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Africa must invest $25bn to provide power to 600 m people
Governments of African countries, especially those in the sub-Saharan part f the continent, are faced with the challenge of sourcing princely $25 billion or N12.5 trillion for investments in connecting some 600 million people to electric power supply infrastructure. The…
Fuel marketers close shop to demand price increase
Sopuruchi Onwuka A segment of players in the domestic fuel market have started practical demand for price increase by shutting their retail outlets and creating panic among motorists over possible hiatus in the distribution system. Panic buying by desperate motorists…
Again, gunmen kill worshippers in churches
Gunmen attacked two churches in Kaduna State on Sunday, killing three people and kidnapping many others in a double church attacks. Worshippers were attending the church service at the Maranatha Baptist Church and at St. Moses Catholic Church in Rubu…
Wabote wants varsities to position Nigeria in new energy order
There is an urgent need for the Federal Government and other stakeholders of the oil and gas industry to intensify efforts in the promotion of quality petroleum education and development of competent manpower that would help Nigeria meet the challenges…
Wabote challenges distributors to domicile production
Lays foundation stone for local PPE Factory Sopuruchi Onwuka Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Wabote, had demanded the distributors of high end industrial and technical products in the country to explore partnerships…
NCDMB pledges space for women at industrial parks
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared that its industrial parks currently under development stages will hold special slots for women enterpreneurs in technical services, manufacuting and energy related businesses. The agency which is responsible…
NERC vows improved power supply from July 1
Sopuruchi Onwuka Homes and businesses in the country will begin get energy cost relief by next month when the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has determined for total reset of the commercial relay designed to guarantee steady supply of electricity…
NCDMB to raise female quotient in oil industry training
Begins disbursement of $40m Women Fund Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will formally require operating companies in the Nigerian petroleum industry to increase the proportion women in their regular human development programmes, including courses that…
PIA: Women must be positioned for oil crew change
Sopuruchi Onwuka Deliberate policy and structural measures should evolved to dismantle cultural norms that nurture gender bias in the technical and male dominated professions and workplace environments in order to allow the sectors harness the capacity and expertise of women…
Israel unveils new weapons at Paris defense confab
Israel’s Ministry of Defense International Defense Cooperation Directorate, or SIBAT, will today inaugurate country pavilion of 56 local companies including those of the country’s defense industry at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris,. Director for Europe and North America at…
