PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again reiterated his commitment to fulfilling several pledges. Tinubu, who contested under the All Progressive Party (APC), was inaugurated alongside his vice, Kashim Shettima, on Monday, May 29, at Eagle Square in Abuja. Tinubu, while delivering his inaugural speech amidst cheers from his supporters, outlined the...
FORMER Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has been questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of money laundering amounting to N4 billion.Fayemi was questioned at the zonal command office of the Commission in Kwara State, on Thursday, June 1.Fayemi, according to media reports, arrived at...
ZAMFARA State governor, Dauda Lawal Dare, has said his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, stole 17 vehicles belonging to the state government.Dare, who made the allegations while speaking with a local radio station in Gusau, the state capital, on Wednesday, May 31, also said Matawalle looted various public properties, including televisions...
THE Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has admitted Certified True Copies (CTC) of electoral documents as evidence in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, against the election of President Bola Tinubu.The documents, consisting of polling unit results known as forms EC8A,...
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Mele Kyari, has addressed concerns about the increasing prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, across Nigeria.  Kyari assured Nigerians that with the final removal of subsidy, competition among major players in the oil sector...
THE Federal Government is yet to pay the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) eight months salaries of its members withheld while the strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) lasted in 2022.He reported that ASUU downed tools over unmet demands by the Federal Government, including a 2009 agreement with the...
THE Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCLtd), Mele Kolo Kyari, said competition and market forces would moderate the price of petrol over time when more marketers come into the business.The NNPCLtd had on May 31 reviewed petrol pump price upward from old prices...
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has instructed the nation’s service chiefs to develop a comprehensive plan to address the ravaging insecurity, including crude oil theft, in the country.Tinubu, who issued the directive during his first meeting with the service chiefs at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday, June 1, also...
THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked media reports it has devalued the country’s currency, the naira, against the United States dollar to N630/$1.In a statement on Thursday, June 1, CBN’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, described the report as false and should be disregarded.They can report...
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPLtd.) for publicly publishing a new price template for petrol while talks are ongoing between the Federal government and labour leaders. The NNPLtd. has today confirmed upward adjustments of the pump prices of petrol at its...