The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Dr. Bello Gusau has lamented that Nigerians trained by the PTDF have been unable to secure jobs in the oil and gas industry. The Federal Government had established PTDF to train Nigerians to qualify as graduates, professionals, technicians and craftsmen in the field of engineering, geology, science and... Read More

Jobs, nigerians, Oil industry, PTDF, Train

October 15, 2016

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Manasseh Egedegbe: If we must sell NLNG assets – here’s how much they should go for

by Manasseh Egedegbe Nigeria LNG Limited has been in the news for the past few weeks. This was a result of the recommendation that came from somewhere about selling some national assets to plug some of the hole Nigeria has found itself because of the recession and low oil price. As for me, I have... Read More

nigeria, nlng, Oil industry, Sale of assets, Tony Attah

October 14, 2016

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Feyi Fawehinmi: Nigeria’s case study on how not to float your currency

by Feyi Fawehinmi Rumors of rate fixing. Scarcity of foreign exchange. A widening gap between the official rate and the runaway blackmarket. Nearly four months after Nigeria adopted a flexible exchange rate policy to avoid these very problems, the problems are all still here and in many ways, worse than they were before the policy... Read More

Bereau d change, CBN, Currency, economy, Foreign Reserves, nigeria, Oil industry, recession

October 7, 2016

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Godwin Okpene: New strategy needed for the PIB

By Godwin Okpene By December this year, the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would have clocked sixteen years and eight months in the making, and more than eight and half years since it was first presented to the National Assembly. That would have been two hundred months of several committees constituted for the purpose, of countless... Read More

national assembly, NEITI, Oil industry, OPEC, petroleum industry bill, recession

September 23, 2013

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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Time to stop toying with the PIB bill (Part 3)

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu The PIB can no longer be delayed. The oil companies must stop pussyfooting and tell the government what exactly they want. It is not enough to say the PIB, as presently constituted, will deter investment. Nigeria’s objective is very clear: It intends to maximise the nation’s economic rent from the oil and... Read More

economy, government, ijeoma nwogwugwu, oil companies, Oil industry, PIB, pussyfooting

September 16, 2013

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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Time to stop toying with the PIB (Part 2)

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu As it stands, badly needed reforms for the industry have been conveniently put on hold over the divisions created by the fiscal terms. The impact of this is that the inefficiency, mismanagement and corruption that have stunted Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, and particularly NNPC, will continue to fester. [READ: Ijeoma Nwogwugwu:... Read More

APC, corruption, g7, governors, investigate, Ngozi Nwogwuguw, Oil industry, PDP, PIB

June 9, 2013

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Opinion: Niger Delta pollution – A tragedy of the commons

by Maximilian O. Obiakor If we do not strive to create a new set of institutions to protect the common- property, then they will continue to be privately explored, exploited and utterly destroyed at the expense of all. When Garrett Hardin in 1968 was describing how shared environmental resources are overused and eventually depleted on the... Read More

Niger Delta, Oil industry, political hindrance, Pollution, sabotage, tragedy of the commons

October 31, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: Nigeria, what you don’t know can kill you (YNaija FrontPage)

Serious countries are looking for alternatives while Nigeria continues to argue about the bench mark prize for its petrol for next year. Last Thursday, China received 152 bids from 83 companies in its second auction of shale-gas blocks. This is a milestone for a resource that looked at best a remote source of energy only... Read More

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We have trained many Nigerians who are yet to get jobs – PTDF

Manasseh Egedegbe: If we must sell NLNG assets – here’s how much they should go for

Feyi Fawehinmi: Nigeria’s case study on how not to float your currency

Godwin Okpene: New strategy needed for the PIB

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Time to stop toying with the PIB bill (Part 3)

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Time to stop toying with the PIB (Part 2)

Opinion: Niger Delta pollution – A tragedy of the commons

Japheth Omojuwa: Nigeria, what you don’t know can kill you (YNaija FrontPage)

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