Shocking !!! Badoo Strikes again, wipes out family of three in Lagos

The deadly Badoo members have struck again at Ibeshe area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, killing three members of a family.

PM News gathered that the corpses of the father, mother and a teenage son were evacuated from the house at Ibeshe by emergency officials and the police on Thursday.

The Badoo members were said to have struck at the early hours of Thursday as they gained entrance into the bungalow building in a remote part of Ibeshe to carry out the dastard act.

A source told PM News that the family wiped out by the cult members was simply identified as Aro family.

It was gathered that a guest who was with the family was also attacked by the cult group, but survived and is now undergoing treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Ikorodu.

Efforts to get the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Chike Oti to confirm the story proved abortive as several calls made to his mobile phone were not picked.

Last week, Lagos Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi had boasted that he had exterminated the dreaded Badoo cult members from Ikorodu as several arrest had been made.

He said the police effectively partnered with the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC and the local vigilante group, Onyabo to  drive Badoo and the militants away from Ikorodu. - PM News

Scolari claims Nicolas Anelka got him the sack at Chelsea

Former Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has claimed that Nicolas Anelka got him the sack at Stamford Bridge for refusing to play on the wing.

The two-time Brazil coach was axed by the Blues in February 2009 after less than a year in charge at the club, with reports at the time suggesting that his struggles to speak fluent English were to blame.

But Scolari has looked to dispel those rumours, instead putting the blame on the shoulders of former Arsenal and Manchester City forward Anelka.

Scolari claimed that he met with his forwards in anticipation of Didier Drogba’s return from injury, where he explained that one of them would have to play out wide, and that is where things began to go wrong.

Talking to ESPN Brazil, Scolari said;

“I had Anelka playing up front. Nine. Top scorer in the league.”

“The players return, I make a meeting, and in the meeting I say: ‘Look, now that the players have all returned, Drogba is back after two months, we will try to work a situation involving the two attackers playing one by the side, one in the centre, changing positions.”

“Then Anelka, the league’s top scorer, said: ‘I do not play on the wing’. Well, that’s when I said: ‘You don’t play on the wing, one’s going to be on the left, it’s over, I’m not going to stay here arguing with you guys’.”

“And there began a series of other things. I left there and our team was third in the league, three or four points behind top. Qualified for the round-of-16 or quarter-finals of the Champions League. But there was this bad environment, that situation.”

“I don’t know if I had continued, what would have happened. But it was interrupted. There, I got upset.”

“They’ll say: ‘Oh, because you didn’t speak English perfectly’. Of course, I did not. I didn’t speak English perfectly. But I understood perfectly.”

“We understood, with my English, and the English that was spoken there, we understood perfectly.”

Since leaving Chelsea, Scolari has held a number of managerial positions, including one in Ukraine with Bunyodkor, two in Brazil with Palmeiras and Grêmio and a second spell as Brazil national coach. His most recent job was with Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande. - Read Sports

We can now account for every barrel of oil sold - NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it can now account for every barrel of oil sold as it has achieved 98 percent automation of all its transactions.

The corporation said the automation included supply, marketing and sale of the various grades and blends of Nigeria’s crude oil across the world.

Mele Kyari, group general manager, crude oil marketing division of the corporation,  made this known in an interview with Oil & Gas Forum, a weekly TV show of NNPC .

He said the automation exercise would be concluded in 2018.

“Today at a click of a button we can tell you how much crude oil is sold, at what price, who bought it and where it has gone to etc,” he said.

Kyari said the projection was to operate a complete paperless crude oil data management regime.

This, he said, is in line with the ongoing transformation of the processes which has witnessed sweeping reforms since 2015.

He listed the reforms to include; the open bid process of customer selection for lifting and purchase of Nigeria’s crude oil grades, emplacement of efficient crude for product import processes, leading to savings of $1 billion in one year as well as the introduction of improved pricing system, which has evolved into a robust and auditable pricing mechanism.

