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Apr282025 by RareviewNo Comments

IGBO WOMEN TO CDS: FOCUS ON KILLER HERDSMEN, NOT IPOB

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By Ali Elias The Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) has urged the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to focus on combating killer herdsmen terrorizing the South East rather than targeting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Responding to Musa’s caution against promoting IPOB and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the women said the real threat to peace is from "rampaging herders displacing communities," not IPOB. In a statement by its National President, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, IWA stressed: "IPOB members are not terrorists but our children protesting marginalization. From 1966 till date, no Igbo man has led Nigeria. We are grossly excluded from political appointments and promotions, especially in security agencies." They accused the federa...

Apr282025 by RareviewNo Comments

INDIGENOUS OIL FIRMS HOLD NIGERIA’S FUTURE, SAYS LOKPOBIRI

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By Ali Elias The Federal Government has called on Renaissance Africa Energy to urgently ramp up crude oil production following its acquisition of Shell Petroleum Development Company's (SPDC) onshore assets in Nigeria. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this when he received the Renaissance Africa Energy management team in his office in Abuja. Renaissance Africa Energy, a consortium comprising ND Western Limited, Aradel Holdings Plc, FIRST Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited, Waltersmith Group, and international firm Petrolin, recently completed the acquisition after securing regulatory approval. "Having acquired Shell, the expectations are very high," Lokpobiri said. "Nigerians are expecting that you will, within ...

Apr262025 by Rareview2 Comments

NCDMB, NGIC TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCED LOCAL CONTENT, NATIONAL ENERGY GOALS

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By PR The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC) have agreed in principle to explore opportunities for collaboration to advance national objectives in local content development and energy infrastructure. At a meeting on Wednesday between the Management of the NCDMB, led by the Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, and top Management personnel of the NGIC, led by the Managing Director, Mr. Mustapher M. Anas, deliberations focused on possible joint initiatives in the midstream sector, aligning NGIC projects with local content imperatives, and knowledge sharing, capacity building, and joint project execution. The NGIC team, which was on a courtesy visit to the NCDMB Liaison Office, Abuja, presented an...

Apr262025 by RareviewNo Comments

NCDMB VISITS MT GROUP’S FACILITIES, PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR FIRM’S VALVES MANUFACTURING PLANS

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By PR A delegation from the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday visited MT Valves West Africa Free Zone at Lekki Free Zone, Lagos, to assess the firm’s operations and plans to invest in a 15,000 tons per year valves manufacturing facility. The company is a subsidiary of MT Group, a global manufacturer of industrial valves, with presence across Africa, Middle East and Asia, manufacturing 60,000 tons of valves per year from its plant at Abu Dhabi, United Emirates and cutting-edge research and development center and manufacturing base at Shanghai, China, the global headquarters. The Board’s delegation was led the Special Technical Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Engr. Harmony Kunu, Manager Media and Publicity, Dr. Obinna Ezeobi and Manager Com...

Apr262025 by RareviewNo Comments

PRESIDENT TINUBU SENDS AKPABIO-LED DELEGATION TO POPE FRANCIS’ FUNERAL IN VATICAN

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By Ali Elias President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dispatched a high-powered Nigerian delegation to the Vatican City to participate in the funeral rites of His Holiness, Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, 2025. The delegation, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reflects Nigeria’s deep respect for the life and legacy of the late Pope, who passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, just one day after the Easter Sunday celebrations he presided over. Other members of the delegation include Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria; Archbishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese; and Archbishop Ignatius Ayua Kaigama of the Abuja Di...

Apr262025 by RareviewNo Comments

HOW A LAGOS DPO DEFIED A COURT AND HELD INNOCENT CITIZENS HOSTAGE

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photo courtesy of Vanguard Newspapers By Ali Elias When a even a DPO refuses to obey a court ruling, it is not just contempt — it is a complete breakdown of the rule of law. What remains for the Nigerian justice system if court orders are worthless even at that level? When law enforcers become lawbreakers, the system itself stands in ruins. What should have been a routine car repair spiraled into a chilling encounter with the abuse of police power, as a Lagos Divisional Police Officer (DPO) allegedly defied a court order, detained two innocent mechanics, and threatened a lawyer who dared to demand justice. The ordeal began for Ajana Olajide, a legal practitioner, when he handed his Ford Explorer to two trusted mechanics near his residence in Abijo GRA, Lagos. But by midnigh...

Apr262025 by RareviewNo Comments

NCDMB, NGIC FORGE NEW FRONTIERS TO EXPAND NIGERIA’S GAS INFRASTRUCTURE

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By Ali Elias In a major move to bolster Nigeria’s gas infrastructure and utilization, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), led by its Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, FNSE, convened a strategic meeting yesterday with the NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC), a subsidiary of NNPC Limited. The meeting, held to explore collaborative opportunities, was attended by NGIC’s Managing Director, Mustapha M. Anas, and other top executives. According to a statement released by the Board, discussions "focused on NGIC’s request for funding support to scale up key infrastructure projects, particularly those connecting the northern, eastern, and southern regions to reliable gas supply." Highlighting the Board’s successful partnership with Betagas, Engr. ...

Apr262025 by RareviewNo Comments

OJULARI MEETS STAFF, VOWS TO PURSUE COMPANY’S BOLD AMBITIONS, PLEDGES TO BUILD AN “NNPC THAT’LL BE THE PRIDE OF NIGERIANS

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By PR A few days after assuming duties as the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC Ltd, Mr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari has met the staff of the Company, with a vow to pursue the company’s bold ambitions and build an NNPC that will be the pride of all Nigerians. In a townhall meeting held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, on Thursday, Ojulari said it was a huge honour and responsibility to lead the NNPC Ltd, describing the Company as an entity that means a lot to Nigeria and its future. “We stand at the gateway of a new era—one that demands courage, professionalism, and a relentless drive for excellence. The task before us is great, yet the opportunity to redefine Nigeria’s energy future is even greater. Now is the time to turn our transformation promise into performance,” Ojulari tol...

Apr252025 by RareviewNo Comments

NIGERIAN CONTENT IS NOT ABOUT ‘NIGERIANISATION’ OR EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN PARTICIPATION – ENGR. FELIX OGBE

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Executive Secretary NCDMB Engr. Felix Ogbe By Ali Elias Ikorodu, Lagos: The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Thursday, reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to inclusive industrial growth during the commissioning the Monarch Alloys Limited 3LPE and Concrete Weight Coating Facility in Ikorodu, Lagos, on April 24, 2025 Describing the plant as a significant step in Nigeria’s quest for energy-sector self-sufficiency, Engr. Ogbe declared that “Nigerian Content is not about ‘Nigerianisation’ or exclusion of foreign participation in the Oil and Gas Industry.” “It is about value creation in Nigeria by encouraging the involvement of multinationals and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in a mutually ben...

Apr252025 by RareviewNo Comments

FG BANS WAIVERS FOR THREADED PIPES, AS MONARCH ALLOYS OPENS FACTORY

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By PR The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on Thursday announced a ban on the issuance of waivers for the importation of threaded pipes for use in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. He handed the directive to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) at the commissioning of Monarch Alloys Limited’s concrete weight coating plant at Ikorodu, Lagos State. The plant has an annual external capacity coating capacity of two million square meters and an internal square meters coating capacity of one million square meters. The facility supports onshore and offshore pipeline requirements where increased line lengths and sea-bed depths demand advanced corrosion protection and deploys full range of coating systems. The ev...