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Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the federal government would vigorously pursue the mass deployment of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles in all states for public transportation. Shettima spoke on Thursday while presiding over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on the petrol subsidy removal, in Abuja. The move was part of the resolutions […]

Charles Soludo, governor of Anambra state, says members of the nation’s political class have been looking at themselves in the mirror, in the wake of the removal of subsidy on petrol. Soludo said it has become insensitive for state governors to be riding around town in convoys of “20-something cars” for instance.  […]

President Bola Tinubu says he has directed that only N907 billion will be distributed among the three tiers of government out of the June distributable revenue of N1.9 trillion. In a statement on Thursday night, Dele Alake, special adviser on special duties, communications and strategies, said the president ordered that the balance of […]

The Super Falcons dug in for a goalless draw against Canada in their first game of the 2023 Women’s World Cup (WWC). A second-half penalty stop by Chiamaka Nnadozie proved crucial against a dominant Canadian side at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Australia, in the early hours of Friday. Randy Waldrum opted for […]

The senate has asked the federal government to suspend a tender by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to purchase electricity meters for the second phase of the national mass metering programme (NMMP) abroad. TCN is said to be looking to purchase the meters through a World Bank facility. The upper legislative […]

The National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has dumped the national social register under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for lack of credibility. The council, instead, proposed the implementation of a cash transfer programme for states based on their social registers and a cash reward policy for public servants for […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N5.5 trillion as tax revenue in the first half of 2023. In a statement on Thursday, Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to the chairman of FIRS, said the figure is the highest tax collection ever recorded by the service in any first […]