Daniel Terungwa THE Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has threatened to withhold the balance of the contract fees of the Deep Blue Project if all the terms of the project were not met. Amaechi while speaking during an inspection tour of the equipment for the project in Lagos, warned the contractors that if the…
By Ikenna Omeje Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; the President of Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), Audrey Joe-Ezigbo; the Group Managing Director of Technoil, Nkechi Obi , are set to speak at the Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (NLPGA) 10th International LPG Conference themed; “LPG: Pivoting Economic Recovery for Households and Industries in Nigeria and Africa”….
By Ikenna Omeje The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmed Zakari, has said the Federal Government will sanction any official of electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) who sell prepaid meters to customers. Zakari who stated this on Wednesday while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting, said the prepaid meters are meant to be provided to…
By Mordi chukwunonso Esther A fuel tanker caught fire at the Magboro section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accident which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, caused gridlock at Magboro, outward Lagos-Ibadan Expressway It was learnt that the fuel being conveyed by the tanker had spilled to the other side of the expressway – leading…
By Mordi chukwunonso Esther The Dodo River Communities Development Association in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has said that it received N93.9million from Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL in 2019, slightly higher than the N82.56 million it got in 2018.The association, which manages the Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, funds from Chevron on corporate…
by Mordi Chukwunonso Esther Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Engineer Sarki Auwalu, disclosed that it has identified petrol stations across the country with capacity to install autogas dispensing facilities, adding that henceforth, the licences of those stations would only be renewed if they install the necessary facilities to dispense the commodity. Auwalu,Speaking…
By Mordi chukwunonso Esther It has been learnt that Massive oil spill has occurred in Bayelsa State polluting creeks and communities. The spill which occurred on Sunday from facility suspected to belong to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), happened between Ogboinbiri and Keme-ebiama communities in Southern Miss Local Government Area of the state. The…
By Mordi chukwunonso Esther The National Assembly has fulfilled its promise to regulate the social welfare and intervention programmes of the Federal Government under the Muhammadu Buhari regime. A bill seeking the regulation is already slated for second reading at the House of Representatives. The proposal is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Establish…
By Ikenna Omeje The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman has commissioned a newly installed 150MVA 132/33kV power transformer at Kumbotso Transmission Substation in Kano State. According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mamman made this known while performing the official commissioning of the transformer. He maintained that the 150MVA power transformer would enhance…
By Ikenna Omeje The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC), the power distribution company in-charge of the southeast geopolitical zone, has cationed its customers as well as the general public against indiscriminate bush burning to avoid fire outbreak as the harmattan season beckons. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, stated this in a statement….