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Nigeria records N948.07bn VAT in Q3 2023 – NBS

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the aggregate Value Added Tax (VAT) stood at N948.07 billion in Q3 2023. This is according to the VAT Q3 2023 Report released in Abuja on Monday. The report shows a growth rate of 21.34 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from N781.35 billion in Q2 2023. […]

Multichoice raises Dstv, Gotv prices in Nigeria

  Days after disclosing a $72 million deficit in its third-quarter financial report, the broadcasting business Multichoice increased the cost of its products in Nigeria. A 20% increase in the company’s packages overall was discovered through an examination of the new price list. The DStv Premium bundle had a 20.4 percent price increase, going from […]

Shell Eyes $6bn In Nigeria Offshore, Gas Investments

  Oil giant Shell sees $6 billion in investment opportunities in Nigeria, especially in offshore, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, the country’s presidency said in a statement on Friday. Nigeria, the continent’s top economy and major oil producer, is seeking to attract more foreign investment since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to office […]

NNPC unnerves oil traders with sudden pricing change

  Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is to alter how its crude cargoes are priced from next month; a step that traders said may make handling the nation’s barrels more risky. According to a company circular seen by Bloomberg News, NNPC will start pricing its supplies against the monthly average of Dated Brent, the physical-crude […]

US firm Baker Hughes to invest in Nigerian refineries

  The federal government says Baker Hughes, a global oilfield services company, has announced its willingness to invest in Nigerian refineries. Lorenzo Simonelli, the chairman and president of Baker Hughes, made this known during an engagement with Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources (oil), on the sidelines of 28th United Nations Climate Change […]

Report: Nigeria unlikely to meet oil production quota in 2024

  Nigeria, a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and its allies, known as OPEC+, is unlikely to reach its oil production target in 2024 after years of declining output, Reuters is reporting. Reuters quoted figures from two of three consultancy firms — IHS, Rystad Energy, and Wood Mackenzie — which the oil […]