The Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has recommended the retail pump price of petrol from the previous N121.50 following an upward review of the product. The agency, in a statement made available to the media, announced that the petrol retail pump price for a litre of petrol is now between N140.80 and N143.80. “Please Read more
Featured The Federal Government has approved a downward review of the fees chargeable for services related to the Conduct of Statutory Marriage under the Marriage Act CAP M6 LFN 2004 to commence from Wednesday, 1st July, 2020. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the disclosure in a Public Notice signed by the Permanent Read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted the ban on interstate travel and has also approved the reopening of schools for graduating classes only. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, broke the news on Monday at the presidential task force briefing. He said students in primary six, Junior Secondary School 3 Read more
The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has finally broken his silence on the crisis within the party. Tinubu, according to a statement he reportedly signed on Saturday, said the crisis was needless and distractive. He, however, backed President Muhammadu Buhari on the dissolution of the party’s National Working Read more
Agency Report The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has provided more reasons for suspending its nationwide strike. The doctors embarked on strike last week Monday over unpaid salaries, lack of protective equipment in hospitals and so on. The president of the association, Aliyu Sokomba, was quoted by Premium Times saying the union decided to replace the Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the demolition of Nigeria’s Embassy in Ghana has further shown how the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) incompetence has destroyed the respect and honour other nations had for Nigeria. PDP said the embarrassing situation in Ghana has again highlighted the poor rating of Read more
Former governor of old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa has said the only way out for Nigeria from its current multiple challenges was to divide the country into six regions. “Let us restructure the country and go back to the regional arrangement, and so, should abolish the states and go back to regions; instead of the Read more
Following the spate of sexual assault in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will continue to work with all actors to detect and punish perpetrators of gender-based violence, rape and other related assault. The vice president also disclosed that the present administration will continue to use the platform Read more
Agency Report The Federal Government is partnering with the Ministry of Women Affairs to launch a national campaign against rape and gender-based violence, the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, who spoke Thursday in Abuja when officials of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) paid him an advocacy visit, said the campaign would include Read more
DEMOCRACY DAY President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the government will continue to guarantee the freedom of the Press in the country. This was stated during his nationwide broadcast address in commemoration of the nation’s ‘Democracy Day.’ Buhari also appreciated members of the press for their doggedness in the struggle for the attainment of democracy Read more
