Petrol May Be More Expensive In South-East — IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Enugu depot, has warned that petrol may cost more in the South-East. It said this is because the Federal Government failed to reactivate the Emene depot. The Chairman of Enugu depot of the association, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Friday. Anyaso said that petrol might be...
Police Applicants Reportedly Beaten, Tear-Gassed During Recruitment Exercise (Photos)
Some of the candidates in the ongoing police recruitment exercise from Ogbadibo have revealed how they were treated like common criminals at the screening venue in Makurdi on Thursday. Some of the candidates, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the officers handling the screening exercise flogged, tear-gassed and chase them out of the screening venue for no tangible...
BREAKING: Nigeria Secures Landmark Victory In Bid To Overturn P&ID Judgement
Nigeria has secured a landmark victory in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). Delivering his judgement on Thursday, Ross Cranston, a judge of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions. On January 31,...
Resident Doctors To Begin Nationwide Strike Monday
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has threatened to begin another nationwide strike starting from September 7, 2020. The association in a statement signed by the President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba; Secretary, Dr. Bilqis Mohammad, and the Publicity Secretary, Dr. Egbogu Stanley, said the strike would commence after the 21-day ultimatum it gave to the Federal Government elapsed on August 17. The...
Igbo Monarchs Make Arthur Eze “LIFE PATRON”
Igbo traditional rulers in diaspora in the 19 northern states, South West, South-South, Abuja, and overseas have adopted Prince Arthur Eze, chairman of Oranto Petroleum, as the life patron. In a statement by the national chairman of the group, and the chairman council, Ndieze Lagos, Eze Christian Nwachukwu; national deputy chairman and the Ezendigbo Abuja, Eze Uche Egenti, and the...
Electricity Tariff Hike: Lead The Protest, Nigerians Tell Atiku
Many Nigerians on social media have called on former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, to stop online complaints about irregularities in the country if he is not willing to lead physical protests. The citizens said that they want the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party to lead a protest against the recent increase in electricity tariffs. ABN TV reported on...
New Petrol Pump Price Fits Global Realities – Expert
Prof. Wumi Iledare, former president, Nigerian Association for Energy Economics (NAEE) says the new price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol is in line with development in the global oil market. Iledare disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, on Thursday. ABN TV reports that the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC)...
FG Must Clear Saro-Wiwa’s Name – MOSOP Insists
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP on Wednesday insisted that the Federal Government must clear the late Ken Saro-Wiwa’s of any wrongdoing. MOSOP stated that Saro-Wiwa and others who were killed by the military junta in 1995 were innocent of the murder charges against them. This is just as the apex Ogoni group called on the people...
Corrupt Middlemen Behind Rising Food Prices – Buhari
The massive flood which swept away hectares of rice farm in Kebbi and the activities of “corrupt middlemen” are threats to Nigeria’s food security, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday. He lamented the spiral rise in food prices at a time that “Nigerians have already suffered grave economic losses owing to the Coronavirus pandemic.” The massive rice farmland in Kebbi State,...
BREAKING: Kano Musician Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy Appeals Judgment
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad by a Kano Shari’a Court, has appealed the judgment. Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death on August 10, 2020, and was given 30 days by the court to appeal the judgment, meaning that the time would lapse on Wednesday, September 9. In a suit filed on Thursday at the Kano...
