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Nigeria’s excess oil revenue has risen to N22.4 billion daily as a result of the sudden leap in the price of crude from $67 to $77 per barrel in the international market. The rise in oil price was partly attributed to President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose economic sanctions on Iran and the continued output cut by members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. Consequently, current oil market situation is expected to impact positively on the nation’s 2018 budget. The nation’s N8.612 trillion 2018 budget which the National Assembly had promised to pass next week was benchmarked on…

The Presidency, Wednesday, lamented that mischievous persons have now devised means of ascribing fake statements to President Muhammadu Buhari. Consequently, the Presidency has alerted the public that the new dimension in the alleged orchestrated plot was to diminish the status of President Buhari before millions of Nigerians, who it said love and adore their President. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, those behind this development started with what was described as a pernicious twisting and misinterpretation of the words of the President by mischievous elements. Adesina said “An…

Nigerians seeking medical treatment in government-owned hospitals may go elsewhere as the Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, Wednesday, directed its members in the states and local governments to, in solidarity, join their colleagues in the federal sector in the ongoing health workers strike by midnight (Wednesday). Meanwhile, the Joint Health Sector Unions/Assembly of Health-care Professional Associations (JOHESU/AHPA), pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Lagos State branch, have stressed the urgent need to mobilise health professionals in the private sector to join the strike. Also, management of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, Rivers…

As ailing US Senator John McCain is planning to transit to the great beyond, he may have forgiven all his political foes including Barack Obama who defeated him in the 2008 US Presidential election. McCain was Republican Presidential flag bearer while Obama who was the Democratic Presidential candidate triumphed and ruled for eight years. However, the Arizona Republican who is organising his funeral does not forgive President Donald Trump. Consequently, McCain, who has brain cancer, has barred President Trump from attending his funeral when he dies. The Senator loathed Trump so much that he planned to dish him from beyond…

The Nigerian Senate has declared Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, an ‘enemy of democracy,’ who is not fit to hold public office in Nigeria and abroad. The decision of the Senate was announced by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, after a closed-door session on Wednesday. The Senate had entered the closed-door session following Mr Idris’ refusal to honour an invitation to appear before the Senate a third time. The closed session which started in at 12:24 p.m. lasted for about 50 minutes. On return to plenary, Mr Saraki announced the decision of his colleagues. “The Senate in a closed session…

A two-day fierce inter-communal clashes  between Ikot Offiong people of Odukpani local government area  in Cross River State and their Ikot Offiong neighbours in Itu local government area of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly left more than 11 people mostly women and children dead. The perennial clashes between the warring two communities which occurred on Sunday lasted till Monday night, leaving about 2,000 people homeless and property worth thousands of naira destroyed. A resident of Ikot Offiong, Bassey Okokon told Vanguard that the skirmishes between the two communities started on Sunday morning when Oku Iboku people launched an attack on Ikot Offiong community, killing some people who were in church, thus giving…

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, who was billed to appear before the senate today, has for the third time in two weeks, boycotted the invitation. Two weeks ago, the senate had summoned Ibrahim to come before it to explain the spate of killings going on in the country as well as the inhuman treatment of Senator Dino Melaye by men of the police force. Members of the senate at the plenary today who frowned at the development, questioned why an appointee would refuse to submit himself for questioning and act against the interest of the people he…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Tuesday, adjourned till June 11 to rule on an application seeking to stop further hearing on the money laundering charge the Federal Government preferred against the Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Mr. Dickson Akor. Akor is being prosecuted on an amended 13-count charge of alleged involvement in N1.4 billion recruitment scam. The Incorporated Trustees of the Corps is the second defendant in the charge. The defendants were accused of obtaining money by false pretence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other fraud related Offences Act, Cap A6 laws…

A Bill to repeal Terrorism, Prevention, Act, 2011 and enact Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill,Tuesday, scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. Mr Kayode Oladele, who sponsored the Bill, said that measures to combat kidnapping and hijacking were incorporated into the new bill. He said that the bill would provide measures for suppressing financing of terrorism in the country. The lawmaker added that the move became necessary to enable Nigeria effectively implement international instruments on the prevention and combating of terrorism. According to him, “Several fundamental changes were incorporated into the revised bill to ensure the domestication of international…

Tiny Les Herbiers fell short of claiming one of the biggest upsets in football history but pushed the mighty Paris Saint-Germain most of the way before losing 2-0 in Tuesday’s French Cup final. Giovani Lo Celso scored PSG’s opening goal in the first half at the Stade de France, breaking the resistance of Les Herbiers after they had been saved three times by the woodwork in the opening stages. PSG were then denied a second goal by a controversial call from the Video Assistant Referee, and they needed an Edinson Cavani penalty in the 74th minute to secure the victory.…