Oil Climbs as Saudi Arabia Warns of OPEC Output Cuts Oil rose on Tuesday as renewed concerns over tight supply dominated market sentiment after Saudi Arabia warned that the major oil producer could cut output to correct a recent oil price decline. Brent crude futures advanced 93 cents, or 1%, to $97.41 a barrel by…
NNPC-SNEPCo Launches Weeklong Free Eye Care in Lagos Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) have commenced a weeklong free eye care tagged: “Vision First Initiative” in Lagos. This initiative is part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the companies. Also read = Petroleum varsity gets…
Presidential Amnesty Graduates 349 Ex-Agitators Trained On Different Vocations The novel Train, Employ and Mentor, TEM, model introduced by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has produced its first 349 graduates trained on different vocations. The 349 ex-agitators graduated after being trained on different skills, including welding, fabrication, abrasive blasting,…
Food crises worsen in Africa as fertiliser prices climb Sanctions on Russia in the aftermath of the Ukraine war has driven up the cost of fertilizer in Africa, consequentially increasing the cost of food in some of the world’s poorest countries. The prices of nitrogen-based fertilisers that provide a third of nutrients used to grow…
Big Batteries Won’t Suffice for Wind, Solar Fluctuation – Report Online energy report StopTheseThings has stated in its latest analysis that contrary to widely held beliefs, big batteries will not be able to cope with the energy storage levels needed to stand in during intermittent fluctuations by wind and solar-generated power. Quoting a research study published in…
India Revives 15-Year Dormant Oilfield Amid Declining Production Reports from India have indicated that the world’s second largest country by population has restarted production in an oilfield it shut in 2009 amidst declining production levels. The Khagorijan field, discovered in 1998 with first oil extracted in 2004 saw production discontinued after local communities protested severe…
Nomination opens for Nigeria Power Sector 2022 Awards For the first time in Nigeria, nomination has been opened for the Nigeria Power Sector 2022 Awards, put in place to honour individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions toward the development of the nation’s power sector. The organisers, Nigeria Power Sector Awards Limited, said the…
Nomination opens for Nigeria Power Sector 2022 Awards For the first time in Nigeria, nomination has been opened for the Nigeria Power Sector 2022 Awards, put in place to honour individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions toward the development of the nation’s power sector. The organisers, Nigeria Power Sector Awards Limited, said the…
NCDMB commissions ICT center in Opokuma, Bayelsa State The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Friday commissioned an Information and Communication Technology Centre and E- learning facility at Opokuma Grammar School, Bayalsa State. The centre is equipped with desktop computers, projectors, printer, photocopier and as well as an e-library and the entire facility…
NCDMB trains 20 teen mothers in vocational skills As part of its support for its host state, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has sponsored a three-month training programme for 20 teenage mothers in Bayelsa State on various vocational skills, including hairdressing, fashion designing, catering, and make-up. The training is being held at…
