Nigeria: NNPCL 80% Ready for IPO – Kyari
[Leadership] The group chief executive officer( GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), Mele Kyari said, the company is 80 percent ready for an Initial Public Offer(IPO).
Rwanda: Explainer – Rise of Fuel Prices and Impact on Cost of Living
[New Times] On October 3, the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, adding to the already challenging cost of living in the country.
Nigeria: Subsidy Removal – Marketers Demand Emergency Palliative to Ease Petrol Import
[Leadership] The Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) has called on the Federal Government to set up "emergency palliative measure" that would enable oil marketers to import petroleum products into the country for the next three months at an exchange rate of N600 per dollar.
Nigeria: Divestment of Oil Assets – Ncdmb Warns Against Reduction in Compliance, Tax Revenue
[Premium Times] Wabote said the ongoing and other planned divestments are big accomplishments for Nigerian Content development.
Nigeria: Nigeria Must Break Shackles of Over-Reliance On Oil, Harness Non-Oil Potential for Export – Shettima
[This Day] Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday said the country must take urgent steps to drastically reduce its over-dependence on oil and focus more on harnessing the untapped potential in the non-oil export sector.
Nigeria: Niger Bans Export of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Nigeria Impacted
[This Day] Niger has banned all exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) until further notice, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, a decision that will impact Nigeria which gets some LPG imports from the country.
Nigeria: Experts Say Tackling Corruption Key to Stopping Crude Oil Theft
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigerian authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 15 people in the explosion of an illegally tapped oil pipeline on Sunday, an often-deadly practice that has been going on for decades.
Nigeria: 2 Pregnant Women, 15 Others Killed in Rivers Pipeline Explosion
[Leadership] Two pregnant women and 15 others were killed following a pipeline explosion due to the activities of illegal refining of crude oil at Rumucholu village in Ibaa community of Emoha local government area of Rivers State on Sunday.
East Africa: Environmental Groups Sue TotalEnergies Over ‘Devastating’ East Africa Oil Pipeline
[RFI] Four environmental groups have filed a law suit against the French group TotalEnergies and its EACOP oil project in Tanzania and Uganda. They maintain that it threatens the region's fragile ecosystem and the people who live there.
Rwanda: Fuel Prices Rise Following Adjustments in Global Oil Market
[New Times] Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) on Tuesday, October 3, announced a rise in prices for petrol and diesel, citing the adjustments in the global oil market.