Author: Editor

Nigeria’s crude oil is now selling for less than $65 per barrel, dipping below the Federal Government’s benchmark price, as global oil markets come under renewed pressure from rising production levels and geopolitical uncertainty. The drop follows a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) to raise oil output by 411,000 barrels per day in June—the second increase in as many months—despite softening demand and bearish market sentiment. Brent crude also slipped below $62 per barrel, reflecting widespread unease about oversupply and weak buying interest. Traders report that Nigerian crude cargoes scheduled to load…

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Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has promised to investigate reports of unremitted loan deductions from workers’ salaries, assuring affected civil servants that his administration will take decisive action to address the issue. The governor pledged while responding to an appeal from the chairperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Sokoto State, Abdullahi Aliyu, who raised concerns over the plight of workers whose loan repayments were deducted from their wages but not transferred to the relevant banks. According to the NLC, many workers have faced serious hardship and damage to their financial records due to the previous administration’s failure…

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A recent altercation between Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and Rufai Oseni, TV anchor at Arise Television, has resurrected an old debate about who is a professional journalist and who is not. This is an old debate, except that both Olayinka and Oseni failed to elevate the discourse beyond the exchange of pejoratives. As an undergraduate at the Mass Communication department, University of Lagos, I remember one of the debates thrown up in the eminent Professor Ralph Akinfeleye’s class was whether journalism is…

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