The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied the alleged plan by the association to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N700 per litre nationwide. The Chairman of IPMAN South-west Zone, Dele Tajudeen, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Electricity Grid • NERC maintains silence over July 1 take-off • May quietly approve new tariff • Consumers experience vending challenges amid panic buying • Hike unavoidable but Ill-timed, experts insist There is apprehension in the country over the planned introduction of a new electricity tariff regime, which is expected to take off today. With…
perm count among men worldwide is falling at an accelerated rate after halving over the last 40 years, a large new study said Tuesday, calling for action to stop the decline. The study, led by Israeli epidemiologist Hagai Levine, updates 2017 research that had come under scrutiny for only including North America, Europe, Australia, and…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has raised the alarm over “a fraudulent employment scheme currently making the rounds online, and especially on various social media platforms”. In a statement it issued on Friday, the agency said fraudulent persons have also been known to contact innocent people through e-mail, social media and other…
Josephine Moltok, the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, said this in a statement in Lagos. Moltok said the decongestion of the ports to pave way for efficient operations received a boost on June 23 when the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdelene Ajani, led an inter-agency team on assessment tour. “The…
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima on Monday, charged the newly appointed Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi to restore professionalism to the agency. Shettima stated this while decorating Adeniyi as the Customs Comptroller General, describing his appointment by President Bola Tinubu as “a morale booster for officers in the service”. The…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29, 2023, as public holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This was contained in a statement by a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on Monday. “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th, and Thursday, June 29th, 2023,…
By Oluyemi Ogunseyin Victor Osimhen is the fourth most valuable player in the world with a worth of €120 million, according to Transfermarkt. The rating placed Osimhen only behind Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. Mbappe and Haaland are worth €180m after a €10m upgrade on the Norwegian from…
The electricity sector was thrown into confusion, yesterday, as distribution companies (DisCos) indicated electricity tariff could increase to about N300 per kilowatt in July. The companies had informed end-users that the tariff would increase effective July 1, 2023. They had also prompted consumers to take advantage of the grace period to buy units. While The…
By Terhemba Daka, Abuja Former President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, broke his silence on the petrol subsidy removal ‘challenge’ he left for his successor, saying, had the policy been implemented, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Bola Tinubu would have lost the election. In a statement through his former spokesman, Garba Shehu, Buhari, however, commended steps by…
