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Sep262025 by RareviewNo Comments

Act Now for Peace: Lagos Calls Citizens to Collective Action

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L-R: Representative of Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Director, Commercial law, Mrs. Kehinde Taiwo; Permanent Secretary, Citizens’ Mediation Bureau, Mrs. Aderinsola Olanrewaju, and Director, Citizens’ Mediation Bureau, Mrs. Biola Oseni during the media briefing on the Y2025 international day of peace celebration in Lagos. By Ali Elias The Permanent Secretary of the Citizens’ Mediation Bureau, Mrs. Aderinsola Olanrewaju, has urged Lagosians to take deliberate steps in building peace within their homes, communities, and workplaces, stressing that peace is not the responsibility of government alone but a shared duty of all citizens.Speaking at a press briefing, at Ikeja, Lagos, to mark the 2025 International Day of Peace celebration, held at the Citizens’ Me...

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NIGERIA: SUPREME ENABLERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL OUTRAGE

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OPINION By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.” J.A.G. Griffiths, “Constitutional and Administrative Law’ in Peter Archer & Andrew Martin (Eds), More Law Reform Now, 55 (1983) THE judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 19 January 2006 concerning the state of emergency in Plateau State came down 20 months after the proclamation and 14 months after the emergency had expired. When it was eventually issued, the judgment was worse than an anti-climax. The most important thing about the decision was not the jurisprudence of the court but when the court chose to hear the case. Nearly two decades later, the same Court is likely to repeat a familiar script, serving as an apex enabler of power amok. The people...

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NCDMB PANEL CHARTS AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING PATHWAYS FOR AFRICA’S OIL & GAS FIRMS

Energy

By Ali Elias At the final panel of the African Local Content Forum during Africa Oil Week, held at Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana, strategies to unlock affordable and sustainable funding for oil and gas businesses were front and centre, with stakeholders emphasising innovation, energy transition, and compliance with ESG (environmental, social, governance) standards. The session was moderated by Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, General Manager of Corporate Communications at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), with panelists representing African nations including Nigeria, Angola, Namibia and others.Panelists included Fateemah Mohammed, General Manager of the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF); Bob Felix Ocitti of the African Energy Commission (AFREC); Funmi Ogbue, ...

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AFRICAN NATIONS MUST COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP OIL INDUSTRY – ES NCDMB

Energy

By PR Close partnership and collaboration among African oil and gas producing countries are some of the strategies that would enable sustainable development of Africa’s oil industry, according to discussants at the Africa Content Forum, a segment at the 2025 Africa Oil Week holding in Accra, Ghana. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe delivered the keynote address at the forum. Represented by the Director Corporate Services, Dr. Abdulmalik Halilu, the Executive Secretary pointed out that no single African country can fully develop its local content potentials and support her the oil and gas industry without the collaboration of other nations, hence the need for close partnership with other nations. He pointed...

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COURT RESTRAINS NUPENG, DRIVERS FROM DISRUPTING DANGOTE REFINERY OPERATIONS

Energy

By Ali Elias Abuja’s National Industrial Court has issued an interim order barring the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association from initiating or compelling other drivers to join any industrial action that could disrupt the operations of Dangote Refinery and its partners, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc and MRS Oil and Gas Company Ltd. The restraining order, granted by Justice E. D. Subilim in an ex parte motion filed on behalf of Dangote Refinery, was justified on grounds that prolonged disruption would result in “irreparable damage” to the refinery’s operations. The judge said the balance of convenience tilts in favour of the refinery, given its critical role in the petroleum supply chain. The injunction lasts for seven...

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AT LEAST 10 DIE IN TRAGIC AFRILAND TOWERS FIRE, BUILDING OWNERS SILENT OVER SAFETY FAILURES

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Photo credit: Thisdaylive RNR Viewpoint Ten people have died in a devastating fire at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos Island, including four senior staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and six employees of United Capital Plc, as building owners remain tight‑lipped over the full circumstances and other possible casualties. Photo credit: TBI The inferno is believed to have begun in the inverter room in the building’s basement around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, spreading quickly as thick smoke engulfed upper floors and trapping occupants. Eyewitnesses said terrified workers tried to escape through windows and ledges as flames intensified.FIRS confirmed the deaths of its four senior staff, all of whom were working on the sixth and seventh floors. The agency identifi...

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NCDMB BOSS CHARGES WEST AFRICAN VENTURES, OTHERS ON DEEPWATER OPERATIONS

Energy

By PR The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Tuesday acknowledged the advanced capabilities and proven track record of a leading indigenous service company, West African Ventures (WAV) Nigeria Limited, noting that the firm and others well established Nigerian companies need to pivot to the deepwater segment of oil and gas operations where vast opportunities exist. Speaking during a facility tour of the WAV Fabrication Yard, Machine Shop, and jetties at the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT), Onne, in Rivers State, the Executive Secretary revealed that he awarded the company their first offshore pipe-laying contract when he (Ogbe) served as the Construction Manager with Chevron Nigeria Limited, recalling ...

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NCDMB, FIRM TRAIN YOUNG ENGINEERS IN PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE IN OIL AND GAS

Energy

By PR A five-day training programme for 50 young facility engineers, organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in conjunction with Ijalla Engineering Services Limited, reached the concluding phase on Thursday in Port Harcourt with special focus on project cost management in oil and gas, and maintenance records and documentation. The engineers, shortlisted from the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content (NOGIC) Joint Qualification System (JQS) Portal of the NCDMB, were introduced to costing for a structured Field Development Plan (FDP) Programme over four phases (2026-2029), centring on activities such as well intervention, drilling campaigns, flowline installations, surface facility upgrades, and compression station expansion. Such operations, accor...

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NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS UNDER SIEGE: IPC, MRA CONDEMN WAVE OF ARRESTS, HARASSMENT

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Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash By Ali Elias The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, has condemned the unlawful detention of Sodeeq Atanda, a senior reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), describing it as yet another assault on press freedom in Nigeria. Atanda was arrested on Tuesday, September 9, in Ado-Ekiti, by the Ekiti State Police Command after honouring a police invitation linked to a petition filed by Abayomi Fasina, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). Fasina accused the journalist of cyberbullying, blackmail, and criminal defamation. Despite voluntarily appearing at the police headquarters, Atanda was detained for more than eight hours, stripped of dignity by being forced to walk barefoot within the pre...

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NCDMB WINS AWARD, REAFFIRMS HUMAN CAPITAL AS OIL INDUSTRY’S GREATEST ASSET

Energy

By PR The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has been named Government Partner of the Year by the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria at its 4th Annual Human Capital Development Awards 2025 in Lagos. The award was received at an event on Friday by Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe. In his acceptance speech at the event themed ‘Indigenous Excellence and Human Capital: Partners for the Future of Energy’, Ogbe described the recognition as a tribute to the Board’s partners, stakeholders and Nigerians who share the vision that human capital is the most valuable resource for industrial growth. “This honour is not just a recognition of NCDMB as an institution; it is a celebration of the vision, r...