Oil price hits $49 thanks to drop in shale production
A slight decline in oil drilling by American shale oil producers has moved oil prices to $49 a barrel in Monday trading. Brent crude , the global benchmark, was up…
WAEC releases WASSCE results, withholds 214,952
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. According to WAEC, out of 1,567,026 that registered, 1,559,162 candidates…
From class to crash: How Tennis legend, Becker, lost £100m in dubious Nigerian oil investment
Wimbledon legend Boris Becker lost a huge part of his £100 million fortune in dubious investments in Nigerian oil firms, it has been claimed. Becker struck the deal in 2013,…
Eight die in another Maiduguri suicide bomb
A female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 on Monday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, an area regularly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, police said. The woman…
How Diezani’s associates laundered $1.7bn; bought jets, houses, cars; PDP chieftains are beneficiaries
The duo of Kolawole Akanni Aluko and Jide Omokore both loyalists and friends of embattled former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, were reckless in spending the sum of $1.7 billion creamed…
WAIFEM, Centre for Financial Journalism Organise Workshop on Budget Monitoring
The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) in collaboration with Centre for Financial Journalism (CFJ Nigeria) is organising a Workshop on Budget Monitoring and Reporting for Financial…
ISIS asked Christians to renounce Jesus in Egypt bus slaughter but the women refused: Survivor
One of the survivors of the massacre of 29 Egyptian Christians in Minya in May said that the Islamic State extremists forced the women off the bus and ordered them…
Jubilation as Supreme Court returns Makarfi as authentic PDP Chairman
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, returning the former Governor of Kaduna State as the authentic…
I saw Buhari, he is doing well and will return soon – Osinbajo
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is not dead after all; he is recuperating fast and will return home shortly, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday shortly after he returned from…
Osinbajo spends one hour with Buhari in London
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in London on Tuesday, spending an hour at the country’s High Commission where President Muhammadu Buhari has spent much of the past two months…
