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Tension in Enugu as Bishop removes Mbaka, sends him to Monastery
…Church members attack successor
By Paul Eso
Tension in Enugu State as Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, was Monday morning, removed as the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry.
This is as worshippers at the ministry attacked the priest sent to replace the controversial priest, while raining abuses on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi.
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Bishop Onaga Of The Catholic Diocese Of Enugu has appointed Rev Fr Anthony Amadi as the new director of the church’s outreach, while Mbaka was instructed to go to monastery for deep prayers to ask God for proper directions over his calling .
The fiery priest had on Thursday, announced in a statement, that ministry activities would resume on Sunday, October 2, 2022.
However, drama unfolded as an attempt to replace him with another priest by the Bishop Onaga was resisted as the congregation attempted to mob the new priest.
Mbaka had barely announced his successor when faithful who had thronged the Emene ground to receive him after about three months of suspension went wild in protest.
They were shocked by the transfer of Mbaka after months of suspension and vehemently rejected the new Chaplain.
The revolt was soon directed at the new priest, Fr. Amadi, who had to be whisked away as the crowd surged to attack him.
Mbaka according to reliable sources would be going to a monastery for the time being.
Meanwhile, some of the Adoration faithful have vowed that no other priest would be welcome to the Chaplaincy, alleging a gang-up from certain quarters in the church against Mbaka.
The Bishop was on June 3, banned Mbaka from commenting on partisan politics. However, shortly after the initial ban was lifted, the controversial cleric violated the ban and verbally attacked Peter Obi, describing him as a ‘stingy man’.
Following outrage and condemnation that trailed the attack on the LP standard bearer, the Bishop issued a pastoral injunction on attendance to the Adoration Chaplaincy and enjoined all Catholics to stop visiting the ministry till further notice.
Onaga in a statement, had said, “In the light of the happenings in the Catholic Adoration Ministry Chaplaincy Enugu; capable of undermining the Catholic faith and teachings; and after several fraternal corrections and admonitions to Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, the Chaplain of the Ministry; and after having given him pastoral directives and guidelines for the Ministry Chaplaincy, which he persistently violated.
“And in fulfilment of my pastoral duties as the Chief Shepherd with the obligation to promote and safeguard the Catholic faith and morals in Enugu Diocese, I hereby prohibit all Catholics (clergy, religious and lay faithful) henceforth from attending all religious and liturgical activities of the Catholic Adoration Ministry until the due canonical process initiated by the Diocese is concluded.
“My decision is based on the fact that some of the teachings and utterances of Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka at the Catholic Adoration Ministry are not consistent with the teachings and faith of the Catholic Church.”
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NNPC JV Unveils New Crude Oil Grade ‘Nembe’, Commences Exports With 1,900 Barrels
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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.