yellow and this beautiful song was on a white record.
This song is just absolutely wonderful. You know how much I love disco music and string orchestras. This is the ultimate disco ballad.
Don't go changing, trying to please me You never let me down before I don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I would not leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far (no love) I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair You always have my unspoken passion Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation I don't want to work that hard I just want some someone to talk to I want you just the way you are
I need to know that you will always be The same old someone that I knew What will it take till you believe in me The way that I believe in you.
I said I love you and that's forever And this I promise from my heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are
Royalfurnitures: So Aisha actually has an office, as what if i may ask? We were told rhere is no office of the first lady any more
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What they meant when they said that there is no office of the first lady is that the position has been abolished. However, there is a building at the Aso Rock Villa that has been designated (since 1991) as the office of the first lady. Basically they are referring to the building.
Maryam Babangida was first lady of Nigeria from 1985 - 1993. She converted one of the unused offices at State House Ribadu Road (aka Dodan Barracks) into her office c1987.
When the government was constructing the Aso Villa, they built a building close to the residence which was to serve as the first lady's office. The building contains the first lady's office, her conference room and the offices of her special assistants and advisers. It is that building that is being referred to (specifically the conference room).
Buhari is the first president that I've seen using the office since the first family moved there in 1991.
The Aso Rock Villa is a gigantic complex that contains very many buildings.
Pictures below (1) President Buhari receiving Catholic bishops in the first lady's conference room.
2) Patience Jonathan receiving Christian women in the first lady's conference room.
Once upon a time TV stations in Nigeria began transmitting at 5pm on weekdays and 9am at the weekend and went off air around midnight.
Then, c1981, a new TV service started in Lagos. Lagos Television (LTV) transformed into Lagos Weekend Television (LWT) at 7pm on Fridays and transmitted non stop until 7am on Monday.
LWT showed great shows like The Invisible Man, Dan August, The Incredible Hulk, Hawai 5-0, Skarsky and Hutch, etc. They also showed the latest movies.
There was a guy in my house who made the experience very interesting. They would try to make everybody go to bed at 12:30am, but I would hear noise coming from the kitchen 30 minutes later.
This guy would sneak into the kitchen, fry everything fryable and sit in front of the TV with his feast. I would usually join him a few minutes later.
Then the LWT studios burnt down c1985. That was the end of 24 hours TV. From that point onwards LWT went off air at midnight and began transmitting at 7am on Saturdays and Sundays.
This song was originally the theme song for a 1981 movie about the Olympics. Then Ernie Watts and Quincy Jones made a jazz version. This jazz version became the theme tune of LWT.
I promised to post a Nigerian song, so here it is (before I forget again).
This song was originally done in the 1970s and someone covered it in the 1990s. I tried very hard to remember the names of the artistes, but I couldn't.
I eventually remembered the name of the group that originally recorded the song, but I still can't remember the name of the person that did the 1990s version.
I want you to be mine. I want you to be mine. I want you by my side, Be my guide
BluntBoy: It was not because he was dropped from the world cup squad that made Agali never to return to the Super Eagles.
In the AFCON 2004 in Tunesia, Agali, Babayaro and Aiyegbeni were sent out of the Super Eagles for indiscipline. While Babayaro and Agali never returned, Aiyegbeni returned.
Victor Agali and Yakubu Aiyegbeni played for Nigeria at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. They both graduated to the Super Eagles and were instrumental in Nigeria's qualification for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea and the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali.
Victor Agali scored a string of headed goals to become our highest goal scorer in the qualifiers. He scored 2 goals against Sudan, 1 against Liberia and 1 against Ghana in the qualifiers in Port Harcourt.
However Nigeria performed below the expectations of their fans at the Nations Cup in Mali. Agali didn't score any goal. Some blamed him while others blamed Coach Amodu Shuiabu for failing to use the wings to supply crosses for Agali to head in.
The poor performance and players' revolt led to the disbandment of the team. Agali and Aiyegbeni, who had helped Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup, were dropped from the World Cup team.
Agali refused to return to the team after the World Cup, while Aiyegbeni never gave his all to the team again.
Sydney 2000 Olympics. A cross by Yakubu Aiyegbeni and a headed goal by Victor Agali. Nigeria 3-3 Honduras
Rohr who guided the Super Eagles to a highly successful qualification campaign told Nice news outlet Nice-Martin that Agali’s contribution to the campaign was priceless, hence his decision to retain him for the World Cup.
Agali worked with Rohr throughout the qualifiers in the capacity of scouting opposition teams and helping identify Nigerian players abroad.
Agali played under Rohr at French side OGC Nice in the 2004-2005 season, scoring six goals in 30 appearances.
It is understood that Rohr is looking at the possibilities of engaging more ex-internationals to enable him build a formidable team for the country ahead of the World Cup in Russia 2018.