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 […]
Nigerdock takes Nigerian Content to the next level
Nigerdock Nigeria PLC-FZE, the country’s premier offshore fabrication facility for the oil and gas industry has taken Nigerian Content development a notch higher with the completion of the SFDP1 project comprising the construction and load out of two Offshore Wellhead Platforms complete with Jackets, Piles, Boat Landing platforms and subsea templates.
Of oil thieves and clueless governance
This report takes a critical look at Nigeria’s crude oil production and how a whopping 150,000 bpd remains the exclusive preserve of organised oil thieves while the government seems to be at a loss with strategic ways of nipping this nefarious act of economic sabotage in the bud.…
Local content will impact other sectors – NCDMB boss
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, Mr. Ernest Nwapa, said that the effects of the Federal government’s local content mandate was already being felt in other sectors of the economy.
The Koluama disaster
Even from the oil company-owned helicopter which circled over the village of Koluama nestling by the Atlantic Ocean, the desolation of the entire land was palpable. And from the air one could see what might appear like a miracle of Biblical proportions: a burning sea.
Bonga oil spill: RA/FOE findings
Following an alert from fisher folks in Odioma community on the discovery of oil slick suspected to be from Shell’s Bonga Field, ERA/FoEN monitors visited the Atlantic shoreline in the company of some of the fishermen where spreading spill was sighted.
