Economic Partnership Agreement can create 500,000 direct jobs- Expert

An Industrialist and ex-Chairman, Adhama Textiles & Garments Industry Ltd, Alhaji Saidu Dattijo Adhama has urged…

Senate insists on probing $5bn fraud petition against Chevron

The Senate on Tuesday insisted on investigating alleged fraud amounting to over $4,926,464,100 as contained in…

Oil spillage: Bayelsa community sues Eni in Italy

The Ikebiri community in Bayelsa State has dragged Eni, the parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil…

IMF, CBN differ on Nigeria’s economic outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday disagreed on…

Agip to build new refinery in Port Harcourt

The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday disclosed that the Federal Government…

ECOWAS advices against substandard agric produce

The ECOWAS Principal Programme Officer, Agriculture, Ernest Aubee, has advised against the smuggling and importation of…

National Assembly raises 2017 budget by N143bn

The House of Representatives on Tuesday received the report of 2017 N7.30tn Appropriation Bill from its…

ICC prosecutor mulls inquiry on crimes against migrants in Libya

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor expressed alarm on Monday at the inhumane detention of…

Judge orders DSS to produce Capital Oil’s Ifeanyi Ubah in court on Friday

Justice Muhammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the Department of…

Libya’s oil output nears 800,000 bpd, helped by restarted fields

Libyan oil production has risen to just below 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) as the OPEC…

Shell testing Nigeria’s Forcados oil pipeline for restart -sources

Shell is testing Nigeria’s Trans Forcados crude export pipeline for a potential restart with the Astro…

Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth to recover slightly in 2017 -IMF

Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa should recover slightly to 2.6 percent this year after a more…