FG, Shell In Talks Over Sale Of Nigerian Oil Assets       The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said the Federal Government is in talks with Shell over the planned sale of the company’s stakes in Nigeria’s onshore oil assets. The Nigerian oil...

Illicit Financial Flows Will threaten Economic Stability– Finance Minister Illicit financial flows (IFFs), unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, threaten economic stability and sustainable development, divert money from public priorities and hamper government’s efforts to mobilise domestic resources and recover...

Nigeria’s Rig Count drops By 55.34% In Q1, 2021       The rig count of Nigeria has dropped by 55.34 per cent in the first quarter, January–March, 2021 to 19, according to data collated from recent reports of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC. The rig count,...

Oil Falls To $65 As India’s COVID-19 Cases Surge       The global oil benchmark, Brent crude, declined on Monday as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies indicated that it was watching surging COVID-19 cases in India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer. Brent crude,...

Oil Firms Borrowed N130bn From Banks In February – CBN     Operators in the downstream, natural gas and crude oil refining sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry borrowed N130bn from Nigerian banks in February amid the significant rise in global crude oil prices. The debt...

Shell’s Annual Payment To Nigerian Govt Hits Six-year Low       The payment made to the Federal Government by Shell companies in Nigeria plunged by 42.45 per cent in 2020 to the lowest in six years. Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday that its subsidiaries in Nigeria paid...