Victor Moses joined up with the Nigeria squad on Thursday after taking some time off to celebrate a second honeymoon following his FA Cup final win with Chelsea. The forward arrived at the team’s Wembley Hilton hotel hours before the rest of the squad touched down from Nigeria. Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr told KweséESPN […]
The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to mandate the Localisation of Data and Operations by Telecoms firms in the country in the interest of national security. The house urged the Federal Ministry of Communications to take necessary action to address all undermining activities of the telecommunication firms operating in Nigeria by […]
OPEC oil output fell to a 13-month low in May due to declining Venezuelan production, Nigerian outages and strong compliance with a supply-cutting deal, a Reuter’s survey found. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 32.00 million barrels per day in May, the survey found, down 70,000 bpd from April’s revised figure. The May […]
Saudi Arabia, other OPEC states and non-OPEC allies aim to stick to a global pact on cutting oil supplies until the end of 2018 but are ready to make gradual adjustments to offset any supply shortage, a Gulf source familiar with Saudi thinking said. The oil producers participating in the output reduction deal are satisfied […]
International air travel has become costlier by 5-10 per cent as airlines have hiked fuel surcharges. The increase comes in the wake of spike in fuel price over the last few months. While demand for air travel remains strong, international fares from India have more or less remained flat. As such volume growth has not […]
Emirates Airline is to launch a premium economy class on its aircraft from 2020, according to its President Tim Clark, which could help the carrier attract higher spending travelers. Premium economy costs more than economy class tickets, but less than business class. Its introduction by Emirates could increase competitive pressure on rival Gulf airlines Qatar […]
Popular American Gospel Singer, Kirk Franklin has frowned at a request by a pastor, Jessie Duplantis for donations to buy his fourth air plane at the cost of $54 million. Duplantis is an Evangelical Charismatic Christian Minister based in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, and the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries. The “Thank you’’ hit maker […]
Human traffickers are planning to exploit relaxed Russian visa controls for next month’s World Cup to sell Nigerian women into sex work, state officials and anti-slavery activists said. Officials in Nigeria said they had intelligence showing plans were well underway to traffic local women into Russia for the football tournament, exploiting a move by Moscow […]
A yet-to-be identified 27 year-old Nigerian is awaiting extradition by Poland to the United States over an estimated $7m cyber-crime. The Nigerian was arrested by Poland’s police in the southwestern city of Wroclaw in connection with alleged cyber fraud and extortion done over the internet. The Police Central Bureau of Investigation said in a communiqué […]
Despite calling their decisions to not report tax information both “unprecedented” and “disappointing,” the chairman of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative said Wednesday that he would not recommend Chevron and ExxonMobil be removed from the initiative. EITI is a “global standard to promote transparent and accountable management of natural resources,” and includes 51 implementing countries, according […]