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The speakers at the ECOWAS consultative meeting on the creation of a Fund for Development and Financing of ECOWAS Transport and Energy sectors (FODETE) have emphasized the importance of developing a regional framework and a financing mechanism for the development of Infrastructure as a basis for sustainable development for countries in the community.
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $128.46 a barrel on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, compared with $127.93 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The rejection by the Senate to further amend the electoral law as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari and the denial by the Federal Ministry of Aviation that Qatar Airways has been chosen as the preferred bidder for Nigeria’s national carrier, Nigeria Air are some of the leading stories in Nigerian newspapers on Thursday.
At least nineteen members of Nigeria’s Defence and Security Forces (DSF) were killed on Tuesday in the northwestern village of Kanya.
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $127.93 a barrel on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, compared with $126.51 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The admission by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that the country’s power supply has nosedived with challenges at over 14 generation plants keeping output at record low is one of the leading stories in Nigerian newspapers on Wednesday.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled Nigerian women on Tuesday as the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, which has the theme “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow” with the hashtag #BreaktheBias.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Ebonyi State Governor in South-eastern Nigeria, Mr. Dave Umahi and his deputy, Mr. Eric Igwe, to vacate their seats as the sitting governor and deputy respectively, on grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election on March 2019 and not its candidate.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has expressed interest to participate in the acquisition of the power plants put up for sale by the Nigerian Government through the Nigeria Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs).
The price of OPEC basket of 13 crudes stood at $126.51 a barrel on Monday, March 7, 2022, compared with $113.15 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.