Subsidy Removal: FG Declares N5bn Each for States as Palliatives The federal government has announced a N5 billion palliative for each state of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy. Babagana Zulum, governor of...

Nigerian Govt To Sell Stakes In NNPC, 19 Entities   The Federal Government may sell stakes in about 20 state-run companies to raise funds and improve governance in the entities. This is according to a Bloomberg report. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is among the firms the...

Petrol Price : Marketers Kick As FG Rules Out Hike   Oil marketers, on Tuesday, advised President Bola Tinubu to gradually relax the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the inability of importers to access the United States dollars and the...

The military juntas, led were mostly trained by the U.S. In fact, Goita and Doumbouya attended a 2019 US military training exercise in Burkina Faso. Surprisingly after taking over, they also drove away French troops and allegedly invited Russian mercenary forces in as their replacement.

Subsidy Removal and Palliative Measures: The State of the States By Juliet Agoyi Palliatives or palliative measures have been on the lips of most Nigerians for months now. In fact, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can be described as that of palliatives or the...

Oil Marketers Lament as Diesel Price Rises to N950/per litre Oil marketers have lamented that the foreign exchange crisis and the implementation of a 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax on Automatic Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel, had pushed up the cost of the...