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Pokovirtuousblog

Video Of Prince Lucas' 'Eva' Gets Lovely Words On Social Media
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Video Of Prince Lucas' 'Eva' Gets Lovely Words On Social Media 

Others said 'let's go', Pokovirtuousblog has shown.

In a post on his Instagram handle Friday, October 27, 2023, budding Nigerian Music Act, Prince Lucas, shared a short video of his musical piece, 'Eva', even as he advised fans to keep streaming it.

“EVA” Visualizer OUT NOW!! Hope you enjoy these visualizers for songs off “Before the Love Party”🖤 KEEP STREAMING BTLP!!
NEXT STOP: NEW MUSIC🏌🏿."

Checks by our reporter reveals that a substantial portion of his fans have since taken to the comments to drop nice words.

Taiyebabyy, 'Finally 🔥🔥🔥🔥.'; M.malone_, '🔥🔥🔥🔥.', among others.
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Lele

Fuel Price May Fall As Petrol Vessels Berth At Port - Politics
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The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may be reduced in filling stations operated by independent marketers this week, following the massive imports of PMS by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, oil dealers stated on Saturday.

It was gathered that the recent hike in petrol prices at retail outlets operated by independent marketers was due to the short supply of the commodity, which led to acts of profiteering by both depot owners and filling stations.

But operators in the downstream oil sector confirmed to our correspondent on Saturday night that several cargoes imported by NNPCL had arrived in Nigeria, as some of them were currently discharging at the ports.

“Once the products start hitting filling stations, fuel price will reduce, because the recent high cost was due to supply drop,” the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Ukadike Chinedu, told our correspondent.

On Thursday, oil marketers blamed the emergence of queues for petrol at filling stations in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states on the low supply of PMS by its sole importer – NNPCL.

However, the national oil company refuted the position of marketers, as it argued that the queues in the affected areas were due to a “price war.”

But going by the latest development concerning the imports by NNPCL, operators in the sector stated that the queues would not only disappear but there would be a reduction in price at independent filling stations.

Currently, petrol is mostly sold at between N580 and N613/litre at filling stations operated by NNPCL. Most other marketers dispense the commodity at higher rates, with some selling PMS for as high as N670/litre.

“The most important thing now is that cargoes carrying PMS ordered by NNPCL have arrived, some of them have berthed and they are discharging. So the partial scarcity we are experiencing now will be gone,” Ukadike said.

He noted that the inflow of foreign exchange during the Yuletide would not necessarily impact petrol prices, rather the increased imports by NNPCL should warrant a reduction in price.

He said the large PMS imports were confirmed to marketers by NNPCL.

On whether marketers had started receiving the products, Ukadike replied, “By Monday we will start receiving from Port Harcourt and Warri, based on my last discussion with the NNPC management.”

Another major marketer also confirmed the position of IPMAN, as he stated that “when you wet the market with products, there’ll be no room for profiteering.”

Earlier, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, stated that the position of oil marketers as regards the re-emergence of fuel queues was not true, as he insisted that the oil firm had enough products.

“That is not true. The recent tightness in Abuja is essentially a price war which is typical of any competitive market. Motorists would rather queue at filling stations that offer lower prices than others.

“While NNPC retail is selling at N613/litre in Abuja, other marketers’ prices range from N625-N650/litre,
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Lele

Russia Using 'hybrid Warfare' Tactics To Push Migrants Over Finnish Border. - Foreign Affairs
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There has been a sharp uptick in recent days in the numbers of asylum seekers arriving at border posts in southeast Finland, after a gradual buildup over several months.

Russia is using a "hybrid warfare" tactic to push migrants over the Finnish border, sparking concerns the Kremlin might be starting a larger-scale effort to put pressure on the EU's longest border with Russia, and NATO's new eastern flank.

The Finnish Border Guard says there has been an increase in the number of people crossing from Russia into southeast Finland in recent months without proper documents – most of them lacking visas.

"The amount is higher than usual," the Border Guard said in a press release, noting that those who entered into the Nordic nation via this route have applied for asylum.

Although overall numbers are still low it still represents a sharp uptick in a relatively short period of time. Some 91 people arrived since the end of August until the weekend, while on Monday the Border Guard said 39 more people arrived, and Finnish media reported more than 50 arrived at one specific border crossing on Monday, many of them on brand new bicycles.

The Border Guard says the migrants are mostly Iraqis, Syrians, Turks and Somalis.

Previously, Russian authorities have not allowed anyone to travel to Finnish border crossing points if they don't have the correct documents or a visa, but that tactic has now changed.

"In recent months, the actions of the Russian authorities, at least on the border with southeastern Finland, have changed in such a way that, unlike before, they have allowed travel despite lack of documents," the Border Guard said.

Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen accused Russia of deliberately ushering migrants toward the border zone as a type of "hybrid warfare," and said he will inform NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the EU about the situation.

Previous Russian tactic using migrants
Finnish authorities have been aware that Russia could send more migrants over its longest land border with the EU as part of a hybrid tactic to try and overwhelm the Finns – a tactic Moscow has tried before.

In January and February 2016, almost 1,000 migrants arrived at an Arctic border post between Finland and Russia. Finnish officials believe the arrivals were facilitated by Russian authorities with bus transport and hotel accommodation on their journey north, with people given instructions to claim asylum once they got over the border.

The event was widely considered to be Russia’s first, and most successful, hybrid attack of this type on an EU member state to date – although Finnish officials and politicians baulked at labelling it as such at the time.

Analysts tell Euronews it was likely a "proof of concept" operation, demonstrating that Russia could initiate this flow of migrants and then close it again at will.

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says the matter "must be taken seriously", and his government is planning to announce new restrictions for the border.

