Tag: petrol subsidy
Petrol subsidy: Governors call emergency meeting
Petrol subsidy running into billions of Naira is back and worried Nigerian governors have summoned a virtual emergency meeting to…
Buhari in petrol subsidy quagmire
The Buhari administration is now caught in a policy quagmire over whether petrol subsidy should be resumed or allow the…
Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan paid N8.9trillion as petrol subsidy
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said the Federal Government under former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar'Adua and Goodluck…
News commentary: Why Nigeria’s petrol subsidy policy is stupid
Once again, the appropriateness of maintaining a subsidy regime for petrol consumption is back in the news and the new…
Nigerian governors seek new deal on petrol subsidy
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has told Mele Kolo Kyari, the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum…
Petrol subsidy is back – sources
Petrol subsidy is back. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been offsetting for months the difference between the landing costs…
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Petrol subsidy swept away, price now N145
The pump price of petrol in Nigeria was almost increased by 100 per cent today to N145, from N86.50, ending…
Time to end Nigeria’s petrol subsidy regime
By Sunday Attah The discussion on the deregulation of the downstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum Industry has been on…
JAMB Rules Out Extension Of Sale Of UTME Forms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday ruled out the extension of the sale of forms for this…
Deputy Speaker Urges FG, Labour To End Strike
The Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), Mr. Kolawole Taiwo, on Sunday urged the Federal Government…
ACN Governors Move To Abuja Over Petrol Subsidy
Three governors elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), on Sunday boarded an Air Force presidential…
Strike: LASCO To Ignore Hoodlums
Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) on Thursday said it would not be distracted by the activities of hoodlums, as…
Strike Continues As Meeting Between Labour, FG, Govs’ Forum Ends In Deadlock
The meeting between 17 labour leaders, the Federal Government and the Governors’ Forum in Aso Rock ended in a deadlock…
Fuel Subsidy Removal Is Fraud —Engineer
As organised labour prepares to meet President Goodluck Jonathan tomorrow on the vexed issue of subsidy removal, a Nigerian engineer…