The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari says the corporation is not in contest for market share with the forthcoming Dangote Refinery. Kyari disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Ndu Ughamadu the spokesman for the Corporation, in Abuja, on Wednesday. He said that NNPC focus…
THE Nigeria LNG Limited, NLNG, Rivers State Government and Grand Bonny Kingdomn yesterday inaugurated the Governing Board of the Bonny Community Health Insurance Programme, kicking off a scheme to ease financing and access to quality healthcare in Bonny Kingdom. The inauguration, which took place at the Rivers State Government Secretariat, is coming after the signing…
Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Dambatta, says the N500 million NCC Special Social Intervention Fund is yet to be accessed by public schools in the country. Dambatta said this on Tuesday in Kano at the opening of a 2-day Kano Social Influencers’ Summit organised by the Centre of Information Technology and…
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Tuesday inaugurated the remodelled and upgraded Kolo General Hospital as part of the activities lined up to commemorate the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Oloibiri, Bayelsa. Speaking at the event, Mr Osagie Okunbor, the Managing Director of SPDC said that Oloibiri occupied a pride of place in…
The Warri Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sanctioned 11 petrol stations and two gas plants in Delta in two separate operations. The erring petrol and gas stations were sealed in Warri and Asaba in the last one week. Mr Nicholas Ogbe, Manager, Downstream of the DPR, said Warri on Tuesday…
No fewer than 35 per cent of filling stations in Port Harcourt willingly adjusted their meters with intent to cheat unsuspecting customers, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said. Mr Bassey Nkanga, Operations Controller, DPR, Port Harcourt Zone, made the disclosure at a meeting with petroleum marketers in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Stakeholders at the…
The management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (lBEDC) says it will start effective metering on Aug. 1 under the Meter Assess Providers (MAPs) scheme to consumers within its franchise areas. Its Chief Operating Officer, Mr John Ayodele, made this known at the IBEDC Town Hall meeting in Ibadan to sensitisation customers on the need for…
Beneficiaries of the stand-alone solar power in Upare and Igbobini communities in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State are to pay N200 to N500 monthly billing per household. The decision was reached on Monday at stakeholders’ meetings held in each of the communities with officials of Office of Public Utilities (OPU) and the power…
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has denied allegations that it was marginalising a segment of marketers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also called cooking gas. Mrs Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, Head, Media Relations of Nigeria LNG Ltd., said the company had been supporting the domestic LPG (DLPG) market since 2007. Palmer-Ikuku’s reaction is coming on the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it will maintain current efforts to revamp Nigeria’s downstream oil and gas infrastructure and ensure there is at least 90 per cent pipeline availability. It also said it would keep up its automation of processes in product distribution system, and growth in retail market share to 30…
