THE oil price rebound, yesterday, reached a significant point, selling at $60 per barrel, as the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, continue to withdraw excess oil from the international market. 

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is to speak on a phone-in radio programme from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday.

Lagos State Police command, yesterday, destroyed drugs and banned substances worth N400 million at Elegbe Refuse Dumpsite in Ikorodu area of Lagos.

UMUAHIA—THE leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wings that visited President Muhammadu Buhari last week, at the Aso Rock Villa, has denied endorsing Buhari during the visit.

ABA—ABIA State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has vowed to sack heads of state parastatals owing salary arrears to workers if they fail to settle the issue within three months.

LAGOS—FOLLOWING the attack  by a faction of the National Union of Road Transport Union, NURTW, on some  journalists who covered the campaign flag-off of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called for government’s intervention to stop the menace.

Air Peace all-female crew comprising Captain Simisola Ajibola, Senior First Officer Onohi Agboighale, Mojoko Ewane, Taiye Abbey, Victoria Ukpiaifo and Ngozi Ezeamaka has frustrated an attempt by a middle-aged woman and her collaborators to traffic a three-day-old baby boy through the Port Harcourt Airport to Lagos.

When the Tripartite  Committee on the new minimum wage submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on November 5, 2018, workers were full of expectations. In fact, some had hoped to use the new minimum wage to celebrate the 2018 yuletide season following the National Assembly assurance of an accelerated process once it received a bill on.

Osogbo—A 29-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Odedele Feranmi, was yesterday arraigned by Osun State Police Command before an Osogbo magistrate court for alleged reckless driving and killing.

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday said the emergency of President Muhammadu as Nigeria’s President,   saved the country from a far more heinous insurgency than the country is currently experiencing.

BENIN—Following complaints of dilapidated infrastructure for public water supply across parts of Edo State, All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Akoko-Edo constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Peter Akpatason, has said questions must be asked about Ojirami Dam, while promising to rescucitate it to make water available for the people.

Super Eagles players John Ogu and Moses Simon have questioned the omission of  teammate, Wilfred Ndidi from the 2018 Caf Africa XI list.

EDUCATION  stakeholders  would be privileged from 14-18 January to exchange ideas with national and international research scholars and educators, as they share experiences and research findings.

Ibadan—A middle-aged woman reportedly returning home from school run yesterday, was crushed by an articulated vehicle at Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

ENUGU—A team of   Indian cardiac surgeons have commenced operations on 22 children slated for open heart surgeries at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH in Enugu State.