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Year: 2021

NCDMB initiates 6th industrial park

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has activated processes for development of an industrial park in Ondo State, making it the sixth of such facilities to be established across petroleum industry hubs in Niger Delta. According…

Glencore’s Stimler confirms Nigeria’s oil bribery scheme

(As published by Bloomberg) When Anthony Stimler left Glencore Plc in August 2019, he had two big secrets: For a dozen years, he’d paid millions in bribes to African officials and intermediaries. And he was now helping a U.S. Justice…

Sylva commissions NCDMB Research Incubation Centre, launches $50m R&D Fund

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has commissioned the Technology Incubation and Innovation Center and formally launched the US$50 million Nigerian Content Research and Development Fund, all initiatives of the Nigerian Conten tDevelopment and Monitoring Board…

Afghan women support Taliban as America mourns 9/11 terror victims

Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Educated women in Afghanistan on Saturday marched in support of radical Islamic regime in the country, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hard-line policies on gender segregation. The march for Taliban support came as thousands of…

FG lays frameworks for innovation in petroleum industry

Sopuruchi Onwuka With the global movement for energy transition driving massive divestment of brownfield and medium value assets by multinational oil firms in Nigeria, government have started laying strong foundation for local technical capacity development to position indigenous companies to…

NNPC alters 44 record with N287 bn profit

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has posted a N287 billion profit after tax for 2020, shattering its business performance record in the past 44 year. The figure is contained in the corporation’s Audited Financial Statements (AFS) published…

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CNB goes after forex scammers

Sopuruchi Onwuka Central Bank of Nigeria is rising against abuse of its direct sale of foreign currencies to personal and business travelers, directing all banks enlisted in highly guarded release of scarce foreign exchange in the country to expose customers…

NCDMB sells Bayelsa State electricity

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has become the first government institution in the country to generate and commercialize electricity from its office power plant. The local capacity development agency which has been leading innovative commercial…

Solve problems with enterprise, Wabote charges youths

Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has canvassed development and empowerment policies to harness the nation’s large population of youths in solving the nation’s social and economic challenges. Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Wabote, stated at a virtual…

The Okonkwos pay last respect to Ezinne Josephine

By Oliver Udeogu It was a celebration of life well spent in Akwu-Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as late Ezinne Josephine Chinwe Okonkwo, Matriarch of the Okonkwo’s, was laid to rest at the age of 80…