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The Senate on Wednesday raised an alarm over the increase in substandard Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, and diesel in the Nigerian market. Senator Asuquo Ekpeyong observed that on June 16, 2024, a report revealed that 12 diesel cargoes conveying a total of 660 kilotons of diesel, were exported by refineries to offshore Lome,

The Senate has laid the blame for the recent suicide bombing in Gwoza, Borno State, at the feet of failure of intelligence on the part of the nation’s security forces. This was part of the conclusions reached by the lawmakers at a debate on the issue during plenary on Wednesday. Senate President Godswill Akpabio championed

He warned that illegal disclosure or leakage of official documents, which is harmful to the image of the country, is a punishable offence The Federal Government has warned its employees to refrain from leaking sensitive government documents to members of the public. This is even as it vows to jail the whistleblowers leaking official documents.

The Chairman Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the new tax policy approved by President Tinubu has been forwarded to the National Assembly to be passed into law. Oyedele said the new withholding tax policy was a new draft and not an amendment of the old law which

An alleged sum of ₦2.4 billon is to be spent by the Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun for the purchase of 25 Toyota sports utility vehicles for members of the state House of Assembly This was contained in a copy of the state’s 2024 approved budget seen by SaharaReporters. The governor had on December 30,

Director-General of the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has said at no time in her six years as DG did she feel relieved like Tinubu’s administration. Professor Adeyeye said the perennial high cost of drugs caused by high cost of raw materials due to import duty on the

NiMet urged the public to take adequate precaution as strong winds might precede the rains in areas where thunderstorms were likely to occur. Airline operators to get updated weather reports and forecast from NiMet for effective planning in their operations. The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecasted a period of inclement weather, expecting thunderstorms and

Adelabu asserted that if a quarter of what was spent on informal electricity generation by Nigerians was to be redirected to the official and formal power sector, Nigeria’s electricity challenges will be significantly tackled The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that Nigerians spent a staggering N16.5 trillion buying diesel, petrol and generators to get