Oil Tumbles to $92 after Trump Announces Two-week Ceasefire Ojulari: Integrated pipeline security raised Nigeria’s crude output by 77% in 3 years
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Oil tumbled to $92 a barrel
yesterday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran,
subject to an immediate and safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Nigeria’s benchmark, Brent
Exxon signals $2.9bn Q1 upstream earnings on oil price rise
crude, the international oil benchmark, tumbled 15.5 per cent to $92.28 a barrel, down nearly
$17. It was on track for its biggest daily drop since April 2020, the start of the Covid pandemic, when
the price fell 24 per cent. Continued on page 8
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Tinubu: Lagos Has Raised Bar in Quality Project Delivery Unveils bridge, multi-storey offices Sanwo-Olu: We’ve solved major bottlenecks in traffic management, land administration Segun James
L-R: Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat; Senator Diket Plang; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State; Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State; Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; and Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, at the inauguration of projects in Lagos State by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was represented by the senate president, yesterday PHOTO: SENATE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE.
President Bola Tinubu yesterday spoke proudly of his vision for the sustained development of Lagos, a Continued on page 8
Mark: No Cause for Alarm in ADC As Leaders Protest, Question INEC’s Legitimacy Atiku, Amaechi, Aregbesola, Kwankwaso, Obi, others join demonstration Ex-Anambra gov asks Nigerians to join party to reject one-party state, defend democracy Yilwatda: ADC, others that can’t manage their affairs can’t be trusted with Nigeria Says ruling party not afraid of competition
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ADC LEADERS PROTESTING AT INEC HEADQUARTERS...
L-R: Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential Elections, Peter Obi; Presidential Candidate of NNPP in the 2023 Presidential Election, Rabiu Kwankwaso; Senator Aminu Tambuwal; National Chairman of ADC, Senator David Mark; National Secretary of ADC, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar; Rotimi Amaechi; Former Minister of Police Affairs; Adamu Waziri; and former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, protesting at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office yesterday against the commission’s decision to delist ADC leaders from its portal, citing an Appeal Court order