TRAGICALLY, our country is headed back to the odious days of General Sani Abacha when dissent was regarded as criminal, protest as a coup and reason as treason. In the last few days, patriotic Nigerians including people in this government who disagreed with the invasion of our courts by hooded armed men, and resort to self-help by the President Muhammadu Buhari government, have been ordered to shut up. Countries like the United States and United Kingdom and organisations like the European Union and Amnesty International who have raised concern about the violation of basic freedom and refusal by the government to respect the rule of law, have also been asked to shut their mouths. All these are a rehearse of the antics of the Abacha regime.

Meanwhile cost of funds is expected to remain low this week  in the interbank money market due to expected inflow of N500 billion from matured secondary market (Open Market Operations, OMO) TBs.

The downward trend in the fortune of the naira against the dollar is expected to persist this week even as the nation’s external reserve falls to the lowest level in two years.

The management and staff of Newcross Petroleum Limited and Newcross Exploration and Production Limited have celebrated the birthday of their Chairman, Dr. Festus Fadeyi with children at five different orphanage homes in Lagos and Ogun State.

The Paddy Emmanuel Iyamu foundation held its 2nd annual gathering of young entrepreneurs at the BON hotels (former Protea hotels) in Warri Delta State.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV pulled a game between Arsenal and Manchester City from its programme after the Gunners midfielder Mesut Ozil expressed support for mainly Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang. Ozil, a German of Turkish origin, condemned China’s crackdown on Uighurs and other minorities in the western region in a tweet on Friday, while criticizing Muslim […]

Tyson Fury has split with his coach Ben Davison just two months before his rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Davison had been Fury’s coach for the last two years but he revealed on Sunday that they have decided to part ways. With the Briton’s clash against America’s Wilder looming on February 22, Fury moved quickly to hire Javan […]

“Jumanji: The Next Level” iced out “Frozen II” at the North American box office this weekend, raking in an estimated $60.1 million in its debut, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. Sony’s latest “Jumanji” sequel stars Jack Black, Dwayne (“The Rock”) Johnson and Kevin Hart as a group of friends returning to the dangerous but […]

The Edo State Government has announced the commencement of the revalidation exercise for pensioners in the 18 Local Governments Areas (LGAs) of the state. A statement by Permanent Secretary/Chairman, Pensions Bureau, Mr. Saylor Juwobor said the ‘AM-ALIVE Revalidation Exercise’, will hold from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th December, 2019 at 9:00 am daily. All affected […]

Memphis Depay’s bid to play for the Netherlands in Euro 2020 suffered a huge blow on Sunday after Lyon revealed that their star attacker had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Sunday’s 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat to Rennes. READ ALSO: Man City crush Arsenal, Spurs grab late win at Wolves In a […]

By Perez Brisibe Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Askia Ogieh has bagged an award of excellence as Garkuwa Matasan Arewa (Shield of the North) from the Northern Youth Council, NYC for his humanitarian service. The award was presented to him by the NYC leadership who described Chief […]

Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government said on Sunday the first phase of its 27-kilometre blue line rail system would be test-run by December next year. The first phase of the project covers Mile 2 to Orile-Iganmu. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, who led nine other members of the state’s Executive […]

France will extradite Argentinian Mario Sandoval to Buenos Aires late Sunday to face trial over the torture and disappearance of a student during the country’s “dirty war”, airport and legal sources said. The 66-year-old former police officer was arrested Wednesday at his home near Paris, after French authorities gave the final go-ahead for his extradition, […]

Manchester City got back on track as the Premier League champions swept to a 3-0 win against woeful Arsenal, while Tottenham maintained their revival under Jose Mourinho with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Wolves on Sunday. City’s masterclass in north London and Jan Vertonghen’s last-gasp winner for Tottenham shared the spotlight on a day when […]

 The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello said that the restriction placed on commercial tricycle operators to certain parts of the city was one of the most difficult decisions that the FCT administration had to make.