Author name: Godswill Odiong

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

NIGERIA: Over 60% of more than 200 million persons lack energy supply

By Eyo Nsima The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has disclosed that over 60 per cent of Nigeria’s over 200 million population suffer from energy poverty. The Managing Director of NLNG Limited, Dr. Philip Mshelbila, disclosed this at the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES), in Abuja. He urged the next civilian administration to follow the […]

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Germany Hosts Dialogue on Low-Carbon Hydrogen and Just Transition at the 6th Edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Nigeria and the German-Nigerian Hydrogen Office, financed by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), today, 18th April, hosted an event titled “Low-Carbon Hydrogen: A Key Piece for a Just Transition” within the framework of the 6th Nigeria International

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African Energy Chamber Drives Intra-African Energy Investment in Lagos

“Neocolonial Oil Racket” in Kavango Basin is Not a Shakespearean Tragedy; It’s an Opportunity, and Namibia and Botswana are Right to Seize it

In August 2021, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) Chairman NJ Ayuk wrote an op-ed about the promise of exploratory drilling by Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (“ReconAfrica”) in the Kavango Basin of northeast Namibia and northwest Botswana. This was about six months after the Canadian oil and gas company released preliminary data from exploratory wells confirming an

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Evaluation of LMCP Shows Significant Positive Impact and Need for Productive Use of Electricity

An impact assessment of Phase 1 of the Last Mile Connectivity Project in Kenya has established a need for the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org)-supported initiative to encourage the productive use of electricity by beneficiaries, in addition to basic household consumption. The study — Impact Evaluation of the AfDB-Supported Kenya Last Mile Connectivity Project, Phase 1

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Gabon’s Oil and Gas Industry: Exploring Opportunities in Mature Fields

Even among oil-rich nations, the extent to which hydrocarbons has fueled the Gabonese economy throughout its independent history is exceptional. Since production started in the 1950s, the majority of the country’s GDP has been derived from crude oil exports. However, after oil production peaked in 1996, Gabon’s future looked less certain, particularly following the price

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SERAP sues Akpabio, Abass over ‘plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others’

Publish your assets, encourage Osinbajo, others to do so’, SERAP tells Buhari

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his “leadership position and role as the African Union Anti-Corruption Champion to widely publish your asset declaration form as you conclude your term of office in May 2023 and to leave a legacy of transparency.” SERAP also urged him to “encourage Vice-President

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ICIEC Convenes High-Level Panel Discussions at Upcoming IsDB Group-annual meetings in Jeddah

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (https://ICIEC.IsDB.org), the Shariah-compliant multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, is co-organising the IsDB Group Private Sector Forum as a side event at the 48thAnnual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the IsDB on 10-13 May 2023 in

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NNPC debunks misleading Sahara Reporters Publication, takes legal action

By Godswill Odiong The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has instituted a legal action against Sahara Reporters over the publication of a misleading report on the reappointment of Mr Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer and Umar Ajiya as the Chief Finance Officer.   Sahara Reporters had in a report alleged inappropriateness of

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African Energy Chamber Drives Intra-African Energy Investment in Lagos

Petrosen E&P Director to Speak at Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris

The African Energy Chamber’s (www.EnergyChamber.org) Invest in African Energy Forum has seen a series of successful editions in London, Oslo, Frankfurt and Dubai, with the next edition set to take place on June 1 at the Westin Paris Vendome in France. During the event, Thierno Seydou LY, Director General of Senegal’s national oil company (NOC)

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