A crack team of officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Thursday shut down six filling stations in Enugu for various offences ranging from selling fuel above the government approved price of N65 per litre to hoarding of

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has donated 50 electric transformers to Bayelsa State Government as part of its efforts to boost power supply to the Niger Delta region.

In an effort to address the incessant power problem in the country, students of senior course 31 of the Nigerian Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, said they had embarked on a power supply project as a way of

The Minister of Transport Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio said if the transport sector was properly managed, it would rank second to oil in revenue generation for the country. Biu, who stated this at a dinner organised in his honour in

UGANDA has lost many opportunities by not getting energy from the garbage and waste around the city. As a developing country, Uganda has all the resources that can be utilised but we seem not not in a hurry to solve

TEN people have been arrested in connection with rampant power theft in Bwaise's industrial area.

The developmental and social challenges in the Niger Delta region are the main pressing issues to be addressed by the newly created Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs headed by Obong Ufot Ekaette. Recently, Ekaette led his team on a week-long

Electricity supply yesterday dropped to about 2,819mega watts as a result of further drop in Gas supply to Egbin power station.

Sociète Nouvelle d'Assurance du Rwanda (SONARWA), the country's largest and oldest insurance group has announced investments worth Rwf5.8 billion in real estate and equity this year.

The Department of Petroleum Resources has threatened to sanction major marketers and filling stations which fail to comply with the directive on new fuel price by selling above the stipulated price or hoarding fuel.

The Federal Government has said that it is taking a decisive role in diversifying the resource base of the economy by promoting trade and investment with emphasis on increased production and export of non oil products especially to the United

Last week we discussed the issue of the pathetic existential situation of a majority of Nigerians on both the rural and urban areas of Nigeria, and we ended up appealing in this column to president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his

Angolan Foreign minister, Assunção dos Anjos, met Friday in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, with the director for Africa of the German Foreign Affairs Ministry, Matias Mulmensdf, with whom he analysed the agenda for the visit president José Eduardo dos Santos will

Another round of fuel scarcity looms as the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) in Lagos yesterday embarked on a strike action to protest the seizure of four trucks attached to Total Nigeria Plc for allegedly siphoning fuel from the Nigerian National

Motorists are expected to pay 61 cents more for petrol from next week Wednesday.

The Deep Water Long-Term Environmental Observation System (DELOS) will permit the gathering of information and valuable contributes on the Angolan sea bed.

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday in Lagos cautioned the Federal Government against full deregulation of the petroleum sector.

HAVING had some fun trying to find a target for Sasol's share price on the market, I decided that the wobbly conclusion was worth some more exploration in the published results for the financial year ended June 30 2008.

Following the reduction in pump price of Petroleum Products, and the attendant sharp practices engaged by marketers, the Rivers State Executive Council has directed the Commissioner for Energy to take necessary steps within the law to ensure compliance.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to stop the award of new oil block, to stave off growing disquiet over oil exploration.