Published February 19, 2021 Nike Popoola , ‘ Femi Asu, Okechukwu Nnodim , Joseph Olaoluwa and Temmy O’ Peters Nigeria exited recession after the country ’ s Gross Domestic Product recorded a slight growth of 0 .11 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020 , the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 17, 2021’ Femi Asu Fuel marketers have started adjusting their petrol pump prices amid the supply shortage facing private depots in Apapa .Our correspondent observed that some filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states increased the pump price of petrol to N 170 per litre on Tuesday from N 162 per litre .Some […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 1, 2021 ’ Femi Asu With the challenge of pipeline vandalism lingering in the country , the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation spent almost N 50 bn to repair and manage pipelines in 10 months .The NNPC ’s latest monthly report showed that a total of 363 vandalised points were recorded from January to […]
Continue ReadingPublished November 23, 2020Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja A total of N 81 .41 bn was expended on Nigeria ’s refineries between January and August this year but the facilities refined no drop of crude oil all through this period, latest data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation showed .Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company , Port […]
Continue ReadingNovember 4, 2020 Sanni Onogu, Abuja NIGERIA’S external and domestic debts have been projected to hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021, Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Zainab Ahmed, alerted on Tuesday.Mrs. Ahmed, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts to defend the ministry’s next year budget, blamed abandonment of road […]
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