Maersk Oil confirms plan to shut Tyra field in 2018
Maersk Oil, a subsidiary of Danish shipping and oil company A.P. Moller-Maersk, confirmed in a statement on Friday that it planned to stop production at its Tyra gas field in…
FG can’t develop Niger Delta to ‘our taste’ – Ijaw professionals
A pan-Ijaw professional group, the Ijaw Professionals Association, Homeland chapter, has urged the Ijaw nation to realise that the Federal Government is not committed to developing the Niger Delta “to…
China jails 23 fuel smugglers
A court in eastern China has sentenced 23 people to jail of up to 15 years for smuggling refined fuel, state media reported on Friday. They were found to have…
Clearing agents seek 3 months grace over ban on vehicle imports through land border
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Seme Chapter, on Friday urged the Federal Government to grant a three-month grace period before enforcing the ban on importation of vehicles…
NNPC shuts down Olokola LNG project
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has approved the partial closure of the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas (OKLNG) project with effect from today…
NNPC failed to remit $15.8bn to federation account as at 2014, says NEITI
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had, as at 2014, withheld $15.8 billion from the federation account paid by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural…
Tragedy averted as petrol tanker falls in Ogun
Scores escaped death in the early hours of Friday as a petrol tanker fell at the popular Library Junction in Ilaro, in Yewa South Local Government Area of the Ogun…
Chilean Navy sailors in trouble for secretly filming female crew mates
Chilean authorities said on Thursday they are investigating allegations that female sailors were secretly videotaped in their quarters on a naval vessel and that those images were then shared via…
NNPC beats Customs, NCC to win best website award
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) might not be your favourite government company but it is wowing the tech world as it has won the 2016 Phillips Consulting/WebJurists award for…
Women, we need to throw off the sexist shackles of salad
Salads are an unappetizing scam. I’m not talking about a nice little side salad to go with a meaty main dish, or a pasta salad laden with rotini, feta and…