Residents of M.I Wushishi Estate Minna, the Niger State capital are living in palpable fear following threats of invasion of the area by bandits. Sources in the estate said the hoodlums had asked residents to vacate their homes or risk being killed. The source said many residents have moved out of the estate following the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the immediate reversal of the latest increase in the pump of price of petrol across the country. The NLC also demanded for the release of all those incarcerated or being prosecuted on the assumption of having participated in the recent protest against hunger and bad governance. In a…
Aliko Dangote, owner of Lagos-based refinery Aliko Dangote, said on Tuesday, that as soon as his company finalises modalities with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the product will hit the market. He said, “Our PMS (Premium Motor Spirit) can be in filling stations within the next 48 hours depending on NNPCL”. Asked to…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has increased the price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, across its retail outlets. According to TheCable, the price of the product was increased on Tuesday to N855 per litre — from about N620— at an NNPC filling station in the Berger axis of Lagos. Another…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have called on security agencies to take note of the irresponsible utterances by Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT). The forum was reacting in a statement on Tuesday to threats by Wike to cause crisis the state of any governor who…
Dada Yar’adua, mother of late President, Umaru Yar’adua and a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Shehu Yar’adua, is dead. She was said to have died in the evening on Monday at the Katsina Teaching Hospital following a brief illness. She was aged 102.
