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IPMAN Constitutes Taskforce Against Scarcity, Price Hike

Fuel Stations Sell Fuel In Daura Border Towns Despite Ban

December 27, 2019 10:26 am

Despite the Federal Government’s ban on the supply of petroleum products to filling stations within 20-kilometre radius to the country’s land borders, the product is reportedly being sold in border towns in Katsina State, THISDAY reliably gathered.

Recall that on Thursday, November 7, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Hameed Ali, had directed that no petroleum products should be supplied to any filling station within 20 kilometres to the borders in the country.

However, investigations by the THISDAY revealed that some filing stations located at the border communities of Daura and Jibiya are having a field day …

Sultan Urges Speedy Devt Of FCT Satellite Towns

November 29, 2019 9:17 am

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advised the Federal Capital Territory Administration to develop Satellite Towns in order to decongest Abuja City Centre.

Abubakar, who is the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), made the plea yesterday when he led a delegation of Islamic Religious and Traditional leaders from across the country on a courtesy call on the FCT Minister, Malam Mohammed Musa Bello, ahead of NSCIA 2019 Annual General Meeting from November 29 to December 3, where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to deliver the keynote speech at the opening of the …

Customs Raid Warehouse, Seize Foreign Rice Worth ₦19.68m

Review Ban On Fuel Supply To Border Towns, Reps To Customs

November 14, 2019 2:09 pm

The House of Representatives has enjoined the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to review its ban on the supply of petroleum products to border communities in the country.

Adopting a motion sponsored by Sada Soli under matters of urgent importance at the plenary presided by the deputy speaker, Ahmed Wase, yesterday, the house declared that the measure contravened the provisions of the Customs and Exercise Act.It mandated its relevant committees to engage the Minister of Interior, Minister of State for Petroleum, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

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