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NECA: Crude-for-Naira Deal to Ease Forex Pressure

By Hussein Olanrewaju The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has praised the recent agreement between the Federal Government and Dangote Refineries regarding the sale of Premium Motor Spirit to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC). NECA believes this deal could end petrol scarcity and reduce the pressure on foreign exchange demand in the country. In…

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Israeli academia is directly complicit in the crimes of the state

“Politics should be kept out of academia!” This is how many in Western academia respond to calls from fellow professors and students for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions over their complicity in the country’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory, oppression of Palestinian people, and the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza. They claim that universities…

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First Bank pensioners protest neglect

The National Union of Pensioners FBN Unit has accused the management of FirstBank of Nigeria of continual refusal to comply with court orders, pension reforms, and signed agreements. In a press statement issued on Monday, the union’s National Chairman, Pastor Gimbason John, criticised FirstBank for its flagrant disregard for the rights of its former employees….

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Petrol crisis: Trucks stranded at depots as NNPCL, Dangote tango over pricing

Market forces will create crisis, OPS warns NNPCL Oil marketers have yet to commence the loading of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, despite assurances by the Federal Government that the commodity will be available this weekend. Saturday PUNCH gathered that though some PMS vessels had arrived in the country at the NNPC’s Apapa and Port…

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Naval Base: OGD Commends President Tinubu Over Internal Security

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has commended President Bola Tinubu on his continuous efforts in securing and safeguarding Nigeria territorial waters.   Otunba Gbenga Daniel in a letter of appreciation sent to His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on the issuance and presentation of Certificate of Occupancy for the Navy Forward…

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