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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday faulted the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) for the recent scarcity of premium motor spirit (PMS) in the country. The Chairman, IPMAN, Lagos Satellite Depot, Mr. Akin Akinrinade, at a media briefing in Lagos, stated that since December 2021, not a litre of PMS had been lifted at the Nigerian …

Edo State Government is working towards making the State the economic and cultural capital of Africa, ensuring the right environment for the influx of investors into the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. Obaseki made this known at the weekend while receiving a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, the United States who are in the state to explore …

Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says the 2023 presidential election will be won by the vision of a candidate for Nigeria and not money. The ADC presidential candidate said this in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kachikwu, founder of Roots Television …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from terminating voter registration by this month-end. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of Court 10, yesterday, granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion ex parte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The group had, early this month, filed the lawsuit against …

• Fuel scarcity gets messier as depots run out of stock• Independent marketers push for hike, sell at N180-N200/litre• Northern youths lament scarcity, demand sack of Sylva, Kyari• NLC: Nigerians paying heavily for darkness with failed privatisation Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari approved an additional N10 for transporters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across the country, petroleum marketers have …

Former Independent National Electoral Commission directors and Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned that political parties may face crises over their nomination of placeholders as running mates to their respective candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The ex-officials of the electoral umpire, who spoke to The PUNCH in different interviews on Monday, cautioned that parties and their candidates might lose their …

As the world marks International Child Labour Day, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA)Kano State branch, has called on the state government to expedite action at domesticating the child right act to address issues of domestic violence among others against the children. FIDA chairperson, Bilkisu Suleiman, spoke during a one day sensitization programme for Dala Ina mafita community, in …

…Says it has no place in Nigeria’s constitutional and legal framework Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed the concept of “placeholder” for vice-presidential candidates as illegal, saying it “has no place in Nigeria’s constitutional and legal framework.” To beat the June 17 deadline for submission of presidential and vice presidential candidates, some parties submitted names of vice-presidential candidates who …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the government’s sustained investment in oil palm cultivation and production will enhance the diversification of the state’s economy from crude oil and support ongoing efforts to engender forest regeneration. Obaseki, speaking during the inspection of an oil palm nursery bed project at Evboesi community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area, said his government …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has pledged to sustain partnership with security agencies in the state to ensure improved security of lives and property of citizens of the state. The governor, while reviewing the state’s security situation for the month of May on Monday, said the ban on motorcycles in the Benin metropolis is still in force. The review …