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PPA tasks FG on free education

PPA tasks FG on free education

By Peter Okhiria The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has chided the Federal Government on its handling of the present ASUU crisis, saying instead of the crisis which have bedeviled the nation’s education sector, the Federal Government should introduce free education at all levels in the country. The party said the country could afford to foot […]

Collapsed building: Death  toll hits 31

Collapsed building: Death toll hits 31

I could hear voices but could not fathom what they were saying. I could have stayed for eternity when all of a sudden I heard people shouting that they have found someone alive. That was how I was dragged out with my wife.

Govt woos  senators over  oil sector  reforms

Govt woos senators over oil sector reforms

The Presidency yesterday commenced a lobby for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in the Senate as it emerged that government was getting zero revenue from some offshore oil production blocks as a result of fiscal arrangements with the joint ventures.

FG, states  resume battle over N2.2trn deductions

FG, states resume battle over N2.2trn deductions

Legal fireworks are set to resume before the Supreme Court today in the cases filed by states against the Federal Government on illegal deductions from the Federation Account and breaches of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution.

Nigeria, Algeria to sign gas pipeline deal

Nigeria, Algeria to sign gas pipeline deal

An agreement to build a gas pipeline from Nigeria across the Sahara Desert to Algeria will be signed next week in Abuja, Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil said on Monday.