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 […]
Ugborodo elders dethrones community leader
THE elders and leaders of Ugborodo community in Warri South-West council area of Delta State, Sunday dethroned its community head (Eghare-Aja), Pa. Wellington Ojogor and installed Pa. Pender Nene as the new Eghare-Aja at the Ode- Ugborodo, their ancestral home.
Robber’s bullet tears Vanguards’ office
WARRI – AS dare-devil robbers continue their onslaught on residents of the oil city of Warri, Delta state, two workers of the Vanguard Media Limited office, escaped death by the whiskers as a stray bullet in a gun duel with policemen pierced through one of the offices and landed at the office of the regional editor.
Ecopetrol Earmarks $8.48B for 2012 Capex
Ecopetrol has reported its approved investment plan for the year 2012 and the update of the strategic plan for the Corporate Group for the 2012-2020 period.
WRPC donates generator to hospital
WARRI-THE Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, in Delta State has been commended by the traditional ruler of Uvwie kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1 for donating a 100kva Mikano sound proof generating set to the Ekpan General Hospital in Uvwie Council area of the state.
All the rumpus over deregulation
The first point to note about the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry is that it is heavily deregulated and just lightly regulated. Over the years the NNPC got wise to the fact that it could not refine, warehouse, wholesale and retail petroleum products all by itself.
