The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office, has assured residents of the state of adequate supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, during and after the yuletide season. DPR’s Operations Controller in Osun, Mr Ademola Makinde, gave the assurance in Osogbo on Monday. Makinde said that the department would ensure…
Five West Africa Countries have topped the energy access status in the ECOWAS region with their population having access to electricity, the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) says. Mr Mahama Kappiah, Executive Director, ECREEE, disclosed this during his presentation at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament on…
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, says the Federal Government is committed to integrate ICTs into the socio-economic development in order to transform the country to a knowledge-based economy. Pantami stated this at the opening of 7th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Communications and Digital Economy in Gombe on Monday….
A group, ‘Electricity Consumer Protection Forum’ has called for the speedy passage of the bill seeking to criminalise estimated billings by Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) in the country. Its National Coordinator, Mr Adeola Samuel-Ilori, made the call in Lagos on Monday. Samuel-Ilori was reacting to a recent resolution of the Senate which urged the Federal…
Picture Caption: MD LADOL (Dr. Amy Jadesimi) and Hon. Arkebe Oqubay (Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Ethiopia) speaking at OECD Africa Forum, 29th The Managing Director of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistic Base LADOL, Dr. Amy Jadesimi has said the company is a model for new economic diversification stating, “We spent…
Ex-Niger Delta militants, who are beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, on Monday protested in Port Harcourt over the non-payment of their training allowance and funding of the training. The ex-agitators, who said they were undergoing training in electric power transformer repairs and maintenance, said Amnesty Office has failed to give them their daily allowances…
Schneider Electric in partnership with the National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) and the French Development Agency has concluded the second round of its training programme for electricians in Lagos. The second round of the training, which commenced September 3rd, rounded off on the 26th of November, 2019. Schneider Electric and NAPTIN made it a commitment…
A pipeline operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has erupted and spilled crude in Eneka community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The cause of the eruption is yet to be ascertained at this time, but eye witnesses said the eruption occured around 2:am this morning, near the Army Shooting Range in…
Gasoline cracks and high prices for competing North Sea grades kept price offers high for light, sweet Nigerian crude, though two key streams have suffered loading issues. * A slightly smaller January loading volume for North Sea benchmark grades and multi-year price highs for the likes of Forties kept offers for some light, sweet Nigerian…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged members of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN to focus more on gas development and support the government in its fight in curbing emission. Speaking at the PETAN’s 2019 Clients’ Appreciation and Industry Achievement Awards in Lagos at the…