ENVIRONMENT

Photo: A cross section of beneficiaries and some Shell staff at the NNPC/SNEPCo Vision First Plus programme in Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Friday last week. No fewer than 6575 people benefitted from an eyecare outreach held in Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, August 26—30, as part of the Vision First Plus ...

Photo: Medical personnel attending to Community members at the Vision First healthcare outreach on free eye care services held in Ilaje Community of Lagos State, on Tuesday. ……..Over 1,000 Individuals Receive Free Eye-care Services…… The NNPC Ltd has flagged off the third edition of the Vision First Programme, as part of comprehensive community-focused healthcare outreach targeted at the Ilaje community ...

Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has disassociated itself from last Thursday’s fresh oil spill, which occurred in the Ibeno Local Government Area of the State. Over 27 coastal communities were said to have been badly affected in the fresh oil spill which the communities believed was spilled by ExxonMobil. The village head of Mkpanah, Mobil host community, Denis Essenem, while receiving ...

The management of North South Power Company Limited (NSPCL) in Niger State has sensitised communities around the Shiroro Hydro-Electric Power Plant to desist from water-based activities. Mr Olubunmi Peters, the Vice Chairman NSPCL, gave the warning during the annual stakeholders’ flood sensitisation and awareness forum in Minna, the state capital, on Thursday, August 8, 2024. Peters, represented by Abdullahi Hassan, ...

The Management of 11 PLC, formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, and owners of the Mobil Service Stations in Nigeria, have expressed their regrets for the fire incident that engulfed the Mobil Service Station at Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos. The company has also confirmed that all those who sustained injuries have been evacuated to a nearby hospital. According to the ...

The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident. The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the ...

Sahara Group Foundation, the social impact vehicle of energy conglomerate, Sahara Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigeria Philanthropy Office (NPO) to facilitate impactful philanthropic and investment support for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in targeted sectors of the economy. The MoU represents another milestone for Sahara Group Foundation in furtherance of its commitment to ...

Adoption of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative of the Federal Government will help to address the continuous high cost of food prices, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says. Dr Adamu Abdullahi, the Acting Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, said this at the sideline of a one-day webinar with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Consumer Protection Groups (CPGs), in ...

Photo: The Inaugurated ICT Centre, at the Sa’adu Zungur University (formerly Bauchi State University), Gadau in Bauchi State. The Centre, opened on Thursday 4th July 2024, was built and equipped by NNPC-SPDC JV. A state-of-the-art ICT centre was on Thursday inaugurated at the Sa’adu Zungur University (formerly Bauchi State University), Gadau in Bauchi State in the latest support for education ...

Leading responsible energy and infrastructure conglomerate Sahara Group has restated its commitment to effective management of its environmental footprint through strategies that reduce carbon emission across its businesses. Speaking during the unveiling of third edition of Gree’n’lectric, a Sahara Power Group digital publication dedicated to promoting clean energy and environmental sustainability in Africa’s power sector, Bethel Obioma, Head, Corporate Communications, ...