If you’re going to work in the oil business in Nigeria, you had better buckle your chinstrap and get ready for some rough experiences. That is the advice of Permian Basin International Oil Show President Larry Richards of Odessa, who Read more…
Category: Environment
Not far from Berlin’s Tempelhof airport, Peter Engelke is putting up a new security gate at his warehouse because of concerns about desperate people pilfering his stock. The precious asset at risk is firewood. Engelke’s actions reflect growing anxiety across Read more…
Thousands of travellers and residents of Lokoja, Kogi State capital are currently stranded as the city has been overrun by heavy flooding. The Lokoja-Abuja road which connects the North and South has practically been cut off, thereby paralyzing economic activities, Read more…
The Anambra State Government has ordered the immediate shutting down of primary and secondary schools in areas ravaged by flood. This is following the devastating effects of flood in some parts of the state, which had also submerged communities and Read more…
Two oil wells operated by Nigerian firm Eroton Exploration and Production Limited caught fire on Monday and were still burning on Tuesday after the company hired a contractor to try extinguish the fire, the agency responsible for detecting oil spills Read more…
The federal government’s approval for the dredging of Orashi River, which connects to the Atlantic Ocean, has started to attract the attention of the stakeholders in Imo State. Since the approval was announced last week by Imo State Governor, Mr. Read more…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has allayed fears being entertained by the public that the three flyovers in the state capital has structural defects. This is coming as he confirmed that dealers in scrap and other metals have been Read more…
Anambra State Governor Prof Charles Soludo has said that his administration is partnering with local government areas’ transition committee chairmen in waste management across the state. Governor Soludo was speaking at the Government House, Awka, when he held an interaction Read more…
The Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the immediate rehabilitation and reconstruction of four roads in Onitsha at the cost of N2.53 billion. This was inline with Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s promise to provide good access roads in the Read more…
Nigeria’s plan to commercialize gas burned from its oil fields is at an advanced stage, the country’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday (September 13) after meeting with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry. Timipre Sylva said the initiative would cut 15 Read more…
Russia has no plans to remove its troops from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, where they are guarding the facility, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has told reporters. “Now, there’s no discussion about the withdrawal of troops” from the Zaporozhye Read more…
Germany can cope with the current energy crisis, and is ready to deal with a potential Russian natural gas shutdown, the Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday. “We live in serious times… But we are prepared. Prepared, for example, for Read more…