Transport Fares Rise By 50% In Abuja Amid Fuel Price Hike

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2 months ago

September 5, 2024

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Transportation fares have increased by at least 50 percent in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, amid the recent hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit.

This comes as the fuel price was increased to N897 and N980 in Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited retail outlets and independent marketers filling stations in Abuja from N617 to over N1000.

The development has pushed up the cost of transportation in the Nation’s capital.

An Abuja resident, Bala Muhammed said he paid N1000 from Kubwa to Bannex Bridge, the same route that goes for N500.

Similarly, Adeola Adebayo, a civil servant paid N1500 to Berger Junction from Zuba compared to N1000 previous cost.

“The petrol price increase has impacted the fare. Today I paid N1,500 to Berger from Zuba instead of N1,000”, she stated.

Ismaila Danjuma, the Secretary of the Zuba branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) blamed the transport fare hike on fuel price increase.

This comes as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria said that the recent pump price hike will further worsen Nigeria’s inflation which stood at 33.40 percent in July.

Earlier, the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress called for the immediate reversal of the recent fuel pump hike.

Recall that upon the removal of the fuel subsidy in June 2023, the prices of transportation, goods and services increased astronomically.

VIDEO: God’s kingdom is your birthright it’s not negotiable -Bishop Elim(Part 1)

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November 17, 2024

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Bishop Godwin Elim, the Senior Pastor at Live for Christ, aka Lifting Assembly in Abuja has said God’s Kingdom is the birthright of believers as this is not negotiable.

Naijablitznews reports Bishop Elim made this assertion on Saturday in his sermon drawing vivid examples from bible passages and real life examples.

This is part one of the series to run through the week.

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BREAKING: APC Picks All 20 Chairmanship, 236 Councillorship Seats In Ogun LG Polls

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November 17, 2024

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The All Progressives Congress, APC has won all 20 Chairmanship and 236 Councillorship seats in the Ogun LG Polls.

Naijablitznews reports that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Sunday, declared all the 20 chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Saturday’s local government elections conducted in the state.

The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu also declared all 236 APC councillorship candidates as winners of the election while presenting the official results of the polls at the commission’s headquarters at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.

Osibodu said the ruling party, APC, emerged victorious across all the 20 local government areas and 236 wards in the state by polling a total of 613,156 votes cast in the exercise which witnessed major political parties like the Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), participating.

Other political parties that participated in the exercise included the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

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BREAKING: INEC declares Aiyedatiwa of APC winner of Ondo guber election

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November 17, 2024

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the guber election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.

Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.

He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election.
The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.

While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.

Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.