PPMC increases petrol price to N151.56 per litre
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N138.62 to N151.56 per litre.
Year: 2020
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Gas can guarantee Nigeria’s economic security —Neconde Energy Head of Gas Ventures, Chichi Emenike
We need to open up the market for investments. We have talked about this for too long and fortunately, Nigeria is strategically positioned to even become a hub for gas in Africa. Even if we don’t do the entire Africa, we can start along the corridors within the Gulf of Guinea and to take the gas outside to the world but we need to open up domestically across the value chain from here into the West African region.
Nigeria spends $3.3bn annually on metals importation —Minister
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Filling stations’ll dispense gas in vehicles from September, says FG
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Adesina re-elected as president of the AfDB Group
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Petroleum ministry vehicles to run on autogas, says Sylva
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Pandemic heralds new world order for energy
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Schneider Electric launches products to reduce Nigeria’s US$29 billion annual power disturbances cost
Based on figures from World Bank, the Nigerian economy annually loses as much as US $29 billion to power disturbances across its various sectors of its activities.