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NNPC Crisis: NUPENG, PENGASSAN declare support for GMD Baru – Official Tanker drivers’ strike: NNPC to meet with union leaders Monday It's Official: Nigeria has no authentic data on petrol consumption The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday disowned a list of 50 international and indigenous companies believed to have been awarded contracts to lift Nigeria’s crude oil under the 2018/2020 trading year, describing it as “not official.” PREMIUM TIMES published the list, sourced from senior officials of the corporation, but reflected the list was yet to be officially announced. NNPC’s spokesperson, Ndu Ughamadu, told PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview in Abuja that an official list would be released soon. “Have you seen the official list?” Mr Ughamadu asked while responding to enquiries from PREMIUM TIMES on Monday. “I have told you the official list is not ready. What is circulating in the media is not the official list. The authentic list will be released soo...

A Fable A raven, while with glossy breast Her new-laid eggs she fondly press'd, And, on her wicker-work high mounted, Her chickens prematurely counted (A fault philosophers might blame, If quite exempted from the same), Enjoy'd at ease the genial day; 'Twas April, as the bumpkins say, The legislature call'd it May. But suddenly a wind, as high As ever swept a winter sky, Shook the young leaves about her ears, And fill'd her with a thousand fears, Lest the rude blast should snap the bough, And spread her golden hopes below. But just at eve the blowing weather And all her fears were hush'd together: And now, quoth poor unthinking Ralph. 'Tis over, and the brood is safe; (For ravens, though, as birds of omen, They teach both conjurors and old women To tell us what is to befall, Can’t prophesy themselves at all.) The morning came, when neighbour Hodge, Who long had mark'd her airy lodge, And destined all the treasure there A gift...

Two top executives of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN have been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja not to carry out their supervisory functions in a forensic audit involving a microfinance bank, over their alleged role in sidelining an executive order from the governor. They were alleged to have frustrated the implementation of a forensic audit which was declared by the governor after a petition by the owners of Hasal Microfinance Bank Limited. Sequel to a petition made to the CBN by the directors of Hasal Microfinance Bank Limited, the CBN governor had detailed the then Deputy Governor, Supervision, Dr Okwu J Nnanna and one Emmanuel Zakari to supervise an audit in the bank so as to ascertain the nature of the alleged fraudulent practices in the bank. Having failed to carry out the CBN directive, a board member and majority shareholder petitioned the court to get an order of the court to implement the CBN directive which was sidelined for many months. Delivering an order on the ...

The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Office says it has uncovered a plan by Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, to carry out attacks on supporters of Segun Oni, using thugs pretending to work for the minister of mines and steel development. In a statement on Saturday, Yinka Oyebode, spokesman of Fayemi, said the plan was hatched by Fayose in the bid to cause disharmony between Oni, a former governor of Ekiti, and the minister. Oyebode called on security agencies to take note of the alleged plan. “The Kayode Fayemi Campaign Office has uncovered a clandestine plan by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to carry out coordinated attacks on supporters and associates of former Governor Segun Oni, using thugs who would pretend to be working for Dr Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel development and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” the statement read. “It was reliably gathered that the plan, which had reached advanced stage, was designed by Governor Fa...

Ex deputy governor of Osun , has announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to Social Democratic Party (SDP). Omisore, who announced his defection in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, said he intended to contest the Sept. 22 governorship election on the platform of SDP. He said his mission was to rescue the state from what he described as years of misrule. According to him, the PDP in Osun is in disarray and likely to remain in prolonged political captivity over the next four years. The statement reads partly, ” engaging and working with like-minded leadership, we have sought for an alternative platform that will assures both credible and legitimacy that will rescue Osun state from its current reckless misrule. Our quest for an alternative political platform is basically in pursuit of a credible political structure that would guarantee that our people enjoy the benefits of accountable leadership at the state level from now. Notwi...

Indian Ocean Islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles On the way to church, Madagascar. 20 - 26 May 2018 INTERCESSIONS We are thankful for: •    the spectacular scenery, exotic plants, rare animals and abundant sea life that flourish in the region •    how people who are ethnically and religiously diverse have long lived together •    the economic developments that have lifted some out of poverty •    the vital evangelism, social and public witness of churches, and how the churches relate to people of other faiths. We pray for: •    the fragile environment and the unique plants, animals and lands, that they will be protected, especially as the sea rises •    tourism and other economic developments, that they will not threaten, but enhance life for all the people in these countries •    churches, that they will  grow through evangelistic efforts and in their...

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly...