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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said that his administration will not remove fuel subsidy due to current realities which makes it impossible to do so. The President in an interview session with a foreign news agency said that Western countries calling for the removal of fuel subsidy in Nigeria were being hypocritical, as they were implementing fuel subsidies for their own citizens. ...

Justice MOBOLAJI OLAJUWON of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending the voter registration on 30 June 2022. Justice OLAJUWON granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The suit followed the decision by...

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There was high level of scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol across Lagos state on Monday. Reports say the number of commercial vehicles plying the roads was less, leaving many passengers stranded at various bus stops and many residents spent hours waiting on queues in filling stations at various locations in the state.. The union said it took a decisi...

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At least a female corps members and a pregnant woman were among passengers who drowned in a boat mishap between Otuan and Ayama communities of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.  Reports also say that one of the victims of the mishap was a mother with her two children and a septuagenarian.  The boat, with 15-passenger capacity, rammed into a barrier wh...

The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, has condemned in totality the reported attack on journalists by some hoodlums and criminal elements in the state on Sunday. Reports say that journalists covering the Lagos State Governor’s Office were attacked on their way from the Palace of Oba of Lagos, Oba RILWANU AKIOLU, who received ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU, the All Progressives Congress presidential flag beare...

A former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, has rejected the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in the state. Segun Oni  rejected the outcome of the election, citing electoral malpractices allegedly conducted by the ruling party, including the alleged snatching of ballot boxes, and vote-buying. The candidate of the SDP also accused the All Progressives Congr...

2 weeks after the attack on St. Francis  Catholic Church in Owo, Onso state, terrorists attacked yet another church when they struck Kaduna state. The terrorists attacked the Saint Moses Catholic Church and Maranatha Baptist Church, both in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Three people were confirmed dead, with at least two persons left injured while several others ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured residents of Ekiti State of its readiness to conduct a free, fair and credible governorship election in the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, FESTUS OKOYE, gave the assurance on a television programme today.  Mr. OKOYE also ...