President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is making progress in the fight against corruption as shady oil deals and the brazen theft of billions of Naira are no more. The president stated this in his address to the nation as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 58th Independence Anniversary in Abuja on Monday. Buhari also…
The Ibadan Distribution Company has taken the University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH) to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) arbitration panel over N217 million indebtedness. Mr Bamidele Falade, the Manager, Business Hub Commercial of IBEDC explained to the NERC panel sitting in Ibadan that the management decided to involve third party intervention because of the…
Proserve Energy Services Ltd, a local energy firm, has won the concession and construction contract for 750 kilowatts (kw) hybrid solar plant at Power House, Federal Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing in Abuja. The Managing Director/CEO of Proserve, Dr. Abba Ibrahim, disclosed this yesterday when he briefed newsmen about the innovative renewable energy project….
The President, NGA, Mr Dada Thomas, said the government and operators recognised that the first step towards attracting huge gas investments was to provide a legal and regulatory framework that would enable the removal of all the other obstacles. “As we all know, the passed gas policy proposes reforms are so profound that almost every…
Gas supplies to the power sector may run into a hitch following advance notice by indigenous gas producers that the N701 billion Payment Assurance Guarantee by the federal government elapses by December this year. The gas suppliers said the fund which was released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to ameliorate liquidity crisis in…
The Federal Government will earn over $20 billion from the mining industry in the next eight years, the Mining Cadre Office Director-General, Mr. Mohammed Amate, has said. He said the government has issued over 6,000 licences to miners, adding that it will leverage the potential in the sector to achieve the goal. In an interview…
Nigeria’s crude oil export appreciated by 17.38 per cent to N7.308 trillion in the first six months of 2018 from N6.226 trillion recorded in the last six months of 2017, according to data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS, in its Second Quarter 2018 Foreign Trade Statistics, stated that first half…
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the sector loses about $3billion in revenue occasioned by call masking/refiling and SIM boxing. Prof. Garba Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Commission, said that “SIM boxing or Interconnect By-pass Fraud (IBF) is one of the most prevalent frauds in the telecom industry today and it…
Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has identified communities in four states and Abuja as locations where major earthquake may likely occur in the country. Prof. Seidu Mohammed, director general of NASRDA, who disclosed this Abuja, also said Mpape in Abuja, Kwoi in Kaduna, Ijebu-Ode in Ogun, Shaki in Oyo and Igbogene in Bayelsa may…
Nigeria’s oil exports will reach their highest in six months in November, led in part by an increase in supply of the country’s four largest crude grades, according to loading programmes. Total loadings of Nigerian crude will rise to 1.876 million barrels per day in November, from October’s 1.652 million bpd. November’s will be the…