The Russian Federation has expressed its readiness to partner with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the development of Nigeria’s Upstream, gas and power sectors. The corporation’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Samson Makoji, said this was made known by the Russian Federation Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin, during a working…
The Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia and three key Ghana universities are collaborating to help the Ghanaian upcoming engineers, physicists, doctors and researchers to receive world-class masters and postgraduate education in nuclear subjects in Russia. Mr Valery Karezin, Director of Educational Projects and the Human Resources Service at the State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM),…
Four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have protested Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC)’s decision to remove residents of South-East from pre-paid meters and return them to estimated billing system. The CSO groups are Vibrant Youths Foundation, Heroine Women Foundation, Parent-Child Intervention Centre and Daniel Ukwu Leadership Foundation, which marched through Okpara Avenue, Ridge and Enugu-Abakaliki Roads…
The broad goal of the National Broadband Penetration (NBP) Committee is to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 in Nigeria. Analysts in the telecommunications industry made this known in Lagos on Friday. According to the analysts, a number of countries with lower Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and per Capital Income have achieved greater…
Public Notice The Nigeria LPG Association (NLPGA) is the umbrella body for all stakeholders in the LPG industry in Nigeria. Our attention has been brought to the unfortunate accident of January 4, 2020 , at Sabon Tashi, Kaduna, Kaduna State and to several communiqués, as well as pronouncements from the Federal Government, State…
LEKOIL, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, on behalf of Optimum Petroleum Development Company, the Operator of the OPL 310 License, and LEKOIL Nigeria Limited, a member of the LEKOIL Limited group, has announced that the site survey on OPL 310 has commenced. Following on…
Thank you to our hosts for their gracious hospitality and to Minister Carolina Schmidt for valiantly managing the Presidency of COP 25. I grew up in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. There, even today, keeping the lights on in our houses, insulating our homes or accessing clean water ̶ amenities taken for granted by many countries…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Thursday called on the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited to respect the demands of its Nigerian workers. Mr Ndukaku Ohaeri, PENGASSAN’s President, said in Lagos that it was important for the management to “respectfully reconsider the protesting workers’ demands”. Ohaeri said: “Nigeria is a…
The Kaduna Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) says it has sealed 87 illegal roadside gas refilling outlets in the state, following the gas explosion that left five dead. Jibrin Lawal, General Manager of the agency, disclosed this on Thursday while evacuating debris at the site of the gas explosion which occurred on Saturday in Sabon Tasha…
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu has condemned the proposed move by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to increase electricity tariff. Elumelu who said this in a statement on Thursday, urged NERC to “end all contemplations in that direction”. He maintained that increase in electricity tariff would further aggravate…