By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called on stakeholders in the domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) value chain to invest in the supply of the product to ensure a reliable and steady supply stream to the market. Speaking at a conference in Lagos to mark 15 years …
Read More »Bizman Identifies Road Network, Others as Challenges Facing Maritime Industry
By Ebube Egbufor A businessman and maritime expert, Mr. Chinedu Ikenga, has urged the Federal Government to improve on the road network in Nigeria especially roads in the south and eastern parts of the country. Ikenga, who is the general manager (Operations), Prestige Associates Limited, Eleme, Rivers State noted that …
Read More »Chris Isibor Receives BUMWAN’s Maritime Pillar Award
Business and Maritime Writers’ Association of Nigeria (BUMWAN) has conferred a BUMWAN Maritime Pillar Award on Mr. Christopher Isibor Ikekhuamen, director, Terminal Operations, Harritex Services Ltd. The occasion was a One Day Seminar/ Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum with the theme “Ports Operations and Terminal Operators: Issues of VIN Valuation, National Security …
Read More »Export Promotion Council Mulls Smart City office in Bayelsa
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The plans by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) to open it’s Smart City office in Bayelsa State has reached an advanced stage, and when operational Bayelsans stand to gain tremendously from the huge latent benefits derivable from been engaged in the culture of non-oil export promotion …
Read More »Gas Export Dips by 5mmscf as Suspected Vandals Blow up Agip Pipeline
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Nigeria’s gas export feed to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has been cut by 5 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscm/d) following reported vandalism on the 24” Ogboinbiri/OB-OB pipeline at Azikoro community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Residents near the incident site …
Read More »Onne NPA Focused on Enabling Environment for Port Users ~ Yitnoe
Manager of the Onne Port in Rivers State, Mr. Stanley Magaji Yitnoe, says the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is focused on creating an enabling environment for business to thrive at the ports, rather than in taking measures aimed at frustrating the seamless exit of consignments. Yitnoe made this known while …
Read More »10 Bag NLNG’s 2022 Post-Graduate Scholarships Award
By Godwin Chukwumaechi, Port Harcourt Ten Nigerian scholars on Monday received the 2022 Post-graduate scholarships award to further their studies in two prestigious universities in the United Kingdom, namely the University of Aberdeen and Cranfield University, Scotland. The awardees consist of seven males and 3 females who emerged the most …
Read More »NDDC: Stakeholders Urge Buhari, Umana to Sack Akwa over ‘Tenure Elongation Plan’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa Elders, youth groups and stakeholders from the Niger Delta region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Umana O. Umana, to “immediately suspend or sack the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Effiong Akwa,” over allegations …
Read More »Petroleum Act: Bayelsa Sets up 14-Member Implementation Committee
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The government of Bayelsa State has constituted a 14-member Women Economic Inclusion Committee as part of efforts to ensure seamless implementation of the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in the state. Constituting the committee at his office in Government House at the weekend, the …
Read More »Benin Kingdom Has Produced Two NPDC Managing Directors ~ Umukoro
… Urges Buhari to Ignore ‘Misleading Report’ By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A notable youth leader in Niger Delta, Comrade Odiri Umukoro, has explained that the Benin Kingdom has produced two managing directors of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, since inception. Umukoro, reacting to report credited to a certain Benin social …
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