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Fuel scarcity’ll last for 2 more weeks — IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, said yesterday that the petrol scarcity currently spreading to more states across the country will take at least two weeks to normalise. This is even as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NPCL insisted yesterday that it has adequate stock of the product.
However, the Public Relations Officer of IPMAN, Chinedu Ukadike, said the product is not available in the country. He said it has become a bit of a challenge to source the product because most refineries in Europe are undergoing turnaround maintenance.
‘Importation bottlenecks behind scarcity’
Ukadike also blamed the acute shortage in supply on importation bottlenecks and the slow pace of marketers’ licence renewal by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA. He disclosed that only 1,050 marketers out of 15,000 have had their licences renewed by NMDPRA.
He said: “The situation is that there is no product. Once there is a lack of supply or inadequate supply, what you will see is scarcity and queues will emerge at filling stations.
“On the part of NNPCL, which is the sole supplier of petroleum products in Nigeria, they have attributed the challenge to logistics and vessel problems.
“Once there is a breach in the international supply chain, it will have an impact on domestic supply because we depend on imports. I also have it on good authority that most of the refineries in Europe are undergoing turnaround maintenance, so sourcing petroleum products has become a bit difficult.
“NNPC Group CEO has assured us that there will be improvement in the supply chain because their vessels are arriving. Once that is done, normalcy will return. This is because once the 30-day supply sufficiency is disrupted, it takes two to three months to restore it. “We expect that by next week or so, NNPC should be able to restore supply and with another week, normalcy should return”.
SOURCE: Vanguard
The Federal High Court in Lagos has postponed the trial ofa businesswoman, Iwegue Ijeoma Ruth, who is facing allegations of stealing N2.9 billion from the financial portals of Merchant of Flutterwave Technologies Solutions Limited.
Ruth was arraigned before the court by the office of the Inspector General of Police on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, fraudulent conversion, and advance fee fraud.
According to the charge sheet, Ruth and an accomplice who is currently at large allegedly gained unauthorized access to the company’s financial portals between February 5 and 7, 2023. They are accused of fraudulently transferring N2,949,557,867.80 to multiple accounts belonging to her associates.
Investigators also alleged that Ruth subsequently received N821,383,600 into two personal accounts, 540154325 and 5400831481, knowing the funds were proceeds of unlawful activity.
The prosecution maintained that the offences contravene Sections 1, 7(1)(2), and 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2016.
Justice of the Federal High Court adjourned the matter to November 4, 2025 for continuation of trial.
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We Gave Detained Rivers Pastor Consent To Flog, Purify Our Children With Pigeon Blood –Parents
The pastor, identified as Ifediorah Joseph, was arrested by police after flogging multiple children during a three-day programme he claimed was meant to “purify” them.
Parents of several minors filmed being brutalised by a Rivers State pastor during a so-called “spiritual cleansing” ritual have defended his actions, insisting they gave their full consent.
The pastor, identified as Ifediorah Joseph, was arrested by police after flogging multiple children during a three-day programme he claimed was meant to “purify” them.
However, the controversial cleansing ritual also involved the use of pigeon blood.
Following his arrest, a group of parents and children appeared at the police station in Port Harcourt, singing and dancing in solidarity with the embattled cleric.
One of the parents of the abused children said in an interview with journalists, “My daughter was among the children that was purified. The message was that death was in the air, and they should purify the children. They did the purification with pigeon blood, water and palm fruit.”
However, Nwamaka Ikediashi, an official of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Rivers State, has said that the parents of the minors require counselling.
She made the remark on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme, where she provided an update on the incident and outlined steps taken by the agency.
“It is a total case of child abuse, and the parents are victims, and they are supposed to be made to understand the implications of this whole thing, and that can only be made possible via counseling,” she said.
“The parents are victims as well because they do not understand the implications, but if they did understand, they would not let their children be subjected to such inhuman treatment and torture,” she added
Previously, Ekwutosblog reported that the Nigeria Police Force had arrested the pastor captured in a viral video savagely flogging children inside a church building in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The arrest was confirmed in a press statement issued by the police on Wednesday.
The disturbing footage, which surfaced online in recent days, showed the pastor viciously whipping several children, many of them stripped naked, within the premises of a church in the Eneka area of Port Harcourt.
Some of the victims appeared to be toddlers, screaming in pain as they endured the assault.
A large basin containing a red liquid resembling blood was visible in the background, further amplifying the horror of the scene.
The Imo Police Command has detained 32-year-old Ikenna Emmanuel, a pastor, and his alleged accomplice, one Franklin Chizoba, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old lady under the pretext of organising prayers for her.
The command’s Spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Thursday.
Okoye alleged that the pastor, who is in-charge of Authentic Power City Church, hails from Umuobom, Ideato-South Local Government Area of the state.
He stated that on June 30, Chizoba lured the lady to the pastor, who allegedly offered the victim a drink laced with drugs in his residence.
“Shortly afterwards, she became dizzy, after which both suspects had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.
“Following the report, operatives from Orlu Division promptly arrested the duo.
“During interrogation, both suspects confessed to the offence and further admitted to engaging in homosexual acts.
“They were subsequently charged to court on Aug. 12, and remanded at the Correctional Facility, Owerri, pending trial,” Okoye stated.
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