Airlines in Nigeria Threaten to Shut Down Operations, Set Date
The Airline Operators of Nigeria have announced suspension of their operations from Monday, May 9, following a rise in cost of jet A1 and other costs. The airlines – Azman Air, Max Air, United Nigeria Airways, Ibom Air, Air Peace,…
Oil Well Dispute: Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Rivers
The Supreme Court on Friday partly resolved the ownership dispute in 17 oil wells ownership in favour of the Rivers State Government. In a judgement prepared by Justice Ellen Ogunwumiju but delivered by justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed…
HURIWA To President Buhari: When Will You Prosecute Importers Of Bad Fuel Into Nigeria?
Prominent Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has demanded from President Muhammadu Buhari when he intends to bring to justice the corporate bodies and individuals who imported toxic fuel in early February that precipitated a…
Timi Frank Urges EFCC, ICPC to Probe $3.7bn Repair Cost on ‘Dead’ Refineries
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, called on the nation’s anti-graft agencies to urgently probe alleged award of $3.7billion contract to rehabilitate dead refineries. Frank in a statement in Abuja…
Okowa Tasks NUPENG on Sustained Contributions to Nigeria’s Stability
Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to raise and sustain its contribution quota towards economic growth and stability of the country. Okowa made the call on Tuesday evening…
$3.27bn Crude Theft: HURIWA Fingers Govt Officials, Says FG Must, Name, Shame Economic Saboteurs
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Sunday, lambasted the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari over the government’s disclosure that about $3.27bn worth of oil had been lost to theft in the last…
Auditor General Reveals How 107 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Got Missing
The audit report of the Auditor General for the Federation has revealed that the defunct Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) failed to account for about 107,239,436.00 barrels of crude oil lifted for domestic consumption in 2019. The disclosure formed part…
HURIWA Tackles Federal Government Over Persisting Petrol Scarcity
“The fact that president Muhammadu Buhari is the substantive minister of petroleum resources makes it pathetic, insensitive and dangerous that he has permitted the unwarranted mass hysteria, pains and suffering of Nigerians struggling to buy premium motor spirit to linger…
AASU Commends Swift Mitigation Of Fuel Crisis In Nigeria
….Call On Other Petroleum Corporations In Africa To Build Capacity The Presidency of the All-Africa Students’ Union (AASU) has commended the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for intensifying efforts at increasing the supply of petrol…
Katsina Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu, Receives IFAD PROJECT Country Representative
Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, has played host to the International Fund for Agricultural Development Project (IFAD PROJECT) country Representative on a courtesy visit to his office. The visit was to assess the performance of the six years…
We’ll Handle Erring PMS Suppliers, House C’ttee Tells Nigerians
…As NNPC CEO Assures Fuel Queues Will Vanish in Few Days The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Hon. Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has assured Nigerians that his Committee will handle companies who imported methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)…
