Mr Kunle Olubiyo, the President, Nigerian Consumer Protection Network, has condemned the alleged scam in the distribution of prepaid electricity meters in some parts of Abuja. Olubiyo made the condemnation in a statement issued and made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He berated a situation where customers were made to foot bills which…
The Chairman of ExxonMobil companies in Nigeria, Mr Paul McGrath, has expressed confidence and optimism in the Nigerian petroleum industry with the appointment of Malam Mele Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of NNPC. McGrath, in a statement on Friday by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesman for the corporation, said this when he visited…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will support Notore Chemical Industries Plc to fully develop its industrial complex so it could offer integrated services to oil and gas companies and increase its contributions to the agricultural and infrastructural sectors. The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote visited the company in Eleme, Rivers…
The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land released on Thursday, August 8, 2019 is a stark reminder that the world is in an ecological and climate emergency, the Climate Action Network (CAN) has said. The report – coming after the IPCC Special Report on 1.5C and the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity report…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says increasing water level of the River Niger portends a threat to the nation’s capital, given its proximity to Lokoja. Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, stated this at the 2019 Stakeholders Retreat on Flood Mitigation and Response Coordination, held on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 in…
Ibrahim Thiaw, UN Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in a reaction to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land released on Thursday, August 8, 2019, says that the world can’t head off the worst ravages of climate change without…
Ahead of the Youth Climate Action Summit in New York by September 2019, Nigeria has embarked on a youth mobilisation campaign in the bid to fish out innovation in climate change exploit. Dr Peter Tarfa of the Department of Climate Change in the Federal Ministry of Environment with some Nigerian youth representatives at the 2019…
Oil jumped more than $1 a barrel on Thursday due to expectations that falling prices may lead to production cuts, coupled with a steadying of the yuan currency after a week of turmoil spurred by an escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions. Brent crude had rebounded to $57.57, up to $1.34 or 2.4 per cent, by…
The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2019 has continued to garner supports and endorsements ahead of the Aug. 20 and 21 event in Lagos, the National Coordinator, Mr Tony Ajah said on Tuesday. According to Ajah in a statement, the latest partnership came from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); the country’s telecom regulator that has been…
… As NEITI Pledges Total Support for Corporation The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged the public to be wary of attempts to drag the corporation into politics in the guise of requests for information under the Freedom of Information law. The GMD made the call…