Measures available to them include further restrictions of cross-border traffic, or closing the border points completely. The government could also decide to centralise all asylum applications at one specific border crossing.

"The Government will ensure Finland's border security in all situations," said Interior Minister Mari Rantanen from the far-right Finns Party. "If necessary, the Government is prepared to exercise all its powers under the law in situations that seriously endanger border security."

There are already plans in place to build a 200-kilometre fence with enhanced electronic surveillance equipment along the border, but only smaller parts have been completed so far.

"It seems that this is enabled by the Russian authorities, because the procedure deviates from what are the agreed practices at the border," Orpo told reporters on Tuesday in Helsinki.

However, the prime minister wouldn't be drawn on whether this could be classed as a case of hybrid influence.
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Sugartainment

Samuel Egunjobi Empowerment Foundation Launches Football And Education Incubation Programme In Nigeria
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Football as a Sports has proven over time that it has a magic of building bridges and uniting people of different categories to chase a common purpose.

According to history, Sports have been used in the time past as a tool for peace promotion and community building by bringing people across their differences I. e ethnicities, race, profession, religion, status, nationalities e. t. c together for a common cause or objectives. 

Over the years, football has gone beyond mere sports but has metamorphosed into a sustainable business initiative for global peace in curbing racism, dowsing terrorism and crime in developing countries by giving hope of better future to the children and the youths. 

The most popular sports in Africa is football, A major reason the Samuel Egunjobi Empowerment Foundation (Incorporated) through the Rebuild Afrika Academy is capitalising on the power that comes with the sport in Africa, by combining it with education to discover, train, mentor, support, empower and unites the youth towards a common goal which is to "Make the World a better place'' by starting from our immediate community. 

Our incubation programme started some months ago in Nigera, where we discovered the talent of children and youth below the age of 17, sharpen their intelligence through coaching beyond football, give them direction on how to achieve their life purpose but using football as the tool to help their mindset as they journey towards self development in a positive way. 

As an experienced social entrepreneur, the root cause of the problem of the average Nigerian youth despite the deposit of talents overflowing across the 6Geo Political Zones that made up Nigeria are ; the failure of leadership, lack of quality education and direction, uneven distribution of resources, deteriorating value system that celebrate wealth without venture and others.

The youths are the reflection of every society, been the country in Africa with highest population of youth and the most successful youths of African origin in Diaspora, our foundation will continues to empower skillful youth, promote talented teens and support the girl child education, encourage people in business and rural traders so as to discourage the next generation from fraud, human trafficking, dehumanization, cyber crime, prostitution, child labour and other social vices that are encouraging kidnapping for ransom and terrorism. 


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Lele

Paystack Sacks 33 Employees In Dubai & Europe - CEO - Career
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1:09pm
Today was a difficult day at Paystack.

We’re reducing our operations outside of Africa, and will be parting ways with up to 33 employees in Europe and the UAE.

In the last 3 years, our hiring philosophy was to recruit great talent regardless of location, including opening an engineering hub in Dubai.

We’re changing our operating model to prioritize locating team members within the markets we serve, to localize costs and get closer to customers.

We’re sparing no expense to minimise disruption to the lives of team members. The severance package includes 4 months’ salary, accelerating equity vesting, extending health insurance by 3 months, and more.

These are some of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with, and my goal is to ensure that every single one finds new roles as soon as possible. I’m personally happy to vouch for each one and do reference calls as needed.
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Lele

Fuel Finally Returns To Gaza After Israeli War Cabinet Decision - Foreign Affairs
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The first delivery of fuel arrived in Gaza Friday after Israel’s war cabinet bowed to diplomatic pressure to let diesel back into the war-torn Palestinian territory, where aid schemes are shut down amid critical shortages.

As fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers rages for six weeks, the United Nations has warned hospitals, drinking water and sewage facilities are grinding to a halt as fuel reserves run dry.

Tzachi Hanegbi, national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel’s war cabinet agreed “to provide two tankers of fuel a day” after a “special request” from Washington.

Hanegbi said the fuel would be used to “operate the sewage and water systems run by UNRWA”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

“We took that decision to prevent the spread of epidemics. We don’t need epidemics that will harm civilians or our fighters. If there are epidemics, the fighting will stop,” he said.

Late Friday, a Palestinian border official said the first shipment of 17,000 litres of fuel had entered through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

The official said it was “for the telecommunications company” Paltel, to ease a Gaza-wide communications blackout after the firm ran out of fuel on Thursday.

A senior US official said Washington had put huge pressure on Israel to ease its fuel blockade and avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

The US official said that some 70,000 litres will enter daily under the deal, but UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday the territory needs 200,000 litres a day.

‘500 trucks’

Israel cut off all fuel supplies to Gaza after October 7, when Hamas militants surged over the border and killed 1,200 – mostly civilians – according to Israel.

In retaliation, Israel launched bombardments and a ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza, where the Islamist movement says 12,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed.

This week Israel allowed a first shipment for UNRWA’s delivery trucks, but the agency said drivers did not have enough fuel to reach the border and fill their tanks.

Elad Goren, spokesman for COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, accused Hamas of “exaggerating fuel shortages, especially at the hospitals”.

Earlier this week, UNRWA said 70 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.4 million people no longer had access to clean water in southern Gaza, where raw sewage had started to flow on the streets as pumps shut down.

UNRWA’s Gaza director Thomas White said aid operations were “being strangled of resources to serve people in need”.

But Goren said Israel would not limit aid deliveries. “We are getting a list from the UN. We are not limiting the number. If tomorrow they will give us a list of 500 trucks 500 trucks will move,” he said.
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