Govs accuse NNPC of non-remittance of full JV proceeds for 5 yrs

From left,, Governor Aminu Masari of Kastina State ; Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State and Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State responding to questions from State House Correspondent shortly after the meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa , Abuja on Thursday. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Thursday in Abuja,…

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Baru lauds Civil Defense on nabbed 469,000 litres of petrol enroute Benin Republic

*The impounded truck arrested by NSCDC officials enroute Benin Republic on Tuesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, has commended the Niger State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on the eight trucks its men apprehended in Mokwa, Niger State on Tuesday.The trucks had a…

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Oil prices getting higher, hit $80

Oil prices on Thursday hit their highest since December, 2014, pushed up after U.S. crude inventories posted a 10th straight week of declines and as the dollar continued to weaken. Oil prices rallied to three-year high, boosted by a record 10th straight weekly decline in U.S. crude inventories. International benchmark Brent futures were nudging 71 dollars per…

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Petrol scarcity pushes Nigeria’s daily consumption to 55m litres -NNPC

*Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru. Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption has gone up to 55 million litres from the 35 million litres that it used to be because according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a syndicate of cross-border smugglers are now taking advantage of the current scarcity experienced…

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Savannah Petroleum partners Seven Energy on assets acquisition

Savannah Petroleum Plc has announced that for purposes of facilitating its proposed acquisition of certain of the Nigerian oil and gas assets of Seven Energy it has commenced, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in a confidential offer memorandum and consent solicitation statement dated today (the “Solicitation Memorandum”), an offer to exchange any and…

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