The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) says 60 of its engineers on Tuesday departed Nigeria for China for four months training on manufacturing of transformers in Nigeria. A statement issued by NASENI Deputy Director (Information), Mr Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, said the training was targeted at establishing a fully indigenous transformer plant to be…
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says it will soon start a certification process for workers in the company so as to improve their performance and productivity. The Chief Operating Officer of the company, Mr John Ayodele, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Ayodele said that the move would also ensure…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday said it had sealed no fewer than 55 petrol stations in Port-Harcourt and environs in the last six weeks for various offences. Mr Bassey Nkanga, Operations Controller, DPR, Port Harcourt Zone, disclosed this to newsmen as the department continued with its three-day inspection and surveillance of petroleum…
Available data on oil spills from National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), showed that at least 1,000 incidents occur every year in Bayelsa. Though the cumulative volume of oil leakage into the environment in Bayelsa cannot be easily ascertained; Shell Petroleum Development Company figures available can provide some insight. SPDC in its 2019…
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello says high cost of shipping has an adverse effect on the economy of Nigeria and other African countries. Bello said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the meeting of members of Union of African Shippers Council (UASC) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says the report of Distribution Companies (Discos) on compliance with the Aug. 31 deadline to meter Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) will determine the next line of action. Dr Usman Abba-Arabi, General Manager, Public Affairs, NERC, spoke on telephone on Wednesday, three days to the expiration of the deadline….
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump predicted a trade deal with China following positive comments by Beijing, calming concerns raised by an earlier round of tit-for-tat tariff hikes. Brent crude LCOc1 was up 39 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $59.09 a barrel by 1220 GMT, after falling one per cent…
Nigeria Agip Oil Company(NAOC), an affiliate of Italian oil giant, Eni, says it has discovered a significant quantity of gas and condensate in the Obiafu-Obrikom fields in Oil Mining Lease, (OML) 61, onshore Niger Delta. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the company said the gas and condensates were discovered in the deeper sequences…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has launched a device, Digital Seraphin Can, to help ensure accuracy in dispensing of petroleum products across the country. Mr Sadiu Abubakar, the DPR Head of Public Affairs, Abuja, who led some journalists on monitoring of some sealed filling station in Abuja on Tuesday, said the device was one…
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says it has partnered with the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) toward reviving its moribund transformer repairs and testing workshop in Ijora Olopa area of Lagos State. Mr Chidi Izuwah, ICRC Director-General, who made this known during a facility tour to the workshop on Tuesday, said it would…
