Thursday, 02 May, 2024

Month: October 2021


European gas prices dropped Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the country’s major natural gas company to pump more gas into EU storages. Europe’s gas prices have soared in recent weeks amid strong demand in Asia driven by the Read more…


The Imo House of Assembly has charged Gov. Hope Uzodinma to take necessary steps to arrest those behind the recent killing of two traditional rulers in the state. The house gave the charge on Thursday, following a motion moved during Read more…


The Bauchi State House of Assembly has rejected the shortlisted candidates from the state for the just concluded recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), saying they are not from the state. Chairman of the House Read more…


* Cautions against fake news The Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal, has reserved ruling on the legality or otherwise of the special national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled to hold on Saturday, October 30, Read more…


Son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, Dr. Uchechi Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States of America. On Thursday, the WTO DG announced via her Twitter handle that her son Read more…


Hours after the reported freezing of all Benue State Accounts by a court, the state government on Thursday afternoon disclosed that it is yet to be served with a writ of summons. Nigerians woke to the news that a Federal Read more…


…Says Ozigbo will be another voice for the Igbo Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, the Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, has given the assurance that Valentine Ozigbo, flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, will Read more…


The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has pleaded with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to reconsider its stance towards the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6. The appeal followed a declaration of a one-week sit-at-home beginning from Read more…


It is not time for adieu yet, but Nigeria’s central bank digital currency—the first such attempt in Africa—has not gotten off to a great start. The eNaira, as the digital currency is called, was initially scheduled to launch on Oct. Read more…


Klim Shipenko has insisted that going to space to shoot footage for a feature film was a transformational experience. There are some ideas you simply cannot come up with down on Earth, according to the pioneering Russian director. Shipenko was Read more…


Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the US must deliver over 100 F-35 fighter jets or compensate Ankara by either repaying the $1.4 billion it had invested in the aircraft program or offering other hardware.  Turkey ordered the Read more…


By Magnus Oku It’s a universally accepted truism that the lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves. The attention of sport-loving Nigerians has been drawn to the recent claims by the NBBF chairman Mr. Read more…