Car theft: Nigerian Police Begins Stop, Search Operation

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Police Command in the Nigerian Federal Capital city, Abuja, FCT has concluded plans to embark on rigorous stop-and-search operation to check rising cases of car theft in the territory. The command’s spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. “The command is going to embark on vigorous stop-and-search operation…

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Revealed: Why Nigerian Apapa-Wharf Road Repair Slows Down

…As FG Asks Importers to Relocate to other Nigerian Ports [dropcap]S[/dropcap]low pace of Lagos Apapa-Wharf Road reconstruction has been attributed to underground gas pipelines and lack of funding. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman disclosed this to newsmen during an inspection tour of the road on Tuesday. Usman, who…

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Nigeria Unlikely To Cut Fuel Sulphur Level Anytime Soon

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]igeria’s efforts to cut sulphur levels in its fuel imports are unlikely to succeed this year, the head of a major Nigerian downstream company told the Platts refining conference in Brussels. The government has delayed its target to slash allowed sulphur on imports to 50 parts per million (ppm) for diesel and 150 ppm for…

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Again, OPEC Exempts Nigeria from Oil Production Cut

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Non-OPEC countries have approved Nigeria’s exemption from oil production cuts. A statement by the Director, Press Relations, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr Idang Alibi, said the endorsement was given by at a meeting of OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee on Friday in Vienna. Nigeria was first granted…

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