“The GGM also explained that the reform had led to the harmonization of Nigeria’s crude oil data and lifting information, providing access to major internationally recognized reporting agencies like Plat and Argus Media to achieve real time reporting of Nigeria’s crude oil transactions,” he said.

“He said this development had enabled the country to eliminate the perennial disagreement with its major stakeholder, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on actual production and lifting figures.”

Pastor defrauds member of N1.1million in Lagos

A 40-year-old pastor identified as Femi Adewale, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly collecting N1.1 million under false pretences from a worshipper.

Adewale, collected N1.1 million from one Ibukun Aderonmu, with a promise to assist her to solve her spiritual problems.

The self-acclaimed pastor, a resident of No. 22, Farinde St., Ijako, Ota, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.

Police in charge of the matter, Cpl. Abdulkareem Mustapha told the court that the defendant and others, still at large, committed the offences on Sept. 14 at Ijako area of Ota.

According to the police, the defendant and his accomplices collected the money with a promise to help Aderonmu to solve her spiritual problems, an agreement he did not fulfil.

Mustapha said the offences contravened Sections 390(9) and 419 of the Criminal Code Vol. 1, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate of the court, Mrs. B. B. Adebowale, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The judge ordered that the sureties should show evidence of tax payment to the Ogun State Government and submit four recent passport photographs to the court.

The matter was adjourned until January 22, 2018 for hearing.

PL update : Mourinho escapes punishment over pre-Manchester derby comments

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will face no formal action over comments he made to the media ahead of the Manchester derby, the Football Association (FA) has confirmed.

Mourinho accused City of gamesmanship in the build-up to the December 10 meeting, which Pep Guardiola's side won 2-1 at Old Trafford to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

The Portuguese suggested City used "tactical fouls" to break up their opponent's rhythm, while questioning whether the table-toppers acted honestly.

"A little bit of wind and they fall," Mourinho had said, prompting the FA to ask the United manager to explain his comments.

While the FA confirmed on Thursday the body has opted not to charge Mourinho, he was warned about his future conduct.

"Following a review of the evidence provided by the club, the FA will be taking no formal action, but have reminded Jose Mourinho any further public comments about match officials may result in disciplinary action," an FA statement read.

Earlier on Thursday, the FA confirmed there will be no formal action taken against either United or City following a skirmish involving players and staff in the Old Trafford tunnel.

Mourinho reportedly approached the City dressing room to complain about loud music being played, leading to a clash involving up to 30 people.

"Following a review of the evidence provided by the clubs and independent eyewitnesses the FA will be taking no formal action," said the organisation's statement. - Goal

My husband’s penis disappoints during sex – Divorce-seeking woman tells court

A 25-year-old housewife, Helen Bassey Umoh, has told an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo to end her nine-month-old marriage with her husband, Michael Bassey Umoh over ‘malfunctioning’ of her husband’s manhood.

Helen, a graduate of Business Administration, told the court that Umoh’s “manhood always has inconsistent erection and that anytime the manhood becomes erect, he ejaculates within a few seconds which is not expected of a real man.”

Helen also claimed in the court that her husband did not make known his health status before the marriage, which took place in April.

She said: “My husband cannot satisfy me in bed especially in the night. Anytime I deny him sex, he would pick up a fight; I am tired of the marriage.

“The marriage has not produced any child and I am fed up with my husband’s harshness. I urge the court to dissolve the marriage because there is no love between us.

“My husband is fond of beating me unnecessarily and would at times curse me and lock me inside our bedroom.

“My husband blames me for our childlessness. I cannot continue to endure in an unproductive marriage and with a man that has no respect for his wife.”

Her husband, however, denied all her claims during cross examination.

He said: “The non-erection of my manhood is not regular; it is just that I am not always in the mood whenever she is in the mood. I don’t use any enhancement drugs for sex as she alleged.”

Northern National Petroleum Corporation ??? NNPC plans 4,600mw plants in FCT, Kaduna, Kano

WITH a plan by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to establish power plants in Kaduna, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), there is hope for improved power supply.

The NNPC put the megawatts (mw) capacity of the plants at 4, 600.

