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By making smart investments in cutting-edge IoT technologies, oil and gas operators can make the most out of a once-in-a-generation opportunity. This is while they still meet Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance, as well as Health, Safety and Environment goals, according to Leo Zhang, Director of Energy Department, Huawei South Africa Region. “The oil and gas industry is in the ...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional the Executive Order 10 (EO10) issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature.   In a split decision on Friday, majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10.   Six out of the seven ...

The Police Service Commission has given the police two weeks to conclude investigation on the case involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.   According to a statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission also directed that the investigation should be carried out by a different panel.   The Commission took the decision ...

In a gruesome violation of federal campaign finance regulations, a top Nigerian financial services outfit GTBank donated at least N200 million to the campaign coffers of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, according to a cache of suspicious bank transactions records in possession of Peoples Gazette. The financial records said GTBank’s Investment One fund management department paid N200 million in three increments ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has imported and taken delivery of 300 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit to close the supply gap created in the country by the withdrawal of the wrong petrol grade.   Farouk Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, said this on Wednesday in Lagos. Ahmed ...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has confirmed that there is an ongoing discussion between the United States and the Nigerian governments on the possible extradition of the suspended head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, for his links to serial Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi and five others, in the ...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (The Authority) wishes to inform the general public that limited quantity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as Petrol, with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification was discovered in the supply chain.   Methanol is a regular additive in Petrol and usually blended in an acceptable quantity. To ensure vehicular and equipment ...

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says the federal government is working with the US on the “possible extradition” of Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP).   In July 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had revealed how Kyari allegedly collaborated with Hushpuppi, a self-confessed international fraudster, to jail one of the latter’s associates, “after a dispute ...

A Former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Adegunle Shonekan, has finally laid to rest. Top personalities across the federation including Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; former Military Head of state, Yakubu Gowon, his wife, Victoria; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu gathered around 11am of yesterday – Friday, February 4, 2022, at the Cathedral Church of ...

Information reaching us has it, that President Muhammadu Buhari, has written to the Senate to seek confirmation for the appointment of four commissioners for Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission.   ,,,,Aside from the NERC commissioners, the president also sought confirmation for the appointment of Executive Directors of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation. ...