….Sanusi says oil industry bill critical to banking reform The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo has solicited the cooperation of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the on going reform of the oil and gas sector for it to impact positively on the Nigerian economy. The […]

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke has announced that Nigeria would be the toast of the jewellery world this month in Hollywood, California as mega-movie stars, world  jewellery buying  and selling top guns throng   the  launch its Gemstones . The Minister said that this was made possible after several meeting with […]

IN less than four weeks, the December 31 deadline target by President Yar’Adua government to give Nigerians 6000megawatts electricity will elapse and as expected, evidence on ground indicate that the government fell far bellow the target. One group which right from the onset and consistently dismissed the target is a mirage, is the organized labour […]

The Nembe community in Bayelsa State and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd., (SPDC) have jointly commissioned 12 different development projects executed by the community under the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) initiative. The projects cost N215 million. SPDC Joint Venture provided the funds, while the community implemented the projects through the Community Development […]

By Oscarline ONWUEMENYI ABUJA – In line with its objective of increasing exploration and production of hydrocarbon resources with a view to growing the nations oil reserves to 40million barrels of crude, the Federal government on Tuesday renewed the leases of OLS 67, 68 and 70 shallow waters with Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, under the […]

…Says local engineers not adequately challenged By Oscarline ONWUEMENYI ABUJA – The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Engr. Kashim Abdul Ali, has said local engineers hold the magic wand to resolving the country’s perennial power challenges, if given more roles to play by the government. Ali who was speaking on Monday at a […]

The plan to demolish water-fronts in Port Harcourt is not new. It first gained currency under the tenure of deposed governor Celestine Omehia. The government gave security reasons as one of the major factors behind the plan. The issue seemingly overheated the state. While this was on, the Supreme Court sacked the government and installed […]

By Jimitota Onoyume PORT HARCOURT – CONTRARY to thinking in many quarters that the scarcity of petroleum products in Port Harcourt is as a result of hoarding by filling stations, findings have revealed short fall in supply of the product to filling stations by the Pipeline Product Marketing Company (PPMC) is largely responsible. During a […]

By John Owubokiri In November 2006 the Editor (now Editor-In-Chief) of the Vanguard, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye approved the publication of the controversial Niger Delta debate on the energy pages of the Vanguard. It was not a particularly popular decision for the politics of the day was against any accommodation of the Niger Delta Question as […]

By Godwin Oritse THE uncoordinated warehousing of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) equipment may stall the December dead line of 6,000 mega watts target of power supply. The NIPP has suffered a lot of ill fate in recent times as some of the equipment were actually auctioned by the men and officers of the […]

Nigeria has been elected a member of the Executive Council of the African Federation of Utility Regulators (AFUR) at the just concluded 6th conference of the body that held in Abidjan Cote D’Ivore. Nigeria representative on the continental body, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had in a position paper at the forum, urged other […]

More than 400 pipelines have been destroyed in Nigeria’s oil rich Niger Delta region in the last two years, the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper reported on Monday. Citing Joseph Dorgu, chairman of the Pipeline Professionals’ Association of Nigeria (PLAN), the report said the vandalism was caused by militants in the region. He said one way the […]

By Jimitota ONOYUME Port Harcourt – FOR the Niger Delta Ministry to be more effective  in the region federal government has been urged to relocate it from Abuja to any state in the region. Making the appeal, Secretary, Western Zone, Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Preye Okaba said the Ministry would be proactive in terms […]

AS controversy continues to trail government planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation’s Petroleum industry, Labour Writers Association of Nigeria (LAWAN), has called for a time frame to end importation of petroleum products into the countries. LAWAN, an umbrella body for Labour Editors and correspondents reporting labour and industrial issues in the country, […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Otuasega is one of the communities in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State situated along the Kolo Creek. The community has been host to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) for many years. The company pipelines not only crisscrosses the landscape of the community environment but Otuasega also boats of […]