insists post must go to Benue Zone B A fresh push to remove Ambassador Iliya Damagum from his role as the acting national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged, spearheaded by Engineer Conrad Utaan, a chairmanship aspirant from Benue State. Launching the move in Abuja on Wednesday, he highlighted the party’s longstanding […]

State chairmen of the Labour Party in the North Central geo-political zone have reiterated their commitment to give maximum support to the National Chairman, Julius Abure, to enable him to take the party to greater heights. The LP chairmen also congratulated Abure on his victory at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which validated […]

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigeria needs to stop mortgaging crude oil to ensure the availability of feedstock for local refineries. Dangote, who spoke at a summit organised by the Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria in Lagos, said it was unfortunate that while countries like Norway are putting […]

Major oil marketers are to begin the direct purchase of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery between Thursday and next week as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited pulls out as sole off-taker of the product from the $20bn plant. Multiple sources from NNPC and the Major Energies Marketers Association […]

The Federal Government announced on Tuesday that a consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil Refineries Owners Association of […]

The Diocesan Bishop of Ijesa North Anglican Diocese, Isaac Oluyamo, has urged the Federal and State Governments to provide a more robust welfare package for teachers. Oluyamo made this call at a special programme organised by the diocese for teachers in Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. He suggested that the welfare package could include car and housing […]

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to swiftly implement the Exports (Prohibition) Act, 2004, to tackle the pressing issues of food smuggling and insecurity in Nigeria. During a plenary session on Wednesday, the House also urged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to provide additional incentives for farmers to […]

The Senate experienced a bit of drama on Wednesday as it held an emergency session while debating the enforceability of the financial autonomy granted to the 774 Local Government Councils by the Supreme Court in August. Senator Tony Nwoye (LP, Anambra North) raised a motion at the beginning of plenary, citing Orders 41 and 51 […]

Transportation costs are set to skyrocket in the Federal Capital Territory following the petrol price hike by some stations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja on Wednesday. The stations of the national oil company have raised the retail price of petrol to N1,030 from N897 per litre, our correspondent observed across multiple […]