Category: Politics

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria says long queues at petrol stations in Lagos and Ogun states will soon disappear as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has flooded the Ejigbo depot with Premium Motor Spirit. According to IPMAN, the Ejigbo depot supplies no fewer than 900 filling stations in Lagos. The chairman of the Lagos Chapter of IPMAN, Alhaji Alanamu Balogun, was quoted in a statement on Sunday as saying that the NNPC had responded positively to the oil marketers’ complaint about shortage of petrol supply to them. Balogun,…

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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said the long-suffering, commitment and sacrifices of all his supporters over the years will be remembered by posterity, urging them to remain steadfast in pursuing the overall good of the nation. Receiving the Governance Support Group at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said he remains “eternally grateful’’ for all the personal and collective sacrifices that culminated in winning the 2015 elections, assuring them that all the efforts would never be forgotten. “I can never forget your sacrifices and I am grateful for all. You…

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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said that the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, is mainly because of its hoarding and diversion by oil marketers. According to PENGASSAN, these marketers were pushing for an increase in the price of the commodity. It accused the dealers under the aegis of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, as well as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria of being involved in the hoarding and diversion…

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The Ogun government says it has paid the December and the 13th – month salary to its workers since Wednesday ahead of the festive period . The State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Osinowo, disclosed this while defending the ministry ’ s 2018 budget estimate before the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation , in Abeokuta. The commissioner said that this was despite the fact that the state government has yet to receive the last tranche of the Paris Club Refund . He explained that the state government used the…

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Following the Senate’s Roundtable on Drug Use Crisis in Nigeria, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, reiterated that the country needs a strong and effective National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to safeguard the health of the nation and eliminate the production and distribution of drugs and other illegal substances in the country. Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, made the remarks when the newly appointed Director General of the NAFDAC, Dr. Moji Adeyeye, led…

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A statement in Abuja by the NNPC spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said this would be done through the recently-approved contract for the construction of Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline project, dubbed AKK Pipeline. According to the statement, the AKK pipeline has started yielding early benefits with the commitment by NNPC to build power-generating plants with combined capacity of 4550 megawatts in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano States. Ughamadu quoted the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, as saying that the Corporation in partnership with private investors would build power-generating plants to support…

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The Federal Government has ordered security agencies to arrest petroleum marketers who purposely hoard products to create the artificial scarcity currently being experienced. This is even as oil marketers have been warned to desist from hoarding the product or risk being arrested by industry regulators who have been detailed for enforcement. The order was disclosed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a statemnet issued on Monday in Abuja. NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, who signed the statement said that the warning followed the uncovering of 144 oil tankers filled…

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Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers state yesterday declared that all communities that promote peace will continue to enjoy strategic projects from his administration. Flagging off the reconstruction of the Government Secondary School, Abua on Monday, Governor Wike noted that projects implementation in Abua/Odual became easy after the people embraced the peace initiatives of the Rivers State Government. He said: “Abua/Odual is close to my heart. When there is peace, Government finds it easy to execute projects. We are here executing projects because peace has returned to Abua/Odual.” Governor Wike…

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Bro. Felix Obuah, Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the mbanabaraagwu 1 of orashi region was the center of attraction over the weekend of December 16th 2017 in the Garden city of portharcourt as all roads leads to Obi wali confrencer center. The event which was his 55th Birthday ceremony and unveiling of Two books written to celebrate him and his Late father was well attended by dignitaries which had in attendance the Rivers state Deputy Governor, Dr(Mrs) Ipalibo Harry Banigo,Sir celestine Omehia,former Rivers state Governor,among other…

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A coalition of youths championing system change has vowed to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others were rejected at the polls come 2019 general elections. In a statement issued in Enugu yesterday, signed by Mr. Bello Olanrewaju, Aliyu Abdulrahaman and Tina Inyamah, they advised them to drop their presidential ambitions to avoid being disgraced by the outcome of the election. They said the decision was a fallout of their just concluded summit held in Enugu, Lagos and Abuja, at the instance of their leader…

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