Transparency International, the anti-corruption group, today announced the winners of its 20th Anniversary Youth Photo and Writing Competition. The 1400 submissions revealed a deep understanding of how corruption is a cancer on society that must be stopped. We asked participants aged between 18 and 30 years old to send images of the damaging effects of […]
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has called on the National Assembly to use the opportunity presented by the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), to ensure uniformity in addressing community problems in mineral producing areas. Addressing a section of the Senate on the PIB and on the proposed Host Community Fund, the Chairman of NEITI, […]
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has threatened to sanction Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG marketers without valid licenses or who failed to comply with its provisions on operational safety. Speaking at the 2013 Annual LPG Stakeholders’ Forum organised by the DPR, in Lagos, Head, Gas, DPR, Mr. Oliver Okparaojiako, said in the next couple of […]
The Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Hon. Dakuku Peterside, has described the lingering kerosene scarcity across the country as a national embarrassment. Dakuku made the statement in Calabar, Cross River State, during his committee’s oversight visit to Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, and other private oil facilities in the city. Peterside, who spoke […]