The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Sani Sidi, on Friday said there was no remaining community in the North East under the control of Boko Haram insurgent...
Saturday, 26 December 2015
A Blast in Nigeria kills Dozens of people who were waiting to buy fuel to prepare their Christmas meals
Dozens of people who were waiting to buy fuel to prepare their Christmas meals were killed in southeastern Nigeria when a tanker truck exploded outside an industrial plan...
Friday, 25 December 2015
Kachikwu said the NNPC has adopted a plan that would give the refineries some sort of autonomy, without privatising them.
Refineries To Pay Into Federation Account From 2016 – Kachikwu
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that state-owned refineries would make direct payments into the federation account from 201...
Buhari scraps fuel subsidy, cut petrol price to N85 per litre
Buhari scraps fuel subsidy, cut petrol price to N85 per litre
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwut announced on Friday that it has scrapped the Petroleum Support Fund, also known as fuel subsidy.
Speaking to journalists at the Port Harcourt refinery where he had spent Christmas inspecting the facility, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said the government could no longer pay the subsidy due to the fraud tainting...
Nigeria gas plant explosion: 'Tens' dead, says Buhari
Nigeria gas plant explosion: 'Tens' dead, says Buhari
A huge explosion on Thursday at a butane gas depot in south-eastern Nigeria left "tens" of people dead, Nigeria's president says.
The fire raged for more than five hours before being extinguishe...
FULL TEXT MASSAGE OF BUHARI’S 2016 BUDGET ADDRESS
FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S 2016 BUDGET ADDRESS
I am honoured and privileged to present the 2016 Budget proposal. This is my first address before this joint session of the National Assembly. I have come here today, not only to address members of the National Assembly, but also to speak directly to the men and women who placed us her...
