Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has expressed concern that the continued illegal occupation of Belema flow station and gas plant in Rivers State since August 11, 2017, has safety implications both for the people at the facilities and nearby communities. According to a statement by SPDC spokesman, Mr. Bamidele Odugbesan, the company said it was “deeply concerned that unauthorised persons, including women and children, have been observed in close proximity to equipment that process crude oil and gas without the protection of safety clothing that is mandatory for people working in or accessing such restricted areas.” Shell said it had…
Author: Orientalnews Staff
The Federal Road Safety Corps has chosen the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) as one of its partners for its forthcoming 7th Annual Lecture series scheduled to hold in Abuja. The GOCOP is an association of professional journalists who rose to the top of their profession in the print media before taking their practice online. Corps Public Education Officer of the FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, said the lecture series will hold on August 24, 2017. The event will take place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The lecture has a theme: “Achieving the goals of the UN Decade of…
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema has advised the public to the existence of several fake Facebook accounts created by fraudsters in his name to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. A statement issued by the airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said Onyema had no Facebook or any other social media account. The existing social media accounts with the name and pictures of the airline’s boss, the statement warned, were the creation of criminal elements seeking to swindle members of the public out of their hard-earned money. “Our attention has been drawn to several social…
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will today commence an assessment visit to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). A four-member team from the FAA have already arrived Nigeria to conduct the audit which will take place from 21st – 25th August, 2017. The members of the team are Louis A. Alvarez, Team leader, L.P.Vanstory, Operations Specialist, Benjamin Garrido, Airworthiness Specialist and Jeffrey Klang, Attorney. The FAA officials will assess the State’s aviation law, regulations and oversight capability in accordance with the eight critical elements as defined in ICAO document 9734. In addition, during the assessment, the team will need to visit the facilities of an Airline Operators Certificate (AOC) holder.…
Heritage Bank Plc is set to become the headline sponsor for the fourth season of “The Next Titans,” a Nigerian entrepreneurial Reality TV Show. The move by the bank is a consistent commitment to build the next generation of sustainable Nigerian businesses; young and budding entrepreneurs who will end up becoming ‘titans’ in their own disciplines whether in Technology, Inventions, Media, Real Estate, Fashion, Agriculture, or Productions, and so on. Speaking at a press conference to flag off the season 4 of the project in Lagos, the Group Head of Corporate Communication of the Bank, Mr. Fela Ibidapo explained the reasons for…
Former minister of power, Prof. Barth Nnaji is considering various options against the Senior Special Assistant to his former boss, Goodluck Jonathan over what he described as unguarded statement linking his exit from the administration of president Jonathan on account of corruption. Mr. Reno Omokri an aid to the former president said Nnaji and his aviation counterpart Mrs. Stella Odua were relieved of their appointments following allegations of corruption leveled against them. Omokri was reported to have made the comment while reacting to a statement credited to the director general of the Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu that former…
The Federal Government has said that it will not oppose the intention of electricity consumers that are willing to pay for meters from their distribution companies (Discos) based on agreement between both parties as endorsed by the power sector regulator. Oriental News Nigeria reports that in April last year, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to immediately wind down its alternative metering scheme, the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Initiative (CAPMI) scheme, which allowed customers to pay for electricity meters from their respective Discos. But, in his speech at the 18th…
The International Energy Agency, IEA, has observed that world oil markets are re-balancing as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC and its allies continue implementation of production cuts, OPEC had hoped to achieve market rebalance with the production cut which came into effect earlier, in January this year. But the IEA cut estimates for the amount of crude needed from OPEC this year and in 2018 after lowering its historical assessments of consumption in some emerging nations. The agency lowered projections for the amount of crude required from OPEC this year and next by about 400,000 barrels a day.…
The Comptroller Sarkin Kebbi, led Western Marine Command, of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), marine Anti-Smuggling Unit renewed efforts on the seizures of prohibited items within the Nigerian waterways, Creeks and Land Borders has become the biggest trouble for Smugglers. His commitment to get rid of illegal activities has led to discovery of smugglers hideouts in one of its Anti-Smuggling operations. The Command which have been recording huge success’s in her seizures, even though it is regarded as small in size, is highly equipped with high level standard gunboats, handed over to her by the Federal Government in other to bring…
Three U.S. pension funds sued six of the world’s largest banks on Thursday, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JP Morgan Chase & Co, accusing them of conspiring to stifle competition in the more than $1 trillion stock lending market. In the lawsuit filed in a Manhattan federal court, the funds accused the banks of boycotting start-up lending platforms by threatening and intimidating their potential clients. The defendants include Bank of America Corp, Credit Suisse AG CSAG.UL, Morgan Stanley, UBS AG, Goldman and JP Morgan. The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, Orange County Employees’ Retirement System and Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association said…