LAGOS—There was wild jubilation at the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, in Eredo Local Council Development Area of Epe, yesterday, following the release of its Principal, his Vice and four students, five days after they were kidnapped by gunmen.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended all the banks, with the exception of First Bank, from selling dollar proceeds of International Money Transfer Services, IMTS, to Bureaux De Change, BDCs.

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has challenged the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI and other parastatals under his ministry, to evolve strategies that would help them improve on their internally generated revenue, IGR, to sustain the institute

Kogi State Commissioner for Finance, Idris Asiru, has assured Okun Yoruba-speaking people of the state government’s commitment to develop their area after years of neglect by previous administrations.

DISTURBED by the spate of kidnap cases across the country, the House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on kidnapping in Nigeria.

Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, to set aside his conviction by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

Some media professionals in Urhobo land, Delta State, under the aegis of Urhobo Media Practitioners Forum, UMPF, have commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, describing him as a bridge builder, who has brought unity to the state since he assumed office.

EBONYI State born and Nigeria’s foremost conspiracy crime fiction writer and author Obinna Udenwe speaks about his first traditionally published work, Satans and Shaitans, a conspiracy crime thriller offering the most intriguing answers to some of the ugly events that have shaped Nigeria’s political landscape.

THE Senate, yesterday, summoned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Nigerian Customs Service, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and all revenue generating agencies to have a holistic picture of what was in the federation account.

By Prince Okafor The price rally that followed the previous week’s breakthrough in production output freeze by members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, appears to be buckling as crude oil price slipped a second day on speculation that the OPEC agreement to trim crude output will not succeed in reducing supply. But […]