Oil firms
6 Jun 2020
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lamented what he described as the deliberate despoliation of the Niger Delta environment by oil companies operating in the region.
19 Feb 2020
Though the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, is designed to foster institutional collaboration, and maximize resource utilisation as well as participation of Nigerians in oil and gas activities, by linking oil and gas sector
23 Jan 2020
Globally, about $25 billion to $30 billion will be spent on oil exploration activities although cost efficiency challenges may slip by as much as 15 per cent.
27 Mar 2018
There are indications that thousands of jobs may be lost as the confrontation between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and petroleum industry service firms worsens. Leaders of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) who met in Lagos over a spate of widespread picketing on the group’s members are currently exploring…
21 Nov 2017
With placards carrying various messages, the protesters sang solidarity songs and baricaded the entrance of KRDF’s secretariat in Opolo area of Yenagoa, the state capital.
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Maize Farmers in Nigeria would soon regain strength from the economic losses from insect pests and drought running into N9 billion annually as the Institute for Agricultural Technology Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, sets to deploy hybrids Maize (Tela Maize) to farmers. With a population of over 200 million, maize production capacity is still…
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Chairman, House committee on security and intelligence, and gubernatorial aspirant, Hon. Shaaba Ibrahim Sharada narrowly escaped an attempted assassination on Thursday at the Sani Abacha stadium, the venue of the APC gubernatorial primary in Kano. The member, representing Kano municipal in the house representatives, who lost the APC governorship primary to Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje's…
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The Youth Coalition For Responsible Leadership (YCRL) has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Lagosians to ignore claims by a group named Badagry Division Alliance for Ideal Democracy (BDAID) against an aspirant for the Lagos West Senatorial District, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule. The youth said the claims are part of desperate…
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Annual General Meeting
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has licensed Starlink, a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, providing satellite internet access coverage to 32 countries. This licensing followed a visit to Nigeria by the company’s team in May last year. Elated Elon Musk took to his Twitter handle to announce this development today. The NCC has equally…