Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has urged oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region to relocate their headquarters to the region. Mr Yomi Odunuga, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in astatement on Saturday in Abuja, said that Omo-Agege made the call in his home–Orogun — in Ughelli North Local Government…
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo on Friday inaugurated a 2.8megawatt decentralised solar hybrid power-plant at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi. Osibanjo, who performed the ceremony in the company of Gov. David Umahi and other top government officials, said that the inauguration fulfilled another next level road-map agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari…
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), on Friday called for calm over protest by groups demanding participation in ongoing Ogoniland clean-up. HYPREP’s Project Coordinator, Dr Marvin Dekil made the call in Port Harcourt at a meeting with members of the National Association of Persons with Disability in Ogoni. The group had at the meeting urged…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the existing trending fake Linkedin profile of its Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Mr Roland Ewubare, presenting him as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Corporation is fake. The NNPC, in a statement by its spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu on Staurday in Abuja, alerted the public that the…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, has urged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to join effort to keep the corporation in check for transparency and accountability. Kyari gave the charge when a delegation of the Guild led by its president, Ms Funke Egbemode, paid…
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) says it has commenced sale of electric meters to customers in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers States. PHED’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Naveen Kapoor, disclosed this at the launch of the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) metering scheme in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Kapoor said users would…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has sealed 18 filling stations in Zamfara for offences ranging from violation of safety rules, under-dispensing of petroleum products to customers and operating without valid licences. The Acting Operations Controller of Gusau DPR Fields Office, Alhaji Saleh Audu said this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Gusau. Audu said…
Oil dropped below $65 a barrel on Thursday, declining for the first time in six days, after the U.S. Federal Reserve dampened hopes for a string of interest rate cuts and as rising U.S. output helped keep the market well supplied. The Federal Reserve reduced rates on Wednesday, but against expectations the head of the…
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…