Given the importance of Research and Development to growing Nigerian Content in the oil and gas industry and meeting the objectives of the Nigerian Content 10-year strategic roadmap, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday began a 3-day Research and Development (R&D) Zonal Workshop for oil industry players and the academia. The workshop was held at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in Imo State and it focussed on needs-driven research and how to deepen collaboration and linkages between the oil and gas industry and the academia. […]

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has commended Coleman Wires and Cables for its remarkable accomplishments as a world-class manufacturer of top-grade cables for industrial use and other purposes. The NCDMB boss was particularly impressed with the breakthrough the company has made in the manufacture and deployment of cables for different […]

UTM Offshore Limited, promoters of Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility has requested the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to invest equity in the project and to accelerate key approvals that would fast-track the project’s development. The request was made on Wednesday at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State when the Executive Secretaryof NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe hosted the management of UTM Offshore Limited led by the Group Managing Director,Mr. Julius Rone. The target completion date of […]

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe on Monday applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for announcing three Presidential Executive Orders directed at incentivizing the Nigerian oil and gas industry, encouraging new investments in the sector, reducing contracting costs and timelines, and promoting cost efficiency in local content requirements. The Executive Orders are the Oil and Gas Companies (Tax Incentives, Exemption, Remission, ETC) Order 2024;Presidential Directive on Local Content Compliance Requirements, 2024 (EO 41); and Presidential […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is partnering the Training Arm of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in risk assessment of procurement and human resources processes at the Board in a push for excellence and transparency Initiated by the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) of the NCDMB as part of its 2024 Action Plan, […]

Oil and gas industry stakeholders and leading academics on Tuesday began a three-day Research and Development (R&D) Zonal Workshop at the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma, with special focus on needs-driven research and deepening of collaboration and linkages, sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The workshop provides a forum for discussions […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) marked a significant milestone on Monday, February 26, 2024, with the commencement of the sixth batch of the Electric House Wiring Training programme at the Akangba Regional Training Centre of the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) in Lagos. The opening and kick-off ceremony which was […]