Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over its admission of a $6 billion debt to petrol suppliers.
After months of denials, the NNPCL on Sunday, admitted that the cause of the lingering fuel scarcity in the country was the debt owed to the suppliers.
While confirming the debt...
After several weeks of denial, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has finally admitted to a significant debt to fuel suppliers.
This, the state oil company said was responsible for the low supply of petrol to marketers nationwide.
The NNPC confession has therefore fuelled amidst insinuations that the current fuel scarcity in the country may...
Three prominent groups in the North have endorsed the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle’s comprehensive military operation to combat banditry in the North-West.
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Northern Awareness Network, and North West Solidarity Forum commended Matawalle’s initiative and stressed the need for decisive action against the bandits terrorising the region.
The groups...
The former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has come under severe criticism after he mocked Governor
Godwin Obaseki and his wife, Betsy, for being childless.
Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North in the Senate, made the disparaging comments on Sunday while reacting to a statement credited to Betsy.
The Edo First Lady had allegedly claimed at a forum...
The Federal Government has filed a six-count charge against organizers of the recent hunger protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The organisers were accused of treason, destabilizing the country, and intimidating the president in the charges were filed by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
Among the defendants is a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, also...
