Global Trade at a Crossroads: Analyzing the WTO’s Response to U.S. Trade Measures
By Fred OjiegbeOn April 2, 2025, the United States unveiled a sweeping set of trade measures that have sent ripples across the global economic landscape. The response was swift and urgent. On April 3, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,!-->!-->!-->…
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Harnessing Hydrocarbons for Development: Why Lima Stands Out for APPO’s Top Job
By William Emmanuel UkpojuAs Africa’s foremost forum for hydrocarbon cooperation, the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) has, since its founding on January 27, 1987, in Lagos, Nigeria, served as the continent’s principal!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigeria’s Oil Production Decline: A Dive into the Causes
By Ese UfuomaThere was a time when Nigeria proudly wore the crown as Africa’s largest oil producer, a title that came with global recognition and economic promise. The deep rumble of crude flowing through pipelines once echoed!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigeria’s Idle Oil Blocks: A Waste of Resources?
Alaska. Cook Inlet. A helicopter lands on the monopod oil production platform, crew changes are routinely done by helicopter.
By Ese Ufuoma
Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, boasts vast hydrocarbon reserves, yet a significant!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Open Letter to the Board of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited
OMOWUMI O. ILEDARE, PhD,
Preamble:In 2015, I criticised the politically charged Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) appointed by President Muhammad Buhari, predicting inefficiency. From 2015 to 2019, the Nigerian!-->!-->!-->…
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Russia’s oil producers speed up drilling as OPEC+ curbs ease
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Russia’s oil producers have been drilling wells at a pace not seen in at least five years as the nation readies for both a loosening of OPEC+ output limits and the possibility of relief from some international sanctions over its!-->!-->!-->…
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Nigeria: TI Nigeria Backs NNPC Probe, Comprehensive Oil Sector Audit
The Head of Transparency International (TI) Nigeria and Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has called for a full-scale investigation into the Nigerian National!-->!-->!-->…
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Minister leads operators to China gas conference
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo
The Nigerian Gas Association has confirmed that Nigeria’s presence at the World Gas Conference 2025 in Beijing, China, will be headlined by strong government and energy!-->!-->!-->…
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Pandemonium at Port Harcourt Refinery as EFCC quizzes acting MD
There was pandemonium at the Port Harcourt Refinery yesterday as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the facility, marched straight to the acting Managing Director’s office, Mr. Jelili Ademoye, and whisked him!-->!-->!-->…
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Reps Committee Gives OML18 5-Day Ultimatum To Pay $4m Oil Debt
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has ordered OML18 Resources Limited, formerly Sahara Field Production Limited, to remit $4.02 million to the Federation Account within five days.
The directive came during a!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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