The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) said it supported the petrol price increase because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s sincerity towards infrastructure development and oil and gas policies.The Chairman of the union in South-West, Tokunbo Korodo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that his union and the […]
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Continue ReadingThe Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has received with shocking disdain reported condemnation of oil installation vandalism by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State because of the governor’s antecedent in inciting young people against the President Buhari-led Federal Government in the night and calling for understanding in the day. Disclosing this position […]
Continue ReadingA Lagos lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade, on Sunday urged the organised labour to dialogue with the Federal Government rather than engage in industrial action over the increase in the pump price of petrol. Olulade, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health, gave the advice in a statement signed by him in Lagos. […]
Continue ReadingThe Muhammadu Buhari administration has rolled out various social investment programmes, aimed at cushioning the hardship in the country.Not less than eight million Nigerians will benefit from the programmes scheduled to begin in a matter of weeks. Highlights of the palliatives are: 5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff, on Sunday, apologised to aggrieved leaders of the party over statements credited to him by his aides. Speaking at a media briefing in Jalingo, he said: “As a well cultured and astute politician, I would never make any comment that would ridicule the […]
Continue ReadingAhmed Kaita, an All Progressives Congress member of the House of Representatives, has identified policy paths that can be taken by the government to cushion the effects of the new petrol price of N145. In an interview with newsmen, he identified the three paths of intervention as spending on infrastructure, food pricing, and direct social […]
Continue ReadingThe national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that it would not hold the South-West zonal congress of the party originally scheduled for Saturday.The party said that it was recalling its officers already sent to Akure, the Ondo State capital, where the congress was originally scheduled to hold. National Secretary of the party, […]
Continue ReadingBarely a week after he became governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello approved for himself a total of N260 million as security votes, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. Mr. Bello, who is currently Nigeria’s youngest governor, was sworn into office at an elaborate ceremony on January 27 after his party, the All Progressives Congress, […]
Continue ReadingFresh crisis has erupted in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party after a former Minister of Information and a founding member of the party, Jerry Gana, led a group of other leading members to announce the takeover of the party from its national chairman, Ali Sheriff. Mr. Gana, who appears to head a group within the […]
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