COURT ORDERS IGP TO PRODUCE DETAINED BAYELSA GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to produce before it on Wednesday a Bayelsa State governorship candidate, Vijah Opuama, who has…

PHYSICAL DAMAGE FROM BEIRUT BLAST COULD TO ROCKET TO $4.6BN

The World Bank estimates the value of physical damage caused by the explosion that rocked Beirut port on August 4 at between 3.8 billion dollars and 4.6 billion dollars. “The…

IN OYO, FRSC IMPOUNDS 150 VEHICLES ARRAIGNS 47 FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATION

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Oyo State Command, says it impounded 150 vehicles and prosecuted 47 traffic violators during a special patrol in August codenamed Operation Scorpion II. The special…

SUDAN GOVERNMENT, REBEL GROUPS AGREE PEACE DEAL

Sudanese leaders and rebel commanders agreed Monday on a historic peace deal, a crucial step towards ending 17 years of conflict in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.…

OLUWO SAYS, TINUBU SHOULD BECOME YORUBA’S RALLYING POINT

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has said a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, should be made a rallying point for the Yoruba race. Akanbi, who called on…

IN FOUR MONTHS, BANKS BORROW N2.08TN FROM CBN

Increased liquidity in the banking sector has continued to raise the lending institutions’ capacity to increase credit to the economy, NIKE POPOOLA reports The Deposit Money Banks and merchant banks…

APC KICKS AS PDP CLAIMS POLL GIVES OBASEKI VICTORY

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and its All Progressives Congress counterpart have disagreed over the results of an opinion poll allegedly conducted by the latter. The…

APC: JEGEDE IN VERBAL WAR OVER ORE OVERHEAD BRIDGE

The ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State on Sunday engaged in a war of words over an overhead bridge project…

OSIMHEN NOT EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF PRESSURE AT NAPOLI- AGENT

Victor Osimhen’s agent William D’Avilla says his client is not under pressure at Serie A giants Napoli. Osimhen joined Napoli in an African record €80m, including add-ons, and becoming the…

UEFA MAKES A RELEASE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW

The draw for the third qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League, made at UEFA’s Swiss headquarters in Nyon on Monday: Ferencvaros (HUN) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Qarabag (AZE)…