Tag: subsidy
Opinion: Let us kill subsidy before it kills us
by Henry Boyo Should Nigerians endure abject poverty in spite of increasing wealth for our serial economic predators or are ...
Reps set to investigate subsidy, expenditure on kerosene
by Akintomiwa Agbaje The House of Representatives  mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to conduct an investigative hearing on ...
Dear unemployed graduate, SURE-P has some money for you…
by Chi Ibe The federal government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) is in the news again – and, thankfully ...
“INVALID VOTES is scoring more than Ifeanyi Ubah” – See top 10 tweets on the LP candidate’s looming loss
by Chi Ibe The votes have not been counted, but it is clear, Labour Party candidate and business-man Ifeanyi Ubah ...
Opinion: The blessing of oil – A peculiar mess
by Les Leba Worse still, government’s attempt to support the poor with over 50% subsidy on kerosene prices has been ...
Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: The Kerosene subsidy scandal
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu I have often argued that the hue and cry over the retention of the subsidy on petrol ...
For The Records: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala fights back on Amanpour (WATCH, READ TRANSCRIPT)
AMANPOUR: Welcome back to the program. Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is full of promise. But fulfilling that promise is ...
Dangote set to build $8 billion oil refinery in Nigeria by 2016
The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has announced plans to invest about $8bn to build a 400,000 bpd ...
3 steps Nigerian youth ought to take to save a sinking nation
by Emeke Ossai In 1985, IBB was the President of Nigeria, and students then were told that they were the ...
#OccupyNigeriaAnniversary: “Are we the younger generation any different for those we condemn?” – Chioma Chika
– Chioma Chika shares her experience at the London protest. No doubt it was a brilliant effort but the only ...
She can’t catch a break: Oil marketers accuse Okonjo-Iweala of deceit
Oil marketers on Wednesday said the N161bn supplementary request by President Goodluck Jonathan had vindicated their insistence that the government’s ...
Ha-ha-ha: EFCC ridicules plea bargain offer by alleged subsidy thief
The accused is being arraigned for involvement in multiple scams. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has described the ...
“To change a nation is like surgery” – President Jonthan advocates the full removal of fuel subsidy
by Rachel Ogbu Yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan launched a fresh campaign to totally remove the subsidy on fuel. President Jonathan ...
See you in court: Nigeria Governors’ Forum sues FG over deductions from excess crude account
by Stanley Azuakola Once again, The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said on Thursday that it would return to court to ...
Planned strike: “NUPENG is anti-Nigerians” – Okonjo-Iweala
by Isi Esene The co-ordinating minister for the Economy and minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has described the planned ...
#InCaseYouMissedIt: Hello Nigeria, how do you like your fuel, imported from Niger?
by Isi Esene The rumour going the rounds that Nigeria has started importing refined fuel from it northern neighbour, Niger, ...
We will prosecute “subsidy thieves” – Adoke
by Isi Esene The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Muhammed Adoke, has said the trial of ...
Opinion: Subsidy scandal: Farouk Lawan’s supporters are unpatriotic
by Tunde Temionu The January 1, 2012 oil subsidy removal threw the ordinary man into trepidation. Despite public opinion against ...
Soni Daniel: Mr. President, Let this subsidy mess be Nigeria’s last
by Soni Daniel “For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live ...
PHOTOS: Anti-Farouk Lawan Committee Report protesters take over Abuja
by Hauwa Gambo Well, well, look what we have here. As you might notice, they appear to have police protection. ...
“We haven’t saved a thing!” – Sanusi says it’s time to remove fuel subsidy totally
by Lekan Olanrewaju The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, professor Lamido Sanusi has advocated for the full removal of ...
N27 billion: FG approves subsidy for agriculture
by Lekan Olanrewaju The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a 50 per cent subsidy of N27 billion for the supply ...
Broken record? Pastor Tunde Bakare – “The government is not competent!”
by Lekan Olanrewaju In a recent statement, the founder of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener of Save Nigeria Group (SNG), ...
#InCaseYouMissedIt: Your bill’s about to go up! Electricity tariffs increase by 51%
by Lekan Olanrewaju Last month, there had been reports of plans to increase Nigerian power tariffs by as high as 88%. ...
From the Bloggers: On subsidies, strikes and scandals.
by Wilfred Okiche It was all about the removal of fuel subsidy and it’s resultant effects this week. The blogosphere ...
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- Outdoor weddings will always make us swoon. Jesse and Shadiat’s is no different
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