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NNPCL no longer sole importer of petrol, private marketers now free to import — NMDPRA

“So, it is not about the NNPC alone. For everybody in the sector, we make sure we guide their operations whether at the...

Just in: EFCC arrests, grills Buhari’s ex-minister for allegedly laundering N2bn

The immediate past Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Pauline Tallen, had been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

After an hour-and-half handshaking ritual at grad ceremony, U.S. Pres. Biden falls

U.S. President Joe Biden tripped and fell while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado...

Just in: Oloyeloogun, Ondo Speaker, resigns

With just few days to the expiration of the 9th Assembly, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyeloogun, has...

810m litres of petrol still in depots, tanks, outlets across Nigeria, says Mele Kyari

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, has disclosed that about 810 million litres...

Bye Bye to Subsidy; Welcome to Reality.

By Femi Soneye One of the most important virtues of leadership is courage. This quality more than any other, will determine whether a...

Fuel subsidy: Commuters in FCT groan over hike in Transport fare

Aftermath of petrol subsidy removal by the President Bola Tinubu administration, commuters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are now groaning over the...

No money to finance petrol subsidy — Mele Kyari

The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Malam Mele Kyari, says Nigeria does not have the...

CBN has not devalued the Naira — Spokesman

Contrary to a report, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has not devalued the Naira to N631 per dollar at the...

African diplomats form new body, seek partnership with AU

The League of African Ambassadors and High Commissioners, serving and retired, is to be inaugurated, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia,...

United Nigeria airlines skids off runway at Lagos airport

An aircraft belonging to the United Nigeria Airlines on Wednesday skidded off the runway at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International...

Between the dialectics and the benefits of petroleum subsidy removal

By Paul Njowusi For many years, successive administrations in Nigeria had embraced the scam that the fuel subsidy regime exemplified in the mismanagement...

Pres. Tinubu reports for duty in Presidential Villa, VP Shettima, others receive him

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday assumed office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja following his inauguration on Monday. Tinubu breezed into the office at...

Petrol subsidy removal not to be implemented until after June, says Tinubu’s media officials

“The panic-buying that has ensued as a result of the communication is needless; it will not take immediate effect’’ President Bola Tinubu’s announcement...

Ile-Ife hotelier, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, sent to hangman for killing varsity student, a lodger

After about 19-month long trial, the day of judgment finally came for Dr Ramon Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, who was...

Armed DSS, EFCC operatives in standoff over office accommodation in Lagos

” Immediately the DSS took over, they ordered policemen guarding the EFCC Complex to ‘stand down’ or face the consequences” The Awolowo Road,...