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By Joel Anekwe, Port Harcourt Former managing director/chief executive officer of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, Engr. Tony Attah, at the weekend handed over the symbolic key to NLNG to his successor, Dr. Philip Mshelbila. This was as Attah expressed hope that the company would go beyond building of the …

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on the international oil companies (IOCs) to relocate to the state without any further delay. Governor Douye Diri made the appeal on Thursday, at the 2nd Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Research and …

… Ossai Maintains Lead over Elumelu, Others Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) has sponsored the highest number of bills by senators from Delta State at midterm. According to a midterm analysis of bill sponsorship in the 9th National Assembly by legislature-focused media, OrderPaper, Omo-Agege sponsored 20 bills at …

A pro-South-South socio-economic group, dubbed BRACED Union (BU), has taken a swipe at the Federal Government for flouting a subsisting High Court order. A Port Harcourt High Court had directed that henceforth the Federal Government is to comply with extant tax laws of the federation that posit that the Value …

By Joel Anekwe Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC Thursday released names of some judges in the Rivers Judiciary whom it alleged are being used to issue “black market” injunctions against the party by desperate politicians in the state. In a press release by Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, acting …

By Joel Anekwe It was more troubles for Uche Secondus, the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as his kinsmen officially announced his suspension as member of the party in Ward 5, Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. His suspension is coming after stakeholders and leaders …

Joel Anekwe The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has denied any involvement in the shortfall and consequent rise in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, or cooking gas, dismissing as grossly inaccurate a recent report that NLNG produces 22 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. A statement …

The recent commencement of construction of Train 7 plant of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural NLNG has been praised by industry experts, especially the out-going managing director and chief executive officer MD/CEO of the company, Engr. Tony Attah as the main catalyst for the achievement of the Federal Government’s “very ambitious …

… As Oni Commends CGI Babandede on  ICT Umbrella body of maritime and energy media practitioners in Nigeria, the Maritime Energy Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MEMPON), has offered to partner and collaborate with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), with a resolve to enhance efficient service delivery to citizens of the …

The management of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology has extended the suspension of head of department, Dental Surgery, Princewill Chicakpobi, by three months in a bid to ensure proper inquiry into allegations of rape made against him by the mother of a student. Provost of the …