Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Nigeria lost at least 52 million barrels of crude oil between May and December 2020 to COVID-19-induced compulsory supply cuts imposed by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), according to a data by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
While Nigeria’s crude oil production level before the curbs was two million barrels per day (bpd), recent data from NNPC indicated that while the average daily crude oil production for the entire year stood at 1.775 million bpd, total production for the whole year was 704.741 million barrels.
In January, the country recorded the highest production level of 2.072 million bpd while last December, NNPC recorded its lowest production of 1.419 bpd.
By Nefishetu Yakubu/ Edith Ike-Eboh
Benin, Dec. 22, 2020 Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday assured the public of adequate security in Ologbo community to safeguard the new 200-cubic litre Integrated Gas Handling Facility (IGHF) plant at Ologbo in Edo.
Obaseki gave the assurance during the inauguration of the National Petroleum Development Company (NPDC)/IGHF plant by President Muhammadu Buhari in Ologbo community.
He said that the state government would work with the security agencies in the state to ensure that there was peace in the community.
“We will continue to work for peace in Edo because we are peaceful people, we will work with all stakeholders to ensure peace because without peace there will be no development
Angry former militants under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDEA), yesterday, alleged that Ocean Marines Solution Limited, OMSL surveillance firm, has denied them their entitlements.
In a statement issued by its National President, Eshanokpe Israel (a.k.a Akpodoro) in Abuja, it explained that the decision to write security agencies followed a meeting of NCNDEA leaders in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. x
The statement revealed that the group sent letters to all security agencies in the country, notifying them of its readiness to go into trenches against OMSL in Urhobo land, noting that the surveillance firm had taken the people for granted for too long.
OML30: Ex- Niger Delta agitators want NPDC’s directive on retention honoured
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EX- Niger Delta agitators have asked a surveillance firm, Ocean Marines Solution Ltd – OMSL, to honour the directive of the National Petroleum Development Company, NPDC through Heritage Operational Services Ltd to retain them in the surveillance contract of OML30 that was taken over from Erasko Ltd.
They claimed the company OMSL reneged on the instruction of NPDC at the inception of its operations to retain them.
The aggrieved agitators under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, in a statement by their National President, Eshanekpe Israel,alia Akpodoro, said they have dragged the surveillance firm before security agencies.