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Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has sued the EFCC, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) over alleged refusal to release his 9.8 million dollars after a court judgment.Yakubu, through his counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, filed the suit before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja.The ...

Interest is growing in the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The company has already recorded a remarkable 61 per cent increase in entries for Drama cycle, with 143 entries received for the 2023 edition against 89 entries in the last Drama cycle in 2018. The entrants will compete for a top prize of $100,000. This ...

Calgary: The Canadian Organizing Committee for the 24th World Petroleum Congress (“OCAN”) has said that there are lists of highlight to host the forth-coming World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Calgary, Canada. The congress is slated for September 17 – 21, 2023. The organizers pointed out that key milestones include recognition of the initial industry and government sponsors and partners which ...

Seplat Energy announces that today, the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, vacated the ex parte Interim Orders against Seplat, its CEO and its Board Chairman, including the orders that restrained the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown from participating in the running of the Company. The case has been adjourned to May 16, 2023, to continue the hearing. The ...

L-R: Sir Steve Omojafor, Chairman of the Summit / Chairman STB McCann; Nkechi Ali – Balogun, Principal Consultant, NECCI; Anthony Chiejina, Group Chief Branding and Communication, Dangote Industry Limited andTayo Orekoya, Chairman Pearl Awards, at 2022 The Industry All Star Awards, in Lagos at the weekend, As part of its public enlightenment programme, Dangote Cement has demonstrated how to put ...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has raised an alarm over the high level of non-compliance to its regulations in the retail outlets of the energy sector.Dr Mustapha Lamorde, the Executive Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSE&C) of NMDPRA, said this at a one-day South–West Region Stakeholders’ engagement on incessant incidents in the midstream and downstream ...

There are indications that the last has not been heard concerning the circumstances that led to the suspension of the Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown, as the oil company appears to be fighting back by instituting a N5 billion suit against its former Chairman, Dr. ABC Orjiako, ThisdayLive reports.To many keen observers in the oil ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a 7-year contract extension for Brevity Anderson Consortium as conference producers and organizers of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (N.I.E.S) formerly known as Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (N.I.P.S) following a Federal Executive Council review and approval. “The Honourable Minister of Petroleum Resources presented a memo to FEC for a 7-year contract extension between ...

Egina, Nigeria’s flagship ultra-deep offshore field operated by TotalEnergies,has been declared winner of the Excellence in Project Integration prize at the 15th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) in Bangkok, Thailand recently. “Congratulations to us all. It’s indeed a good achievement to the company and our partners, and we must find a way to communicate the great feat to our teams ...

Nigeria Machine Tools Limited (NMTL), Osogbo has created another record as the first indigenous engineering manufacturing company to attain Shell Supplier Technical Assessment Record (STAR) for Stud Bolts and Flanges.As a result, the products are now listed in Shell’s Technically Accepted Manufacturers & Products (TAMAP) database.NMT’s stud bolts and flanges were subjected to acceptance testing; overseen by a facility audit ...