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C.River govt pledges support as Blake Resort lands in Calabar
Sopuruchi Onwuka The government of Cross River State has pledged to support the ongoing development and operations of the Blake Entertainment Centre at the Marina Resort, Calabar. Governor Bassey Otu who visited the Marina Resort construction site of Blake Entertainment…
Nigerian local flights not affected by Microsoft’s software glitch
Local flights in Nigeria suffered little or no impact from the global information technology outage on Friday when glitches in Mocrosoft security software updates hung millions of computers, affecting flight schedules at major world airports. Although Microsoft announced that the…
Faulty Microsoft update shakes global systems with disruption
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Technology and information technology glitches have struck the global connectivity among banks, airlines, healthcare management and media systems after Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. The company stated that…
NMDPRA accuses Dangote of market monopoly schemes
Sopuruchi Onwuka Federal government has finally come out openly to condemn alleged plots by Dangote Refinery to impose monopoly on the domestic fuel market, saying the company’s promoters are calling for total ban on other suppliers of the automotive gas…
Fuel crisis: Marketers demand transparency, fair competition
Sopuruchi Onwuka As controversies and altercations mark the changing downstream petroleum industry after the Dangote Refinery roars to life, players in the retail end of the market want all anti-competition instruments dismantled in order to create a balanced playing ground….
WIEN Woman Podcast debuts with Tenaris Nigeria MD, Rosario Osobase
Frontline gender equity group in the Nigerian energy industry, Women in Energy Network (WIEN), has launched a podcast series as part of her web learning and media thread designed to sensitize and empower women playing as professionals and entrepreneurs in…
Shell’s Okunbor honoured for exemplary leadership
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Managing Director of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, was on Thursday night recognised with an award for his “Invaluable contributions to the Nigerian energy sector…
NCDMB, Xenergi lay template for flare gas commercialization
Sopuruchi Onwuka The recent delivery of the twin projects of Kwale Gas Gathering (KGG) and Nedogas Central Processing facilities has clearly proved that home grown technical expertise, sound and viable commercial concepts and inventive funding solutions are not the key…
NNPC Limited quietly cedes 12.8% stake in Dangote Refinery
Sopuruchi Onwuka Government has silently accepted to whittle down the country’s 20 percent financial stake in the hyped Dangote Refinery, digging up more questions over the controversial deal which was sold to Nigerians as low hanging fruit for cheaper and…
CSOs urge IPMAN, NUPENG, others to work with NNPCL to Normalize fuel distribution
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups for Good Governance, a key stakeholder in the Nigerian oil and gas industry has called on oil marketers, distributors to partner with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd to ensure seamless delivery of petroleum…
