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NDIC Wins Special Recognition For Excellence In Banking Service Award

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has been conferred with the Special Recognition and Commendation Award for Excellence in Banking (Public Service) at the Business Day Banking Awards 2017 which was held on October 14, 2017. In a letter of commendation to the Corporation, the...

NNPC Stocks 2billion Litres of Petrol for Hitch-Free Year-end Movements of Motorists

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has a stock of over two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to ensure a hitch-free end-of-year movement of motorists, a period hitherto sometimes characterized by supply and demand disequilibrium. Speaking at the weekend...

NNPC Set To Stimulate Economic Growth Through Aggressive Gas Development, Says Baru

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru, has stated that the Federal Government has mandated the Corporation to pursue an aggressive gas development programme to stimulate economic growth in the Country. Dr. Baru made this disclosure in...

Buhari Presents 2018-2020 Expenditure Framework To N’Assembly 

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF-FSP) to the House of Representatives in a bid to ensure the timely passage of the 2018 budget. Speaker Yakubu Dogara read the correspondence from the President dated October 9,...

Senate Under Pressure To Drop Probe Of $25b NNPC Contracts

As the Senate postponed the commencement of its planned investigation into the alleged award of $25 billion worth of contracts in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), there are indications that the Presidency has initiated moves to avert serious probe into the allegations. Following the...

Oil Increases To $57.8 On Fears New Iraq Conflict

Crude oil prices have increased on concerns over potential renewed U.S. sanctions against Iran as well as conflict in Iraq. An explosion at a U.S. oil rig and reduced exploration activity also supported prices there. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at...