Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has maintained that the removal of fuel subsidy has come to stay. Kyari made the comment on Thursday during a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), at the National Secretariat in Abuja….
A former coach of Nigeria under 20, Ben Duamlong has graduated with a first-class from the University of Jos. The 70-year-old assistant coach for the Super Eagles during Korea /Japan 2022 World Cup was among the 20,532 students that graduated from the university in 2023. He enrolled in the degree programme out of his passion…
Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has disclosed that the Tinubu-led administration has concluded an arrangement to have one of the four refineries repaired and operating at an optimal level before the end of the year to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians. Kyari disclosed this during a meeting with…
President Bola Tinubu today met with the service chiefs at the State House in Abuja today June 1. This will be his first meeting with the security chiefs since he assumed office on May 29. At the meeting, President Tinubu said all security agencies must be on the same page and operate with synergy and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially appointed the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff. The newly inaugurated president announced on Thursday during the ongoing meeting with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja Details shortly…
Omoyele Sowore, the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has slammed President Bola Tinubu. He faulted President Bola Tinubu over his announcement on the removal of fuel subsidy. Sowore stated this in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. The AAC presidential candidate, who opposes the fuel subsidy removal, said Tinubu failed…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has debunked the viral reports that it has devalued the Naira. Reports had earlier emerged that CBN devalued Naira from N631 to the dollar from N461.60 it sold at the Importers and Exporters (I&E) window the previous day. However, in a tweet, via its Twitter handle on Thursday morning,…
Popular Nigeriana activist, Deji Adeyanju has stated that the Tinubu-led administration has brought suffering upon Nigerians following the increase in petrol. Adeyanju tagged President Tinubu’s government as ‘renewed suffering’, mocking its campaign’s ‘Renewed Hope’ slogan. It was reported that filling stations are now selling petrol at prices around N500 per litre. This follows the announcement…
Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and feminist, Ama Ata Aidoo has passed on at the age of 81. Aidoo’s family disclosed that she died after a brief illness in the early hours of Wednesday, according to GhanaWeb. She lived as one of Africa’s most celebrated literary icons with some of her popular works like The Dilemma…
A group known as The Natives has condemned fuel scarcity. The group said that no country can consistently allow N400 billion monthly to a few Nigerians in the name of subsidy. It said, rather, that the N400 billion per month could be invested in “one million jobs, the digital economy, health, infrastructure, agriculture, education, and…