Okowa urged not to scrap Oleh campus of DELSU
Chairman Ellu Town Union, Warri Branch, Mr Thomas Omoviye, has appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State not to scrap the Oleh campus of Delta State University, Abraka. Gov. Okowa Omoviye,...
View ArticleNaira slides further, exchanges at N307 to 1 Dollar
The Naira on Wednesday depreciated by 0.7 per cent at the parallel market, following the last minute payment of tuition fees abroad. The naira lost N2 to exchange at N307 to a dollar against N305...
View Article11 persons escape death in Bristow helicopter crash in Lagos
Eleven persons on Wednesday escaped death after a Bristow 5B BJQ Helicopter enroute Lagos from an off- shore location in Port Harcourt ditched inside the Lagos lagoon. The helicopter was carrying nine...
View ArticleFeb 6 Int’l Marathon: Lagos restricts movement on Ojuelegba, Anthony,...
*Announces alternative routes The Lagos State Government on Wednesday, announced restriction of movement in some of the major highways to be used for the February 6, 2016 International Marathon...
View ArticleI never referred to Obasanjo in my speech – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied referring to former President Olusegun Obasanjo when he spoke with the Senate Press Corps on Tuesday. A statement issued by his Special Adviser...
View ArticleThe complicity of INEC
The phrase,‘ineffectual buffoon’, may have been inappropriately used by the London-based The Economist, to describe former President Goodluck Jonathan. However, with last week’s judgments by the...
View ArticleI was kidnapped for refusing to join cult – Catholic priest
Bernard Jenfa Adedayo was one of the priests ordained by the Bishop of Nnewi, Rev. Hillary Okeke, at the Saint Georges’ Catholic Church, Orifite, Anambra State, after a rigorous training that lasted...
View ArticleOptimism as panacea to economic realities
AS widely acknowledged, the ‘old normal’ of high oil prices – oil prices at $100.00 per barrel and above – has given way to a ‘new normal’ of prices well below this range. The 2016 crude oil price...
View ArticleBeko: Ten years like yesterday
BEKO Ransome-Kuti was the unarmed general of the people who led them in countless campaigns against the perpetuation of military rule and for the enthronement of democracy. In the course of those...
View ArticleNigerian refineries receive 9.5m barrels of crude in 2015
LAGOS — At a period refining operations averaged 26 per cent, three of Nigeria’s five refineries received about 9.5 million barrels of crude oil in 2015, but processed about 7.2 million barrels, data...
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