Oil Hits Six-week High $68.47 As Dollar Weakens       The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, reached its highest in six weeks on Thursday as strong US economic data, a weak dollar and overall expected recovery in demand outweighed worries about the impact of increased COVID-19 cases...

COVID-19: Virus Resurgence Threat To Oil Demand Recovery – OPEC       The resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries is posing a threat to economic and oil demand recovery, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has said. It disclosed this at the 16th OPEC and non-OPEC...

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,...

Consumer Credit Hits N1.6trn In January The value of consumer credit in the Nigerian economy fell by four per cent to N1.593 trillion in January 2021. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed this in its monthly economic report for January. It noted that at the aforementioned...

Oil, Gas Export Revenue Dipped By $2.23bn In 2020 – NNPC       The total revenue generated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from crude oil and gas exports plunged by 45.98 per cent last year amid the COVID-19 induced collapse in price and demand. Nigeria’s revenue from...