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The upturn in the price of the international oil benchmark, Brent crude, has pushed Nigeria’s oil revenue above the estimate in the 2021 budget. Brent, against which the country’s crude oil is priced, has been trading more than $20 higher than the Federal Government’s benchmark for this year’s budget in recent months. The 2021 budget, which was signed by the ...
April, 2021
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5 April
Obasanjo, Gumi meet privately , want special courts for bandits
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a prominent religious leader in the North, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits and kidnappers promptly. Both Obasanjo and Gumi stated this in a jointly signed communiqué issued after a closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, on Sunday. Gumi, who led some northern religious leaders to Obasanjo’s residence in ...
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3 April
Former Delta Governor, Sam Obi is Dead
A former acting governor of Delta State, Hon. Sam Obi is dead, multiple sources have revealed. Sam Obi was Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly in November 2010 when the 2007 election that brought Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to office was annulled by the courts. He thus became acting governor of Delta State from November 15, 2010 to January ...
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3 April
PDP congresses is for April 10
The Peoples Democratic Party has picked dates for the suspended congresses in the South-West, North-West and North-Central zones of the country. A letter signed by the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, and Secretary, Senator Umar Tsauri, addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission dated March 31, 2021, indicated that the zonal congresses has been slated for April ...
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3 April
APC bows to pressure, extends registration by three weeks
The All Progressives Congress has extended its ongoing nationwide membership registration/revalidation by three weeks. The exercise was initially scheduled to end on February 23 before the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee extended it by three weeks. The party, however, announced the latest extension in a statement issued on Thursday by the National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe. The ...
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3 April
Man shot landlord dead for sleeping with his newly wedded wife
It happened on his matrimonial bed..and he reacted by drawing his gun, then he shot him dead. Now, this 32 year old man, Babajide Akinsanya, has been arrested by the Osun State Police for shooting his landlord to death while his wife sustained life threatening injuries. The wife and the landlord were caught on his matrimonial bed when he got ...
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3 April
Zulum escapes another Boko Haram attack
At at about 12:30 noon, Boko Haram attacked a convoy, thinking Zulum, the Borno governor would be there. Yes, he was to be there, but.. Governor Zulum and his entourage spent a night in Monguno last Tuesday, distributing relief items. However, the governor joined up with his colleagues in Abuja for the inauguration of the newly-elected President of the Niger ...
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3 April
Wreckage of missing Air Force Jet reportedly found near Maiduguri
There are indications that the wreckage of the missing Alpha jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force has been found in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State which is about 30 kilometres outside of Maiduguri, the state capital. Although the Air Force authorities are yet to confirm this development, sources said the fighter jet was seen flying around Goni ...
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3 April
Shoprite workers protest @ Easter holiday worries company
Shoprite workers at Ring Road branch, Ibadan, on Friday, embarked on another round of protest, shutting down the company indefinitely. The workers, under the aegis of National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE), vowed that the company would remain shut until management acceded to their demands. The chairman, NUSDE, Shoprite branch, Mr Williams Peter, said the union was using ...
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3 April
FG tackle protesting doctors, plan to implement ‘no work, no pay’
The Federal Government will implement the ‘no work, no pay’ on the striking National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if they refuse to resume work. This is according to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who issued the warning on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “By Tuesday, I will invite them back. If they ...
