Home / Pollution / NNPC, NOSDRA partner to mitigate incidence of oil spillage The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) have said they will partner to check the incidences of oil spill across the country. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, made this known when he received…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) said they would partner to check the incidences of oil spill across the country. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, made this known when he received the Director General of NOSDRA, Mr Idris Musa, at the NNPC…
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Eroton Exploration and Production Company, Ebiaho Emafo, has identified insecurity as the major challenge confronting indigenous operators in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. He stated this while speaking with an online news source at the just concluded Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference, which was held in Abuja in July….
Iroghama Ogbeifun-Obuoforibo is the Chief Operating Officer of Starzs Investments Company Limited, she is also the Chairman Finance and Membership for Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN). The young and vibrant COO spoke passionately on the need for women to build competency and not use gender as a right; she also touched on the need to develop local…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board is pursuing a ten-year road map that would see it cover grounds on a number of daring goals, ranging from the proliferation of refineries across the country; creation of industrial parks at strategic regions which would attract original equipment manufacturers (OEM), encourage inflow of investment and jump start…
Australia has announced 500 million Australian dollars ($338 million U.S.) in funding for the Pacific region to tackle climate change, including disaster resilience and renewable energy investment. “The Pacific is our home, which we share as a family of nations,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday, August 13, 2019 ahead of a visit to…
The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) says it has reclaimed over 70 active gully erosion sites and 2,500 hectares (ha) of degraded land across the country. Salisu Dahiru, National Project Coordinator of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) Mr Salisu Dahiru, the National Coordinator of NEWMAP, disclosed this to the News…
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distribution (ANED) says it is working with stakeholders in the power sector to address issues that led to the suspension of some of its members. Mr Sunday Oduntan, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, ANED -umbrella body of electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos)-disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday. Oduntan said the…
Worried by the continued influx of fake and sub-standard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders into Nigeria, a cooking gas advocate has warned that Nigerian homes may start experiencing `bomb-like’ explosions in their kitchens soon, caused by fake cylinders. The warning, follows reports that N38 million worth of cooking gas cylinders have been impounded by the…
The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), is billed to commission the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited new 2×60MVA, 132/33KV substation and associated 132KV transmission lines in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday, August 15, 2019. According to a press statement, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, will join the Vice-President to commission the…
