The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said on Monday it had reached a final settlement with AITEO Group over an outstanding $202.4 million (about N62 billion) debt in respect of under-delivery of petroleum products under the crude swap contract between Read more
Liverpool’s preparations for the Merseyside derby have suffered a huge blow after Adam Lallana was ruled out of the critically important game. Lallana, a contender for Liverpool’s player of the year, damaged his thigh in the latter stages of England’s Read more
Lionel Messi has been banned for four of Argentina’s final five World Cup qualifiers after a foul mouthed rant at a linesman during his side’s 1-0 win over Chile on Thursday. Messi discovered his fate only six hours before kick-off Read more
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, on Tuesday terminated his fundamental human rights enforcement suit, in which he sought N1bn as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention by the Economic and Financial Read more
The battle between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for supremacy of world football has been going back and forth for the best part of a decade. And after winning the Ballon D’Or last year, the Portuguese maestro has another success Read more
A Katsina Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced one Gambo Saeed to nine months imprisonment for insulting and defaming the character of Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on social media. Saeed resides in Muduru village in Mani Local Government Area Read more
From efforts at dialogue and reconciliation to security; if the strength of the El-Rufai led administration is going to be measured by how effectively it deals with the 37-year-old Southern Kaduna crisis, then it might be safe to conclude that Read more
A car dealer, Lanre Shittu, has absolved Senate President Bukola Saraki of any culpability in respect of the nearly N300 million bullet proof Range Rover imported with fake documents and seized by the Nigerian Customs Service. Mr. Shittu appeared before Read more
Never again will terrorists take over and occupy any part of Nigeria’s territory, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed in Sambisa Forest on Monday. The President made the vow when he declared the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship, NASAC, opened. Represented Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded truckloads of 5,056 cartons of fake drugs imported into the country by some scrupulous importers. The fake items were intercepted at Idiroko border, Sango Otta axis and Lagos/ Ibadan expressway by the officers and Read more