DPR Revokes 32 Refinery Licences, Says Dangote Plant 80% Complete Thirty-two refinery project licences issued to private investors in the country have become invalid in the past three years, according to the Department of Petroleum Resources. The DPR said on Monday that the number of...

Nigeria Raked In $150m From Coconut Oil In 2020       The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, on Wednesday in Benin disclosed that Nigeria generated $150m from the export of coconut oil and its derivatives in 2020. Speaking through his representative, Bernard Ukattah, a deputy...

Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Rivers, Lead In N4.19trn Subnational Domestic Debts       The domestic debts owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory rose to N4.19tn at the end of the third quarter of 2020, with Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom as the three most indebted,...

FAAC Allocation In 2020 Not Bad         Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue to the Federal Government, 36 states and 774 local governments fell by just five percent to N7.14 trillion in eleven months (January to November) from N7.46 trillion in the same period of 2019. Going...

Rivers, Shell Tango Over Ownership Of Oil Block       The Rivers State Government and Shell Petroleum Development Company are on a collision course over the ownership of Oil Mining Lease 11 and the Kidney Island in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state government said on Wednesday...

Average Price Per Litre Of Kerosene Increases In November - NBS         The average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N353.38 in November from N352.93 in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. The Bureau made this known in its...