(image courtesy of PMnews) Two years after the proclamation of Amnesty programme to end the militancy in the Niger Delta region by the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, some of the ex militants who said they were excluded from the exercise are threatening to return to the trenches. view full text here
This Note examines the use of litigation to stop gas flaring in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, and proposes an alternative solution to the ongoing gas flaring in the Niger Delta region. In exploring an alternative solution, this Note (1) details the history of gas flaring in Nigeria; (2) discusses Nigeria’s gas-flaring legislation and its implementation; (3) […]
“Here is anthropology at its critical and relevant best. Nothing could be more topical than the role of oil in contemporary global turmoil and “the crazy curse” that it casts over all manner of human endeavour and hope. The essays in this important book offer major insights into the heart of the crisis of capital […]
Removal of subsidy is in whose interest. Watch the CBN President speak from the economic point of view.
The finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the CBN President, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, members of civil society, Nigerian labour congress and other eminent Nigeria in a town hall meeting amongst the panelist debating the removal of subsidy
President Jonathan is still consulting with stakeholders before making a pronouncement on whether to end fuel subsidies, contrary to reports that the support regime has been scrapped with the budget presentation on Tuesday, the Finance Minister said yesterday in Abuja. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, said while explaining details of the […]
Should President Goodluck Jonathan decide to withdraw fuel subsidy, it may not take off until April, The Nation learnt yesterday. Controversy and speculations have trailed the government’s omission of allocation to fuel subsidy in next year’s budget. view full text
FINANCE Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stepped in yesterday to calm frayed nerves, following reports that the government may have removed fuel subsidy. The co-ordinating Minister of the Economy said the subsidy, which the government said hit N1.3 trillion this year, was intact. view full text
Former head of state retired General Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged President Jonathan to focus on tackling corruption in government instead of removing fuel subsidies. Buhari, who ran for president in April on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change, spoke in Abuja at the inauguration of the CPC Renewal Committee, headed by former FCT minister […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is still yet to remit about N588 billion to the Federation Account as at the last audit conducted by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Executive Secretary of the NEITI Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed said yesterday that apart from the N450 billion figure the NNPC agreed to pay on […]