By Dr. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo In eight days from today, OPEC will mark its 61st birthday. On the 14th of September 1960, in the Al-Shaab Hall in Baghdad, the five visionary founders of our Organization brought OPEC into being. Over the subsequent decades, many words have been used to describe the significance of our Organization’s […]
By Eyo Nsima The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has shifted the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, to September 16-17, 2021. The apex Bank, which disclosed this in a notice to stakeholders, September 6, 2021, did not disclose the reasons for the development. Specifically, it stated: “This is to inform you that the
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By Eyo Nsima The Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Rick Kennedy, has disclosed that the company supported the battle against COVID-19, Health care, Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, PIND, Nigerian Content, signed the Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU and tackled gas flaring in Nigeria in 2020. In a statement obtained
The Technical University Berlin and five representatives of the port industry have started the funded research project SELECT, according to FleetMon. It stated; “In March 2020, the Technical University Berlin and five representatives of the port industry started the funded research project SELECT. The acronym “SELECT” stands for “Smarte Entscheidungsassistenz für Logistikketten der Binnenschifffahrt durch
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By Eyo Nsima The Federal Government, Sunday, identified President Muhammadu Buhari as the first Nigeria’s President to accomplish a lot of ‘firsts’ in the nation. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said the president has broken record in many areas, including the
The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has disclosed plans to increase the human capacity at the Dangote Refinery Project site from 40,000 to 57,000 personnel in the coming months. According to him, the project currently employs 29,000 Nigerians and 11,000 foreigners at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery project located in Ibeju
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr Karim A. A. Khan, QC, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging him “to investigate the growing cases of abduction of students in several parts of Northern Nigeria, closure of schools, and the persistent failure of Nigerian authorities at both the federal and state levels to end
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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-ps.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IDBG), organized a side event titled “Role of ICD’s Bridge Platform in Digitalization and Restoring businesses after COVID-19 pandemic” On 3rd September 2021. ICD objective behind the event was to play a leading role, especially
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Three Syrian workers in Beirut port, Friday, inhaled poisonous gas emitted by cattle feed on board of livestock carrier FM SPIRIDON, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Feed was soaked by seawater, which entered the compartment through porthole after the ship developed a list, and that triggered gas emission. “2 workers lost consciousness, but Civil Defense
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The OPEC Secretariat will host the ‘First Ministerial Roundtable on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development’ on Monday, 6 September 2021, via videoconference. The roundtable will be held under the framework of the ‘Charter of Cooperation’ to discuss key challenges and opportunities related to global action aiming to tackle climate change in the context of sustainable
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