Tag: fuel subsidy
Transition Committee to Buhari: End fuel subsidy, privatise refineries
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has been advised to end a fuel subsidy programme and privatise Nigeria’s four refineries in…
Fears Over Removal Of Oil Subsidy
Nigeria’s crippling fuel shortages are unlikely to ease any time soon and much-needed deregulation of the subsidised market would be…
Remove fuel subsidy to end fuel scarcity, Senator urges FG
The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (upstream), Senator Kabir Marafa, has called for the removal of oil susbsidy to…
At N87 per litre, FG still subsidises petrol – PPPRA
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) on Friday said that Federal Government was still subsidising the current pump price…
NNPC to dialogue with NASS over directive to remit $218m
The NNPC said it would continue to engage the National Assembly in dialogue over directive to remit $218 million into…
Egyptian President removes fuel subsidy
Egypt has drastically raised fuel prices overnight to tackle a bloated subsidy system, in a potentially unpopular move that might…
$620k Bribe: Farouk, Emenalo Re-Arraigned
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan and its former secretary, Mr.…
A Contrived Fuel Scarcity
Following the hardship Nigerians are subjected to daily, the prevailing fuel scarcity across the country demands that a serious and…
Why Jonathan Is After Me —Gov Amaechi
Embattled Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has broken his silence and disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan is witch-hunting him because…
No Going Back On Oil Subsidy Removal —Jonathan
The President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government has restated its plan to fully deregulate the downstream oil sector, despite the aversion…
Five Suspects Rearraigned Over Fuel Subsidy Fraud
Five suspected fuel subsidy fraudsters were today re-arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Ikeja High Court for defrauding the…
In Celebration Of 100 Years Of Trade Unionism In Nigeria
By femi falana The Working Class Association of Nigeria deserves commendation for organising this workshop to celebrate the centenary of…
Unending Fuel Woes
Nigerians appear to be ending the year the grim way they started it, with nationwide fuel woes. Many see it…
NOT AGAIN, JONATHAN!!!
The most generous response that can be given to President Jonathan’s recent statement on the people’s fuel subsidy protest is…
Sudan adamant on fuel subsidy removal
There will be no turning back on Sudan’s policy of phasing out fuel subsidies, the finance minister said on Monday,…