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Filling stations reduce petrol price

VAM News March 20, 2026

News Update Some Nigerian filling stations have reduced their premium motor spirit pump prices amid crude oil price volatility. Media reports that Ranoil and Sharon filling stations in Abuja and the surrounding areas adjusted...

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Tinubu’s govt set to receive failed Nigerian asylum seekers from UK

VAM News March 20, 2026

The Nigerian government has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to help deport people who failed to get asylum and criminals. This was announced by the UK Home Office on Thursday. The agreement...

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Power crisis worsens as GenCos shut plants

Tijani Mariam March 18, 2026

Power outage has worsened in Nigeria as power generation companies (GenCos) have shut down operations in the face of a growing debt burden amounting to about N6.8 trillion. According to a report by Bloomberg,...

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Labour demands N154,000 minimum Wage

Tijani Mariam March 18, 2026

The Nigerian Labour Congress has pushed for a new minimum wage of N154,000, citing worsening economic hardship and the declining purchasing power of Nigerian workers. The demand was contained in a letter by the...

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UK–Nigeria trade hits £8.1bn amid Tinubu visit

Tijani Mariam March 18, 2026

Bilateral trade between the United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria has reached an all-time high of £8.1 billion annually, as President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday embarked on a historic State Visit to the UK aimed...

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Reps move to jail dual party members for 2 years, Nigerians react

Tijani Mariam March 18, 2026

The fresh amendment to the recently signed 2026 Electoral Act where the House of Representatives proposed a N10 million fine or two years imprisonment for anybody who is a member of more than one...

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No More N70k, Nigerian Workers Demand New Minimum Wage

VAM News March 17, 2026

News Update THE National Public Service Negotiating Council, NPSNC, has demanded a N154,000 minimum wage, which is 120% upward review, of salaries and allowances for public workers in Nigeria to mitigate what it describes...

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Produce Witness or Close Emefiele Case – EFCC Ordered

Tijani Mariam March 17, 2026

Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday issued a final order to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to produce its witness against the former...

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Nigeria’s Inflation Drops to 15.06%

Tijani Mariam March 16, 2026

Nigeria’s inflation rate eased to 15.06 per cent in February 2026, down from 15.10 per cent in January. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its February Consumer Price Index and inflation...

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Tinubu Swears in Taiwo Oyedele as Finance Minister of State

Tijani Mariam March 16, 2026

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Taiwo Oyedele as Minister of State for Finance. The brief ceremony took place at the State House on Monday. Oyedele replaces Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka, who has been redeployed...