Nigeria is not in shoplist as Chinese firms mop foreign assets

Sopuruchi Onwuka China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and its affiliates are working to revive overseas operations with a war chest of about $100 billion open for acquisitions and new operating licenses; but Nigeria is nowhere in the regions the Asian…

Global warming: UN Scribe demands world leaders to end petroleum use

There’s no lifeboat to safety The secretary-general of the United Nations has called on world leaders to phase out oil and gas from their economies and stop new exploration in hydrocarbons. Speaking in Tonga, during a meeting of Pacific Island…

NNPC Vision First Programme: Over 1,000 Lagosians receive free eye care

Sopuruchi Onwuka Over 1000 eye patients in Ilaje and other communities in the Bariga area of Lagos State have received free treatment for different eye defects in the third edition of the Vision First Programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum…

‘NCDMB remains most efficient, transparent MDA’ Scores 100% in PEBEC,s transparency assessment Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has again taken full pride in the systems and processes that drive regulatory activities at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Presidential…

FG begins LPG penetration scheme with free cylinder distribution in Lagos

Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government’s ongoing LPG Penetration Program took a significant step forward in Lagos on Monday with the launch of the South-West Zone’s distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders, a move aimed at promoting clean cooking solutions across…

NNPC Ltd captures greater market share with DES LNG shipments

Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is making significant strides in the global energy market, expanding its footprint in Asia with the commencement of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipments to Japan and China on a Delivered…

‘Local content policy can accelerate Africa’s economic development’

Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria has proposed pan African local content policy implementation in order to assist the governments in the continent deploy their natural resources as catalyst for rapid economic development. Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board…

Paradox of profligacy: Tinubu’s jet amidst crushing poverty in Nigeria

Sopuruchi Onwuka President Bola Tinubu’s recent acquisition of a new Airbus A330 business jet, amid Nigeria’s most severe economic crisis in decades, has sparked widespread outrage, drawing attention to the stark contrast between the government’s extravagance and the dire living…

NAOC divestment: Eni pockets $783m, Oando grows massive

Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has finally signed off on a major asset sale transaction in the upstream petroleum industry, allowing Eni walk home with princely $783 million while indigenous Oando masses up a range of petroleum reserves, power production plants,…

How Smart Gas, WIEN drive private agenda for LPG penetration

Sopuruchi Onwuka Leading gender equity advocacy group, Women in Energy Network (WIEN) and the indigenous community focused gas distribution champion, Smart Gas Limited, are working together to accelerate energy access to communities across the 774 local council areas in the…