A 51-year-old property agent, Taiwo Oluwo, has been charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing N360,000 belonging to one Pastor Praise Judah, under the guise of renting a land for him.

I WAS in Warri, Delta state, during the ember months of 2014 and observed the enthusiasm shown by the folks in the streets for the candidacy of Chief Great Ogboru. As a result, I sent a text message to my friend Sir Richard Odibo, a top promoter of Ogboru.

WE shall strongly battle another form of evil that is even worse than terrorism – the evil of corruption. Corruption attacks and seeks to destroy our national institutions and character… corruption will not be tolerated by this administration; and it shall no longer be allowed to stand as if it is a respected monument in this nation —Muhammadu Buhari’s Acceptance Speech, March 31, 2015

Lagos—A former Dean, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Professor Ademola Popoola has called on African countries not to only sign the United Nation’s convention on corruption, but put in place robust integrity systems that provide checks and balances on those in power.

The Institute of Directors, IoD, Nigeria, penultimate week, embarked on a health walk tagged “Walk For Life” (WFL) to ensure healthy living among directors and participants. The fitness exercise which lasted for about 1hr, 45minutes took off from IoD’s office at 53 Glover Road, Ikoyi-Lekki, with participants going through Malverton and Alexander roads, across Lekki/Ikoyi Bridge.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has reaffirmed its call to the Federal Ministry of Health to halt the commercialisation of pharmacy facilities in Federal Health Institutions once and for all in the interest of national health. Making the call, in a petition to the Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, the PSN President, Pharm. Olumide Akintayo, said rather than abate, the tendencies and flair for vindictive actions targeted against pharmacists and the profession of pharmacy has continued unchecked at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin and Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.

“U.S. production growth is beginning to slow down and demand is looking quite good for the year, so the combination of all of that means that probably price, if anything, moves up a little bit,” Taylor said. Prices “overreacted to the downside” and the slump is now “behind us,” Torbjorn Tornqvist, the chief executive officer of Gunvor, said at the same Lausanne event. The company handles more than 2.5 million barrels of crude and fuels each day, meaning it’s among the world’s five largest independent traders, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Tony Hayward, the former BP chief executive who runs Iraqi Kurdistan-focused Genel Energy, said oil prices are set to soar as OPEC has taken just six-months to stop the US shale oil boom in its tracks. Speaking at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, Mr Hayward said the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries had shown itself to be “the most successful cartel in history”, predicting oil prices would soon return to near $80 a barrel.

INDUSTRY leaders at the World Economic Forum on East Asia have said they expect oil prices to rise further. The leaders, meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, said the long-term view was that demand for oil is growing. Oil prices are around their highest levels for the year. The price of Brent crude was at $63 a barrel on Tuesday, up 40% from its January low of $45 a barrel and near its high for the year of $65.

The Labour Party, LP, candidate in the just-concluded House of Assembly election in Bayelsa State, Joseph Ogbe, has dragged the state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Gboribiogha-Jonah (rtd) before the Inspector-General of Police, IG, and the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, over alleged violence and rigging which he alleged characterized the Assembly election in Nembe Constituency 1.