Even as President Goodluck Jonathan prepares to headline the forthcoming Conference of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth (CHOGM), which takes place in Australia in October, 2011, where he is expected to speak on developments in the nation’s mining and minerals industry, excitement is already building over some remarkable gains marked by the nation in its quest to become a mining hub for the globe.

PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has accused theleadership of Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Committee on Expatriate Quota of compromise.

The first season of the Lagos Junior League kicks off today with 58 teams from the 57 Local Government Areas and LCDAs participating.

Following the Federal Government’s aspiration to grow the power sector through alternate power sources away from the conventional hydro and thermal systems, Schneider Electric has launched a new solar enabled power project called Villasol in Asore area of Ogun state.

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has stated the imperatives of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content, NOGIC, Act and the problems faced in capacity development of Nigerians.

The Nigerian Content Act has been set up to ensure the petroleum industry creates local value and offers maximum benefit to Nigerians.

Forte Oil PLC, (formerly known as African Petroleum PLC) one of Nigeria’s foremost indigenous oil marketers has introduced its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling stations in major cities in the Country as part of its commitment towards ensuring availability of the product to all Nigerians.

FOLLOWING reports that Nigeria still flares over a billion scf of gas and the federal government’s intention to end gas flare by year-end 2011, Pan Ocean oil corporation has commenced a campaign against gas flaring by processing gas from its gas processing plant in Delta state, south-south Nigeria.

Abuja- Shell’s oil block sales in Nigeria are heading for a messy conclusion due to a tussle over who operates the fields, a Reuters report has revealed. Shell along with foreign oil major partners, Total and Agip, have agreed to sell their share in four onshore oil blocks which Shell operates in the Niger Delta wetlands but they need ministerial approval.

Mr. Richard Dowden, Director of African Society, London, undertook a cursory assessment of the state of affairs in Nigeria Tuesday, insisting that oil is a curse to Nigeria.

AFTER series of appeals to oil majors and other stakeholders in the oil sector including policy incentives to encourage the rebuilding of the Nigerian domestic refining capacity, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has announced that it does not have any such investment plan for the country.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)’s U.S. approval for oil exploration in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea is being contested by groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council and an Inupiat village worried about the risk of spills.

Major upstream development projects in Nigeria accruing to billions of naira may have been stalled as a result of the lingering delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).

A young Nigerian graduate is offered a job by two organisations in Nigeria, government and a multinational; he makes a very easy choice in favour of the multinational. I would have thought that the youth will have had a struggle deciding which to choose but I am wrong.

Senate President David Mark said the existence of different versions of the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been the major hitch to the passage of the bill by the two arms of the National Assembly.