MORE than 17 years of its introduction and having gone through eight National Assemblies without much to show for it, the question on the lips of concerned Nigerians continues to reverberate: Is the petroleum industry bill, PIB, jinxed?

Addax Petroleum rolled out the drums on Friday in Lagos to celebrate the feats it had recorded in the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act.

Lack of gas supply to power stations has scuttled the supply of 60 megawatts, mw of electricity to consumers.

CHIEF Executive Officer, African Initiative for Transparency, Accountability and Responsible Leadership, AfriTAL, and formal President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Dr Louis Brown Ogbeifun, has warned of dire consequences if the fiscal and host community Bills component of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, are not passed by the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari sign into law before the end of August.

Despite the plans of many stakeholders, including the government and operators, oil and gas remain the dominant sources of pollution in Nigeria’s petroleum producing areas. In this interview with Udeme Akpan, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, a professor of Environmental studies, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta state provides deep insight into issues as well as solutions.

For the first time in three months, Nigeria has witnessed an  increase in its rig count having recorded 32 in April as against 31 recorded in the month of March, data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, have  shown.

Canadian Company, StarCore Nuclear Inc. has proposed to the Federal Government of Nigeria, the rollout of 23 small modular reactors (SMRs) nuclear power stations to help provide electricity supply which will be accessible to millions of Nigerians who currently have unreliable or no access to electricity .

WITH the introduction of Amnesty, training and capacity building of youths in the Niger Delta, expectations were high that the development would culminate in increased peace and end to vandalism, oil theft and illegal refining in the region.

What are the people of the world doing to Planet Earth and the world environment? These are emerging topical questions as we mark yet another World Environment Day (WED)

The Senate has declared that it is planning laws that would bring about sanity and eliminate corruption in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.