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Review: Evaluating SURE-P Three Years – Omafume
THREE years ago, Nigeria was in the frenzied grip of another sort of campaign. There were intense arguments for, and against the planned removal of fuel subsidy. By January 2012, organised Labour...
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Agwai: Why SURE-P May Not Continue Beyond 2015
There are indications that the Federal Government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) may not continue beyond this year. SURE-P chairman, Gen Martin Luther Agwai (rtd) said poor...
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Fashola: FG has No Answer to Insecurity and Power Challenges
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday, said the Federal Government has no clue to addressing the many challenges confronting the nation. The governor was speaking at the commissioning...
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FG to pay oil marketers N30b for forex losses
Nigerian Oil marketers are to get N30 billion compensation for the losses they recorded as a result of naira devaluation. This payment is in addition to the N185 billion debts owed the marketers, which...
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BREAKING NEWS: Oil Marketers Call Off Strike
The major oil marketers association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has reached an agreement with the federal government to begin lifting of petroleum products across the country “in six hours”. According to...
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FG increases importation tariff
There was confusion at the Lagos ports on Wednesday as importers and clearing agents had difficulties clearing their goods following the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States’...
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NNPC: Port Harcourt refinery to start operation in July, to refine 5 million...
The Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited will start refining crude oil and will contribute to petroleum product availability by the end of this month, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has...
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President Muhammadu Buhari Instructs Governors To Decongest Prisons
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governors across the country to ensure the reduction of the number of prison inmates in their various states. Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir el-Rufai,...
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Femi Falana object to legality of sexual offences bill
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened to go to court if the controversial Sexual Offences Bill is passed into law. In a letter addressed to Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, Mr....
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FG to incorporate bicycle lane as a safe means of road transportation in Nigeria
The Federal Government has suggested the promotion of the use of bicycle “as a formidable and safe means of road transportation” in Nigeria. The government, which specifically said the use of bicycle...
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FG rules against JAMB on new admission policy
Following the nationwide outcry that trailed the new admission policy of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Federal Government has overruled the board and put the policy on hold....
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No plan to claim Cameroon’s ownership of Bakassi Peninsula, says Buhari
Nigeria will abide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi Peninsula, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. President Buhari...
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