A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two final year students of different tertiary institutions in Ilorin and one other to various jail terms, over offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts; Adetunji Oyewale and Abiodun Adebayo, students of Kwara State University (KWASU), Molete, and Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, respectively, and one Saheed […]

Investors in the Nigerian capital market have earned over N700 billion from dividend payout by companies listed on Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX Year to Date, YtD.

By Obas Esiedesa Nigeria’s crude oil production in August, 2021, fell by 6.68 percent to 1.239 million barrels per day from 1.323mb/d in July, latest report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown. The daily oil production figure excludes condensate oil production which Nigeria is not under obligation to report to OPEC. […]

Delta  State Governor Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s literary icon, Professor Sam Ukala, describing his passage as a monumental loss to Delta, Nigeria and global literary community.  Ukala, who died Monday night after a brief illness, was a Professor of Theatre Arts and Drama at Delta State University, Abraka, until […]

Pele will be moved out of intensive care in the coming days as the Brazil footballing great continues his recovery from surgery, his daughter Kely Nascimento has said. The 80-year-old, who is the only male player to win three World Cups, has been in the Alberto Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. He has been there […]

By Udeme Akpan As part of the agenda required to improve power supply, under the leadership of the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, experts, have urged the Federal Government to unbundle the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, into Technical, Commercial and Operational entities and constitute the board of the company for optimum operations. In different […]

Delta State Government on Tuesday announced that it had revoked the multi-million naira contract for the construction of Asaba/Oko-Amakom/Oko-Obiokpu/Oko-Anala Road over poor performance. The road contract was awarded in 2018, transverses Oko communities in Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state, and has been a major challenge to the state government over the years […]

Nasarawa State of Assembly, the house Tuesday appointed  Hon Abel Yakubu Bala ( PDP), as the new minority leaderof the house

By Obas Esiedesa Gross revenue of Nigeria’s electricity market declined by 4.45 per cent in the second quarter of 2021, Q2’21, to N176.27 billion against N184.27 billion generated in the first quarter, Q1’21, latest data from the sector has shown. The data from the Power Sector Working Group, however, showed that the N360.54 billion generated […]

By Kingsley Adegboye Lagos residents have been assured of a motorable road network in spite of persistent heavy downpours being witnessed across the state in the past couple of weeks. This assurance came from the General Manager of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation, Engr. Olufemi Daramola while speaking on the implications of the torrential […]

By Kingsley Adegboye Nigeria’s real estate sector has not remained the same since the advent of the global Coronavirus referred to as Covid -19 pandemic. Following the impact of the pandemic on Nigeria’s real estate sub-sector, the sector has remained largely under-performing. The underperformance of this sector is largely hinged on the low level of […]

Ahead of the November 2021 Anambra State Governorship election, Diaspora Igbo group,   Anambra State Association World-Wide , ASA-World,  has set the benchmark any political aspirant must meet to be elected as the next Governor of the State.

By Steve Oko Motorists and petrol consumers in Umuahia, Abia state capital, has cried out as a litre of fuel now sells for N400 in many fuel stations around the town. The 100 per cent exploitative hike in price, according to Vanguard investigations, was as a result of demand by petrol consumers from the neighbouring […]

By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS has confirmed the rearrest of 114 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State on Sunday night when it was attacked by yet to be identified gunmen. Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, CC Francis Enobore in an updated […]

A Coalition of Civil Society Groups, CCSG, Tuesday, condemned calls by some groups for the resignation of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, over alleged plunging of the economy into comatose situation.