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US Navy launches gender inclusive USS New Jersey
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The U.S. Navy weekend commissioned the USS New Jersey, its first submarine designed to fully integrate male and female sailors. The fast-attack Virginia-class submarine, which was commissioned during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle…
Dangote hikes petrol price to N1000 per liter ___NNPC
Sopuruchi Onwuka Retail prices of the premium motor spirit, popularly called petrol, will now average N1000 per liter following new prices released for initial lifting from the new Dangote Refinery in Lagos. According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)…
Marketers buy 518,500 tons of fuel from Dangote Refinery
Await offtake modality on petrol Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the domestic petroleum products market have patronized the highly controversial Dangote Refinery in the past five months, indicating a gradual supply shift from foreign refineries. According to market supply data available…
Israeli special forces destroy Iranian missile factory in Syria
Israeli special forces destroy Iranian missile factory in Syria Israeli special forces has destroyed an underground missile factory in Syria used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), it has been reported. Sayeret Matkal, an elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit, destroyed…
Innoson is 2nd most purchased vehicle in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous automobile manufacturer, Innoson, is second most purchased vehicle in the country despite the refusal of the federal government to implement the highly applauded Nigerian Content policy in the purchase and use of vehicles in the country. Despite…
Oil leads Nigeria’s N19 trn H1 export income
Sopuruchi Onwuka Growth in Nigeria’s trade surplus jumped by 6.5 percent in the second quarter of the year, propelled by rising crude oil volumes as the Nigerian National Petroleum company (NNPC) Limited posts both increasing revenue and low production losses…
NUPRC disowns reported consent to SPDC acquisition deal
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has firmly denied reports claiming it has granted consent for Shell’s $1.3 billion sale of onshore assets to the Renaissance consortium. In a statement issued by the Head of Public Affairs…
Iran restates commitment to attack Israel amidst nu clear concerns
Iran has continued its threat of a “nightmare” attack on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in late July, as international concerns remain high over Tehran’s nuclear development program which has run unchecked for more than three…
NNPC, CNL migrate JV assets into PIA terms
Target 165,000 bopd by Dec Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and Chevron have activated legal and regulatory options to migrate assets operated under existing NNPC/ Chevron Nigeria Limited joint venture to less complicated operating terms provided in…
PIC-FUEL invention wins 2024 NLNG’s Nigeria Prize for Science
Winning work proffers carbon capture and Fuel Production Sopuruchi Onwuka For its pioneering work on “Process Intensification Technology for Greenhouse Emission Control in Power Generation and Industry for Sustainable Fuel Production (PIC-FUEL),” a team of scientists comprising Eni Oko, Olajide…
