The maiden edition of the African Local Content Roundtable ended on Friday at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, with a strong push by Nigeria and other members of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPO) to develop regional oil and gas investments and renegotiate the COP-21 Climate Change Agreement which is driving the […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Tuesday in Lagos commissioned the UNICORN Incubation Campus, reputed to be Africa’s largest incubation campus, with the mission to prepare and equip Nigerian youths in the application of science, technology, and innovation to create home-grown business solutions to everyday problems in the different sectors […]

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has underscored the importance of a vibrant chemical industry to achieving sustainable development of any nation. He made this assertion in Lagos during the recent commissioning of Pacegate Energy & Resources Limited (PEARL)’s Chemical Solutions Manufacturing Plant. Wabote who was represented […]

Teams from six universities have emerged among the six finalists in the first-ever Nigerian Content Science and Technology Innovation Challenge (STIC) sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The six winners – two from each region include University of Jos and the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, for the Northern region; the […]

The new leadership of the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN) have been challenged to take the association to greater heights through the categorization of members’ capabilities and identification of niche areas in the oil and gas industry with high employment opportunities. The Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said on Tuesday that it had committed a total of US$332million under its commercial ventures partnership programme with a view to attracting project developments in-country valued at US$3.7bn. The Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote revealed this at the bi-annual Nigerian Oil & Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) […]

Seven Nigerian Content Ministerial Regulations have been approved and gazetted, making them subsidiary legislations that can be implemented by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote announced this in Lagos on Wednesday at the colloquium organized by the Board with the Nigerian Bar Association’s […]