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LASG Insists On Issuance Of Planning Permits For Tank Farm Operators
The Lagos State Government has emphasised that it will not tolerate any physical development in the State, particularly Petroleum Tank Farms and Filling Stations, without Planning Permit.
The Honourable Commissioner for…
LASTMA Gets New General Manager
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Mr. Bolaji Oreagba as new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
A statement signed by the Lagos State Head…
DPR Reopens 8 Tank Farms Sealed By LASPPA
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has reopened eight petroleum tank farms shutdown by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority ( LASPPPA) in Ijegun-Egba, Satellite Town, Lagos.
Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal…
EFCC Arrests 27 Suspected Illegal Oil Dealers In Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty seven individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering.
This was contained in a statement by the…
VAT: Gov. Wike Threatens To Shutdown Banks, Oil Companies, Others Remitting To FIRS
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, insisted on going on with his move to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state.
Wike, who said he does not…
FG Takes Delivery Of Airplanes For Mining Surveillance Operations
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite takes delivery of the X-Calibur ZS-ZAS planes at the GAT park of Nnamdi Azikiwe int'l Airport Abuja.
As Federal government takes delivery of the aircrafts, a…
DPR In Bauchi State Allays Fears Of Residents Over Gas Plant Citing
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR)has allayed fears of some residents of Tirwun quarters in Bauchi metropolis over citing of five gas plants.
MalamAbdullahi Iliyasu, the operations controller of the DPR made this known…
ICPC, NEITI Sign MoU On Accountability For Oil , Gas Sector
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) have signed a memorandum of understanding targeted at monitoring illicit financial…
FG Advocates African Energy Bank , As Equatorial Guinea Seeks Collaboration With Nigeria
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources H. E. Timipre Sylva has re-echoed the need to have African Energy Bank through African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) in the continent.
The Minister disclosed this when he …
LAGOS : DPR Seals 59 Illegal Gas Plants In Six Months
The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR) in Lagos , has said that it sealed off 59 illegal cooking gas plants in the state from January to June this year.
The Assistant Director, Operations, DPR, Lagos Zonal Office, Mrs…