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NCDMB takes manpower development to technical schools
Wants youths productively engaged Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has started delivering renovation and equipment of some technical schools in the Niger Delta as part of its drive to revamp technical and vocational education in…
Seplat powers Oben Cottage Hospital
Sopuruchi Onwuka Seplat Energy Plc declares that it has commissioned the project for power supply to Oben Cottage Hospital from its Oben gas facility at Oben Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. Spokesman, Dr Chioma Nwachuku, stated that the…
Wabote lays proviso for African local content policy
Sopuruchi Onwuka Executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Wabote, has charged African countries the rapidly embrace the Nigerian Content models in trapping the resource benefits for domestic economic development. Engr Wabote who made…
Chevron shares experience on Nigerian social investments partnerships
(A contribution from the External Affairs unit of Chevron Nigeria Limited) The Nigerian oil and gas industry is strategic to the overall socio-economic development of the country. It is an industry that thrives on partnership with key stakeholders. Organizations within…
NNPC puts Maiduguri EPP on fast track
Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared plans to expedite realization of its emergency power project (EPP) in Maiduguri as model for similar projects in the country. Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, who performed the ground breaking…
CBN launches eNaira ahead of schedule as platform goes live
Sopuruchi Onwuka The federal government has finally launched the much awaited eNaira platform, attracting instant traffic surge as millions of Nigerians pry into the website to explore possibilities of offgrid financial transactions. The eNaira, a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)…
Energy Security: Indigenous players tackle regulators as majors leave
Sopuruchi Onwuka Indigenous companies in the country and government regulators in the petroleum sector are yet to find common grounds on how to effectively capture the reins of operations in the industry as multinational players that have dominated the business…
NCDMB saves Nigeria $2bn on NLNG-7 project
Wabote receives African Icon award Sopuruchi Onwuka Localization of contract execution in the ongoing expansion of the processing trains of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited saved Nigeria princely $2.0 billion of N840 billion during the during the bidding…
NCDMB initiates 6th industrial park
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has activated processes for development of an industrial park in Ondo State, making it the sixth of such facilities to be established across petroleum industry hubs in Niger Delta. According…
Sylva commissions NCDMB Research Incubation Centre, launches $50m R&D Fund
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has commissioned the Technology Incubation and Innovation Center and formally launched the US$50 million Nigerian Content Research and Development Fund, all initiatives of the Nigerian Conten tDevelopment and Monitoring Board…
