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Panic in Corporate Centrum as Sahara Group battles insolvency
Sopuruchi Onwuka The energy business empire of corporate mogul, Kola Adesina, is battling tough liquidity challenge that threatens its continued participation in the debt ridden national gas-to-power programme. Leaders and top management executives are all pulling strings to stave off…
OIDA Fireside Chat: UNOC chief canvasses intra-African energy alliance
Sopuruchi Onwuka The need for collaboration among players in the African energy industry has become urgent in order to join forces in meeting the rising demand associated with the continent’s growing youth and productive population. It is in this line…
Ikazoboh chairs board of Dangote Cement as Aliko steps down
Non-Executive Director at Dangote Cement, Mr Emmanuel Ikazoboh, has been named the new Chairman of the company following the exit of founder, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, from the board. The company announced weekend that Aliko Dangote officially stepped down as Chairman…
Africa needs growth pillars for independent development __Wewimo
Sopuruchi Onwuka African nations currently facing dwindling foreign aids, trade frictions and migration pushback from once sympathetic western governments must now confront the urgent need for effective political leadership and rapid infrastructure development required for economic independence and internally propelled…
Gas players demand collaborative ecosystem to unlock Nigeria’s full potential
Sopuruchi Onwuka Top brass of Nigeria’s gas players have called on the government to facilitate evolution of a collaborative ecosystem that makes the operating environment congenial for realization of prime national economic aspirations for the gas industry. Eminent panelists at…
WIEN’s Woman Podcast: Engr Omezi speaks on ‘Local Content and Diversity’
Sopuruchi Onwuka The relationship between the highly applauded local content policies in the Nigerian petroleum industry and the resilient voices in the call for gender equity in the energy sector has been made clearer for those who would listen to…
NCDMB pledges support for Yikodeen’s safety footwear production
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has pledged its full support to ensure that world-class safety boots being manufactured by Yikodeen Company Limited are utilized in-country. Yikodeen inaugurated its expanded safety footwear manufacturing plant in Ejigbo, Lagos State, a…
NCDMB, Dangote to collaborate on Local Content
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company have inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) aimed at advancing local content implementation during the operational phase of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery…
Africa posts rising FDIs, suffers low finance access
Sopuruchi Onwuka Latest global trade reports show the incongruity of Africa’s rising foreign direct investments and low access to development finance; highlighting the predicament of world’s least developed countries, especially West Africa, where nations remain consistently remain in search of…
Executive Orders aim to enhance oil industry efficiency _Avuru
Sopuruchi Onwuka The recent executive orders churned out by the federal government are meant to steer the Nigerian upstream petroleum industry into clear pathway towards delivering government’s prime economic aspirations for the energy sector. Chairman of AA Holdings, Mr Austin…
