The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has alleged the killing of Dele Ayegbo, nephew of its governorship campaign Director-General, Wole Oke, in Esa-Oke, Obokun Local Government Area. The party said Ayegbo was shot dead at a road junction close to his residence in the Idofin area of the town on Wednesday night, two days before Saturday’s governorship election. Kola Olabisi, Osun APC spokesperson, made the allegation in a statement on Thursday, claiming that...

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has ordered the police to investigate Senator Francis Fadahunsi over alleged comments in which he called on supporters to kill members of the Accord Party ahead of Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The Presiding Magistrate II, Farida Ibrahim, directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, to investigate the criminal complaint and submit its findings to the court within two weeks. The directive was contained...

Nigeria exceeded its 1.5 million barrels per day crude oil production quota for the third consecutive month in July, despite a four per cent month-on-month decline in output caused by operational challenges at two major oil fields. Latest production figures from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) showed that the country produced an average of 1.505 million barrels per day (mbpd) of crude oil in July, slightly above its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting...