FG’s autogas plan stalls amid costly diesel, poor planning

Photo: StarTribune Failure frustrates conversion scheme from diesel to CNG, petrol engines FG explains progress despite low enrollment We can’t afford N5m/truck conversion rate, NARTO says IPMAN: Without petrol subsidy, Nigerians would have been paying N900 per litre Almost two years after the Federal Government launched the Autogas Initiative on the back of National Gas […]

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Buhari meets Boris Johnson, insists on respecting nation’s maximum term limit

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Great Britain where he again reiterated his resolve to respect the maximum term limit in the Nigerian Constitution. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, said the meeting was held […]

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MAN, LCCI, economists counter Buhari’s claim on economy

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI,  and economists on Wednesday countered the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that the economy under him is better than it was in 2015. Chairman of the Gas Group, MAN, Mr Ola Adebayo, said Buhari’s administration’s policies have not translated into positive economy […]

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Oyo moves to register Okada riders

Okada riders at the meeting We are ready – Bike operators Oyo State Government has disclosed that plans are underway to issue identification numbers and registration jackets to commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, in the State. The commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musibau Babatunde, made this known in Ibadan on Thursday […]

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The temptation of Bola Tinubu

Photo/facebook/officialasiwajubat By Dare Babarinsa Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came into the limelight 30 years ago. He was one of the young men and women who flocked around Chief Moshood Abiola, Nigerian President-presumptive and winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Tinubu was elected Senator on […]

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Owo killings: Amotekun arrests suspects

Some suspects linked with the Sunday June 5 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, have been arrested. The State Commander of the State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in the State, Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed this on Thursday. In the attack, 40 people were killed and over 80 others were wounded […]

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Religion and the sanctity of human life

Scene after the terrorist attack at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State where scores of worshipers were killed, maimed. Photo/Facebook/rotimiaketi The spate of religious-inspired violence and gruesome murder in Nigeria of late belie the lofty ideal of religion being not only a very personal matter between man and his creator, but also a […]

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Buhari says attacks on churches plot to instigate religious crisis

After reflecting on the spate of attacks on churches, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday concluded that the trend is a plot to instigate religious crisis. According to him, some wicked elements are behind such attacks. He vowed that his administration would not give in to their affronts. President Buhari was reacting in a statement by his […]

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18 aggrieved APC senators plan to defect

Adamu meets caucus amid fears of party losing majority The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday moved swiftly to avert a likely slide into the minority in the Senate. Eighteen more senators elected on the platform of the party are believed to be heading out to join opposition political parties. Should this happen, the APC […]

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Brave Ondo man fights robber attempting to rape wife, grabs gun

Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday said it arrested no fewer than 14 suspected criminals in different parts of the state. One of them was allegedly arrested while attempting to rape a woman after robbing her family of valuables in their house at Idanre community in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state. According […]

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