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Contrary to expectation that the latest Yemen 10 drones attack on Saudi Arabia would culminate in shortage and high price, the global market, Sunday, remained unresponsive. Investigation by Vanguard, indicated that the prices of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium oil grade, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC Basket and Brent, remained unresponsive at $60.99, $60.51 and $60.22 per barrel, respectively. The prices of – WTI, Urals and Mexican Basket – also remained low at $54.85, $57.25 and $56.13 per barrel, respectively. The unresponsiveness of the volatile market to the development was attributed to huge excess supplies, which OPEC and other stakeholders,…

Three-time All-Star Marc Gasol became only the second man to win an NBA crown and the World Cup in the same year after Spain brushed aside Argentina 95-75 on Sunday. Spain, who survived double overtime against Australia to reach the final, led throughout in Beijing to win international basketball’s biggest prize a second time. The only previous occasion was in 2006 with the two Gasol brothers, Marc and older sibling Pau, on the team. Pau did not feature in China because of injury. The latest triumph was particularly sweet for the 34-year-old centre Gasol, who three months ago also played…

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UN, Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, is expected to assume office on September 16 as the President of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. The ceremonies will take place at the UN New York headquarters on September 16 and 17 2019, ahead of the High-Level week of UNGA when leaders of the nations of the world take turns to address the General Assembly. The federal government delegation to the historic event, which will be led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, will include the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i…

The 16th housemate of the ongoing Big Brother Naija (BBNaija), ‘pepper dem’ edition of the reality television show has been evicted. Khafi was, Sunday, evicted from the 2019 BNaija after getting the lowest number of votes among the nominated housemates. Recall that Khafi was nominated alongside Mike, Tacha, and Omashola who replaced himself with Seyi. Khafi was evicted while the three others were saved. Her eviction came few weeks after Biggie had evicted 15 housemates including Venita last week. The Pepper Dem edition which is hosted by former Big Brother contestant, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, is taking place in Nigeria after the…

After South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was booed at former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s memorial in Harare on Saturday as he took to the podium, he has apologised over xenophobic attacks on fellow Africans in his country, News24 reported. This came after widespread tensions and condemnations, over the looting of property and killing of some Nigerians and other Africans by South African locals. Ramaphosa acknowledged that there was a problem in his country, apologising to those caught in the sporadic violence that has sparked across parts of South Africa over the past two weeks. “I stand before you as a…

By Akanimo Sampson The Head of Technical with Malaria Consortium, a civic group for West and Central Africa, Helen Counihan, says antimicrobial resistance is a major global health challenge, affecting people, animals and the environment. According to her, it occurs when bacteria and other microbes change and become resistant to the drugs designed to kill them, resulting in common infections becoming much more difficult to treat. Diseases that would normally be easy to control or cure through the use of antibiotics suddenly become deadly. The drugs stop working. The rest of her testimony goes thus: Imagine you are a chicken…

Liverpool recovered from a shock Newcastle opener to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win at Anfield, as Tottenham and Chelsea bounced back to form with big wins on Saturday. Tammy Abraham’s sensational form continued as the English forward scored a hat-trick as Chelsea romped to a 5-2 win at Wolves. Spurs were 4-0 up by half-time against Crystal Palace to record just their second win of the season as Son Heung-min scored twice, while Erik Lamela and an own goal from Patrick van Aanholt rounded off the scoring on a…

The main reason ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo handed over oil-rich Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroun has emerged. Bakassi peninsular, a 1,600-kilometre land boundary between Nigeria, near the city of Calabar in Cross River State, and the Rio del Ray estuary in Cameroon was ceded by British to Germany through the Anglo-German agreement of 1913 and Germany ceded it to France and then France ceded same to it (Cameroon). Following the legal battle between Nigeria and Cameroon, International Court of Justice at Hague ruled on October 10, 2002 that Bakassi belonged to Cameroon, and in 2008, Obasanjo officially ceded Bakassi to Cameroon by…

By Akanimo Sampson A new United Nations report says concerted global efforts are required to spread the rapidly expanding digital economy’s gains to the many people who currently reap little benefit from it. This coming as the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released its first-ever Digital Economy Report 2019. The report maps the flow, data and funds in the world’s digital economy, and outlines the enormous potential gains, possible development costs as more of the world moves, connects as well as buys online. Wealth creation in the digital economy is highly concentrated in the United States and…

By Akanimo Sampson Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has challenged the world to reinvent the international order in a bid to salvage small island states that are on the frontline of the climate crisis, a war they did not start. “An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will fail to halt and reverse climate change,’’ Mottley said while delivering the prestigious 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture at the United Nations’ European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Mottley is the first woman to lead the island nation and the second woman to deliver…