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Petroleum varsity gets ICT centre donation from NNPC, SNEPCo

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), today, inaugurated a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Delta State. The 100-seater one-storey building was built and equipped by the NNPC and SNEPCo partnership to promote research, teaching and

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NIGER: Households, businesses grappling with poor power supply --- Investigation

Nigeria gets another Disco, as Aba Power Project is set to take off

Nigeria’s search for increased electric power supply has received a major boost with the emergence of a new electric distribution company in Aba, Abia State, bringing the number of electricity distribution firms in the country to 12. The previous ones are located in Abuja, Jos, Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Benin, Yola, Enugu, Ikeja and

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Strong surge in deals shows investor confidence in Africa’s economic recovery, Africa’s Private Capital industry maturing

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) announced the release of its 2021 Annual African Private Capital Activity report. The anticipated annual report is a concerted effort to provide deep insight into private capital fundraising, investments and exits in Africa throughout 2021, data and analysis across investment strategies covering venture capital, private equity,

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Dangote Refinery Will Boost Growth of Downstream Sector in 2022, CPPE, Others Affirm

2022 FISCAL POLICY MEASURES: UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES

The 2022 Fiscal Policy measures approved for implementation effective from 1st April 2022 has three major sections. The first is the Supplementary Protection Measures [SPM] for the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (2022-2026). The second relates to excise duties on non-alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and tobacco products and telecommunications services. The third is on

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Dangote Refinery exports PMS to Cameroon

SPE, NCDMB hail Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s World-Class Technology Application

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have applauded Dangote Petroleum Refinery for its application of world-class technology in the construction of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery project. The SPE and NCDMB, which came on a tour of the petroleum refinery project recently, believed that the

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Court orders Buhari’s minister to account for N729 billion

Withdraw pardon for Dariye, Nyame, uphold oath of office, SERAP tells Buhari

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “good offices to urgently review and withdraw the pardon granted to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame who are serving jail terms for corruption.” SERAP is also urging him to “propose constitutional amendment

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Management Board change coming at British American Tobacco

By Eyo Nsima British American Tobacco, BAT, has concluded plans to make changes in July 2022. According to the company, Marina Bellini, Director, Digital and Information will step down from the Management Board on 31 March 2022 and will leave BAT on 31 July 2022 to pursue new opportunities. Javed Iqbal, currently Area Director, Middle

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Fire guts Ayede Substation, worsens power supply in Ibadan

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says its 150MVA, 330/132/33 kV power transformer in Ayede Substation caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. TCN in a statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah disclosed that the fire has been contained and its engineers were working to isolate the burnt circuits, to enable

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