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SPE Nigeria unveils speakers for NAICE 2024
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Council has rolled out confirmed speakers for the 47th edition of the Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2024. The event scheduled to hold at the Eko Hotel in Lagos focusses on…
Tech outage cost large corporations $5.4 bn
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Large global companies whose operating systems hibernated across day after faulty security update may have lost staggering $5.4 billion in operating cost and revenues as banks suffered downtimes, airlines cancelled flights and hospitals all around…
WIEN Woman Podcast features EKEDC’s Adegbenro in Episode II
The experience sharing programme of the Women In Energy Network (WIEN) has progressed to the second episode with the Chief Compliance and Audit Officer at Eko Disco, Sheri Adegbenro, on the spotlight. Sheri’s inspiring journey and insights already online at…
NCDMB strikes Local Content collaboration with NASS
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the National Assembly have initiated process for closer delivery of the key goals of the economic stimulation agency. The NCDMB on Sunday began a 3-day retreat with the Senate…
Energy industry women demand quick fixes to operating environment
Sopuruchi Onwuka Leading women professionals and investors in the Nigerian energy industry have called on the government to quickly address security and regulatory issues holding down business in the domestic operating environment. The women who spoke at a colloquium hosted…
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….
