The Federal Government has begun clampdown on illegal gas plants and roadside retailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, an official said. Mr Bassey Nkanga, DPR’s Operations Controller, Port Harcourt Zone, disclosed on Monday on the sideline of the department’s ongoing surveillance on gas plants in Port Harcourt. Government had in…
BY Idowu Bankole Sequel to the announcement of Ministers and their portfolios in President Muhammadu Buhari’s second cabinet, Bayelsa and indeed the Ijaw nation are lucky to have two sons working together for national development: the result oriented-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipreye Sylva and the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Content Development and…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Retail, says it is partnering the Nigerian Navy to ensure effective service delivery and security of its Floating Mega Stations (FMS) across the Niger Delta region of the country. The Corporation said this in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu in Abuja on Sunday. NNPC retail…
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has debunked reports of an explosion on the Abura Crude Trunk line, operated by the Corporation. This was contained in a statement signed by NNPC spokesperson, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Saturday in Abuja. Ughamadu said Kyari faulted the reports shortly after teeing off the…
Thirteen indigenes of Niger Delta States of Bayelsa, Delta, Imo and Rivers have won the 2019 Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture scholarship for a one-year master’s degree in three top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom. The latest awards bring the total number of beneficiaries to 92 since the inception of the scheme in 2010….
A senior Iranian official said on Saturday the United States had shown flexibility on the licensing of Iranian oil sales and this was a sign that Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy against Tehran had been defeated, state media reported. French President Emmanuel Macron paved the way at a G7 summit a week ago for a potential…
AMCON Debt: Court orders takeover of SEPLAT Petroleum chairman’s assets The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) application to take over the assets of the Chairman of SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company, Ambrosie Orjiako. The court also ordered the take over of the assets of two of Mr…
… Number of total collapse hit nine in eight months The National Electricity Transmission System also known as power grid suffered a major collapse on Friday, plunging the country into blackout. The collapse, which is the ninth system failure between January and August, 2019, was confirmed on Twitter by Distribution companies (Discos) whose coverage areas…
Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), in his remarks at the official opening of the 8th edition of the Conference on Climate and Development in Africa (CCDA-VIII) on Wednesday, August 26, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, says the meeting comes at the most critical moment in the history of…
Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has called for basic infrastructure and harmonisation of enforceable regulatory framework for e-waste management and control in the country. Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, made the call at the 6th Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders Conference held at Muson Centre in Lagos. In his presentation,…
