The 2012 edition of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, ended in Houston, Texas, USA, last week with a record 89,400 attendees in its 30-year history.

French oil company, Total, has begun drilling two relief wells at a gas plant in Nigeria that was shut down last month because of a leak caused by a technical incident, it said on Sunday.

MAKURDI – First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has said the current security challenges facing the country called for both prayers and dialogue.

The greatest challenge for the management of Lagos and similar cities is how to make its running costs affordable and compatible with the earning capacity of its citizens.

If the average price of a new vehicle in Nigeria is N3m and N240billion is reportedly spent on new vehicles annually, it follows that N22.8 billion is the worth of manufacturers’ warranty in the Nigerian automobile industry annually. Used (tokunbo) vehicle warranty should be more! The question is: how much of this is actually disbursed in terms of parts and labour? Where does this huge amount of money in warranty value go to?

THERE is this story about an era in the forties when an epidemic hit my village. People were dying in great numbers. Medical science was very rudimentary and people were simply bewildered.

Power sector deregulation has been identified as one of the major means of attracting investors and new investments into Nigeria’s power sector.

The Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, has promised to use its learning programme to boost the development of home grown talents that will guarantee active participation of Nigeria’s gas sector without compromising international best practices.

Former Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu has tasked Nigerians to strive to honour their heroes when they are still alive instead of crying ‘out their eyes’ and making eulogies at their death.

KADUNA – Unknown gunmen, yesterday, killed two persons including a Lebanese and a Nigerian before abducting another Lebanese during a robbery operation at Kakeyi village in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

THE Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has called on the Federal government to speed up the process of the promulgation of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, to save the nation’s oil and gas sector from total collapse.

OSOGBO – More troubles may soon come the way of the embattled traditional ruler of Ilowa in Obokun Local Government Area of the state, Oba Adebukola Alli, as the Osun State Government plans to withdraw his certificate and instrument of office over alleged child abuse.

A CALL has gone to tertiary health institutions in the country to encourage the development of occupational therapy as a medical profession by introducing courses and programmes that would enable affiliation with the School of Occupational Therapy, Oshodi, Lagos.

AT least 30 million treatment courses of affordable malaria treatment drugs are being expected in the country before the end of the year.

The Nigerian public has been advised to pay serious attention to happenings in the country’s automobile industry so as to be able to contribute their quota to the development of the sector.