Excited beneficiaries. By Anietie Akpan It was shrill and thrill in some Cross River communities as they witnessed electricity first time ever in their homes. Cross River State Governor, Sen. Prince Bassey Edet Otu made this possible as he launched an ambitious electrification project to power 10,000 homes across the state using the Solar Home…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan Cross River and Akwa Ibom States are at loggerheads again over the issue of 76 oil wells which was ceded to the later in 2008 by and the the subsequent Supreme Court judgement of 2012. The State Government in a statement dated July 28, and signed by the Commissioner…
L-R:, The Executive Vice President (Upstream), NNPC Limited, Mr. Udobong Ntia, Minister of State for Gas, Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo and Gov. Umo Eno during the visit at Government House, Uyo. By Anietie Akpan In a major move aimed at strengthening the oil and gas sector and attracting strategic investments, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianavasi Effiong President Bola Tinubu declared on Wednesday that the completion and operationalisation of the second power plant in Afam communities in Rivers marked a significant milestone in his administration’s commitment to achieving sustainable electricity supply and industrial transformation. He said this while commissioning the 180-megawatt Afam II Power Plant. The…
By Anietie Akpan Peace Point Development Foundation (PPDF), a Civil Society Organization (CSO) working to promote ecological justice in Nigeria has called on Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company Limited to stop the ongoing oil spill in Eastern Obolo local government area of Akwa Ibom State. Sterling Oil with an operational base in Eastern…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianabasi Effiong President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the chairman, Chief Pius Akinyelure and the group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari. This was made known in a statement on Wednesday, April 2 by Mr Bayo Onanuga,…