The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has debunked the sensational headlines reported in some newspapers last week to the effect that the Board has queried the infrastructural development in the rail sector and delayed passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The Board’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Dr. Ginah O. Ginah who…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has charged youths in Nigeria’s oil-producing communities to join in campaigning for peace and security in the Niger Delta region. Speaking after receiving an award for excellence from the Niger Delta Youth Forum, the NDDC Director Corporate Affairs, Dr. Ibitoye Abosede, stated that development can only take place in…
BY: Desmond Agbama CPS To Oba of Benin His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin has welcomed the idea of the British Museum to collaborate with the Palace of the Oba of Benin to develop a World Class Museum to accommodate stolen artefact from Benin Kingdom. The Benin Monarch…
1990 —2014 : NIGERIA RECEIVED USD1TRILLION FROM OIL ……Prof Osinbajo ….says Nigeria needs fiscal Federalism, good governance, not geographical Restructuring. The Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo said oil revenue accruable to Nigeria under successive administrations between 1990 and 2014 is about one trillion dollars. Relying on the statistics of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries…
A communiqué issued at the end of the 25thAnnual LAPO Development Forum held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos State on Friday, August 24th 2018, under the theme: Towards Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation of Nigeria: Options for Non-State Intervention. PREAMBLE The 24th Annual LAPO Development Forum of the Lift Above Poverty Organisation (LAPO), a…
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is set to commence a forensic audit into its $200 million Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF). Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Mr. Simbi Wabote, gave the hint while speaking on the theme “Driving Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Industry towards Sustained Economic Development & Growth at the Nigerian Oil and…
Seven licensed refineries with the ability to process 181,000 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd) have progressed towards completion stage in their attempt to contribute to Nigeria’s self sufficiency in petroleum refining. For example, the 5,000 bpd Waltersmith Refining & Petrochemical Company Limited’s modular plant, which is capable of producing naphtha, kerosene, diesel, and…
WEDNESDAY, July 11, 2018 rekindled hope for a better Niger Delta and Nigeria as a political entity. By 2.pm when oil rich Niger Delta indigenes from all strata of the society including technocrats, diplomats, intellectuals, traditional rulers as well as youth and opinion leaders converged on the Main Hail of Eko Hotel and Suites in…
QUESTION….YOUR PROFILE SIR ANSWER……. MY name is Dr Awele Nwabuokei Am a sociologist and a rural development agent , I worked with the Federal Government of Nigeria for 35 years , retired in May 2018, I started work in 1983, I worked in Ministry of Labour, Defence, I was assigned to go for committee work…
Before the enactment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act in 2010, only a few International Oil Companies (IOCs) had deliberately put in place policies to build, enhance and sustain the capacity of indigenous companies and contractors to enable them to fully participate in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Eight years…
