Deregulation: We have not adjusted prices of petrol, diesel — NNPC
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The NNPC Limited, a global energy company with businesses and operations across the entire spectrum of the energy value chain, said it has not adjusted the prices of petrol and diesel in Nigeria.
Some online platforms and social media, which started reporting the adjustment in prices, Tuesday, did not provide reasons.
But in a statement obtained by Vanguard, yesterday, Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, stated: “The NNPC Limited wishes to clarify rumours suggesting a price adjustment for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) at its retail stations nationwide.
“The company, asserts that these reports are false and urges Nigerians to disregard them entirely.
INEC disowns Anambra LP convention
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra.
Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday.
Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to state further why it was not monitored.
NAN, however, reports that the LP had on Tuesday shifted the convention from Umuahia in Abia to Nnewi, Anambra State.
NLC rejects Abure’s return, LP tips Obi for 2027
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The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, secured reelection on Wednesday at a convention held in Nnewi, Anambra State, amid heavy security.
At the convention, the party also announced its decision to reserve its presidential ticket for the 2027 general election “solely” for Peter Obi, who was its presidential candidate last year.
It accorded the same privilege to the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti.
But the Nigeria Labour Congress, which wanted Abure out as LP leader, declared the Wednesday convention a nullity, vowing that Abure would not be recognised.
FIRS will not introduce additional taxes – Adedeji
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The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue, Zacch Adedeji, has restated the agency’s commitment not to introduce additional taxes in the country.
Adedeji stated this on Wednesday, when the Chief Executive Officer of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Adebayo Alli, led the management team of the company on a visit to the Revenue House in Abuja.
The FIRS boss, in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, was quoted as saying, “The President gave a directive that he wants a single digit tax in the country, meaning that the maximum number of taxes we will have after the work of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms will be nine taxes.
“For us at FIRS, we have responded to that directive. We want to grow the pie such that even if we are taking the same percentage of the bigger pie, the result will be huge.