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NCDMB, SNEPCo, LADOL launch capacity building for supply base ervices
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in collaboration with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL), has launched a 12-month Human Capacity Development (HCD) programme designed to equip young Nigerians with specialised…
NCDMB to launch petroleum industry trainers certification
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is set to commence the issuance of the Nigerian Content Trainers Registration Certificate (NCTRC), as part of its commitment to strengthening local competencies and promoting professional standards within Nigeria’s oil and gas…
NCDMB partners Chevron, Bristow on pilot training programme
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has partnered with Chevron Nigeria Limited and Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Limited to launch a Human Capacity Development programme aimed at training a new generation of Nigerian helicopter pilots for the oil and gas…
FG draws fresh $1.25bn World Bank loan to finance job creation programme
World Bank has granted approval to a fresh $1.25 billion loan request by the Federal Government under its Nigeria Actions for Investment and Jobs Acceleration programme. The approval was confirmed in a statement made by the World Bank on Wednesday, along…
SMEDAN secures $12bn S/Korea commitment to establish skills acquisition facility
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has secured a $12 billion commitment from South Korea to establish a Skills Acquisition Centre in Abuja, as part of efforts to strengthen entrepreneurship and boost small businesses across Nigeria. This is…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court, ECOWAS Court launch e-case management system in judicial administration
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has launched a nationwide digital case management platform as it also introduced mandatory electronic filing requirements for appeals. This move is aimed at modernising judicial administration, improving efficiency, strengthening record security and aligning the country’s justice system…
Amadi’s neonatal bundle: How NLNG filliped innovations that save newborn babies
By Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria-born Imperial College London professor and winner of the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Science, Professor Hippolite Amadi, has embarked on a nationwide expansion of his groundbreaking JaundiRoom initiative, a pioneering neonatal healthcare intervention designed to provide rapid,…
Diezani: When spirited woman is caught in the web of power
Sopuruchi Onwuka The acquittal of former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke by a London jury after more than a decade of investigations and legal battles has reopened a larger conversation about one of the most consequential and controversial figures in the…
Modibbo varsity wins N50m prize at NCDMB’s engineering olympiad
Team Mavericks from Modibbo Adama University, Yola, on Wednesday emerged the overall winners at the grand finale of the maiden Nigerian Engineering Olympiad held over two days in Lagos. The team won the contest with their innovation, “Sarafa Community Security…
TCN declares force majeure as flooding submerges two Lagos substations
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has declared force majeure on the Oworonshoki 132/33kV and Lekki 330/132kV Transmission Substations following flooding caused by persistent rainfall in Lagos. A statement confirming the development, issued by TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah,…
