THE National Integrated Power Project (NIPP), sites across the country, are at 75 per cent completion stage.

By Luka Binniyat AFTER finishing from   the College of Medicine Ibadan, in 1999, Dr. Kola Ojo decided to go into mining in the year 2000. He pitched his tenth in the city of Jos, Plateau State and started with a mineral called tantalite, and later progressed to mine gemstones.  He invested heavily in gemstones, setting […]

THE Managing Director of Nipco plc, Girish Sanadhya has advanced reasons why the company embarked on massive retailing of petroleum products through its partnering service stations across the country under a novel branding scheme even as he explains.

By  Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA -THE Chief Executive Officer of Total Worldwide, Mr. Christopher De Margerie, has urged the Nigerian authorities to fast-tract the reforms in the petroleum sector, even as he called for caution in its execution.

FOLLOWING the seeming failure of the federal government to improve the lot of its citizenry inspite of its 50 years of oil exploration and production an Agro-based economy has however been identified as a sure way to bring succor to the ordinary Nigerian.

THE dearth of skilled personnel to man vessels operating in the country has cost the nation about $1.5 billion as wages paid to foreign seafarers, mainly Filipinos, operating in the country.

THE ROTARY Club of Ughelli Metropolis has reiterated its determination to partner with government to develop its immediate community, even as it has earmarked the construction of a roundabout at the Afiesere/Iwhrekpokpo junction of the town at the cost of N2.5 million.

Staff of MTN Nigeria last week embarked on series of community-based activities under the company’s annual staff volunteerism programme, tagged “21 Days of Y’ello Care”. The exercise, which is the 3rd edition is expected to take place in all its 21 operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East simultaneously.

As the 3rd Round of the National Immunization Days ended last week In Lagos State, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor, Pharm. Toyin Hamzat declared that the statistics on Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the country is not yet cheering.

MOBIL Producing Nigeria (MPN) a subsidiary of Exxonmobil and one of the major upstream operators in the Nigerian oil and gas industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Acergy, an oil serving firm for the revamping of three of its well-heads platforms offshore Nigeria in water depths of about 35 meters.
The contract which is valued at about 190 million dollars is said to also include an option exercisable by MPN for up to five further platforms

Doctors in an undisclosed hospital around the area are said to be battling to save the life of the victim, a 200 level student of the Lagos State University, Ojo, identified as Adejumoke Okunuga, whose condition was at yesterday said to be critical.

The purported suspension of former Governor Victor Attah by Akwa Ibom state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] on allegations of being reactionary and refractory has been condemned by some high profile politicians of Ibibio origin who have also threatened to leave the party should the situation, which they fear could degenerate into an ethnic war, continue.

INVESTIGATIONS have confirmed that there are no rig operating onshore Nigeria at the moment, while only 20 are operating offshore, underscoring a steep decline compared to same period last year when more rigs were operational.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), prosecuting the former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and five others over alleged inflation and contract splitting, yesterday, closed its case as the defendants open their defence.

Following a wide spread rumour to disrupt road transport operation in some parts of the state, the leadership of Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), yesterday, disassociated itself from the speculation, saying there was no such plan by its members to suspend commercial vehicles operations in the state.