Days before a nationwide protest over bad governance and a high cost of living, the federal government is offering its young people jobs in the state-oil company and billions of naira worth of grants among other incentives to discourage the action. Nigerian activists have been looking to emulate youth-led protests elsewhere in Africa which have rocked the government in Kenya and prompted a tough security response in Uganda. Nigeria's state oil firm, which seven years ago warned job seekers against falling prey to fraudulent messages about job placements in the company, published on Friday nationwide job vacancies in a post…

The Federal Government has tightened security across all the nations borders ahead of the planned nationwide protests scheduled for August 1. Kemi Nandap, Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS) said this in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Kenneth Udo, on Saturday in Abuja. Nandap directed all Zonal Heads, State Command Comptrollers and Divisional Immigration Officers (DIOS) of the Service across the country to be extra vigilant. She said officers and men of the service should intensify surveillance in view of the planned protest by some groups. She also said that the directive was to ensure…

The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, has disclosed that the country’s average daily production was 1.61 million barrels per day as of July 23. Komolafe revealed that at the House of Representatives Special Committee’s two-day public/investigative hearing on oil theft/losses. “As of July 23, 2024, Nigeria’s average daily production stands at 1.61mbpd,” he disclosed. This is coming barely two weeks after the commission announced that the average daily oil production for June was 1.25mbpd. According to Komolafe, Nigeria had continued to dominate as Africa’s largest producer of crude oil, boasting proven reserves of 37.50…

Nigeria’s petroleum products import from Malta increased by 342 percent in 2023 to $2.08 billion amid an allegation by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote that officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited own blending plants in Malta. Statisense disclosed this in data released through its X account outlining Nigeria’s petroleum imports in the last 10 years from 2013- 2023. The data synchronized with that of Trade Map, a global database on International trade. Further analysis of the data showed that from 2013-2016, Nigeria’s imports from the South European island of Malta were $237.81 million. However, from 2017-2022,…