The Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) will soon begin conducting energy audits in all government institutions, schools, industries and private establishments to know how much energy they consume annually and how they can save about 20 percent off their current energy

The face off between the management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and their security employees may take another twist this year as the security employees called on the Nigerian Labour Congress ((NLC) to wade into their conflict.

The sixth floor offices of the zonal headquarters of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Marina, Lagos, which house the welfare as well as the archives departments of the company were yesterday gutted.

How can the people benefit from the wealth deposited under their soil by divine providence? This is the question the people of Effiat in Akwa Ibom State have lived with for years without a satisfactory answer.

The Committee on Power of the House of Representatives has directed the Minister of Power, Dr. Lanre Babalola, to commence sack of personnel of the Power Holding Company Nigeria (PHCN) if it will make them more efficient and effective.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday sealed up four fuel filling stations in Abuja for shortchanging customers through under dispensing of fuel in their pumps.

The department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday sealed four filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory, for under-dispensing the petroleum products in their stations.

The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Alhaji Abubakar Yar'adua was yesterday sacked by President Umaru Yar'adua and replaced with NNPC's Group Executive Director (Special Project), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo.

Abubakar Yar'Adua was on Tuesday fired as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the dry run of reform in the oil and gas sector.

The Federal Government has reimbursed petroleum marketers, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the sum of N45 billion being subsidy claims for the import of petrol and kerosene for the months of January to May 2008.

No fewer than five militants including a teenage girl, who allegedly attacked the Agip flow station at Tebidaba in Bayelsa State have been arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF).

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has approved the immediate retirement of the Acting Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Alhaji. Abubakar Lawal Yar Adua.

The recent discovery that N2 billion has been earmarked in Federal Government's Budget 2009 for maintenance and fuelling of power generating sets comes across as partial explanation for the half-heartedness exhibited by successive governments in the national effort toward stable

As the global economic meltdown deepens and oil prices dip, the Federal Government has decided that earnings above the budgeted benchmark oil price of $45 per barrel would no longer be shared among the three tiers of government, but would

The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta was not impressed by the two Ministers of the newly formed Niger Delta Ministry, when they appeared before it yesterday and asked that N18.5 billion capital vote be approved for the

THE Urhobo people of Ughievwen Kingdom in Ughelli South Council Area of Delta State have given the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, the Federal and state governments up to February 28 to address the alleged marginalisation of the kingdom in

Explorer Tullow Oil has said its Hyedua-2 well offshore Ghana flowed at a rate of 16,750 barrels of crude a day, confirming "good reservoir connectivity and very high productivity".

Angola will be among the countries attending the fourth International seminar of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), scheduled for 18 and 19 March, in Vienna city, Austria, co-organised by the "Global Conferences" company.

Angolan Cabinet Council approved Wednesday here the resolution establishing the inter-ministerial Commission for National Energy Safety, at its 2009 first extraordinary session presided over by the President, José Eduardo dos Santos.

Federal Government on Tuesday declared that earnings above the budgeted benchmark oil price of $45 per barrel would no longer be shared among the three tiers of government.