Day: November 27, 2023

Ministers, Oil And Gas Industry Captains Converge In Yenagoa For 2023 Practical Nigerian Content Forum

Ganiyu Amodu

The 17-story Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Swali, Yenagoa, is set to host oil and gas industry eggheads and policy makers as the yearly Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum 2023, 12th edition, kicks off on 4th December. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and his Gas counterpart, H.E. Hon. Ekperikpo Ekpo would lead other big wigs of the oil and gas industry heading to Yenagoa for one of the biggest events in the calendar of the…

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Kyari Survives As Tinubu Rejigs NNPC Board, Mgt + LIST

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has appointed a new Board and Management team for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), consisting of nine members. The new Board and Management team has Chief Pius Akinyelure as non-Executive Chairman with Mallam Mele Kyari retaining his position as Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) with Umar Isa Ajiya coming back as Chief Financial Officer and Mr Ledum Mitee as Non-Executive Director. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu also appointed Permanent Secretaries for Federal Ministry of Finance…

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Dangote Confirms Refinery Startup In December, Says 350,000 bpd Is First Target

Ganiyu Amodu

The President/Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that the $20bn Dangote refinery in Lekki, Lagos would start with the refining of 350,000 barrels per day of crude oil. Dangote, who disclosed this during an interview with the Financial Times, also stated that the refinery would receive about six million barrels of crude in December 2023. “We’re starting with 350,000 barrels a day, “Dangote told the Financial Times, adding that a deal had already been clinched for the “first cargo of about 6mn barrels” for delivery next month.…

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Nigerian Student Threatens To Bomb UK Varsity, Faces Deportation

Ganiyu Amodu

Somtochukwu Okwuoha, a Nigerian master’s student in the United Kingdom, has been remanded in custody after a jury found him guilty of making terrorist threats against Dundee University, Scotland. According to BBC, Okwuoha claimed he had enlisted ISIS, an international terrorist organization, to help bomb the university. Also, the 26-year-old told staff members of the university that he planned to target Dundee in a chemical attack. The jury found the international energy studies student guilty of seven charges and was remanded in custody. He will be sentenced in December. READ…

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Tinubu Pledges Full University Autonomy

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his administration was working towards the introduction of the policy that will grant full autonomy to universities. President Tinubu represented by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Engr. Abubakar Momoh said this in Benin at the weekend during the 48th convocation of the University of Benin. He said he was convinced that university autonomy would enhance the quality of university education. “University autonomy transfers the responsibility performance directly to the individual institution. This administration believes that this is the right step in the right direction,”…

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Govt Mulls Cooking Gas Price Crash, Raises Committee

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Government has moved to crash the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas as it has initiated a process to resolve challenges bordering on the supply and pricing of the product. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said he waded into the issue following a rise in the price of LPG per kg from about N700 to above N1,100 in some parts of the country. According to a statement issued by the Spokesman to the Minister, Louis Ibah, the meeting…

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Once Upon Weah

Abibat Babalola

GEORGE Oppong Weah is the story of an African child who rose from the slums of Clara Town, Monrovia to glittering heights in Europe and America but never lost his sense of purpose. Rather, after he had become quite rich and famous, he returned home to give back part of his wealth, and overcame serious obstacles by entrenched local and foreign interests to lead Liberia. He is holding his head high in the process of exiting the Presidency; leaving yet another positive example to be emulated, not just by Liberian…

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TotalEnergies Egina FPSO Lost 3,000 Barrels To Nov 15 Spill – NOSDRA

Abibat Babalola

About 3,000 barrels of crude oil were lost to the Nov. 15 oil spill from the offshore Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel of TotalEnergies. The FPSO located 130 kilometres off the Atlantic coastline from Port Harcourt has capacity to produce 200,000 barrels of crude daily and can store 2.3 million barrels on board.   Director-General of the National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Mr Idris Musa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the clean-up of the spill was still on-going. READ…

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Catholic Priest Remanded For Raping, Impregnating Teenage Girl In Anambra

Abibat Babalola

An Awka Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen to the Nigerian Correctional Center, for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she delivered her baby, but police investigation revealed that the whereabouts of the said baby are still unknown. The offence of sexual intercourse with a minor is punishable under section 34(2) of the Child’s Rights Law of Anambra State, 2004. READ…

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UK Mulls Temporary Visa Closure As 143,000 Nigerian Doctors Migrate In 9 Months

Abibat Babalola

The United Kingdom Government has started considering closing temporary visa schemes for care workers as the country recorded the highest numbers of migrants in the last nine months. The move was a result of the call made by the New Conservatives party which urged the country’s ministers to end temporary visa schemes for care workers as part of an effort to reduce net migration. The group, which is reported to be supported by former Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, and former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated that the government could…

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