FG: Fuel Price To Rise To N145 Per Litre

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe
Kachikwu, on Wednesday, said any Nigerian entity is
now free to import petroleum products into the country,
subject to existing quality specifications and other
guidelines issued by regulatory agencies.
Kachikwu pronouncement effectively ended the fuel
subsidy regime.
The minister said that all Oil marketers will be allowed
to import the product on the basis of foreign
exchange procured from secondary sources and that
PPPRA template will reflect this in the pricing of the
product.
Further, Kachikwu said that new price band effective
from 11th May, 2016, would put the retail price of petrol
at N145 and below.
“Pursuant to this, PPPRA has informed me that it will
be announcing a new price band effective today, 11th
May, 2016 and that the new price for PMS will not be
above N145 per litre,” he said.
The minister explained that the decision to remove the
subsidy was reached after a meeting attended by the
leadership of the Senate, House of Representatives,
Governors Forum, and Labour Unions such as
theNigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union
Congress (TUC), Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural
Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria(PENGASSAN).
He noted that the persistent scarcity being expressed in
the country the inability of importers of petroleum
products to source foreign exchange at the official rate

due to the massive decline of foreign exchangeearnings
of the federal government.
“As a result, private marketers have been unable to
meet their approximate 50% portion of total national
supply of PMS,” Kachikwu stated.
-Tonye Bakare

Agriculture: Federal Government To Import Grasses For Cattle Rearers

According to the Senate, the move to support the
action of the Federal Government has become
imperative as the importation of grazing pastures for
cattle at designated places across the country will
proffer permanent solution to the protracted crisis
between farmers and herdsmen.
The committee also hailed President Buhari's directive
for the release of 10,000 tonnes of grains.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja, Chairman, Senate
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who dismissed criticism of
the move by some professors of agriculture who had
opposed the move, stressed that they had technology
to grow grasses, if they received government support.
He criticised the inability of the professors to proffer
solutions to the problem of grazing over the years,
adding that  they lacked any moral right to criticise the
government's move.
Senator Adamu, who noted that importing grazing
grasses and making them available to cattle rearers
would stop the movement of cattle from one place to
another, stressed that the move would also put paid to
the growing spate of killings by herdsmen.
According to him, the government will provide pasture
to curtail the continuous movement of cattle by
herdsmen.
He noted that in the United States, pastures and water
were provided to grow nutritious grasses for cattle's
sustenance, adding that the government must face the
reality of the moment by taking some painful decisions
to end the herdsmen and farmers' clashes.
"There are no easy fixes to the problem,'' Senator
Abdullahi said.
He also blamed the mindless killings by herdsmen on
growing indiscipline among the herdsmen.
Speaking further, Senator Adamu disclosed that
President Buhari had ordered the injection of 10,000
tonnes of grains into the system to ease the pains
caused by rising cost of grains in the country,
He also said that his committee had discovered that
the administration of Buhari met many silos in the
country empty, adding that his committee was
impressed that the federal government had prioritised
agriculture.
He said the Senate would provide the necessary
legislative support for the presidency to restore the lost
glory of agricultural sector in Nigeria.
It would be recalled that the  Minister of Agriculture,
Chief Audu Ogbeh, had in March this year, disclosed
that government had plans to begin the importation of
grasses for cows to reduce the movement of herdsmen
across the country.
Ogbeh, had disclosed that Buhari was setting up
grazing areas in various states of the federation as a
response to the clashes.
Addressing his Idoma people in Abuja who protested
the massacre of Agatu people in Benue State by
herdsmen, Ogbeh said: “We are producing massive
hectares of grass for the consumption of cattle; we
have received these grasses from Brazil and we are
growing them in massive quantities.
“Cattle herdsmen want grasses for their cattle; such
grass is what we are growing in large quantities and,
within the next three months, some of these will be
ready.''

Keneth Okonkwo Welcomes A Bouncing Baby Boy After 9 years Of Wait

The family of Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo and wife
Ifeoma delivered a baby boy on Saturday, May 6th 2016.
They had their baby at The University of Maryland, St.
Joseph Medical Center, USA after almost 9 years of
marriage.
In a chat with Diamond Celebrities , the actor said, “God is a
faithful God. He said we shall be fruitful and multiply, that
there shall be none barren in our midst and He just fulfilled
His words. To Him be all the glory in Jesus name”.
He also thanked all those who stood by them and offered
prayers to God on their behalf.
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ongratulations to the entire family!

50 Years Old Man Caught Raping A 5 Year-Old Boy Niger State

The 50 year old man (names

withheld) confessed that it wasn't the first time, he had done it before.

He  was beaten

 almost to the point of death when he was caught having forceful sex in the early hours of the day with a 5 year old boy in Minna, Niger State. 

Nigerians React To Azuka: Calling Her A Worse TV Presenter

The reaction of social media has been swift on the
matter of ‘that lady that interviewed’ Tiwa Savage,
following the accusations of infidelity and neglect by
her husband, Tunji Balogun.
The lady is Azuka Ogujiba, a ThisDay senior reporter
and former editor with its Style magazine.
Many on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have
condemned her as “aloof”, “detached”, “razz”, “lacking
in empathy”, “the spokesperson for Nigerian
patriarchy”, even “disgraceful”.
Some have said PulseNG, the online platform that
published the video interview “could have done better in
picking an interviewer for that story.”
YNaija can now exclusively report that Azuka was not
doing the interview on behalf of Pulse NG.
According to a source who is close to the journalist but
who spoke anonymously: “This was not a Pulse
interview at all o. Azuka had a pending interview with
Tiwa for about a month, but Tiwa had not found time to
do the interview. So immediately this Teebillz wahala
broke, Azuka went to Tiwa and said ‘oya let’s do the
interview.”
“She met this Pulse guys there,” corroborated a source
close to Tiwa.
“They had basically just camped at Tiwa’s house
begging her for an exclusive. When Tiwa decided to
give her interview to Azuka, they begged Azuka for the
rights to just record the interview with her.”
“Azuka is not a TV presenter, she didn’t prepare to do a

TV interview, she just came there to do her own work,
and so she won’t be accused of being selfish and not
helping a colleague, she allowed Pulse to record on
camera, while Tiwa got ready. That’s how the whole
world is killing her for being a bad TV presenter.”
In view of the whirlwind of criticism however, Ogujiuba,
a well-respected journalist, has been silent.
“She evidently thought it was best to act detached in the
interview since she is close to Tiwa and that backfired,”
her friend added.
“I believe it’s best for her to speak out in public and
clear the air, but Azuka no dey hear word. Knowing her,
she doesn’t give a damn.”