The Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has urged oil companies operating in the country to improve on their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), in host communities to facilitate peaceful coexistence. The governor made this appeal in Kwale on…
The Nigeria Labour Congress faulted plans to allegedly sell the Transmission Company of Nigeria, saying it will lead to an increase in electricity tariff. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this in a statement titled, “This Kite will not…
The Department of State Services (DSS) claims men suspected to be guards of Sunday Igboho engaged operatives of the agency in a gun battle during a raid on the home of the Yoruba Nation agitator in Ibadan on Thursday morning.…
By Uthman Salami The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Export-Import Bank of Korea have signed a pact which will make Korea provide $600 million in co-financing for energy projects with the African…
By Uthman Salami The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has revealed the corporation plans to award rehabilitation contracts for the 110,000 barrels a day, b/d Kaduna and the 125,000 b/d Warri refineries by the end…
By Uthman Salami Transcorp Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading power producers, announced an alternative energy solution to Nigeria, as part of its broader integrated energy strategy. Unveiling Transcorp’s alternative energy plan…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, will brief Senators today in a closed session…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says it has installed meters for 60,000 customers in ongoing phase zero of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). It said that the installations were free-of-charge to all customers living within South-East. The Head,…
The amount spent on subsidising electricity every month in Nigeria is now about N30bn, the Federal Government has said. It disclosed that the government’s subsidy on electricity had been reduced by N20bn monthly following improvements in the collection of power…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said the price of petrol should be more than N280/litre at which Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, is being sold. Kyari said smuggling of…
