The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Senate Committee on Local Content on Sunday began a 3-day retreat at Abuja, aimed at forging closer collaboration between the two entities, to achieve improved implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. The retreat’s theme is creating synergy for sustainable […]

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has charged managers of Africa’s extractive industry to adopt some of the local content initiatives that have worked well in the oil and gas industry as they seek to develop the mineral and mines sector to deliver optimal value for their […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday constituted a Joint Working Team (JWT) with the Gas Aggregator Company Nigeria (GACN) Limited on gas utilization and commercialization. Speaking at the inauguration at the Board’s liaison office in Abuja, the Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, acknowledged the correlation between the mandates of […]

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) on Wednesday recorded a major breakthrough in capacity building for oil- and gas-related offshore operations with the graduation of 20 professional divers as Dive Medic Technicians (DMTs) at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State. The 20 DMTs who […]

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Monday in Abuja hailed the Presidential Directive on Local Content Compliance Requirements as crucial for enhanced competitiveness and mitigation of risks in regard to unqualified contractors, just as he unveiled five focal areas for implementation of the policy initiative. The […]

A two-day capacity building workshop on Nigerian Energy Law and Practice, hosted by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in conjunction with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), kicked off on Monday at the Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Corporate Headquarters of the Board, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. […]

SAIPEM Daewoo Unincorporated Joint Venture (SDUJV), in partnership with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), on Wednesday commissioned and handed over a fully equipped Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre to Bonny National Grammar School (BNGS), Bonny, in a joint effort to foster digital education in the community.  Facilities at the Centre include 31 […]