Adeyinka Salami

• NMDPRA: Infrastructure, capital, data critical to price benchmark •Lokpobiri: Deregulation has unlocked investment in Nigeria’s downstream • Eyesan says rising refining capacity, oil output good for market integration •Verheijen: Why refining capacity alone can’t guarantee energy security Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja West African petroleum regulators Tuesday intensified efforts to establish an integrated regional refined petroleum products market capable of supporting credible pricing benchmarks...

• Says Oyinlola against his re-election out of jealousy, declares Friday work-free •Osun is a test, don’t turn election into war, Atiku warns INEC, Tinubu • Senate Leader: voters, not federal might, will decide winner, urges peaceful poll •Those inciting violence will end up in prison at The Hague, Olawepo-Hashim forewarns •Accord appeals to EU to intervene in Osun poll over rising tension as ADC warns against planned arrest of Aregbesola Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode, Adedayo Akinwale,...

• Iran rejects claim, says waterway remains blocked until conditions are met •Only eight vessels transited on Tuesday, down from 130 daily before war • Six killed as Houthis strike ship in Bab el- Mandeb strait Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja US President Donald Trump yesterday claimed that the United States has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, as shipping traffic through the strategic waterway fell to its lowest level in a week amid the continuing war with Iran.