The Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engr. Mohammed Sanusi Usman has assured that his division will deliver a condensate refineries in Nigeria. While giving reasons why refineries appear to be huge missing links in the country’s Oil and Gas industry, Usman also explained what contributes to delay…
Senate Approves N30, 000 Minimum Wage
The Senate has passed the N30, 000 new Minimum Wage Bill into law. This follows the submission of the report of the ad-hoc committee on minimum wage this Tuesday March 19th headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena. Senate President, Bukola Saraki commended the efforts of the committee as well as the patience of Nigerian workers and the…
Perception of Corruption in NNPC Based on Ignorance – Chairman, NNPC Anti-Corruption Committee
Perception of corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC is based on Ignorance. Chairman of NNPC, Anti-Corruption Committee, Mike Stanley Balami disclosed this in an interview with the NNPC News, a monthly publication of the Corporation. Balami affirm that the wrong impression comes from people who are outside the institution and who don’t know…
Einstein’s Dictum and Nigeria’s Malady – Nosa Igiebor
Nigerians exemplify Albert Einstein’s classic definition of insanity. The great German physicist had said that doing the same thing, the same way all the time, and expecting a different outcome is madness. We seem hardwired to continue doing and thinking the same thing, same way forever. The constant failures that our madness produces have not…
Takeover Operation of OML 11 From Shell, Buhari Tells NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is to take over the operatorship of the entire Oil Mining Lease, OML, 11 from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC. The directive was given by President Muhammadu Buhari via a letter to the Group Managing Director, NNPC, signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari. The letter…
Nigeria, US Suspend B737 Max Planes From Flying
The Nigerian government has issued a directive, warning that no airline operator should fly Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 models into the country’s airspace, following the worldwide suspension of the airplane models after the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airline Flight 302 in which all 157 persons on board died last Sunday. Two Nigerians,…
NNPC Announces Job Openings
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says it has opened its portal for recruitment of fresh graduates and experienced professionals into the state owned Oil Corporation. Ndu Ughamadu, its Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the portal for the recruitment…
More Countries Suspend Boeing 737 Max From Flight Operations
With the rising number of countries that have banned the Boeing 737 Max 8 model aircraft, following the crash of Ethiopian Airline Flight 302 on Sunday 10 March 2019, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has assured air travelers in the country of their safety, affirming that the aircraft model is not in operation in…
Sex Abuse: Cardinal George Pell Sentenced to Six Years in Jail
The most senior Vatican official, Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years in prison for the “callous” assault of two choirboys in the late 1990s. A former senior adviser to Pope Francis, Pell did not show any reaction when Chief Judge Peter Kidd proclaimed his sentence in a hearing broadcast live worldwide from…
Tension in Kaduna as PDP Alleges Electoral Fraud
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has kicked, alleging fraud and irregularities, as Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leads from the results released so far in the Saturday gubernatorial election. Results from 11 local government areas so far collated at the INEC headquarters in Kaduna show that, Governor…
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