Peace beckons in PDP as Makarfi, Sheriff initiate peace moves
The end may be in sight for the lingering crisis in the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party as immediate Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi have commenced…
Kachikwu, NNPC and the need for continuity, by Ohuabunwa
Proponents of restructuring in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to divest Ibe Kachikwu of his double-barreled position of minister of state for petroleum and group managing director of the corporation have, at last, had their way. Last Monday, the Special Adviser to the…
Shell resumes export of Bonny Light crude
Shell Nigeria, Thursday, said it has resumed the export of Bonny Light crude oil grade from the Bonny Terminal, almost two months after force majeure was declared on the export…
Serena plays Kerber in Wimbledon final, Venus out
Serena Williams stormed into her ninth Wimbledon final in record time on Thursday and will meet fourth seed Angelique Kerber after the German ended Venus Williams’s hopes of becoming the…
It’s all women battle to lead Britain as prime minister
Interior minister Theresa May and eurosceptic rival Andrea Leadsom emerged on Thursday as the two candidates who will battle to become Britain’s next prime minister and lead the country out…
Portugal dump Wales for final as France, Germany go for broke
Cristiano Ronaldo showed the sterner stuff more than his Real Madrid team-mate, Gareth Bale, as Portugal beat Wales 2-0 in their semi-final fixture to march to the finals. Ronaldo opened…
Former NSO boss, Shinkafi, dies in London, Buhari mourns
A former presidential aspirant in the third republic, Umaru Shinkafi, is dead. Shinkafi died Wednesday in a London hospital at about 4:00pm Nigerian time. In a message of condolence, President…
Buhari is using corruption to fight corruption – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was using corruption to fight corruption. According to the outspoken governor, Buhari was using an equally corrupt Economic…
No Nigerian Bank is in Distress – CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured depositors that no Nigerian bank is in distress; adding that there was no need for any form of panic withdrawal from any bank….
Fox News anchor, Gretchen Carlson, sues boss for sexual harassment, victimisation
Gretchen Carlson, the longtime Fox News anchor, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday saying that Roger Ailes, the powerful chairman of Fox News, fired her from the network last month after…