Author: majorwavesen

OIL AND GAS

NIPS 2020 kick-starts the decade with furthering energy integration for Africa’s renaissance
Bymajorwavesen January 13, 2020

The upcoming 2020 edition of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) will focus on furthering Africa’s energy integration for the continent’s much needed renaissance and shared prosperity in the unfolding decade. The African Petroleum Technology & Business Conference with the theme “Widening the Integration Circle: Technology, Knowledge, Sustainability and Partnership” scheduled for February 9th to…

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POWER

Energy expert advocates incentives for players in power sector
Bymajorwavesen January 13, 2020

An Energy Expert, Mr AbdulHafis Sadiq, has advocated for incentives from government to encourage various players in the power sector to enhance desirable results. Sadiq made the call while speaking after his presentation at the 61st session of Greeners Hub B2B Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. According to him, in most developed countries, incentives are…

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POWER

So energy enhances access to petroleum products in Ghana
Bymajorwavesen January 13, 2020

So Energy Ghana, an affiliate of Sahara Group, has commissioned a retail station located at Alajo, in the center of the city of Accra to promote seamless access to world-class petroleum products in Ghana. The station bears the characteristic modern So Energy design which has become a brand associated with reliability, efficiency, convenience and safety…

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Sustainable Development Goals

Seplat puts smiles on faces of Imo flood victims
Bymajorwavesen January 13, 2020

…donates relief materials worth millions Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading indigenous independent oil and gas company, has again demonstrated a commendable gesture in fulfilling its corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by bringing smiles to those impacted by the recent floods in some parts of Imo State. The company donated a truck load of relief…

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NEWS

So Energy enhances access to Petroleum Products in Ghana
Bymajorwavesen January 13, 2020

So Energy Ghana, an affiliate of Sahara Group, has commissioned a retail station located at Alajo, in the center of the city of Accra to promote seamless access to world-class petroleum products in Ghana. The station bears the characteristic modern So Energy design which has become a brand associated with reliability, efficiency, convenience and safety…

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OIL AND GAS

NCDMB trains 1000 Secondary School Teachers
Bymajorwavesen January 12, 2020

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has trained over 1000 science teachers in secondary schools across the country as part of its Teachers Development Training Programme, the Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote said on Saturday. He spoke on at the closing ceremony of the 2nd phase of the training programme in Kastina State,…

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OIL AND GAS

Russia to partner NNPC in upstream, gas, power sector development
Bymajorwavesen January 12, 2020

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…

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RENEWABLES

Russia, Ghana launch cooperation in nuclear education
Bymajorwavesen January 12, 2020

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),…

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POWER

CSOs protest EEDC withdrawal of pre-paid meters in S/East
Bymajorwavesen January 12, 2020

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…

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ICT - Information Communications Technology

70% broadband penetration possible in Nigeria by 2025 – Experts
Bymajorwavesen January 12, 2020

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…

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