Energy

Pascal Oparada An aide to President Muhammad Buhari social media, Bashir Ahmad, has denied a report that he was secretly appointed to head a lucrative arm at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) by Buhari, despite still holding…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his junior media aide Bashir Ahmad to supervise a powerful and lucrative division at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) — a role that supersedes his work experience and area of expertise,…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it achieved a trading surplus of 108.84 million dollars (about N13.43billion) for the month of November 2020. The Corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and…

A Nigerian judge issued an arrest warrant for the managing director of Exxon Mobil Corp’s local unit for failing to appear before the nation’s anti-graft agency investigating what it says is a $213 million fraud. Federal Court Judge Okon…

The nation’s refineries lost a total of N152.08bn in 15 consecutive months of being idle, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have shown. Analysis of data collated from NNPC monthly reports revealed that all…

Two of the nation’s power distribution companies, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and Eko Electricity Distribution Company, have assured customers of stable supply during this festive season. The Discos gave the…

Hackers could be able to guess your passwords and much more by analysing your body position whilst on a video conferencing call, experts have claimed. The way people move their shoulders when typing on Zoom calls can betray what keys…

A total of 50,000 students, drawn from 14 African countries, will be competing for the final of Huawei’s global ICT competition aimed at boosting their capacity in applying technology to solve problems. The Sub-Sahara African final has…

Blessing Iruoma, Port Harcourt A nongovernmental organisation, Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, CEHRD, at the weekend charged Niger Delta women to advocate for environmental justice in their area. CEHRD is…

Managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Usman Mohammed, says the federal government cannot provide free electricity to Nigerians. The TCN is owned by the federal government, while the distribution and generation…