The ECOWAS Commission has issued a statement noting with satisfaction the success recorded so far in the "Amnesty Programme" of the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

NATIONAL oil and gas company PetroSA has signed a co-operation agreement with the Coega Development Corporation with regard to the planned R10bn crude oil refinery in Coega, near Port Elizabeth.

A probe report into the management of Uganda's electricity sector has revealed the existence of a racket involving the country's sole power distributor and some officials in government who have connived to swindle up to Shs 300 billion through the

The 36 state governors yesterday commended President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over his intervention to end the restiveness in the Niger Delta region.

Reports that multi-national oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region have accumulated a whopping $50m (N7.55billion) in unpaid royalties to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are unpalatable to peace-loving and well-meaning Nigerians who believe in the imperative of

The completion of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) would cost $1 billion instead of the $600 million earlier announced.

Concerns over the possibility of losing 16 prolific oil mining leases (OMLs) held for over 40 years by the international oil companies (IOCs) has led to intense lobbying and intrigues to delay the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)

LAST month, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the World Wildlife Fund and the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies of Stellenbosch University participated in and hosted a workshop on concentrated solar power (CSP), a form of renewable power

Eskom had proposed an increase in the allocation of free basic electricity in its tariff increase application as a way of shielding the poor from substantial hikes in electricity prices, Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said in Parliament yesterday.

It will soon be possible to buy cooking gas of your choice regardless of the brand of your cylinder.

SA MUST begin cutting carbon emissions today in order to avoid steeper and more disruptive reductions later, says the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

It will soon be possible to purchase cooking gas from any vendor regardless of your brand.

As the federal government insists on deregulating the downstream sector of the oil industry, the consequences of this policy is beginning to worry residents of the Federal Capital Territory and its environs.

The 36 state governors yesterday ratified the planned release of $2 billion dollars from the excess crude account, saying the action was part of palliative measures to mitigate the effect of the nation's economic recession and stabilise the imminent crash

Botswana and Zimbabwe concluded a deal on Friday that will result in the revival of the moribund Bulawayo Power station by June 2010.

FUEL prices could drop by between 30 cents and 45 cents a litre next week if Government decides to pass the benefit of the September over-recovery on to consumers.

A seemingly modest Community Energy Resource Center (CERC) captured the imagination of Mr. Kheir Ahmada Mwawalo during the Independence Torch Race at Oldonyosambu on 25th September 2009. Mr. Mwawalo is the National Representative of the Independence Torch Race in 2009.

As Nigeria marks the 49th year of nationhood, one sector where the President Umaru Yar'Adua-led administration has not impacted positively on the lives of Nigerians is the power sector.

President, Nigeria Exporters Association (NEA), Otuekong Sunny Jackson Udoh, yesterday expressed concern that with the crisis in the education sector, poor health care delivery system, deteriorating power sector, rising unemployment profile, Nigeria was still under siege at 49.

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state has approved the release of over half a billion naira to the 17 local government councils to enable them implement his administration's 'action plan' for transforming rural communities.