Amrita Sen, Oil prices rose about 1 per cent yesterday, reversing early losses, after it became apparent that a nuclear deal between Tehran and six global powers will not immediately remove sanctions placed on Iranian crude exports. Under the deal, sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and United Nations are expected to be…
Linda Thomas-Greenfield As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to meet with his United States counterpart, Barack Obama, in the White House next Monday, the US government is expected to make another case asking the Nigerian government to repeal its law against same-sex unions. Making this known Monday, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,…
Blame the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for the outcome of the National Assembly leadership election, writes Olatunde Odunyemi The emergence of the leadership of the current National Assembly in our country has thrown up many issues which will generate a heated debate for a long time. The June 9 inauguration of the eighth…
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh Advises ruling party to stop propaganda Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over what it described as growing penchant by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari to undermine the freedom and autonomy of democratic institutions in the country.…
Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) Wants stolen funds repatriated to Africa Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
 The Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has called on the international community to develop appropriate mechanism to dismantle safe havens and ensure repatriation of stolen funds and assets to the countries of origin as mandated in the United Nations Conventions…
A director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said that operatives of the Department of State Services have interrogated him 11 different times since May over crude oil swap deals with traders. “The DSS has been harassing some of us,” the Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals, NNPC, Mr. Ian Udoh, was quoted as…
The management of the Nigeria Police Force has stopped recruitment into the force as a result of paucity of funds, The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. The last recruitment into the police was in 2011. Our correspondent learnt that poor budgetary allocations had been hindering the Force from adding to its current 400,000 policemen and policewomen.…
On Sunday, July 12, 2015, two bombs were discovered at ECWA Church near Federal Secretariat Jos, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Spokesman of the Special Task Force (STF), Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, who confirmed this to NAN, said one of the bombs was kept in the toilet of the Church, while the other was…
The Terrorist In chief, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed five new service chiefs and a new National Security Adviser (NSA). The pedophile terrorist announced the appointment of the new service chiefs after relieving the former service chiefs and the former NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) of their jobs. The new NSA is Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd.),…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hopes that its domestic refineries can cover 20 per cent of domestice product needs, the head of refining has told Reuters. Group Executive Director of Refining and Petrochemicals Ian Udoh said he expected to receive six cargoes a month of Nigerian Bonny Light and Escravos crude oil to run…