The Late 5: Children feared dead, others trapped in Lagos building collapse; Nigeria bans Boeing 737 Max 8 over Ethiopian Airlines crash | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Nigeria bans Boeing 737 Max 8 over Ethiopian Airlines crash The Nigerian government has banned Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating in its airspace. The decision was announced by the Minister of Aviation (State), Hadi Sirika, at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal... Read More

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October 11, 2017

‘Kachikwu’s colleagues fault NNPC’s claim on approval of contracts’

Associates of the Minister of State of Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC’s Tenders Board that the only legal body to approve contracts and not the Board is false. According to The Nation, this was stated in a fact-sheet available on Wednesday. The fact-sheet was in response... Read More

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December 13, 2016

Unremitted $3.47bn: Senate to probe NNPC, NPDC

The Senate has ordered its Committee of Finance to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the NPDC for failing to remit $3.47bn to the federation account. This followed a motion filed by Sen. Dino Melaye accusing both agencies of withholding $4bn public revenue from 2013 to date. Melaye also said the NPDC had taken crude oil... Read More

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November 7, 2016

Buhari did not give order for the increase of fuel price – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it did not meet President Muhammadu Buhari to demand for an increase in price of petrol to N150. The corporation wrote on Twitter on Monday that it has to plans to increase the price of premium motor spirit (PMS). “NNPC is not empowered statutorily to tinker with the... Read More

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October 25, 2016

It is no longer possible to sell petrol at N145 per litre – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday said the price of petrol cannot remain at N145 per litre, owing to the current exchange rate. The Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing, NNPC, Mr. Mele Kyari, stated this at this year’s Oil Trading and Logistics Expo, OTL, holding in Lagos. He said: “We have a... Read More

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October 12, 2016

NLNG assets now worth N5.2trn – MD

The Managing Director, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, Mr. Tony Attah, says the company’s assets are now worth over $13bn (N5.2trn), The Punch reports. This is contained in a statement by the firm, which quoted him as saying this during a technical session chaired by the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, at the 22nd... Read More

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August 31, 2016

Niger Delta militants are confused, disorganised – NNPC

The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mohammed Garba-Deen on Wednesday said militants in the Niger Delta region are confused, stating that the agitators have refused to organised themselves into one group. Mohammed in a chat with Punch debunked claims that the Federal Government was confused as to which group... Read More

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August 31, 2016

Just In: CBN reinstates banks suspended from forex trade

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday reinstated nine banks that were recently suspended from the foreign exchange market over non-remittance of oil money. The apex bank’s Director of Banking Supervision, Tokunbo Martins said in Abuja that the banks were reinstated after presenting repayment plans. The Nine banks were suspended last week for not remitting about... Read More

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February 12, 2015

Opinion: The wait is over, but who will save Abia?

by Uzoma Nwandu (Ada Aba) Like in a wrestling game, verbal wrestling as is the case here, they had turned vocal combatants, always ready to throw attack punches to anyone who dared to question their smelly incompetence. Impoverished roads, filth-ridden markets and hopeless healthcare—sadly, these are terms that had become tied to my beloved state,... Read More

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November 7, 2014

Vandals killed in inferno at NNPC Pipeline

by Azubuike Azikiwe Several pipeline vandals were killed in a fire outbreak at a petroleum pipeline belonging to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, at Ijedodo area of Lagos State. Some suspected pipeline vandals at around 6pm on Thursday, were reportedly scooping petroleum product into jerry cans when an argument ensued among them. According to reports, one of them ignited the... Read More

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September 15, 2014

NNPC sets new three-point agenda to boost oil production

by Chris Ikechukwu The General Managing Director(GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Joseph Dawha, has promised to direct efforts and resources available to achieve three key programs during his tenure in office. While speaking yesterday in Abuja, the GMD who was represented by the Group Executive Director, Business Development, Dr. Attahiru Yussuf, said... Read More

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July 28, 2014

Bag of waste causes panic in Kaduna, as people run fearing a bomb

by Aaron Bulus A white bag, which was abandoned near Kontagora Road in Kaduna caused panic as traders in the nearby market suspected that it contained a bomb. The story spread like wildfire, causing Monday afternoon shoppers and traders in the market to panic and scamper for safety. The alarm occurred barely one hour... Read More

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January 10, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria and its phantom MINT projections

by Nasir Suwaid The basic fundamental problem though is the fact that valid projections should always be premised on certain tangible factors of realism, conceptualism and a glaring self belief in the potentials of a nation striving to attain greatness in material wealth One of the universally accepted characteristic norms that is unique to every... Read More

The Late 5: Children feared dead, others trapped in Lagos building collapse; Nigeria bans Boeing 737 Max 8 over Ethiopian Airlines crash | Other stories

‘Kachikwu’s colleagues fault NNPC’s claim on approval of contracts’

Unremitted $3.47bn: Senate to probe NNPC, NPDC

Buhari did not give order for the increase of fuel price – NNPC

It is no longer possible to sell petrol at N145 per litre – NNPC

NLNG assets now worth N5.2trn – MD

Niger Delta militants are confused, disorganised – NNPC

Just In: CBN reinstates banks suspended from forex trade

Opinion: The wait is over, but who will save Abia?

Vandals killed in inferno at NNPC Pipeline

NNPC sets new three-point agenda to boost oil production

Bag of waste causes panic in Kaduna, as people run fearing a bomb

Opinion: Let us kill subsidy before it kills us

CBN Governor, Sanusi’s whereabouts unknown ‘since argument with Jonathan’

Opinion: Nigeria and its phantom MINT projections

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