Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has said that the worsening economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration is fuelling mental health cases, among other factors. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, stated this in his message as Nigeria joined the global community on Thursday to commemorate this year’s World Mental Health […]

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said her husband, President Bola Tinubu, should not be blamed for Nigeria’s current economic hardship. Nigerians have been suffering economic hardship since the removal of the fuel subsidy, which pushed the pump price of petrol from N198 to N1,030. Tinubu announced an end to subsidy during his inaugural address on May […]

NHRC, NBA, ASF, LEDAP, others demand abolition of capital punishment Nigeria has highest number of human beings on death row in Africa In commemoration of the World Day Against Death Penalty, the Advocates Sans Frontiers, ASF, France, otherwise known as Lawyers Without Borders, yesterday, expressed its concern over the swelling number of inmates awaiting execution […]

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abeokuta began the sale of rice at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per bag. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, while speaking during a ceremony to signify the commencement, said it was “one of the numerous programmes initiated to bring succour and relief to Nigerians”. Kyari, […]

Opposition against the hike in petrol price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, on Wednesday, swelled as the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, civil society organizations, CSOs, among others, insisted on the immediate reversal of the price […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has said Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s action to fix imported and locally refined fuel prices is illegal and void. In a statement on Thursday, he referred to remarks made on September 5, 2024, by the Executive Vice President of Downstream NNPC Ltd, Adedapo Segun, who explained […]

clarifies Appeal Court ruling Rivers State Government has clarified that the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Abuja did not reinstate the Martin Amaewhule-led faction of the State House of Assembly, dismissing claims that they remain members of the Assembly. In a statement issued on Thursday by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, […]

Marketers accuse NNPCL of inflating Dangote petrol price, MEMAN continues loading subsidised PMS The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has threatened to stop operations nationwide following the high cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, sold to IPMAN members by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. IPMAN revealed on Thursday that the […]