If achieved, power generation may rise above 9, 000 megawatts.

The development came yesterday  on the heels of plans by Egbin Power Plc, near Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb, to raise its generation capacity from 1,250mw to 1,800mw.

According to a report by the Advisory Power Team in the Office of the Vice President, power generation figures in the first three weeks of this month were: 5, 156mw, 5, 077mw and 5,103mw.

In a statement in Abuja by NNPC spokesman Ndu Ughamadu, theoil giant said additional 4, 600mw will be generated through the recently-approved contract for the construction of the Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline, dubbed the AKK Pipeline.

According to the statement, the AKK pipeline has started yielding early benefits with the commitment by the corporation to build power-generating plants with combined capacity of 4550 megawatts in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano states.

The power plant in Abuja is expected to generate 1,350 mw, Kaduna (900mw) and Kano (2,350mw).

Quoting the NNPC Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr Maikanti Baru, Ughamadu said the corporation, in partnership with private investors, would build power-generating plants to support Federal Government’s effort to providing stable electricity in the country.

The statement quoted the GMD as saying: “As part of the drive to establish power plants to augment the power supply to the nation, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has recently approved the AKK Gas Pipeline project to be financed through Public Private Partnership (PPP).

“The project comes with other auxiliary ones which include: 1,350 megawatts, 900 megawatts and 2,350 megawatts of power generation plants in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano respectively.”

It said the NNPC in partnership with private investors would also build fertilizer plants in some parts of the country, one of which would be located at Izzon, Niger State.

The NNPC spokesman said that in line with the presidential mandate on oil exploration in all the frontier basins, the corporation was well-focused on the exploration in the Bida Basin.

“We have contracted the geological mapping of the Bida Basin to Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai and the job would be completed in three months,” the statement said.

Ughamadu said the corporation would go into more detailed seismic data acquisition in the Bida Basin by August 2018, to be followed by an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) exercise.

He said as part of the corporation’s effort to decongest the highways, the NNPC would encourage private investors to build tanker parking facilities around Minna Depot, Suleja Depot, Tegina, Mokwa, amongst others and charge the users of the facility appropriately.

The statement said talks were ongoing with the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing to re-introduce weight bridges on the highways to checkmate the issue of excessive loading by tankers above the recommended 46, 000 ton gross weight.

“The NNPC on its part has already directed all its depots nationwide to stop loading tankers with loading capacity above 40, 000litres,” he said.

In Lagos, the Egbin Egbin Power Plc, spoke of plans to shore up its capacity from 1, 250mw by 550 mw with through the use of modern technologies and renewable energy sources.

Its Chairman, Chief Kola Adesina, said the decision to achieve the feat was part of the Phase II of the project, initiated and contained in the maiden sustainability report of Egbin in 2015.

The report had “Securing the Future” as its theme. It contained the highlights of the efforts of made by the company to ensure a satisfactory management of its assets, operations and relationships and to achieve growth.

According to Adesina, the report has helped the firm in putting in entrenching solid structures towards becoming the biggest thermal plant in the sub-region.

He said: “Sahara Group (owners of Egbin Power Company), has in conjunction with Korea Energy Limited, acquired majority shareholding in order to complete Egbin’s privatisation in 2013. Following its privatisation, Egbin has invested in human, capital and infrastructure upgrade to enhance efficiency.

“This is evident in its planned investments in additional gas pipelines, the proposed Floating Storage & Regasification Unit (FSRU) project, Egbin Phase II project with an estimated capacity of between 1,350mw and 1800mw, using modern technologies as well as the deployment of renewable energy sources to boost the Plant’s productivity.”

According to him, Egbin Power Plc, has collaborated with other stakeholders, with a view to drive the adoption of a strategic direction that would reposition the sector for optimized performance.

The chairman said the company was leveraging on the recently declared eligible customer regime and mini grid regulations to advance system stability and improved service delivery.

He said the plan would enable power sector operators establish various resolution mechanisms to deal with critical challenges within the system to increase generation capacity. - The Nation