•Mass protest Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has advised the federal government to halt the increasing petrol price and free fall of the nation’s currency to avert looming mass revolt. President of NASU, Dr. Makolo Hassan, gave the advice at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Abu...
•TUC President Festus Osifo and NLC President Joe Ajaero The federal government and Organised Labour have kept mute on the outcome of their meeting held earlier today. Though sources said the meeting was centered on the recent increases in petrol price and its socio-economic effects on Nigerian masses, and the minimum wage, among others, none ...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has described the latest increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as “unfortunate and insensitive”, urging the federal government to reverse the fuel price hike. In a lengthy post titled ‘Reversing the Sudden Fuel Price Increase’ pub...
•Tinubu Amid ongoing pricing and supply crises in the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil industry, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, has tasked the Federal Government to prioritise building and accelerating a social safety net that protects vulnerable citizens. But taking this position in an interview with Arise TV yesterday, the Reside...
•Tinubu, NANS, Dangote and Lokpobiri The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it is ready to meet with President Bola Tinubu if need be, over its demand for the reversal of the recent increase in prices of Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The Secretary of the National […]
Following the increase in price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), said there is a high possibility of a rise in inflation figures, impacting household budgets. Reacting on the increase in the price of petrol from about N568 per litre to N855 per litre, which has been implemented across NNPC [&helli...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has broken his silence on the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. Tinubu, who addressed Nigerians living in China today, said the petrol price hike and other reforms by his administration are part of an overall strategy to set Nigeria on the path of […]
•Heineken Lokpobiri The Minister of State (Oil) Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, says there is availability of petrol despite the scarcity and hike in the price of the product. He stated this yesterday while briefing journalists at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima. “What is important is th...
•Filling station. Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Also summoned today at the Presidential Villa is the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu over the recen...
•Fuel queue The latest hike in the price of petrol has pushed up transport fares by over 50 percent in major cities across Nigeria. The newest price hikes, implemented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company’s (NNPCL) Retail Management, range from N855 to N897 per litre, depending on the location, from the previous N568 – N617, [&hell...

