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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has welcomed the government’s decision to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125 per litre. In a statement yesterday in Lagos by its state chairman, Akin Akinrinade, the union, ...
Read More »President Buhari restates economic diversification as Nigeria unveils five-year broadband plan, emergency line
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the diversification of Nigeria’s economy had become urgent in the face of the falling oil prices at the international market. He observed that digital technologies had become useful tools in this regard, adding that ...
Read More »Alaafin urges Buhari, others to accommodate opposing views
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors and other leaders nationwide to be open to criticisms. Receiving members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its chairman, Ademola Babalola, ...
Read More »Abuja resident doctors strike over alleged IPPIS infractions
The Abuja chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged irregularities in salary payment and shortfalls since the introduction of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) by the Federal Capital ...
Read More »Oil marketers, NNPC differ on alleged plan to sacrifice Warri refinery for Dangote’s
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Delta State branch has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of “deliberately shutting down the Warri Refinery in order to facilitate activities at the Dangote facility, which is still under construction.” ...
Read More »FG earmarks N20b for East-West highway, recommits to Niger Delta development
The Federal Government has earmarked about N20 billion for the completion of sections one to four of the East-West Road awarded to contractors 14 years ago. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed this in Abuja during a ...
Read More »Cross River communities lose valuable economic crops to mysterious fire
Communities in Cross River have decried a mystery fire that destroyed their crops worth millions of naira. The affected settlements, Agba, Bansan and Obubra, in Boki council area of the state last week woke up to the terrifying news. The ...
Read More »Lawmakers move to probe abandoned power projects
The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to probe abandoned power projects by the Federal Ministry of Power since 2018. The panel is to revert in four weeks for further legislative action. The resolution followed the ...
Read More »House of Representatives raise panel to strike deal on DStv’s pay-as-you-go plan
The House of Representatives has raised a 10-member ad hoc committee chaired by Unyime Idem to interface with Multichoice Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and other service providers to introduce the Pay-as-You-Go (PAYG) tariff plan. The decision followed the adoption of ...
Read More »Oshiomhole returns, makes peaceful overtures to opponents as Edo APC lauds governors’ intervention
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resumed duties at the party’s national secretariat in deference to a Court of Appeal, Abuja ruling. Amid tight security, the ex-labour leader was received by no fewer than 17 state chairmen ...
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