Seplat Energy Clinches SERAS Africa’s Award for Education Intervention Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the London Stock Exchange, has emerged winner of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) Africa’s Education Intervention category for 2023. The SERAS Africa is an annual project which aims…
The Challenge: Building Capacity for Africa’s Renewables Sector …One of those hurdles will be preparing domestic workforces for employment and leadership in the growing renewable energy sector Consider this paradox: Nigeria has achieved the largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, but 45%, or about 85 million, of its residents still live without electricity. Across Sub-Saharan Africa,…
NDDC Owing Contractors N50b, Minister Tells N/Assembly The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) owes contractors N50 billion, Niger Delta Affairs Minister Abubakar Momoh said yesterday. He explained that the amount covered executed, ongoing and abandoned projects in the region. Momoh, an engineer, who defended the budget allocated to his ministry before the National Assembly, lamented…
Tinubu Assures of Data-Driven Government at Customs Conference President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hinted at plans by his administration to address what he termed historical inadequacies of policymaking hitherto thwarted by a lack of comprehensive data in Nigeria. He regretted the lack of comprehensive data, saying it had been “a technological affliction” that has hindered…
Africa Needs Just Trade For a Just Energy Transition, African Development Bank Head Says At Doha Forum …The European Union recently launched the initial phase of a Europe-wide carbon tax on imported goods as part of its climate change reduction measures The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org) has reiterated…
NLNG Indicates Interest to Extend Bodo-Bonny Road to East West Road Nigeria LNG Limited has indicated an interest in connecting the Bodo-Bonny Road project in Rivers State to East-West Road to maximize the economic potential of the area. This was made known when a delegation of NLNG, led by its MD/ CEO, Dr Philip Mshelbilla,…
NLNG Commissions Renovated Accident and Emergency Unit at UNIUYO Teaching Hospital Hospital Support Programme (HSP) of the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited on Tuesday in Uyo unveiled a renovated and expanded Accident and Emergency Unit at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), demonstrating the company’s commitment to enhancing healthcare delivery nationwide. The unit was commissioned…
Oil Theft: NSCDC Arrests Five in Imo Operatives of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested five suspects in connection with oil theft in Imo State. The Corps said its men intercepted and arrested the suspects while conveying large quantities of suspected illegally…
NNPC Ltd. Announces the Death of Thomas John, Erstwhile GMD, Alternate Chairman The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced the death of a former Group Managing Director (GMD) and Acting Alternate Chairman of the Board of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Thomas Maurice Asuquo John, at the age of…
Adelabu Warns Operators in Power Industry Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu has read a riot act to operators of the agencies and parastatals under the Ministry of Power to perform or be shown the way out. Speaking at the Ministerial Retreat on the Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan, in Abuja, Adelabu told the…
