April 05, (THEWILL) - The Senate has indicted the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), for lack of transparency in crude oil lifted from its Escravos terminal to Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), as well as the Kaduna...
March 29, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has approved N59.7 billion for some projects in oil-producing communities in Rivers State.
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
March 23, (THEWILL) - Former militant leaders from the six states of the Niger Delta region have faulted the claims against crude oil pipeline operators and the Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited Company, PINL, over the alleged neglect of stakeholders...
When the IMF categorises resource-rich countries, it classifies the countries according to their export baskets. At least, twenty African countries including Nigeria, Angola, Ghana and Tanzania are classified as resource-rich, with their export base comprising a bulk of unprocessed...
January 18, (THEWILL) - Fishermen and residents in Koluama 2 community in Bayelsa, have bemoaned the use of toxic dispersants to contain an ongoing oil leak at Conoil's field.
The fishing settlement on the Atlantic coastline said the toxic...
January 01, (THEWILL) - A barge and truck with consignments of stolen crude oil have been intercepted, along with eight suspects, who were arrested on board the vessels.
Tantita Security Services, in two separate operations, intercepted the stolen crude oil.
In...
December 13, (THEWILL) - Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to 1.185 million barrels per day in November 2022, representing the highest output by the country in the past seven months.
The latest oil production figures obtained from the Nigerian Upstream...
October 13, (THEWILL) – Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has called for full privatisation of the oil and gas sector, urging the Federal Government to give up its control.
The Governor stated this while speaking at the seventh edition of...
September 13, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government is targeting to raise more revenue from the exports of cashew products to cushion the negative impact of the drop in crude oil production on the economy.
To boost revenue inflow from the...
The violence erupted on Monday at the Naira and Kobo area of Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway, amid an alleged struggle for control of the motor park.
While the Osun State Police Command described the incident as an armed attack on its patrol team by suspected political thugs, residents and political actors in the community have accused the police, particularly the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), of involvement in the shooting.