MWF Legacy Conference: Youths Remain Pivotal to Nigeria, Africa's Development Agenda – Shettima The Vice-President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has commended initiatives like the Mandela Washington Fellows for their leadership and service model which are essential to development of Nigeria and the rest of Africa. The...

Nigerian-American Critiques NIDOA's Unification as Misplaced Priority Ejike Okpa, a Nigerian-American residing in Dallas, Texas, has criticized the recent unification of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization America (NIDOA) as a "misplaced priority." Okpa argues that the organization lacks the structure and substance needed to make...

Discos Kick as Reps Demand N500bn Investment or Exit The House of Representatives on Wednesday called for a minimum of N500 billion recapitalisation threshold for the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country to remain operational. In response to this, DisCos have listed the conditions...

NNPCL Unveils 40,000 bpd Utapate Crude to Global Refiners The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited says it has commenced sales of its latest crude oil grade, the Utapate crude oil blend, to international refiners, six months after it began exploration. It said the development is a...

Dangote Refinery Crude Import Resumes after Three Months  The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has recommenced the purchase of crude oil from the United States in its ongoing efforts to ramp up oil production and enhance its refining capacity. The new purchase comes after a three-month hiatus in...

NUPRC Assures IOCs not Exiting Nigeria The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has said that no international oil company is leaving Nigeria despite their divestments. NUPRC’s Chief Executive Officer, Gbenga Komolafe, described the recent divestments by IOCs in the oil sector as “portfolio rationalisation”. Komolafe said at...