With the United Nations Climate Summit coming closer, the Greenpeace activists have increased their protest against the usage of fossil fuels, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Now for the third time this month, they have disrupted the natural gas operations in Europe. On 26 October, activists from Greenpeace blocked the Enagas gas terminal in Valencia, […]
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By Eyo Nsima The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) held the Second High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-GECF Energy Dialogue, hosted by the GECF, on 27 October 2021, via videoconference. The Meeting was co-chaired by HE Yury Sentyurin, GECF Secretary General, and HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC
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The latest update from ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) stated that piracy and armed robberies of ships have dropped tremendously, indicating nearly 30 years low in the first nine months of 2021. The report stated: “The IMB report highlighted that Nigeria only reported 4 incidents of piracy or armed robbery in the first nine months
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Schneider Electric has organised a hybrid event on digital transformation for its partners with the theme “The New-Age Solution Provider: Channel Partners Transforming for a Digital — First World” to enhance their capabilities towards addressing the current unprecedented market dynamics and the intense competition they are spurring. This is emanating from the Covid-19 propelled shift
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H1’21: UBA Records 33% YoY Profit Growth, Declares 20k Per Share Interim Dividend By Eyo Nsima Africa’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited half-year financial results for the half-year ended June 30, 2021, showing impressive growth across all major income lines and performance indicators. The pan African
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One of the world’s largest producers of methanol, Proman has joined hands with shipping company Stena to develop retrofitting and supply solutions for the existing vessels to help them adapt to methanol as their fuel source, according to FleetMon. It stated: “Citing data the companies said that currently there are 70,000 vessels around the world
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Ahead of the commencement of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland next week, the GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari has advocated for the consideration of what he calls “energy justice” in the implementation of energy transition. Discussions on countries transiting to less carbon-intensive energy sources have
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The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has issued a revised international travel protocol into Nigeria, stating that all travelers arriving Nigeria, either vaccinated or unvaccinated, must present a negative COVID-19 test conducted not more than 72 hours before boarding. It said that the protocol is effective from Monday, October, 25, 2021. The Chairman, PSC
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By Mohammad Barkindo I want to welcome you to the 20th Coordination Meeting on Climate Change. It has not been long since our last meeting, which was held on July 8. However, there are substantive preparations and high expectations regarding the critical UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), taking place from October 31 to November 12.
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After the success of the collaboration between ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and Indian and Indonesian fertility experts to provide practical embryology training, Merck will connect Africa with Asia to provide more opportunities for building capacity and interventions to empower infertile women and couples ‘Merck More than a Mother’ engages policy makers and fertility experts
