Author: Editor
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – NNPC Limited has expressed its commitment to work with global partners in the march towards reducing methane emissions in oil and gas operations. On the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, taking place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter was released. The Charter calls on the oil and gas sector to achieve the goal of reaching net-zero emissions for their own operations by 2050. It also includes commitments to achieve near-zero methane emissions and no routine flaring by 2030. Speaking on…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Malam Mele Kyari, has reacted to his reappointment. He expresses gratitude to Stakeholders and Nigerians for their enthusiasm regarding his reappointment by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. READ ALSO: NNPCL Has Enough Fuel To Last Till 2024 – Mele Kyari Viewing this reappointment as a renewed challenge, Kyari is committed to stabilizing the oil industry and enhancing service delivery for increased revenue. The GCEO humbly appeals to stakeholders in the oil…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, in the trial of Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Oluwole Owoeye, on Tuesday, 28 November, 2023, told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, presided over by Justice Hamza Muazu that all the forty-five (45) contracts awarded by the erstwhile governor of the apex bank, did not go through the Contract’s Tender Committee of the bank. Owoeye, Head of the Secretariat of the Major Contract Tender Committee, MCTC, disclosed to the court that any contract in excess of N10million must…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The 17-story Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Headquarters of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Swali, Yenagoa, is set to host oil and gas industry eggheads and policy makers as the yearly Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum 2023, 12th edition, kicks off on 4th December. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and his Gas counterpart, H.E. Hon. Ekperikpo Ekpo would lead other big wigs of the oil and gas industry heading to Yenagoa for one of the biggest events in the calendar of the oil and gas industry. The Ministers are expected…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The House of Representatives has commended the on-going reforms at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, saying that the legislature is very pleased with the company growth from a loss-making company into a profit-making commercial entity. The commendation came from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, when NNPC Ltd.’s Group CEO, Mr. Mele Kyari led the company’s Senior Management on a courtesy call to the House of Representatives at the National Assembly Complex, on Thursday. The Speaker, who described the NNPC Ltd as a critical stakeholder in Nigeria’s economy, said that it…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended Waltersmith Group and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for supporting the Federal Government agenda of improving domestic refining capacity. Speaking on Tuesday during a facility tour of Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited, Ibigwe, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, the Minister expressed his satisfaction toward the company and NCDMB for taking the bull by the horn to commence local refining of crude and partially meeting the demand of the local. According to him, “The quickest way to fix our energy challenge in the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – In a thrilling finale to the 2023 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, 15-year-old Onaro Adaeze Chukwuzolem, a student of Fountain Heights Secondary School, Surulere Lagos, triumphed as the overall winner beating the 11 other finalists. Her exuberant declaration, “Yes!!! I won!! I did it!!!,” echoed through the Tony Elumelu Amphitheatre in UBA House during the Grand Finale. Adaeze’s victory marked a historic moment as the first of three girls to claim the top prizes in a competition that attracted nearly 12,000 entries from Senior Secondary School students across Nigeria, out of which 12 finalists…
(VOICE OF NAIJA) -CNN is reporting that a deal to release hostages taken from Israel by Hamas in exchange for a pause in fighting in Gaza could be announced as soon as today. Earlier, a Hamas leader said the group was “close to reaching a truce agreement.” The deal would call for the release of 50 women and children hostages and a four-to-five day pause in fighting. Three Palestinian prisoners in Israel would be freed for every civilian hostage that is released, according to multiple sources. READ ALSO: Gaza: China Calls For ‘Urgent’ Action As Muslim Majority Nations Arrive Beijing…
(VOICE OF NAIJA)-“The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on an alternate plan of digging toward them vertically. The meals, made of rice and lentils, were sent through a 6-inch-(15.24 cm) pipe pushed through the rubble late Monday” said Deepa Gaur, a government spokesperson. For the last nine days, the workers survived off of dry food sent through a narrower pipe. Oxygen is being supplied to them through a separate pipe. The tunnel…
The business that developed ChatGPT was rocked on Monday when Microsoft recruited the CEO who had been fired, and numerous staff members threatened to follow suit. The dispute partly revolved over the development of artificial intelligence that is more intelligent than humans The developments followed a weekend of drama that shocked the AI field and fueled speculation about the future of OpenAI, which named a new chief executive on Friday and then replaced her on Sunday. The newest CEO vowed to investigate the firing of co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, who’s been instrumental in OpenAI’s transformation from a nonprofit research laboratory into a world-renowned commercial startup that inaugurated the era of generative artificial…