Many depot owners may soon shut down their facilities due to the inability to meet the new financial requirement of about N10bn by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited as the cost of lifting fuel from its ships, The PUNCH has learnt.The PUNCH on Wednesday noticed that many filling stations in Lagos State were not selling products to the public.So This Happened (204) Reviews Hilda Baci’s…Sources at the depots told The PUNCH that depot owners were struggling to raise between N5b-N10bn to make new orders from the NNPCL.“NNPCL has enough stock in-country and we still buy from them pending when…
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As part of measures to cushion the pain of subsidy removal, President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) to come up with inputs on palliatives and the minimum wage review.The President described the level of impoverishment in the country as “unacceptable,” urging state governors to collaborate with the federal government to tackle poverty nationwide.Tinubu disclosed this Wednesday during a meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, led by its Chairman, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State in Abuja.He directed NEC led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to mobilise various interventions to cushion the hardship faced by…
The Nasarawa State Assembly for the first time since its creation is witnessing the inauguration of two Speakers under the same political party, the All Progressive Congress (APC).Sequel to the drama that took place in the state, three contestants joined the race for Speakership – Balarabe Abdullahi (the immediate past Speaker who had just concluded two terms of eight years, Daniel Oga Ogazi and Jato.The contest became heated when the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took their cue behind Ogazi with the support of few APC elected members. While 13 elected members threw their support, 11 gave their support to…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 general election, Atiku Abubakar, says, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to make the certified true copies of electoral materials available to him despite paying the sum of N6.9 million.TheHintsNews reports that Atiku and PDP, in their joint petition marked; CA/PEPC/05/2023, are challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election.At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, Atiku informed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja of their inability to get the certified true copies of the electoral documents…
Bolt and Uba drivers Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja to protest against the refusal of both companies to increase transportation fare on their apps in accordance with the recent fuel hike.TheHintsNews recalls that President Bola Tinubu had during his inauguration on May 29 declared an end to the payment of subsidy by the federal government.It was based on this that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) vowed to embark on strike if the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) failed to revert the current template on the increase in the price of fuel occasioned by the withdrawal of fuel…
Ahead of June 13 inauguration, a group, 100% Focus Movement has assured that the 10th House of Representatives would not be a rubber stamp legislative House under the leadership of Hon. Tajudeen Abass.The Leader of the group, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim gave the assurance while addressing a press conference organised in collaboration Arewa Women for Tinubu/Shettima Movement on Tuesday in Abuja.He noted that Abass has the wherewithal to oversee the affairs of the Green Chamber if elected into office.Ibrahim stated: “He has been in the House for the past 12 years. He is a simple and gentle man. He is a…
The Senate has rejected the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order paper for consideration and passage.The rejection of the bill on Tuesday put an end to the controversy generated by the bill among governors and federal lawmakers majorly from the southern part of the country.When the bill was read for concurrence on the floor of the Senate, Senator Gabriel Suswan from Benue North-West raised Order 85 of the Senate Rules, which provides that senators must have full details of the provisions of any bill coming for concurrence.Senator James Manager from Delta…
The House of Representatives Tuesday called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency constitute a high level presidential committee to undertake a holistic review of the processes of the whole Nigeria Air project.The Green Chamber declared that the launching of ‘Air Nigeria’ at the twilight of the administration of Muhammadu Buhari was a fraud. The declaration followed the denials by the relevant agencies of the federal government and regulators in the aviation sector as well as private partners of being involved in the exercise.Authorities such as Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and the Infrastructure…
The Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA), Wuse 2, Abuja, has alleged the confiscation and reallocation of its land by the Federal Capital Territory (FCTA) to a Muslim group.Against this background, the Church called on the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel Okoh, to thoroughly probe the matter.The church disclosed this in a letter written in late April and signed by Musa Amfani on behalf the church was addressed to Okoh.In the letter sighted by TheHintsNews, the church claimed that the land, with initial Plot Number 575, Cadastral Zone B00 Kukwaba District, close to the Abuja…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says, it has published the final list of governorship scheduled to hold in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States on November 11, 2023.The electoral body also revealed that political campaign officially commences on Wednesday 14th June 2023 in line with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and ends on 9th November 2023, 24 hours prior to election day.INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement issued Tuesday said the commission approved the final list of candidates for the three off-cycle governorship elections scheduled to hold in Bayelsa,…