Nigeria’s Wildlife Protection Bill Passes Third Reading By Fabian Ekeruche The Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2024 has successfully passed its final and third reading in the House of Representatives in Nigeria and is now set to be sent…
Nigerian Power Minister Blames DisCos for Sector Setback, Urges Lawmakers to Sanction Underperformers
The Nigerian Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has blamed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria for failing to meet performance targets; urging the National Assembly to pass stricter laws to hold them accountable. He further warned that their inefficiencies…
NUPRC Confirms Nigeria’s Daily Oil Production Still at 1.61mbpd
Nigeria continues to dominate as Africa’s largest crude oil producer despite grappling with oil theft and vandalisation. The country’s proven reserves of 37.50 billion barrels and a production capacity of approximately 2.19 million barrels per day, mbpd. As of July…
Akpabio Lauds NDDC for New Development Strides in Niger Delta
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, attended the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital and called on the stakeholders in the region to support the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to achieve more…
Living wage’ will eradicate corruption in public offices – Speaker Abbas
…..as NASS intervenes, meets ministers, NLC, TUC on workers’ strike threats The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has reiterated his position that the government could eradicate corruption in public offices by paying the…
HEDA, CEFTIW to host national anti-corruption conference
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre and the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CEFTIW) are set to host a two-day National Conference on Anti-Corruption from July 11-12 in Abuja. This is contained in a statement…
Nigeria’s FID, Ease of Doing Business Under Threat Over Senate Directive For NLNG To Pay N18.4bn – Stakeholders
Senate lacks power to Direct NLNG to pay money – Lawyers, experts set agenda for forthcoming 10th National Assembly at Platforms Africa forum Stakeholders in Africa, particularly in the Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, on Monday, raised the alarm over…