News Niger Finance: Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began
A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last year’s coup that toppled the West African nation’s democratic government. The 1,930-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline runs from Niger’s Chinese-built Agadem oil field to the port of Cotonou in Benin. It was designed to help the oil-rich but landlocked Niger achieve an almost fivefold increase in oil production through a $400 million deal signed in April with China’s state-run national petroleum company.
News Niger Finance: Niger Finance Minister Rebuffs Pressure To Drop Oil Drive
Chinese and Nigerien workers are building a huge pipeline that will take crude oil from Niger to a port in Benin AFP Niger's finance minister says lack of support from rich countries makes it ...
News Niger Finance: Niger State Unveils Landmark Climate Change Policy and Action Plan
…. Inaugurates Implementation Committee and Sets Up Climate and Development Investment Platform NIGER State Government has demonstrated leadership in the launch of its landmark Climate Change Policy and Action Plan, and inaugurated the Climate Change Policy Implementation Committee (CCPIC). The event also marks the operationalisation of the Niger State Climate Development and Investment Platform (CDIP),
News Niger Finance: Niger, UN bicker over Rwandan ex-genocide detainees
While Rwanda formally complained about the UN deal with Niger, officials have not indicated whether the government is engaged with either on the matter.
News Niger Finance: EPC contract on offer - Heirs Oil & Gas moves fast to invest in Niger Delta block
Heirs O&G bought stakes in the oil block from Shell, TotalEnergies and Eni to leave it in control of the asset where it is partnered by state-owned Nigerian National Petr ...
News Niger Finance: Niger Delta Group Urges Buhari to End Ongoing Illegality in NDDC
Civil Society group, Niger Delta United Congress (NDUC), has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the ongoing illegality of sole administrator contraption at Niger Delta Development ...
