Nigeria’s oil revenue recorded further shock with Brent Crude, the international benchmark, falling below $90 per barrel for the first in seven months, yesterday. Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the government was projecting a total revenue of N8.46 trillion in 2023 out of which N1.9 trillion is expected from oil-related sources … [Read more…]
It is mixed blessing for the Nigerian economy as prices of crude oil further soared on Tuesday, 24 hours after the leaders of the European Union (EU) countries reached an agreement to ban 90 per cent of Russian energy imports by the end of the year. The 27-nation organisation has spent weeks haggling over a … [Read more…]
The sustained increase in global crude oil prices has pushed up the landing cost of imported petrol closer to the current pump prices of the product in Nigeria, and appears to have triggered a return to petrol subsidy era, ’FEMI ASU reports Since November 13, 2020 when the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit … [Read more…]