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Dangote Refinery to empower host communities youths

By Olatunde Dodondawa Dangote Refinery to empower host communities youths As part of efforts aimed at making youths from its host communities employable, Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals Company yesterday flagged off a vocational training scheme that will inculcate necessary skills in the young men and women from the Ibeju-Lekki […]

Energy

NEITI confirms Nigeria loses $16bn to PSCs in 10 yrs

By Olatunde Dodondawa The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has stated that Nigeria lost at least $16 billion in 10 years due to non-review of the 1993 Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) with oil companies. This was contained in NEITI’s latest report titled “The Steep Cost of Inaction” released in […]

Energy

EKEDC assures reliable electricity supply, signs conditions of service with workers

By Olatunde Dodondawa The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has assured electricity consumers within its network of safety and reliable supply. Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi, the Chief Execultive Officer, of the company gave the assurance during the signing of workers conditions of service with the National Union not Electricity Employees […]

Energy

Why NNPC needs more reforms-NNRC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has introduced series of reforms aimed at boosting the public’s perspective from being an opaque business entity to a more transparent business entity. In this report, OLATUNDE DODONDAWA examines why the Nigerian Natural Resource Charter (NNRC) said, in its latest Benchmarking Exercise Report (2017 […]

Energy

Total starts up production on Egina field

T Total has started up production on December 29, 2018 from the Egina field, located in around 1,600 meters of water depths, 150 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria. At peak, the Egina field will produce 200,000 barrels of oil per day, which represents about 10 per cent of Nigeria’s […]

Business

How NDPHC intervenes in power sector crisis

It is a public knowledge that epileptic power supply hurts the economy of any nation. Nigeria was once unfortunately named to occupy the 70th spot on the global electricity production chart by the CIA World Fact book. In this report, OLATUNDE DODONDAWA examines the intervention of Niger Delta Power Holding […]

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Boko Haram seizes more Borno towns

Despite denials by the Nigerian military, Boko Haram fighters seized Baga, Doron-Baga, Kross Kawwa, Bunduran, Kekeno and Kukawa towns of Borno State after three days of fierce battles from Wednesday to Friday last week, Daily Trust learnt from impeccable military and political sources in Maiduguri on Sunday. All six towns […]