BY MICHEAL BUNUJU When subsidy on premium motor spirit (petrol) started in Nigeria in the 1970s as a response to the oil shock of 1973, the idea was to cushion
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The Edo government has announced the reduction of work days from five to three to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal on civil servants. In a statement on
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja division, has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on strike over the removal of petrol
Labour unions have described the federal government’s decision to suspend the removal of petrol subsidy as the “best option”. The federal government had earlier planned to stop subsidy payments on
The federal government says it has secured the sum of $800 million from the World Bank, as part of its
Mexico has suspended petrol subsidy in states close to the US border in a bid to stop Americans from driving
BY OMOLE IBUKUN A few days ago, after assessing how much Nigerians were mobilising to protest the increment in the
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says states will clear all outstanding pension liabilities after the removal of fuel subsidy in
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget, and national planning, said on Tuesday that the federal government would remove fuel subsidy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the federal government to completely remove subsidies on fuel and electricity in early
