Sylva, Amaechi, Omo-Agege, others to gather for PIB confab
Stakeholders in the Niger-Delta region will gather on March 10 at one-day virtual colloquium to proffer solutions to some of the hitches responsible for the […]
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FG To Begin Oil Production In Northeast – Petroleum Minister, Timipre Sylva
The Federal government has revealed plans to begin oil exploration in the northeast. Speaking during a recent interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight in Abuja, which […]
Oil nears $56, FG may reintroduce fuel subsidy
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 […]
‘Explain how petroleum ministry spent N116m on pens, others’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, to probe how N116 […]
Gas conversion: FG makes U-turn, says vehicle owners to pay N250,000
The Federal Government says car owners will pay up to N250,000 to have their vehicles converted to run on gas. Justice Derefaka, Technical Adviser on […]
Nigeria Set To Resume Fuel Imports From Niger Republic
Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria, will resume the importation of petroleum products from Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday in a […]
COVID-19 vaccine discovery, remote cause of petrol price increase – Sylva
The recent upwards increase in petrol pump price, from N158 to N168, has been attributed to the announcement of a possibility of having a vaccine […]
How we reached agreement for Labour to suspend planned strike – Petroleum Minister
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva on Tuesday explained how the Federal Government resolved with the organised Labour to shelve their planned industrial […]
Fed Govt shifts ground in bid to stop Labour strike
The Federal Government on Sunday night granted concession to Labour to avert the strike in protest against hike in petrol price and electricity tariffs. An […]
Dangote refinery will sell petrol at international price, says FG
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said when Dangote Refinery kicks off next year, it may not significantly reduce the […]
Subsidy Removal: Nigeria to earn over a trillion naira annually – Sylva
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Thursday said the country will be conserving over a trillion naira annually with the removal […]
FG no longer fixing petrol price – Sylva
By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja – The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has reiterated that the federal government is no longer fixing […]
APC Crisis: Governor Buni Reconciles Rotimi Amaechi And Timipre Sylva
The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Monday, reconciled the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Minister of […]
FG targets creation of 12m jobs with national gas expansion programme
By Solomon Asowata Lagos -Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) will create […]
Updated: Petrol price to sell at N125 tomorrow
BY Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says that the new N125 pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also […]
Breaking: FG Slashes Petrol Price To N130
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reduction in pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) from N145 per liter to about N130. Our correspondent gathered […]
Sylva calls for calm in Bayelsa
By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja – The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, chief Timipre Sylva, has urged the people of Bayelsa to Shun all act […]
Dilemma in Bayelsa over birth of Siamese twins
Bayelsa State health sector has been thrown into dilemma following the birth of Siamese Twins to the family of Raphael Ayebaenaemi by his 24-year-old wife, […]
Bayelsa guber: How Sylva Deflated Dickson •10 reasons why APC won
By Hamilton Nwosa On the eve of the Bayelsa State tension-soaked governorship election on Saturday, November 16, 2019, a keen political observer had symbolically commented […]