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Niger ex-councillors protest unpaid N1.27bn severance package, disrupt activities Published 12 March 2021 GOVERNMENT activities at the Abdulkareem Lafene Secretariat in Minna, the Niger state capital, were on Thursday grounded as former local government councillors protested the non-payment of their N1.27bn severance package. The ex-councillors from the 274 wards of the state besieged the secretariat, locked the main gate and disallowed workers from gaining entry. The councillors, who served between 2016 and 2019, in a 10-points demand contained in their placards, which were pasted at the ent...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 Two suspects were arrested and contraband worth N70m seized within six months by men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D. The Comptroller, Adesanmi Omiye, who stated this during a press conference at the zonal headquarters in Bauchi on Thursday, said the two suspects were arrested for being in possession of 162 kilogrammes of Indian hemp valued at N30m. He stated that 12 vehicles used to convey the contraband and 674 rounds of 70mm cartridges were also seized. Omiye said, “The operatives of the Federal Operations ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke Published 12 March 2021 Long queues were witnessed in some filling stations around Lagos Mainland and Ikeja axis of Lagos State after the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency announced an increase in the Ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit on Friday. Ex-deport price is the price at which oil marketers buy products at the depots, the price is what determines the price at which petrol stations will sell to motorists. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency had revealed in a new monthly template that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Ada Wodu, Calabar Published 12 March 2021 Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Cross River State Chapter, Mr Robert Obi, has kicked against the proliferation of illegal fuel stations in the state. He spoke when IPMAN paid a courtesy visit to the new Operations Controller, Department of Petroleum Resources, Cross River office, Mr George Ene-Ita. Obi said that the process of being a petroleum product marketer and getting DPR licence was difficult and expensive, saying it was wrong for one to get all the certification only to see someone op...

Punch Newspapers Sections Agency Reporter Agency Reporter Published 12 March 2021 The Ministry for Youth and Sports Development has stated that the contractors working on the renovation of the gymnasium and multi-purpose hall at Etete area of Benin, Edo State will not take instructions from the Edo State Government. This comes after the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Wednesday, ordered the removal from the site a signpost of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development indicating that the project was undertaken by the ministry. Shaibu said the renovation of the facility was co...