Presidency, Atiku bicker over subsidy removal
ABUJA---Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no amount of resistance from President Bola Tinubu or “millions of his gang of economic jesters” could stop him from restoring a targeted fuel subsidy to Nigerians, accusing the administration of dressing up subsidy removal as reform while quietly extending fiscal concessions to oil investors.
FAAN completes emergency operation centre at MMA
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has completed the construction of an emergency operation centre at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as part of efforts to prepare the airport for FAA Category 1 certification which the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, is currently pursuing.
Ekiyor gets Kabowei, Ijaw leaders endorsement
THE people of Kabowei kingdom in Delta State and notable Ijaw leaders across the Niger-Delta, weekend, at Patani resolved to present the National President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Dr. Chris Ekiyor, as a consensus candidate for next year’s House of Representatives elections in the Patani/Bomadi Federal Constituency.
PENGASSAN summons AP workers over mass sack
PALPABLE apprehension of industrial unrest has engulfed African Petroleum, AP, following the summon, yesterday, of the company’s workers by the leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, to discuss the alleged planned mass reduction of the oil company’s workforce by the by the management.
Lagos donates $1 million to Haiti quake victims
The Lagos State government, yesterday, launched an appeal fund in aid of the victims of the Haiti earthquake with a donation of $1 million.
A-Ibom repatriates 600
No fewer than 600 immigrants, who daily flood the streets of Akwa Ibom State, including 136 Niger Republic nationals, have been repatria-ted from the state by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare.
