Nigerian govt again reduces petrol pump priceThe Federal Government has announced a reduction of the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N123.50 per litre.According to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Executive Secretary, Mr. Abdulkadir Saidu, the new price takes effect from today, April 1, 2020.In a statement
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FG directs NNPC to reduce petrol pump price to N125
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to reduce the pump price of petrol from N145 to N125.This, the government said, was to reflect the current crash in the global price of crude oil.President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the price reduction after the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources,
Read MoreCoronavirus: CBN announces N1.1tn intervention fund to support economy
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday announced a N1.1tn intervention fund to support critical sectors of the economy.The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said this in a statement made available to journalists.The governor in the statement said the out of the N1.1tn, about N1tn would be used to support the local manufacturing
Read MoreNAMA Commissions CAT 3 ILS AT MMIA, Calibration of Navigational Aids in Progress
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commissioned its newly installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Runway 18 Right, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as well as Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.In the same vein, a flight commissioning of the newly installed DVOR (Doppler
Read MoreWe are fully determined to defeat Terrorism- Buhari
Anietie Udobit,AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is fully determined to combat and defeat all acts of criminality, banditry and terrorism in the country.PMB who said this on Tuesday February 11, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at a meeting with the Executive Committee members of the Nigerian Community in
Read MoreGerman leader Angela Merkel’s designated successor quits
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s designated successor has unexpectedly thrown in the towel, plunging her conservative party into deeper crisis as it struggles to agree on its future political direction after losing votes to the far right.Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told leading members of the Christian Democratic Union that she will not be seeking the chancellorship in next
Read MoreCourt grants Adoke, Abubakar bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and his co-defendant, Aliyu Abubakar.Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling on Monday, granted both men bail on the conditions attached to an earlier bail granted them by a High
Read MorePlateau Senator Longjan is dead
Senator Ignatius Longjan, representing Plateau South in the National Assembly, and a former deputy governor of Plateau State is dead.According to his former Press Secretary Mr Wulimen Goyit, the Senator died in the early hours of Monday at the Turkish Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.Plateau State Governor, Simon
Read MoreNGTNC to help FG Move 100 million Nigerians Out Of poverty-Minister
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in Nigeria, Chief Timipriye Sylva has said that the National Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC), will help to realized the Federal Government's aspiration of moving 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.Chief Sylva stated this in his welcome address during the launching of the
Read MoreLagos-Ibadan Railway: CCECC Restates commitment To Speedy Delivery
The China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC) handling the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line on Saturday said that it would deliver the project on schedule despite all challenges.Project Coordinator, Mr Xia Lijun, gave the assurance when he led some journalists on the Trial Running of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage
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