Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and some foreigners are needed for Local Content to thrive in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and allied sectors, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote has said. The Executive Secretary spoke in Abuja on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Electricity […]

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Wabote and the President, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Engr. Bank-Anthony Okoroafor have identified innovation and collaboration among industry stakeholders as key ingredients that would sustain and enable growth of the oil and gas sector. Wabote made this assertion while delivering the […]

The Niger Delta University (NDU), Bayelsa State has sought for closer collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) particularly in Research and Development. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Samuel G. Edonmiekumo made the request when he visited the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Wabote on Tuesday at the Board’s […]

The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) has donated three geosciences workstations to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, University of Ibadan, Oyo State and Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Adamawa State. The workstations are equipped with nine OpendTect Software licences, worth $200,000, but were provided free by Danvic Petroleum Nigeria, with a commitment to […]

The management of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Yenagoa on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote at the Board’s corporate headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The NTA delegation was led by the General Manager of the station, Barrister Emeka Okpala. The […]

The Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) has pledged that the Ministry of Justice would collaborate with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to enforce compliance and prosecute defaulters of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. The chief law officer made […]