Nigerian oil firm, Oranto invests $500mn in South Sudan oil bloc

Nigerian oil firm, Oranto invests $500mn in South Sudan oil bloc

NIGERIAN independent, Oranto Petroleum, said it is investing $500 million to develop South Sudan’s Bloc B3, launching a comprehensive exploration campaign starting immediately. The Ministry of Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum Company, South Sudan signed the exploration and production sharing agreement, EPSA, for the block last week in capital city of Juba
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$1.2bn Malabu deal: Court defers ruling on Shell, Agip’s bid to reclaim OPL 245

$1.2bn Malabu deal: Court defers ruling on Shell, Agip’s bid to reclaim OPL 245

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, deferred ruling on bid by two multinational oil giants, Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production Company Ltd and Nigeria Agip Exploration Ltd, to retain ownership of the disputed Oil Prospecting License, OPL, 245, pending their trial over alleged $1.2 billion fraud.

2 Brigade Uyo assures on improved security

2 Brigade Uyo assures on improved security

Newly established 2 Brigade in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has promised improved security of lives and properties of residents of the state as it celebrated the annual West Africa Social Activities, WASA.

Delta govt wades into Hostcom, NPDC rift

Delta govt wades into Hostcom, NPDC rift

DELTA State Government has waded into the rift between Host Communities in OML 34 and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, over alleged refusal to comply with terms of the Project Global Memorandum of Understanding, PGMoU for the Domestic Gas Project and the Steady State Global Memorandum of Understanding by the oil company.

How FG made Brass, OKLNG projects fail — Gaius-Obaseki, others

How FG made Brass, OKLNG projects fail — Gaius-Obaseki, others

Chairman of Brass Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, Mr. Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, and other experts in the petroleum industry, yesterday, blamed the Federal Government for the collapse and failures recorded in the multi-billion dollars Brass Liquefied Natural Gas and Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas, OKLNG, projects.

SAPELE: The darkness of a town with 2 power plants

SAPELE: The darkness of a town with 2 power plants

SAPELE— THE painful reality that residents of a host community to two power generation plants, which supply electricity to other parts of the country to reside in perpetual darkness but is nauseating to people of Sapale and environs. This scenario is not only offensive to the people of Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State, but also to other citizens of the country.

34m Nigerians living with kidney disease

34m Nigerians living with kidney disease

On this year’s World Kidney Day with the theme: “Kidney & Obesity”, a Consultant Physician/ Nephrologist, Dr Ebun Bamgboye, raised alarm over the increasing cases of kidney- related diseasorders in the country, saying, 1 in 5 or approximately 34 million Nigerians have kidney disease.

Indians conduct free diabetes testing in Lagos

Indians conduct free diabetes testing in Lagos

Towards making diagnosis and management of diabetes more accessible, the Indian Cultural Association in Lagos and BhojrajChanrai Foundation, are setting up camps for free, non-invasive early detection of diabetes among Nigerians.

Group slams minister over sack of whistleblower

Group slams minister over sack of whistleblower

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has been condemned for trying to undermine President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft war by sacking an Assistant Director in her ministry, Mr. Ntia Thompson, who exposed the looting of cash worth $229,000 and N800,000 meant for crucial projects.