Nigeria may witness another round of fuel scarcity as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, on Thursday, vowed to stop lifting petroleum products beginning from next week Monday due to the high cost of operations. NARTO members have repeatedly raised concern over the high cost of diesel required to power their trucks for the transportation of petroleum products across the country. Oil marketers told our correspondent on Thursday that diesel price is between N1,250 to N1,400/litre depending on the area of purchase. NARTO’s President, Yusuf Othman, in a statement he issued in Abuja on Thursday, said the statement was…
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The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission will soon advertise its expression of interest for prospective service providers who desire to take part in the 2024 pilgrimage exercise. The service providers include air carriers and ground handlers among others. The commission’s Executive Secretary, Samuel Adegbite, dropped the hint during a meeting he had with chairmen and secretaries of state pilgrims welfare boards on Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the NCPC’s Deputy Director, and Head of Media and Public Relations, Celestine Toruka. Toruka said Adegbite hinted that the commission would soon advertise its expression of interest in both local…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said an external auditor has been contracted to examine the party’s accounts. Oluchi Opara, the national treasurer of the Labour Party, on Monday, accused Julius Abure, national chairman of the party, of misappropriating N3.5 billion. In response to the allegation during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the party suspended Opara, claiming she was being influenced by “external forces” intent on destroying the LP. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said an external…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on President Bola Tinubu to break the unfavourable monopoly on cement and other building materials. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, urged Tinubu not to allow Nigeria implode by crashing the price of cement and building materials. In a statement he signed, Powerful blamed the current suffering of Igbos and Nigerians on policies of ethnic bigotry against their businesses. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on President Bola Tinubu to break the unfavourable monopoly on cement and other building materials. The spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, urged Tinubu not to…
In a decisive move to combat the raging wave of abductions, the Federal Government and state governors, on Thursday, resolved to come up with modalities that would culminate in the creation of state police to tackle the security crisis confronting the country. This was part of the agreements reached at an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and 36 state governors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The meeting was called to provide solutions to the hike in food prices, economic hardship and insecurity recorded nationwide. The nation had been wracked by waves of abductions, attacks by suspected bandits and…
The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State chapter, Hammed Benco, has commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for being sensitive and responsive to the plight of workers in the state. Benco spoke at the presentation of two new 18-seater buses to the NLC and the National Union of Local Government Employees, at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The NLC chairman, who spoke on behalf of the two unions, said the governor is a man who is bound by his words and genuinely committed to the plight of workers. Benco said, “We are extremely grateful to our governor for being a…
The Chairman of Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Fuad Atanda-Lawal, has approved a 100 percent pay raise for the medical doctors attached to all the primary health centres in the council area. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Atanda-Lawal announced this on Thursday after extensive deliberations on the need to ensure that all residents in the council had access to comprehensive, quality and affordable health care. He said the increment would take effect from February 2024. According to the council boss, the decision follows the need to address the brain drain currently experienced in the nation’s health…
President Bola Tinubu in the company of Vice President Kashim Shettima today at the State House met with the 36 States Governors and the FCT Minister. The meeting agreed on common ground for addressing some of the challenges currently facing the country especially the rising cost of food and insecurity. After extensive deliberations, the President and Governors agreed to work together to solve the problems and tackle the economic pressure being faced by the citizens. Below are the key takeaways from what the President told the Governors to do: 1. On addressing insecurity which is also affecting farming and food…
Date: 2024-Feb-16 🎯TOPIC: SALVATION BRINGS JOY 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/pIMsVI_Jv5I?si=reL8RWMGieyuzgwz ✝️TEXT: Psalm 53: 1-6(NKJV) 53:1. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A Contemplation of David. The fool has said in his heart, “[There is] no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; [There is] none who does good. 53:2. God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are [any] who understand, who seek God. 53:3. Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; [There is] none who does good, No, not one.…
Amid the economic hardship facing Nigerians, the federal government has said there would be no need to import food items into the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who made the disclosure shortly after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the state governors, on Thursday, said the government had ordered a clampdown on food hoarders. According to the Minister, security agencies would collaborate with state governments to arrest the hoarders and make food commodities available to Nigerians at the appropriate price. The governors and Mr President have decided that security agencies will collaborate with the…