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Stakeholders in the petroleum sector, at a public hearing organised by the Joint Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream), on Monday resolved to mobilise their members for the immediate distribution of fuel across the country. Senator Magnus Abe,  who read a communique duly signed by the stakeholders after the session,  explained that the  Finance Minister / Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and other stakeholders who attended the meeting, unanimously agreed to the peace deal, in the interest of the nation.

The Nigerian Labour Congress on Monday threatened to direct workers to stay at home if the current fuel scarcity across the country is not addressed. Factional NLC Deputy National President, Isa Aremu, stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria  on Monday in Kaduna.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday signed two bills, earlier passed by the National Assembly, into law. The bills, which have now become Acts, are the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015 and the Immigration Act 2015. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, confirmed the development to State House correspondents.

Labour unions in Osun State on Monday declared a total strike to press home their demand for payment of their six-month salaries. The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, who read the address of the labour unions at a press conference in Osogbo, said the strike would begin on Tuesday, May 26, after the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum given to the state government.

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he intends to take a year out of the game for health reasons. The Italian is expected to part company with Los Blancos in the coming days, after enduring a disappointing end to the 2014-15 season, with the Spanish side being surprisingly knocked out of the Champions League semi-finals by Juventus before finishing second to Barcelona in La Liga.

China on Monday executed a man who stabbed a doctor to death over what he considered a botched nose operation, media reported, in a case that spotlighted the country’s overburdened health system. Lian Enqing was sentenced to death last year for a fatal attack on an an ear, nose and throat specialist in Wenling, in the eastern province of Zhejiang.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has again criticized incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan saying that he has mismanaged Nigeria. Obasanjo made the remark on Sunday, May 24, 2015, during a meeting with delegation of South-West women leaders who paid him a courtesy visit in his Abeokuta, Ogun State home.

 Corruption a la stealing became a norm. Politicians and their cronies ran the country bone dry. It was quite obvious for all to see that morality was thrown to the dogs. The question is now that, will there be change or can there be change? The answer is that there can only be change if the following occur:

Eucharia Anunobi (Facebook). Today is the birthday of Nollywood veteran actress Eucharia Anunobi .  Popularly known as UK Gold, she shot to limelight in 1996 after she starred in the Nollywood classic ' Glamour Girls '. She has starred in several Nollywood unforgettable movies such as Battle of Musanga, Died Wretched, Benita, Drug Baron 1&2 . 

The message was sent to their customers and the message read thus: Dear Customer,  The current shortage of petroleum products in the country has limited our ability to supply diesel to all our branches, in order to continue normal branch operations. Due to this, we unavoidably have to close our branches nationwide at 1pm , from Today, 25th May 2015 .

Lagos Governor elect, Akinwunmi Ambode has released his official portrait. He has requested to be addressed simply as Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the Governor of Lagos State. Credit: Linda Ikeji Blog

The APC released these new official portraits of the president and vice president-elect about a week after their first official portrait was released.

President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, while reacting to the ongoing fuel crisis in the country has faulted the outgoing Goodluck Jonathan government oil subsidy claims, describing it as fraud. Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, Buhari asked rhetorically, “who is subsidizing who?”