[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he Southeast zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the weekend blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the fuel shortage across the country, The Nation report. At an interactive town hall meeting yesterday with the party members at Egede, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, APC’s Southeast Caucus spokesman Osita Okechukwu said […]
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[su_dropcap]M[/su_dropcap]otorists may have to endure two more weeks of fuel scarcity, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). The organisation said yesterday that the scarcity which has paralysed socio-economic life in many parts of the country for the fourth week running, could be effectively over in two weeks time when the Kaduna Refining and Petrol-Chemical […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]he Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) on Tuesday to give reasons for the acute fuel scarcity across the country and the efforts being made by his ministry to resolve the embarrassing situation. He regretted the situation and apologised to Nigerians, who he said […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]HE Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before it on Tuesday and explain the cause of the embarrassing fuel scarcity across the country. The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) summoned the minister after carrying out on-the-spot assessment of the fuel situation in major filling stations […]
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[su_dropcap]C[/su_dropcap]hristians in the 19 northern states and Abuja under the aegis of the Northern Christians Association of Nigeria on Sunday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the lingering fuel crisis in the country had increased Nigerians’ suffering, Punchng report. Meanwhile, reports say petrol sold for N500 per litre in parts of Plateau State, leaving many streets […]
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[su_dropcap]T[/su_dropcap]HE South-South and the South-East chapters of the All Progressives Congress have supported the criticism of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu by the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The South-South APC advised the minister to resign if he was incapable of doing his job, Punchng report. This was contained in a statement […]
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[su_dropcap size=”4″]N[/su_dropcap]ATIONAL Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday ruled the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, out of order for saying he should not be expected to conjure magic in resolving the current fuel crisis in the country. He said the minister strayed from the progressive […]
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[su_dropcap size=”4″]F[/su_dropcap]OR declaring he was not a magician capable of conjuring the availability of fuel, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has asked the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emmanuel Kachikwu, to resign. Dr. Kachikwu had suggested that he saw no possibility of fuel […]
Read More Nigeria’s inflation monthly inflation for the month of December released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stood at 9.6 per cent, on the impact of a number of factors including higher cost of imported food times, non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco and intermittent petrol shortages It rose from 9.4 per cent in November. The figure, which […]
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