By Ediri Ejoh Oil prices fell more than two per cent on as concerns about Chinese cities in lockdown due to coronavirus outbreaks tempered a rally driven by strong import data from the world’s biggest crude importer and U.S. plans for a large stimulus package. Brent crude fell $1.32, or 2.34 per cent, to settle […]

by Hiroshi HIYAMA Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic. “There is no work. Absolutely none,” said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutching a small plastic bag of essentials on […]

By Joseph Erunke THE Coalition of South-East Professionals Network in Nigeria and Diaspora, CSEPNND, has picked holes in the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB’s opposition to Igbo presidency, saying that the group is being sponsored to destabilise the South-East geo-political zone. The IPOB had on Sunday given reasosn for its refusal to support Nigerian president […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela A 57-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police, Okubo Aboye, and his mechanic, Niyi Afolabi, 39, were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High for receiving a stolen vehicle from kidnappers. The court also sentenced seven other persons— Solomon Ayodele Obamoyegun 39, Femi Omiawe 40, Damilola Obamoyegun 20, Bose Sade Ajayi 30, […]

***As oil exploration suffers setback ***Stakeholders renew call for PIB, others By Udeme Akpan There are indications that limited investment has taken a toll on exploration, as Nigeria’s rig count dropped year-on-year by 27.8 per cent to 135 in the year 2020, from 187 in 2019. The oil rig count, a major index for measuring […]

*Miyetti Allah pleads, to meet on next step *Akeredolu acted responsibly —Afenifere *Most okada riders spy for bandits, foreign kidnappers —Oyo Amotekun commandant By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon & Deola Badru THE Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, yesterday, pleaded for more time, as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu issued an executive order to herdsmen […]

Popularly known as MoneymakerDMW, Bakare Owolabi Ibrahim, a member of Afropop singer Davido’s DMW gang, has reiterated that indeed tough times never last but tough, determined people do. This, he believes is the major theory behind his success in the fiercely competitive Nigerian music industry. MoneymakerDMW, an alumnus of Federal College of Education, Akoka, Lagos, […]

The Police Command in Plateau has killed two suspected kidnappers in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. According to him, the criminals were killed after a gun battle with the police on […]

By Ibrahim Hassan Southern Kaduna People’s Union, SOKAPU, yesterday said not less than N900 million ransom was paid by kidnap victims in Southern Kaduna to their abductors last year. National President of the group, Jonathan Asake said between January and December, 2020, kidnap victims paid N900 million to their abductors. At a briefing in Kaduna, […]

…Forensic expert testifies on Obaseki’s UI certificate By Gabriel Enogholase & Ozioruva Aliu A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has dismissed the suit by African Action Congress, AAC, seeking to nullify the result of September 19, 2020, Edo State governorship election won by Governor Godwin Obaseki on account of its (AAC) […]