THE Government has entered into an administrative arrangement to allow oil marketing companies (OMCs) import diesel and petrol before the statutory instrument zero-rating fuel imports is signed.

The Kenyan Government intends to come up with an action plan to avert future electricity rationing programmes, Energy minister, Kiraitu Murungi, on said Thursday. The plan by State agencies is expected to take advantage of the expected El Niño rains.

Prince Tonye Princewill is a personable young man that has the ability to charm people even when he is telling them bitter truths, as all other members of President Umoru YarAdua's Niger Delta Technical Committee, on which he served, learnt...sometimes

As part of the post-amnesty arrangements and in its determined efforts to engage the youths of the Niger Delta, the New Partnership for Africa's Development NEPAD has said it would engage 15,000 youths in establishing integrated farms in the three

I am very happy with Mr President at the moment and have decided that he deserves two hearty cheers.

Former Head of Department at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and Professor of English and Literature, Professor Tony Afejuku is a household name in the Niger Delta struggle. In this interview, the blunt defender of the rights of his Itsekiri

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has expressed disappointment about the current shortage of petrol and directed the Ministry of Energy to allow oil marketing companies (OMCs) to source more fuel.

THE current fuel crisis in the country has not affected the mining sector, Chamber of Mines president Nathan Chishimba has said.

A group of repentant militant leaders has issued a two-week ultimatum to the federal government, warning that they may return to the creeks, if the induced division among the ranks of repentant militants by the Bayelsa State government was not

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua says if passed into law, the Petroleum Industry Bill before the National Assembly will reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

A stalwart of the All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP in Nasarawa state, Barrister Solomon Ewuga has thrown his weight behind the planned deregulation policy of the federal government.

Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has decried the Federal Government's plan to deregulate the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, saying it would benefit only a few individuals. Saraki while fielding questions from journalists at the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Ikeja

THE increases in electricity tariffs for which Eskom has applied will cause a number of headaches, not least for the Reserve Bank trying to meet the 3%-6% inflation target range.

Following the rise in crude prices at the international market yesterday, member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) may increase their output targets when the group meets in Luanda, Angola on December 22.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua said yesterday that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) now before the National Assembly, is basically intended to reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), encourage investment and ensure transparency in the oil and gas sector.

POWER distribution company UMEME has published a list of 19,000 major power defaulters. UMEME has threatened legal action against the defaulters and to cut off their power if payment is not effected within a mutually agreed time frame.

THERE will be a power outage for the whole day in most of northern Namibia on Sunday, NamPower announced yesterday.

UGANDA is not rushing to build a nuclear power plant, it has been announced.

Recently, the Katsina State Government inaugurated four biogas alternative energy pilot projects, as part of efforts to exploit renewable energy sources in the state.

The Federal government yesterday donated eight 500 KVA generators to eight States to encourage small scale enterprises in the zones.