ENVIRONMENT

Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Malam Mele Kyari joined other global personalities on Thursday, November 30, 2023, in Dubai, UAE, to brainstorm on climate issues and its rising complexities. On the sidelines of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as ...

……..by Ben Ndubuwa…… The Former head of the Environmental Services Division of Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Prof. Celina Maduemezia has called on the federal, States and local governments and Environmental Agencies in Nigeria to put in place sustainable policy management and implementation on environmental issues. Insisting that collaboration, evaluation and monitoring are key to strategic management and implementation of ...

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has waded into the dispute between Chevron Nigeria Limited and some communities within the company’s Warri exploration and production area, in Delta State, over the composition and naming of the Host Communities Trust Fund. The agency’s action was conveyed in a statement by Mrs Olaide Shonola, Head Public Affairs and Communication Unit. It ...

Photo : L-R: Charles Ifediba, CSR Lead, Seplat Energy Plc; Stanley Opara, Manager Corporate Communications; Esther Icha, CSR Manager; Dr. Eustace Onuegbu, Member of Trustees, Sustainability Professionals Institute of Nigeria; and Josephine Kola-Ajibade, Senior CSR Adviser, Seplat Energy, at the The CSR Reporters’ Social Impact & Sustainability Awards (SISA) where Seplat Energy won the CSR Award for Education Empowerment in ...

Chevron Nigeria Limited (“CNL”), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (“NNPCL”) and CNL – (“NNPCL/CNL JV”), confirms that CNL is committed to partnership with various stakeholders including the communities neighbouring its areas of operations in the Niger Delta, for sustainable development. CNL affirms that it is engaging with relevant stakeholders including the protesters at ...

….by Victor Egbo…….As the United States, Vice President, Kamala Haris announced that more than $900 million has been committed by governments, private sector companies, foundations, and civil society to bolster women’s economic participation in sectors such as clean energy, fisheries, recycling, forest management, and environmental conservation , Dr. Tinuade Sanda, the MD/CEO of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) was invited ...

Eni and the Italian Luiss University kick off in Rome today the International Network on African Energy Transition (INAET), gathering major institutions, universities, think-tanks and scholars from Africa, Europe and worldwide to set up a common hub on the continent’s transition. With Africa being home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies, the energy transition offers huge opportunities for ...

Photo from Left: Managing Director, SNEPCo, Elohor Aiboni; Executive Vice President Upstream, NNPC Limited, Oristsemeyiwa Eyesan; President, NAPE, Abiodun Ogunjobi; Former NAPE President, Elliot Ibie; Minister of State for Gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo; Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Simbi Wabote; and Shell’s Head of Seismic Processing, Magnus Kanu, welcoming dignitaries to the Shell stand at the NAPE’s 41st ...

Africa should reposition the energy industry for the future and become much more efficient with its energy resources, the Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown has said.He urged African countries to accept the fact that energy has a key role to play in the future of the continent, and the integration of the energy value chain is ...

……by Victor Egbo….. The Niger State Government has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the establishment of a Greenfield Hydroelectric power project, creation of solar parks in educational institutions, provision of solar home systems for 250,000 households, and the establishment of a 500 million-litre Ethanol Plant ball in the state. Olalekan Ogunleye, ...