MINNERS under the auspices of Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), have expressed optimism that the completion 154-kilometer Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri standard gauge line billed for commercial operations by September 2018 will boost mining activities in the minerals and mining sector. In an interview with Vanguard over the weekend, the National President, MAN, Sani Shehu, applauded the federal…
By Energy Worth The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has called for the sensitization of the populace on the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, which is currently on the desk of the President. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru in his key note address at the annual conference of the Association of Energy Correspondents…
By Tsvetana Paraskova Saudi Arabia may be looking to build an oil port in Yemen’s southeast al-Mahra governorate, where the Saudi-led coalition troops are present, Al Jazeera reported on Monday, quoting sources and a document it has obtained. Saudi Arabia-based marine construction company Huta Marine has sent a letter to the Saudi ambassador to Yemen…
By Energy Worth Many of the Nigerian banks that gave loans to core investors during the privatisation of the power sector in 2013 may have incurred losses, our correspondent has learnt. It was gathered that the banks had, in the past four years, been struggling to ensure the repayment of the acquisition loans they granted…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with the alleged assassination of the state task force chairman of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Chief Emmanuel Akpojevughe. Akpojevughe was reportedly killed around 8am last Thursday in Evvriyen village on the Benin-Effurun-Warri Expressway in the Okpe Local Government Area…
Iran told Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Sunday no member country should be allowed to take over another member’s share of oil exports, expressing Tehran’s concern about Saudi Arabia’s offer to pump more oil in the face of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil sales. In a meeting with OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo,…
By Energy Worth Ondo State governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of has called on distribution companies (DISCOS) in the country to provide meters for all homes to avoid rifts between their staff members and their consumers. Akeredolu said this on Monday, at the inauguration of 60MVA transformer at the 132/33kV transmission substation in Akure. He said…
Power Generation Companies in Nigeria (Gencos) are raising concern over increasing costs of power generation,even as express worry on grid operations, liquidity challenges, and access to forex to fund plant maintenance and other foreign currency denominated projects. These they said is a major threat to the electricity delivery in the country which could result in…
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have frowned at a N72 billion investment by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in distribution networks without recourse to the DisCos managing the networks. In a statement on Sunday, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) feared customers may bear the cost of the unsolicited and wrongly directed investment as…
The Landlords and Tenants Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday protested against electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). The protesters demanded a reasonable billing system and pre-paid meters. The demonstration started on Gasikya Road, Ijora, the group’s headquarters. Over 5,000 men and women, in uniform, marched on the Eko Electricity Distribution Plc’s headquarters in Marina, Lagos and Ikeja…
