Kachikwu Suspects Sabotage as Port-Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna Refineries Shut Down
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Port-Harcourt refinery in Rivers State which produces about 210,000 barrels of crude per day(bpd) has shut down, thus compounding the current fuel scarcity nation-wide. Group Managing More...
Treasury Single Account: CBN Imposes N4bn Fines on Skye Bank
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has imposed a N4 billion fine on Skye Bank Plc for failing to render appropriate returns on accounts of some government institutions and agencies. This More...
Anti-Graft: Nigeria to Sell, Buy Oil Directly, Cut Out Middlemen
Buhari LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY) — Nigeria will start selling and buying oil and gasoline directly to cut out middlemen and curb graft, the new managers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. announced More...
Reps to Investigate Destruction of ”Illegal” Refineries by JTF in Niger Delta
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The House of Representatives on Tuesday commenced investigation into activities of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta. NAN reports that the house is investigating More...
CBN Fines First Bank, UBA N4.8bn for not Remitting N96.4bn to TSA
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It is sanctions galore as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) fined First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and United Bank for Africa (UBA) a sum of N4.8 billion for non-compliance to the federal More...
Buhari Makes ‘U’ Turn, Renounces Appointing Himself as Petroleum Minister
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will leave the post of petroleum minister in Africa’s biggest oil producer vacant after signaling that he would take the position, More...
Full Text of President Buhari’s Independence Day Speech
President Muhammadu Buhari reading his independence speech LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians, whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because More...
100 Days: A Breakdown Of President Buhari’s Activities
Buhari LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Muhammadu Buhari has been in power for 100 days and it’s only apt to review and relive, what he’s done so far. While many opinion pieces and articles have been More...
Kachikwu Issues 90 Days Fast-Track Ultimatum For Warri Refinery to Commence Full Production
Emmanuel Ibe-Kachikwu LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)-The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC], Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has given a 90 days ultimatum to the Management of the More...
Why Buhari Dumps $182m Halliburton Bribe Scandal Report?…Conspiracy of Retired Army Generals
(l-r) Ibrahim Babangida,Olusegun Obsanjo and Muhammadu Buhari By George Elijah Otumu LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari surely meant well for the Nigerian people. His integrity, More...
Warri Refinery Shut Down?
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-All may not be well with Nigeria oil industry at the moment as information has it that Warri refinery has been shuts down. Urhobotoday learnt that the refiney was shut down because More...
Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, OPC to Sue Federal Government over Contract Payment
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Factional leaders of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun and Otunba Gani Adams, as well as other beneficiaries of the controversial Pipeline Security and Surveillance More...
10 Cases of Looting Buhari Can’t Ignore
President Muhammadu Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s treasury by public officials, More...
Nigerians Impatient for Oil Sector Anti-Graft Reforms
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of a Harvard-educated lawyer to run the state oil company demonstrates his anti-corruption resolve — but only More...
Ex-President Jonathan’s Aide Returns N1.5bn Loot to FG
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A close security aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan who was recently interrogated by security agents, had refunded to the Federal Government the sum of N1.5 billion he allegedly More...
Stakeholders in Oil and Gas Sector Hail Kachikwu Appointment as NNPC GMD
Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu LAGOS AUGUT 4TH (URHOBOTODAY) – Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector on Monday lauded Federal Government’s initiative in appointing a private sector-based knowledge to drive the Nigerian More...
President Buhari Dissolves Board of NNPC
Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate dissolution of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The decision was conveyed in a letter, dated June 26, 2015, signed by the More...
House of Reps Passes Petroleum Industry Bill
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The House, after considering an Ad hoc Committee report on 312 sections and 438 clauses, unanimously passed the bill into law. It would be recalled that the Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee More...
There is no Missing Oil Money- Allison-Madueke
Deziani Allison-Madueke Last week we brought you the first of interview of former Petroleum Minister, Deziani Allison-Madueke. In the second phase of the interview, she explained on allegation of missing oil money, More...
Buhari Likely to Take Over Control of Ministry of Petroleum, Mocks Media over Ministerial List
Buhari LAGOS JUNE 3RD (URHOBOTODAY) – President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to keep the oil portfolio for himself in the new Nigerian cabinet, rather than trust anyone else with the source of most of Nigeria’s More...
$20bn: My Govt. has Nothing to Hide, Jonathan Tells Antagonistic Buhari
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday declared that his administration had nothing to hide on the alleged missing $20 billion oil money. Jonathan made the declaration while reacting More...
Clarion Call on Jonathan, Uduaghan to Inject $500m on Reconstruction of Kokori
(Left) President Goodluck Jonathan and Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan By: Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe. LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Delta State oil producing and political town of Kokori is an integral part of the various More...
Urhobo’s Greed Scares Away Investors
By .Peter Akpokere Ikolo I was at MTN Asaba for training on Monday 16th June, 2014. Seeing the level of employment and development MTN has brought to the Asaba people, I was struck with jealousy. MTN Nigeria (Asaba) More...
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Missing $20b: Nigerian Protesters to Ambush Deziani in Austria
Deziani Allison-Maduake LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-When Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Alternate President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries More...
Reps Summons AGF, CBN, Budget Office over another Missing N59bn at NNPC
LAGOS MUACH 26TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts Tuesday summoned the Accountant General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Jonah Otunla, the Acting Governor of Central Bank More...