Fuel Price Intervention Sparks Debate Over Subsidy, Price Risk

Fuel Price Intervention Sparks Debate Over Subsidy, Price Risk

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Federal Government’s latest intervention to cushion Nigerians from rising petrol prices has triggered a fresh debate over whether the measures represent a temporary market stabilisation mechanism or a return, in substance, to fuel subsidy. The controversy followed the announcement that NNPC Retail would forgo its petrol retail profit margin and sell fuel at cost for an initial 30 days, while the Federal Government negotiates a N1,350-per-litre […]

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NIS enrols 8,552 Nigerians in diaspora passport intervention exercises

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says 8,552 Nigerians have so far benefited from its passport intervention exercises in the United States, Canada, Qatar and the United Kingdom. According to a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters, Abuja, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, the intervention exercises were conducted to improve passport service delivery to Nigerians in the diaspora, following the directive of the […]

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APC Chairman Says Tinubu’s Intervention Funds Are Boosting Small Businesses

By Zainab Uzomah | Abuja The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has said the intervention programmes of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are helping to expand entrepreneurship, support small businesses and create jobs across Nigeria. In a release issued by the APC National Chairman's Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki, Yilwatda said the intervention funds demonstrate the Tinubu administration's commitment to fulfilling its […]

July 9, 2026 26

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APC Slams Turaki for “Reckless” Call for Foreign Intervention, Says PDP in Terminal Collapse.

By Zainab Uzomah. ABUJA, FCT — The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blasted the call by factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Tanimu Turaki, urging foreign powers to intervene in Nigeria’s internal affairs, describing it as a reckless, unpatriotic, and dangerous appeal that undermines national sovereignty.Turaki, speaking earlier today amid escalating tensions within the PDP, alleged “Christian genocide” and asked foreign nations to step in to “protect democracy,” a move […]

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