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The signing of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law by President Muhammadu Buhari does not translate into automatic removal of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidy,  Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva has assured. Sylva, in an SMS to The Nation by his Special Adviser on Media, Malam Garba Muhammad  said: “We’ll engage you (reporters) on this at …

The President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, Tuesday, called on the Federal Government to take preemptive measures to forestall another crisis the recent Jos killings is capable of engendering. The cleric in a statement by his Media Office, while condemning the incident that led to the loss of lives of many travelers, urged that a halt …

President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban retaking control happened more quickly than the US government had anticipated, insisted that ending America’s 20-year war was the correct decision. But the President refused to back away from his decision to end the American military’s combat mission in the nation, where the US …

Market women in Edo State have been charged to complement the government’s efforts to end the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and protect citizens by coming out to get vaccinated against the deadly virus. Leader, Edo State Market Women Association, Madam Blacky Omoregie, who led other members of the association on a courtesy visit to the Government House in Benin City today, …

All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the task before the family and friends of the late Captain Idahosa Nosa Wells Okunbo, the people of Edo state and Nigeria is, ” to sustain his legacies for the benefit of humanity.” In a condolence letter to the wife, family and friends of the late Businessman, as well as the people of …

As the Taliban sacked the Afghan government and took control of the nation, the United Nations Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of all hostilities and the establishment, through inclusive negotiations, of a new Government that is united, inclusive and representative — including with the full, equal and meaningful participation of women.  Following the meeting on the trouble …

…Stresses ‘the World Is Watching United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres rallied the world today in support of the people of Afghanistan in his remarks to the Security Council meeting on the beleaguered nation. The world, he said, is following events in Afghanistan with a heavy heart and deep disquiet about what lies ahead.  “All of us have seen the images …

The UN Security Council under India’s current presidency is holding an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on Monday. The council is meeting for the second time in over a week to discuss events in that country. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban retook the capital Kabul after 20 years. The militants entered …

The National Assembly has appealed to National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to embrace every opportunity presented on the way forward towards addressing their grievances so as to return to the hospitals as quickly as possible. The lawmakers said on Monday in Abuja that the striking doctors should embrace all overtures toward industrial harmony as the rollout of phase two …

Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance of the green zone area in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan’s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city’s airport trying to flee the group’s feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) Victorious Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul on Monday after …