…says IOCs $4bn debt delays debt projects …Blasts past NDDC on funds diversion By Uthman Salami The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio disclosed yesterday that Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) owed contractors about N3 trillion, through frivolous…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Generalissimo of Yoruba land and leader of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) Chief Gani Adams on Thursday disclosed that residents in the Southwest must have paid over N3billion as ransom to kidnappers since the mounting problem of…
COVID-19 testing, as NCDC, Kano State, records six COVID-19 related deaths, 357 new cases recorded across 11 states, FCT. The Federal Capital Territory and 11 other states reported 357 new cases of COVID-19 and six (6) related deaths on Tuesday,…
…says no sack of oil workers …to finalize implementation in 12 months By Uthman Salami The Federal Government has concluded plans to unveil roadmap for removal of subsidy completely on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) during the implementation Petroleum Industry Act…
A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday gave an insight at what the National Assembly did to get the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) passed and eventually signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. Lawan narrated the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged a Dean in the University of Calabar, Prof. Francisca Ime Bassey, to court over her alleged involvement in N20.6 million contract fraud. Prof. Bassey, who is the Dean…
