Business

By Ebube EgbuforThe Eastern Zone of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has frowned at a publication claiming that the association’s National Executive Committee (NECOM) “has been dissolved by one Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha, alleged to be the chairman of the Board of Trustees.”ANLCA, one of the oldest associations …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi Abdulkadir K. Ahmed, managing director of NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML) has warned that the waterways and by extension the world oceans, are in the depths of a plastic crisis.  This is as about 8 million tonnes of plastics and 5 trillion pieces of plastics are found …

Worried over the devastating impact on aquatic lives and the environment, nine communities of Kula Kingdom in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have vowed to put an end to illegal oil bunkering and other such vices that constitute economic sabotage in the area.Kula Kingdom, a coastal community surrounded …

By Amos Odeh The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Wednesday set aside the Mareva order previously granted to seal the property and assets belonging to the member representing Isoko North/South Federal Constituency, Hon. Jonathan Ukodhiko.  The court had on May 19, 2023, through suit No: FHC/PH/CS/88/2023, ordered the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa Development Initiative (BDI) has condemned the state governor, Douye Diri, for his “continuous ban on night operations of commercial tricycles popularly known as Keke in Yenagoa, the state capital.” In a statement signed by its secretary, Michael Sam Rodamini, BDI said it was insensitive …

In a bid to ensure a cordial relationship with its hosts, and a conducive environment for investors in the zone, the managing director and chief executive officer of the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA), Sen. Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, has paid familiarization visits to host communities. At Ogu community …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa There is high hope that an automobile manufacturing plant will be established in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital in six months to commence car production. Speaking to journalists in Yenagoa, chairman of the 3rd edition of the Emeritus Prof. Steven Odi-Owei Annual Public Lecture, Engr. Ugochukwu …

By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt The Shell Petroleum Development Company SPDC and its joint venture partners, NNPC/SPDC/TotalEnergies/NAOC last week unveiled eight Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs) in Rivers State. The unveiling is coming on the heels of scathing criticism by a section of civil society groups in the Niger Delta on the …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa   Oil and gas opportunities valued at over $50 billion, and projected to be developed within five years, were showcased by international and indigenous companies at the 2023 Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) which ended on Friday at the conference hall of the Nigerian …

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Major oil firms operating oilfields in Bayelsa have dismissed and faulted claims by the Bayelsa Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) in its final report presented to Gov Douye Diri of Bayelsa State at the House of Lords on Tuesday in London. While Agip took a swipe …