Author: VOP Lagos

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2021 has said it does not know the profile of 23 oil and gas companies trading in Nigeria. The panel is investigating payments made by the Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (now Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited) for the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, within eight years. The Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Aliyu, at the resumption of the investigative hearing on subsidy payments on Wednesday, stated that the firms had major serious questions to answer.…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday said the Christian Association of Nigeria’s opposition to the All Progressives Congress’ Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket was godly. Dogara, a chieftain of the APC, added that CAN’s position on the matter is the position of all those who love justice. The former Speaker spoke during a symposium on the leadership crises in Nigeria, which held in Abuja as part of activities marking the 12th General Assembly of CAN.

Some unknown gunmen attacked Owo community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State yesterday evening. This came seven weeks after some suspected terrorists attacked St. Francis Catholic Church in the community, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. A source in the community said the hoodlums opened fire at Folahami Junction, where a construction company was located, and opened fire on everybody at sight. Some said some explosives devices were also used during the attack. However, the casualty figure has not been ascertained as at the time of filing this report but many people were said to be injured in…

Senators yesterday threatened to impeach the President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and the country at large. The angry senator, who are in the opposition, gave the President a six-week ultimatum to address the security crisis or face impeachment proceedings. Opposition senators issued the ultimatum on Wednesday as fears over insecurity in Abuja worsened with the government ordering schools to shut to prevent attacks by terrorists. The Presidency in a statement by the President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the action of the opposition senators as babyish, advising them to put their time to…

There are no immediate solutions to the current crisis rocking Nigeria’s aviation sector as the cause of the major challenge in the industry is a global issue, according to the Federal Government Although the government stated that it was making efforts to address the challenges, it stressed that it could not tell when the solutions to the crisis would materialize. Domestic airlines in Nigeria have been faced with a stiff challenge posed by the hike in the price of aviation fuel, popularly called JetA1. The cost of the commodity has jumped from less than N300/liter to over N800/liter within about…

The House of Representatives has begun the process of disqualifying politicians and persons with political affiliations from taking leadership positions in the Central Bank of Nigeria. Serving top officials of the apex bank will also be barred from politics. This is being proposed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which is seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007, which passed second reading at the plenary yesterday Criticisms had trailed the affiliation of the current Governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele, with the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, where he aspired to run for president.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogere Unit Command in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State, said it had handed over the sum of N310,700 and other materials to the relatives of crash victims. The FRSC Public Education Officer, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement. Okpe said the crash occurred at about 6:25 am on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway before Iperu bridge, killing four persons while six persons sustained injuries.

The All Progressives Congress has named the lawmaker representing Sokoto East, Senator Abdullahi Gobir, as the new Senate Leader. This is contained in a letter by the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and read at plenary by the President of the Senate, Senator, Ahmad Lawan. Gobir replaced Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) following his resignation as Senate Leader because he defected from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.