The recent decision of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC) to pledge a total of 440,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd) to secure cash deals has raised questions about the future of Nigeria’s oil wealth and the well-being of its citizens. Africa’s biggest oil-producing country currently pumps around an average of 1.4…
The Confederation of African Football has picked Nigerian international, Victor Osimhen for a random drûg test after his sterling outing against Cameroon in Saturday’s Round of 16 match of the ongoing AFCON 2023. Osimhen was the driving force in the 2-0 win for the Super Eagles with his desperation to win the ball. On one…
King Charles has left hospital after treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King walked out of the London Clinic private hospital, having spent three nights there following his procedure. Earlier, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, left the same central London hospital, almost two weeks after undergoing “abdominal surgery”. The princess was driven to her home…
A 45-year-old Alimot Haruna has been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parents’ consent. SAHEL STANDARD learnt that Alimot intended to compel all 42 children into child labour and trafficking. It was also learnt that the incident occurred on January 25 at…
Olanike, the wife of a car dealer, Ayodeji Soetan, has been hospitalised after their landlady, Juliet Akano, allegedly vandalised and broke into his apartment at Tijani Bello in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. The incident happened at about 11 am on Wednesday, January 24. Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Soetan said Akano stormed…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has commissioned Cesel-Concerto JV Mini-Grid for sustainable and reliable electricity supply to over 1200 households in Ife South Local Government, Osun State. The official commissioning which was performed by the Governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo…
A 24-year-old student of Mass Communication at Federal Polytechnic Mubi in Adamawa State, Jemima Shetima-Balami, has allegedly committed suicide after her boyfriend ended their relationship. She was said to be a second-year National Diploma student in industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television, Yola. Report revealed that she drank a substance suspected to be rat poison…
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has extended the ultimatum earlier issued to the Federal Government to address all pending issues by six more weeks. MDCAN made this known in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Sunday. The communique which…
Manchester City will travel to Luton in the FA Cup fifth round, while non-league giant-killers Maidstone face Sheffield Wednesday or Coventry in the FA Cup draw. Treble winners City won 1-0 at Tottenham in the fourth round thanks to Nathan Ake’s late goal on Friday. Pep Guardiola’s side now head to Kenilworth Road to take…
Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed Saturday’s killing of one Dr Richard Adeoriokin, a United States of America-based Nigerian lecturer at Ejigbo. Spokesperson of the police in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder. “Police in Osun is aware of the shooting that occurred…
