Wike: The other side of a fighter, by Donu Kogbara
I went home to Rivers State last weekend to participate in a celebration and Anglican thanksgiving service. They were hosted in Koroma, Tai Local Government Area, by Senator Barinada Mpigi, a fellow Ogoni and friend. And the special guests of honour were Chief Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, and Chief Nyesom Wike, our former governor […]
Local content: GE harps on capacity development
General Electric, GE Nigeria has emphasized the need to improve on the skills and capacity of indigenous workers in the Nigerian oil and gas sector, especially in the area of technology, so as to empower them to tackle the industry challenges.
Labour demands time frame to end fuel importation
ORGANISED labour in the nation’s petroleum industry, has called on the Federal Government to give Nigerians a definite time frame to end fuel importation and gas flaring in the country.
FG rakes in N26.9bn from solid minerals in 2011
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has announced that the Federal Government earned a total of N26.9 billion from solid minerals in 2011.
The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this at the public presentation of 2011 Solid Minerals Industry Audit Report in Abuja, said, out of this amount, a total sum of N26.8 billion represents funds paid by companies.
Nigeria gets bulb recycling plant
Go Green Nigeria, Light up Nigeria, in association with the American bulb giant, Technical Consumer Products, TCP, is set to build West Africa’s first ever compact fluorescent lamp recycling plant in Nigeria.
Nigerians showcase potential to the world
The 2014 edition of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, the biggest annual oil and gas event in the world, which held in Houston, Texas, from May 5 to 8th, brought to the fore the growing importance of Nigerian companies in the oil and gas industry.
