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Africa’s NOCs to forge continental energy agenda at NIES 2024
Sopuruchi Onwuka The highly anticipated 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2024) is set to convene the National Oil Companies (NOCs) Forum, bringing together esteemed CEOs and key stakeholders from various African NOCs. The session promises to be a pivotal…
OANDO chiefs to mount stage at NIES 2024
Sopuruchi Onwuka Fast growing indigenous energy independent company, Oando, will mount a strong presence at the 2024 edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) which kicks off in Abuja today. According to a statement from The Wings Office Complex,…
Divestments: ‘No, we’re not leaving onshore,’ IOCs tell Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Despite the prevailing rave about the exit of foreign multinational companies from joint venture operations with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, TotalEnergies and Chevron still have a longer outlook for portfolios located onshore Niger Delta. Shell…
Shell’s $5 bn Bonga North development on table for 2024 FID
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian deepwater petroleum play is set to witness increased output as the key multinational players in the country drift from onshore and shallow water operations to more rewarding deepwater exploration and production. Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production…
Badenoch visits UK’s 1st independent school in W.Africa
Sopuruchi Onwuka Successful take off of the Charterhouse School in Lekki, Lagos State will keep the gate open for inflow of over £50 million or about N100 billion British transnational education (TNE) investments into Nigeria. The UK Minister for Business…
Woman faces 30 year jail for burning 1 month baby in oven
A Missouri mother who allegedly killed her 1-month-old by placing the baby in a hot oven has been charged with felony child endangerment, authorities said. Mariah Thomas, 26, allegedly said that she accidentally placed her infant daughter in the oven…
UN’s credibility sinks with Hamas nerve center under its Gaza HQ
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations has called on the chief of a UN agency to resign after it claimed ignorance about what Israel says was a Hamas nerve center directly beneath its Gaza headquarters. Over the weekend, the Israel…
Israeli commandos outgun terrorists, rescue 2 hostages from HAMAS
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Special squad of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) braved into a terrorist enclave in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and safely retrieved two hostages locked up in a flat of a building in a…
Kemi Badenoch arrives UK-Nigeria partnership
Sopuruchi Onwuka The UK Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch, has arrived in Nigeria to begin a 3-day visit to deepen the UK-Nigeria partnership. Following the former Foreign Secretary’s visit to Nigeria in August 2023, and last week’s UK-Nigeria…
UN’s mess in Gaza worsens with discovery of tunnel complex under HQ
The complicity of the United Nations in the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack that killed over 1300 Israelis and abduction of over 150 hostages has continued to gain validity with the emerging evidences that the world government’s workers participated in…
