OPEC Reveals Real Reason Behind High Fuel Prices In Nigeria
September 19, 2024 Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Secretary General, Haitham Al Ghais, has revealed that the real reasons behind high fuel prices lie elsewhere primarily in taxes imposed…
IEA again raises oil demand outlook but still lags OPEC
March 14, 2024 The International Energy Agency raised its view for oil demand growth by 110,000 barrels per day (bpd) from its previous month’s forecast as Houthi attacks disrupt Red…
Mathematics, reading skills in unprecedented decline in teenagers
December 5, 2023 Teenagers’ mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries and COVID school closures are only partly to be blamed, the OECD said…
COP28: 117 countries agree to triple renewable energy to push out fossil fuels
December 2, 2023 Some 117 governments pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by 2030 at the U.N.’s COP28 climate summit on Saturday, as a route to cut the…
Non-OPEC oil supply to expand by 1.5mb/d in 2023 – OPEC
Aug. 11, 2023 The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says, its Non-OPEC oil supply is expected to expand by 1.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2023. This…
Caught between riots and debt crises, African countries cut fuel subsidies
July 4, 2023 Abdoulaye Diallo is paying over 50% more to fill up his “thiak-thiak” motorbike taxi in Keur Mbaye Fall, a suburb of Senegal’s capital Dakar, than he was…
African governments should explore natural capital to finance SDGs – AfDB
April 25, 2023 Africa must use all its comparative advantages to mobilise the resources it needs to finance its sustainable development ambitions. The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group made the…
Nearly 2.4 Billion Women Globally Don’t Have Same Economic Rights as Men
March 1, 2022 Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to…
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP HELPED NIGERIA TACKLE COVID-19 PANDEMIC – OSINBAJO
Nov. 13, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria was able to effectively tackle the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying a responsive and effective public health framework, at a…
Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short
Oct 19, 2021 African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100-billion annual target to help the developing world tackle…