The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva today, received the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL, Patrick Pouyanne who led a high-powered delegation of the oil and gas giant, comprising of the President, Exploration & Production, Arnaud Breuillac, Senior Vice President, E&P Africa, Nicolas Terraz, Country Chair / Managing Director of […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited (CPPECL) and Brantex Consortium, have concluded plans for the commencement of work on the Abuja-Kaduna- Kano pipeline project popularly known as AKK project, a release by the National Oil Company’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji, stated. Group […]
Continue ReadingMinistry Mines and Hydrocarbons has announced the award of nine Oil & Gas blocs and 15 Mining blocks to selected companies that participated in the Petroleum Bid and the first Mining Bid The ministry had at the close of the bidding round announced that the ‘ronda’ received 21 offers over a spectrum of 27 blocks. […]
Continue Reading“I am very uncomfortable with the current state of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) as at today”,the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has said.“Nigerians are complaining about inefficient services, most NIPOST offices are visibly dilapidated” The Minister made his position known while making his remarks as chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has frowned against the rate at which the national donkey herd is being decimated. In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the group expressed its support for the “Under the Skin” campaign by the Donkey Sanctuary. Suleiman commended the Donkey Sanctuary, a UK […]
Continue ReadingThe Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs has announced today that Christof Rühl has joined CGEP as a Senior Research Scholar. Rühl will lead the oil and gas research program at CGEP, focused on the energy transition and ongoing efforts to decarbonize the global fuel mix. This program […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has warned barges and tugboat operators against the use of substandard and sea unworthy crafts,Business and Maritime West Africa has reported. This followed recent mishaps of containers falling into the lagoon while being convened on beaches and tugboats to Epe and Ikorodu terminals. In addition ,the agency also warned terminal […]
Continue ReadingCross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade has urged African countries to undertake agro-industrial revolution if it must shake off the ugly tag of under-development and backwardness. Ayade was speaking as the chief host of the 2019 Africa Industrialization Day (AID) organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Federal Ministry of […]
Continue ReadingThe Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has upgraded its online application portal for the operation of the offshore Conformity Assessment Program (SONCAP) for processing of imports into Nigeria. A statement from the office of the Director General, Osita Aboloma Esq. disclosed that the upgrade was in view of the classification of the portal as a […]
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