Abel Ejikeme Several people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker Wednesday exploded in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Reports suggest the incident occurred around 8:30 am when the

Rita Osakwe Four Nigerians, including Heirs Holdings Chairman Tony Elumelu, made it to this year’s TIME100, Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The

Admin Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed cautious optimism on Tuesday that the US economy is rebounding from the pandemic-induced recession with federal support but

Lillian Jijingi As Libya prepares to resume oil production, concerns have been raised over who supervises its export and how to ensure oil revenue will be divided equally among interested

Coach Ladan Bosso is a favourite for the Flying Eagles job, with sources suggesting he’ll be reengaged by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as part of the expected shake up

One of the most experienced coaches in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Gbenga Ogunbote, yesterday returned to Sunshine Stars FC for a second spell with the Akure Gunners. Ogunbote

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), on Tuesday, resolved to tweak its controlling lending rate while retaining its liquidity ratio and cash reserve requirement, to make

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised Nigeria not to go to sleep on the fact that poliomyelitis has been finally eradicated. Speaking at the presentation of the last infected

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on his 58th birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Benin City, the

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has described All Progressives Congress stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the party’s former National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, as threats to Nigeria’s democracy. Obaseki

Microsoft unveiled Xbox Series S, an all-digital next-generation console designed to deliver everything that is core to next-generation gaming – faster load times, higher frame rates, and richer, more dynamic

HSBC Holdings Plc slumped below its financial crisis low set more than a decade ago, as pressure mounts on several fronts, including a potential threat to its China expansion plans

It appears that social inequality is not only unfair with the distribution of income and resources, but also affects the climate. This is according to Oxfam, a confederation of 20

A Northern group, Coalition of North East Elders for Peace and Development (CNEEPD), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency, sack the service chiefs becuase the

The clock is ticking towards October, when the rescheduled World Bank board meeting on Nigeria’s request for a $1.5 billion budgetary support financing will be held. The sum which was

The Primetime Emmy Awards, which honour the best in television, were held virtually on Sunday night. HBO series Watchmen was the biggest winner of the night, taking home eleven awards,

The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the October 10 election in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and his counterpart in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),

Liverpool’s new signing Thiago Alcantara set a Premier League record on his Liverpool debut as he out-passed every single Chelsea player, despite only being on the pitch for 45 minutes.

The winner of the recently concluded governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has been receiving congratulatory messages from across the country, especially from stalwarts of his political party,

In an unusual move, President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday swiftly congratulated Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who posted a resounding victory in last Saturday’s governorship election, trashing his main challenger,