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Reactions Trail 50Cent’s Proposed Movie On Hushpuppi
By Funmilayo Olusanya
There have been mixed reactions after American rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson revealed his intention to produce a TV show about Nigerian Instagram celebrity Ramon Abbas aka “Hushpuppi”.
Recall Hushpuppi, who the FBI identified as one of the most active money launderers in the world, was recently given an 11-year and three months prison sentence in the United States for his efforts to conceal millions of dollars in stolen property.
Announcing his plans to adapt the true life story of Huspuppi in a series, 50 Cent shared pictures of the Nigerian socialite on his official Instagram and Facebook pages.
“For my scammers I gotta do this one, Hushpuppy series coming soon,” the rapper who owns the G-Unit Films and Television Inc. announced.
His post has continued to generate different feedback while actors lobby for roles in the docu-movie, many Nigerians aired their different opinions about the project.
Nollywood actor, Deyemi Okanlawon pitched his tenth for the Hushpuppi’s movie role, “Yo @50Cent… I’ll love to audition to play Hushpuppy.”
Supporting his colleague, actress Ufuoma Mcdermott said, Deyemi – you’ll kill this role. You are best suited to play Hushpuppi.”
“Please give a Nigeria actor the opportunity to play this character,” a veteran Nollywood star, Uchd Jombo urged the American rapper.
One-half of the Afrobeat music duo, Skuki Peeshaun expressed his mixed feelings saying: “Sigh… I’m having mixed feelings! Nollywood how did we let this slip past us? Damn!”
A fan Laureta Amoni said: We Nigerians are wonderful people all over the world, though really can’t wait to see the series.
“Oh, my guy hush has made it big. 50 cent now linking up with Hush baby,” said MooreLighti
Another fan, Odey Paul Linus : 50 u got to come to Lagos to film this series, it got to be real.
A fan praised 50 Cent for his decision, “50 Cent is filled with ideas and money making damn big man doing big things always.
“Here is an actor that can accurately portray Hushpuppi – Jim Iyke,” another fan with an Instagram handle, Magautos commented.
Also, Ebaneilynne says “50Cent please let a real Nigerian man with a real accent play his character. We are tired of hearing a lot of fake accents.
Actress Uche Jumbo also said: “Please give a Nigerian actor the opportunity to play this character.”
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NNPC JV Unveils New Crude Oil Grade ‘Nembe’, Commences Exports With 1,900 Barrels
Precious ADELOLA
The NNPC/Aiteo Joint venture has announced the introduction of Nembe Crude Oil Grade, a new crude oil grade into the international crude oil market.
The announcement of the Nembe Crude Oil Blend, produced by Aiteo, the Operator of the NNPC/Aiteo Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 Joint Venture (JV), was made at the ongoing Argus European Crude Conference in London, on Tuesday.
OML 29, an asset located onshore Nigeria, is operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration & Production Ltd, Africa’s leading indigenous hydrocarbon producer, following a historic acquisition from Shell in 2014.
The Nembe Crude was previously blended with the popular Bonny Light grade and exported via the Bonny Oil & Gas Terminal.
The unique selling point of the Nembe Crude Oil grade with an API gravity was highlighted by both the Aiteo E & P and NNPC Limited Leadership at the Argus Conference in London.
The Nembe Crude Oil grade also has a low sulphur content and low carbon footprint due to flare gas elimination, fitting perfectly into the required spec of major buyers in Europe.
Two cargoes of 950,000 barrels each of the Nembe Crude Oil grade have since been exported to France and the Netherlands. With its attractive Assay of API 29 and low sulphur content, the Nembe Crude Oil grade commands a premium to the global Brent benchmark.
With the NNPC-Aiteo OML 29 JV back on-stream, Nigeria now boasts of an additional crude oil export of 2 Cargoes at 950,000 barrels each per month and 1.2 Bcf of export gas monthly.
This remarkable achievement signals the commencement of activities at Nigeria’s newest crude oil terminal, the Nembe Crude Oil Export Terminal (NCOET), which was licensed in line with the extant laws and Crude Oil Terminal establishment regulations.
The terminal was conceived as a Floating Storage and Offloading Vessel (FSO) with a storage capacity of two (2) Million Barrels and the ability to offload crude oil to any export tanker from AFRAMAX to Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC).
It has a loading capacity of 25,000 barrels per hour and will be exporting over 3.6 million barrels of Crude oil monthly at full scale of operation.
Currently, hydrocarbon production from OML 29, which was hitherto constrained due to evacuation challenges owing to the security issues around the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) corridor, has now been resolved through a collaborative and creative approach that led to the innovation of the Alternative Crude Oil Evacuation Solution.
The Argus European Crude Conference 2023 in London is a gathering of energy majors, refiners, NOCs, traders, financial institutions, and other representatives from across the global oil markets. The event also provides a critical opportunity for business leaders to connect, discuss, share and learn from one another.
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Nigeria Owes NNPCL US$3.1bn, As Subsidy Hits US$921.5m Monthly
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JUST IN: Tribunal Sacks Gov Uba Sani, Declares Election Invalid
Governor Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was removed from office on Thursday by the governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kaduna State.
The panel ruled that the state’s 2023 governorship election was invalid.
According to information gathered by Biztellers, the judges avoided the actual auditorium and instead communicated the decision via zoom.
It commanded the holding of new elections in seven wards across four local government units in the State.
Isa Ashiru, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, and the PDP filed the petition.