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Headlines, Oil Politics
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Shell Petroleum has said that the reason for its divestment in some rig assets in Nigeria is partly due to the high cost of doing business and the degree of political risks in the country. Speaking at the Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the Executive Vice President, Sub-Sahara Africa, Shell […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
THE Federal Government has reduced the 2012 budget estimates from the initial N4.749 trillion to N4.648 trillion in its revised budget estimates submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday. President Goodluck Jonathan, in a letter sent to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives said that the new budget […]
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House, Legislature, Oil Politics, Senate
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Some federal lawmakers from Ekiti State have said reports of different probe panels set up by the National Assembly will always be left to gather dust as long as the legislators lack the power to prosecute those indicted. The senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Mr. Olu Adetumbi, stated the position of the lawmakers in […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday put the “actual” total subsidy payments on fuel imports in 2011 at N1.7tn, an excess of N300bn above the N1.4tn figure given by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, last week. The apex bank told the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Subsidy Regime that that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The suspension of a nationwide strike which paralysed Nigeria with enervating toll on neighbouring nations was greeted with relief, amid speculation that the last has not been heard about the hike in petroleum products’ pricing in the country. In Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin Republic, many roads are crowded once more. Aside the countless […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
WHILE President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to say that the government spends so much money on subsidising the oil consumption, the economic indices point to the contrary. Experts in the field of petroleum, civil societies and non-governmental organisations have given a concise analysis of how much crude is lifted, sold, and brought back for sale […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics, Olu Ojedokun, PhD
Thursday, January 19th, 2012

By Dr. Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – Jan. 19, 2012 – We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of, The Nigerian Front after a process of consultation and reflection have come up with a roadmap to provide some solutions for the nation. We hope these detailed solutions will be […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, January 19th, 2012

By Okey Ndiribe and Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA – The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has dismissed calls by critics for her to step down from office to allow proper investigation into allegations of abuse in the management of petroleum subsidies. Alison-Madueke, who spoke to journalists yesterday after the inauguration of the Special Petroleum […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Women Politics
Monday, January 16th, 2012

January 16, 2012 by Okechukwu Nnodim Nigerians will have to contend with the scarcity of fuel for a while whenever the strike action embarked upon by the organised labour to protest the removal of subsidy on petrol is eventually called off. The weeklong strike has crippled economic activities in most parts of the country […]
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Breaking News, Headlines, Oil Politics
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Organised labour has called off the week-long protest over government’s removal of subsidy on fuel. Although their demands for a return to N65 was not met, with government pegging it N97 from the N141 it was raised to on January 1, labour said they decided to suspend the strike after ‘wide consultations’ Details Shortly…… […]