Daniel Terungwa Zamfara state Commissioner of Environment, Mining and Solid Minerals Development Dr. Nuruddeen Isah, has said that the state government is buying off gold from artisanal miners to stop the commodity’s exchange for arms by foreigners. Dr. Nuruddeen Isah who made this known on wednesday said the state government never in any way claimed…
PHOTO NEWS 1. The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (left), and the Chief Executive Officer, Lekki Port, Du Ruogang during the courtesy visit to commiserate and sympathy with the Authority on the damage inflicted on NPA Headquarters by unknown persons. 2. The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman…
Daniel Terungwa The African Development Bank and the Government of Uganda have signed a $500,000 grant agreement for financing of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to boost business linkages on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Technical Assistance project. The overall objective of the project is to help develop capacity of local Uganda MSMEs…
By Mordi chukwunonso Esther The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has bagged a special recognition award at the Nigerian Society of Engineers’, NSE, fellowship award ceremony and seven of its staff, including the Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Engr. Adokiye Tombomieye, conferred with the prestigious Fellowship award. In a press release by the Group General Manager, Grouo Public…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it shut down 85 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants in Lagos from January to October, for operating illegally.According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, Mr. Ayorinde Cardoso, made this known while speaking with journalists during a public sensitisation exercise on safe usage…
The Lagos State Govt has lauded Techno Oil Ltd. for building a landmark 8,400-ton capacity LPG Coastal Terminal at Kirikiri in Apapa, Lagos.Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation on Wednesday in Lagos in a message read on his behalf at the commissioning of the LPG Terminal by the state’s Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olalere…
By Ikenna OmejeThe Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said that reducing crude oil production cost in the country to $10 is possible. The production cost in Nigeria is among the highest in the world. It currently hovers around double digits, with International Oil Companies (IOC) spending between…
By Ikenna Omeje In its move to map the entire electricity sector network, the Federal Government says it has mapped 22 states, 3,000 settlements, towns, villages and identified over 2.6 million homes in the country. Acting Director, Renewables and Rural Power Access, Ministry of Power, Farouk Yusuf Yabo, disclosed this on the margins of the…
By Ikenna Omeje The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said that host communities will benefit the most from the boom that will follow the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), as well as the deregulation of the downstream petroleum and electricity sectors. He stated this while speaking in Owerri, Imo…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said it will re-conductor the entire Sokoto transmission line, in order to increase bulk power supply to distribution centres in Sokoto. A statement signed by the General Manager, Public Affairs of the company, Ndidi Mbah, stated that the Sokoto – Birnin Kebbi 132kV Single Circuit Transmission Line with…