Oil Prices Fell as Market Awaits G20, OPEC Meeting
Oil prices dropped on Thursday, erasing some of the previous session’s strong gains, as traders eye the G20 summit in Japan and a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and other oil producers to decide on an extension of output cuts. Brent crude futures were down 44 cents, or 0.7 per cent […]
Kalabari Traditional Council Wade into Lulu Briggs Family Feud
The Amanayabo of Kalabari, King (Professor) J.T. Princewill Amachree, has waded into the internal crisis within the family of the late High Chief OB Lulu-Briggs by setting up a committee to find out why the High Chief has not been buried, about six months after his death. The committee, which has met a few times, […]
Theophilus Danjuma Buys London Hotel for N1 billion
Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence, has acquired a 300-year-old hotel in London for N1 billion. TY Danjuma, as he is popularly referred to, is now worth $1.2 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The latest acquisition of the 80-year-old retired army general is a 14-room inn in London. The Kings Arms Hotel is […]
Helicopter Lift at Ore Gridlock was for Stroke Patient – Operator
By Victor Okeh A man who was picked up by a helicopter in the middle of a huge traffic jam in Nigeria had suffered a stroke, the helicopter company has told the BBC. The video from Sunday spread widely on social media, with many speculating it showed a billionaire who had called the helicopter to […]
NCAA to Investigate Helicopter that Landed on Highway
By Gboyega Adeoye The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has commenced investigation into how a helicopter landed on the Benin -Ore highway last weekend In a press statement issued by the agency through Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Affairs, the agency said initial reports indicate that the helicopter is owned by Tropical Arctic […]
Oyo Governor, Makinde Names Oduyoye Political Adviser
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has named a former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives and former Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Honourable (Chief) Babatunde Oduyoye, as his Special Adviser on Strategy and Political Matters. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, stated that […]
DOWNLOAD: Davido Launches Mobile Game App
CEO DMW, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has officially launched a mobile gaming application dubbed ’30 BG Money Run Jungle’. The singer took to his Instagram account an hour ago to announce that his game is officially out and millions of naira will be given away for the next one week. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLSJYchLTY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Here is all you […]
Zainab Aliyu: FAAN Sets to Deal with Staff Conniving with Drug Traffickers
By Gboyega Adeoye The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has resolved to stem the rising scourge of trafficking in illicit drugs through taking stern action against any staff of the agency found to have connived with drug traffickers in baggage tagging across airports in the country This is just as the agency says those […]
SW Governors, Other Stakeholders Unite on State Police as Solution to Lingering Insecurity
Nelson Ikusagba Governors and other stakeholders in southwest Nigeria were united in their believe in the establishment of state police and immediate actions to stem the tide of rising crimes, especially kidnappings in the region. The governors from Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo along with security chiefs, Yoruba leaders and scholars took the […]
Groups Give Gov Lalong Ultimatum to Repeal Water Law in Plateau
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has been asked to initiate the process of immediately repealing the State Water law to preserve the existing harmony in the state. In a communiqué issued today by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria, ERA/FoEN in collaboration with the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical […]
