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OML 11: Rivers State Wins Suit Against Shell
The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Hon. Justice Charles Nwogu, on Wednesday, delivered judgement in suit No.PHC/652/CS/2020 filed by the Attorney General of Rivers State against Shell Petroleum…
Oil Theft: Truck Driver Bags Six Months Jail Term
Justice I.M. Sani of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 convicted and sentenced Ngwa Amaechi Raphael to six months imprisonment for illegal dealing in petroleum products.
The defendant was…
LASG Brainstorm With NUPENG , As Union Calls Off Strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has called off its strike which commenced earlier on Monday.
A communique jointly signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Olalere…
TANKER SPILLAGE: Lagos Fire Service Averts Disaster At Gbagada
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has again prevented an overnight tanker spillage from causing havoc at Anthony Bus Stop, inward Oworonshoki, Gbagada, area of the State.
Speaking at the scene of the incident, the Acting Head of…
Panic As Ndokwa Nation Spits Fire, Warns Buhari Over Gas Pipeline Project
The people of Ndokwa nation in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, comprising of creeks and upland areas, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari, never to take with levity the need to grant Host Communities in Ndokwa a paltry margin of…
OPEC Prepares For An Age Of Dwindling Demand
The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC.
The pandemic drove down daily crude consumption by as much as a third earlier this year, at a time…
WRPC: Host Communities To NNPC Stages Protest Over Sacked Kinsmen
Aggrieved Itsekiri Host Communities to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest over the sack of over 850 of its kinsmen at the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC.
Leaders of…
Lawmakers Summon NNPC GMD Over Sacked Workers
The National Assembly has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kolo Kyari to appear in person over the various issues raised by the Support Staff of Warri Refining and…
MT LADY SHARON: Court Convicts 3 Illegal Oil Dealers In Lagos
Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the trio of Ometoruwa David, Morford Meteku and John Inneh to one year in prison for conspiracy and illegally dealing in petroleum…
NNPC Gives Conditions for Relocation of Tank Farms, Petroleum Products Depots
The Federal Government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised against a swift relocation of tank farms from their current locations along Ijegun, Kirikiri areas in Lagos and other parts of the country in…