Tag: fuel subsidy
‘Subsidy Responsible For Piracy’
Senior Special Adviser to the President on Maritime, Mr. Oyewole Olugbenga Leke, has attributed the incessant incidence of piracy and…
Mixed Reactions Trail Fuel Subsidy Removal In Nsukka
Some residents of Nsukka in Enugu State have commended the Federal Government for removing fuel subsidy, which they said would…
Yoruba, Hausa Butchers Clash
Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government continued in Ilorin Thursday but limited to two areas…
Subsidy Removal: Motor Parks Empty In Jalingo
Residents of Jalingo, the Taraba capital, have decided to stay at home because of the sharp rise in transport fare…
Disaster In The Niger Delta
As Nigerians grapple with the problems of Boko Haram, fuel subsidy removal and galloping inflation, another national disaster is happening…
Mass Protest Continues In Ilorin
Protest over the removal of fuel subsidy continued Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as hoodlums hijacked it, setting…
Light Traffic In Lagos
Following the multiplier effect of removal of fuel subsidy on the Nigerian populace there is light traffic on some Lagos…
Subsidy Removal Will Increase Poverty — Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has lamented the New Year day removal of fuel subsidy…
Subsidy: protests erupt in Lagos
Hundreds of Nigerians are marching in the commercial capital, Lagos,this morning to protest the removal of fuel subsidy, which has…
Republican Party Supports Removal Of Fuel Subsidy
Mr. Mohammed Shittu, the National Chairman of the Republican Party of Nigeria, says the removal of fuel subsidy will bring…
Experts Worry Over Removal Of Fuel Subsidy
Some financial experts on Monday expressed worry over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. They told the…
Agbakoba Kicks Against Fuel Subsidy Removal
A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, on Monday in Lagos, criticised the withdrawal of…
Fuel Subsidy Removal Shocks Lagos Residents
Lagos residents said yesterday that the fuel subsidy removal, which raised pump price of petrol to between N141 and N145…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: President Jonathan Needs Help – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the inscrutable fuel subsidy removal, at a time the country is facing its…
ACN Tackles FG On Fuel Subsidy
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the federal government to either debunk, with facts and figures, a published…
ACN Tackles FG On Fuel Subsidy
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the federal government to either debunk, with facts and figures, a published…
As The Battle Line Is Drawn On Fuel Subsidy —Peter Claver Oparah
Any visitor to Nigeria, observing the raging noisy altercation about the removal of the so-called subsidy on petroleum products would…
Fuel Subsidy Removal Will Cause Inflation —Ozone
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised not to remove the subsidy on oil as such action would lead to high…
Fuel Subsidy: Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi, Oshiomhole, Falana, Agbakoba, Others Differ Over Removal
Resistance against the planned removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government shifted to a town hall meeting held in…
Removal Of Oil Subsidy: Challenge To A Nation
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu President Goodluck Jonathan is today trying very hard to convince Nigerians of the need for the…
Constitution Amendment ‘ll Correct Political Imbalance –Odubote
Mr. Lanre Odubote, a House of Representatives member, representing Epe Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, has expressed optimism that…
Pastor Sam Adeyemi Kicks Against Fuel Subsidy
Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi, has joined the myriad of voices calling on the Nigerian Federal Government to…
Tackle Corruption Before Fuel Subsidy Removal — Don
Mr. Nathan Amadi, a Chief Tutor in the Department of Accountancy at University of Maiduguri, has advised the Federal Government…
Sensitise Public On Fuel Subsidy Removal, FG Told
The Deputy Treasurer of Sokoto State PDP, Mr Mapia, has urged the Federal Government to mobilise the stakeholders in the…
Church Will Support Fuel Subsidy Removal If… Primate Okoh
Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate, Church of Nigerian (Anglican Communion), says the Church will support the removal of fuel…
Outrage Over FG’s Plans To Remove Fuel Subsidy
Nigerians, including lawyers, activists and others have expressed outrage over plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy by…