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The Federal Government is to retain the about 1,500 employees of the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and Petroleum Equalisation Fund. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Wednesday that no staff of the scrapped agencies would be sacked. He disclosed this while during meetings with employees of the affected organisations ...

As a follow-up to its efforts in sustaining the current smooth supply and distribution of petroleum products nationwide within the festive period and beyond, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has engaged critical stakeholders so as to find lasting solutions to the road network challenges and other lingering issues. Also in a bid to calm the nerves of the tankers ...

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers have called off their planned strike action.This development came after intensive engagement involving the leadership of the PTD, NNPC officials and other government agencies.NNPC wishes to appreciate the maturity and patriotism of the leadership of the PTD; and to also reiterate its resolve to actively participate in finding a quick and effective solution to the concerns ...

The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) has commende the Federal Government over the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into Petroman Industry Act and has also appealed to the government to provide adequate security for all oil and gas facilities in the country. A delegation of the IPPG led by its Chairman, Abdulrazaq Isa, met with Vice President, Prof. ...

Calm. Collected. Perceptive. Foresighted. Like the lion, he moves without thumps, but his footprints are seen the world over, even on rocky and uncharted business paths. His footsteps reverberate in the land of the spirits. Nothing about his temperament betrays the fact that this is one of the Forbes Magazine rated super rich. He is Dr. Ambrosie Bryant Chukwueloka (A.B.C) ...

This is to inform the public that the information circulating in the Social Media that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is conducting a recruitment exercise IS NOT TRUE and the public should disregard it in its entirety. Whenever NNPC decides to conduct a recruitment exercise, it will announce this to the public through authentic public communication channels including the ...

The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt as part of the company’s Nigerian content human capital development programme delivered in collaboration with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). “The donations are aimed at strengthening advanced practical teaching and ...

By Obinna Nwachi The job of managing the image and reputation of a company that many love to hate and others hate to love is no mean task. Very often, one leaves the job inheriting the ‘enemies’ of the company as personal enemies. Very rarely does one leave the job in a gale of accolades as Dr. Kennie Obateru is ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed members for the Board of the Upstream Regulatory Commission. The President in another letter to the upper chamber also sought the confirmation of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The letter dated September 16, 2021, and read during plenary by the Senate President, requested the senate to confirm the Chairman, Chief Executive and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the Chairman of the new Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. The President in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum Resources, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. This is in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum ...