By Ikenna Omeje The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman is currently leading a delegation of Ministry officials, Executives of the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the Management of Mainstream Energy to hold a high-level meeting in N’Djamena, Chad to discuss Electricity Network Interconnection project between both countries. In a statement posted on his official…
By Ikenna Omeje President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared a profit after tax of N287 billion in 2020. Announcing this in a post via his official Facebook page on Thursday, Buhari noted that the national oil firm losses were reduced from N803 billion in 2018 to N1.7…
Johannesburg, South Africa. 25 August 2021. Hot on the heels of oil majors either exiting or cutting back their activities in West Africa, comes news of other players moving to fill the gap – in the coastal countries of Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Ghana, for instance. In other West African coastal countries – Senegal, Guinea-Bissau,…
By Ikenna Omeje Seplat Energy Plc and its Board Chairman, Dr. ABC Orjiako have emerged winners at the Energy & Corporate Africa Leadership Award Night/Dinner held last week in Houston, Texas, United States for outstanding indigenous performance. A statement by the company on Tuesday said that the award was the climax of the Annual Sub-Saharan…
By Ikenna Omeje The Acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Sule Abdulaziz, has said the company has substantially upgraded its facilities and can now evacuate more bulk electricity to distribution load centers across the country. A statement by the TCN General Manager (Public Affairs), Ndidi Mbah, said Abdulaziz stated this…
Daniel Terungwa The Federal Government of Nigeria will collaborate with the Republic of Korea on the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure otherwise known as the Deep Blue Project. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this recently during a courtesy visit paid him by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea,…
By Ikenna Omeje Despite its effort to curtail gas flaring, Nigeria flared 6,947.02 Billion Cubic Feet (BCF) of gas between April 2020 and April 2021, according to data obtained by Majorwaves from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Monthly Financial and Operations Reports. Early in May, the World Bank listed Russia, Iraq, Iran, the United…
Following its recent name change from Total to TotalEnergies, the company has unveiled the new names of its Nigerian-registered Upstream Companies. TotalEnergies made the disclosure at a virtual media parley held on Thursday, August 19, 2021. It was also an opportunity to shed light on its trailblazing role in earning carbon credits in Nigeria while…
Daniel Terungwa The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Chapter of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has been inaugurated, with a charge to advance the science and values of accountancy in the administration of Nigerian ports. The Mainland Branch of ANAN, led by Evangelist Akinola Soares, was at the authority’s headquarters recently to inaugurate…
By Ikenna Omeje President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina. “Working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London…
