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Darkness prevails as national electricity grid collapses
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the nation’s electricity grid on Sunday experienced multiple tripping, leading to the collapse of the system. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public…
Hike In Fuel: FG Must Make Nigerian Refineries Work …. NLC, NUEE
Ajaero By Ngozi Organised labour has condemned the federal government’s decision to fix the price of premium motor spirit popularly called petrol saying price fixing is not the same as…
Train 7 set to create 52,000 jobs, says NLNG
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, Tony Attah, has said that at least 55 per cent of the scope of work on the…
Onuesoke blasts FG over plan to import petroleum from Niger Rep
Onuesoke Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has described as embarrassing Federal Government’s plan to import petroleum products from Niger Republic. Onuesoke, a former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant…
Nigeria to resume fuel imports from Niger Republic
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from a neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources…
How 13%, NDDC benefits are hijacked from oil communities
By Michael Owhoko --- Contrary to widely held view that core oil producing areas in the Niger Delta are benefiting from 13 percent derivation and the Niger Delta Development…
PENGASSAN strike: NNPC allays fear of looming scarsity, says over 2.9bn petrol litres available for yuletide
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dismissed rumours of possible scarcity of petroleum products following ongoing disagreement between the Federal Government and members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas…
NNPC boosts power generation by 2,538MW in August
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has supplied 727 Million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power generation to the country in the month of August, 2020,…
FG to spend N269.38bn on six million free meters
The Federal Government is to spend between and on the provision of six million free meters to various unmetered power users across the country. Also, findings from separate quarterly reports…
Seplat pays $0.05 dividend to shareholders amid prevailing global challenges
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has announced its unaudited results…