Tag: February
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PDP: Nat’l Chairmanship aspirant hails NEC resolution to convene convention in February
An aspirant for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Engr. Conrad Terhide Utaan has emphasized the importance of unity as the party prepares for a critical National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for February 2025. In a heartfelt letter addressed to party members, Utaan acknowledged the overwhelming support he has received since…
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Price of Kerosene hit N1,340 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS) has noted that the price of Kerosene has skyrocket from N1,329 recorded in January 2024 to N1,340 in February 2024. According to the Bureau’s Petrol Price Watch for February 2024, released in Abuja on Thursday, the February price of N1,340 represented a 0.86 percent decrease compared to what was…
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NNPC records 314% increase in trading surplus in February
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a ₦39.85billion trading surplus for the month of February 2021 representing a massive 314.24% leap from the ₦9.62billion surplus it recorded in January 2021. This is contained in the February 2021 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), according to a press release by…
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Aside general elections: Here are some major events to happen on 18 Feb 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday reaffirmed 18 February 2023 as the date to hold general elections in Nigeria, barring any unforeseen circumstances. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu reaffirmed the date at a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021. The public hearing, which was…
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No Increase in Fuel Price in February – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021. This was disclosed in a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru. The statement explained that the decision was to allow ongoing engagements with organized…
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Transactions on NSE Rise by 54% in February
Data from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) showed that as at February 28, 2019, total transactions at the nation’s bourse increased by 54.06 percent from N122.08 billion recorded in January 2019 to N188.08 billion in February 2019. The performance of the current month when compared to the performance of the same period (February 2018) in…
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Zimbabwe’s inflation hits 59.39% in February
Zimbabwe’s inflation rose to a new 10-year high of 59.39 per cent year-on-year in February from 56.9 per cent in January, the statistics agency Zimstats said on Friday. Zimstats said in Harare that the inflation was pushed by increases in the price of basic goods. On a monthly basis, prices increased by 1.67 per cent…
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Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 11.31% in February – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measured inflation decreased to 11.31 per cent (year-on-year) in February from 11.37 per cent recorded in January. The NBS made this known in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for February released in Abuja on Friday on its website. The bureau said the…
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Alleged murder: Deji Adeyanju to remain in prison till February 2019
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano on Friday remanded Deji Adeyanju in prison until February 2019, after taking his plea and concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear murder charges against the political activist. Recall that the police arrested Adeyanju on December 13, accusing him of being complicit in a murder case from the 2000s.…
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JUST IN: Inflation drops to 14.33 per cent in February – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday confirmed the country’s Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rose by 14.33 per cent (year-on-year) in February 2018. The bureau in the report said the 14.33 per cent rate for February is 0.08 percentage points lower than the 15.3 per cent recorded in January. The report said…