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Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) on Tuesday tendered before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) copies of results sheets, printouts of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and record of the number of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) collected for the last presidential election across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to open …

NNPC fuel station along Social Club Road shut, following sudden scarcity of petrol across Lagos state. Photo: Akeem Salau …marketers sell at N540/l in FCT, Nassarawa. NNPC Limited, has confirmed the full deregulation of the downstream sector of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry with petrol now selling at market price following the removal of subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. NNPC, in …

I am leaving PDP because of irreconcilable differences, squabbles within the PDP at the national level and  Edo State, Urhoghide *This is to enable me to settle down and look forward to other areas of human and professional endeavours, Akinyelure Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, PDP, Edo South has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP with …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is scheduled to have a crucial discussion with the federal government today at 2 pm as regards the proposed fuel subsidy removal. NLC National President Joe Ajaero made this disclosure while he was a guest on the Sunrise Daily programme on Channels Television Wednesday. Ajaero stressed that the labour union has consistently maintained its stance …

Mr Obi also called his first witness against Mr Tinubu at the presidential election court on Tuesday. The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Tuesday admitted documents in evidence accusing President Bola Tinubu of drug offences in the United States. The court accepted the documents as exhibits in the case filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has persuaded the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, to adjourn further proceedings on the case he filed to challenge the outcome of the presidential election that held on February 25.  Obi, through his team of lawyers that were led by Prof. Awa Kalu, SAN, on Wednesday, told …

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) on Tuesday tendered before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) copies of results sheets, printouts of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and record of the number of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) collected for the last presidential election across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to open …

The downstream sector of Nigeria’s petroleum industry has been thrown into confusion as a document puts the retail price of petrol at over N500 per litre. The document, obtained by Vanguard, put petrol price in Abuja, Lagos and Kano at N537, N488 and N540 per litre respectively. The Authority Chief Executive, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Mr. Farouk Ahmed, …

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee, Timothy Osadolor, says the immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is no longer a member of the party, given his conduct before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Osadolor, who gave the hint in a telephone conversation with The PUNCH on Tuesday, noted that the leadership of the …

• Tinubu backpedals as NNPC claims FG owes it N2.8tr• Shettima: Nigerians will soon appreciate FG’s position on subsidy removal• Marketers divided as MOMAN, IPMAN, DAPMAN back move• Nigeria’s 36.9m MSMEs, 96.7% businesses face collapse• TUC, NUPENG reject immediate subsidy removal• NLC: Instead of hope, Tinubu’s inauguration day brought tears, sorrow All parts of Nigeria – from the East to …