By Agency Reporter

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, inaugurated the Board of the newly incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited chaired by Senator Margery Okadigbo (Odibeze Oyi), widow of Nigeria's former Senate President, Dr Chuba Okadigbo.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is set to close out the 2020 marginal field bid round programme.

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), on Monday, challenged the jurisdiction of a Federal High Court, Abuja to hear a suit filed against it and others over the controversial takeover of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).

* Insists On Getting Value For Money

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The dust raised by the industrial strike by the employees of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) are yet to settle in parts of the Niger State area as customers insist that the performance of the company is far below expectations and so should be made to sit up.

By JVNN Okafor (Managing Editor/Head, Business & Economy)

Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, has said the President never ordered the sacking of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC) as widely reported in the media on Wednesday.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

An Environmental and Civil Rights NGO, Spaces For Youth Development and Social Change/S4C, has strongly condemned the recent oil spills which occurred in Opu Nembe Community at the southern field of Sant Barbara in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

By Nahum Sule (Taraba State Correspondent, in Jalingo)

For more than a week now, Taraba has witnessed a long queue of cars waiting to get PMS in their tanks due to the scarcity of the commodity even though the NNPC is insisting that it has enough supply for the end of the year demand.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said it's load intake in some parts of Abuja has been significantly reduced by 65% of the daily load wheeled to it following the commencement of the installation of the 2x60MVA 132/33kV Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) by the TCN in Gwarinpa, Abuja on Wednesday October 27, 2021.

• * As TCN Confirms Failure Of 60MVA Transformer

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc says it has commenced a load-shedding program in Karu, Nyanya, Jikwoyi, Karshi, Ado, Mararaba, and environs, following the confirmation of the failure of one of the 2 X 60MVA power transformers at the 132/33kV transmission station by the Abuja Region of the Transmission Company of Nigeria.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) Plc, has vigorously protested the recent reported conviction of one of its employees by a Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

• * Calls On NASS To Address Shortcomings Of PIA

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

An Environmental and Energy Rights Non-Governmental Organization, SPACES FOR CHANGE | S4C, has commended the federal government on the final passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and its signing into law by President Buhari on Monday, August 16, 2021.

• * As Clark, PANDEF kick, Describe it's Assent Despite Their Opposition As Insensitive

By Isreal Onwudiwe (Energy Editor) and Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter, in Abuja)

After nearly a decade of legislative, executive, and stakeholders intrigues and oil politics, the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was finally signed into law on Monday, August 16, 2021, by President Muhammadu Buhari, at his State House private residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.