By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS— Following calls on Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the organised labour to shelve today’s strike, Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO, has insisted that the strike should go ahead. Mufti of the organisation, Sheikh Dhikrullahi Shafi’i also condemned the Nigerian Police over attacks on protesters in last week’s protests across the country. […]
FROM some eminent Nigerians, including governors, ministers and leaders of civil society groups has come an appeal that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) shelve its nationwide strike planned to begin today over removal of petrol subsidy, urging Nigerians to support efforts at repositioning the country. Those who craved support for the Federal Government’s deregulation in […]
By Akintokunbo Adejumo, London, UK – Jan. 6, 2012 – I will be very frank with you; despite the raging debates over the past six months or so, I had not the slightest intention of writing on this contentious and controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria until the Federal Government actually did it […]
The wife of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat, on Friday in Osogbo, said that the spirit of her husband was behind Nigerians in the fight against the removal of fuel subsidy. The widow said that ineptitude and corruption on the part of the Federal Government was the reason behind removal of fuel subsidy. Ganiyat called […]
January 7, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Indications have emerged in Abuja on why President Goodluck Jonathan hurriedly removed subsidy from petroleum products on January 1, 2012. An investigation by our correspondent showed that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some politicians insisted that the subsidy must be removed early in his regime. […]
January 7, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei and Everest Amaefule, Abuja Organised labour and other interest groups have faulted the N141 per litre of petrol template being used by the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency and the Federal Government in selling the product to Nigerians. This is even as a top official of the Nigeria […]
PROTESTS against the removal of petrol subsidy continued on Thursday, as they spread to various states in the country, including Edo, Zamfara, Bauchi, Kaduna, Ekiti and Ondo. Since the announcement of the removal of subsidy on fuel on Sunday, there have been protests by organised labour, human rights activists and others condemning the removal. The […]
The first in the series of rallies against the removal of the subsidy on petrol held across the country on Tuesday. The rallies were organised by Labour, which had threatened that the government decision would be met by a “mother of all rallies”. In Lagos, Abuja, Ilorin, Ibadan and other parts of the country, angry […]
Three days after the Federal Government removed the subsidy on petrol, the House of Representatives adjusted its stance on the issue, claiming it had not taken a definite position on the issue. In a fresh statement it issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the House said its position on the controversial policy would be guided by […]
Prices of foodstuffs and other essential commodities have risen in most markets across the country following the recent announcement of fuel subsidy removal. At noon yesterday in Lagos, many consumers were seen complaining of the increase in food prices which prevented them from buying what they wanted to buy. While some traders attributed the price […]
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