Tag: fuel subsidy
Traditional Ruler Begs Labour To End Strike
The traditional ruler of Igando, Oba Lasis Gbadomosi, has appealed to the NLC and TUC to suspend the ongoing national…
Abdulkareem Attacks D’banj
A few weeks after he was criticised for pummelling Jaywon, his colleague under the Kennis Music label, rap music star,…
Subsidy Protests: Death Toll Rises To 12
Since the nationwide protests against fuel subsidy removal started on Monday, at least 12 persons have been killed while several…
Strike: Businesses, Govt. Offices Remain Shut
Business premises and government offices on Tuesday remained shut in Gombe, as the strike over the removal of fuel subsidy…
Labour To Re-strategise
Labour will take a break after a week to re-organise and re-strategise before resuming the nation-wide strike if the Federal…
ACN Condemns Arrest Of Its Former Scribe, Calls For His Release
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned Tuesday’s arrest of its former National Secretary, Dr. Usman Bugaje, by…
24-Hour Curfew Imposed In Kaduna
To prevent hoodlums from hijacking the fuel subsidy protest and breakdown of law and order, the Kaduna State government has…
FUEL SUSBIDY PROTEST: Fashola Cautions Security Agencies
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday received another set of prominent Nigerians protesting removal of fuel subsidy at…
Sagay, Adeyemi, ANA Back Labour
Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, elder statesman, Pa Ayo Opadokun and others say the ongoing strike must be sustained until…
Okonjo-Iweala Blames Govs For Subsidy Removal
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has denied being the mastermind of the oil subsidy removal that has…
Women Rally In Support Of fuel Subsidy Removal
Some women groups marched through Abuja on Monday to demonstrate support for the fuel subsidy withdrawal by the Federal Government.…
Fuel Subsidy Strike: Rivers Police Deploy 10,000 Men
The Rivers Police Command has deployed 10,000 policemen to prevent a breakdown of law and order as residents of the…
Mixed Reactions Greet Fuel Strike
Mixed reactions greeted the call by labour on Nigerians to begin an indefinite strike on Monday against the withdrawal of…
ACN Taunts PDP-Led FG Over Successful Labour Strike
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that the massive turn-out of protesting Nigerians against the removal of fuel…
Works Minister Defends Fuel Subsidy Removal
The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, says part of the benefits that will accrue to Nigerians from the withdrawal…