SO UNFORTUNATE: Oprah Winfrey has just 3 Months to live

Daytime talk show extraordinaire Oprah was given the shock of her life when a routine check up turned into her having less than 4 months to live following a stage Four cancer diagnosis.
“I’ve made more money than I could spend in a life time, but I’m going to enjoy seeing what kind of dent I can put in $2 billion in 3 months” Said Oprah proclaiming that she would spend half her fortune making a few lucky fans dreams come true, donating the rest and while leaving something for her dog and Steadman. Oprah seem to be in high spirits saying “why be sad when I can buy a small country, name it Oprah, and live forever”
What will be some of the quotes the world will remember her for?
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, ‘you are going to have to learn to do this,’ and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother’s life.
Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
For everyone of us that succeeds, it’s because there’s somebody there to show you the way out.
I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier.
When I look into the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes.

Alison-Madueke elected first female OPEC President

Alison-Madueke elected first female OPEC President

LAGOS — Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, yesterday, elected Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum, as its president, making her the first female president of the oil cartel.

Alison-Madueke, who is currently the Alternate President of OPEC, was elected at the 166th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna, Austria, and will assume office from January 2015.

She is expected to take over from Abdourhman Atahar Al-Ahirish, Libya’s Vice Prime Minister for Corporations.

Diezani Alison-Madueke

The conference also elected Dr Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar and Head of its delegation as Alternate President.

The Federal Government had, in June nominated Alison-Madueke for the post of Secretary-General of the organisation to succeed the incumbent, Abdullah al-Badri, whose tenure ends in December.

Speaking shortly after the election, Alison-Madueke maintained that there were no quick fixes to sliding oil prices, adding that “the strategy the Federal Government of Nigeria intends to deploy to cushion the effect of the fall is to develop the country’s gas infrastructure for domestic use.”

She said the current trend would make Nigeria to look very stringently again at the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which is already before the National Assembly to ensure that the enablers therein are explored to make it more competitive in the global energy market.

She said the burden of falling oil prices was impacting on both OPEC and non-OPEC member countries.

She explained that OPEC would provide a veritable platform for member countries to find a remedy and deal with the challenges posed by shale oil and gas from the United States and the current decline in crude oil prices.

She said: “US shale oil and gas had a lot of impacts on all major oil and gas producing economies. It is a major game changer for all stakeholders in the energy mix across the globe.”

Allison-Madueke further stated that in the months ahead, OPEC would provide a veritable platform for member countries to find a remedy and deal with the issue frontally.

Member countries retain 30mbpd crude output

In a statement announcing decisions reached at the conference, Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said at the end of the conference, members of OPEC agreed to maintain the current production level of 30 million barrels per day as was agreed in December 2011 in the interest of restoring market equilibrium.

He stated that OPEC member countries also expressed their readiness to respond to developments which could have an adverse impact on the maintenance of an orderly and balanced oil market.

He said: “OPEC also directed its secretariat to step up its close monitoring of developments in supply and demand as well as non fundamental factors such as speculative activity and keeping member countries fully briefed on developments.”

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LAGOS — Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, yesterday, elected Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Petroleum, as its president, making her the first female president of the oil cartel.
Alison-Madueke, who is currently the Alternate President of OPEC, was elected at the 166th meeting of the OPEC Conference in Vienna, Austria, and will assume office from January 2015.
She is expected to take over from Abdourhman Atahar Al-Ahirish, Libya’s Vice Prime Minister for Corporations.

Diezani Alison-Madueke

The conference also elected Dr Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar and Head of its delegation as Alternate President.
The Federal Government had, in June nominated Alison-Madueke for the post of Secretary-General of the organisation to succeed the incumbent, Abdullah al-Badri, whose tenure ends in December.
Speaking shortly after the election, Alison-Madueke maintained that there were no quick fixes to sliding oil prices, adding that “the strategy the Federal Government of Nigeria intends to deploy to cushion the effect of the fall is to develop the country’s gas infrastructure for domestic use.”
She said the current trend would make Nigeria to look very stringently again at the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which is already before the National Assembly to ensure that the enablers therein are explored to make it more competitive in the global energy market.
She said the burden of falling oil prices was impacting on both OPEC and non-OPEC member countries.
She explained that OPEC would provide a veritable platform for member countries to find a remedy and deal with the challenges posed by shale oil and gas from the United States and the current decline in crude oil prices.
She said: “US shale oil and gas had a lot of impacts on all major oil and gas producing economies. It is a major game changer for all stakeholders in the energy mix across the globe.”
Allison-Madueke further stated that in the months ahead, OPEC would provide a veritable platform for member countries to find a remedy and deal with the issue frontally.
Member countries retain 30mbpd crude output
In a statement announcing decisions reached at the conference, Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said at the end of the conference, members of OPEC agreed to maintain the current production level of 30 million barrels per day as was agreed in December 2011 in the interest of restoring market equilibrium.
He stated that OPEC member countries also expressed their readiness to respond to developments which could have an adverse impact on the maintenance of an orderly and balanced oil market.
He said: “OPEC also directed its secretariat to step up its close monitoring of developments in supply and demand as well as non fundamental factors such as speculative activity and keeping member countries fully briefed on developments.”

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Boko Haram kills 5 soldiers, 30 hunters in roadside bombing

Boko Haram kills 5 soldiers, 30 hunters in roadside bombing

Yola— No fewer than 35 people, including five military personnel and a local hunter, were said to have been killed by a bomb explosion yesterday morning around Mararaba-Mubi area of Adamawa State.

An eyewitness told newsmen in Yola, the state capital, that a combined team of the military and hunters were on routine patrol of the area following their successful recapture of Mubi town when the bomb planted by the insurgents exploded, killing 35 of them instantly.

According to the eyewitness, the scene of the blast was a busy area where people gathered to transact business, adding that the explosive might have been planted there overnight while it went off in the morning as people gathered there.

The eyewitness, who spoke to newsmen on phone, said the military had converted the venue of the blast to a checkpoint, since people were always at the spot in large numbers.

According to him, “my house is some metres from the scene of the incident. I stood outside my compound watching the suburb and all of a sudden, I heard a loud bang which shook the entire surroundings. The few people who were returning to the area started running away and the area was immediately cordoned off by the military.”

Scene of the blast. AFP

The explosion prompted the military authorities to declare the area “a no go place” and advised returning villagers and passers-by to be extra cautious along the routes.

The authorities also cautioned the people to be wary of strange objects and polythene bags within their reach, advising that they might be explosives fashioned out to look attractive for unsuspecting victims.

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