Games politicians play
By Nick Dazang For scholars who majored in International Relations or who took the course as an elective/minor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, John Spanier’s Games Nations Play: Analyzing International Politics and Joan Edelman Spero’s The Politics of International Economic Relations were compulsory reading. The two insightful classics, authored by two distinguished scholars, […]
FG suspends inauguration of new NNPC board
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Government has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) earlier scheduled for Wednesday. Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha disclosed this in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja. ALSO READ: Hike: We don’t have […]
Equity gaps in NNPC’s N621.2bn tax-credit road projects
THE Federal Government’s Road Infrastructure and Refreshment Tax Credit Scheme, RIRTCS, received a massive boost last week when the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced the approval of newly-commercialised Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC’s, application to play a major, ambitious role in roads reconstruction nationwide. Perhaps taking a leaf from the Dangote Group’s […]
Okun Roads: Why the conspiracy of silence?
By Arogbonlo Israel The deplorable state of federal roads in Okunland has become a social media sensation with many still counting their losses due to the negligence of those who out of ‘political gains’ see no reason to find a lasting solution to ameliorate this state dysfunction. Okunland, situated in Kogi West, is blessed with […]
Ndume hails FG for mandating NNPC to reconstruct Biu-Gombe Road, 20 others
FORMER Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South has hailed the Federal government in its decision to hand over the reconstruction of Biu-Gombe road and 20 other federal highways to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC).
Nigeria’s natural gas demand to hit 23bcf/d by 2030 — NNPC
By Prince Okafor With the increasing demand for natural gas in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has projected that the nation’s demands of the product would rise to 23 billion cubic feet per day. This projection was made by the NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, at the just concluded 15th Oil […]
Nigeria’s demand for petroleum products to increase by 14.6% in 2025
THE demand for petroleum products in Nigeria will increase to 17.3 million metric tonnes, MT, from 15.1 MT in 2020, indicating an increase of 14.6 per cent, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
NNPC to spend N621.2bn on 21 federal roads
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has taken over the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The approval was given on Wednesday, at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Briefing State […]
Nigeria needs $2.7bn investment to stabilise petroleum products supply — NNPC
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, predicted that the nation needed about $2.7 billion worth of investment to enable it meet the rising demand for petroleum products.
NNPC spends N123.7bn as petrol subsidy in September
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has revealed that it spent N123.73 billion on petrol subsidy in September 2021.
Scam Alert: NNPC disclaims fake 50th-anniversary quiz contest
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claimed to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Malam Garba Muhammad, made this known in a statement. ALSO READ: COVID-19: Kaduna insists on facemasks, gives October deadline “In the purported quiz contest, […]
