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Total subsidy removal: FG proposes 18- month extension to NASS on PIA implementation

  The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has finally settled for the extension of total removal of petrol subsidy by about 18 months. To...

Buhari bows to pressure, extends subsidy removal implementation period beyond June 2022

    Following wide consultations with stakeholders and in line with the current economic realities in the country, the Federal Government has backtracked...

2023 polls, inflation, economic hardship force FG to suspend petrol subsidy removal indefinitely

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     Citing reasons of high inflation and economic hardships in the country, the Federal Government on...

ALSCON bid: Arrest, jail BPE DG, Alex Okoh, Appeal Court orders 

      After two years of litigation, the Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of Justice Anwuri Chikere of a Federal...

Exposed! FRABEMAR, company hired by Transport Minister Ameachi, for multi-billion dollar cargo tracking, already kicked out of Congo, Mali, Gabon, Italy, for fraud

    “Mafia behind the contract diverted millions of American dollars out of the countries. As a result of their crookedness, the company...

 Lagos Govt acquires 10-car 330kmph speed trains for its Red Line rail 

  Committed to effective traffic management and transportation, Lagos State Government says it has acquired two sets of new 10-cars Talgo 330kmph trains...

NASS passes amended 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, to send copy to Buhari for assent

        By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Barely a month after President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill,...

In 17 days, bandits massacred 220 people in Niger, Gov. Bello reveals

    All within 17 days, a total of 220 people comprising 165 civilians, 25 security personnel and 30 local vigilantes have been...

Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu pleads not guilty to amended charges  

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty...

FG not in a hurry to remove petrol subsidy, says Senate President Lawan  

    The Federal Government has not removed petrol subsidy or planning to remove it soon as being speculated in some quarters, according...

Enough of your phone threats and embarrassments, l will not support Tinubu for President — Sen. Ojudu

    Threats to his life notwithstanding, Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, the Presidential Adviser on Political Matters, on Tuesday stuck to his guns and...

Again, Nnamdi Kanu’s trial adjourned till Jan. 19

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The court is expected to sit tomorrow for Kanu to take his plea, after complaining that...

China warns international community against ‘slamming brakes on monetary policies’

Chinese President Xi Jinping Monday urged the international community to work together to drive economic growth as the world recovers from the Covid-19...

Why Bola Tinubu must never be Nigeria’s president, By Festus Adedayo

I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking a needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary...

Nigerian born nurse punished for wearing cross necklace to work wins religious discrimination case in UK

  A British tribunal has ruled that a Christian nurse who was forced to resign from a hospital over her refusal to stop...

Airline passenger enters cockpit, damages controls

  A passenger entered an American airline plane and caused extensive damage, reportedly wrecking the flight controls, Persecondnews.com gathered. The American Airlines flight in...