As acute petrol supply challenges enter its second week, independent marketers have explained that issues that led to the scarcity of the product would take another two weeks to be fully resolved. Checks around Abuja on Sunday showed that most stations were out of stock with very few major marketers dispensing […]
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US Trip Exposed Ignorance Of Northern Governors – Sule Lamido
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has tackled Northern governors over their recent trip to the United States. Daily Trust had reported how the Northern governors recently traveled to the US to attend a peace summit organized by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Reacting to the development, Lamido, […]
Bodo-Bonny Road: FG Provides ₦20 Billion Augmentation Fee
FG provides Julius Berger with a N20 billion augmentation fee for the construction of the Bodo-Bonny Road The disagreement between the federal government and Julius Berger Plc regarding the halting of construction on the N200 billion Bodo-Bonny Road in Rivers State appears to have been settled with the government offering […]
Tinubu Secures $600 Million Deal For Nigerian Ports
President Bola Tinubu has secured a $600m investment from Danish shipping and logistics firm A.P Moller-Maersk, the presidency said on Sunday. The deal is to help in expanding port infrastructure to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports. Chairman of A.P Moller-Maersk, Mr. Robert Maersk Uggla, disclosed the decision […]
Vessel With 566 Containers Berths At Onne Port
The Nigerian Ports Authority, Onne Port Complex, said it has received a big vessel, ‘Kota Cempaka’ with 566 containers. Announcing the development in a statement on Saturday, the management of NPA, said the vessel sailing under the flag of Singapore, has a length overall of 300 meters. It added that […]
Marketers Speak On New Fuel Price As Another Refinery To Release Products
Marketers Speak On New Fuel Price As Another Refinery Prepares To Release Product After Dangote After a long wait, the Port Harcourt refinery is getting closer to beginning operations while oil marketers wait patiently There is optimism that when the refinery finally starts releasing products, it will help reduce fuel […]
Aderemi Adeoye: My Firm Worth N20bn, Will Give Dangote A Run For His Money
The outgoing Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye, says he is now going fully into business and he is ready to give Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, a run for his money. Adeoye stated this on Saturday during his ceremonial pull out parade from the Nigeria Police Force at […]
Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder In Sokoto, Black Marketers Sell Petrol ₦2,000/Litre
The situation has started affecting business activities and making life difficult for people with black marketers selling petrol for between N2,000 and N2,500 per litre. Residents in Sokoto State have continued to lament the untold hardship they are subjected to following the fuel scarcity being experienced in all parts of […]
$2.1B Arms Scandal: APC AKIDA Petitions Tinubu, Calls For Sack Of Matawalle
In a petition signed by its Chairman, Mallam Musa Mahmud, the group urged the President to consider dropping the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle over his alleged involvement in the arms deal that defrauded Nigeria of billions of dollars. A Kaduna-based socio-political pressure group, APC Akida Forum, has […]
Political Polygamy: Governors Spouses Battle For First Lady Role
VICTOR AYENI examines how the office of the First Lady in Nigeria, created by many governors, has become a hotly coveted title among some state governors who have more than one wife, as the rivalry between their wives spills into the public space In a not-too-subtle competition for influence, Titilola and […]