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Obi: Fuel subsidy should have been removed gradually, not abruptly

Akanji Philip June 9, 2025

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said that he would have removed the petrol subsidy and floated the naira if elected president, but would have done so gradually...

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Nigeria lost $450m to petrol subsidy fraud in six years — Bawa

Akanji Philip June 7, 2025

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Nigeria lost $450 million to subsidy fraud under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme between 2006 and 2012. In...

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Fuel Subsidy: Tinubu Approves Payment Despite Earlier Removal

VAM News August 19, 2024 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA, News Update President Bola Tinubu has reportedly approved the payment of petrol subsidies by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, according to a report by TheCable. This decision comes after...

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Tinubu Ignores Call For Return Of Fuel Subsidy, Says Decision Painful But Necessary

VAM News August 4, 2024 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA, News Update President Tinubu in his nationwide broadcast ignored calls for the return of fuel subsidy. In his broadcast, the President said even though the decision to remove the fuel Subsidy...

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MAN: FG should channel fuel subsidy savings to boost productivity

Akanji Philip February 28, 2024 0 Comment

As a way out of the current economic quagmire in the country, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has, among other recommendations, called on the federal government to channel the savings from the fuel...

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Fuel subsidy is organised crime – Peter Obi

Akanji Philip October 2, 2023 0 Comment

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described fuel subsidy as an organised crime. Obi, on Monday, said this while speaking on Arise TV ‘The Morning...

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Fuel Subsidy Is Organised Crime – Peter Obi

VAM News October 2, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described fuel subsidy as an organised crime. Obi, on Monday, said this while speaking on Arise TV...

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Subsidy: Osun Residents Get Second Batch Palliative, Friday

VAM News September 28, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Osun State Government to commence the distribution of two thousand seven hundred 50kg bags of rice from the 14,000 second batch of the subsidy palliative on (Friday). Similarly, the...

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Subsidy: Palliatives will continue until hardship is addressed – information minister

VAM News September 11, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA Mohammed Idris, the minister of information, says the federal government will continue the disbursement of palliatives across the country until the hardship caused by the removal of petrol subsidy is addressed....

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Fayemi Comments Over Fuel subsidy: We played politics with 2012 Occupy Nigeria

Akanji Philip September 5, 2023 0 Comment

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests....