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Why there are fuel queues in some states – NNPCL

Why there are fuel queues in some states – NNPCL

Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), has given reason for the return of fuel queues. Queues started resurfacing across filling stations last week, with some persons saying there were plans to increase...

Obaseki approves payment of 28 years gratuity backlog

Obaseki approves payment of 28 years gratuity backlog

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of a 28-year backlog of gratuity for pensioners in the state’s Local Government Staff Pension Board. The approval was made known in a statement by the Head of Local...

Privatise Moribund Refineries, Senate Tells FG

The Senate has called for the privatisation of moribund oil refineries owned by the Federal Government.This call was made by the Senate through its committee on Finance, chaired by Senator representing Niger East and a member of the All...

Sunday Igboho Regains Freedom In Benin After Two Years

Sunday Igboho regains freedom in Benin after two yearsYoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has regained his freedom from the Beninese authorities.The embattled agitator said on Sunday he was now legally free to leave Cotonou,...

FG bans use of laterite for road construction

FG bans use of laterite for road construction

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced a ban on the use of laterite as a base in road construction. He directed that henceforth, contractors should use lumps, sharp sand and stone base to form the base...

No plans to hike petrol price – NNPCL

No plans to hike petrol price – NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has debunked claims that it is planning to increase its pump prices for Premium Motor Spirit, commonly referred to as petrol. The company’s management, in a statement shared Friday on X, said, ”...

18 migrants die in Mexico bus crash

18 migrants die in Mexico bus crash

A bus carrying migrants overturned in southern Mexico on Friday, leaving at least 18 passengers dead and 27 injured, authorities said — the latest fatal road crash involving US-bound migrants. The dead, three of them minors, were from Venezuela...

NURTW appoints MC Oluomo South West acting chairman

NURTW appoints MC Oluomo South West acting chairman

Delegates to the quadrennial Congress of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Zone 2, South West, have appointed Musiliu Akinsanya, fondly called MC Oluomo, as the acting chairman of the union in South West. The delegates also...

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