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Buhari govt planning to increase fuel price to N185 in 2019 – Fayose The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Monday warned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to “perish the idea of increasing the pump price of petrol from N145 per litre to N185 in March next year”. Fayose described the purported plan to increase the pump price of the commodity as a way of taking back whatever that will be added to workers’ salary as minimum wage increment. In a statement by his Media Aide, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, “Nigerians have suffered enough in the hands of the APC government and won’t accept any further upward review of petrol pump price. “They are delaying the increment till March because of its effects on the February 2019 elections.” Fayose said the NNPC presentation to the Senate last week that “N145 fuel pump price was unrealistic and that the pump price of petrol was supposed to be N185 per litre as against the official price of N145 per litr...

Buhari govt donates $.5m for Guinea Bissau elections. The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has approved the donation of $500, 000 and over 350 electoral kits and seven vehicles, to facilitate a successful conduct of Guinea Bissau legislative election, slated for November 18, 2018. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known during the weekend when he played host to Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Guinea Bissau, Jose Filho, in Abuja. Onyeama, who expressed delight that Nigeria was able to play such an important role, stressed that President Buhari in his capacity as the Chairperson of ECOWAS was watching the situation in Guinea Bissau very closely. He said: “It is in the framework of establishing peace and stability in Guinea Bissau that Mr. President has approved a substantial number of elections kits to enable them to carry out this election. “Without those kits that are over 350, it is going to be difficult to carry ...