Bill Gates is named World's Richest Person again

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, on Monday topped Forbes magazine’s list of richest people in the world. Forbes said in the report that Gates, who had been in the 16th position in the past 21 years, had an estimated fortune of $79.2 billion. It added that “that is 3.2 billion dollars more than last year’s.” It noted that his net worth grew in spite of a gift in November of $1.5 billion of shares in Microsoft to his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Telecommunications magnet, Carlos Slim of Mexico is in the second spot again, while star U.S. investor, Warren Buffett, is third.” The magazine, which compiled the list for 29 years, said it found a record 1,826 billionaires in the world in 2014 and 290 were newcomers, including 71 from China. The average net worth of people on the list is $3.86 billion, which the magazine says is down $60 million from the 2014 average.

Fuel Scarcity: NNPC places order for 1bn litres of petrol

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday began fresh measures to halt what it described as artificially induced petrol scarcity noticeable in some parts of the country. To this end, the corporation has ordered the importation of more than one billion litres of petrol in March to address short fall in supply The Group Managing Director (GMD), NNPC, Dr Joseph Dawha, in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officers of the NNPC subsidiaries, began detailed monitoring of fuel stations in Abuja.

Others in the exercise are the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Mr Farouk Ahmed, and the Managing Director of Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr Haruna Momoh, Also in the team was the Director of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr George Osahon. Dawha said the exercise was to checkmate hoarding and panic buying of petrol, particularly in Abuja, Lagos and its environs.

The GMD said there was enough petrol in the nation’s stock to take care of the need of motorists. He said as the supplier of last resort, the corporation was doing everything within its mandate to alleviate the avoidable hardship caused by the situation. The Executive Secretary, PPPRA, said the problem was more of artificial because there were enough products.

Culled from: Freedom Online

Fani-Kayode Suffering from “Substance Abuse” — APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said contrary to the information being peddled by the spokesman of the Jonathan Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, the party does not wish him any ill health, even though it is seriously concerned about his mental state.
“No, we have never and will never wish anyone any ill health. However, we are seriously concerned that Mr. Fani-Kayode may have unhinged, perhaps as a result of a relapse into an unhealthy lifestyle of substance abuse,” the party said in a statement issued in Dubai on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed.
“Our concern stems from the series of incoherent statements, outlandish claims and inconsistent behaviours exhibited by Mr. Fani-Kayode in recent times, which call into question his state of mental health.
“We wish Mr. Fani-Kayode well and call on him to tell Nigerians that he remains clean, despite the massive pressure of work, and that he will not do anything that will see him needing a prolonged reformation in a foreign land,” it said.
APC said it is only an unstable mind and someone who is teetering on the brink that will conjure up the kind of improbable scenarios that have been put out there in quick succession by Mr. Fani-Kayode, and still believe strongly that he is doing the right thing.
The party said the APC does not harbour the kind of disturbed personalities who abound in the PDP, and who will not hesitate to publicly wish fellow Nigerians ill or dead, as long as they believe such ill-will would endear them to their masters and guarantee their political survival.

APC Response to PDP's allegation that it is Responsible for the Fuel Scarcity

After allegations by the ruling party in Nigeria that the main opposition party is behind the fuel scarcity, the opposition party has come out to defend itself in a press statement yesterday. Below is the press statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the APC.

It is totally unconscionable, and indeed an admission of failure, for a sitting government and ruling party to blame the opposition for their failings. These guys have simply abdicated their responsibility to the people. ‎They can as well throw in the towel and head home.

The questions to ask are: who runs the NNPC? Who pays subsidy to fuel marketers? Who has used federal resources to bribe individuals and groups to such a level that there is no money to run the government, not to talk of paying subsidies?

The moment a ruling party starts transferring its responsibilities to the opposition, it is clear that the market is over, the party said in a statement issued in Dubai on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Dubai, March 2nd 2015

APC behind Fuel Scarcity, President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Office allege

There's fuel scarcity right now is Abuja and many parts of Nigeria and the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation is alleging sabotage by the main opposition party, APC. See a press statement below by The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO)...

"The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) yesterday attributed the sudden fuel scarcity in many parts of the country to sabotage by the opposition APC, which has infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers.

Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said in a statement in Abuja that the fuel marketers have taken a sub-contract from the opposition to frustrate supplies of petrol to fuel stations as part of a grand plan to create tension in the polity.

According to Fani-Kayode, “We know who the fuel marketers are.  We know the relationship that exists between one of the biggest fuel marketers and a national leader of the APC.  These unconscionable opposition elements infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers, whom they have contracted, in a calculated attempt to frustrate the good efforts of government.

Lady who collected $20,000 to arrange Rented Crowd for President Goodluck Jonathan in London uncovered

The lady who organised the rented crowd that protested at the Chatham House in London on Thursday last week (26/02/2015) on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan has been uncovered.

The lady, who gave her name simply as Adijatu towards the end of the video attached to this report, said she
organised the 100 persons from Manchester in the United Kingdom for the purpose of the pro-Jonathan protest. The rented crowd also protested against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Major General Muhammadu Buhari. As earlier reported, a member of the President Jonathan campaign team and the Assistant Director of Civil Society and Support Groups in the Diaspora, Chief Peter Mozie, had requested for $20,000 to mobilise some Nigerians in the United Kingdom to protest at Chatham House where Buhari was to deliver a speech on Thursday.

A memo, addressed to the Director of Civil Society and Support Groups, Prof. Nick Eze, and copied to the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Alkali, said different persons at the venue of the anti-Buhari rally will have various talking points. Adijatu, who first identified herself as Abi, confirmed on video that she mobilised the persons who came to the venue.

ISIS Executioner, Jihadi John's adult pictures released

The photos above are of the ruthless killer, Mohammed Emwazi, the ISIS executioner popularly known as Jihadi John and currently the most wanted man in the world.

He's pictured left during his time as an IT worker in Kuwait. His parents have also been identified but claim not to be associated with him.

The last time he spoke to them, they said he tricked them into believing that he was a humanitarian aid worker in Syria.

Benue Police Brutality: Victim Demands Help From FG