Attempts by Conoil Producing PLC to start drilling in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, has been impeded as Egbema host communities have barricaded Company, seeking for negotiation and agreement before commencing operation. This is coming on the heel of the Council chairman, Hon. Smart Asekutu's frantic effort to seek for peaceful settlement…
The Debt Management Office says Nigeria needs to earn higher revenue and manage its debt profile more efficiently. The Director-General, Patience Oniha made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria. Oniha said: “How much revenue is Nigeria generating? “Statistics show that relative to other countries, Nigeria’s revenue…
The fortune of Nigerian banking tycoon Tony Elumelu took a massive dent of N4.4bn ($10.4m) in 27 weeks following a decline in the market value of his stake in the United Bank for Africa (UBA). In the first six weeks of 2022, the banking Czar recorded more than $4.5 million before his stakes in the…
Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany. Zinkpower’s facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state every day. The metal will harden otherwise, wrecking the tank where steel parts are…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has extended the withdrawal notice given to the 52 broadcast stations to renew their operating licenses by three (3) days, following the intervention of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, (IPI). IPI Nigeria President, Musikilu Mojeed, in a statement, Saturday, disclosed the new development. According to him, “We…
A Norwegian 3 million-barrel-capacity tanker, named MT HEROIC -- with stolen Nigerian crude has been arrested, further giving credence to claims and prior revelations that a major oil theft is going on in Nigeria. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Navy confirmed the arrest of the foreign supertanker in Equatorial Guinea after it fled Nigeria’s AKPO oilfield.…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), Thursday, said that failure to repatriate the $464 million (about N199.2 billion) airlines' funds blocked by the Federal Government, (FG) will harm Nigeria's economy, if not released on time. IATA in a series of tweets on its official Twitter handles @IATA, said this will hurt Nigeria with reduced air…
Crude prices opened lower on Friday morning as recession fears persist. As of 9:00 a.m. ET on Friday, WTI Crude was trading below the $90 a barrel mark. Both benchmarks were on track for a weekly loss of over 3.5%. After two days of gains, oil prices turned lower early on Friday, weighed down by…
The common, and perhaps, popular narrative for political, baleful and pernicious reasons, is for people to say that the Muhammadu Buhari administration has run down the economy of the country completely since its advent in 2015. The fact that the global economy is spiraling out of control with inflation, stagflation, recession and depression staring hitherto…