Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented global heat, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. This was “inevitable” as long as humanity kept adding heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, he said. The global average temperature notched last month broke the previous June record set […]
Agbele and 3 companies linked to him and Fayose, namely Sylvan Mcnamara Limited, De Privateer Limited, and Spotless Investment Limited were listed as the first to fourth respondents in the appeal. The ₦1.2bn is said to be part of the sum of ₦4.7 billion belonging to the Federal Government and allegedly transferred from an account […]
The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in the country. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s food inflation rate hit a record high of 40.66 per cent in May 2024, surpassing the previous month’s 40.53 increase. This surge represents the largest year-on-year increase in food prices since […]
In a post via the microblogging site X, the GWR revealed Olupitan walked on his hands with his legs behind the head for 12.52 seconds. His attempt surpassed the previous record of 25.55 seconds which was set by Bonetics Art in 2023. Speaking about his feat via a social media post, Olupitan expressed his […]
Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a keynote address at the opening of the 23rd edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition Week in Abuja. According to him, a detailed analysis of assets revealed that Nigeria could conveniently produce two million barrels of crude oil per day […]
The report ‘Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch (May 2024)’, said on a state profile analysis, that consumers in Jigawa State paid the highest price of ₦937.50 for petrol, signaling a continuous rise in the price of the commodity since the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023. The report […]
The ANC will have 20 out of 32 cabinet posts, while the pro-market Democratic Alliance ,DA, – until now the main opposition party – will hold six. Six other portfolios are shared amongst smaller parties. These appointments followed weeks of tense negotiations that threatened to scupper the agreement – at one point Ramaphosa had accused the DA […]
Reports say the incident happened at about 5 a m when they heard a loud sound from the crash site, which made them rushed to the scene where they saw the pilot emerging from the wreckage. A team of military officers from the Nigerian Air Force swiftly arrived at the scene to secure the area […]
Recalls that Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.) of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court had on July 12 2022, sentenced the actor to five years imprisonment over the sexual assault of a minor. Dissatisfied with the judgment, Baba Ijesha appealed the judgement through his counsel, Kayode Olabiran. Delivering judgment on the appeal, Justice Folashade […]
There are no public talks ongoing between Ukraine and Russia and based on public statements by Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two sides appear as far apart as ever when it comes to the terms of a potential peace settlement. Zelensky hosted a major international summit in Switzerland earlier this month — to […]