Sen. Clifford Odia (PDP-Edo Central) on Monday said that the Senate would soon pass the Petroleum Industry Bill. Odia gave the assurance in an interview at Auchi, headquarters of the Etsako-West Local Government Area of Edo. The lawmaker assured the people of the Niger Delta that the senate was working assiduously to ensure that the people of the South-South geopolitical …

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday said it would continue to introduce measures to stabilise the foreign exchange market. It also said that various forex initiatives it had introduced in recent weeks were beginning to yield results with stability recorded in the naira exchange rate. The central bank had opened various windows to meet the demand for forex by …

Folake Sokoya OPEC members response to the output cut call by the oil cartel was 94 percent observed by member countries, according to Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General. Barkindo, made the observation at the 3rd GCC Petroleum Media Forum held in Abu Dhabi last week, under the auspices of His Highness, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahya In a …

Telecommunications companies in the country are losing about N156.3bn in potential revenue every month due to the increasing number of inactive telephone lines on their networks, investigation has revealed. The telecoms firms and the Nigerian Communications Commission came about the figure after a check on the average spending of subscribers monthly, with the number of inactive lines multiplied by the …

Pastor Christopher Ikebuwa Kai! Don’t allow satan, the arch-enemy of God to laugh at your marriage and God. He likes/wants your marriage to go in the directions of strife and division. Satan has had his ribs cracked too many times while watching many Christian marriage couples with boxing gloves and supposedly on the canvas of sour love. Husband! Don’t forget, …

Folake Sokoya The newly deployed mobile CCTV camera procured by the Lagos State Government for the operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad has recorded its first surveillance arrest. The suspect was arrested in Oshodi while the Mobile CCTV was being deployed at Oshodi to monitor the area. The suspect Emmanuel Alowonle, 18-year old, a native of Ondo State, disclosed …

Dayo Emmanuel Record setting Nigerian pilot has told journalists in Lagos about his experience as the first African to fly solo round the world. Born in the United Kingdom to Nigerian parents from Ogun State, Ademilola Odujirin developed his aviation dream as a child. He relayed how as a little boy he developed interest in making kites with newspapers. “I …

Folake Sokoya The Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Abdul Kabir Adewale Shotobi has stated the resolve of all the traditional institution in the area to partner with security operatives in curbing crimes and criminality. The monarch made this remark while receiving Lagos State commissioner of police Fatai Owoseni at his palace on Sunday, to discuss on how to prevent future occurrence …

Olabode Adaramola Niger state government has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to declare former deputy governorship candidate on the platform of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the  2015 general elections, Hon. Isah Liman  Kantigi  wanted after over N6 billion belonging to the state government has been linked to him. The state Commissioner for Information , …

Olabode Adaramola The Deputy Governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015,general elections  in Niger state, Hon.  Isah  Liman Kantigi has debunked the claim that N2 billion was traced to a company account Liman  and companies linked to him in the  United Bank for Africa (UBA). In a  Press statement issued and made available to Journalists over the weekend  …