Senate Lauds NNPC on Gas Projects, Financial Audit Report The Senate Committee on Gas has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the various gas development projects it has undertaken, especially the Ajaokuta- Kaduna- Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. Speaking during the 2021 Budget Defense...

Afreximbank Grows Assets To $19bn       African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) grew its total assets to $19.33 billion as at 30 September 2020, up 34% from $14.44 billion as at the end of last year. This was contained in the bank’s unaudited financial statements released on Monday with...

NNPC Commits to Growing Nation’s Hydrocarbon Reserves to 40 billion barrels The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated its resolve to grow the nation’s hydrocarbon reserves to 40billion barrels through reinvigorated exploratory activities in the inland frontier basins across the country. Group Managing Director of...

COVID-19: Rivers Misses Out As FG Disburses N66.5bn To States       The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the disbursement of N66.5bn ($175m) to 35 eligible states on the basis of the Amended COVID-19 Responsive 2020 Budget results achievement. According to the government, Rivers State was the only...

UK Petrol Car Ban Threatens Nigeria’s Oil Sales       Except the country finds new buyers, the plan to ban petrol and diesel vehicle sales by the United Kingdom government will threaten Nigeria market share of crude oil. UK imports Nigeria’s crude oil, which is a major revenue...

Nigeria’s Oil Rigs Decline By 30% As Exploration Drops       The number of active oil rigs in Nigeria declined by 30 per cent in October, with stakeholders lamenting the reduction in exploration activities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. Data obtained by our correspondent from the...