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Nigeria: Review of Border Towns’ Fuel Supply Ban Underway – Customs CG
[Daily Trust] The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has said the federal government's subsisting restriction order placed on the supply of petroleum products to border communities may be reviewed "in the next few days."
Nigeria: NNPCL Reacts to Report of Awarding Control of Pipelines to ‘Cabal’
[Premium Times] NNPCL was reacting to reports alleging that its managing director, Mele Kyari, quietly awarded the control of Nigeria's pipelines to an oil "cabal"
Rwanda: Rwanda Closes All Diesel Power Plants
[New Times] Rwanda closed all its diesel power plants in June this year, stopping the generation of such electricity as the country's hydroelectricity and methane gas sources expanded to make a significant contribution to the grid.
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.