Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to deliberate on issues relating to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines and fuel subsidy in the country. The Head of Media and Public Affairs at the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in
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33-thousand-litres fuel which fell down and exploded in front of the gate of Federal Polytechnic, Gwallamaji, Bauchi, reportedly injured two persons. Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Wednesday night at about 8:00 pm when the tanker spilt its content spilt and caught fire. One of the residents of Gwallamaji said some people were
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said that the planned strike by Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos would start on Monday as its meeting with Lagos State Government ended in deadlock. The South-West Chairman of NUPENG, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) on Thursday demanded palliative measure from the Federal government to cover losses inflicted by the sudden reduction fuel on pump prize. The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the reduction of pump price of fuel from N145 per litre to N124 per litre owing to drastic fall in the global
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National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has directed its members to stop the distribution of fuel to any part of Rivers State. Also the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, it was gathered, instructed its members to shut down their petrol filling stations over an alleged arrest of two tanker drivers and seizure
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