BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has requested the sum of three trillion naira (N3,000,000,000,000) as fuel subsidy for 2022. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting which was chaired by President MuhammaduContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ has called on politicians in his domain to fear God and put the interest of the electorate at heart for the development of the area. Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made the call recently when officialsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI As part of efforts to further address the security challenges confronting the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all the security institutions to immediately leverage on the Fifth Generation (5G) technology, when deployed, to enhance security in the country. The President said this on Tuesday at theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Unidentified persons have reportedly attacked and killed a herder in Zaman Chawai general area of Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this via a statement issued on Tuesday, identified the herder asContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Assembly has passed the harmonised version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The harmonised version, passed by the lawmakers during Tuesday’s plenary, is the final agreed version between the Senate and House of Representatives, on the amendment to Clause 84 of the bill. It includesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its planned nationwide protest. The decision comes hours after the union had vowed to continue with its planned nationwide rally on Thursday and after the Federal Government announced the suspension of the planned removal of the fuel subsidy. The leadershipContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has revealed plans to make additional provisions for fuel subsidy in the 2022 budget amid an outcry by labour unions and other stakeholders. Initially, the government had suggested the fuel subsidy scheme may end in June, a move supported by the World Bank, withContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that beyond providing interest-free microcredit loans to petty traders, the various social intervention schemes of the Buhari administration have made a significant impact in the lives of millions of ordinary Nigerians. According to Osinbajo, the government in furtherance of itsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has dismissed as a hoax the allegation that it is planning enforce tenure elongation for its present executives, even as it believes it is the handiwork of its expelled members.This was as the camp of the estranged Board ledContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Thursday, January 20, 2022, arraigned one Wasila Musa Ibrahim and her company, Najaatu Petroleum Limited, before Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa at the Federal High Court, Kano. They were arraigned on a 10-count charge borderingContinue Reading