By Udeme Akpan THE Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas, HOSCON, weekend, proposed the dedication of 10 per cent of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, profit for oil activities in the Frontier basins. In the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, which seeks to provide Legal, Governance, Regulatory and Fiscal Framework for the Nigerian […]

Six houses collapsed in western Germany due to flooding and ongoing rain overnight, leaving about 30 people missing Thursday morning, police said. The catastrophe was unfolding in the rural Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate state, where police said four people had been found dead in the district of Ahrweiler. The entire district was heavily impacted by […]

Although most fans’ theme of ‘It’s coming Home’ later turned ‘It’s gone to Rome’, there was fun aplenty at the exclusive Heineken fan park in Lagos. If there was one place most football fans across the globe wanted to be on Sunday, July 11, 2021, it was the magnificent Wembley stadium to witness the UEFA […]

A 20-year-old man, Jelili Adeosun, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, for breaking into a church with the intention to steal. Adeosun, whose address was not provided, is charged with burglary and malicious damage. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp E.O.Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 9 […]

THE Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has approved the cancellation of the 2021 edition of the Annual Ojude Oba Festival of Ijebu Ode. This, according to known history makes it only the second time the annual event would be called off. In a Press statement issued by the Coordinator […]