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Oil price rises as potential OPEC deal trumps U.S. exports

Oil prices rose on Thursday as signs Saudi Arabia and Russia would limit production through next year outweighed record U.S.…

FC IfeanyiUbah crash out of Aiteo Cup despite 1-0 win

Niger Tornadoes Football Club on Thursday qualified for the final of the Aiteo Cup men’s competition, in spite of losing…
Market Capitalisation

NSE market moves 317.44m shares worth N2.85b

A total of 317.44 million shares valued at N2.85 billion were traded in 3,327 deals on the Nigerian Stock Exchange…

CP Imohimi moves to overhaul crime-fighting squads in Lagos

Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Edgal Imohimi, is set to overhaul the state crime-fighting machinery with the inauguration of a…

Paris Club refund: Delta Auditor-General to probe spending

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday directed the Auditor-General of the state to constitute a panel to audit the…
Northern Nigeria classified as Hunger hot spot

Malnutrition: Mrs Buhari declares emergency

The Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on Thursday declared the increasing rate of malnutrition in the country as…

Nigeria realises N118trn in 53 years from crudeoil

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria has realised more than N118 trillion from crude production and refining from…

Monkey Pox: Bayelsa Facilities On High Alert

The Federal Government says health facilities in Bayelsa have been placed on high alert following the outbreak of suspected monkey…

US commits $50 million towards Hilton Africa Growth Initiative

The United States of America has committed a total of $50 million over the next five years towards the Hilton…
Fraud

N21m contract fraud: Edo APC woman leader, others remanded in prison

An Edo State High Court in Benin City on Thursday remanded a Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

Keystone Bank’s Training Academy gets CIBN accreditation

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has certified and granted full accreditation status to the Keystone Bank Limited…

INEC releases dates for Ekiti, Osun guber elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the dates for Ekiti and Osun 2018 Governorship elections.

Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize

British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature.

UNIBEN professor shot dead

A senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Benin in Edo State, Prof. Paul Otasowie,…

British Prime Minister not resigning

British Prime Minister Theresa May is not considering resigning, Sky news reported on Thursday, citing her Downing Street office.
Lagos Airport to undergo brief power shutdown on Wednesday

Casualisation: Security operatives abort picketing of airlines at Lagos airport

The Organised Labour-planned picketing of airlines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, was on Thursday aborted by armed security operatives.

Super Eagles get $50,000 donation from Akwa Ibom governor

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, has redeemed his pledge of 10,000 dollars per goal for the matches against Cameroon…

Nigerian Army launches free medical outreach in Abia

The Nigerian Army has launched a free medical outreach in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia, as an integral…

Nigerians united to defeat Boko Haram – FG

The Federal Government says Nigerians from are united in their resolve to defeat the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Monkeypox virus hits Bayelsa

The Bayelsa Government is investigating suspected cases of monkeypox outbreak in its communities, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu,…

Charly-Boy demands N500m damages from police for alleged rights violation

Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly-Boy or Area-Fada, on Wednesday filed a suit at the FCT High Court, Maitama, against…
EFCC deploys operatives across the 36 states and FCT to combat vote buying in next Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections.

N606m SURE-P funds: EFCC re-arrests ex-Permanent Secretary, Onubuogo

A former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour, Clement Onubuogo, was on Wednesday re-arrested at the Federal High…

Pipeline Vandalism: NNPC surveillance team arrests policeman, tanker driver in Lagos

Operatives of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Surveillance Team on Wednesday arrested a policeman and a tanker driver who were…

Spain king ‘ignored millions of Catalans’

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has attacked Spain's King Felipe VI for "deliberately ignoring millions of Catalans".

Nigeria to raise N330 billion in bonds in fourth quarter

Nigeria plans to raise between N270 billion and N330 billion ($857 million - $1.1 billion) in local currency-denominated bonds in…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Money Laundering: Court Fixes October 30 to Hear Diezani’s Application

The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed a date to hear an application filed by a former Minister of…

CBN injects $195 million into currency market

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said on Tuesday it had injected $195 million into the interbank foreign exchange market,…

Armed robber to die by hanging in Lagos

A High Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a man to death by hanging for armed robbery and conspiracy to…
Fraud

Fleeing Househelp Arrested For Stealing Employer’s N6m Jewelries

A househelp, Folake Ogunrombi, 36 who allegedly stole her employer's jewelries valued at N6 million at their Ikoyi, Lagos residence…

Court refuses to vacate forfeiture order against senator

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday refused an application by a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Mr…