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Nigerians Face Double Energy Burden: Cooking gas price jumps 44.5%, as FG set to introduce petrol tax

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Energy price jumps

Nigerian households are bracing for tougher times, as rising energy costs and a newly announced petrol consumption tax threaten to stretch already fragile incomes. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the average retail price for refilling a 12.5 kilogram cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, rose by 44.51 percent year-on-year in July 2025. The price jumped from ₦14,261.57 in July 2024 to ₦20,609.48 in July 2025. The NBS report, published on Tuesday, shows that while there was a modest month-on-month decline of 1.91…

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Obi slams FG over new 5% fuel tax

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Obi slams FG

…Says Nigerians ‘can’t breathe’  Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government over its decision to introduce a 5 percent tax on all refined fossil fuel sales, including petrol and diesel, from January 2026. In a post on his official X handle yesterday, Obi described the move as ill-timed and insensitive, questioning why citizens who are already struggling should face additional financial burdens. Obi wrote: “When will Nigerians truly breathe? A timely and relevant question, as a new 5% tax on all refined…

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“Declare state-of-emergency on insecurity”, Northern Elders urge Tinubu

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NEF urges Tinubu

…Say Nigeria’s stability, regional security under threat The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a ‘state of emergency’ in northern Nigeria, citing the extraordinary scale of insecurity and the government’s constitutional and international obligations to protect lives. The Forum lamented that state security agencies remain overstretched, under-resourced, and in some cases complicit through inaction, leaving citizens vulnerable while eroding public trust in government. In a communiqué issued yesterday by its spokesperson, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, the NEF expressed grave concern over the spate of…

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Afenifere faults FG’s proposed $60bn 4,000km railway project

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Afenifere faults FG

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned the proposed ₦100 trillion railway project by the Federal Government. The initiative was recently announced by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, alongside the Ministers of Transportation, Sa’idu Alƙali and the State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo. Reported in many media outlets, there are plans for a “$60 billion 4,000km high-speed rail from Lagos to Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt. According to the Federal Government, the projects would be carried out in 36-48 months by De-Sadal Nigeria…

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Tinubu’s X handle spreads falsehoods on national infrastructure projects

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Tinubu’s X handle

…Inflates N’West projects, lists non-existing Kano Northern Bypass, among others The official X account of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under intense criticism for disseminating misleading information about Federal Government infrastructure projects across Nigeria. Analysts and observers say the post contains multiple inaccuracies, including inflated project figures, misattributed locations, and misrepresented funding. In the North-West, the post reportedly included projects from the North-Central and North-East, such as the Bama-Dikwa Road, Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, Lokoja-Okene Road, and roads in Benue, presenting them as North-West projects in a bid to exaggerate the…

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“Buhari, Tinubu betrayed Nigerians, pushed country into poverty” – Sule Lamiɗo 

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Lamiɗo blasts APC

: Says North’ll reject Tinubu in 2027 Former Governor of Jigawa State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Sule Lamiɗo, has launched a scathing attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Tinubu of betraying Nigerians and pushing the country deeper into poverty and despair. Speaking at the PDP expanded caucus meeting in Dutse, Jigawa State, Lamiɗo said the APC governments had inflicted “hardship, deceit, and betrayal” on Nigerians, leaving the nation more impoverished and divided. “Since Buhari and now Tinubu, Nigerians are…

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“FG, state govts building flyovers to nowhere while people starve” – Pat Utomi 

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Pat Utomi

Former presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi has stated that Nigeria must move from sentimental thinking to rational planning if it is to overcome its challenges.Japan trip. Utomi, a political economist and former presidential adviser, said this yesterday, in a post on X. He recalled being asked by an elder what could save the country. “I said we have to move from thinking with our eyes and heart to thinking with our brains”, he wrote. He said the elder was confused by the response. Utomi added that Nigerians are often impressed…

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“Arrest the slaughter, declare ‘state of emergency’ in Katsina Zamfara” – ADC to Tinubu

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ADC to Tinubu

The African Democratic Congress, (ADC), has condemned the massacre in Malumfashi, Katsina State, where dozens of worshippers and villagers were brutally killed, describing it as further proof of Nigeria’s collapsed security architecture. In a strongly-worded statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party linked the killings to a broader wave of terror in Katsina and Zamfara that has claimed over 140 lives in two months, and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop “jet-setting across the world” and urgently declare a State of Emergency in the…

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Escalating Insecurity: Nigeria is bleeding under Tinubu” – Coalition of Nigerian leaders   

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Coalition of Nigerian leaders

A coalition of prominent Nigerian leaders has issued a joint statement raising concerns over the country’s worsening security crisis, warning that Nigeria is “bleeding” and risks sliding into chaos unless urgent, coordinated action is taken. In the statement, signed by all the geo-political leaders drawn from across ethnic, religious, and political divides, the group cited Amnesty International’s report that at least 10,217 Nigerians have been killed in violent attacks over the past two years — figures they described as “wartime levels of slaughter” despite the country being officially at peace.…

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Amnesty Int’l blasts FG over failure to protect Nigerians as killings escalate

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Amnesty blasts FG

Amnesty International has issued a scathing indictment of the Federal Government, accusing it of gross failure to protect Nigerians as the country reels under relentless violence and bloodshed. In its latest report released yesterday via X (@AmnestyNigeria), the global rights group said at least 65 people were massacred in a single week, in what it described as a shocking testament to the government’s inability to safeguard lives and bring criminals to justice. Amnesty said: “This week alone, at least 65 people have been killed in horrific attacks”. “In Katsina State,…

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