Oil Price Fall Stalls funding of SWF

THE Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, has said that the continued fall in the prices of crude oil in the international market has stalled the federal government’s contribution to the country’s sovereign wealth fund. Uche Orji, managing director, NSIA, disclosed this on Wednesday …

Shell Blames Vandals for Oil Spill in Adibawa

THE Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, SPDC, has said that oil spill at its Adibawa oil fields in Edagberi Community in Rivers was caused by thieves who targeted the well head. A statement issued by by Joseph Obari, SPDC spokesman, on Monday, July 20, attributed the leakage at …

Buhari to Probe Jonathan Administration

THE President Muhammadu Buhari is going to limit his current probe of government officials to the immediate past government of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The Presidency disclosed this on Thursday, July 23, that there were trails of monumental fraud everywhere that would be too …

Why Private Refineries Fail to Take Off

THE Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has attributed the failure of private investors to build refineries in the country to lack of crude oil and absence of funding. The agency said most of the investors licensed in 2003, were not satisfied with the federal government’s position that they would …

Buhari to Play Proactive Role in OPEC

Jamila Shu’ara, leader of Nigerian delegation to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries says the news administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will play a more proactive role in the international body …

NIPPs Contribute 2500 Megawatts to National Grid

THE federal government has said some of the power plants constructed under the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPPs, are contributing 2500 megawatts, MW, of electricity to the national grid. Chinedu Nebo, minister of power, stated this during the inauguration of the 750 megawatts Olorunsogo …

PPPRA Defends Fuel Price

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency is defending the decision of the federal government to peg the price of petrol at N87 …