The Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) has asked ExxonMobil to as a matter of urgency clean up the Niger Delta and rid it of ”environmental hazards caused by oil spill occurring from the company’s actvities”. Mr Inyang Ekong, the Niger Delta Coordinator of the Association, made the allegation in an interview in Eket, Akwa…
Mr Ahmad Shakur, the acting Director of Petroleum Resources, (DPR) has promised to drive the deepening of private refinery initiative in Nigeria by providing the necessary regulatory oversight collaboration with prospective investors. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs of the agency said this in a statement in Lagos on Friday. Osu said that Shakur stated…
Prof. Berth Nnaji, the Chairman, Geometric Power Company, Aba, says the payment of the $26 million to Enugu DisCo will be completed in September. Nnaji disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of a meeting of the Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ACCIMA) in Aba. The payment…
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says Police have arrested and tried two men who specialised in stealing and selling of the company’s cables in Ilasan Community, Lekki, Lagos. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications Unit of EKEDC, made this known in Lagos. Idemudia said that one of the suspects was…
Lagos — Nigeria will increase importation of petrol from China as the Asian country ramp up petrol exports in July and August to near record levels. The main destinations for the Chinese export are Nigeria and Mexico. Nigeria began import from the Asian country with 51,000 metric tons in January this year. PetroChina has been granted an…
Lagos — The new group managing director of the Nigerian Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari is seeking the co-operation of oil exploration and producing companies for a downward review of the cost structure of crude oil production in the country. Speaking when the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, led by its Managing…
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…