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PETROAN denies seeking ‘free money’ from FG

The Petroleum Product Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria has clarified that the N100bn grant it requested from President Bola Tinubu is a loan and not free money. The PUNCH recalls PETROAN recently asking Tinubu for a N100bn grant to help its members cope with the effects of the fuel subsidy removal. The retailers said...
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PDP Decries Alleged Dictatorship By APC Govt In Edo

The Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the brewing dictatorship in the state alleging that people who were never elected as councillors on Friday claimed to have impeached the Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area, Dr Tom Obaseki and described the scenario as a precursor to dictatorship in the state....
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Tinubu under pressure to dump food import waiver

The administration of President Bola Tinubu is currently under pressure to dump the food import waiver that it announced in July 2024. Multiple sources at the Presidency said the pressure has been coming from the private sector who claimed that opening up the country to food import would undermine their investments and worsen the unemployment...
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Sen Kalu Mobilises Support For Tinubu’s Reforms

…As businessman Kelvin Jombo joins APC The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged Nigerians to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ongoing reforms aimed at repositioning the country. According to a statement from his Media Office on Friday, Kalu made this appeal while receiving Chief Kelvin Jombo, a prominent businessman and...
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CBN stops extension of export proceeds repatriation

The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended approvals for the extension of export proceeds repatriation on behalf of exporters, effective immediately. This directive, issued via a circular dated January 8, 2025, applies to both oil and non-oil export transactions. The apex bank explained that the move aims to enforce compliance with existing foreign exchange regulations....
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Nothing Bad if Nigeria Becomes One-Party State –Odubote

…says non-indigenes shouldn’t jostle for control of Lagos govt A member of the seventh National Assembly, Hon. Lanre Odubote, represented Epe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In this interview with OLAOLU OLADIPO, Odubote spoke on a number of issues relating to the state of the nation. While acknowledging that the reforms of the...
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Meta to test eBay listings on Facebook marketplace

Meta announced on Wednesday that it would launch a new test in Germany, France, and the United States, enabling buyers to browse listings from eBay on Facebook Marketplace and complete their transactions directly on eBay. This move is part of Meta’s ongoing efforts to expand its Marketplace platform. This comes after the European Commission fined...
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