Tag: subsidy
Police Should Stop Attacking Protesters
As expected, Nigerians have risen in unison to condemn the withdrawal of subsidy on petrol, announced by the Petroleum Products…
Commuters Trek To Work
Commuters in Lagos this morning felt the consequence of the removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit, also known as…
Now Our Suffering Begins
The sudden removal of the subsidy on premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, by the Petroleum Product Pricing and…
Jonathan appoints 2 committees to handle subsidy fallout
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted two committees to handle some issues arising from the removal of the N1.2 trillion…
Nigeria’s Petrol sells for N141 per litre
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Despite strong opposition from labour unions, civil society groups and other interest groups, the Federal Government, in what…
‘Fix Refineries Before Subsidy Removal’
Members of Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cabs Operators Association, LASTDCOA, have appealed to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, not remove…
Jonathan’s government exposed: the real cost of fuel in Nigeria
By Izielen Agbon Izielen Agbon On December 10, 2011, if you stopped at the Mobil filling station on Old Aba…
Fuel Subsidy: Tanker Drivers Vote For Strike
Members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, have threatened to withdraw their vehicles from the roads as from January 2012…