Yar’Adua: Invoke Section 144, group tells EXCOF
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the new Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, have been called upon to immediately invoke Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution to ensure that the ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua was gracefully eased out of office, so he could focus on his health for the nation to focus on good governance and dividends of democracy.
Deregulation: Solution to constant petroleum supply shortages
THE Current situation in the downstream petroleum sector The dependence on imports, inadequate supply and distribution infrastructure and poor state of the refineries, as well as the huge subsidy being incurred by the government cannot be separated from the government’s involvement in this very critical sector.
CSR: Techno Oil rehabilitates Agulu Boys High School
TECHNO Oil Limited, a key player in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, has affirmed its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that will continue to have direct impact on communities.
Jimoh Ibrahim under pressure to contest Ondo Guber polls
After he lost the bid to become governor of his home state, Ondo, seven years ago, his ambition to put in place a legacy of a first class human and economic development in his state seems not to have waned.
DPR approves three LPG plants
LAGOS—The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has disclosed that out of 11 application received to construct Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), three where granted approval in the dead end of last year.
CSR: SPDC sponsors 6th national science fair
IN furtherance of its Corporate Social Responsibility THE Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria has co_sponsored the 6h National Science Fair in Port Harcourt.
Nigerian Stone Sector to create 1m jobs says World Bank
ABUJA — The Project Coordinator, Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project (SMMRP) Mr. Linus Adie has cited a World Bank study on Nigerian Dimension Stones (Granite and Marble) sector as capable of producing 1 million jobs in a short time, while cutting the high production cost of tiles in Nigeria by 100%
PIB: NIPCO equips staff prior to deregulation
IN a conscious bid to earnestly prepare for the proposed reforms in the oil & gas industry currently before the National Assembly, Nipco plc has embarked on series of actions to make its workforce unearth the inherent benefits to the company and the nation as a whole.
NGA hails implementation efforts of Gas master plan
NIGERIAN Gas Association (NGA), has noted with great interest the progress made so far to accelerate implementation of the gas master plan
DPR calls for privatisation of refineries
THE Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) came out with its position on the nation’s ailing refineries as it calls for its privatisation if the country is to move forward in the area of crude refining for local consumption.
Dangote marks 53rd birthday, buys N7b Bombadier jet
Dangote has taken delivery of his new Bombadier Global Express XRS. The Aircraft would be the third in his fleet. We gathered the aircraft landed the Nigerian airspace from Canada last week just as he marked his 53rd birthday in Lagos.
