NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari With the Federal Government leaving the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) unchanged in the first five months of this year despite the increase in global oil prices, subsidy on the product is estimated to gulp N500bn in the period. The Punch had reported on January 11 that the sustained […]
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The request for the deduction of $318 million from the Federation Account as legal fees to a judgment creditor has set governors on a collision course with the Federal Government. The money is to be deducted over a 10-year period, from the account of the 774 Local Government Areas. Those making the request have asked […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud YThree staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) serving in Borno State have died in a ghastly road accident. The employees, comprising an Electoral Officer (EO) and some Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs), were reportedly travelling from some local councils to Maiduguri for a special training ahead of the conversion […]
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The Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has cautioned operators of the system in the South East against allowing the security breaches in the region to degenerate into “anarchy of solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” In a statement yesterday by its Executive Director, Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, the group regretted that the once […]
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President of Christian Council of Nigeria and Vice President of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa (FECCIWA), Most Rev. Benebo Fubara-Manuel, has decried the level of violence and insecurity in the country, lamenting the inability of the government to provide shelter for vulnerable women and girls. He also lamented the inability […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will not increase the ex- depot price of Premium Motor spirit also known as petrol in May. The Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari, made this known at the end of a closed door meeting with Petroleum Transport Drivers (PTD), National Association of Road Transporters Owners (NARTO) […]
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Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Zubairu Gambo Navy commanders at all levels in the country will henceforth sign performance bond to enhance operational efficiency, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, has said. According to him, the feedback mechanism is emplaced as part of measures to stimulate effective management regime. Gambo made […]
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National Vice Chairman Southsouth of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has asked the Federal Government to stop bullying Governors over the $2.1 billion refund of the budget support loan. He also said Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki should not be vilified for revealing that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari printed N60 billion […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping says: All loans from China are claimed to be on concessional terms but details of the loans are shrouded in secrecy Well-meaning Nigerians should hold government to account and demand answers Government should provide details of the $460 million loan used to fund the […]
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Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has urged Nigerians not to shun promoters of secession. According to him, those who support separation and secession would be the first to run away when any problem starts. The minister urged the citizens not to listen to them as many of them have about four passports […]
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