The Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the unemployment rate in Russia has increased from 4.6 per cent  to over six per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that it is unfortunate during the pandemic the unemployment in the country has grown. ALSO READ: We’re problems of Nigeria, not religion, ethnicity — Buhari […]

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari has expressed optimism that companies working in Nigeria’s petroleum industry can achieve $10 oil production cost. Kyari who stated this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise Television explained that the corporation was working with its partners […]

Tottenham’s search for a new head coach is finally over after Nuno Espirito Santo was appointed as Jose Mourinho’s successor. Ryan Mason filled in as caretaker boss following Mourinho’s sacking in April, steering the club through to the end of the 2020-21 season. Former Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino was linked with a sensational return, while Antonio […]

Following the recent visit of the Delta Lobby Group to the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof Benjamin Okaba as part of consultations towards the Delta State governorship aspirations for 2023, and alleged attacks on the INC President for receiving them, the Bomadi Mandate Group (BMG) has called on the Ijaw Political Movement (IPM) to refrain from such attacks as Prof Okaba has not endorsed any aspirant or group.

The Court of Appeal, Yola Division, Adamawa State, has affirmed the conviction of Ibrahim Mohammed Umar, a former electoral officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Yola South Local Government Area.