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Nigerians, on Tuesday morning, woke up to the news of an increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit to N617/litre at some filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that, the petrol which was sold between N500 and N510, was adjusted to N616 in Ibadan and environs. In …

The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, was raised from N537/litre to N617/litre at some filling stations operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in Abuja on Tuesday. Independent oil marketers confirmed the increase in the cost of the commodity, as they stated that any shift in price by NNPCL stations was an indication of a …

Nigeria’s secret police Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday suggested that Godwin Emefiele has a connection with the separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). President Bola Tinubu suspended Emefiele as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in January. The former CBN governor last week was charged with illegal possession of firearms by the Nigerian government after …

At several other outlets in the Wuse area of the capital city, this newspaper confirmed that the pump price equally jumped to N617 Petroleum pump price rose to N617 per litre at various outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in Abuja on Tuesday. The development comes months after the oil company approved an upward review in the pump price …

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Monday said the country’s daily consumption of petrol has drastically reduced following the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government. The daily consumption figure now stands at 46.38 million litres, down from the 65 million litres per day before the cut in subsidy. The Chief Executive, NMDPRA, Ahmed Farouk, disclosed this during …

•It’s shameful security agency failed to arrest Asari Dokubo yet charges suspended CBN governor, says group Constitutional and human rights lawyers in Abuja, numbering about 60, yesterday, stormed the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to commence a committal to prison proceedings against the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), Mr. Yusuf Bichi, over alleged violation …

•NCDC moves to coordinate response The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday confirmed the first outbreak an anthrax case in Niger State. This was announced in a statement issued by the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria (CVON), Dr. Columba Vakuru, who expressed concern over the development. Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus …

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria  and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Samuela Isopi, has said it was up to Nigeria to decide what to do with the report of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria for the 2023 general election. She stated this in Abuja while briefing journalists on the …

President Bola Tinubu has returned to the nation’s capital, Abuja after attending the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union (AU) in Nairobi, Kenya.  President Tinubu arrived the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday evening and was received  by a number of top government functionaries including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, …

New studies rapidly linking artificial sweeteners, like aspartame, to cancer should worry sweet tooth and consumers of soft drinks more, Chukwuma Muanya writes. World Health Organisation’s (WHO) warning linking the popular sweetener, aspartame, to cancer has been amplified by medical experts, who in turn warned against regular intake of soft drinks. WHO’s cancer research agency, on Friday, classified aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic …