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The Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N155.17 per litre from N147.67 per litre. The PPMC disclosed this in an internal memo with reference number PPMC/C/MK/003, dated November 11, 2020, …

A group, Lagos of Our Dreams (Project LOUD) on Thursday commended Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the massive plans to create jobs and empower the youths as contained in the Year2021 Appropriation Bill presented to the House of Assembly on Tuesday. In a statement by Convener of the …

Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. We gathered that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until …

The Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday collapsed during the swearing-in ceremony of the governor and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Edo State. Governor Obaseki was reading his inaugural speech for his second term in office when the incident happened. The …

Suspended Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been reinstated. This was contained in a statement from the Ministry of Education’s Director Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. The statement was titled, ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to UNILAG’. It read in part, …

DJ Switch (left) DJ Switch, a prominent member of the recent #EndSARS protests in Lagos, has revealed why she left Nigeria after the controversial shooting incident involving Nigerian soldiers at the Lekki toll gate. DJ Switch, whose real name is Obianuju Catherine Udeh, had made headlines after she livestreamed the …

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State …

In order to generate funds and address infrastructural needs in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the sales of all assets forfeited to Federal Government within the next six months. Buhari also approved that a 22-man Inter-Ministerial Committee that would supervise sales of the assets forfeited to the apex government …

Nigeria may face the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in coming days as oil workers have been ordered to down tools nationwide. Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria were ordered by the association to vacate their duty …

•To Prosecute 92 For Arson, Stealing, Murder, Others 253 persons arrested by the Police for criminal offences in connection with the #EndSARS protests in Lagos State are to be released immediately for non-disclosure of a prima facie case against them by the Police. A statement released earlier today by the …