Hot Stories about 'Fuel Subsidy'

May 20, 2013

IMF ill-advised the Nigerian government not to build refineries – Femi Falana

In an electronic mail to Punchng correspondent, Falana reacted to IMF’s recent call for the removal of fuel subsidy. He said the organisation had ill-advised the Nigerian government not to [...]

May 16, 2013
May 15, 2013

Dismissed DPO arraigned for killing, injuring protesters

Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, who was accused of killing a young protester and injuring four others at Yaya-Abatan, Agege, Lagos during the protest against removal of fuel subsidy in [...]

May 11, 2013

Opinion: Gov. Shettima is right on the revolution we need

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The fuel subsidy crisis showed how our politics canonizes falsity, impoverishes the masses and debases our common humanity. Leaders at various strata of our society seem [...]

May 10, 2013

Akintola Williams, PPPRA responsible for subsidy overpayments – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused a leading accounting firm in the country, Akintola Williams Deloitte, and the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, of misleading the Federal Government [...]

farouk-lawan in court

Court Orders Farouk Lawan, Emenalo To Stand Trial For $620,000 Bribery

An Abuja High Court has dismissed the application to quash bribery charges filed against former chairman of the House of Representatives on Fuel Subsidy scam, Farouk Lawan, and the committee’s [...]

Wagbatsoma’s Fuel Subsidy Fraud Trial: Judge Warns Lawyer Olanipekun Over Ploy To Dribble Court With Trivialities

By SaharaReporters, New York The high profile trial of subsidy fraud suspect, Walter Wagbatsoma, who is accused of illegally obtaining N1.9 billion from the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) continued today [...]

May 8, 2013

Witness fails to substantiate alleged subsidy infractions against oil marketers

A PROSECUTION witness, Damon Yelma, in the on-going trial of some oil marketers at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, over an alleged fuel subsidy infraction on Wednesday failed to substantiate [...]

May 6, 2013

EFCC’s lawyer denies knowledge of Tukur’s settlement talks

 Prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, denied knowledge of any ongoing settlement talks between the anti-graft [...]

May 2, 2013

Court fixes May 10 for ruling on Rep. Lawan’s application

An FCT High Court on Thursday fixed May 10 for ruling in an application seeking to quash charges against Farouk Lawan, former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on [...]

Corruption charges: Court fixes May 10 for ruling on Lawan’s application

An FCT High Court on Thursday fixed May 10 for ruling in an application seeking to quash charges against Farouk Lawan, former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on [...]

April 30, 2013

EFCC Arrests Ifeanyi Ubah over N43b subsidy scam

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, arrested the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, for allegedly defrauding the Federal Government of over N43 [...]

EFCC Arrests Ifeanyi Ubah Over Fuel Subsidy Scam

By SaharaReporters, New York The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the managing director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah. read more Read full [...]

April 18, 2013

Fuel subsidy killer cop dismissed

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has dismissed the former Divisional Police Officer ,DPO, of Pen Cinema, Agege police division, CSP Olusegun Fabunmi, who shot and killed one Ademola Aderinto at [...]

March 31, 2013
March 30, 2013

A Tale of Two Quotes! Here we go again! :-)

“We cannot continue to waste resources meant for a greater number of Nigerians to subsidise the affluent middle class, who are the main beneficiaries (of fuel subsidy). We believe that [...]

March 28, 2013
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