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Oando Plc, AA Rano, Sahara Energy Resources and Hyde have all denied involvement in fuel subsidy payments before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating subsidy regime. The oil companies said they only lifted crude oil and we’re not part of subsidy payment by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. The representatives of the companies took turns to explain contract deals with the NNPC Ltd. in Abuja after being quizzed by the lawmakers. Rep. Mustapha Aliyu, the Chairman of the Committee, said some oil companies were in attendance to explain their role in the deal with the Nigerian…

NO fewer than 320 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, have been discovered in an uncompleted building in a forest along the Immiringi/Ogbia Road in Bayelsa State. According to Vanguard, the PVCs, which were stashed in a bag by hoodlums were discovered by the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, during their routine patrol in the area on Tuesday. State Commandant, Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, Moses Okano, who disclosed this in Yenagoa, yesterday, while handing over the recovered PVCs to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Bayelsa State, noted that upon arrival at the scene, the hoodlums absconded, leading to their…

Barely seven weeks after terrorists attack worshippers at Owo in Ondo State, some unknown gunmen have again attacked the ancient town. Many people were said to have been injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at Folahami Junction, where a construction company called Craneburg Construction Company was located. Eyewitness reports had it that the gunmen opened fire on those at the site. Another source who spoke with Vanguard alleged that some explosives devices were also used during the attack. However, the casualty figure was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report but many…

Fresh facts have emerged on why the Women's Wing of Nzuko Arochukwu refused to openly endorsed a former senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa for the Abia North senatorial district in 2023. Some supporters of the former senator had claimed that the women endorsed Mr. Ohuabunwa, who is the PDP candidate for Abia North senatorial district election in 2023. Some of the women, however, told our correspondent that the women didn't endorse Ohuabunwa, noting that Nzuko Arochukwu Women's Wing is not a political organization. A leader of the association who refused to be named told to our…

The lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has said the 9th Senate has all it takes to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Members of the opposition parties had, during Wednesday’s plenary, staged a walkout, after the move to serve impeachment notice on President Buhari was resisted by some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The impeachment move was hinged on the incessant attacks on Nigerians by dreaded insurgents and the latest threats to overrun Abuja, the nation’s capital. Addressing newsmen in his office shortly after the plenary,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Austin, the younger brother of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as Secretary, Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, for initial term of four years with effect from July 6. Umahi was one of the three persons appointed into Parastal Agencies as executive officers by the President on Wednesday, according to state issued by Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Also announced in the statement was the appointment of Tijjani Kaura as the Managing Director, Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority. He is to serve for…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the decision of presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field a Muslim/Muslim ticket in 2023. The action threatens the unity of the country, he says. Speaking at the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)’s 12th General Assembly and Leadership Transition Ceremony, Mr Dogara declared that political permutations which do not reflect religious balance in the country are against the unity and stability of the country. He commended CAN’s position on the matter, describing it has “Godly.” “I want to say emphatically that CAN’s position on…

The naira has crashed further in the parallel market, trading for N710 against the U.S. dollar on the exchange platform Aboki Forex. Checks by Peoples Gazette on Wednesday showed the current parallel market rate pegged at N710 to a dollar. The national currency, which traded for N670 against the dollar on Monday, has fallen even further by 6.7 percent in two days as of Friday afternoon, according to data from Aboki Forex. Today’s record fall comes a year after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prohibited the sale of foreign currency to bureau de change operators. The apex bank had…

Senators cutting across party lines, on Wednesday, issued President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to resolve the worsening insecurity in the country or face impeachment. According to the Senators, they have given the president all that he needed to tackle the security challenges but that the issue kept getting worse even in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the seat of power. The Senators’ resolution came after a closed-door meeting with the Senate leadership headed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, which lasted for about two hours in the red chamber. After the closed-door meeting, the Senate President blocked move by…