How software will handle the future data explosion Moore’s law, sustainability and data centres: How software will handle the future data explosion BY: Natalya Makarochkina (Senior Vice President, Secure Power Division, International Operations, Schneider Electric) An important principle in the development of IT over the decades has been Moore’s Law. Simply put, it predicted that transistor density…
LADOL Stakeholders Celebrate 5 years of ISO 9001 Compliance LAGOS August 19, 2022: The stakeholders of LADOL Free Zone were in high spirits last week after the company once again passed its ISO 9001 audit with flying colours. Having 5 years of ISO 9001 compliance makes LADOL one of the most compliant terminals in Nigeria…
A POEM She gazed at the rising dawn, Whose beauty has been overridden and tainted, By dark billows of carbon particles. Gone are the days when the brilliant sun proudly lit the skies. Oh the freshness of the morning dew is gone! She coughed and sneezed again. See the dark stains on her once white…
Annual Inflation Rises to Highest Level Since 2005 in Nigeria Nigeria’s annual inflation quickened in July to its highest level since 2005, official data showed on Monday, driven by price rises for food, fuel and clothing. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflation rose for the sixth straight month, hitting 19.64% from 18.60% year…
Shell Discharges Five Barrels of Oil in Ogoniland Shell’s Trans Niger Pipeline, a company owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has discharged five barrels of crude oil into Bodo community, Gokana Local Government Area in Rivers State. SPDC has been carrying out remediation and mangrove restoration following devastating oil spillage in 2008….
Edo, Delta benefit as Seplat JV empowers additional 300 teachers at STEP 3rd edition Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the London Stock Exchange, has kicked off the 3rd edition of its Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) in Benin City Edo State, empowering a…
LPG Soars to 105% in 12 months The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) increased by 105 per cent within the last twelve months. This follows an increase from N2200 in August 2021 to N4500 in August 2022, indicating a 105 per cent increase over the period….
OGFZA to Open More Free Zones to Boost Nigeria’s Economy The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority, Sen.Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, has announced plans to create more free zones in the country in order to boost the nation’s economy and generate revenue. Kaura who particularly assured that Liberty…
TH PNC FORUM TO DISCUSS NIGERIAN CONTENT OPPORTUNITIES IN GAS SECTOR AND HOW TO DEEPEN NIGERIAN CONTENT WITH THE SEVEN (7) MINISTERIAL REGULATIONS Over the last 12 years Practical Nigerian Content Forum (PNC), an event focused on local contents in the oil and gas sector, in partnership with Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)…
ExxonMobil denies shipping Russian oil to Britain amid sanctions Oil giant ExxonMobil has denied shipping thousands of barrels of Russian oil to Britain in a fresh controversy after eyebrows were raised at recent shipments to its factory in light of sanctions on the Eastern European nation. The firm claims that contrary to reports claiming it…
