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In line with its capacity building mandate, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is set to begin a comprehensive digitalization training programme targeting 3,700 youths across the country. The initiative which is under the banner of the NCDMB Digitalization Initiative (NDI) is designed to equip young Nigerians with the essential skills needed to thrive ...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Dr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has called on African governments, private investors, financiers, and international partners to unite in mobilising resources, deploying advanced technologies, and developing innovative financing models to unlock the continent’s gas potential. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Louis Ibah, Spokesman for the Minister, ...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Monday enforced a nationwide strike that crippled operations at Nigeria’s top energy institutions, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). At the NUPRC headquarters in ...
The strategic link between maritime security and industrial investment in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) took centre stage at a high-level roundtable on the sidelines of the recent 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80), with a focus on translating regional goodwill into binding action. Mr. Solomon Ewanehi, Founder and Group Managing Director/CEO ...
...As FG assures of swift resolution of PENGASSAN-Dangote Refinery dispute By Obasola Olatunde Nigeria is facing the imminent threat of a total nationwide power blackout after gas suppliers instructed thermal power plants to halt operations, preempting the looming strike action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). Thermal plants, which ...
Nigerians face the prospect of a nationwide blackout beginning Monday as thermal power plants prepare to shut down following directives from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The Association of Power Generating Companies (APGC) confirmed on Sunday that gas suppliers have already issued shutdown notices to thermal stations, which generate ...
...Directs members to cut off crude, gas supply to Dangote Refinery The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has announced the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike, effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, September 29, 2025. The decision followed a resolution of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Saturday, ...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have accused the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery of trampling on the constitutional rights of Nigerian workers by allegedly sacking over 800 employees who voluntarily joined the union. This was contained in a strongly worded statement signed by the ...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has condemned what it described as anti-labour practices by Dangote Refinery, following the dismissal of more than 800 Nigerian workers and their replacement with over 2,000 Indian nationals. This was contained in a statement signed by the Association’s General Secretary, Comrade Lumumba Ighotemu Okugbawa, ...
By Olakunle Oke The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members across the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to immediately withdraw their services, initiating a swift and comprehensive nationwide shutdown of operations. The directive follows the expiration of the union's ultimatum to TCN management over a range of long-standing and unresolved welfare ...
The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and Oida Energy Limited have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the country’s first indigenous oilfield shaped charge manufacturing facility. The agreement, sealed at the Armed Forces Officers’ Mess & Suites in Abuja, is a major step towards strengthening Nigeria’s industrial and energy base while ...
Major Ogoni groups, including the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), have rejected the Federal Government’s latest push to resume oil production in Ogoniland, demanding comprehensive engagement and the resolution of long-standing injustices. The rejection comes one day after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu publicly directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, ...
By Olakunle Oke With 600 million Africans still living without electricity, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) has launched a $16 million initiative at the UNGA to fast-track the continent’s shift to clean energy. The commitment, unveiled at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, is targeted at supporting Mission 300, an ambitious ...
...as Atlanta Mayor applauds conference The Managing director of Fidelity Bank, Dr Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has stated that the Fidelity Nigeria International Trade & Creative Connect (FNITCC) is aimed at helping the country move away from its dependence on oil. Speaking over the weekend at the Fidelity-Nigerian International Trade Centre (FNITCC) in Atlanta, Georgia, she stated that a key part ...
By Olakunle Oke The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has energized a 60/75 MVA power transformer at the Delta 132/33 kV Transmission Substation, adding 48 megawatts of bulk electricity to the grid. The just completed project, is expected to ease chronic power shortages in Delta State. Communities such as Ndokwa, which have suffered more than ...
...hails President Tinubu’s deregulation policy for dismantling oil industry cabals By Obasola Tunde Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola has issued a warning to Marketers stating that they can delay change, but you cannot stop it with the emergence of the Dangote Refinery. Recall that the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) had accused the Dangote ...
By Olakunle Oke Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has described the Dangote Refinery as a historic leap for Nigeria’s energy independence and a decisive transformation of the country’s petroleum sector. In a statement, Otedola congratulated Aliko Dangote on the refinery’s success since operations commenced, saying it represents a landmark achievement for domestic fuel production. He credited ...
By Olakunle Oke Nigeria’s upstream oil sector recorded a 5.5 per cent year-on-year increase in production in August 2025, averaging 1.63 million barrels per day (bopd) of crude oil and condensates, up from 1.58 million bopd in the same period last year. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) disclosed this in its Crude Oil ...
Nigeria raked in $2.21bn from crude oil exports to the United States between January and July 2025, fresh data from the US Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis has revealed. The figure confirms Nigeria’s position as America’s biggest supplier of crude oil from Africa, even though shipments dropped compared to the same period last ...
The Federal Government has withdrawn 1,263 mineral licences from operators who failed to pay the mandatory annual service fees, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, announced on Sunday. The cancelled titles include 584 exploration licences, 65 mining leases, 144 quarry licences, and 470 small-scale mining leases. In a statement signed by his Media ...
By Olakunle Oke Power supply to parts of Kaduna South has been disrupted following the collapse of a transmission tower in Rigasa community. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed that Tower No. 7, located along the Kaduna Town Line I and II, gave way after a severe downpour and windstorm hit the area. During ...
Akwa Ibom State Government has launched a 10-year electricity reform plan aimed at providing reliable power to all households by 2034 and creating a blueprint for electricity reforms across Nigeria. Governor Umo Eno announced the plan on Friday at the conclusion of a two-day Electricity Summit held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in ...
