A member of the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the government of the United Kingdom announced today a new partnership to help transform construction markets by crowding in as much as $2 billion in public and private sector financing for certified green buildings in emerging markets. The UK-IFC Market Accelerator for Green…
Oil giants, ExxonMobil and power firm QIPP, have initiated plans to invest a combined $1.6 billion in the development of gas and power projects in Akwa Ibom State soon. According to The Sun, the initiative would see QIPP invest $1.1 billion in the building of a gas power plant with ExxonMobil investing $500 million in…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured petroleum products consumers across the country not to engage in panic buying in the countdown to depot shutdown by Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) from Monday. The NNPC, countering the impact of the shutdown said it holds 2.6billion litres of petrol and 90,000 metric…
The Chairman of Channels Media Group, owners of Channels Television, John Momoh; the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio and 12 journalists were honoured on Sunday, December 9, at the 13th edition of Wole Soyinka Awards for Investigative Reporting. Stakeholders at the event also emphasised on the dangers journalists…
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other major oil producers yesterday agreed to cut about 1.2 million barrels of oil to address falling oil price, which is currently facing a record low of $63 a barrel. The deal made possible by the cartel and allied oil-producing nations including Russia would see the15-member OPEC…
The United Nations Climate Conference (COP 24) today convened a high-level session launching eight days of focused events and dialogues on Global Climate Action, aimed at building a bridge between government delegates and non-Party, public and private stakeholders in the global response to climate change. The event, which featured United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Poland’s…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have committed to growing Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry from the current 40 per cent to 70 per cent by 2027 as part of strategies to sustain economic development in country. NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti…
Axxela Limited, a Nigerian gas and power portfolio company, has signed a Gas Transportation Agreement with the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited to transport over 15 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas via the West African Gas Pipeline to Lome, Togo. The Punch has reported. The Chief Executive Officer, Axxela, Bolaji…
Jumoke Adelabu – Lagos The United Nations says it needs more than US$9 billion (S$12.3 billion) to fund its humanitarian work in sub-Saharan Africa next year as the twin challenges of conflict and climate change continue to wreak havoc with people’s lives. It’s an increase on 2018 – as the UN says humanitarian crises are…
There was pandemonium on Friday afternoon at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos following a fire outbreak at the Forte Oil Petrol Station. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inferno which started around 2.10pm saw people running for safety thereby causing vehicular traffic jam on the roads within the airport. The spokesperson for…
