ENVIRONMENT

The Nigerian Professor at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) holding a Professorial Chair in Oil and Gas at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Omowumi Iledare, has called on Energy stakeholders in Africa to commence putting in place the necessary structures before transiting from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources. Pro. Iladare further ...

The Management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company Ltd (SEPCOL) in RECIEVERSHIP, hereby provide an update on the explosion and subsequent fire that engulfed the FPSO Trinity Spirit located at the Ukpokiti Terminal, in the early hours of Wednesday. SEPCOL has been working with relevant authorities and stakeholders to contain the situation and an investigation has been launched to establish ...

The Oando Foundation of Nigeria, Sumitomo Chemical of Japan, with the technical support of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), organised a community clean-up exercise at Ijora Badia and Ishaga Mushin in Lagos State, themed: “Clearing of drainage, community sensitization & recycling awareness campaign”. This initiative is aimed at promoting environmental education and sustainable action for pupils in target schools and ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited yesterday gave an account of how it has positioned itself to lead Africa in energy transition. The Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari disclosed this while delivering the 30th Convocation Lecture of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, at the university’s auditorium. Kyari spoke on the topic: ...

During the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2022, TotalEnergies, Masdar and Siemens Energy all signed a collaboration agreement to act as co-developers on green hydrogen project. The project aims to establish a demonstrator plant at Masdar City for green hydrogen production to convert carbon dioxide into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Masdar City is Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban development. Francois Good, ...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost sustainability consulting, advocacy and training enterprise, CSR-in-Action, has entered a partnership with It-Begins-With-U (IBWU) Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based out of Canada, led by a volunteer team passionate about bringing about positive attitudinal change in Nigerian communities. The team are working on a collective passion to give back to the community through sustainable environmental project leading to ...

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it is working to enhance compliance and enforcement of environmental laws in Gombe State and across the Northeast states. Mr Charles Sharah, the North-East Zonal Director of NESREA said this in an interview on Monday, January 24, 2022, in Gombe, the state capital. Sharah said that the agency would strengthen ...

Bboxx, a next-generation utility expanding access to clean energy and clean cooking across Africa in the current arrangement has signed a second transaction for a US$5.5mn loan with AGG to accelerate clean energy drive in the continent. The latest agreement will help drive efforts to overcome barriers to clean cooking adoption by providing accessible commercial solutions. It includes addressing issues ...

Movement for Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has said the Royal Dutch Shell’s exit from farming crude oil in Ogoniland, Rivers State, since 1993 has cost Nigeria at least $178.85 billion in losses. Factional President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, in a statement in Port Harcourt, yesterday, equated the figure to an estimated N72 trillion, saying it “represents oil revenue ...

…….Allege £30m unaccounted for……… Bodo community in Rivers State has accused its British Solicitor and Senior Partner, Leigh Day & Co, Mr. Martyn Day, of short-changing over 14,000 beneficiaries in the £55 million compensation paid by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in 2015. The community in over a dozen correspondences between its representatives and the lawyer, copies of which were ...