NAN he Akwa Ibom State Government has acquired two new aircraft for Ibom Airlines to make a total of five aircraft owned by the state. Chairman of Ibom Air, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd), said during a press conference with…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa MURITALA Ramat Muhammed was the charismatic General who emerged Head of State following the July 29, 1975 coup. In a counter-coup on February 13, 1976, he was cut down in a hail of bullets. The frightened…
VANGUARD By Owei Lakemfa MANY parts of the world were in festive mood this Wednesday marking Christmas, but thousands of Australian volunteers were at war, fighting hundreds of fires ravaging their country. Men and women left behind their families to…
PUNCH NEWS Power distribution companies on Monday declared that the new electricity tariffs would become enforceable from April 1. Speaking through their umbrella body, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, the Discos explained that the new tariffs ordered by the…
PREMIUM TIMES While hundreds of NDDC projects remain abandoned and uncompleted across the oil-producing states, partly due to non-release of funds, the agency ‘abandoned’ $70 million in a bank for over a decade, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill…
PUNCH NEWS Organized labor, industrialists and civil rights groups on Sunday condemned the hike in electricity tariffs by the Federal Government. Labour, in an interview with The PUNCH, described the electricity tariff hike as a daylight robbery considering the epileptic…
PREMIUM TIMES The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Saturday announced the immediate review of electricity tariffs in the country from January 1. The order was issued to the 11 electricity distribution companies (DISCos) on December 31, 2019, but published…
PUNCH NEWS As the feud between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Seriake Dickson, continues unresolved, stakeholders are of the view that the Soku Oil Wells issue is only being used as a platform to…
PUNCH NEWS World oil prices jumped nearly $3 on Friday after the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of conflict in the crude-rich Middle East, with Tehran warning of “severe” retaliation. The international oil benchmark, Brent crude,…
ENERGY MIX REPORT A growing number of African countries are pushing ahead with Liquefied Natural Gas projects to develop and monetise their huge gas resources, posing a threat to Nigeria’s share of the global market. Four LNG plants are currently…