Tag: fuel subsidy
Senator Sani says removing fuel subsidy will be unacceptable
Shehu Sani has said removing the fuel subsidy will be unacceptable because it will lead to untold hardship to the ...
Ben Murray-Bruce: Kill fuel subsidy before it kills Nigeria
by Ben Murray-Bruce Moreover, the federal government can spend a fraction of the trillions of naira we are currently spending ...
Olusegun Adeniyi: Dear Buhari, it is time for fuel subsidy to go
by Olusegun Adeniyi While I understand why the president may want to be circumspect about a potentially tricky issue as ...
Why Buhari may not remove fuel subsidy just yet
President Muhammadu Buhari, says that his government may not yet remove the petroleum subsidy. Buhari stated that the reasons given so ...
Dogara says this is the only way FG can remove fuel subsidy
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said that the only legal way the Federal Government could permanently ...
Henry Boyo: Mr. President, removing fuel subsidy will make Nigerians suffer
by Henry Boyo Instructively however, Nigerians may change from this same melody if a N50/litre rise in petrol price pushes ...
CSO against planned removal of fuel subsidy
Clearly not everyone is in support of the removal of subsidy, although some are against it for a good reason. ...
Buhari gets ‘confused when people talk about fuel subsidy’
by Panshak Ibrahim President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, says the fuel subsidy scenario confuses him every time it is brought up. In an ...
Opinion: Fuel subsidy removal and the incoming government
by Tope Adesipo Members of this cartel are politicians of the two major parties in Nigeria, their big business partners ...
Kayode Komolafe: Fuel subsidy as Buhari’s first baptism of fire
by Kayode Komolafe The question of the moment is not if the opaque subsidy regime should be stopped; the point ...
FG, states and local governments share N593.33 billion in October
by James Sambo The three tiers of government – federal, states and local governments, have shared N593.33 billion, representing the ...
Opinion: Before you throw stones at Mallam Sanusi…
by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu To refuse to see and to refuse to condemn Emperor Jonathan’s unforgivable abuse of power, here, ...
Abigail Anaba profiles Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Why NOI deserves our praise (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2013 Nominee)
by Abigail Anaba Even NOI’s ‘enemies’ will acknowledge that she is an uncommonly brilliant and intelligent woman whose economic weight ...
“I just want to tell our stories, good or bad” – Ishaya Bako, director of ‘Fuelling Poverty’ on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’
The conversations series with Abang Mercy brings to you Ishaya Bako, a young Nigerian film maker and global shaper whose ...
Dele Momodu: Why I’m not President Jonathan’s fan
by Dele Momodu There is neither the will nor the resolve to create positive change. Like all others who love ...
Ask yourself honestly, what exactly are we fighting for? (#NewLeadership Series by Chude Jideonwo)
Maybe the nation’s thought leaders should instead ask themselves: why haven’t we yet told a coherent tale; one that has ...
No more: Banks suspend loans to oil marketers
Ebere Agina Despite the accelerated payment of outstanding subsidy claims to oil marketing and trading companies, to enable them offset ...
Opinion: We are badly losing the blame game
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Nigeria’s leaders arise from among us. They don’t fly in from Uranus. Their attitudes are simply ...
Opinion: N65… N141… N97… N250: Can we deregulate this sector already?
by ‘Yemi Adamolekun While the removal of the subsidy was the trigger, most Nigerians were clear that our concerns ...
Olusegun Dada: If General Buhari were president, he would… (Y! Politico)
by Olusegun Dada He cried so we could understand what he saw and wanted to change. We laughed at him. ...
Fuel subsidy: Major fuel crisis imminent as FG’s ‘cheques bounce’ at CBN
by Isi Esene Another storm might be brewing with regards fuel subsidy payment to oil marketers as most of them ...
#OccupyNigeriaAnniversary: “The movement didn’t have a leader” – Peter Esele opens up on Labour/Govt negotiations
– Was Pengassan really going to shut down the oil wells? Why did they not? Peter Esele tells us the ...
Yes, Nigeria now imports diesel and gas from Niger Republic – DPR
by Akan Ido Sayyadi Suleiman Abubakar, the Kano State Controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources has revealed that Nigerian ...
FG dares not increase fuel pump price in New Year – Omar, NLC president
by Isi Esene The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abdulwahed Omar has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government ...
Release his passport – Court orders EFCC on PDP chairman’s son
by Hauwa Gambo As Babatunde Fashola, Action Congress of Nigeria governor savours his victory over ‘okada’ riders this morning, the ...
I will not quit SURE-P job, Christopher Kolade dares critics
Dr Christopher Kolade, the Chairman, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), has said that he will not quit the plum ...
Opinion: What subsidy?
by Kanife, Ejike Alphonsus While buying the much I could, I joked some with the attendant concerning the prices of ...
Report: N5 trillion stolen on President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch
by Akan Ido The Goodluck Jonathan administration assumed office in 2011, with a firm commitment to fight corruption and win ...
Opinion: Nigerian gays: Victims of ‘scapegoatism’
by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Nigerian oil is a curse in disguise for promoter of LGBT rights. I say this because ...
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Gimba Kakanda: Sanusi’s whistle-blowing is an exercise in futility
by Gimba Kakanda If Sanusi had an illusion that, beyond our cyber-venting, Nigerians who could not budge on the scale ...