Oil prices rose in Asian trade Friday and were set to end the week with strong gains on signs demand is returning as some governments ease tough coronavirus lockdowns. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate gained 4.5 percent to change hands at $24.62 per barrel, and has risen around 25 percent this week. International benchmark Brent […]

•COVID-19 economic impact would have been less in a restructured Nigeria •We must enter post-COVID era without debts • Nigeria needs debt relief now not fresh loans By Chioma Onuegbu Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, chairman of Ibom Airline, and national chairman, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, in this […]

First, there was the battle of Babyface versus Teddy Riley last month. But now R&B fans will get to see two queens get in the ring, when Erykah Badu belts it out against Jill Scott in Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s “Verzuz” battle series on Instagram Live on Saturday. Yes, the mother of all neo-soul showdowns […]

THE Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has said it was going to enforce the social distancing measure of the federal and state governments in all passenger vehicles on Nigerian roads.

Manchester United want to extend Odion Ighalo’s loan deal, with the Premier League side currently set to lose the striker before the season resumes. Ighalo’s loan stay at Old Trafford expires at the end of May, when he is scheduled to return to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua. The top-flight will not have returned […]