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Oil prices drop to $76 per barrel

  MONDAY, 19 JULY 2010    Oil prices sank on Friday at the end of a volatile week which saw dealers trying to get a fix on the energy demand outlook amid mixed data.New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in August, fell 61 cents on Friday to […]

Inter-bank rates fall on budget inflow

  MONDAY, 19 JULY 2010 01:11           Inter-bank lending rates retreated to 1.41 percent on average last week from 8.25 percent penultimate week following a large injection of funds from government allocations to public sector agencies, traders said weekend. N413.28 billion ($2.8 billion) was distributed from the federation accounts to […]

Total acquires Chevron’s 45.9 per cent interest in JDZ

  MONDAY, 19 JULY 2010 BY ROSELINE OKERE    TOTAL has acquired Chevron’s 45.9 per cent interest in block ‘one’ in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ).The Nigeria – São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Authority is an organisation established by treaty that regulates the two countries’ Joint Development Zone in […]