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The fuel crisis situation in the country could take a while to abate as oil marketers say they are broke and can't resume importation of fuel, a Vanguard report has revealed. "The money that the marketers were paid by the Federal Government was, according to the banks, like a tip of the iceberg, compared to the huge amount the marketers owe the banks. Majority of the marketers are not able to repay their indebtedness to the banks, making it impossible for them to secure new facilities from the banks to finance fuel import," a top source in the depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, DAPPMA reportedly said.

Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe, first son of the late first President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe has passed on. He died on Sunday night at Borromeo hospital, near their Inositol Onira, Onitsha native residence. He was aged 75. LEADERSHIP learnt that Chukwuma who ascended his late father’s traditional throne as the Owelle of Onitsha following the demise of the elderstatesman in 1995 died of respiratory complications.

One the night of the Fight of the Century, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao retreated to his corner confidently believing that he had already won the fight. When the results were announced in favor of his opponent, Floyd Mayweather Jr., he was left astonished thinking that he won the fight as Mayweather “didn’t do nothing.” Pacquiao wasn’t alone in his astonishment, as the fight’s results surprised many other people as well.

That the 2015 general elections have come and gone is no longer news and a fait accompli. That the grandeur of the ruling PDP has been cut to size after a 16 years peregrination is also no longer news. That the formation of the APC as the strongest opposition party in the history of Nigeria’s democracy becomes the Gordian knot that finally sinks the titanic PDP is also no longer news. What is rather news and I would like to elucidate is the emerging similarities between the United States of America and the Nigeria’s Presidential elections

At least four people are thought to have been killed in Nepal after another major earthquake there. The 7.4-magnitude tremor sent people running into the streets in the capital, Kathmandu, just two weeks after a devastating quake which killed more than 8,000 people.

May 9, 2015, marks 42 days since the last confirmed case of Ebola in Liberia was safely buried — the period of time set by WHO to declare an outbreak over. WHO now considers Liberia free of Ebola transmission. Reaching this milestone is a testament to the strong leadership and coordination of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Liberian Government, the determination and vigilance of Liberian communities,

Governor Sullivan Chime As Chime denies allegation of forgery of N12 billion budget Christopher Isiguzo in Enugu The crisis in Enugu State House Assembly degenerated further monday as the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu ordered the Police to vacate state House of Assembly complex.

Dr. Kanye West has a nice ring to it. The rapper has received an Honourary Doctorate degree from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Kanye West attended the commencement ceremony of 900 other students and he was decorated with his Honourary Doctorate degree. Wife Kim Kardashian was absent as she launches a new clothing line in Brazil but she shared her excitement via social media.

MTN logo Motivated by the need to help Nigerians stay in touch with new opportunities through the internet, MTN Nigeria, is offering its over 61 million customers with full month of free downloads for all Nigerian apps under the auspices of a movement, tagged APPtitude. Its intention is to help Nigerians embrace mobile applications as a shortcut to navigating the internet in an easy, faster and more efficient manner.

Veteran Nigerian musician and producer OJB Jezreel was reported to have suffered a setback in terms of recovery from his Kidney transplant last year however he has come forward to deny such reports. He sent out a broadcast message and said: Hi my name is Babatunde okungbowa a.k.a OJB Jezreel. I’d like to set the record straight, am at home and healthy with my family going about my normal business. Obviously bloggers don’t research before they post.

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) showed-up at the venue of the public hearing organized by a Panel investigating recent politically motivated killings in Rivers State, demanding an immediate suspension of the hearing. The PDP members led by the Party’s lawyer, Chuma Aguma appeared before the Commission of Inquiry with an interim court order seeking to stop them from sitting pending the decision of the court on the matter.

World’s female number one Serena Williams stays at the top of the WTA tennis rankings released Monday while Carla Suarez Navarro returns to the top 10. Serena Williams US star Williams has 10,156 points, with Romania’s Simona Halep second on 7,115 and Russia’s Maria Sharapova on 6,915 in third. Petra Kvitova remains fourth after her Madrid win at the weekend but has closed to within 245 of Sharapova. Beaten finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova gained 11 places to 18th.

President Goodluck Jonathan will preside over his last Council of State meeting today. The meeting is scheduled to hold at the State House, Abuja at 11 am. The council consists of the President (as the Chairman), Vice President, all former presidents or former heads of state, all former Chief Justices of Nigeria (CJN), president of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, all governors and the Attorney-General of the Federation.

Iheanacho (right) is determined to make Manchester City first eleven Nigeria starlet, Kelechi Iheanacho, has turned down a chance to go on loan from top English Premier League side Manchester City, preferring instead to battle the likes of Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko for a first-team place at Etihad. An inside source at City told AfricanFootball.com Iheanacho, who has been granted work permit in the United Kingdom,

The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Muhammad Sanusi II), has been appointed as the pro-chancellor of the University of Benin, Edo State. Sanusi received his letter of appointment at his palace on Monday from the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau. The former CBN boss who raised the issue of the missing money at NNPC, said it is good to always do good.