The Action Congress of Nigeria has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by the Federal Government to send thugs to create chaos in Lagos State to allow it to declare a state of emergency in the state.
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Chairman, House Committee on Justice, House of Representatives, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to restrain all his officers from using live ammunition on peaceful protesters.
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Talks to resolve the ongoing fuel subsidy crisis ended in a deadlock on Thursday as the organised Labour insisted that the government should return the pump price of petrol to N65 per litre.
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Convener, Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, said on Thursday that Nigerians would continue the protest against fuel subsidy removal if the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress called off the nationwide strike without the Federal Government reverting fuel price to N65 per litre
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Talks last night, between the Federal Government and Labour on the resolution of protests trailing the removal of the subsidy on petrol were inconclusive.The talks will resume on Saturday. At the end of the meeting that lasted over three hours, Labour and government agreed to shift ground but no de
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seriake Dickson from the list of candidates for the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship election.
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A threat by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to shut down crude oil production this weekend in protest against the removal of fuel subsidy has pushed crude oil price up more than $2 to trade at $114.70 Thursday.
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There are indications that air passengers would now pay about N35,000 for one hour flight in the domestic route as a fall out of the latest increase in aviation fuel, known as Jet A1, by fuel marketers. But in spite of the hike in fares, many domestic carriers are still in a financial mess......
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The nationwide strike against government's removal of fuel subsidy is costing the economy about N100 billion ($617million) daily, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said.
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The lingering strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to protest the removal of fuel subsidy has taken toll on Lagos resident as most of the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in the state have ran out of cash.
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