Day: August 16, 2021

PIB: Petrol to sell for N300 per litre – Marketers

ADEOLA YUSUF

IPMAN Says Buhari has outlawed N165 per litre petrol regulated price with PIB’s Assent as clock ticks on corporate existence of  PPPRA, DPR, others     The retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol is to hit N300 per litre as President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMaN), which disclosed this exclusively to Platforms Africa, maintained that the regulated price of N165 per litre across the country has already been outlawed by Buhari’s action. READ…

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100 MDAs, CSOs Meet in Abuja Over Nigeria’s Freedom of Imformation Act

Aliyu Aliyu

MDAs, CSOs Laud ROLAC on Proactive Disclosure Protocol   Representatives of federal public institutions in Nigeria have poured encomiums on the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption -ROLAC programme of the British Council (funded by the European Union) for her support towards the development and validation of a Proactive Disclosure Protocol for Nigeria’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Speaking during a 2-day meeting for the validation of a draft Proactive Disclosure Protocol for the Freedom of Information Act, held in Abuja, weekend, Head, Freedom of Information Unit of the Federal Ministry…

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OPEC Scribe, Barkindo, Applauds Buhari for Signing PIB into Law

ADEOLA YUSUF

Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo.has poured eulogies on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. Platforms Africa reports that Barkindo, a former chief of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),expressed delight with the development in a letter he personally signed and sent to Buhari. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigerian President Buhari Signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law PIB: Inside the Nigeria’s Controversial Oil ‘Law’ Newly-Passed PIB Satanic, Unjust, N’Delta Leader Edwin Clark Thunders   Here are…

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Six oil workers feared killed as gunmen set Shell facility ablaze in Imo

Efe Wellington

Six workers are feared to have been killed, following an attack by gunmen on an oil facility reported to have been managed by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Imo state, Southeast Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that no group has claimed responsibility for the attack as at the time of this report. The gunmen were said to have attacked the facility located in Asa community, Ohaji Egbema LGA, in the early hours of Monday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Nigerian President Buhari Signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law BUYERS BEWARE: WoodMac…

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How Zambia Opposition leader, Hichilema, defeated President Lungu

Aoko Benjamin

Incumbent President Edgar Lungu defeated by almost 1 million votes concedes defeat just as Eurobonds surge after landslide win for Hichilema   Zambia’s Eurobonds gained the most in 14 months and the kwacha surged after opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema’s shock landslide victory in the nation’s presidential election. Platforms Africa reports that Hichilema beat incumbent President Edgar Lungu by almost 1 million votes and nearly 60 percent support, the biggest margin of victory in a quarter century and an even better performance than his party projected. The margin of victory provides…

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BREAKING: Nigerian President Buhari Signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. Platforms  Africa reports that working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday August 13, the President assented to the Bill Monday August 16, in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty. READ ALSO: BREAKING: 7 Senior Mgt. Staff Affected as Shakeup rocks NNPC + FULL LIST EXCLUSIVE: Major Shake up rocks DPR, 6 Deputy Directors Removed + FULL LIST DPR confirms Platforms Africa Exclusive Story…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Top Politician-House of Reps Member, Omolafe, Is Dead

Gbenga Adeoti

“He was not sick. He was unconscious last night (Sunday night), and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo.”     Hon Adedayo Omolafe, a member of the House of Representatives who represented Akure South/North Constituency, has died. READ ALSO: How 22 Nigerian Muslims Murdered, 14 injured in Plateau Road Attack -Police Rwandan President Kagame Lampoons Arsenal, labels Club Outing as Mediocrity BUYERS BEWARE: WoodMac Raises Caveat on Shell’s Oil blocks Sale in Nigeria Omolafe, often known as Expensive, was the former chairman of the state’s Akure South council…

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