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Edo to host 2018 NNPC science quiz grand finale

October 3, 2018 Administrator 0

With less than one week to the Final and Grand Finale of the 2018 Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation National Science Quiz Competition billed for October 8th-9th at the Corporate Headquarters of the corporation in Abuja, participating states are taking MEASURES to ensure successful outing by their representatives. Edo State, one of those presenting finalists in this year’s competition, has taken Read More

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Kachikwu’s new gas flaring deadline, BY Jerry Uwah

October 3, 2018 Administrator 0

Ibe Kachikwu rattled the oil industry last week with fresh threats on the over-flogged issue of gas flaring. The minister of state for petroleum may not be a man of many words, but the international oil companies (OICs) in Nigeria are used to empty threats about gas flaring deadlines. Kachikwu’s threat might as well have been dismissed as one of Read More

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NNPC records N18.12bn trading surplus in May

October 3, 2018 Administrator 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of N18.12 billion for the month of May, 2018. This is higher than N17.16 billion recorded in April. Details of the transactions contained in the recently released May 2018 edition of the Monthly NNPC Financial and Operations Reports also indicated that the additional monthly trading surplus of N0.96bn was Read More

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Baru felicitates with petroleum products consumers at independence

October 1, 2018 Administrator 0

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has felicitated with petroleum products consumers across the country on the occasion of the 58th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. Dr. Baru, who stated this in a release by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, said he was pleased with the enviable Read More

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NNPC records 17.16bn trading surplus in April 2018

September 25, 2018 Administrator 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has consolidated on its operational performance with a trading surplus of 17.16 billion in the month of April, 2018. This represents a 5.43 billion improvement representing 46.29 per cent on the trading surplus recorded in the previous month. NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, who disclosed this in a Read More

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Kano provides land for gas pipeline

September 13, 2018 Administrator 0

The Kano state government has provided land for the construction of mega gas pipeline from Ajakouta to Kano as well as provision of 135 megawatts of hydro power project, aimed at boosting socio-economic activities in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, made the disclosure while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Read More

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NNPC assures on steady petroleum products supply

September 10, 2018 Administrator 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has allayed fears of possible hiccups in petroleum products supply in parts of the country following an ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). NUPENG had threatened to down tools over a purported intervention by security agencies in what the union viewed as purely labour matters involving a Read More

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We’re not recruiting – NNPC

September 7, 2018 Administrator 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disowned a recruitment advertisement currently trending in the social media. The advertisement, set in NNPC’s corporate colour with its logo and a corporate picture, sets candidates’ entry requirements to include: Master’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, Higher National Diploma (HND) and National Diploma. The corporation in a statement signed by its Group General Manager, Group Read More

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Implications of FAAC, NNPC face-offs on economy, others

July 24, 2018 Administrator 0

Over the years, the Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has always clashed over discrepancies in remittances by the Corporation. However, with the latest spat by both parties, it does appear it is the economy that will suffer; BENJAMIN UMUTEME writes. The chairman, Forum of Finance Commissioners, Mahmoud Yunusa, once said “The Nigeria National Read More