JUST IN: House of Reps Orders Suspension of Proposed Electricity Tariff Hike
The House of Representatives has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the proposed increase in electricity tariffs.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the lower legislative chamber passed…
Replacing Adamu with Ganduje height of insensitivity, politically suicidal, says APC National…
National Vice Chairman, North West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Salihu Moh. Lukman has described as grossly insensitive and politically suicidal, attempts by some party stakeholders to install the…
Adeleke appoints lawyer as health commissioner
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday swore in a lawyer, Sola Akintola as the Commissioner for Health among the 25 newly appointed commissioners. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun…
NNPCL, UTMOL Sign Agreement ‘To Drive Down Cost Of Cooking Gas’
As part of efforts to grow the gas market and make cooking gas accessible and affordable to consumers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and UTM Offshore Limited has signed the Heads of Terms…
Japa: Nigerians sell properties to afford fares to US, Europe
For David Ademola, selling his poultry farm was never part of the plans in his quest to relocate his family to the United Kingdom for greener pastures. He has built the business for seven years. Three years ago, Ademola…
Dangote Replies Nigerians Over Delay in Fuel Production At His Newly Commissioned Refinery
Africa’s Richest Man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has replied Nigerians over insinuations that his Newly Commissioned…
GWR Disowns Man Who Went Blind After Attmpting to Cry for 7-Days
The Guinness World Record has distanced itself from a Nigerian man who went partially blind for attempting to set a new record of the longest crying marathon by an individual. Tembu Ebere, attempted to break a…
Court Orders DSS to Grant Kanu Access to Medical Doctors
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the Indigenous People of…
‘Reverse Fuel Price to N198’ – S’East Group Mobilizes Massive Protest Against Tinubu
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC), the Trade Union Congress(TUC), businessmen and women and all Nigerians students in the country to come out…
BREAKING: Naira plunges to N888/$1 on Binance
The exchange rate between the naira and dollar plunged to N888/$1 on Binance a crypto platform. This depreciation comes despite a temporary convergence achieved through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent…
BREAKING: Senate in Closed-Door Meeting to Discuss Ministerial Nominees
The Senate has gone into a closed-door meeting to discuss the list of ministerial nominees submitted by the Presidency.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the meeting began shortly after the Senate took up the petitions…
Marketers Beg President Tinubu to Reduce Fuel Price, Say Sales Has Reduced by 50%
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has said the fuel hike mostly hits them as sales have been reduced by 50 per cent. IPMAN’s Chairman in Enugu depot, Chinedu Anyaso, noted that the…
I Owe Nobody Apology For Sending My Kids To Private School – Gov Fubara
Governor Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State has said he does not owe anybody an apology for enrolling his children in a private school. On Wednesday, Fubara graced the graduation ceremony of the 2023 Grade Six Class…
MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIALS DURING SERVICE YEAR, DG TELLS CMS
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yusha'u Dogara Ahmed has advised…
Fuel subsidy removal: Uber, Bolt drivers say they are facing worst kind of hardship, calls for…
Ride-hailing drivers in Nigeria, operating under the umbrella of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON), are urging the Federal Government to reconsider the removal of fuel…
Rise in haulage costs makes cement pricier
The increase in haulage costs arising from petrol price hike is taking a toll on the building and construction sector, having pushed cement price up from between N4,000 and N4,500 to N5,000–N5,500, depending on location…
Man City agree £30m deal with Al-Ahli for Mahrez
Manchester City have agreed a £30m deal for Al-Ahli to sign Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez. The 32-year-old has been given permission not to travel on City’s pre-season trip to Japan and South Korea. That had already…
Ecobank appeals Honeywell’s N72bn court judgement
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has lodged an appeal against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Lagos, delivered by Hon. Justice M. Liman, in the N72bn lawsuit brought against the bank by Honeywell Flour Mills Plc. In its…
Airfares will continue to increase with depreciation of naira – AOPAN President
Airfares out of the Nigerian market would continue to rise inasmuch as the country’s currency, naira, continues to depreciate. Dr. Alex Nwuba, the President, of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of…
Fuel Price: Mechanics Lament Low Patronage by Car Owners
Roadside automobile mechanics in Bauchi say the recurrent increase in fuel prices has paralyzed their business. The mechanics said it has also negatively impacted transportation in the state. They said the removal…
Reps To Investigate Concession Of Airports
The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its committee on aviation (when constituted) to investigate the concession of some airports by the Ministry of Aviation in the immediate past administration. This…
Ogun set to convert mass transit buses to CNG
A team of technical engineers from India has arrived in Ogun State to begin the process of converting vehicles from fuel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The move signals the commencement of the E-Mobility and Gas Mobility Programme of…
Money supply up 16% on FX reforms
Money supply in Nigeria rose by 16.53 percent last month on the back of the implementation of foreign exchange reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), new data showed. Data from the CBN revealed that money…
How subsidy removal may collapse the economy
Ordinarily, the removal of subsidy on energy sources – petrol, kerosene, diesel and electricity would free up billions of naira for government to plow into other social and economic…