NATIONAL Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has denied reports that oil workers have commenced negotiation with government over planned total deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry, saying they only attended a consultative forum that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), invited them.

DR. Brown Ogbeifun, is both a former President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Deputy President-General of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), who arguably, is one of the skilful mediators that labour movement has produced in recent times.

International Energy Insurance has been assigned a financial strength rating of B (Fair) and an issuer credit rating of “bb+” by A.M. Best & Co. The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable.

NIGERIA insurance companies are going after multinationals’ accounts including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Consolidated Insurance Policy (NNPC-CIP) for 2009 insurance year as renewal season heats up.

NIGERIA seems set to commence the supply of gas to its her sister African countries of Benin, Togo and Ghana through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) which was conceived with the aim of supplying Nigerian gas to the west African sub-region when it starts operation.
This is coming even as the country also positions to join the Russian Federation which until this moment is the only supplier of gas to the whole of Europe in the business of gas supply to the continent.

OANDO Marketing Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading oil marketing retailer and a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Energy giant Oando PLC, has recorded a landmark achievement in the Oil and Gas industry as it debuts with the launch of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dispensing pumps at its retail service stations recently.

By Evelyn Usman Remember  October 22, 2005, Bellview air crash which claimed a total of 117 passengers on board the ill fated Boeing 737-200 air craft? Remember also, that among those whose lives were sent to an unprepared grave by the crash which occurred shortly after take-off that fateful Saturday night, was the Chief Executive […]

By Demola Akinyemi Ilorin — A legal icon, Mallam Yusuf Ali (SAN), has canvassed devolution of power which he noted was important for the development of the country, explaining that it would smoothen administration of government at all the component units. He particularly noted that the devolution should encompass fiscal revenue to enable all tiers […]

By Patience  Ogbodo BAUCHI — FOLLOWING the death of the Emir of Dass in Bauchi State, Alhaji Bilyaminu Othman, the Dass Emirate King makers have announced the Emir’s first son, Usman Bilyaminu Othman as the new Emir. The announcements which was made by the kingmakers in Dass yesterday explained that the decision followed the Dass […]

By Patience Ogbodo BAUCHI — A  lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication of the University of Maiduguri, Dr. Abubakar Mu’azu, has decried the monopoly of public-owned media by politicians and their seeming lack of tolerance for private-owned media saying the media is an important tool of protecting democracy from abuse and should be allowed […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—EIGHTEEN FADAMA Community Associations in Enugu state have received loans worth millions of naira for the execution of various agricultural projects under the FADAMA III programme, which has taken off in the state. The FADAMA III Project jointly financed by the Federal Government, World Bank, African Development Bank and Enugu state government […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Following arguments on the legality or otherwise of development councils, the coordinator and Management Committee members of Onicha Development Centre in Ebonyi state are being accused of undermining their own development by engaging in sales of subsidized fertilizers meant for peasant farmers of the area. Youths of Isuokoma community had petitioned Governor […]

By Tordue Salem ABUJA — Respite for Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be far from sight as the youth in Plateau State are starting a one-million-man protest against his chairmanship. The political youths, under the auspices of Coalition of Plateau Youths Forum, in a statement by Musa […]

As the global economy continued to battle the financial crisis that enveloped the world economy as a result of the 2007 financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) has designed a multilateral -supported programs that has created space in many countries for counter-cyclical policies to address the impact of the global food, fuel, and financial crises.

For the fifth time in as many months, the Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, has appointed Nigeria’s Emmanuel Obafemi Dada to superintend over a World Cup qualifying match.