Environment & Oil &gas

Seplat Energy Plc, Nigeria’s biggest independent oil company, has agreed to acquire some of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s assets in the country for at least $1.28 billion. The acquisition will almost triple Seplat’s production volumes, adding…

Paul Ogbuokiri As Christian across the world celebrates this Christmas, the President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Prince Adewale Adeyonju has sent message of felicitation to President Muhammadu Buhari and the…

Ecobank Nigeria has lost appeals in three different courts seeking to stop Dr. Charles Mekwunye, SAN, from representing the estate of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Taslim Elias in a sublease dispute between the bank and late…

...GAC GS8 clinches most fascinating SUV award Paul Ogbuokiri Chief Diana Chen, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Choice International Group (CIG), Chief Diana Chen, has been named as Nigeria's Auto CEO of the Year.…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Wednesday, sealed a plastic company and arrested three persons for producing harmful plastics in Lagos. According to the Director General, SON, Farouk Salim, the enforcement exercise was part…

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, is to invest over £3 billion to support emerging economies in Africa and Asia to combat the climate emergency. The commitment, made Teusday at COP26 in Glasgow,…

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has again praised the Nigerian Deep Blue Project and other national and Gulf of Guinea regional authorities over the falling piracy in the region as it said that in the first nine months of the year,…

Determined to sustain the current tempo on unwholesome products across the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Monday evacuated substandard tyres from a warehouse located in a remote area in Ogun State. Recall that the…

Chidi Ogbuokiri In a bid to increase the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix under the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has announced plans to unveil new…

Chidi Ogbuokiri The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has picked 16 consortia for its new crude-for-fuel swap contracts for one year starting in August, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The list includes…