A bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act to provide for the conduct of the general election in one day was yesterday passed for ‘Second Reading’ in the House of Representatives. The intention of the bill is for presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly elections to hold in one day, […]...
No fewer than 157 incidents of crude oil theft were recorded in the Niger Delta between December 30, 2023 and January 5, 2024. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said the cases were recorded from several incidence sources like Nigeria Agip Oil, 62; Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, 29; Maton Engineering Limited, 18; Tantita...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) today Tuesday, December 26, said that average airfare paid by passengers rose by 61.27% in 12 months. Its report titled: “Transport Fare Watch for November 2023,” which made the disclosure yesterday noted that “On a year-on-year basis, the fare rose by 61.27% from N3,848.48 in November 2022.” The NBS [&h...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N202.48 in November 2022 to N648.93 in November 2023. NBS said this in its Petrol Price Watch for November 2023 released in Abuja yesterday. It stated that the November 2023 price of N648.93 represented a 220.49 per […]