•Dollar and Naira The Naira yesterday continued its downward trend against the United States dollar, depreciating to N1,309/$ at the official market and N1,420 at the parallel market. The new rate which indicates a depreciation of N90 or 6.8 per cent from N1,330 quoted by currency traders on Wednesday followed renewed dollar demand pressure in...
•Late O.J. Simpson Former NFL star and infamous figure O.J. Simpson has passed away after a battle with cancer, according to his family. Simpson, who gained popularity during the 1990s for his trial in the double-murder case of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, died yesterday in Las Vegas. He was […]
One of Nollywood’s veteran movie directors and former Vice President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Frank Okpokoro Vaughan is dead. Mr. Vaughan, who had been battling illness for some time, reportedly succumbed to his condition earlier today. His younger brother, Philip Okpokoro, a renowned cinematographer and the series direct...
•A pregnant woman A pregnant woman, Mrs. Mmesoma Odili, from Umuosiegbo village, Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, is in a devastating mood following the loss of her pregnancy during eight days of detention at the Zone 13 Police Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra State. It was gathered that the police had to arrest […]
•Philip Shaibu Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an ex-parte motion filed by the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, seeking an interim order to stop the impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly. In the suit, Shaibu sought an order of the court restricting […]
A renowned Professor of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Kehinde Owolarafe yesterday hinted that Nigeria is losing N94 billion to palm oil importation annually. The don dropped the hint while speaking at a one-day sensitisation workshop with the theme: “Promoting Palm Oil V...
An estimated $2 trillion are lost by the global economy due to tobacco use, Labram Musah, Executive Director, Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a Ghana based Non Governmental Organization (NGO), has disclosed. Musah gave the hint during his presentation entitled: ‘SDGs as a Vital Data Source for Tobacco Control’ at a recent virtual tr...
•Heineken Lokpobiri Following the mass divestment of assets belonging to some International Oil Companies (IOCs), the latest being Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Onshore and Gas Assets Limited, the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has asked worried Nigerians not to lose sleep over the matter as the ...
•Boat mishap Pastor Promise Festus, a father residing in Ngo Town within the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has expressed distress, revealing that his five children were among the casualties of the boat accident along the Andoni-Bonny waterways. He described his world as shattered and appealed to the state governor, Siminalayi F...
•Eradiri and Diri The incumbent governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged victorious at the polling units of his main rival, Udengs Eradiri of the Labour Party (LP). Diri, who is seeking re-election, garnered 130 votes, while Eradiri polled a mere eight votes in unit 05, Ward 10, Yenagoa local government […...
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