Presidential Initiative Signs Deals with 75 Firms to Expand Use of Gas-powered Vehicles Nationwide Targets over one million free kits Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Presidential Compressed
Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI), a scheme which seeks to expand the use of gas for fuelling vehicles
in Nigeria, has signed separate deals with 75 conversion firms nationwide as part of government’s
policy of reducing addiction to petrol and diesel. With the agreements now
covering eight states and expansion set for nine additional states in eight weeks, the Chief Executive
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Second Assassination Attempt on Trump in Two Months, Suspect in Custody Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said yesterday that it was
investigating what it called an "attempted assassination" of former President Donald Trump after Secret Service agents fired at a man with
an AK-47 rifle on or near Trump's Palm Beach, Florida golf course. A spokesperson for Trump's campaign said the former president
was "safe." Law enforcement sources told ABC News a suspect was already in custody. The incident comes around two
months after Trump was shot in the Bradshaw said the gunman got ear at a campaign rally in Butler, as close as 300 to 500 yards away Pennsylvania. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Continued on page 5
FG: Lifting of Petrol at Dangote Refinery Marks Return of Industrialisation
NNPC sets Lagos price at N950/litre, Borno’s at N1,019 for Dangote fuel National oil company assures fuel queues to disappear in few days Declares naira-for-crude arrangement to ease FX volatility ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱť Fuel scarcity in Nigeria over, Otedola says
AKPANI'S INVESTITURE DINNER... L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Former Minister of Solid Minerals of Nigeria, Kayode Fayemi; the Celebrant, Sir Walter Akpani and wife, Mrs. Akpani; and Executive Governor, Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the Investiture Dinner of Pontifical Equestrian Order of Knight of Saint Sylvester on Sir Akpani, held at Eko Hotel in Lagos, last Saturday PHOTO: SUNDAY ADIGUN