James Shindi is the Chief Executive of Brevity Anderson, organisers of the annual Nigeria Petroleum International Summit (NIPS). In an interview with the Head of Energy & Solid Minerals Desk, STANLEY OPARA, he speaks on the fate of the oil/gas industry in the current election year, the PIGB and NIPS. Excerpts; Giving the fact that…

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board (PEF)(M)B into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall Shame due to its refusal to be transparent and preference for secrecy in operations. The group added that this only serve to heighten questions about PEF’s continued relevance in light of its failure to achieve…

A digital solution planned by the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board (PEF), is targeting a total crackdown on major challenges in the petroleum downstream sector in Nigeria, especially in the area of supply.     The initiative, expected to be flagged off in the first quarter of this year, would provide accurate data that would enable…

The Federal Government has spent N20.9 billion to bridge the gap in the price of petrol in seven months. But this has failed to deliver a uniform...

Uncertainty is dogging in the supply of petroleum products for local consumption as some banks overseas have suspended short and medium-term credit lines to their Nigerian counterparts due to the inability of marketers...