In the news: Nigeria’s gas production rises
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NNPC, IOCs join forces against oil, gas sabotage The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it is working closely with international oil companies to deploy a structured security apparatus in strategic places including the Niger Delta to arrest incidence of oil and gas infrastructure sabotage across the country. FIRS shuts MRS Oil over N497m tax debt The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Wednesday closed down an MRS Oil’s facility in Lagos over a tax debt amounting to N497.1m, an action the agency described as part of measures being taken against tax-defaulting companies in the country. Nigeria’s gas production rises as Shell completes project Gas production in Nigeria has gained more momentum following the completion of a key project in the Niger Delta by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited Joint Venture. FG inaugurates N61bn local content intervention fund today The $200m Nigerian Content Intervention Fund would be directed at increasing local content in the oil and gas industry and would be used for projects and other activities in the sector. This Day Afreximbank Seeks to Tap from Investors with $300m Depositary Receipts The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday announced the launch of its $300million equity offering, using Depositary Receipts (DRs). Access Bank Grows Profit to N52bn, Declares 25k Interim Dividend Access Bank Plc yesterday recorded a profit before tax of N52 billion for the half year (H1) ended June 30, 2017, showing a growth of 18 per cent above the N43.9 billion in the corresponding period of 2016. Mobile Banking Grows as Phone Users Hit 29 Million The Managing Director of Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), Mr. Adesonubi Adebisi, has stated that Nigeria has recorded growth in mobile banking, compared to some African countries. Discos Remain Weakest Link, Reject 9,310MW of Electricity in Eight Days Affirming their position as the weakest link in Nigeria’s electricity chain, the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in the country rejected 9,310.64 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the generation companies (Gencos) in the last one week because their distribution facilities could not take up all the electricity. Guardian Dangote, Niger State seal N166b pact on sugar production In its drive for self-sufficiency in sugar production, the Dangote Group yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Niger State Government for the establishment of a N166-billion state-of–art and fully integrated sugar complex. NSE’s indices sustain rising profile, up by N34b Transactions on the equities sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), sustained a rising profile yesterday, as more blue chip stocks appreciated in price, resulting to a further rise in market capitalization of N34billion. Reuters Nigeria naira eases on black market as dollar demand resurfaces Nigerian naira fell on the black market on Wednesday, pressured by demand for dollars from Muslim pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia for the haj and individuals paying for school fees abroad. Nipco Plc raises stake in Nigerian fuel retailer Nigerian fuel distributor Nipco Plc has bought another 3.23 percent stake in 11 Plc, the fuel retailer formerly known as Mobil Oil Nigeria, for 4.84 billion naira ($16 million) to increase its holding to 70 percent. Nigeria plans 193 bln naira Treasury bill sale next week Nigeria plans to raise 193.14 billion naira ($614 mln) worth of treasury bills at an auction on Aug. 30, the central bank said on Wednesday. |
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