President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the removal of petroleum subsidy was necessary to ensure the reset of Nigeria’s economy. The president maintained that the action...
President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday the decision to remove petroleum subsidy was a challenging one, but a necessary step for the country’s economic growth. The...
A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, on Monday faulted President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove fuel subsidy without adequate plans to cushion...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the disclosure, on Thursday, when he spoke at a dialogue themed: ‘Tinubu’s Economic Reforms: Gainers and...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, unveiled 17 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mass transit buses in Abeokuta. In his address at the event, Abiodun...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate part of the money saved by the Federal Government following the removal of fuel...
The Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Melee Kyari, said on Monday the Federal Government was no longer paying subsidy on...
To further cushion the effect on the removal of fuel subsidy, President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, promised that the distribution of cash palliatives will commence this...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Tuesday gave the Federal Government another seven days to act on its demands or risk an indefinite strike....
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress ended in a deadlock on Monday. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, had...
The former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Tuesday the January 2012 protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will begin a two-day warning strike on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in protest against what it called the government’s inability to...
Petrol consumption in Nigeria dropped in July by 19.95 per cent month-on-month, following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. According to the Nigerian...
The Oyo State Government has approved the immediate release of car loans for primary school teachers, across all zones in the state. This was made known...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday assured Nigerians of a better future despite the present challenges occasioned by the removal of the petrol subsidy. The president gave...
The Federal Government on Thursday announced a N5 billion palliative for each state in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to cushion the effects...
The Senate on Tuesday met with the organized labour at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The meeting was attended by the Senate President, Godwill Akpabio...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has set up a palliative committee to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal in the state. The Chief Press...
The meeting between the Federal Government and organized labour resumed on Tuesday with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, conspicuously absent. The...
The Federal Government team met with the organized labour at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. The meeting was a last-minute effort by the federal government...
President Bola Tinubu said on Monday the Federal Government saved N1 trillion that would have been used for the payment of fuel subsidies in just two...
The Senate on Monday resolved to meet with the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to stave off the impending nationwide strike. This followed...
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), on Monday, appealed to the Federal Government to include its members in the distribution of the proposed palliatives to cushion...
The Federal Government has been warned to hasten negotiations with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) or face workers’ protests over the hardship in the country. According...
In a recent address by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima during the week while presiding over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on the petrol subsidy removal,...
To cushion the effect of inflation caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy, the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), on Thursday, called for...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has cancelled their pre-subsidy removal agreement. According to...
The Senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministries, Akure, Ondo State, Adewale Giwa, has described those commending President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as hypocrites....
President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday he approved the unification of the foreign exchange rates in the official and black markets to end the financial haemorrhage...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mustapha Audu, said on Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove fuel would boost the growth in...
A Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday explained why his principal refused to remove the fuel subsidy in...
Nigeria, being one of the largest oil-producing countries in Africa, has historically implemented fuel subsidies to alleviate the financial burden on its citizens and ensure affordable...
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, has urged the Federal Government to invest a huge percentage of funds saved from fuel subsidy withdrawal to infrastructure...
The National Industrial Court, on Monday, ruled that the injunction prohibiting the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from carrying out their prearranged...
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday set up a committee to look at the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) recommendations on palliatives for...
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, on Monday, denied reports that he criticised former President Muhammadu Buhari for not making the nation’s refineries functional during his administration. Sule, in...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, on Monday, called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately come up with measures to...
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed concern at the Federal Government’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy without palliatives for Nigerians. Obi, who...
One of the first things that had been cited as evidence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showing courage and wisdom and hitting the ground running as...
This argument is for the people. There is now a near-unanimous rejection of the petrol subsidy regime in Nigeria. This is now the popular position. I...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended the planned nationwide strike slated for Wednesday. The Congress took the decision at a meeting with the Federal Government...
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has approved the temporary reduction in the workdays for civil servants in the state from five to three per week....
President Bola Tinubu last week declared that the fuel “subsidy is gone” with the announcement triggering the return of queues at filling stations as well as...
Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State, has expressed optimism that disagreements between the federal government and organised labour over the elimination of fuel subsidies...
The Federal Government on Sunday met with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in a bid to resolve the crisis trailing the removal of fuel subsidy in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress {NLC}has written all its 43 affiliate unions to mobilise for the industrial action scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The...
Immediate past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s decision to immediately remove fuel subsidy which he says is the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ruled out a nationwide protest over the withdrawal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. Reports emerged on Thursday that...
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Commission Limited, Mele Kyari, said on Thursday the subsidy regime ended in the country in February....
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association {NMA} Dr Uche Ojinmah, on Wednesday, described the removal of petrol subsidy as a good policy but called on...
