Day: December 19, 2023

Stakeholders Give Reason Nigeria Must Prioritise Internal Security Research

ADEOLA YUSUF

Word-for-word: What UNILAG ex-VC, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe; VC, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola; Lagos Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Tolani Ali-Balogun; Chairperson, NLC, Lagos State Chapter, Funmilayo Sessi; Education writers’ Chairman, Mojeed Alabi, and others said at EWAN summit   The efforts by Nigerian government at driving economic growth in the may be fruitless if priority is not given to research in internal security. Platforms Africa reports that the mmediate past Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who said this at the Education Writers Association of…

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Egbin Plant Shuts Down, Sinks Nigeria’s Power Generation by 676 MW

Aliyu Aliyu

Why West Africa’s biggest electricity plant will be shut for three days – TCN   Nigeria’s electricity generation on Monday dropped by 676MW as Egbin power plant shut down for maintenance. Platforms Africa reports that a notice issued by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) read that the station was shut down as at 11:13 hours of 18th December 2023, to allow the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC) to maintain a linking gas pipeline supplying gas to Egbin Power Station. READ ALSO: TotalEnergies Ends Routine Flaring In Nigeria, Reiterates Fresh $6bn…

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Nigerian Firm Excites NCDMB, Commissions Skided Ejector Package For OML 100

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday expressed its excitement over skided ejector package, fabricated and assembled by an indigenous company, Wilkriss Nigeria Limited for residual gas recovery. Speaking on Monday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at the load-out ceremony, the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation at the NCDMB, Alhalji Abdulmalik Halilu expressed the Board’s excitement to see companies make significant breakthroughs in the fabrication space. has assured that patronage and deployment of indigenous oil and gas service companies would remain of strategic importance to take advantage of…

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Why We Dumped PDP For APC — 26 Rivers Lawmakers

Abibat Babalola

The 26 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly have said that their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress was tied to President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda”. The factional Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, who led the mass defection, adduced the reason. He spoke at a “Thanksgiving and stakeholders meeting” of the APC on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Amaewhule said that their defection was in line with section 109 of the 1999 Constitution “to make sure that we followed due process”.…

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TotalEnergies Ends Routine Flaring In Nigeria, Reiterates Fresh $6bn Investments 

Abibat Babalola

Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, on Tuesday announced that the multinational oil company has ended flaring in its operations in Nigeria. Pouyanné was speaking during a meeting with Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu where he also reaffirmed a further $6 billion investment in the long-term partnership between TotalEnergies and Nigeria. Over the past decade, TotalEnergies has been the largest private energy investor in the country, developing major projects such as Egina, Ofon Phase 2, the OML 58 Upgrade, and recently Ikike, which started in 2022. READ ALSO: Tinubu, Stakeholders…

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Terms, Conditions Given To Fubara, Wike As Tinubu Troubleshoots

Abibat Babalola

President Bola Tinubu has reportedly resolved the crisis rocking Rivers State with critical  stakeholders agreeing  to resolve the weeks-long conflict after a meeting with the Presidnet on Monday night. The President met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and the immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other stakeholders at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. According to a resolution signed Monday night, the President directed that all matters instituted in the courts by the governor and his team in respect of the political crisis be…

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