Mr Olalere Odusote, Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, on Friday said the state had not received any derivation fund since it became an oil producing state in 2018. Odusote said this during question and answer segment at the 2020 Badagry Youth Oil and Gas Conference, organised by the ministry. The theme of…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Adamawa, has cautioned operators of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants and retailers against sale of expired cylinders to check explosion. DPR Operations Controller, Adamawa Field Office, Mr Sadiq Danjuma, gave the warning at a meeting with operators and stakeholders in LPG business on Thursday in Yola. Danjuma disclosed…
A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF) has asked an Ikeja High Court to restrain Ikeja Electric (IE) and Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) from disconnecting their customers without disconnection notice. The group asked the court for an Order of Perpetual Injunction against the electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in a suit filed on…
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,…