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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says states will clear all outstanding pension liabilities after the removal of fuel subsidy in 2022. The governors’ forum said this at its 36th teleconference meeting on Wednesday. The federal government had said that it would end fuel…

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that oil companies in the Niger Delta region owe the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) about $5.6 billion and N649 billion. The Minister disclosed this while chatting with journalists shortly after…

A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has alleged that Chief Bisi Akande financed his 2003 re-election by collecting part payment from the contractor building the governor’s office. Oyinlola was reacting to Akande’s autobiography titled “My Participations”. In a statement, he…

Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, lambasted former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) pestered APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now…

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Wednesday called for calm following a clash between youth and religious corps Hisbah. The corps, responsible for the enforcement of Sharia law, stormed Abba Road in Sabon Gari and reportedly confiscated crates of beer worth millions…

The Katsina State Governor and Chairman, North West Governors’ Forum, Aminu Bello Masari, has reiterated call for citizens to be allowed to bear arms in self-defence as part of measures to curb the spate of insecurity especially, in the North West part…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said the continued importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol to the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was “imposed” on the Federal Government. The NLC said it would meet today (Thursday) to…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will soon begin demolition of illegal structures in Lugbe, Kukwaba and other areas of the territory, says Umar Shu’aibu, the Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Mr Shu’aibu stated this at a news conference on Wednesday. He…

Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, has constituted an 11-member technical committee to investigate the cause of the recent oil spillage at Nembe LGA. A wellhead in the Santa Barbara South field had blown on November 5, November 5, spewing oil and gas into…