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EKEDC floats Lagos SBU, transforms to holding company
Sopuruchi Onwuka Electric power distribution and marketing company, Power Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc popularly called Eko DisCo, has declared that its new subsidiary, Excel Electricity Distribution Company Limited would now operate its businesses in Lagos State. It also stated…
Service delivery: NCDMB, NDDC engage in knowledge sharing session
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have committed to strong inter-agency collaboration, peer review of operations in the pursuit for improved corporate governance, enhanced performance and effective service delivery to…
PIA: NUPRC counts over $4.9bn investments in 25 NAG FDPs
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has declared that it is working to unlock over 55 trillion cubic feet of uncommitted gas reserves and attract billions of dollars in new investments into the country’s gas industry. The…
German mayor stabbed 13 times by daughter
A German mayor who is a member of the centre-Left Social Democrats party remains in a critical condition after being stabbed 13 times at home by her 17 year old daughter, according to reports. She was found with multiple stab…
Man in Albania kills judge in Tirana courtroom shooting
Three people in the Albanian capital Tirana have been arrested after a man on trial shot dead a judge in a courtroom, according to police. Judge Astrit Kalaja was presiding over a hearing about a property dispute in the Tirana…
Prime Minister angry as Indian lawyer throws chief judge in court
An attorney in Indian lawyer has been suspended from legal practice after he launched physical assault on the country’s chief judge in anger following the remarks by Chief Justice BR Gavai about a Hindu god. The lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, threw…
Afri-6 fuel standard puts modular refinery investments at risk
Dormant institutional funds must be unfrozen to fund petroleum investments Africa Energy Bank still on course for activation by December Sopuruchi Onwuka Imposing global quality standards for Nigeria’s fledgling domestic midstream petroleum industry migh prove counterproductive by draining the commercial…
French government quakes as Sébastien Lecornu suddenly resigns
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just weeks after his appointment, signalling a renewed crisis in French politics. French President Emmanuel Macron accepted his resignation on Monday morning, hours after Lecornu unveiled the first names of his government….
VP Shettima commends Shell investments at NES
Vice President Kashim Shettima today commended the investments of Shell in Nigeria as he visited the company’s exhibition stand at the opening of the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja. The exhibition complements the participation of Shell in the…
Türkiye locks $43 bn LNG imports from US
Government of Turkiye says it has concluded a $43 billion deals with traders that would deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to further diversify for the European nation. During President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s U.S. visit, Türkiye’s state-run…
