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Posted by Moses Harry on  Friday, 29 January 2016

A cargo vessel that went adrift off the west coast of Cornwall and Devon after encountering engine difficulties is currently under tow, the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported.   The 91-meter-long vessel reported that it was drifting without power y Thursday just after 12:30 p.m. The ship is carrying a cargo of scrap metal, and all seven crew have remained on board.   The vessel is currently 5 nautical miles north west off Hartland Point heading to Lundy Island, and the Appledore and Padstow RNLI lifeboats are currently on scene along with the Dutch war ship HNLMS De Ruyter.    The HNLMS De Ruyter is now towing the vessel to Lundy Island, North Devon where the vessel can anchor and shelter from the weather.    Bremen Fighter, a tug from Holyhead Harbour is also on its way. It will take the vessel from Lundy Island to a suitable harbor.   A Coastguard Rescue Team from Hartland Point and the Coastguard ...

Asian spot LNG prices fell this week as top consumer Japan struggled with surplus stock and Chevron's new Gorgon project neared start-up, which will feed into an already oversupplied market.   The big worry was about Russia's Sakhalin-2 export plant, hit by a production "glitch" on Jan. 26, a spokesman said, as talk circulated of potential cargo cancellations.   Loading disruptions could tighten spot LNG prices for March delivery in Asia, trading lower at $4.90 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), from $5.10 per mmBtu the previous week.   Most traders said Sakhalin's technical problems will mean cargo rescheduling but not cancellation.   Gail India's purchase of a total of two cargoes from BG Group and Qatar's RasGas in February and March, respectively, signalled further bearishness ahead.   The February cargo sold for around $5.00 per mmBtu, while the March cargo was mid-$4s.   Stockbuilds at Japanese import term...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state took to the streets today to celebrate his victory at the Supreme court with his people. See more photos after the cut...

    A lawmaker has warned the executive arm of government in Nigeria to be cautious in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Moving a motion on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, a legislator from Ekiti State, Segun Adekola, said that Nigeria was not economically ready for such partnership with a weak manufacturing base and infrastructural deficit. The motion argued that entering into such partnership without full preparation would amount to economic suicide for Nigerian industries and also confine the economy to a mere extension of the European Union markets. Some lawmakers, however, believed that such caution might be counterproductive unless other African countries involved in the EPA were carried along. In his response, the Speaker of the House, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, explained that the motion and the issue it presented was still subject to examination by the lower chamber, stres...

  The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has begun an inspection of ongoing projects across the country with a view to ensuring budgetary provision for them in the coming year. Mr Fashola told journalists in Makurdi that he was inspecting the Apir power plant of the Transmission Company of Nigeria along with officials of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, in order to ascertain its level of operation in the state. After inspecting the control room of the power plant, he said that the federal government would give priority attention to the project in the 2017 budget. The delegation also visited the State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, where the Otukpo-Enugu highway was one of the issues discussed The Minister was expected to also inspect the Makurdi-Lafia federal highway as the team leaves for Nasarawa State to round off his trip to the north central states.

Nigerians queuing for kerosene The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has increased the price of Household Kerosene from N50 to N83. This is contained in its products pricing template, released on Sunday in Abuja. The agency stated that the N83 per litre price applied only to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, outlets. The template also showed that at N83, the Federal Government will be making a gain of N10.72 on every litre. It further puts the expected open market price, which is the landing cost plus total margins at N72.28 per litre. The expected open market price is the prevailing open market rate for the product in Nigeria, after taking certain costs into consideration. Giving a breakdown of the price, the PPPRA template put the landing cost of ‎the product at N57.98 per litre, while the total margin due‎ middlemen was put at N14.30. The retailers’ margin was put at N5 per litre; transporters at N3...

The Edo Police Command has recovered more than 32 sophisticated guns with several ammunition from suspected criminals in the last five months. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Ezike, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. Ezike said that the command also arrested 100 suspected criminals – kidnappers, rapists, armed robbers and cultists- within the period in review. He said the feat was recorded following the renewed efforts of the command at ensuring safety and security of lives and property. Ezike also attributed the achievements to the cooperation of traditional rulers and working synergy with the local vigilance groups. “We identified that hunters and vigilance groups are critical stakeholders in our quest to rid the state of criminal elements. “As soon as we established that understanding, we took the fight straight to the den of these criminals. “The success recorded at the Igarra bank raid was an ici...

  The Senate on Tuesday expressed concern over the inability of health officials to start awareness campaigns against the Lassa Fever Virus after it became an epidemic. The lawmakers, at their first legislative business of the year, therefore demanded an aggressive sensitization about the disease and provision of preventive measures against the virus. The concern of the Senate is coming just as medical practitioners at the Lassa Fever Reserch Center at the Irrua Specialist Hospital Edo State, accused the government of not giving the disease the attention it requires. They fear that if nothing is done immediately to curtail further outbreak and spread of the virus, it could end up being a national emergency. They however, declined a recommendation that the Federal Government distributes rat killers free of charge to Nigerians to help in eradicating rats from the environment. Instead, they agreed that its Committee on Health invite the Minister of Healt...

Photo: Port of Tampa Bay   Shifting international trade patterns at America’s seaports – with mega-size vessels requiring higher capacity road and rail connections serving ports, along with deeper harbors, bigger cranes and sturdier berths – can bolster a region’s economy while straining its infrastructure. Because there’s no stopping these trade shifts, ports – and the communities they serve – must learn to adapt in order to bolster job growth, prevent traffic snarls and remain competitive.     To address these issues, executives representing Port Tampa Bay and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) – the unified and recognized voice of America's seaports – will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. The briefing is part of the ninth annual Shifting International Trade Routes conference at Le Méridien Tampa Hotel, in Tampa, Fla., Jan. 21-22.  Hoste...

  The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Ajjampur Ghanashyam, has asked Nigeria to ensure that its foreign policy continues to be one that is representative of not just itself as a country, but the whole of the African continent. The High Commissioner, who was at the National Defence College, said that besides being the largest economy in the continent, Nigeria continues to be at the forefront of development in the continent and as such it should increase its role on the global scene to stand up for the well-being of the African continent. According to him, an increased participation of Nigeria in global decision making will not only mean well for the country and the continent, but the world at large. On his part, the Commandant of the National Defence College, Rear Admiral Samuel Alade, said that the college would leverage on the lessons learnt in the strategic diplomatic relationships.

Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. -- who counts Justin Bieber and the Kardashians  among his flock -- is not as holy as he claims ... so say some Miami street artists who says the church stole from them. It seems Wilkerson's Miami place of worship, Vous Church, used a series of works done by artists like Typoe, Bikismo and Ahol Sniffs Glue in social media and newspaper ads ... without permission. The works the good Pastor lifted were murals for a local public school, never designed for "a well-funded celebrity church brand or its prosperous pastors." The lawsuit -- filed by Kushnirsky Gerber PLLC -- makes mention of Wilkerson's lavish lifestyle and celebrity connections (he officiated Kim and  Kanye 's wedding) but claims the church never once offered to ante up a penny. BTW ... the suit says even if Wilkerson asked for permission, they would have denied it.