Less flying means oil demand to stay below pre-virus levels before 2022 – IEA
Oil demand is recovering from the greatest fall in its history in 2020, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, but less flying due to coronavirus fears means the…
Obaseki quits APC, but faces opposition from PDP
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has announced his resignation from All Progressives Congress (APC) after a visit to Presidential Villa, Abuja. The embattled governor had sought Buhari’s intervention in…
Disgraced Army General, Otiki, returned only N100m out of N500m
The General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army has found Major Gen Hakeem Oladapo Otiki, who is due to retire this year, guilty on five counts and ordered his demotion…
African countries seek U.N. inquiry into U.S. ‘systematic racism’, ‘police brutality’
African countries are lobbying to set up a United Nations commission of inquiry into “systemic racism” and “police brutality” in the United States and other parts of the world, a…
Any school caught flouting the directive on closure would be sanctioned – LASG warns
The Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) has warned that schools flouting the directive of the Federal and State Governments on closure would be sanctioned. The Director-General, OEQA,…
Securing Nigerians, the country’s territory remains the preoccupation of the President – Adesina
The presidency has cautioned Nigerians against criticising President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to address the security challenges in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday,…
Naira Marley: FG Suspends operations of private airline indefinitely for flouting COVID-19 regulations
The Federal Government has suspended the operations of a private jet charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flouting COVID-19 regulations by flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka…
Obaseki: Wike blasts Governors’ Forum, says it’s now Beggars’ Forum
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the Nigeria Governors Forum has become a toothless bulldog because it has lost focus on its role in defending the rule of law…
Nigeria rakes in $450m from Islamic bonds to finance infrastructure
Nigeria has raised 162.56 billion naira ($450 million) to help finance infrastructure projects through the sale of Islamic bonds to local funds and insurance companies, the Debt Management Office (DMO)…
Man, 40, inflicts wounds on minor for returning late from errand: Arrested
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested one Hilary Apeh, 40, for allegedly assaulting and inflicting severe injuries on his nine-year-old niece for returning late from an errand. The command’s…