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PPPRA defaults as pump price goes up

Ihesiulo Grace 6 August 2020 0

The projected increase of fuel price in the month of August is playing out as predicted, as the principal officers of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria have directed their members to raise the pump price to N150 per litre. Following frequent fluctuations of crude oil in

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Housewife drags husband to court over N300 for upkeep of 8 children

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

A housewife, Zainab Abdullahi, on Thursday dragged her estranged husband, Usman Abdullahi, a vulcanizer, to a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, alleging that he gives her only N300 for the upkeep of their eight children. The woman, who resides at Rigasa in Kaduna, also said that her husband had abandoned her for three years […]

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Fuel subsidy to gulp N450 bn in 2020 -finance minister

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning says under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly referred to as fuel subsidy will gulp N450 billion in 2020. She said this on Monday in Abuja, at the public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals. Ahmed said it was called ‘under-recovery’ because it was […]

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Fuel Scarcity Paralysis Activities in Oyo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

  There was low turn out of people in major markets and busy business areas following the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol in most filling stations in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The fuel scarcity that started few days ago has led to low turnout of buying and selling major markets […]