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…Welcomes FG’s stabilisation plan, seeks lower energy, logistics costs By Yinka Kolawole The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has proposed a six-month petrol price reduction programme targeting a 15 to 20 per cent cut in pump prices to ease the burden of high energy and transportation costs on Nigerian businesses and households. In […]
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By Yinka Kolawole A former Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Dr Kandeh Yumkella, has said Nigeria has the essential foundations to become Africa’s industrial powerhouse but must translate its huge market, natural resources and entrepreneurial capacity into competitive production and exports. Yumkella, who identified Nigeria’s financial depth and strategic position within […]
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By Dele Sobowale Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser to the President, accused critics of writing their responses without reading Tinubu’s address. That is certainly not true about me. In fact, the address was read to me by Uncle Sam, the Publisher of Vanguard, in his house – while asking for my comments on a […]
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By Yinka Kolawole Manufacturers’ drive to reduce dependence on imported inputs and foreign exchange (FX) has pushed investment in the sector up by 102.16 per cent to N1.33 trillion in 2025, from N658.81 billion in 2024, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said. Director-General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, disclosed this in the 2025 annual […]
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Despite more than 200 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves and nearly two decades of multiple policies aimed at making gas the foundation of Nigeria’s industrial economy, the country continues to export more gas than it sells to the domestic market.
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POLITICAL parties and candidates whose names were omitted in the final lists of governorship and state houses of assembly contestants released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are kicking against their exclusion.
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By Innocent Anaba Spokesman of the Dr Kasarachi Enyinna Michael Campaign Organisation, the National Democratic Congress, NDC, senatorial candidate for Abia South, Chief Emperor Ogbonna, has said there was need to have members of the party in the Senate and House of Representatives, to support Mr. Peter Obi if he wins the presidential election.He also […]
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By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – President Bola Tinubu will on Tuesday flag off the reconstruction and dualisation of the 376km Lambata–Bida–Mokwa–Makera–Kontagora Federal Highway in Niger State, a project expected to improve transport links and boost agricultural and commercial activities across North-Central Nigeria. For farmers struggling to move produce to markets, traders transporting goods and commuters travelling […]
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The list also names Mr Edwin Alor of Accord, Prof. Jehu Nnaji of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and Mr Okwudilichukwu Ugwu of the Labour Party (LP).
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Obi recalled that Tinubu removed the petrol subsidy on May 29, 2023, without adequate consultation or assessment of its potential impact on the economy and the livelihoods of ordinary Nigerians.
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