A 150 MVA transformer and cables were, on Wednesday, gutted by fire at the Ayede sub-station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Ibadan. Eye witnesses told TBI Africa that the fire started at about 6:15 am., with distress calls made to fire fighters at around 7:20 am. The fire fighters from the Oyo…
Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations have attributed their inability to generate 2,712.5 megawatts of electricity on Tuesday to unavailability of gas. The companies disclosed this in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, Office of the Vice President in Abuja on Wednesday . The report also noted that 195.6 megawatts…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it is working assiduously to restore electricity through power transformer, in Ayede Substation in Oyo State, that caught fire in early hours of Wednesday. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. She said that the company’s 150 Mega Volt…
Two months to the end of the six months’ deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for telecom operators to put the infrastructure in place to enable them to obtain full licence to operate as Payment Service Banks (PSBs), the telcos have intensified efforts to meet up with the demand of the apex…
The forth-coming Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) will put the Governors of oil bearing states in Nigeria on the spot during the Governors Forum segment to match the opportunities as oil bearing state and interrogate their various roadmaps on what should be and where they are headed to. The session, another landmark feature of…
… As Dakuku says 80% of Deep Blue Assets Ready by June*** Almost all the communication gadgets for tackling piracy on Nigerian waters are now in the country as well as the Personal Protective Gear (PPG), the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi indicated on Monday. The Minister stated this at a news briefing in Eko…
The OML 42 Joint Host Communities forum, hosting NECONDE, NPDC, AMT. Joint Venture Oil Fields Operation, have demanded for the immediate payment of 2017 to 2020 high profile and other debts owed them by NECONDE and NPDC, in order to avert looming crisis. The call was made Sunday February 2, by the host communities’ leaders,…
Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have lent their voices in support of the calls for the sacking of service chiefs amidst rising insecurity in the country. The senior oil workers’ union said in a statement on Monday that the service chiefs had overstayed their…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) in Lagos on Monday picketed the office of General Electric (GE) over non settlement of benefits of its ex-staff, four years after they were relived of their duties. The union, in solidarity with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), blocked the…
**** Distinguished achievement awards event to honor industry’s best as well as raise funds for a worthy cause. Plans for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) are well underway, and conference leadership is kicking off its activities with exciting news. The OTC Executive Advisory Board has selected United Against Human Trafficking (UAHT) as the 2020 beneficiary…