Nigerian unions ended a day-old strike against the split of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) after a minister promised there would be no job cuts.
Nigeria's government is breaking up a protracted all-encompassing 2012 Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to overhaul the state sector, by closing loopholes that breed corruption.
Nigeria's state oil company said on Monday that ExxonMobil has until Thursday to express its interest in three large oil-drilling licences that the U.S. energy firm says it has already been granted.