Honourable Solomon Ahwinahwi Grassroot Support Movement, HSAGSM, and the Ewu Riverine People of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, have described the suspension of Ahwinahwi and 10 others by the House of Representatives as morally wrong.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, unveiled a one-year strategic plan aimed at reinvigorating and repositioning the nation’s education sector for effective services delivery.

ABUJA – Contrary to insinuations created in some quarters that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has been unduly interfering in the day-to- day running of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, (a subsidiary of the NNPC) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, it has become clear that such is not possible as both agencies are not administratively within her direct supervision.

To strengthen domestic refining capacity and enhance sustainable fuel supply in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and China State Engineering Construction Corporation (CSECC), are in talks to constrict a greenfield refinery in Kogi State.

THE plan to guarantee an unwavering supply and distribution of petroleum products throughout the country took centre stage yesterday in Abuja at a meeting between the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC under the watch of Engr. Austen Oniwon, Group Managing Director, and members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN led by its chairman Mr. Wale Tinubu.

DANVIC Concepts International Limited, A Nigerian oil & gas Service Company, through her foreign partner, dGB Earth Sciences, Netherlands, is donating its seismic interpretation software worth over €175,000.00 ($240,000.00) per license to 20 Nigerian universities.

THE Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has expressed its willingness to embark on aggressive staff training in order to boost their efficiency and contributions to the visions of the Corporation.

EPILEPTIC and inadequate supply of power has been identified as one of the major infrastructure challenges, coupled with poor road network and insecurity of life and property, which combine to make indigenous firms uncompetitive.

IN an effort to properly manage and coordinate the Nigerian Content Fund, the Federal government has decided to enter into partnership with the local finance sector in a move seen as strategic to the Nigerian content development.

EQUATING supply to meet rising energy demand particularly in the industrialised nations and Asia is becoming increasingly challenging, Rex Tillerson, the Chairman and Chief Executive, ExxonMobil
Corporation has said.

ABUJA – The country’s ambitions to develop its nuclear energy resources may experience some hitches due to the looming clash of interest between the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) and the Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA) over a draft bill currently before the National Assembly.

ABUJA – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that issues between it and its partners could be resolved without recourse to arbitration.

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Austen Oniwon, has called on members of the Oil Producers Trade Section of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and other stakeholders in the petroleum industry to partner with the Corporation to ensure the quick passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).

Riverine communities in Delta State have been commended for their acceptance and willingness to participate in the state poverty alleviation programme.

Afribank Nigeria Plc has packaged customized solutions for Telecoms Dealers which will enable them to grow their business and expand their capacity.