APC unveils Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate despite opposition

Replace Shettima with a Christian, APC Muslim youths tell Tinubu We’ll reject Muslim-Muslim ticket, insists CAN youth wing Tinubu picked Shettima for our common good, says campaign body RCCG: Adeboye did not meet or endorse Tinubu Oyetola’s defeat warning to Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, others to buckle up, says Nabena Sule tasks Adamu to pacify aggrieved members […]

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ASUU knocks Buhari for ordering minister to end varsity strikes in two weeks

Says ultimatum pointless without FG’s ‘strong commitment’ ERC, NUP back NLC on proposed two-day protest President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve the lingering strike by the four university-based unions without delay and report back to him within two weeks. Sources privy to the development told The Guardian that […]

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High, low expectations as Buhari unveils new NNPC

Board Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Margery Chuba Okadigbo; President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timpre Sylva during the NNPCL rebranding in Abuja… yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua We will end energy poverty, and losses, says Kyari Why NNPC may remain a loss-making company despite transitioning – Experts Redundant staff, […]

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Buhari says NNPC now free from institutional regulations

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday officially unveiled the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and declared that the new entity was henceforth free from institutional regulations. Buhari, who made this public at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, stated that the oil firm would conduct itself under best international business practices. He said, “The provisions of PIA (Petroleum […]

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Terrorists kill kidnapped Kaduna Catholic priest

Kaduna dangerous terrain for Christian leaders – CAN Suspected terrorists have murdered Reverend Father John Cheitnum, who was kidnapped alongside his colleague, Donatus Cleopas, on their way to a function in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday evening. Meanwhile, in a reaction, the Christian Association of Nigeria in the state has […]

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Our internal crisis cost us Osun election – APC chair, Adamu

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has given reasons why the party lost the Osun State governorship election on July 16. He said the crisis within the APC led to the loss, and not that the party was not capable of winning. He disclosed this in an interview with BBC Hausa […]

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MASSOB seeks disbandment of Ebubeagu security outfit in Imo over killings

The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has called for the immediate disbandment of the Ebubeagu Security outfit in Imo state. In a statement made available to the Guardian in Enugu, MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu warned that refusal to disband the group would amount to a declaration of internal war against […]

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NNPC quietly approves petrol pump price hike to N179/litre

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has approved an upward review in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N165 per litre to N179 per litre, effective today (Tuesday). NNPC in a notice to fuel marketers directed them to change the petrol price on pumps to the new price effective today. This […]

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