The National Economic Council(NEC)’s committee on review of the status and ownership of Electricity Distribution Companies(DisCos), says it will seek contributions from the general public on how to solve the challenge of electricity in Nigeria. Gov. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, who chairs the committee, briefed State House correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over…
The arraignment of former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency. The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he did not know why he was in court. “My Lord, we…
Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas has signed a deal with French energy group Total for 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year, the African producer said on Wednesday. The agreement is for 10 years, with volumes to be supplied to Total from trains 1, 2 and 3 of the Nigeria LNG plant at Bonny. The deal…
Petrohub, a stakeholder in the Nigeria’s oil and gas downstream sector is set to officially launch its innovation master plan that will help to boost sales, process of supply of petroleum products and other related activities in the petroleum value chain through the internet. According to one of the brains behind the automated initiative, Mr…
The Republic of South Sudan has invited companies to bid for a tender to conduct a full environmental audit of the country’s oilfields the government stated: “On the 9th of January, 2020, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan announced a tender for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s producing oilfields. The…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby inform the public that Maiduguri and its environs have been cut off from the National Grid since January 17, 2020, due to damages to TCN’s equipment by insurgents. TCN, stated: “The incident affected the 330kV transmission line between Maiduguri and Damaturu. Also, the Damboa – Maiduguri 132kV transmission line…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday lauded the donation of Medical Emergency Response Equipment to the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos by two oil companies. Sanwo-Olu spoke on Wednesday in Lagos at the inauguration of medical equipment donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (SNEPCo)…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced plans to acquire helicopters for fault detection across its transmission line network in the country. TCN’s Managing Director, Mr Usman Mohammed, said this on Wednesday on the sideline of the ongoing three-day International Conference on Energy, Power Systems Operations and Planning, ICEPSOP 2020, in Abuja. The theme…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) complies with the provisions of the law and Federal Government policy and regulations to include every segment of the Nigerian society in its recruitment policy. The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Mele Kyari, made this assertion Wednesday during the visit of the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully completed the installation and commissioning of another power transformer in its Asaba Transmission Substation in Delta State. The TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Mbah said that this was the first time the…