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Europe successfully launches Vega-C rocket
Europe on Wednesday successful launched its new Vega-C rocket, shooting up the medium-lift vehicle from French Guiana to deliver seven satellites to orbit. The largest of the satellites will test Einstein’s general theory of relativity, according to reports collated from…
Bayelsa seeks more investments from SPDC
Bayelsa State Government has called for better collaboration with The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to enable more investments in the state, and to give more value to people of Bayelsa. The state’s Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo,…
Fuel Scarcity: MOMAN demands liberalized market, internal energy shield
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government should adopt the measures being deployed by countries around the world to protect their domestic economy from the prevailing energy supply shocks and high prices stoked by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Part of…
Over 20,000 delegates, 200 exhibitors planned for 24th WPC
*Abstracts submission deadline shifts to August Sopuruchi Onwuka Organizers of the 24th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) slated for Canada in September 2023 have shifted he deadline for submission of abstracts to early August, 2022, citing rising interest from authors, exhibitors,…
Hunger catastrophe looms, the UN warns
A looming hunger catastrophe is set to explode over the next two years, creating the risk of unprecedented global political pressure, the executive director of the UN World Food Programme has warned. Calling for short- and long-term reforms – including…
NCDMB unveils ministerial regulations, charges industry on compliance
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has unveiled seven ministerial regulations that will provide a proper framework for monitoring the implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. The regulations were approved by the…
NNPC Limited says it is not recruiting
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared that it is not currently recruiting workers. Group spokesman of the company which is currently restructuring from public corporation to public liability company, Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, stated that “the general…
Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, shot dead
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, according to NHK public television. Abe, 67, was…
USAF rocket with nuclear capability explodes mid air
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports A rocket launched by the United States’ Air Force to test the possibility of land based nuclear warhead failed after it boomed midair just after it left the launch pad. Military journal, AirForceTimes reported early…
All set for WIEN’s Bille Supernova Girl Scholarship Programme & Science Fair
Women in Energy Network (WIEN), the platform providing convergence for professional women playing in the energy industry, will on July 9 launch its flagship Supernova Girl Scholarship Programme and Science Fair. The programme scheduled for Bille community in Rivers State…
