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- 8 Apr 2019
Shell Emerges Nigeria’s Most Impactful Local Content Company
Shell Companies in Nigeria have emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful Local Content Initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas…
- 19 Oct 2017
NNPC to Stimulate Economic Growth through Aggressive Gas Development- Baru
Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru, group managing director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has stated that the federal government has mandated the Corporation to pursue an aggressive gas…
- 16 Dec 2016
PETAN Honours Shell, MD SNEPCo
The Petroleum Technology Association (PETAN,) an association of indigenous technical oilfield service companies in the upstream and downstream sectors, honoured The Shell Petroleum Development…
- 14 Dec 2014
Major Fuel Scarcity Looms as Oil & Gas Workers Down Tools
Nigerians may be thrown into a fresh round of acute fuel shortage this Christmas season as oil and gas workers today begun a nationwide indefinite strike to protest the inability of the…
- 28 Feb 2021
World Bank Withdraws Funding for Fossil Fuel Projects
Mr. Larry Attah, managing director of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, has disclosed that the World Bank has hinted of plans to withdraw funding for all forms of fossil fuel…
- 27 Jun 2025
NIA Puts Industry Written Premium @ N1.5trn in 2024
Nigerian insurance industry has recorded a gross written premium of N1.562 trillion in the 2024 financial year. Mr Kunle Ahmed, Chairman, Nigerian Insurers Association, disclosed this during the 54th…
- 12 Dec 2018
Shell Emerges Local Content Operator of the Year
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has emerged the Local Content Operator of the Year 2018 at the Annual Oil Industry Achievement Awards Dinner of the Petroleum…
- 15 Dec 2025
NCC Blames NOGASA for Abuja Outage
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has blamed the actions of the National Oil and Gas Suppliers Association (NOGASA), for the recent telecom blackout experienced in the Abuja area. NCC A…
- 27 Jun 2023
Nigerian Insurers Pool N726.2bn Premium in 2022
Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) yesterday said that the volume of premium recorded by its member companies in 2022 grew to about N726.2 billion. Mr Olusegun Omosehin, NIA’s Chairman, said this…
- 27 Nov 2013
Oil Workers Oppose Sale of Refineries, Says It's against National Interest
Oil workers under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have said that they would resist…
- 10 May 2017
Nigerdock Graduates 48
To re-emphasise its leadership in Nigerian Human Capacity Development, Nigerdock Plc. has graduated 48 professional trainees from its recently re-branded training and development academy upon…
- 26 Dec 2017
OyaOya Unveils Africa’s First Online On Demand Commodities Trading Platform
By peter oluka OyaOya has announced the pilot go live of its commodity trading marketplace to connect the commodity ecosystem across Nigeria and Africa. The OyaOya platform rides on cutting-edge…
- 2 Mar 2017
NCDMB Inaugurates ICT Local Content Body
The Nigerian Content Consultative Forum ICT (NCCF-ICT) sectorial working group by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has Inaugurated the ICT Local Content Association…
- 17 Jun 2025
Rising Oil Prices: PENGASSAN Calls Out Marketers Over Fuel Hike
President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has criticised oil marketers for exploiting Nigerians through inflated fuel prices, insisting…
- 26 Sept 2016
Labour Ready for War, to Shut Nigeria over Sale of National Assets
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC); the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG); and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
- 30 Jan 2019
FG May Lose $9Bn to UK Firm over Alleged Contract Breach
Nigeria is on the verge of losing over $9 billion owing to a ruling by a UK Arbitration Tribunal which found the federal government culpable of breaching an agreement it signed with a gas recycling…
- 14 Jul 2020
ATCON Hosts Sectoral Virtual Forum to Address Post COVID-19 Telecom Needs
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to organize a Sectoral Virtual Forum that would address the need of telecom and ICT Consumers in the…
- 17 Aug 2010
The Courier Industry and Regulation
Recent development on government agencies and departments regulating their counterparts across different sectors of the economy heightened recently as Nigerian International Air Couriers Association…
- 21 May 2015
PENGASSAN, NUPENG on Strike to Worsen Fuel Crisis
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have begun an indefinite strike that may completely…
- 14 Jul 2024
Osagie Okunbor, Shell Nigeria MD Honoured for Exemplary Leadership
Osagie Okunbor, managing director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, and country chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, has been recognised for his “Invaluable contributions to the…
- 29 Nov 2012
PENGASSAN Urge FG to Compel Oil Majors to Build Refineries
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has asked the federal government to make a provision in the current Petroleum Industry Bill to compel oil producing…
- 8 Jul 2016
Oil Workers Begin Strike, Deny Meeting with FG
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) yesterday said it did not hold any meeting with representatives of the federal government over its planned national strike,…
- 7 Aug 2025
Telcos Say Mobile, Internet Services in Nigeria may Collapse
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body for all mobile network operators, tower companies, and telecommunications infrastructure providers in…
- 14 Jul 2020
Uzodinma Taps Mrs. Njoku, Harvard-bred Oil & Gas Expert as SSAA, Petroleum
Governor Hope Uzodinma has appointed an oil industry expert, Mrs Chioma Nonyerem Njoku as Senior Special Assistant Adviser on Petroleum, as part of his efforts to strengthen Imo State’s maximization…
- 2 Aug 2015
UK, Nigerian Firms Explore Opportunities in Shell-Sponsored Business Summit
A total of 100 delegates representing 56 companies from Nigeria and the United Kingdom explored opportunities for collaboration at the annual Nigeria-UK Supplier Engagement programme organised by…
- 26 Jul 2010
Expert Tasks Insurers on Rates’ Adjustment in Foreign Reinsurance
Nigerian insurance companies have been urged to effectively adjust their rates as they have resolved to do in order not to fall into the murky waters of effects of a delayed action. This is coming on…
- 11 Feb 2020
Transcorp Group Announces Significant New Executive and Non-Executive Board Appointments
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has announced significant appointments to its Board and Executive Management. Owen Omogiafo Transcorp is Nigeria’s leading listed industrial…
- 15 Nov 2021
Nweke Emerges Team Lead @NCCF-ICT Subcommittee
The Sectoral Working Group (SWG) of the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum on Information and Communications Technologies (NCCF-ICT) has named Mr. Remmy Nweke, founding Editor-in-chief of ITREALMS…
- 3 Apr 2019
Shell Pays Nigerian Govt, Agencies $6.397Bn
Over $6.397 billion was paid to the Nigerian government and its agencies in 2018 by Shell exploration and production companies in Nigeria comprising The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria…
- 18 Jan 2010
N12trillion Premium Projection by 2020 - How feasible?
Can the Nigerian insurance industry achieve the projected N12trillion premium base by the year 2020? This is the million dollar question agitating the minds of stakeholders as industry…