The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the suspension of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) ongoing job recruitment pending determination of a suit filed by one Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi. Olajengbesi, a public interest lawyer, had commenced the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of all potential applicants to set aside the recruitment by the…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) have stepped up inter-agency collaboration to ensure safety of oil assets in the country. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Samson Makoji, the Acting spokesman for the corporation, in…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had a closed-door meeting with governors of the nine oil producing states. The nine oil producing states are Rivers, Baylesa, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo, Abia, Imo and Ondo. Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, who spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting, said…
….. To hold stakeholders’ Annual General Meeting on Oct. 24 To reduced frequent petroleum trucks accident on Nigeria road, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has scheduled a stakeholders forum in ensuring a effective collaboration with all stakeholders towards safe petroleum products transportation system across the country and to also proffer solutions to frequent truck…
To ensure Nigeria fulfils its commitment to climate change agenda, and also increase access to clean energy by its citizens, the United Kingdom and other stakeholders in the sustainable energy industry have advocated improved energy mix with less focus on fossil fuel. Besides, the Federal Government noted that although it recorded reduction in gas flaring…
The Nigerian Association Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has lauded the Federal Government’s efforts on oil discovery in Gongola basin, saying it was significant to oil and gas industry for national development. Mr Ajibola Oyebamiji, the NAPE President gave the commendations at a news conference in Lagos on the association’s forthcoming 37th Annual International Conference & Exhibition conference….
In ensuring sound health system to its teeming customers and Nigerians in general, the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) Plc has partnered with Arrive Alive and Labakcare organisation on“Stay Alive’’ free healthcare check service for residents of Surulere community. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications who represented the company in Lagos on…
The executive secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Simbi Wabote, has expressed commitment of the Board to exponentially increase women participation in the oil and gas industry. Wabote in his remarks at the maiden edition of Women in Oil and Gas Industry Workshop with the theme, “Mainstreaming Women In The Oil And…
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, tracking gains in equities, as investors pinned hopes on a potential Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union and on signals from OPEC and its allies that further supply curbs could be possible. But gains were limited due to lingering concerns of a global economic slowdown. Global benchmark Brent…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 30 filling stations and two gas plants in Anambra in the last five months, an official has said. Mr Ignatius Anyanwu, Controller of Operations of DPR in Anambra, disclosed this to newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. Anyanwu said the agency visited 293 retail outlets during its surveillance…