By Siseko Maposa. The recent offer made to South Africa by France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU, called the just energy transition partnership, has raised hopes that the country will finally embark on a comprehensive path towards renewable energy. The partnership aims to disburse $8.5-billion for a first phase of financing through
Excluding any last-minute changes, the new national carrier, Nigerian Air, will begin flight operations from April 2022. The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential
Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has demanded a ban on issuing and trading mining permits until the country’s mining registry has been audited, a measure aimed at combating fraud within the sector. Tshisekedi told ministers he wanted to end the squandering of mining assets by unnamed political actors and
NINETEEN days after the spill at the Santa Barbara Well 1 in Oil Mining Lease, OML 29 operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, AEEPCO, in the Nembe creek, Bayelsa State, the well head is still spewing crude into the environment, polluting farmhands and the creeks. It was learned that the pressure from the
Nigeria oil production output would suffer some decline, following the decision of the federal government to shut down Santa Barbara oil fields, operated by AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited (AEEPCo). The Ministry of Environment in a statement said the federal government decision was to contain the spill which occured earlier in the month
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