The Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN) has explained why Nigerians are not experiencing lower prices for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), despite a significant drop in global crude oil prices. According to CORAN, the suspension of Naira-for-crude deals, profiteering by middlemen, and the rising foreign exchange rates are key factors keeping fuel prices…
Algeria has recalled its ambassadors from AES countries; Mali and Niger, and suspended the appointment of a new envoy to Burkina Faso, following a rapid fallout with Mali over the destruction of a drone. The crisis began when Algerian forces intercepted and destroyed a Malian drone that reportedly entered Algerian airspace near the border on…
Nigeria’s most popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, is back in the news. Over the weekend, the Baale of Kirikiri,Babalola Shabi, accused officials of the Nigerian Correctional Services of aiding Bobrisky to secure VIP treatment during his stay in prison, the Punch Newspaper is reporting. The Baale of Kirikiri, popularly known as “Baale No Nonsense,”…
President Donald Trump issued a bold message to Americans on Monday amid widespread fear and panic regarding the potential for an economic recession caused by the administration’s new tariffs. Trump warned Americans to be “strong, courageous, and patient” and to not be a “PANICAN” over the current state of the economy. In a Monday morning…
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has downplayed the potential impact of the recent 14 per cent tariff imposed by the United States on Nigerian exports, asserting that it will have a “negligible effect” on the nation’s economy. Speaking at the inaugural Corporate Governance Forum organized by the Ministry…
A woman has gone on X to share her outrage after her father denied her a laptop when she needed one but wasted no time in getting her brother one. The woman wrote on X: “My father will reap the wickedness he has started, asked this b@stard for a laptop in my final year while…
