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The Lagos State Government on Sunday said a combination of vehicular defect and human errors were responsible for the Thursday tanker fire on Otedola Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which led to the death of 10 persons and destruction of 54 vehicles. The government said it had taken some measures to prevent a recurrence,…

By Energy Worth The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said it is planning to build new power plants from its infrastructural development projects. Group Managing Director of the NNPC Maikanti Baru, said this in a statement in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Baru, some of the new projects like the 614 kilometer Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano, AKK,…

The announcement coincided with a reception to welcome Ernest and the other Most Valuable Player in the 2017 finals, Iyobor Arase, after a weeklong training tour in The Netherlands. Ernest of Henson Demonstration School in Benin City will be joining other international scholars at the University of Sussex later in the year in an all-expense…

By Energy Worth The schedule of competitive events that would culminate in the grand finale of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) 2018 National Science Quiz competition has been released. A statement by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said the year’s grassroots segment of the competition, comprising participation…

By Energy Worth The nation’s power transmission may experience huge hitch as a result of planned show down of labour union in the electricity sector with the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, over his alleged high-handedness and interference with the affairs of members of Senior Staff Association…

Energy Worth with Agency Report The Forum of South-South Governors on Wednesday in Port Harcourt restated its demand for restructuring and 13 per cent derivation from the Federal Government. Spokesperson for the Forum, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, said after a one-day meeting that the demand was in the spirit and clamour for restructuring and…

Former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili and former Director of Department of Petroleum Resources, Olsten Olorunsola have urged the National Assembly to legalise the Excess Crude Account to prevent wastage of oil earnings. Speaking at a policy dialogue on the savings of stabilisation mechanism for Nigeria recently, Mrs Ezekwesili, who was a pioneer coordinator…

Determined to achieve the clean-up of Ogoniland, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission, has trained 35 technical assistants. The technical assistants, according to HYPREP, will monitor the clean-up of polluted sites in Ogoniland. HYPREP’s Head of Communications, Mr. Isa Wasa, said in Goi, Gokana Local Government Area of…

By Energy Worth A Niger Delta group, the United Rivers and Bayelsa State Indigenous Association, Lagos Chapter, has charged the Federal Government to release the derivation components of the Excess Crude Act (ECA) to the oil producing states of the Niger Delta. The group said just as the government deployed funds from the national pool…

Energy Worth with Agency Report Some financial experts on Friday, faulted the increase in the oil benchmark of the 2018 appropriation bill from 45 dollars to 51 dollars by the Senate. The financial experts told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the increment was not needful, while reacting to the appropriation bill…