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Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, extended its rally on Sunday to hit the $50 per barrel mark, the third time this year. This comes as the expected return of the Forcados export terminal has helped to boost Nigeria’s planned crude oil exports this month to about 1.98 million barrels per day, the most since January. Forcados, whose export has been …

The factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Chairman of its National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, have agreed to set up a 24-man committee to handle negotiation between the two warring factions. The committee, which will consist of 12 members each from the two factions, is expected to be unfolded this week, …

The Federal Government has constituted what the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation called a “constitutional and electoral reforms committee”. A statement issued by Salihu Isah, the Special Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said the committee was set up to reform the electoral process. The committee will be …

Member representing Egor/Ikpoba Federal constituency of Edo state in the House of Representatives and chieftain of the PDP, Johnson Agbonayinma, has described the governorship election which threw up Mr Godwin Obaseki as governor elect as very transparent, adding that it is true reflection of the wishes of the people of the state. Agbonayinma who stated this while congratulating Mr Obaseki …

At a ‘safe house’ in Nigeria, the wives of Boko Haram fighters share their stories A few dozen women sit on mats in the shadow of a neem tree. Their giggles rise with the hot dusty air as they sketch elaborate designs on their hands with henna. Some of the women wear abayas; others wear short-sleeved blouses with long skirts …

The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Williams Kumuyi, has urged Nigerians to look at the brighter side of the country as it celebrates its 56th independence anniversary. Kumuyi made the call when he spoke to journalists at the Benin Airport on his way to Delta State for a Church programme on Sunday. The cleric also urged the Federal Government …

Pastor Peters Omoragbon, the National Conscience Party (NCP) candidate in the Sept. 28 Edo governorship election said that the flaws committed during the election were not strong enough to cancel the exercise. He said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. Omoragbon said the Edo election was one of the best conducted …

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, warned Niger Delta militants that they could not continue to hold Nigeria to ransom. Buhari also said his administration was working hard to reposition Nigeria for prosperity, urging Nigerians not to be deterred by the current economic crisis, which, according to him, will not last. The President, who recalled his promises during his campaigns as a …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to rescue the abducted Chibok girls by Boko Haram terrorists. The minister spoke at a live programme on Channel Television on Independence titled “Nigeria at 56: Recursive, Resilient, Rising.” Mohammed said that no group, local or international could claim to have more stake or to be …

Edo State Deputy Governor-elect, Mr Philip Shaibu, says the incoming Godwin Obaseki administration would build on the legacy that would be left by Gov. Adams Oshiomhole . Shaibu stated this on Saturday in Agenebode during a thank you rally to the people of Etsako West, Etsako Central and Etsako East Local Government Areas of the state. The All Progressives Congress’ …