Money market
Local Content Funding: Players must show institutional readiness __Tony Attah
Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the upstream petroleum industry who seek initial funding must advance propositions that demonstrate institutional readiness and commercial bankability in order to secure immediate cash, short-term equity investments and long-term capital support from the stock market. Managing…
NCDMB to share Tony Attah’s insights on funding local content initiatives
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced that Engr. Tony Attah, Managing Director of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, will be the guest speaker at the next edition of the Nigerian Content Academy Lecture Series….
US EXIM approves over $2 bn US LNG supply to Egypt
Ziggy Ojiegbe The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved more than $2 billion in financing support for U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to Egypt, in a move aimed at expanding American energy reach and strengthening strategic trade ties….
Economy
NCDMB, Seplat move to launch gas Centre of Excellence at DELSU
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Seplat Energy Plc have advanced plans for the take-off of a Centre of Excellence in Gas Development at Delta State University (DELSU), following a high-level engagement with the university’s…
Dangote Refinery reaches 87% installed capacity in March
As debate rages over fuel pricing in Nigeria Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s largest refining facility, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, reached 87 percent capacity utilization in March, marking its highest operational level since commencing production and signaling a major shift in efficiency…
Nigeria’s 2025/26 licensing round unfolds Africa’s global energy role
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria’s planned 2025/26 licensing round is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched upstream opportunities in recent years, both for the scale of assets expected and for what it signals about Africa’s evolving role in…
Politics
Nigeria’s Mass terrorism trials, US labels and Tinubu’s political optics
Rita Olaniyi The United States’ decision to issue a travel warning on Nigeria, citing terrorism, kidnapping risks and civil unrest, has intensified scrutiny of the country’s security situation at a moment when authorities are staging one of the largest terrorism…
Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize offer to Trump signals broader support for regime change
Ziggy Ojiegbe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Monday she wants to share her Nobel Peace Prize with U.S. President Donald Trump in recognition of Washington’s recent military operation that led to the capture of former President Nicolás…
ECOWAS troops deployed after failed coup in Benin
Fourteen Beninois military personnel have been arrested and stabilization force from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed in Cotonou following failed coup attempt to oust the country’s president on Sunday. The coup attempt in Benin comes after…
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